Innovation
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The future is now
U-M researchers are teaching cars, roads, traffic lights, and other roadside devices to talk to each other. Their conversations just might make driving easy, save lives, and generally improve road conditions. Connected vehicles will inform each other out about such things as traffic tie-ups, icy roads, disabled vehicles, and lane closures. And drivers will Read more
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Stem cell research at U-M: A five-year progress report
Five years ago this month, Michigan voters opened the door for a full range of stem cell research in the state. Today, that effort is well under way at U-M, and yielding results that are expanding knowledge of a wide range of diseases.
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Engineers making a difference
Creativity, design, and customer service take precedence in a unique course, as freshmen “tinker” their way to real results.
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Easy Riders
Shifting gears comes naturally to entrepreneurs. For the founders of Autobike, it’s the defining feature of their evolving startup–a bike that shifts automatically.
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Susan Murphy nets MacArthur Fellowship
This innovative professor is developing smart-phone apps and other technologies to personalize treatment for depression, addiction, cardiovascular disease, and more.
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"The best we ever did"
Apollo astronauts Al Worden and Jim McDivitt ponder our nation’s future in space as the Mars rover Curiosity begins year two on the red planet.
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Crowdfunding for medical research?
A U-M Health System team is striving to make it possible for anyone to propose and fund ideas for patient-focused research studies. The team’s award-winning online protoype, WellSpringboard, would focus on studies designed to compare prevention, diagnostic, or treatment options.
Related: Big Ten universities form Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
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Statewide Startup Program Launches
Innovators are exploring business opportunities around their technologies via Michigan I-Corps, a seven-week entrepreneurial training workshop funded by the National Science Foundation.
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The Anatomy Lesson: 2013
A new Medical School program offers a rare opportunity for body donors to share their life stories with the U-M students who one day will dissect them.
Video: The Ultimate Gift—How a Patient’s Brain Touched His Doctor’s Heart.