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New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions.
Start-up company aims to eliminate Japanese beetles with eco-friendly solution
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A start-up company co-founded by Aditya Prabhu while he was a University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering undergraduate student aims to attract and eliminate Japanese Beetles in large quantities with a new method that is environmentally safe.
Manipulation of nanolight provides new insight for quantum computing and thermal management
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A recent study by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers provides fundamental insight into how light, electrons, and crystal vibrations interact in materials.
Adaptive 3D printing system to pick and place bugs and other organisms
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A first-of-its-kind adaptive 3D printing system developed by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers can identify the positions of randomly distributed organisms and safely move them to specific locations for assembly.
AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation
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A team of faculty and student researchers in the Minnesota Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory are using autonomous underwater vehicles to accurately identify and track invasive species.
New visual technique could advance early detection of neurodegenerative diseases
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota, have developed a new visual diagnostic technique that can be used to advance early detection for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.
Scientists propose plan to store bio samples on the Moon
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota are partnering with scientists across the country to propose a plan that could safeguard Earth’s endangered biodiversity through storage on the Moon at extremely low temperatures.
Researchers develop state-of-the-art device to make artificial intelligence more energy-efficient
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Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor of at least 1,000.
Energy drink: What can you do with wastewater from brewing beer?
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Paige Novak, head of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and her team are exploring whether the carbon in a brewery's wastewater could be recovered and turned into something useful.
Study finds metformin reduces COVID-19 viral load, viral rebound
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A team of University of Minnesota doctors and engineers found that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, can decrease the amount of COVID-19 virus in the body and lower the chances of the virus coming back strongly after initial treatment.