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MORPHEUS blocks potential attacks by encrypting and randomly reshuffling key bits of its own code and data twenty times per second. Getty Images.

New chip stops hacks before they start

MORPHEUS can encrypt and reshuffle code thousands of times faster than human and electronic hackers. | Medium Read
A new microfluidic chip designed to catch circulating tumor cells

Blood biopsy: New technique enables detailed genetic analysis of cancer cells

Capturing cancer cells from blood samples offers a non-invasive way to observe whether the cancer is disappearing or whether it is becoming resistant to the treatment. | Medium Read
Abhishek Dhyani works in the lab

Ice-proofing big structures with a “beautiful demonstration of mechanics”

'You're missing a trick,' mechanical engineer tells materials scientist. | Medium Read
Videos

Using autonomous drones to map methane in landfills

Killing airborne bacteria and viruses in pig barns with plasma device

Lattice cryptography: A new unbreakable code

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Research News
Captain is pulling an aircraft throttle, while first officer is piloting and taking off. Pilots are sitting in Boeing 737-800. Getty Images

Building a language of touch: Nadine Sarter Q&A

How do we improve the communication and coordination between humans and machines? | Medium Read

A quicker eye for robotics to help in our cluttered, human environments | Medium Read
Hydrogen fuel cells: With a database of 500,000 materials, researchers zero in on best bets | Medium Read
U-M’s Automotive Research Center funded with $50M through 2024 | Short Read
Campus & Community
Nancy Love takes notes on a large writing pad
In water system engineering, local is the new global

Engineering students must learn how ‘decentralized’ systems offer flexible, cost-effective solutions that empower communities. | Medium Read

An international effort launches to determine best CO2 utilization technologies | Medium Read
NSBE 45 focuses on bettering communities and networking | Medium Read
The race to zero carbon emissions | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
The summer sun rises on North Campus
Op-ed: How Michigan Engineering increased the number of women in college leadership

In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Alec Gallimore outlines the long–and short–term strategies. | Medium Read

Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health | Short Read
Why is the Pentagon interested in UFOs? | Short Read
Opinion: Wave of flooding a wake-up call | Short Read
Aspiring Selves

Features
Change or be changed

In its startup days, Duo Security brought a punk-rock ethos to tech security and stuck up for the little guy. Now that the company is worth billions, will it be even better – or will it change its tune?

Built By Humans. Ruled By Computers.

The great and terrible consequences of an algorithmic world.

Putting the AI in aviation

Persuading a field to face its future

On-Ramp to a Driverless Future

Transforming an industry is complicated. Here’s how southeast Michigan is leading the way.

In the News
Black Engineer May 13, 2019
Four Engineers graduate with PhDs from University of Michigan
On Friday, four engineers, including the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, graduated from Michigan Engineering.
Wired May 21, 2019
GM gives all its vehicles a new soul
Mechanical Engineering Professor Anna Stefanopoulou explains the impact of connected, data-collecting vehicles in Wired.
Wired May 16, 2019
Atmospheric methane levels are going up—and no one knows why
CLaSP Assistant Professor Eric Kort told Wired that atmospheric methane is a wicked, but solvable problem for the planet.
Forbes April 30, 2019
This new device kills 99.9 percent of the viruses floating around in the air
CEE professor Herek Clack's nonthermal plasma research could one day replace the surgical mask.
history

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting

Photography
A photograph of children in wheelchairs playing an augmented reality game.
Civil and Environmental Engineering researchers are collaborating to study energy usage and the stresses it causes on the body in a variety of environments, including the hospital. |more »