Topic: University Of Michigan

Scientists predict Gulf 'dead zone' will be larger than average; oil spill's effects unknownResearchers predict the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone," an underwater area with little or no oxygen, will be unusually large this year. But it's unknown how the oil spill ...

Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star

Astronomers on Wednesday said they may have explained the riddle of a dimming star that has perplexed skygazers for nearly two centuries. Located 2,000 light years from Earth in the northern constellation Auriga where it is one of the brightest stars, Epsilon ...
Paleontologists: New species of long-necked dinosaur found hidden in slabs of Utah rockFossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of ...

New Data Resource to Advance Computer-Aided Drug Design

Advances in information technology have shaped not only how we find or share information, but also how we make new medicines. A project just funded by the National Institutes of Health plans to take computer-aided drug design to the next level. The ...