Featured Research
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VU rocket rolls and captures payload design award at NASA launch contest
The Vanderbilt rocket team collected a key award at the NASA Student Launch Challenge and followed up with a successful flight of their rocket April 8 at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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Professor and student travel to the bottom of the earth, searching for climate clues
Vanderbilt geologist Dan Morgan and undergraduate Andrew Grant took immersion to an extreme, trekking all the way to Antarctica to hunt for the oldest ice ever found. Read MoreApr 4, 2018
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Planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 star provide clues to the nature of habitable worlds
The newly discovered planets appear to have too much water to sustain life but provide hints at what sorts of planets might do so. Read MoreMar 20, 2018
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An unexpected side effect of public health education efforts in Brazil
Understanding of tuberculosis is associated with higher, not lower, stigmatization of TB patients in Brazil, according to a new report from Vanderbilt’s Latin American Public Opinion Project. Read MoreMar 20, 2018
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Vanderbilt Poll: Nashville wants transit overhaul; unsure about mayor’s plan
Concern about Nashville's future rises as city's rapid growth strains transit and affordable housing, according to the latest research by Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Read MoreMar 4, 2018
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New recyclable resin makes wind turbines much more sustainable
New composite materials make wind energy even greener by making the turbines themselves recyclable. Read MoreFeb 15, 2018
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Interdisciplinary approach yields new insights into human evolution
Vanderbilt biologist Nicole Creanza is the guest editor of a new themed issue of "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B" highlighting interdisciplinary approaches to understanding human evolution. Read MoreFeb 12, 2018
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‘Smart cane’ could one day help flag gait problems, falling risks more quickly
Falling is no joke when you're a senior citizen or have other balance issues. Vanderbilt engineers are working on a 'smart cane' that could help physical therapists spot and treat problems sooner. Read MoreFeb 12, 2018
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Vanderbilt wins top prize in first round of DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge
The DARPA challenge seeks to uncover efficient solutions to our increasingly connected world's equally growing appetite for bandwidth. Read MoreJan 30, 2018
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Climate change concerns much higher in Latin America, Caribbean than U.S., Canada
Twice as many adults in Latin America and the Caribbean--more than 80 percent--believe unchecked climate change poses a serious risk to their countries. Only 40 percent of Americans feel the same way. Read MoreJan 25, 2018
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Vanderbilt IRIS Initiative: Shaping the infrastructure of tomorrow
Learn about recent developments for the Vanderbilt Initiative for Intelligent Resilient Infrastructure Systems, a 2016 TIPs project led by associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Caglar Oskay focused on improving the nation's flood infrastructure, in this VU BreakThru blog post. Read MoreJan 18, 2018
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Ruling on occupational licensing boards could open floodgates to lawsuits
Rebecca Haw Allensworth, professor of law at Vanderbilt, has authored a comprehensive study of occupational licensing boards, which hold jurisdiction over about a third of the nation's jobs. Read MoreJan 9, 2018
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Does watching Sesame Street make kids kinder?
A grant of more than $100,000 from Sesame Workshop will support a new Vanderbilt study on kindness. Read MoreJan 5, 2018
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The 20 most popular research stories of 2017
New clues to Alzheimer's disease, helping kids deal with stress, understanding why our universe is three-dimensional and—of course—electric eels all appear in this year's look back on the research stories that were visited the most frequently on Vanderbilt's website in 2017. Read MoreDec 15, 2017
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Hyperlens crystal capable of viewing living cells in unprecedented detail
A fundamental advance in the quality of an optical material used to make hyperlenses makes it possible to see features on the surface of living cells in greater detail than ever before. Read MoreDec 11, 2017
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A quest to find ‘the best’ may bring out the worst in shoppers
Marketers want to motivate consumers to act in their own self-interest, but they may be encouraging negative behavior such as theft or illegal returns, according to new Vanderbilt research. Read MoreDec 1, 2017
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The unexpected way international business influences U.S. politics
Corporations in different industries tend to donate to the same political candidates when their board members serve on the boards of international companies, too. Read MoreDec 1, 2017
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Sorry, Grumpy Cat—Study finds dogs are brainier than cats
The first study to actually count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, including cats and dogs, has found that dogs possess significantly more of them than cats. Read MoreNov 29, 2017
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‘Mind’s eye blink’ proves ‘paying attention’ is not just a figure of speech
Vanderbilt psychologists have discovered that when you shift your attention from one place to another, your brain 'blinks'—or experiences momentary gaps in perception. Read MoreNov 21, 2017
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Battery-switching device promises more road time for Tesla, Leaf drivers
A device out Vanderbilt's engineering school reconfigures modules in electric car battery packs to be online or offline – depending on whether they’re going to pull down the other modules. Read MoreNov 20, 2017