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The unique strategy Netflix deployed to reach 90 million worldwide subscribers

Staff Writer - April 13, 2017

Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan In just a decade, Netflix has grown from a video service with seven million U.S. subscribers to one...

EXPLORING NATURE

Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

Education

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

Staff Writer - October 13, 2025

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....

Prof. Jie Huang stands with the MOF-based breathalyzer his lab developed with support from the NIH. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning...

October 11, 2025

The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...

October 9, 2025

The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...

October 8, 2025

Xerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine during the Texas measles outbreak in March 2025. Jan Sonnenmair via Getty Images

Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead...

October 7, 2025