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Richard Chenault II (image)
Richard Pietroski (image)
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Dennis Hoyes (image)
Bill Serra (image)
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Video: 3D brain scan
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Retiring slowly
How Dads influence their daughters' interest in math
The kapok connection: Study explains rainforest similarities
U-M commits to green computing with Google Climate Savers program
This Month's Multimedia: U-M astronomers capture first image of surface features on star
U-M astronomers capture first image of surface features on star
Until recently, even the most powerful telescopes have been unable to see distant stars as anything more than points of light. But new technology has allowed U-M astronomers to produce the first picture showing surface details on a star millions of times farther away than our sun. And these pictures challenge current theories about how certain stars behave.
Audio: interview with astronomer John Monnier (mp3)
Video: animation of fast-spinning star
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