Category: Research
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Quantum metallurgy: Electron crystals deform and melt
Electrons can arrange into crystalline patterns that accumulate defects as they melt; controlling the degree of melting may advance superconductors and artificial neurons.
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Death-defying protein found in tardigrades preserves synthetic cells
The findings could help make synthetic cells easier and cheaper to store and transport, for point-of-use production of medicines and other useful molecules.
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Robotics, advanced manufacturing and national security: Q&A with Chinedum Okwudire
University of Michigan Engineering’s Okwudire and Dawn Tilbury are providing expertise for a new Special Competitive Studies Project commission.
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Stem cell model of human embryo produces yolk sac without hypoblasts
The model demonstrates never-before-seen potential in human pluripotent stem cells.
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Ultrashort laser pulses achieve stronger photoemission
A new theoretical study finds shorter laser pulses achieve higher quantum efficiency for photoemission from a solid surface without increasing power or intensity.
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AI helps instructors give better feedback but can’t replace them
A randomized trial in a large economics course found that AI-mediated feedback improved students’ revisions when teaching assistants stayed in control.
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Global urban methane emissions are growing more than estimated
Satellite measurements suggest that scientific and government reports don’t capture how methane emissions are rising, which could hamper mitigation efforts.
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A hardware-software co-design to efficiently run AI on edge devices
Adjusting state space models to work with a compute-in-memory architecture demonstrated energy-efficient processing of continuous event sequences.
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Fine-tuning nanoscale heat flows in molecular materials
Researchers demonstrate how swapping out a single atom can cut the thermal conductance in half without changing electrical properties.
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Providing the Artemis mission with solar radiation forecasts
Machine-learning and physics-based models developed at U-M will warn NASA when solar particle radiation could become hazardous up to 24 hours in advance.
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A fast method for measuring how well air disinfection works: see how it glows
Developed to measure the effectiveness of plasma-based air disinfection, the approach could eventually assess other techniques as well.
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Meeting EV electricity demand: upgrade grid first, then add V2G chargers
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers enable utilities to use EVs like a mobile battery network, but when and where they are deployed will determine how cost-effective they are.