Millimeter-sized computers log the temperature and pressure from deep within oil wells.
Millimeter-sized computers log the temperature and pressure from deep within oil wells.
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength.
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It’s one thing for a robot to sort through a pile of rigid objects like blocks, but what about softer stuff?
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Jason Mars, CEO of Ann Arbor startup Clinc, was named #2 in Bank Innovations’s “10 Most innovative CEOs in Banking 2017” list. Clinc is leading the pack for development of intelligent banking assistant software.
White blood cells get busy taking out the trash – it could be a lifesaver when the immune system goes haywire.
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SPARC awarded $1M to a U-M project developing better nerve mapping.
U-M researchers have devised a process that can grow hundreds of cultured cancer cell masses, called spheroids, from just a few tumor cells derived from a patient.
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DARPA is trying to build a system that can turn large data sets into models that can make predictions, and U-M is in on the project.
“My God, what have we done?” The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation
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An in-depth look at the work of T-cells, the body’s bacteria killers, could provide a roadmap to effective drug treatments.
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