Category: Research
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Expanding the CYGNSS Mission: Tracking Ocean Microplastics from Space
Microplastic pollution can be spotted from space because its traveling companion alters the roughness of the ocean’s surface.
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NEMISIS Investigation Selected for NASA Geospace Dynamics Constellation Mission
NASA has selected the final investigations for its flagship mission, the Geospace Dynamics Constellation, which include NEMISIS to be led by Prof. Mark Moldwin.
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American Meteorological Society Features Work by U-M Climate & Space
Faculty, students and researchers from the U-M Department of Climate and Space made an impact at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
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New Space Innovation Laboratory To Support Research and Mission Planning
The new Leinweber Space Innovation Laboratory is coming to the Climate and Space Research Building in 2024.
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Alumna Aisha Bowe Goes to Space
Aisha Bowe will make history when she boards an upcoming Blue Origin flight that will cross the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. She will be the first female U-M alum and sixth Black woman to do so.
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Science Magazine
The engineers, researchers, and leaders at the Space Physics Research Laboratory are making headlines with their innovative work.
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Space Physics Q&A: An Interview with Senior Engineer in Research Samantha Vaughn
Samantha Vaughn works as Senior Engineer in Research at the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) and XTRM Labs. In this Q&A, she shares some of her technical work at SPRL.
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Research Scientist Secures a Patent for Mobile Charging Network
Featured in a 2022 Tech Talk, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti has secured a patent to develop an EV mobile charging network at U-M.
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LearningClues Revolutionizes Education in College Lectures
Tech is revolutionizing the way college students absorb lectures, after University of Michigan Prof. Perry Samson led an interdisciplinary to invent LearningClues.
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U-M Faculty Recognition Award Presented to Jia
A physicist who teaches space physics and space weather modeling, Xianzhe Jia’s discoveries have made a profound impact on the field of planetary science.
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Research on Designing a Next-Gen Heavy Ion Composition Spectrometer Earns Student a NASA Fellowship
Tyler Eddy has been selected to receive the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellowship.
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times
Our researchers, leaders and educators are making headlines with their innovative work.
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When Climate Change Hits Home
An organization led by U-M is helping small-town America plan for a warming world and the devastating floods that come with it.
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Flaring Allows More Methane into the Atmosphere Than We Thought
Research by Associate Prof. Eric Kort shows flaring releases five times more methane than previously thought. Simple fixes could make a big impact.
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Research on Primary Biological Aerosol Particle Emissions Earns Student NASA Fellowship
Yingxiao Zhang has been selected to receive the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellowship.
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Research on Closing Earth’s Energy Budget Featured in EOS
Research including work by Professor Christiane Jablonowski has been featured in EOS, after being published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.