VUMC News and Communications

December 18, 2009

Nuclear energy powered by uranium from the sea could promote peace in coming century

One of the best things the world can do to promote peace and stability in the coming century is to expand commercial nuclear power based on the extraction of uranium from the ocean. That is the proposition which Frank Parker, an internationally recognized expert in remediation of radioactively contaminated soil and water and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, advanced at an exclusive meeting held at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican last month.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 17, 2009

Astronomer receives NSF award to study black holes’ evolution and to support Fisk-Vanderbilt minority Ph.D. program

Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kelly Holley-Bockelmann has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s largest ever Faculty Early Career Development grant in the field of astronomy. She will use the prestigious award to continue her studies of black holes while supporting the university’s innovative program designed to make the university the top producer of underrepresented minorities with Ph.D.s in physics and astronomy.

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December 16, 2009

Study finds Tennessee service industry workers and the young get less health care coverage at work

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November 25, 2009

Vanderbilt students host “Miracle on 24th Ave.” fashion show benefiting Children’s Hospital

Two Vanderbilt University student organizations have teamed up to host “Miracle on 24th Ave.,” a holiday-themed fashion show benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, Dec. 8.

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November 17, 2009

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire.

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November 12, 2009

Watch: “The Living Dead: Ancient Ancestors and Mummies in the Pre-Incan Andes”

Watch video of a Nov. 11 talk “The Living Dead: Ancient Ancestors and Mummies in the Pre-Incan Andes, ” by Dr. Tiffiny Tung, Assistant Professor of Anthropology.

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November 9, 2009

Interdisciplinary research team to develop novel drug detection technology using software that acts like a robotic scientist

With the support of a $2.7 million Recovery Act grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), an interdisciplinary team headed by Vanderbilt chemist John McLean and physicist John Wikswo will attempt to determine whether an individual's white blood cells retain chemical memories of exposure to drugs like cocaine and alcohol that can be read reliably and unambiguously.
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November 9, 2009

Watch: Life on the International Space Station

Watch video of a Nov. 5 talk by Sandra Mangus, Ph.D., NASA Astronaut, Flight Engineer and Science Officer aboard the International Space Station.
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November 5, 2009

Watch: Critical Care Tower ribbon cutting

Watch the Nov. 5 ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new 11-story, $169 million Critical Care Tower.
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October 30, 2009

Watch: “Worlds Above the Sky: Exploring the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope”

Watch video of an Oct. 28 talk, "Worlds Above the Sky: Exploring the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope," by Dr. Bob O'Dell, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 30, 2009

Inconspicuous leaf beetles reveal environment’s role in formation of new species

Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that environmental factors play a major role in the formation of new species.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2009

Vanderbilt University receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research

Vanderbilt University announced Oct. 21 that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Associate Professor of Chemistry David Wright and Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rick Haselton, titled "Coffee Ring Stain Diagnostics for Malaria."
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