Project HOPE

Analysis of surviving uranium cubes from Nazi Germany's wartime nuclear program indicates the country never came close to building an atomic bomb. The findings add physical evidence to historians' long-standing assessment that the German effort, led by researchers including Werner Heisenberg, was far behind the Manhattan Project in scale and scientific progress.

Michigan is expanding mental health care capacity with a new $383 million hospital that adds psychiatric beds to the state's system. Officials hope the facility will ease shortages in inpatient psychiatric care, which have left many patients waiting for beds. The project ranks among the state's larger recent investments in mental health infrastructure.