Science and Technology
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Lake-bottom robot tracks toxicity
A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie.
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Highway star
Researchers use new technologies at Mcity to test the boundaries and expand the capacities of smart, connected, and driverless vehicles.
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An uncommon education: Ep 5
U-M was the nation’s first university to own and operate its own hospital. Watch ‘A Miracle Cure,’ by Detroit Public Television.
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The courage to resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state technology favors the powerful. That’s why this computer scientist revels in righting the balance.
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Perspective: Why I marched for science
U-M grad student shares her experience Joining the tens of thousands of demonstrators at the March for Science — and what ought to happen next.
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Can math help explain our bodies?
The legacy of mathematician Alan Turing inspires researchers to create computer models to explore ‘the beauty of us.’
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Everybody walk the dinosaur
As experts prepare to move the Museum of Natural History, they reimagine the visitor experience.
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Not your father's time capsule
Students prepare to launch a time capsule into orbit to mark U-M’s bicentennial. The plan is to retrieve it in 100 years.
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U-M pioneers new walking robot
New bot is loosely modeled on the cassowary, a flightless bird with backward-facing knees.