Tag: Convergence of Disciplines
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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Solving a memristor mystery to develop efficient, long-lasting memory devices
Newly discovered role of phase separation can help develop memory devices for energy-efficient AI computing.
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X-ray vision
One of the first experimenters at the new flagship US laser, Michigan alum Franklin Dollar’s mission is bigger than research.
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Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment
New approach could offer those with food allergies another option besides avoidance.
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First 3D visualization of aluminum nanocomposite for the auto industry
The lightweight material could extend EV range or fuel efficiency once its microstructure is understood.
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Automotive Research Center at U-M marks 30th anniversary, looks to the future
Digital engineering for autonomous vehicles will be the main focus of the center’s next five years.
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$10.5M biomaterials center to connect researchers, fund innovation and fight resource discrimination
Building on a network of biomaterials researchers and the success of a seed grant effort, U-M and UW lead a new NIH-funded center
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Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency
Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.
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AI chips could get a sense of time
Timekeeping in the brain is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a signal; now memristors—hardware analogues of neurons—can do that too.
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New $14.5M center to help US Navy overcome emerging challenges
The center will connect faculty, students, postdocs and US Navy engineers, building a community to find cutting-edge solutions to naval and marine engineering issues.
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Snowfall and drought: $4.8M field study to improve western US forecasts
A mountaintop laboratory and a suite of radar instruments will study winter storms from large-scale cloud movement down to individual snowflakes in an NSF-funded project.
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Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short.