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  1. The legacy of Lynn Conway, chip design pioneer and transgender-rights advocate

    Conway, professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science, has died.

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  2. US public opinion on social media is warming to nuclear energy, but concerns remain

    300,000 X posts show 48 of 50 states have a more positive than negative tone about nuclear energy, with a national average at 54% positive.

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  3. Making electric motors more efficient, affordable by 3D-printing magnets 

    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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  4. Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings

    New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.

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  5. Renewable grid: Recovering electricity from heat storage hits 44% efficiency

    Thermophotovoltaics developed at U-M can recover significantly more energy stored in heat batteries.

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  6. AI chips could get a sense of time

    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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  7. Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2  from air and industrial plants

    New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions.

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  8. Racing hydrogen cars in Detroit

    Henderson Academy students used electrolyzers to produce hydrogen gas from water and power miniature fuel cell cars.

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  9. Zero-carbon maritime shipping by 2050: U-M joins partnership to advance sustainability goal 

    Michigan Engineering researchers lead a collaboration with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.

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  10. Managing screen time by making phones slightly more annoying to use

    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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