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Medical-Health Technology, Nanotechnology

Researchers develop graphene nano ‘tweezers’ that can grab individual biomolecules

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed tiny electronic “tweezers” that can grab biomolecules floating in water with incredible efficiency. The discovery could lead to revolutionary handheld disease diagnostic system.

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Giving

CSE surpasses Give to the Max Day goal

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Thanks to our generous donors, the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering surpassed its goal for Give to the Max Day raising more than $70,000 to support student scholarships, research, academic programs.

Students

NASA-funded satellite project launches young scientists' careers

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Students learn the ropes of space science by building satellites from the ground up.

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Awards-Grants

Two CSE faculty named AAAS Fellows

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Two University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering faculty have been named 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows.

MHTA Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony
Awards-Grants

Former CSE dean receives MHTA Lifetime Achievement Award

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CSE alumnus and former dean Steven Crouch received the 2017 Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) Tekne Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Students

University of Minnesota students win Bayer-Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge

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A triumphant team of student rocketeers from the University of Minnesota have blasted their way into history by winning the Bayer-Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge and capturing a place in the annals of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS.

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University of Minnesota part of new $12.5 million center focused on nuclear chemistry

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University of Minnesota researchers are part of a new National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Actinide Center of Excellence (ACE) to conduct research in actinide and nuclear chemistry.

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Students

CSE students receive awards of excellence at SWE National Conference

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At the 2017 Society of Women Engineers Conference, the University of Minnesota chapter received several awards for its work in K-12 outreach, resource promotion, and public policy.

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Students

University of Minnesota students are finalists in Bayer Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge

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Members of the Rocket Team at the University of Minnesota will head to the Houston Space Center in Texas on Nov. 8 to compete as one of three finalists in the Bayer Big Ten Alka-Rocket challenge.

Lab-grown blood vessels on a shelf
Medical-Health Technology

New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown, first-of-its-kind nonsynthetic, decellularized graft that becomes repopulated with cells by the recipient’s own cells when implanted.