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U of M computer science researchers provide insight into the future of how we understand social networking.
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A new paper by University of Minnesota computer scientists provides insights into how the analysis of our social networking interactions could discover things like the emergence or decline of leadership, changes in trust over time, and migration and mobility within particular communities online.
Researchers across campus explore impact of social media
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A group of researchers from across the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus have recognized the need for more exchange and collaboration on all things social media. They’ll hold the first monthly gathering on Thursday, Jan. 27.
Students head to UN climate change talks
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Sixteen University of Minnesota students, including civil engineering senior Andrew Gerdeen, will participate as official observers at the UN Climate Change Conference negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of this month, where leaders from around the world will work toward long-term cooperative action to address climate change.
University of Minnesota physicist leads team in discovery of novel type of magnetic wave
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A team of international researchers led by physicists in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have made a significant breakthrough in an effort to understand the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity in complex copper-oxides—one of the most studied scientific topics in history.
Researchers to study connections of the human brain
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota will lead a $30 million study designed to map the connections of the human brain.
Researchers to study off-shore wind energy storage
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The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering researchers a four-year, $2 million grant to lead a national research team to develop a localized method for storing off-shore wind energy.
Environmental and energy research lab awarded $7.1 million for renovations
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The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), an interdisciplinary research unit of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, was recently awarded $7.1 million from the National Science Foundation to renovate its facility on Hennepin Island.
U of M to get $7 million for NASA trip to the Sun
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Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering will be part of an experiment on NASA’s Solar Probe Plus, a spacecraft that will travel closer to the sun than ever before.
IBM announced that the global annual IBM Faculty Award has been presented to Professor Jiali Gao
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University of Minnesota Chemistry Department and Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology professor Jiali Gao has received an IBM Faculty award for his research contributions in the development of novel quantum mechanical methods, including the explicit polarization (X-Pol) potential and multistate density functional theory (MSDFT) for chemical and biological systems ranging from a single electron to fully solvated proteins.
University of Minnesota team to lead $10 million NSF project on advancing the study of global climate change
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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by University of Minnesota computer science professor Vipin Kumar in the University’s College of Science and Engineering has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study climate change.