Research News @Vanderbilt

Health & Medicine

• Novel genetic study sheds new light on risk of heart attack
• Team’s study reveals hidden lives of medical biomarkers
• Fat tissue’s “iron sink”

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Education & Psychology

• Laurie Cutting, Vanderbilt educational neuroscientist, honored with NIH Merit Award
• Effective principals see lower turnover of high-performing teachers
• Can colorful blocks prep preschoolers for a future in math? This study says yes.

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Engineering & Technology

• Synergy in two-dimensional materials, membranes research clear in professor’s new work
• Vanderbilt selected to evaluate NSF-funded, high school engineering curriculum
• Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experiments before they start

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Law, Business & Politics

• New model of polarization sheds light on today’s politics
• Americans have more faith in legislatures where women are equally represented
• Labor unions help employees take more paid maternity leave

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Life, Earth & Space

• Volcano researcher learns how Earth builds supereruption-feeding magma systems
• Earth’s oldest animals formed complex ecological communities
• Koala teeth provide insights into diet

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Society & Culture

• Prompting people to listen to each other reduces inequality and improves group performance
• $1.6M grant renews CLAS’ designation as National Resource Center
• Dillehay receives $510K to study role of gold mining in colonization of South America

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Volcano researcher learns how Earth builds supereruption-feeding magma systems

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