Author: Derek Smith
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A new look at Voyager 2 data explains one of Uranus’s long-standing mysteries
The spacecraft saw Uranus’s magnetic field at a weird time, so our picture of the planet and its moons actually represents an edge case rather than the norm.
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Up to 30% of the power used to train AI is wasted. Here’s how to fix it.
Smarter use of processor speeds saves energy without compromising training speed and performance.
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Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand
Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.
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Accounting for bias in medical data helps prevent AI from amplifying racial disparity
Some sick Black patients are likely labeled as “healthy” in AI datasets due to inequitable medical testing.
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Could one of Jupiter’s moons support alien life? U-M scientists are on the case
U-M researchers helped find the first evidence for an ocean on the icy moon Europa. Now, with NASA’s return mission, they aim to learn if it’s habitable.
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Real-time descriptions of surroundings for people who are blind
The quick and clear mental image of the real world helps people who are blind or have low vision focus on other tasks, or just enjoy the things around them.
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Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters
Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs.
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Electric vehicle lessons cruise into Michigan classrooms
New curriculum in U-M professor’s digital education platform introduces K-8 students throughout Michigan to jobs in one of the state’s emerging industries.
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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The bumpy road to greatness
A rough 2024 season sparks frustration—but also leadership and learning—for the Michigan Baja team.
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Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
It’s a step toward smart coatings that change color—or other properties—on the fly.
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The corona is weirdly hot—Parker Solar Probe rules out one explanation
S-shaped bends in the sun’s magnetic field don’t form at the sun’s surface, like some scientists thought, and can’t directly heat the sun’s corona.