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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 2024 AAAS Fellows include three Michigan Engineering professors

    The Michigan researchers are honored for trailblazing work in targeted drug delivery, self-assembling nanostructures and unraveling the mysteries of solar storms.

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  4. New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

    With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more.

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  5. Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein

    Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short.

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  6. Is lung cancer treatment working? This chip can tell from a blood draw

    By trapping and concentrating tiny numbers of cancer cells from blood samples, the device can identify whether a treatment is working at the four-week mark.

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  7. 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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  8. Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time

    The findings could enable engineers to more reliably manufacture next-gen materials by combining different nanocrystals.

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  9. Nanoparticle quasicrystal constructed with DNA

    The breakthrough opens the way for designing and building more complex structures.

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  10. AI tool helps optimize antibody medicines

    Machine learning points out why antibodies fail to stay on target, binding to molecules that aren’t markers of disease—and suggests better designs.

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