The research could make offshore renewable energy more reliable and a better neighbor to marine life, also enabling laboratory testing of larger prototypes.
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Some carbon-based solar cells already show no drop in performance after three years’ worth of radiation, and the cause of degradation in others could be preventable.
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Filaments curling at the micro- and nanoscale produce light waves that twirl as they travel.
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Each member will provide essential input for U-M engineers to design a wave energy prototype that best suits the island’s needs.
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A team led by the University of Michigan aims to bring the extraordinary accuracy of quantum laboratory measurements to real-world devices.
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U-M co-inventor of the cancer treatment has been named a National Academy of inventors fellow.
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Layering an organic material on top of 2D materials achieves stable, fast phosphorescent light emission without using expensive and hazardous heavy metals.
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The material transports oxygen ions rather than electrons, creating heat-resistant voltages for both digital memory and in-memory computing.
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The highly collaborative project will leverage many tiny sensing computers, called “motes,” to communicate with the visual cortex of the brain.
New research finds hard carbon in rice hull ash, providing a cheap, domestic source of the material that can replace graphite in lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery anodes.
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