Category: Research
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Oil, gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than EPA reports
Gas leaks estimated to be worth $2 billion could have fueled 10 million homes.
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An even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer’
The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale.
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Europa’s ocean: New evidence from an old mission
An image from Hubble and data from Galileo support the theory that this moon is home to global body of water.
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Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
Electron states in a semiconductor, set and changed with pulses of light, could be the 0 and 1 of future “lightwave” electronics or room-temperature quantum computers.
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International Antarctic glacier study focuses on sea level changes
Bi-national study involving UM researcher will aid predictive models.
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Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy
Our pursuit of fusion needs a heat-check
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Organic solar cells reach record efficiency, benchmark for commercialization
The multi-layered organic solar cells will be able to curve in clothing or be transparently built into windows.
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Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator—last launch hurdle
With old IMAX projector bulbs, Michigan Engineers simulate the sun.
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“Everything-repellent” coating could kid-proof phones, homes
Clear surface repels all liquids
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‘I hacked an election. So can the Russians.’
Professor Alex Halderman and the New York Times staged a mock election to demonstrate voting machine vulnerability.
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M-Air Net autonomous aerial vehicle outdoor lab opens
Michigan Engineering now hosts advanced robotics facilities for land, air, sea, and space.
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Nuclear nonproliferation: U-M participates in project monitoring nuclear reactors from afar
Secret nuclear power reactors could be detected by capturing elusive antineutrinos.