Author: Jim Lynch
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How everyday products are supercharging methane, and what that means.
“Siloxanes” could be key to deriving bolstered energy production from biogas.
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Implantable cancer traps could provide earlier diagnosis and help monitor treatment
Synthetic scaffolding could detect multiple types of cancers before they start to spread.
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Injectable ‘bone spackling’: A cell therapy approach to heal complex fractures
A Q&A with biomedical engineering professor Jan Stegemann, whose work in mice shows the promise of ‘microtissues.’
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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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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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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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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.
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Unlocking new soundwaves for better sonar and echolocation
“Acoustic fields are unexpectedly richer in information than is typically thought.”