Science

West Nile Virus is an Emerging Health Threat But BewareóA More Dangerous Mosquito-Transmitted Disease is Heading Our Way, According to a Vanderbilt Researcher Read More

Vanderbilt's first robotic surgical procedure was performed in mid May by Dr. Joseph A. Smith Jr., William L. Bray Professor and Chair of Urologic Surgery. Smith used VUMC's new $1 million-plus Da Vinci Surgical System, built by Intuitive Surgical, to perform a radical prostatectomy. Read More

Arguments for and against genetically altering plants, fruits and vegetables continue. Read More

The eminent astronomer David Weedman, who is a Nashville native and graduate of Vanderbilt, will be delivering a free public lecture on Tuesday evening, May 27. Read More

Imagine a single, star-like object that burns with as much energy as billions of stars in hundreds of galaxies combined. Such objects exist. They are called quasars and are just one of the nearly unimaginable astronomical objects that eminent astronomer David Weedman will describe in the free public lecture, “Seyfert Galaxies, Quasars and the Edge of the Universe.”, on May 27. Read More

New findings provide evidence of a Trojan Horse-like mechanism whereby HIV infiltrates the immune system undetected and then exploits the system to promote its own survival. Read More

Theodore (Ted) Rockwell, internationally renowned expert in nuclear engineering, will speak on “Nuclear Technology: Facts and Myths about Radioactivity” in a free public lecture at Vanderbilt University April 23. A media availability will precede the address. Read More

Researchers are pioneering plans for improving the quality of care for low-income patients with type 2 diabetes, taking a lesson from the aviation and engineering industry. Read More

VUMC is one of three institutions participating in a $25 million, five-year trial of 200 patients comparing the safety and efficacy of fetal surgical repair and traditional postnatal repair of open neural tube defects in infants with spina bifida. Read More

Theodore (Ted) Rockwell, internationally renowned expert in nuclear engineering, will speak on “Nuclear Technology: Facts and Myths about Radioactivity” in a free public lecture at Vanderbilt University April 23. The lecture will be held 4-5 p.m. in the main auditorium on the first floor of Featheringill Hall. Read More

Ken Pugh, a scientist renowned for his research on language organization and the neurobiology of reading, reading disabilities and attention deficit disorder, will speak at a free public lecture Thursday, March 27, at Vanderbilt University’s John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. Read More

(Sound Available) Vanderbilt professors offer comments on possible warClick the link above for tipsheet. Read More

Aficionados may not only treat their automobiles as if they are people, but it now appears that they recognize their cars with the special part of the brain that is also used to identify faces. And, when they try to identify cars and faces at the same time, they are likely to experience a kind of perceptual traffic jam. Read More

Former NASA astronaut Rick Chappell, who directs Vanderbilt University’s Office of Science and Research Communications, will discuss the impact of the Columbia shuttle disaster on the future of America’s space program during a series of videoconferences on Feb. 21 with K-12 students in Texas and Tennessee. Read More

Congressional hearings on the space shuttle disaster begin Wednesday, Feb. 12. Vanderbilt University professors can add context to your stories.---Scientific Experiments in Space---Robots in Space---Accident Analysis Read More

Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has awarded one of its competitive Fast Track grants to Vanderbilt neuroscientist Richard Nass, Ph.D., to fund his search for drugs that will prevent dopamine nerve cell death. Read More

Vanderbilt professors offer comments on the space shuttle disaster--- Scientific experiments in space --- Robots in space--- Facing grief following national tragedies --- National policy implications Read More

The Boeing Company has donated a patent to Vanderbilt University covering a particle-separation technology originally developed for use in outer space that now could play an important role in the approaching nanotechnology revolution. Read More

Gisela Mosig, 72, a pioneering genetic researcher and distinguished faculty member at Vanderbilt University, died Jan. 12 at Alive Hospice. She had been undergoing cancer treatment for two years. Read More

Since opening its doors 50 years ago, Vanderbilt’s Arthur J. Dyer Observatory has introduced thousands of Nashvillians to the world of astronomy through school tours, public observation nights and other community programs. Read More