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YES Teen Program = Less violence

A program that empowers kids reduces violence, improves neighborhoods and reduces crime. The Youth Empowerment Solutions for Peaceful Communities (YES) is a U-M School of Public Health case study that included seventh and eighth grade students in Flint.

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Cholera Early Warning

A new U-M computer model of disease transmission in space and time can predict cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh up to 11 months in advance, providing an early warning system that could help public health officials there.

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Insect cyborgs may search and monitor hazardous environs

U-M research may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans — harvesting the insect's biological energy from its body heat or movements to prolong the battery life for small sensors implanted on the insect.

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Understanding How Cancer Spreads

A technique that lets researchers monitor single cancer cells in real time could help doctors study the breakaway tumor cells that spread disease through the body. Remy Elbez, a doctoral student in applied physics, takes a sample of magnetized cervical cancer cells.

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Rare Chinese papercuts, found in storage, now available in high res scans

U-M Center for Chinese Studies staffers, tidying up a storage room, found a stunning collection of rare propaganda papercut images from the Cultural Revolution. "Chairman Mao is the Reddest Sun in Our Hearts" says this image, one of 15 papercuts.

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‘Light from darkness’ breakthrough named a top 2011 discovery

Named one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year by Physics World, physicists directly observed, for the first time, light particles that flicker in and out of existence in the vacuum of space.

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