For 75 years, SPRL has sent instruments skyward to help us better understand Earth, space, our sun and more.
Features
Answers Inc. – A brief history of U-M’s Space Physics Research Laboratory
Prepping for the revolution
University of Michigan engineers are working to make our electrified future more equitable and avoid the mistakes of the past.
The Future of Lasers
Story by Colin Barras
We’re doing ethanol wrong
Is there a way to get biofuels right?
Built by humans. Ruled by computers.
In the world of humans, Brian Russell is a regular blue-collar guy. Stocky with a shaved head, black-rimmed glasses and a tightly trimmed Van Dyke, he pulls down steady hours at his job installing security systems. Every night, he drives his old green Jeep home to a freshly planted subdivision of modest ranch houses outside […]
Putting the AI in aviation
Persuading a field to face its future
