1. Hacking into homes

    Cybersecurity researchers find alarming “smart home” flaws in popular systems that boast automated and remote features.

  2. Time to get serious?

    As the Earth’s climate changes, experts explore provocative interventions and ask: Can we geoengineer our way out of a looming crisis?

  3. A matter of time

    Learn how the Internet of Things infiltrated one home, and what it could signal about the future of privacy and security.

  4. Autonomous cars in the snow

    U-M and Ford collaborate on the auto industry’s first tests of autonomous vehicles in wintry conditions.

  5. Solar Car Team goes for gold with ‘Aurum’

    Sleek 2015 model, “Aurum,” is named for “gold” in Latin. In October, the team will race 1,800 miles across the Outback.

  6. U-M to test 3-D, automated 'SmartCarts'

    U-M students, professors, and staff may one day be zipping around campus aboard autonomous, 3D-printed electric vehicles.

  7. Talking trash in Jakarta

    Flooding in overpopulated megacities often is exacerbated by trash dumping. Frank Sedlar, MSE ’15, innovates in Indonesia.

  8. 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.

  9. Mischief on the line

    New study shows how hackers can execute sneak attacks through a smart phone’s shared memory.