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For secure health care data, thwart the attacks of tomorrow – not yesterday
Proactive measures are the best way to stay ahead of computer hackers who threaten the security of digital health care records, says M. Eric Johnson, dean of Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreSep 25, 2013
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Vanderbilt researchers take part in NSF cybersecurity grant
M. Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, has been named as a principal co-investigator on a new $10-million, five-year grant from the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read MoreSep 4, 2013
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Eight engineering students receive NSF graduate fellowships
Meghan Bowler, Erica Curtis, Melanie Gault, Samantha Saratt and Chelsea Stowell, biomedical engineering; Kirsten Heikkinen and Richard Hendrick, mechanical engineering; and Thushara Gunda, civil and environmental engineering, have received graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Read MoreSep 4, 2013
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$9M NSF grant to help engineers expand cyber-physical systems
Vanderbilt engineers are part of a multi-university project to help determine the most efficient approach to designing and operating cyber-physical systems that support national health, energy and transportation priorities. Read MoreAug 27, 2013
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Seven engineering students receive NSF graduate fellowships
Seven current engineering graduate students have received graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Read MoreAug 27, 2013
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A brighter method for measuring the surface gravity of distant stars
Astronomers have found a clever new way to slice and dice the flickering light from a distant star in a way that reveals the strength of gravity on its surface. Read MoreAug 21, 2013
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Robot uses steerable needles to treat brain clots
Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot. That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreAug 8, 2013
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Microbes can influence evolution of their hosts
A new study provides the first direct evidence that microbes can contribute to the origin of new species by reducing the viability of hybrids produced between males and females of different species. Read MoreJul 18, 2013
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World’s smallest droplets
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, may have created the smallest drops of liquid made in the lab. Read MoreMay 16, 2013
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Untangling the tree of life
Vanderbilt phylogeneticists examined the reasons why large-scale tree-of-life studies are producing contradictory results and have proposed a suite of novel techniques to resolve the contradictions. Read MoreMay 15, 2013
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Weiss participates in NSF advocacy day
As part of Vanderbilt’s ongoing federal advocacy efforts in support of federal funding for research and education at the National Science Foundation, Sharon Weiss, associate professor of electrical engineering and physics, traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Coalition for National Science Funding’s (CNSF) advocacy day and Capitol Hill reception on May 7. Read MoreMay 10, 2013
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Setting mosquito hearts racing
Vanderbilt researchers have figured out how to set the mosquito's heart racing, helping them understand how the insect's immune system works and the methods that mosquito-borne parasites like those that cause malaria and yellow fever employ to circumvent it. Read MoreApr 23, 2013
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Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer
An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat. Read MoreApr 2, 2013
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Humanoid robot helps train children with autism
An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at Vanderbilt University have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning skills of children with autism. Read MoreMar 23, 2013
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Douglas Hall, noted astronomer and former director of Dyer Observatory, dies
Douglas S. Hall, professor of physics and astronomy, emeritus, died March 16 after a brief illness. Hall was a distinguished astronomer and scientist credited with several significant discoveries. Read MoreMar 20, 2013
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CSI: Milky Way
Two astronomers from Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech, sharing a car after a snowstorm canceled their flights home from a conference, put together everything they had learned at the conference during that snowy drive and worked out that a collision between two black holes could explain most of what is known of a violent episode in the Milky Way's past. Read MoreMar 6, 2013
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‘Snooze button’ on biological clocks improves cell adaptability
(iStock) The circadian clocks that control and influence dozens of basic biological processes have an unexpected “snooze button” that helps cells adapt to changes in their environment. A study by Vanderbilt University researchers published online Feb. 17 by the journal Nature provides compelling new evidence that at least some species… Read MoreFeb 17, 2013
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Evidence moles can smell in stereo
Neuroscientist Kenneth Catania has resolved a long-standing scientific debate by showing that the common mole can smell in stereo. Read MoreFeb 5, 2013
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Preventing hardened heart valves
Blocking a serotonin receptor may provide a novel therapy for heart valve disease. Read MoreDec 26, 2012
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The Leipzig Connection
In the last five years a grassroots faculty collaboration with the University of Leipzig has flowered, making the historic German university one of Vanderbilt's half dozen strategic international partners. Read MoreDec 14, 2012