Category: Materials Science and Engineering
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STEM education: A taste of research for K-12 teachers
The REACT workshop pairs U-M researchers with K-12 science educators to introduce primary school teachers to new laboratory science and classroom-friendly activities.
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The material that could power tomorrow’s solar cells
‘We estimate that a finished solar cell could be about ten times cheaper than an equivalent gallium arsenide cell.’
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“Everything-repellent” coating could kid-proof phones, homes
Clear surface repels all liquids
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Microscale 3D printing for medicine
New “jet writing” technique can make detailed 3D structures with clinically relevant materials for future implants and cancer studies.
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Holography and LIDAR on the cheap with nanoparticle gel
Magnetic nanoparticles coated in amino acids can modulate light inexpensively at room temperature, and the findings have applications in autonomous vehicles.
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Semiconductor breakthrough may be game-changer for organic solar cells
Buildings, clothing could generate power.
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Outlaw alloys
Metals that court chaos could be the future of computing.
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Electricity, eel-style: Soft power cells could run tomorrow’s implantables
Device generates over 100 volts from saltwater.
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Fighting cancer with cancer: 3D cultured cells could drive precision therapy
U-M researchers have devised a process that can grow hundreds of cultured cancer cell masses, called spheroids, from just a few tumor cells derived from a patient.
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Turning waste heat into emissions-free electricity
Energy-intensive industries have been waiting for a low-cost, low-toxicity thermoelectric generation material. It’s here.
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Materials at Michigan Symposium
Materials at Michigan is a special bicentennial year symposium to celebrate the impact of advanced materials research on society.
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Advanced manufacturing lab opens in Detroit
Center to drive lightweight manufacturing technology