Morgan Sherburne
@morgansherburne
Science writer for @UMich. @MIT_Sciwrit, @MinnesotaMFA, @GVSU alum. Fly fishing & cat enthusiast.
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http://ns.umich.edu/new/ 14-09-2011 12:55:55
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The ancestor of the grapes that led to today’s commercial grapes likely originated in the tropical belt of the Americas and the Caribbean 60 million years ago, according to a study co-authored by UM Paleontology researcher Mónica Carvalho. myumi.ch/kZjxD
🚨 An atmosphere on a super-Earth in the habitable zone? 🔎🌍🔭 We're excited to share our new NASA Webb Telescope observations of the super-Earth LHS 1140b. THREAD
Michigan is home to 43 species of native freshwater mussels, but 30 of those are at risk for extinction. Two U-M biologists led a study that investigated freshwater mussels’ reproductive cycle via fieldwork along the Huron River. More from Michigan News: myumi.ch/3Qng2
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team that included a U-M astronomer discovered a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world roughly 48 light-years away. More from Michigan News: myumi.ch/M6VeW
💙We love to see this... Sarah E. Patterson-NYT-UM Population Studies Center-David Zinn A2 super-group combo at Westgate! Spotlighting Sarah Patterson's impactful research on eldercare.🤯
U-M physicist Suraj Shankar helped create a theoretical model of water’s role in muscle contraction, and was part of a study that found that the flow of water may dictate how quickly a muscle can contract. More from Michigan News: myumi.ch/RmNek
I am happy to see this press release of our new mining paper! Below is a Q and A with me on the future of small-scale mining, social justice, & decarbonization news.umich.edu/making-the-cas… University of Michigan Michigan News Here's the paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Photo of me on site -2023