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  1. Off-road autonomy: Automotive Research Center funded with $100 million through 2028

    As automakers explore self-driving cars, the Army-funded center will figure out how to take the tech off-road through computer modeling and simulation.

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  2. Linking online and offline social networks to better predict real world impact

    Prof. Lei Ying leads a new MURI that is focused on the interplay between online and offline networks and how they could impact disruptive behavior and events.

  3. Geothermal at Davos: a Q&A with Karthik Duraisamy

    Karthik Duraisamy, a University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering, participated in a roundtable on geothermal energy at the World Economic Forum.

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  4. Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants

    Strong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images.

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  5. Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer

    The findings could help engineers methodically find the best molecules to increase the lifespan of perovskite solar cells, rather than relying on time-consuming trial and error.

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  6. Better prosthetics: $3M to develop more natural robotic leg control

    An effort to create a control model that moves seamlessly between different activities like standing, walking and climbing stairs is renewed by the National Institutes of Health.

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  7. Blue PHOLEDs: Final color of efficient OLEDs finally viable in lighting

    Synchronizing light and matter adds blue to the OLED color palette

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  8. Clinicians could be fooled by biased AI, despite explanations

    Regulators pinned their hopes on clinicians being able to spot flaws in explanations of an AI model’s logic, but a study suggests this isn’t a safe approach.

  9. First remote testing at Mcity 2.0 conducted with Purdue and U-M researchers

    Engineers in Indiana tapped the full breadth of Mcity’s testing capabilities to identify problems and refine their algorithm.

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  10. Understanding attention in large language models

    How do chatbots based on the transformer architecture decide what to pay attention to in a conversation? They’ve made their own machine learning algorithms to tell them.

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