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An example of the input and output data of the tree segmentation algorithm. At left, the input data is colored by elevation; at right, the results of the algorithm use color to segment each tree from the point cloud.
October 12, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Going into detail: New algorithmic method improves tree mapping technology

In an example provided by the research team, the energy equity mapping tool displays information including unemployment rates, housing burdens, wildfire risks, and more for a census tract in South Carolina. Credit: University of Michigan / Courtesy
September 22, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Michigan team unveils ‘first-of-its-kind’ energy equity framework and mapping tool

Researchers studied how pandemic grocery shopping changes, including the use of delivery robots, affect greenhouse gas emissions.
August 10, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Green grocers? Delivery innovations reduce grocery shopping emissions

Ohio researchers found that marine viruses could help channel carbon absorbed from the atmosphere into permanent storage on the ocean floor.
July 6, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Going viral: Marine viruses could hold a key to climate change mitigation

The University of Kansas' Watson Library, where the KU engineering team retrofitted a chiller to use a new hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant called Opteon XP10.
June 14, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Chill out: Kansas engineers test more environmentally friendly cooling system

Mapping lead levels in Chicago soil is the first step in understanding contamination risks in foods grown in urban areas. Photo by Andrew Margenot, assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois.
April 21, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Unleaded: Developing better ways to predict and detect household lead

Michigan Tech associate professor Stephen Techtmann came up with a way to extract value from plastic waste with the help of certain kinds of bacteria.
April 12, 2022September 29, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Plastics to protein: Portable innovation combats waste and hunger

The tower uses sensors and artificial intelligence to collect and analyze data on environmental conditions for a variety of research projects.
September 8, 2021October 6, 2022 Katie Pyzyk

Ohio airport tower offers ‘unique opportunity’ to measure real-time environmental data

A barista slides a white paper coffee cup toward the outer edge of a coffeeshop counter.
March 8, 2021 energynewsus

Coating strengthens paper packaging without harmful plastics and chemicals

Nina Mahmoudian, center, stands near a pool while seven masked students, two of which are each holding a 4-foot-long torpedo-shaped underwater glider, sit on diving boards on either side.
February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 energynewsus

Innovative underwater research robot is more efficient and less disruptive

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