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‘Unprecedented’ level of control allows person without use of limbs to operate virtual quadcopter
  1. ‘Unprecedented’ level of control allows person without use of limbs to operate virtual quadcopter

    Brain-computer interface can enable people with paralysis to socialize with others, participate in remote work and enjoy recreational activities.

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  2. Histotripsy tumor treatment moves from trials to triumphs in 2024

    U-M co-inventor of the cancer treatment has been named a National Academy of inventors fellow.

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  3. Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand

    Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.

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  4. Cancer management: Stent sensor can warn of blockages in the bile duct

    New batteryless and wireless sensor tested in pigs.

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  5. Accounting for bias in medical data helps prevent AI from amplifying racial disparity

    Some sick Black patients are likely labeled as “healthy” in AI datasets due to inequitable medical testing.

    The post Accounting for bias in medical data helps prevent AI from amplifying racial disparity appeared first on Michigan Engineering News.

  6. Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw

    Capturing nanoscale ‘packages’ that cancer cells send out, twisting gold nanoparticles use light to distinguish healthy patients from lung cancer patients.

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  7. Born to warm: Grace Hsia Haberl and Warmilu

    Travel to Kenya with Grace Hsia Haberl (BSE MSE ‘12, MsE ‘13), co-founder and CEO of Warmilu, as she shares her University of Michigan-born non-electric infant warming blankets with hospitals, mothers and officials across the country. Called Incu-Blankets, the devices have warmed tens of thousands of babies in 23 countries.

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  8. Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment

    New approach could offer those with food allergies another option besides avoidance.

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  9. An invisible mask? Wearable air curtain, treated to kill viruses, blocks 99.8% of aerosols

    Headworn tech from U-M startup could protect agricultural and industrial workers from airborne pathogens.

    The post An invisible mask? Wearable air curtain, treated to kill viruses, blocks 99.8% of aerosols appeared first on Michigan Engineering News.

  10. Spatial atlas of the human ovary with cell-level resolution will bolster reproductive research

    Most human oocytes never get a chance to mature into eggs—a new study sheds light on why.

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