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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New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.
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Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.
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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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New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions.
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Henderson Academy students used electrolyzers to produce hydrogen gas from water and power miniature fuel cell cars.
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Michigan Engineering researchers lead a collaboration with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
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Delaying a phone’s swiping and tapping functions forces users to think harder, making it easier for them to consider whether to keep scrolling.
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The center will connect faculty, students, postdocs and US Navy engineers, building a community to find cutting-edge solutions to naval and marine engineering issues.
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A mountaintop laboratory and a suite of radar instruments will study winter storms from large-scale cloud movement down to individual snowflakes in an NSF-funded project.
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