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Mcity opens for remote testing of autonomous vehicle technologies, calls for federal standards
The opening coincides with a new industry partnership project announced at the NVIDIA AI Summit.
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Heat-conducting plastic could lead to lighter electronics, cars
Unfurling the long chains of molecules in plastics could help them dissipate heat more easily.
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Michigan Engineers: Elite Astronaut Corps
Of the relatively few astronauts in the history of the world, more than our fair share have been Michigan Engineers.
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Outdoor drone complex planned
When M-Air opens, Michigan Engineering will earn the distinction of hosting advanced robotics testing facilities for air, sea and land.
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‘Missing lead’ in Flint water pipes confirms cause of crisis
The findings show how important uninterrupted corrosion control is in the aging water systems that serve millions of Americans.
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Lab-grown lung tissue could lead to new cancer, asthma treatments
A look at how Michigan Engineers created a biomaterial scaffold to help researchers from the U-M Medical School grow mature human lung tissue.
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Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks
More efficient LED lighting and invisibility cloaking are two possible applications for a new process that adds metallic nanoparticles to semiconductors.
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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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New grad program: Engineering education research
New program turns a researcher’s eye on engineering education in the service of better teaching, learning and diversity at U-M and beyond.
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Destination Cuba
Over spring break, 2017, 22 Michigan Engineering students participated in one of the first technical interactions between a U.S. university and Cuba since the thawing of relations.