Michigan Engineering | University of Michigan White blood cells get busy taking out the trash – it could be a lifesaver when the immune system goes haywire.
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Nanoparticles can limit inflammation by distracting the immune system
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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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Out of the Cold War’s shadow
“My God, what have we done?” The new technology of nuclear nonproliferation
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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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Thruster for Mars mission breaks records
The most powerful Hall thruster the world has ever seen showed its mettle at NASA Glenn
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Turning waste heat into emissions-free electricity
Energy-intensive industries have been waiting for a low-cost, low-toxicity thermoelectric generation material. It’s here.
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Technology innovation for the most pressing problems of society
S. Shankar Sastry, Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley delivers the The 2017 Michael Korybalski Distinguished Lecture.
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Wearables to boost security of voice-based log-in
Sound is easy to spoof. New technology could help close this ‘open’ channel.
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Doubling the power of the world’s most intense laser
It could enable tabletop particle and X-ray sources as well as the investigation of astrophysics and quantum dynamics.
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Ann Arbor: A hub for autonomous vehicles
Ann Arbor is emerging as a major player in the world of autonomous vehicles with the Mcity test facility, a one-of-a-kind simulated urban and suburban environment.
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