Articles and Releases

Quantifying Danger (838KB, PDF)
UM SPH Findings magazine (Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2004)

In a recent survey, Americans ranked nuclear power as the greatest potential risk to human health. But experts view it as less risky than firefighting, pesticides, surgery, and riding bicycles. Who’s right? And how can we be sure? Read about the issues central to the establishment of the new University of Michigan Risk Science Center at the School of Public Health.

 

Research Update: Nanotechnology (213KB, PDF)
UM SPH Findings magazine (Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2003)

The University of Michigan Risk Science Center Executive Director Martin Philbert and colleagues throughout UM launch an ambitious expoloration of inner space to capture astonishing views of living cells in real-time and 3D. Read about how synthetic nanoprobes are used to view differences in operation between healthy and diseased cells.

 

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