Author: Kate McAlpine
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Turboelectric airliner concept co-designed by U-M engineers
Multidisciplinary design and optimization enabled the team to explore 20 different aircraft architectures in 100,000 scenarios.
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Knee exoskeletons to relieve arthritis pain, preserve mobility
Extending a motorized brace approach to take the load off arthritic knees, a U-M research team shifts from boosting strength to reducing joint contact forces.
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UK’s Royal Society elects Stephen Forrest, engineer and entrepreneur
Forrest’s work underpins commercial fiber-optic communications and OLED displays, with an eye to future generations of photovoltaics.
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Stem cell model of human embryo produces yolk sac without hypoblasts
The model demonstrates never-before-seen potential in human pluripotent stem cells.
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Meeting EV electricity demand: upgrade grid first, then add V2G chargers
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers enable utilities to use EVs like a mobile battery network, but when and where they are deployed will determine how cost-effective they are.
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AAAS welcomes four new fellows from University of Michigan Engineering
The honorees are recognized for contributions to human biology, fundamental physics, next-generation computing hardware and advanced vehicle control.
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Nanoscale hotspots in OLEDs may shorten their lifespans in phones, TVs
Concentrated rivers of current create flickering hotspots in conventional amorphous OLEDs, but crystalline designs may not have this problem.
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New approach to qualifying nuclear reactor components rolling out
The method will be announced at the Electric Power Research Institute, March 10-11.
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Exploring the fundamental limits of entangled quantum sensor networks
A new Michigan-led project aims to develop systems that reap the full benefit of quantum networks.
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Open-source, modular robot for understanding evolution
A cost-effective, customizable quadruped could help researchers discover the particular advantages related to the length and segmentation of animal limbs.
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AI tool predicts battery cycle life with just a few days’ data
A ‘learner,’ ‘interpreter’ and ‘oracle’ work together with minimal experiments to draw parallels between historical data and new battery designs.
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New way of seeing laser interactions could advance fusion energy
Electrons revealed details that X-rays alone could not show.