Category: Materials Science and Engineering
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts November 1-5
Highlights include Science Friday and The Economist.
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How pearls achieve nanoscale precision
Coaxing order from unpredictable layers, mollusks do what humans can’t
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Resurrecting quasicrystals: Findings could make an exotic material commercially viable
Self-healing phenomenon could reduce defects that rendered quasicrystals impractical.
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Augmented reality for testing nuclear components
A new machine learning platform detects and quantifies radiation-induced defects instantaneously and could be extended to interpret other microscopy data.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts September 6-10
Highlights include Wired and the Los Angeles Times.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 23-27
Highlights include Wired and Popular Science.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts June 7-11
Highlights include Newsweek and The Conversation.
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Prepping for the revolution
University of Michigan engineers are working to make our electrified future more equitable and avoid the mistakes of the past.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts May 17-21
Highlights include NPR, Popular Science and The Conversation.
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Harnessing the hum
The property that makes fluorescent lights buzz could power a new generation of computing devices.
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Burn after reading
A self-erasing chip for security and anti-counterfeit tech.
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Mirror-like photovoltaics get more electricity out of heat
By reflecting nearly all the light they can’t turn into electricity, they help pave the way for storing renewable energy as heat.