science

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.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2009

Vanderbilt scientists receive federal funding for two unconventional research projects

Figuring out how biological clocks evolved and extracting clues to environmental factors that cause cancer from electronic medical records: These are the goals of two projects that have been funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program.

By Bill Snyder
October 8, 2009

Vanderbilt biologist receives early career development award to study tree of life

Antonis Rokas is a member of a small cadre of scientists who are applying the growing power of genomics to untangle and correctly arrange the branches of the tree of life.
October 1, 2009

Vanderbilt astronomers participate in new search for dark energy

The most ambitious attempt yet to trace the history of the universe has seen “first light.” The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), took its first astronomical data on the night of Sept. 14-15 at the Sloan Foundation telescope in New Mexico.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 23, 2009

Vanderbilt founding member of new online research news channel

Concerned with the dramatic decline in the traditional media’s coverage of newsworthy scientific and academic activities, Vanderbilt has joined with 34 other top research universities to create Futurity.org, an online news channel designed to showcase the achievements of their scientists and engineers, medical researchers and scholars.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 15, 2009

Vanderbilt doctors and software engineers pioneer an advanced sepsis detection and management system

Jason Martin, a fellow in allergy, pulmonary and critical care medicine, is part of an interdisciplinary team at Vanderbilt University that has come up with a high-tech approach to combat this deadly illness, which is one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States and kills more than half a million people worldwide every year.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 15, 2009

Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

A team of synthetic chemists at Vanderbilt University report in the March 18 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society that they have created an efficient way to make a naturally occurring alkaloid that could have anti-cancer properties and may combat memory loss from scratch.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 8, 2009

Video: Galileo night at Dyer Observatory

Watch video of an April 4 talk by Professor of Astronomy David Weintraub, part of “100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project.”
By VUMC News and Communications
January 29, 2009

Vanderbilt biochemist receives 2009 Sigma Xi award

Brandt F. Eichman, assistant professor of biological sciences and biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, has received Sigma Xi's Young Investigator Award.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 5, 2008

Video: The Big Bang Broth: Cooking Primordial Soup

Watch video of a Dec. 3 Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presentation.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 13, 2008

Vanderbilt ranked in top 20 universities in the national competition for federal research dollars

Vanderbilt University has attained the rank of 20th in the nation in the total value of federal science and engineering research grants awarded to campus researchers, according to an annual report compiled by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
By VUMC News and Communications
September 3, 2008

New nano device detects immune system cell signaling

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.
By VUMC News and Communications
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