• hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines

    Hydrogen has the potential to power internal combustion engines, including on-road and off-road vehicles and equipment, and large marine engines. Despite its promise to reduce climate change emissions such as carbon dioxide and harmful pollutants, hydrogen has largely remained underutilized in the United States.

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  • Twisted Edison

    Bright, twisted light can be produced with technology similar to an Edison light bulb, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. The finding adds nuance to fundamental physics while offering a new avenue for robotic vision systems and other applications for light that traces out a helix in space.

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  • Civic Librarian Project

    Library professionals have long been community problem-solvers. The Civic Librarian Project, created by faculty at the University of Michigan School of Information, builds on this tradition by equipping public librarians with the tools and resources to address civic challenges using 21st century technology.

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  • Looking to Kenya’s Lake Victoria

    To try to understand how harmful algal blooms might evolve in Lake Erie in a warming climate, University of Michigan scientists helped conduct a survey of cyanobacteria in a gulf of Kenya’s Lake Victoria.

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