Research
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Tennessean op-ed: Solar energy is still in shadows
More can be done with sun-powered electricity source, writes Dennis Hall, vice provost for research, dean of the Graduate School, professor of physics and professor of electrical engineering. Read MoreAug 20, 2013
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Vanderbilt’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society expands
With close to 400 undergraduate majors, a new master’s program, a major health conference this fall and a series of new faculty hires, Medicine, Health and Society marks a second consecutive year of expansion. Read MoreAug 20, 2013
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Fulbright winner James Crimmins to research at Vanderbilt
A leading scholar of political theory is using his Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Vanderbilt to research the relationship between rights and utility in American political and philosophical thought since 1776. Read MoreAug 20, 2013
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Argonne National Laboratory: Dissolving brittle stars hint at implications of ocean acidification
Scientists at Vanderbilt University and the New York Health Department say colonies of Antarctic brittle stars may be especially vulnerable to the effects of ocean acidification. Read MoreAug 20, 2013
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$5.2M NIH grant bolsters colorectal cancer research
Robert Coffey Jr., M.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University, has received a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the role of extracellular RNA (ex-RNA) in colorectal cancer. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Komen grants bolster breast cancer research
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators are receiving $1 million in breast cancer research grant funds from Susan G. Komen, the largest nonprofit foundation supporting breast cancer research. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Obesity pathway component identified
Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered a new critical component in the obesity pathway. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Researchers track neuron branching’s genetic control switch
In an effort to understand how neurons develop different “architectures,” Vanderbilt developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm. Read MoreAug 15, 2013
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Oxidative stress in autism
A biomarker for oxidative stress is elevated in patients with both autism spectrum disorder and gastrointestinal dysfunction, suggesting opportunities for individualized approaches to clinical care. Read MoreAug 14, 2013
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Noninvasive test detects stomach bug
A noninvasive test can be used to identify the presence of Helicobacter pylori and evaluate its virulence, which will be useful in areas with high rates of H. pylori-associated gastric cancer. Read MoreAug 12, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: In the Wake
A partnership with Vanderbilt University and Nashville-based Ingram Barge was formed in order to study sleep deprivation in Ingram’s employees and address the issues of pilot fatigue and public safety on the waterways. Patience Bridges, sleep program coordinator at the Vanderbilt Sleep Center, is quoted. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: True grit
Fisk and Vanderbilt's Bridge Program mentors talented minority students pursuing advanced science degrees. Keivan Stassun, professor of astronomy and director of the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program, is quoted. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: Tankstarter
Vanderbilt’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) was awarded a $9.3 million contract to develop a collaborative software so that other non-government teams could design a new amphibious tank for the Marine Corps. Sandeep Neema, research associate professor of electrical engineering, is quoted. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: Seat relief
For their senior design project for the School of Engineering, six Vanderbilt students created the KidSense Car Seat System. The system detects if a child has been left unattended and if the environment has become dangerously hot or cold. Co-creator Chelsea Stowell, BE’13, is quoted. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: How soon is NAO
Vanderbilt researchers reprogrammed a humanoid robot and an XBox Kinect to help autistic children improve their abilities to engage in social interactions. Nilanjan Sarkar, professor of mechanical and computer engineering, is quoted. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Nashville Scene Innovations 2013: MOOC Synthesizer
Vanderbilt University seeks to be on the leading edge of the MOOC field with the opening of its Institute for Digital Learning. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Op-ed: Prekindergarten research can help chart best way to help impoverished kids
Research can help policymakers and educators make the best decisions on how to assist low-income children exceed in school from an early age. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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‘Yo-yo dieting’ inflames fat tissue
Gaining and losing weight during “yo-yo dieting” may contribute to an exaggerated immune response in fat tissue that increases metabolic dysfunction more than steady weight gain alone. Read MoreAug 9, 2013
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Glasses bring girl’s world back in focus
Once upon a time, teenage girls were not clamoring to sport a pair of thick, black, oversized eyeglasses. Read MoreAug 8, 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