Tag: Health and Environment
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Engineers work to disinfect N95 masks for medical personnel
Virus removal approaches, mask resilience and mask fit are all being tested.
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A sewage surveillance effort to track COVID-19
We don’t know much about how coronaviruses move through the environment. U-M and Stanford engineers aim to change that.
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Engineering Events: Earth Day at 50
Michigan Engineering faculty are hosting teach-ins on a range of Earth Year topics.
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U-M spinoff offers free coronavirus test kits to researchers
The kits help researchers understand where the virus came from and how it operates.
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A plasma reactor zaps airborne viruses – and could help slow the spread of infectious diseases
Using nonthermal plasma reactors, researchers could one day curb the spread of airborne pathogens.
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Toward a portable concussion detector that relies on an infrared laser
By looking at tissue oxygen and cell metabolism at the same time, doctors could have a fast and noninvasive way to monitor the health of brain cells.
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Simulation of how E. coli-killer operates is a roadmap for targeted treatments
Bacteriophages provide a how-to for taking over bacteria.
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Overuse, or one bad move? New view on ACL tears prompt questions on how athletes train
New research suggests a reevaluation of the way athletes train and prepare for competition.
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Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, study shows
Combining virus deactivation and filtration is highly effective against contaminated air.
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Smart wearables to improve elderly mobility and infrastructure
With people aged 65 and older outnumbering children in the U.S. by 2035, infrastructure changes should be made for the growing demographic.
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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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Getting smart about construction safety
A Q&A with the professor who wants to fit construction workers with health-monitoring sensors.