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  1. Seed-sized U-M computers pumped into oil wells featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

    Millimeter-sized computers log the temperature and pressure from deep within oil wells.

  2. Artificial cartilage made from Kevlar mimics the magic of the real thing

    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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  3. The beanbag test

    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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  4. Bringing smart banking to market

    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.

  5. Nanoparticles can limit inflammation by distracting the immune system

    White blood cells get busy taking out the trash – it could be a lifesaver when the immune system goes haywire.

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  6. New funding for high-fidelity nerve mapping research

    SPARC awarded $1M to a U-M project developing better nerve mapping.

  7. Fighting cancer with cancer: 3D cultured cells could drive precision therapy

    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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  8. $1.6M toward artificial intelligence for data science

    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.

  9. Out of the Cold War’s shadow

    “My God, what have we done?” The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation

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  10. Closest look yet at killer T-cell activity could yield new approach to tackling antibiotic resistance

    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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