Category: Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts February 7-11
Highlights include Nature and Time.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts January 24-28
Highlights include the Associated Press.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts January 17-21
Highlights include The Daily Beast, The Hill and Marketplace.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts January 3-7
Highlights include Washington Post and Michigan Radio.
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Nuclear “shadow corrosion” reproduced in the lab, paving way to longer fuel life
Now that it’s understood, researchers are on their way to preventing this type of degradation in nuclear power plants.
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Intercepting an asteroid
In prior posts, two Michigan Engineers worked on the ion engine aboard NASA’s DART probe, set to launch this winter.
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Key takeaways from the COP26 Summit
Three Michigan Engineering experts offer insights following the summit in Glasgow.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts October 11-15
Highlights include The New York Times, Popular Science and Forbes.
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Nuclear nonproliferation: $1.9M to improve detection of weapons-grade material
Untangling the signatures of smuggled nuclear materials from the radiation background created by shooting neutrons at suspected cargo is the task of U-M research team.
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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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Annie Kritcher leads revolutionary nuclear fusion experiment
The NERS alum and her team at LLNL came close to reproducing the power of the sun on earth.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts September 6-10
Highlights include Wired and the Los Angeles Times.