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U-M Researchers Help Ocean Observations Snap into Focus

University of Michigan researchers have used a U.S. Navy ocean forecasting model to predict where internal tides occur in the ocean in order to bring ocean patterns important to weather forecasting and shipping into clearer focus.

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Plants Could Be Used to Grow Medicines in Space, Study Shows

Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. 

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Fighting Fire with Fire

In May and June of most years, NASA satellites typically begin to detect large numbers of wildland fires throughout the Top End and Arnhem Land regions of Australia’s Northern Territory. 

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NOAA Research Offers Roadmap to Improve West Nile Forecasting and Prevention

A new technique based on weather data is the first to successfully predict caseloads.

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Giant Fan-Shaped Geological Structure Discovered Beneath East Antarctica

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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Wearable Polygraph Detects Hidden Stress

The body can notice stress before the conscious brain — and that’s no lie.

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Research Team Seeks Answers from a Changing River

Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw.

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Water Splitting Catalyst Creates Hydrogen at Low Temperatures

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods.

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Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku

In mid-April 2026, Super Typhoon Sinlaku churned across the North Pacific Ocean and brought heavy rain and flooding to the Mariana Islands. 

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Typhoon Jangmi

From late May into early June 2026, a broad, slow-spinning storm churned north-northwest over the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan. 

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