Category: Research
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U-M team to build synthetic neurons – first challenge in making synthetic cells
Seven U.S. research institutions look to build synthetic cells.
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Rewriting the rules for supercomputers
Machine learning will teach the world’s fastest machines to work smarter, not harder.
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Opening the black box of human development
New methods for studying embryonic development could enable better fertility treatment and prevent congenital disabilities, but they also pose tough questions.
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Errors found in a bedrock contract bidding model—and how to solve them. A Q&A with Photios Ioannou
A flaw has been uncovered in construction’s best known and most cited competitive bidding model.
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Measuring motion sickness for driverless cars
Carsickness incidence could increase if we all become passengers, but new research aims to help address that.
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How a spray from the hardware store could improve nuclear fusion
A coating of polyurethane keeps plasma problems in check during magnetic compression.
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Injectable ‘bone spackling’: A cell therapy approach to heal complex fractures
A Q&A with biomedical engineering professor Jan Stegemann, whose work in mice shows the promise of ‘microtissues.’
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University of Michigan launches Michigan Materials Research institute
Center to unite disciplines, spur new collaborations with government and industry
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Climate change: Why removing CO2 from the air isn’t enough
Switching to large scale renewable resources is the only way to curb extreme carbon capture costs.
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East Coast cities emitting twice as much methane as EPA estimated
The first study to examine natural gas losses across many cities suggests leaky pipes and inefficient appliances are major culprits. – By Theo Stein, NOAA
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First programmable memristor computer aims to bring AI processing down from the cloud
Circuit elements that store information in their electrical resistances enable a brain-like form of computing, storing and processing information in the same place.
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Toward molecular computers: First measurement of single-molecule heat transfer
If Moore’s law’s endgame is really computer components made from single molecules, we’re going to need to know how to cool them.