Research News @Vanderbilt

Health & Medicine

• Team finds how error and reward signals are organized within cerebral cortex
• Study identifies novel genetic factors for colorectal cancer risk
• Bile acids mediate metabolic benefits of weight-loss surgery

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Education & Psychology

• Labels like ‘Asian fail’ and ‘Black genius’ are no joke for STEM students of color: report
• Team finds how error and reward signals are organized within cerebral cortex
• Special education researchers highlight moderator analysis in ‘Exceptional Children’ special issue

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Engineering & Technology

• Trans-institutional team documents potential new treatment path for breast cancer
• Risk modeling, data integration drive NASA next-gen air travel safety project
• Merrikh Lab working to defeat drug-resistant superbugs

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Law, Business & Politics

• Carbon labeling can reduce greenhouse gases even if it doesn’t change consumer behavior
• Lee popular as he enters office—health care top priority for Tennesseans: Vanderbilt Poll
• Ensuring trade agreements don’t undermine environmental protections

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Life, Earth & Space

• Vanderbilt physicists help find compelling evidence for small drops of perfect fluid
• Today’s budding yeasts shed traits from their 400-million-year-old ancestor
• Karate kicks keep cockroaches from becoming zombies, wasp chow

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Society & Culture

• New analysis suggests lepers may not have been pariahs in Jesus’ time
• The ‘clean plate’ mentality drives us to overeat. To-go bags can help.
• Grant funds study of social media’s role in spreading political misinformation

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Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients

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