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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A mathematical model linking these vortices with more pedestrian types, like smoke rings, could help engineers control their behavior in power generation and more.
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Withstanding high temperatures and the light of 160 suns, a new catalyst is ten times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices of its kind.
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A Ph.D. student shares his remarkable path from Cuba to chemical engineering at U-M.
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Experiments with custom-made biologging devices offer new insight into dolphin swimming and energy requirements.
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The Institute for Energy Solutions will continue U-M’s 75-year legacy of leadership in energy research.
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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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Concrete and construction aggregates could be carbon negative and dollar positive while sustainable aviation fuel and methanol could also turn a profit.
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The upside is that simple fixes will have a big impact
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The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.
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