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Supercomputer fuels research to limit carbon emissions
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Take a moment to picture a chemist’s research tools, and you might imagine microscopes, beakers and Bunsen burners. But when it comes to theoretical and computational chemistry, researchers prefer a different instrument: the supercomputer.
Future gift empowers students, shapes lives
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When Jesse Kasim, a senior in biomedical engineering at the U of M, spoke at the University of Minnesota Foundation’s annual Heritage Society dinner in June, he wanted to thank a special donor he will never know.
2015 Regents Professor
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Among three faculty members named Regents Professors—the highest faculty rank—in June 2015, Lawrence Edwards qualifies as the only genuine rock star.
10 things we wish we would have known as CSE freshmen
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Freshman year is the start of your college career and the beginning of your life as an adult. We are now juniors in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. So we have made this short and sweet for you and have a list of 10 things that we wish we knew as a freshmen in CSE. You may not think much of this now, but you will thank us later!
Researchers study a gut microbe mystery involving immigrants
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A new project looks at changes in gut microbes in immigrant populations and how that may intersect with high rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
Research leads to record 16 startups in FY15
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In fiscal 2015, the Venture Center at the U’s Office for Technology Commercialization formed a record 16 startup companies around these inventions, topping the previous record of 15 companies in 2014 and bringing the total number of startups launched to 84 since the Venture Center formed in 2006.
Watson kicks off cognitive computing research
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This fall, University of Minnesota students with expertise in computer science and food security will explore new ways to curb the effects of avian flu outbreaks using a cutting-edge cognitive computing system.
Weirdos of the Universe
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Like a secret hiding right under our noses, neutrinos fly through our bodies by the billions every second, carrying with them—physicists hope—clues to the biggest riddle of all: Why are we here?
Super science
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How much energy would the Flash need to run as fast as he does? What would Wonder Woman’s bracelets need to be made of to deflect bullets? How did Krypton’s gravity help make Superman’s earthly powers possible?
What's in your backpack?
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“My laptop computer,” says Max Shinn, ’15. Both his backpack and laptop are soon to become world travelers, as they head with him to Cambridge University in England this fall. As one of 14 U.S. recipients of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, Shinn will work toward a master’s degree in medical science in the university’s psychiatry department.