Category: Research
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With AV Challenge, engineers can put their decision-making algorithms to the test
U-M’s Mcity will provide the first-of-its-kind city-scale virtual proving ground for competitors from industry and academia.
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2024 AAAS Fellows include three Michigan Engineering professors
The Michigan researchers are honored for trailblazing work in targeted drug delivery, self-assembling nanostructures and unraveling the mysteries of solar storms.
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Spatial atlas of the human ovary with cell-level resolution will bolster reproductive research
Most human oocytes never get a chance to mature into eggs—a new study sheds light on why.
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Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy
Mixing unconventional ingredients in just the right order can make complex materials with fewer impurities. The robotic lab that tested the idea could be widely adopted.
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Reducing wildfires: A power operations model to limit risk in dry, windy areas
New method can help avoid public safety power shut-offs during fire-prone climate conditions.
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New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas
With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more.
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Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short.
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Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures
Foldable origami with thick panels opens a world of possibilities.
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Explaining a supernova’s ‘string of pearls’
It looks like the same mechanism that breaks up airplane contrails might be at play in forming the clumps of hydrogen gas that ring the remnant of supernova 1987A.
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Building trust between humans and robots when managing conflicting objectives
When robots do not have prior knowledge of human tactics, adaptive learning enhances trust and performance.
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Enhancing nuclear power plants’ autonomous control capabilities
Majdi Radaideh will support Idaho National Lab-led effort to revolutionize nuclear reactor control systems
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Auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, U-M offers a low-cost solution
Current technologies already in use could help prevent crashes and deaths linked to impaired driving.