• Silk made into strong plastic-like materials with 6G potential

    Silk threads can be fused into transparent, plastic-like materials that twist terahertz frequencies of light, according to research led by Imperial College London, University of Michigan Engineering and Tufts University. The findings could enable components of 6G networks to be made from upcycled silk.

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  • Defining Gravity

    From spacetime to the science of dance, from quantum mechanics to quarks, from wavelengths to watts—the popular series, Saturday Morning Physics, makes science accessible to viewers near and far.

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  • A new resource for mastering the wind

    The study offers a detailed characterization of how sails behave during a wide range of tacking motions and with an array of sail types. Its findings serve as both a framework for improved sail designs and a pathway for making today’s autonomous sailboats—vital in oceanographic research—more efficient and reliable when changing direction in unpredictable wind conditions.

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  • Studying bird flu in the air

    A new research project, backed by the U.S.D.A. and led by Herek Clack, a U-M associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, will aim to determine how long the virus that causes bird flu remains infectious in the air within livestock and poultry facilities and will explore if non-thermal plasma technology can be used to reduce the virus' infectivity in the air of these facilities.

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  • Death-defying protein found in tardigrades preserves synthetic cells

    A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

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