Month: January 2019
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Classes and Career Fair canceled
Due to the severe weather and state of emergency in the state of Michigan, the University of Michigan has determined it will be reducing operations for Wednesday, Jan. 30 and Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. This includes canceling all classes and events.
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Polar vortex: U-M researchers explain impacts
Electric vehicles will have reduced range, and batteries won’t charge as readily. But beyond the cold Midwest, more of the globe is experiencing record highs.
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Online censorship detector aims to make the internet a freer place
Censored Planet could provide new insight into the flow of online information
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Toward protein nanomachines: just add charge
Added electrical charges can harness a protein’s shape and chemical properties to build interesting structures.
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Nuclear nonproliferation: $25 million for new tech and developing the security workforce
Many nuclear engineers who work in national security are headed for retirement. This initiative helps make sure we don’t drop the baton.
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Sustainable biofuel: Design principles for bioengineered microbe catalysts
The US has been stuck on corn kernels for producing ethanol, rather than woody “cellulosic” material. Efficient microbes for converting cellulose to biofuel could change the game.
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An upgrade for open-source, 3-D nanoscale imaging software
Tomviz 1.5 dramatically reduces the time it takes to create a 3-D visualization.
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How connected vehicles’ wipers could help prevent flooding
We’ve been promised all kinds of benefits from a future of connected vehicles, but flood control?
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A ‘decathlon’ for antibiotics puts them through more realistic testing
Surprise findings could upend the current drug discovery approach for treating one of the most dangerous hospital-borne infections.
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3D printing 100 times faster with light
The new method also results in a stronger print than typical layered models.
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Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’
The new prototype cells can run for more than 100 cycles at 90 percent capacity and withstand hard impacts and even stabbing.
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Putting the AI in aviation
Persuading a field to face its future