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Electric aviation: Battery experts, aero entrepreneurs, state leaders and venture capitalists converge
  1. Electric aviation: Battery experts, aero entrepreneurs, state leaders and venture capitalists converge

    ‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’

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  2. $7.5M to advance nuclear energy awarded to U-M

    The Department of Energy will support research into faster reactor licensing, just energy transitions, and more.

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  3. A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves

    Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.

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  4. $18M to advance materials research for quantum computing, sustainable plastics and more

    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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  5. U-M’s space design and manufacturing draws second round of support from DARPA

    Without the constraints of building on Earth, engineers look to expand the capabilities of what space structures can do.

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  6. Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins

    A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.

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  7. $7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing

    Disruptions in a material’s atomic structure could act as “nano-pipelines” for efficient transport of charge and spin.

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  8. $3.1M to transform post-stroke mobility treatment

    A new tool to measure essential properties of the ankle joint—and an exploration of whether botulinum toxin injections are helpful—could help survivors walk better.

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  9. ‘Principled action’

    A retrospective on the impactful U-M career of departing dean Alec D. Gallimore.

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  10. The storied history of a leading space propulsion lab

    Alec Gallimore upcycled a lunar rover testing chamber into a world-class electric propulsion center.

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