Category: Research
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How an AI solution can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
A new method could replace trial and error drug development.
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Beyond Moore’s Law: taking transistor arrays into the third dimension
Thin film transistors stacked on top of a state-of-the-art silicon chip could help shrink electronics while improving performance.
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How everyday products are supercharging methane, and what that means.
“Siloxanes” could be key to deriving bolstered energy production from biogas.
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How Let’s Encrypt doubled the percentage of secure websites in four years
A Q&A with J. Alex Halderman, who co-founded the nonprofit organization.
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A laser pointer could hack your voice-controlled virtual assistant
Researchers identified a vulnerability that allows a microphone to ‘unwittingly listen to light as if it were sound’
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What humans want, in an automated car
U-M researchers examined how a person’s perception of safety in an autonomous vehicle was influenced by its “personality” traits.
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How Russia’s online censorship could jeopardize internet freedom worldwide
The nation is using inexpensive commodity equipment to block 170K domains on more than 1K privately-owned ISPs.
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Iran’s centrifuges and nuclear nonproliferation: A Q&A with Sara Pozzi
Understanding nuclear enrichment and what it means for the “Iran nuclear deal.”
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Implantable cancer traps could provide earlier diagnosis and help monitor treatment
Synthetic scaffolding could detect multiple types of cancers before they start to spread.
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‘Sensors in a Shoebox’ empower citizens to gather data about communities
Civil engineering and education researchers are working together with Detroit teens.
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Cracking the mystery of nature’s toughest material
How mollusks engineered the most advanced nanostructure on Earth
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An inclusive autonomous shuttle for those with physical disabilities
Proof-of-concept service will gather systematic, real-world data to put users first.