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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Richard Laine is the academic category winner in a national EPA contest.
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Taking inspiration from the word-predicting large language models, a U-M team is kickstarting an atom-predicting model with 200,000 node hours on Argonne’s Polaris.
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‘Here, we have industry and expertise. Take that and combine it with belief—and magic happens.’
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Cracks in predominant lithium-ion electrodes shorten battery lifespans, but a neuroscience-inspired technique shows that they have an upside.
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Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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A former auto industry executive has been named director of the state-funded center.
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A new formula makes sense of the way batteries respond to different alternating current frequencies, revealing materials, structures, faults and more.
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It turns out cerium flow batteries lose voltage when electrolyte molecules siphon off energy to form different complexes around the metal.
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The University of Michigan will lead a suite of projects involving multiple institutions to boost understanding of solid-state EV power cells.
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