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First Black woman to earn U-M Robotics PhD speaks at commencement
  1. First Black woman to earn U-M Robotics PhD speaks at commencement

    Wami Ogunbi opens up about the importance of advocates and mentors in enabling her to achieve—and delivers a message about the importance of inclusion.

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  2. Spatial atlas of the human ovary with cell-level resolution will bolster reproductive research

    Most human oocytes never get a chance to mature into eggs—a new study sheds light on why.

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  3. Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy

    Mixing unconventional ingredients in just the right order can make complex materials with fewer impurities. The robotic lab that tested the idea could be widely adopted.

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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. Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures

    Foldable origami with thick panels opens a world of possibilities.

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  7. Auto industry deadlines loom for impaired-driver detection tech, U-M offers a low-cost solution

    Current technologies already in use could help prevent crashes and deaths linked to impaired driving.

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  8. Widely used AI tool for early sepsis detection may be cribbing doctors’ suspicions

    When using only data collected before patients with sepsis received treatments or medical tests, the model’s accuracy was no better than a coin toss.

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  9. Urine-to-fertilizer effort part of NSF Regional Innovation Engine 

    U-M involved in Great Lakes consortium to support sustainable economic growth

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  10. Geothermal at Davos: a Q&A with Karthik Duraisamy

    Karthik Duraisamy, a University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering, participated in a roundtable on geothermal energy at the World Economic Forum.

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