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What is Iraq's strategy for prevailing against the United States?

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A generation of U.S. military personnel who grew up playing complex video games while talking on the phone or surfing the Web is now fighting a war where many life-and-death decisions must be made simultaneously and instantaneously.

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The following is an updated list of University of Michigan faculty from various areas on campus who are available to comment on all aspects of war -- past, present and future.

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It's not you, it's the situation. And when a situation like the war in Iraq reminds you of a painful memory, your brain's self-defense mechanism will go off like an alarm, according to a University of Michigan researcher.

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The U.S. economy is poised for an upturn once hostilities with Iraq come to an end, according to University of Michigan economists.

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A University of Michigan analysis of rare public opinion data from the Arab world shows that most people support peace with Israel and favor democracy as the best form of government.

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Twenty years after the historic "A Nation at Risk" report set off a nearly continuous wave of education reforms, most of those goals were never met and a University of Michigan education expert and former U.S. Education Department official reveals why in a new book to be released in April to coincide with the anniversary.

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Both girls and boys who watch a lot of violence on television are more likely to behave violently as young adults, according to a 15-year study by a social psychologist.

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The first line of defense against suicide terrorism should be to prevent people from becoming terrorists---rather than to protect targets from being attacked, according to a University of Michigan researcher.

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The quantum entanglement of three electrons, using an ultrafast optical pulse and a quantum well of a magnetic semiconductor material, has been demonstrated in a laboratory at the University of Michigan, marking another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer.

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A path-breaking collaborative effort of University of Michigan researchers will attempt to capture never-before-seen views of the chemical activity inside living cells in real time and 3-D.

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Information continues to flow between departments at securities firms despite laws designed to prevent potential conflicts of interest and insider trading, according to a new University of Michigan Business School study.

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Brazil's Pantanal, a vast wetland situated in the center of South America, has become the next frontier for leading-edge eco-tourists in search of ever more exotic flora and fauna.

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The Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan has named a 15-member external advisory board of leading figures from science and industry to guide its operations.

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The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia has prompted public discussion about a wide variety of issues: shuttle technology, space science, the psychological impact on people living in the path of the debris and the management of NASA.

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As consumerism reaches its annual peak, a University of Michigan professor is speaking out, not just about American's overindulgence in shopping sprees during the holidays but also about our over-consumption of global resources in general.

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The University of Michigan has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million program by the National Science Foundation to increase the participation of women and minorities in doctorate programs funded by the foundation.

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Money doesn't protect older men and women from the psychological impact of the death of a spouse, according to University of Michigan research.

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Just as nuclear war was seen as the major international threat of the 1950s, biological warfare looms over the 21st century.

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About one in four cohabiting women say they don't expect to marry the man they're living with, according to a new study.

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For older adults, it really is better to give than to receive, a University of Michigan study suggests. The study finds that older people who are helpful to others reduce their risk of dying by nearly 60 percent compared to peers who provide neither practical help nor emotional support to relatives, neighbors or friends.

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U-M researchers are looking at the effectiveness of simple, free activities during pregnancy and childbirth to prevent midlife urinary incontinence.

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More minorities than ever before are joining the U.S. workforce and American businesses can do more to accommodate them - especially African-Americans, say researchers at the University of Michigan Business School and Florida A&M University.

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Researchers from the University of Michigan and RIKEN, a research institute in Japan, say the biological motors that nature uses for intracellular transport and other biological functions inspired them to create a whole new class of micro-devices for controlling magnetic flux quanta in superconductors that could lead to the development of a new generation of medical diagnostic tools.

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A University of Michigan forensic dentist played a major role in bringing closure to a family whose son had been listed as missing in action from the Vietnam War for more than 34 years.

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The next radically different means of information processing will be quantum computing, which researchers say will use the principles of quantum mechanics to perform complex calculations in a fraction of the time needed by the world's fastest supercomputers.

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Talking with friends helps keep the mind sharp, a University of Michigan study suggests.

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While the 2000 Presidential election split the country in two, this year's Congressional elections are taking place in three very different Americas, according to University of Michigan demographer William H. Frey.

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University of Michigan astrophysicist Fred Adams is a world-renowned theorist on star and planet formation whose ideas have influenced a generation of thinkers.

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Weak companies may be able to attract investors by dressing up annual reports with strong images and appealing designs---especially if the financial information is ambiguous, a University of Michigan Business School study shows.

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The University of Michigan will work toward making the state of Michigan a safer place by training public health professionals who must prevent and respond to bioterrorist attacks and other infectious disease outbreaks.

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As anyone with a smattering of geological knowledge knows, Earth's crust is made up of plates that creep over the planet's surface at a rate of several inches per year. But why do they move the way they do? Even experts have had trouble teasing out the exact mechanisms.

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The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Spectrum Health and Trinity Health Organization are among the groups hoping that funds come through for a new computer application designed by U-M to track how nurses treat illness and the outcomes of that care.

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"Random" means random, right? Not necessarily so, says Stephen Wolfram, whose book has generated huge sales for a science book, topping Amazon.com's best seller list for several weeks.

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According to a University of Michigan study of more than 600 college freshmen, trying to increase or preserve self-esteem---even by getting good grades---carries high mental and physical costs.

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A typical academic event's menu might include bagels and cream cheese in the morning, a lunch of tuna sandwiches with potato salad and soda pop and an afternoon snack of cookies, brownies and fruit.

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A collection of children's illustrated books begun in the early 1940s to "stimulate the imagination" of the two young daughters of professors Lee and Esther (Sparkie) Walp has been given to the University Library of the University of Michigan.

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President Bush's recent decision to seek congressional support in dealing with Iraq's Saddam Hussein sparked debate regarding the president's roles and rights in declaring and responding to war. Several University of Michigan faculty are available to offer perspectives.

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High school students participating in a simulation of the Arab-Israeli conflict are learning the complexities of national and international politics.

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The link between climate and cholera, a serious health problem in many parts of the world, has become stronger in recent decades, say researchers from the University of Michigan, the University of Barcelona and the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh.

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The University of Michigan will hold several events open to the public to commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11.

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A list of University of Michigan faculty who are experts in fields related to the Sept. 11 attacks is available online.

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When officials close a public beach because the water is contaminated, those announcements don't come until days after the E. coli level has reached dangerous levels -- and likewise the order to reopen a beach happens days after the level has dropped.

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Lost productivity due to migraines could be enough to give business owners their own headaches -- a recent University of Michigan study pegged Bank One's annual loss due to migraines at more than $20 million.

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1) The American landscape continues to change dramatically. 2) Exurban residential developments can be both environmentally responsible and appealing. 3) Insect-eating birds help bring your morning latte.

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Many women, including the poor, elderly and imprisoned, are to some extent invisible in mainstream American society.

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A University of Michigan physicist and a research scientist are questioning the belief that bigger and heavier vehicles are automatically safer than other cars and trucks.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for additional information, but no additional clinical trials, as it considers approval of FluMist, an influenza vaccine delivered as a nasal spray.

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From questions about how and when the powerful antibiotic Cipro should be prescribed in anthrax scares to concerns about potential health effects of antibiotics in livestock, consumers and health professionals alike are talking about antibiotics these days.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have reported the first demonstration of laser-cooling of individual trapped atoms of different species. This may be an important step in the construction of a future "quantum computer," in which quantum superpositions of inputs are processed simultaneously in a single device.