Innovation
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Potential to restore hearing?
U-M scientists restore hearing in mice partly deafened by noise, paving the way for new treatments in humans.
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Probing links to autism
Researchers building database to study how environmental stressors may impact brain development.
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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.
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Under the D
A vacant house in Detroit seems an unlikely site for a shrimp farm – until you think “urban revitalization through sustainable aquaculture.”
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Helping buildings work smarter, not harder
How big data could mean big savings in economy, environment.
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Boosting the brain's appetite to fight disease
New findings hold promise for victims of dementia, Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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A most elegant solution
Discover how the ancient art of origami may soon transform the future of nanotechnology.
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50 years of miracles
Identical twins Janice and Joan Ottenbacher made medical history in 1964 with transplant surgeon Jeremiah G. Turcotte.
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Transformers, anyone?
What happens when a rolling robot needs some legs mid-mission? The robot builds its own. At least that’s the plan.