Category: Research
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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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Cracking the mystery of nature’s toughest material
How mollusks engineered the most advanced nanostructure on Earth
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Using lasers to measure uranium enrichment
Nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation would both benefit from a faster, easier way to measure what proportion of uranium atoms can split.
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How opt-out organ donation could affect U.S. waiting lists
A lack of consent plays a role in preventing donation from up to 40% of otherwise eligible donors.
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Why sea level rise models have been wrong
A Q&A with Jeremy Bassis, an expert on ice dynamics and contributing author of the IPCC’s latest report.
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Most powerful laser in the US to be built at Michigan
Using extreme light to explore quantum dynamics, advance medicine and more.
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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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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