Professor Richard James receives prestigious Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
Posted May 17, 2019
Richard D. James, a University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics will receive $3 million over 5 years to advance transformative, university-based fundamental research through the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship.
University of Minnesota hosts world's largest medical devices conference April 16-18
Posted April 15, 2019
More than 1,300 medical device leaders from across the country in both industry and academia will converge at the University of Minnesota’s 18th annual Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD) April 16-18.
Two CSE entrepreneurial faculty receive Innovation Awards
Posted April 10, 2019
Two College of Science and Engineering faculty were recognized as 2019 Innovation Award winners by the University of Minnesota for their groundbreaking research and entrepreneurial spirit at the 2019 Inventor Recognition Event.
3D-printed transparent skull provides a window to the brain
Posted April 2, 2019
Researchers have developed a unique 3D-printed transparent skull implant for mice that provides an opportunity to watch activity of the entire brain surface in real time. The device allows fundamental brain research for human brain conditions such as concussions, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Most precise measurements of sickle cell disease building blocks could lead to new treatments
Posted March 28, 2019
In a breakthrough study of sickle cell disease, University of Minnesota researchers have revealed that the building blocks of the disease are much less efficient at organizing than previously thought. The findings open the door to new treatments.
University of Minnesota to lead $9.7 million NIH grant to improve hearing restoration
Posted March 19, 2019
The University of Minnesota announced that it will lead a $9.7 million grant o from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative to develop a new implantable device and surgical procedure with the goal of restoring more natural hearing to people who are deaf or severely hard-of-hearing.
Ultrasound stimulation of spleen could lead to new treatments for inflammatory arthritis
Posted March 13, 2019
Researchers involved in a study using mice showed that they could actually ‘turn down’ the inflammatory response in arthritis with daily noninvasive ultrasound stimulation of the spleen.
New graphene-based device is first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors
Posted March 7, 2019
Researchers have developed a unique new device that provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.
Weighing galactic wind provides clues to evolution of galaxies
Posted March 5, 2019
New data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, of the famous Cigar Galaxy (M82) reveals how material that affects the evolution of galaxies may get into intergalactic space.
University of Minnesota approves new major in environmental geosciences
Posted February 12, 2019
The University of Minnesota Department of Earth Sciences announced that it will offer a new major in environmental geosciences beginning fall 2019 that will meet a growing workforce need for more geoscientists who study the human impact on our environment.