Researchers in the Walter E. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory are investigating engine efficiency, alternative and low carbon fuels, connected and autonomous vehicles and vehicle electrification.
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Better forecasting could protect astronauts and instruments from solar eruptions that release damaging, high-energy particles.
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Massive storms have appeared as “Great White Spots” on Saturn every 20 to 30 years since 1876. The impacts of those older storms have lasted in Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries.
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‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’
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The Department of Energy will support research into faster reactor licensing, just energy transitions, and more.
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Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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New center builds a campus-wide ecosystem for designing and manufacturing materials of the future at U-M while training a more representative workforce.
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Without the constraints of building on Earth, engineers look to expand the capabilities of what space structures can do.
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A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.
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Disruptions in a material’s atomic structure could act as “nano-pipelines” for efficient transport of charge and spin.
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