U-M launches center to transform mobility
The newly established Michigan Mobility Transformation Center will, in partnership with government and industry, dramatically improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of ways that people and goods move from place to place in our society.
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Vacant to Vibrant
The 2,000th person has moved to U-M’s North Campus Research Complex, or NCRC. In just under 3 years, the once-empty former Pfizer campus has become a vibrant hub for researchers and research staff.
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Capturing Cancer Cells
UM engineering and medical researchers have devised a glass plate with a nanoscale roughness to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body via the bloodstream. False-color microscopic image shows cancer cells adhering to patterned letters (UM) on glass. Image credit: Weiqiang Chen
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Drug-carrying nanoparticles get trapped in bloodstream
Drug delivery systems promise precision targeting of diseased tissue. U-M engineers have discovered that nano particle spheres get trapped in the bloodstream instead. But it's not all bad news. . .
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Dark Matter Scaffolding Observed
For the first time, scientists - led by a U-M physics researcher Jörg Dietrich-directly detected part of the invisible dark matter skeleton of the universe, confirming a key prediction in the prevailing theory of how universe's current structure evolved.
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