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Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants
Strong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images.
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Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures
Foldable origami with thick panels opens a world of possibilities.
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Explaining a supernova’s ‘string of pearls’
It looks like the same mechanism that breaks up airplane contrails might be at play in forming the clumps of…
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Leader in robotics at U-M and beyond elected to National Academy of Engineering
Dawn Tilbury is recognized for advances in manufacturing network control and human-robot interaction, as well as engineering leadership.
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Mariel Lavieri selected to join the New Voices program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
The U-M industrial and operations engineer is recognized for excellence in research related to human health as well as championing diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Can you hear the music: Q&A with Ann Jeffers
The CEE professor discusses her new memoir and her tortured path to where she is today.
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Research
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Auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, U-M offers a low-cost solution
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Human stem cells coaxed to mimic the very early central nervous system
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Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles
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Widely used AI tool for early sepsis detection may be cribbing doctors’ suspicions
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Leader in robotics at U-M and beyond elected to National Academy of Engineering
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Mariel Lavieri selected to join the New Voices program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
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Urine-to-fertilizer effort part of NSF Regional Innovation Engine
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U-M team receives NIH grant for collaborative research to speed ARDS diagnosis
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Beating the freeze: Up to $11.5M for eco-friendly control over ice and snow
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New energy
Once derided as “forever 30 years away,” fusion energy has a new swagger. Will it last?