Author: Jim Lynch
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Overuse, or one bad move? New view on ACL tears prompt questions on how athletes train
New research suggests a reevaluation of the way athletes train and prepare for competition.
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An EpiPen for spinal cord injuries
U-M researchers have designed nanoparticles that intercept immune cells on their way to the spinal cord and redirect them away from the injury.
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Cracking the cochlea: U-M team creates mathematical model of ear’s speech center
New research paves the way for modeling the transduction of speech and music at the cochlear level.
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Solving the sun’s super-heating mystery with Parker Solar Probe
Probe will go where no spacecraft has gone and measure a process never directly observed before.
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U-M receives $6.25M to study heat-to-electricity conversion and cooling with LEDs
Michigan Engineering is leading four other universities in Department of Defense-funded research.
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Garlin goes to Lansing
Since Garlin Gilchrist (BSE EE ’05) left U-M, his path has crossed into a variety of different realms. He helped Microsoft make Sharepoint the company’s fastest growing product, worked on the Obama campaign in Washington State, helped the City of Detroit build a smartphone app that gave citizens a voice in their government and returned…
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Hydrogen fuel cells: With a database of 500,000 materials, researchers zero in on best bets
New hydrogen storage holds more energy in smaller, more compact cells, boosting efficiency.
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Crackling and wheezing are more than just a sign of sickness
Re-thinking what stethoscopes tell us.
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U-M’s Automotive Research Center funded with $50M through 2024
With a focus on autonomy, ARC’s research will reduce the number of soldiers in harm’s way, changing the military paradigm.
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Great Lakes ice cover forecasts: A new approach enables local predictions
New approach can reliably predict months in advance whether ice will form in a given winter, as well as the timing of ice onset.
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Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, study shows
Combining virus deactivation and filtration is highly effective against contaminated air.
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A step toward recovering reproduction in girls who survive childhood cancer
New approach can boost ovarian follicle survival in mice by up to 75 percent.