Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University was established in 1873 in Nashville, Tennessee as a private academic research institution. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks Vanderbilt 42nd among all comparable research and academic institutions globally. Vanderbilt is noted for its medical school, school of engineering, Vanderbilt has an undergraduate, graduate and professional degree curriculum with approximately 12,000 students. Vanderbilt Medical Center and research institutes attract a high level of funding from the National Institutes of Health. Exploration, a scientific on-line news service is published by Vanderbilt as well as other journals and news about current research.
110 21st Ave. S., Suite 708
Nashville, TN 37203
Discovery of three smallest exoplanets: The Barnard's star connection
The discovery of the three smallest planets yet orbiting a distant star, which was announced today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, has an unusual connection to Barnard's star, one ...
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New method for enhancing thermal conductivity could cool computer chips, lasers and other devices
The surprising discovery of a new way to tune and enhance thermal conductivity – a basic property generally considered to be fixed for a given material – gives engineers a new tool for managing thermal ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Putting the body back into the mind of schizophrenia
A study using a procedure called the rubber hand illusion has found striking new evidence that people experiencing schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership and has produced the first case of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch
First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself.
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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New technique maps twin faces of smallest Janus nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- New drug delivery systems, solar cells, industrial catalysts and video displays are among the potential applications of special particles that possess two chemically distinct sides. These ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 26, 2011 |
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New insight into impulse control
How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different than psychologists have thought for the last 40 years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change
Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation's transportation systems and other critical infrastructure running in the face of the adverse ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Robust preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy
Preschool teachers' use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books combined with early support for literacy in the home can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition, new research from ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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New 'bionic' leg gives amputees a natural gait
A new lower-limb prosthetic developed at Vanderbilt University allows amputees to walk without the leg-dragging gait characteristic of conventional artificial legs.
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Designing diamond circuits for extreme environments
There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond.
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Memories may skew visual perception
Taking a trip down memory lane while you are driving could land you in a roadside ditch, new research indicates. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that our visual perception can be contaminated by memories of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk
The parathyroid glands – four small organs the size of grains of rice located at the back of the throat – glow with a natural fluorescence in the near infrared region of the spectrum.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Stamping out low cost nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple technique for stamping patterns invisible to the human eye onto a special class of nanomaterials provides a new, cost-effective way to produce novel devices in areas ranging from ...
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Why people with schizophrenia may have trouble reading social cues
Understanding the actions of other people can be difficult for those with schizophrenia. Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered that impairments in a brain area involved in perception of social stimuli may be partly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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