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Not quite ready for autonomous taxis? Tele-driving could be a bridge
If drivers could choose any available car as a starting point, ride-hailing services could become cheaper as energy and labor are used more efficiently.
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Modeling nuclear microreactor temperatures in 3D for safe operations
Finding the best digital twin to model reactor temperatures can improve online monitoring, essential for use of these compact, portable reactors in remote areas.
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New course centers community-engaged design for nuclear energy solutions
New course highlights how energy system designers and local communities need strategic collaboration more urgently than ever
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The legacy of Lynn Conway, chip design pioneer and transgender-rights advocate
Conway, professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, has died.
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US public opinion on social media is warming to nuclear energy, but concerns remain
300,000 X posts show 48 of 50 states have a more positive than negative tone about nuclear energy, with a national average at 54% positive.
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3-D printed magnets for more efficient and affordable electric motors
A $2.6M project will fine tune an advanced manufacturing approach that opens doors to more power-dense and sustainable magnetic materials.
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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.
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Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency
Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.
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AI chips could get a sense of time
Timekeeping in the brain is done with neurons that relax at different rates after receiving a signal; now memristors—hardware analogues of neurons—can do that too.
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Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2 from air and industrial plants
New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions.