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A close up of a computer chip

Intel processor vulnerability could put millions of PCs at risk

Patches can provide protection. | Medium Read
Nathan Taylor inspects a piece of lithium metal. Photo: Evan Dougherty/Michigan Engineering

Battery breakthrough: Doubling performance with lithium metal that doesn’t catch fire

Longer-lasting drop-in replacements for lithium ion could be on the horizon. | Medium Read
An artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun

Touching the Sun to protect the Earth

A Q&A with Justin Kasper on going where no probe has gone before. | Medium Read
Videos

Lightwave Valleytronics: Using Electron Momentum in 2-D Semiconductors

New Evidence of Water on Europa

Chiromagnetic Nanoparticles - Enabling Light Modulation through Magnetism

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Research News
Student uses a device to measure bacterial levels in urine samples

Blue Sky: Up to $10M toward research so bold, some of it just might fail

Inspired by startup funding models, Michigan Engineering reinvents its internal R&D grant structure. | Medium Read

Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports | Short Read
How to color-code nearly invisible nanoparticles | Medium Read
CYGNSS’ ocean achievements pave way for land applications | Medium Read
Campus & Community
The Michigan Solar Car Team crosses the finish line. Courtesy of American Solar Challenge
A second place finish for U-M Solar Car Team

‘I look at my teammates now and they’re hungry and they‘re fired up and when the next race comes they’re going to be ready.’ | Medium Read

Michigan Life Sciences Fellows program offers mentorship, resources | Medium Read
Bolder ideas are the heart of new high-impact research funding programs | Short Read
Volker Sick receives president’s international education award | Medium Read
Faculty Perspectives
Shelf with steel rods
How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war

| Medium Read

What are these ‘levels’ of autonomous vehicles? | Medium Read
Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments | Short Read
‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’ | Short Read
Joi Mondisa
Creating Better Engineers

Understanding mentorship and community to create engineers.

Features
Q&A with Samuel Ting

Nobel Laureate and Michigan Engineer

How to Disrupt

Lessons from Tony Fadell

Out of the Cold War’s Shadow

The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation

Something Groovy This Way Goes

Before “geek” was “cool,” Michigan Engineers still found time for fact-finding, fashion -- and fun.

In the News
BBC August 16, 2018
‘Foreshadow’ attack affects Intel chips
EECS-CSE professor Thomas Wenisch explains how Foreshadow was discovered and the implications of the security risk.
CNBC August 14, 2018
Robots are already taking human jobs, but it may not be such a bad thing
AERO professor Ella Atkins says robots could one day replace unsafe or unhealthy jobs currently held by humans.
Forbes August 14, 2018
How Michigan know-how is bringing bikes into the connected driving revolution
Mcity's role in the future of bicycle-to-vehicle tech is highlighted by Forbes.
Sky News August 7, 2018
We’re in a Golden Age of solar research: Professor Gombosi
In an interview with Sky News, CLaSP professor Tamas Gombosi discusses strides in space weather research.
bicentennial web project

Five year plan: The North Campus story

Ed Lesher: Aircraft Hall of Famer

LASIK: The Bladeless Scalpel

Q&A with Samuel Ting

Photography
A photography of Mcity at sunrise.
The sun rises over Mcity, a state of the art test facility that is the breeding ground for the future of autonomous driving. It’s here that the world’s leading researchers are testing autonomous vehicle technologies, leading us towards a driverless future. |more »