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Four CSE alumni among 2021 Minnesota Cup finalists
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A heating system designed for Minnesota winters, an instant cooling towel, and a healthcare app are some of the CSE alumni-led innovations recognized by the statewide entrepreneurial competition.
University of Minnesota part of $15M Great Lakes innovation hub
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The University of Minnesota will play a key role in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Great Lakes Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub that will nurture a regional innovation ecosystem and move more discoveries from the research lab to the real world.
New technology will allow important metals to be made more efficiently
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a “stubborn” group of metals, such as the Pt-group elements, to be transformed into thin films for various practical applications. The technology has been patented and is receiving interest from industry.
New study provides clues to decades-old mystery about cell movement
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A new game-changing discovery about how cells move within their environment could have a major impact on fields from regenerative medicine to cancer research.
Investing in Minnesota’s future—and titanium
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CSE faculty members David Poerschke and Uwe Kortshagen received a Minnesota Futures Grant for their project that aims to more sustainably process Minnesota’s titanium resources.
Collaboration with Cisco explores frontier of data technologies
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CSE researchers are leading several new projects funded by the company that address topics like technology for health care, ethics in artificial intelligence, and edge computing.
CSE researchers part of $10M DOE grant to improve ammonia production
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University of Minnesota researchers in the College of Science and Engineering’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials science are part of a new $10 million research project aimed at developing and demonstrating novel processes to produce ammonia from intermittent renewable energy.
New fossil sheds light on the evolution of how dinosaurs breathed
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Using a well-preserved Heterodontosaurus skeleton and high-powered x-rays, an international team including a University of Minnesota researcher has discovered that not all dinosaurs breathed in the same way.
CSE student combines physics with biology to tackle Chronic Wasting Disease
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Peter Christenson, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student and recipient of the U of M’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, is developing a means to more efficiently and quickly detect the disease.
Recycling mixed plastics is about to get a lot easier
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University of Minnesota researchers invented a polymer technology that enables two of the most common types of plastic to be recycled together, eliminating the need for recycling facilities to sort them.