Category: Research
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Harnessing light to drive chemical reactions
The mechanism transferring light energy from capturer to catalyst is explained, paving the way to design better reactions that use less energy and produce less waste.
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Antarctic iceberg: Researchers explain what might happen next
An iceberg the size of Delaware detached from an ice shelf in the Southern Ocean.
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Overview: Solar Car Team goes small to win big at World Solar Challenge
Meet Novum: a long, skinny, single-fairing solar car
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How self-driving cars can be safer with connected technology
Mcity demonstrates the powerful pairing of connectivity and automation.
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Mcity demos: Self-driving cars can be even safer with connected technology
At the University of Michigan’s Mcity Test Facility, self-driving cars were part of a series of demonstrations that illustrated the key role connected technology can play in harnessing the safety benefits that self-driving vehicles promise.
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Driverless shuttle coming to U-M’s North Campus
Brought to you by Mcity, U-M’s public-private partnership to accelerate advanced mobility
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Bend it like Airbus
New $8.25M Airbus center at Michigan for high efficiency aircraft with flexible wings
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‘Magic’ alloy could spur the next generation of solar cells
A new alloy could reduce the cost of high-efficiency solar cells called “concentrator photovoltaics.”
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Seeing through materials
By developing a fast algorithm to map out the paths light takes through yogurt, researchers aim to someday see through skin.
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Airborne nuclear tests can mimic solar storms
Humans can influence space weather.
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Advancing road-readiness testing of self-driving cars
New method could cut 99.9 percent of validation costs
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Next-gen computing inspired by biology
New memristor chips can see patterns over pixels