Innovation

  1. Mayday machine

    If a plane is in trouble, a computer won’t panic. So, is it time for humans to leave the cockpit? Plus: An alum’s new film, Pilot Error, strikes a timely chord.

  2. World's smallest computer

    Breaking the millimeter barrier, U-M engineers have designed and are testing the world’s smallest computers. The future is now.

  3. Potential to restore hearing?

    U-M scientists restore hearing in mice partly deafened by noise, paving the way for new treatments in humans.

  4. Probing links to autism

    Researchers building database to study how environmental stressors may impact brain development.

  5. Life, engineered

    Lynn Conway has been called the hidden hand in the movement that enabled the fabric of Silicon Valley. She’s also one of the nation’s first modern transgender women.

  6. Under the D

    A vacant house in Detroit seems an unlikely site for a shrimp farm – until you think “urban revitalization through sustainable aquaculture.”

  7. Helping buildings work smarter, not harder

    How big data could mean big savings in economy, environment.

  8. Boosting the brain's appetite to fight disease

    New findings hold promise for victims of dementia, Lou Gehrig’s disease.

  9. A most elegant solution

    Discover how the ancient art of origami may soon transform the future of nanotechnology.