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Up in the air
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CSE mechanical engineering professor Suo Yang is modeling the trajectories of coronavirus aerosols in human lungs to improve COVID-19 treatments.
‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all
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University of Minnesota researchers have electrically transformed the abundant and low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as “fool’s gold,” into a magnetic material that could be the first step in creating valuable new materials for more energy-efficient computer memory devices.
New study explores how coronavirus travels indoors
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University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professors Jiarong Hong and Suo Yang modeled the effect of ventilation on COVID-19 transmission in different interior spaces.
U of M partners with NASA and Chicago’s Adler Planetarium to advance citizen science
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As part of a new partnership agreement, NASA has pledged two years of support for the Zooniverse team at the Adler Planetarium and the University of Minnesota. This funding will contribute to Zooniverse’s efforts to develop and maintain its cutting-edge citizen science research platform.
Researchers 3D print a working heart pump with real human cells
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In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale human heart pump in the lab.
Mask making on a pandemic sabbatical
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When COVID-19 interrupted Professor Rhonda Franklin’s semester leave, she led an interdisciplinary team to build a general-purpose face mask. Here’s the story behind that production process.
NSF awards $20M to Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers announced today that they are part of a team of researchers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology who have received a five-year, $20 million grant from the NSF Division of Chemistry.
CSE researchers developing SARS CoV-2 spike proteins
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Professor Wei-Shou Hu is working with the UMN Medical School to mass engineer a molecular machine that could further COVID-19 research and vaccines.
Black hole collision may have exploded with light
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An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Minnesota, have seen what might amount to the first light ever detected from a black hole merger.
Discovery allows 3D printing directly on expanding organs
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University of Minnesota engineers and computer scientists have developed a 3D printing technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting. The new technique could have future applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.