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U-M faculty to pursue battery breakthroughs as part of nationwide initiative
Two Michigan Engineering professors are involved in ambitious research to develop next-generation batteries.
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Mechanical Engineering celebrates 150 years
The sesquicentennial anniversary of Mechanical Engineering is a major milestone for Michigan Engineering.
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Hurricane Florence: U-M researchers forecast impacts
More than 2 million people could lose power, and flooding is the major concern for several reasons.
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Detecting Huntington’s disease with an algorithm that analyzes speech
New, preliminary research found automated speech test accurately diagnoses Huntington’s disease 81 percent of the time and tracks the disease’s progression.
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Heat transfer surprise could lead to thermal transistors
Mechanical engineers find another way to break Planck’s law at the nanoscale.
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The threat that never sleeps: Can science stop superbugs?
They never released the woman’s name. News articles and government reports that came out in early 2017, months after her death, referred to her as “a Northern Nevada woman,” “a female Washoe County resident,” or something similarly vague. Her killer, however, they didn’t miss that: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Parse through those vowels and you’ll dig out the reason…
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A Q&A with a biomechanics expert who has researched reaction times
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Fake news detector algorithm works better than a human
System sniffs out fakes up to 76 percent of the time.
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Getting smart about construction safety
A Q&A with the professor who wants to fit construction workers with health-monitoring sensors.
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Battery breakthrough: Doubling performance with lithium metal that doesn’t catch fire
Longer-lasting drop-in replacements for lithium ion could be on the horizon.