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Predicting a hurricane’s...

Posted on October 26, 2012 by jjhensel

Solving a decades-old problem of determining the strength of a storm before it hits, U-M engineering researchers are working on a

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“7 minutes of terror&...

Posted on August 2, 2012 by jjhensel

This video provides a quick overview of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the “7 minutes of terror”

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Dust Storms

Posted on March 28, 2012 by kldicken

A team at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, recently made a breakthrough that could help climate scientists fill in one piece

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