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Detonation and shock waves traversing the linear combustion chamber.
A detonation-based combustion system that utilizes shock waves for propulsion
Mining is ripe for microreactors
Paul Jensen’s graduate students working in the lab. Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering
Could AI really run a million microbial experiments per year?
A variety of common deep learning models benefit from Zeus’ ability to tune GPU power limits and the training batch size. When both parameters were tuned, the software achieved up to 75% energy reduction. Image credit: SymbioticLab, University of Michigan
Cut the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75% without new hardware or infrastructure
Tim Cernak and team duplicated a complex molecule in only three steps. Image credit: The Cernak Lab
AI dramatically speeds up the chemical process of building molecules that will be tomorrow’s medicines, agrichemicals or materials
Trust in robots by humans can have its limits under the right/wrong circumstances
Might Hall thrusters actually power a crewed mission to Mars?
A strategy to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles with small modular nuclear reactors
Peng Zhou uses a large lens to concentrate sunlight onto the water-splitting catalyst. Outdoors, the device was ten times more efficient than previous efforts at solar water splitting. Photo: Brenda Ahearn/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing
A new catalyst is 10 times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices of its kind
Simple rubber band fix for surgical masks could help prevent thousands of infections and perhaps save thousands of lives
An artificial intelligence-driven device could provide a more accurate picture of patient deterioration than traditional vital sign measurements
Xinjing Huang, a PhD student in applied physics, demonstrates the semi-transparent view through the solar cell. The new manufacturing process could enable meter-scale electricity-producing windows. Photo Credit: Silvia Cardarelli, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan.
An important step toward bringing transparent solar cells to home windows
Is this the way to build a cure for heart attacks?
Computational model of gold nanoparticle functionalized with left-handed enantiomers of cysteine and phenylalanine CREDIT André Farias de Moura
Vaccines can be made over 25 percent more effective by adding left-handed chiral gold nanoparticles
The 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer used in Prof. Xu’s lab. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering
Using ultrasound to partially break up tumors non-invasively so they won’t come back