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

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

Gary Kaberle, DDS ’72, had no idea the “cool” car he purchased for $2,600 in 1963 was a rare ’50s prototype with a chassis by Alfa Romeo. It was a discovery that would change his life.

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

What happens when a rolling robot needs some legs mid-mission? The robot builds its own. At least that’s the plan.

Creativity, design, and customer service take precedence in a unique course, as freshmen “tinker” their way to real results.

Imagine a home that had walls filled with water, toilets that composted their own waste, and a roof capable of disinfecting water through the sun’s UV rays. Now imagine a team of engineering students retrofitting one Ann Arbor home to achieve net-zero water consumption.

Video: Soaring into the future with unusual, autonomous, and unmanned aircraft.

A fascinating new invention could make it possible to use living insects, equipped with tiny battery packs and electronics, to enter hazardous environments and send back data and even video safely to first responders.