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Released: 17-Mar-2017 4:05 PM EDT
For Female Mosquitoes, Two Sets of Odor Sensors Are Better Than One
Vanderbilt University

A team of Vanderbilt biologists has found that the malaria mosquito has a second complete set of odor receptors that are specially tuned to human scents.

6-Mar-2017 5:05 PM EST
Fish Eyes May Hold Key to Regenerating Human Retinas
Vanderbilt University

Research into retinal regeneration in zebrafish has identified a signal that appears to trigger the self-repair process, raising the possibility that human retinas can also be induced to regenerate, naturally repairing damage caused by degenerative retinal diseases and injury, including age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

   
Released: 8-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EST
Using Game Theory to Predict Cyberattacks on Elections and Voting Machines
Vanderbilt University

America’s president isn’t the only one considering the possibility of rigged elections. Vanderbilt University’s Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering, spent much of last year researching how and why someone would want to tamper with an election and then developing an algorithm to protect against those efforts.

Released: 6-Mar-2017 10:05 AM EST
You Are What You Eat, and Who You Know
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt research shows being surrounded by high-status people may help you stay slim – but only if you're a woman.

23-Feb-2017 1:00 PM EST
New Tool for Combating Mosquito-Borne Disease: Insect Parasite Genes
Vanderbilt University

Discovery of the genes that the insect parasite Wolbachia uses to control its hosts' reproduction provides a powerful new tool for enhancing biological control efforts for mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika and malaria.

   
Released: 22-Feb-2017 5:00 PM EST
Organ-on-a-Chip Mimics Heart’s Biomechanical Properties
Vanderbilt University

Scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties in order to study cardiac disease, determine the effects that different drugs have on the heart and screen for new drugs to treat heart ailments.

   
15-Feb-2017 4:05 PM EST
Alien Particles From Outer Space Are Wreaking Low-Grade Havoc on Personal Electronic Devices
Vanderbilt University

Alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices.

   
Released: 15-Feb-2017 2:05 PM EST
Why Trump Should Tie Free Trade Agreements to Economic Equality
Vanderbilt University

Citizens who have rejected the idea that free trade is always in their best interest might change their minds if free trade agreements included provisions to address economic inequality, according to a Vanderbilt University researcher.

Released: 10-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
How Polarization Snowballs Through Legislatures
Vanderbilt University

How did politics get so polarized? Too many safe seats, partisan voters and 'wave' elections.

   
Released: 9-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
Podcast on Evidence Law and Proof Started by Vanderbilt Professor
Vanderbilt University

Excited Utterance, a podcast about evidence law and proof, has posted more than 25 interviews since its launch last fall by Vanderbilt Law School professor Edward K. Cheng.

Released: 31-Jan-2017 4:00 PM EST
Suspicion of Muslims Has Historic Antecedents
Vanderbilt University

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24-Jan-2017 11:00 AM EST
Climate Change Helped Kill Off Super-Sized Ice Age Animals in Australia
Vanderbilt University

Changes in the diets of the super-sized megafauna that ruled Australia during the last Ice Age indicate that climate change was a major factor in their extinction.

Released: 16-Jan-2017 1:05 PM EST
Access to Health Care Strengthens Communities
Vanderbilt University

New research on an aspect of the ACA/health care debate that hasn’t really been discussed—the social impact on communities. Vanderbilt professor Tara McKay was able to control for income level and other factors and still finds issues with trust, support and other issues in communities where members are uninsured.

Released: 11-Jan-2017 12:05 PM EST
DNA Duplicator Small Enough to Hold in Your Hand
Vanderbilt University

Left-handed DNA is the mirror image of the DNA found in all living things. It has the same physical properties as regular, right-handed DNA but it does not participate in most biological reactions. As a result, when fluorescently tagged L-DNA is added to a PCR sample, it behaves in an identical way to the regular DNA and provides a fluorescent light signal that reports information about the molecular reactions taking place and can be used to control them.

Released: 19-Dec-2016 3:05 PM EST
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funds Vanderbilt Study of Health, Economic Effects of LGBT-Related Laws
Vanderbilt University

A team of Vanderbilt social scientists and medical professionals will look at how laws affecting LGBT individuals and families affect their health and the economy.

Released: 13-Dec-2016 10:05 AM EST
Broken Shoulder Leads to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery Study
Vanderbilt University

Patients who undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome can regain their typing ability within two or three weeks after the operation. That is the conclusion of a serendipitous research project that came about because a psychologist who studies the automatic response patterns involved in typing broke his shoulder. In 2009, Gordon Logan, Centennial Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, put a stool on top of a chair to change a light bulb.

12-Dec-2016 4:05 PM EST
Faster (Cheaper) Method for Making Big Bioactive Ring Molecules
Vanderbilt University

A pair of Vanderbilt chemists have developed a faster, cheaper method for synthesizing ring molecules called cyclic depsipeptides found in antibiotics, anti-retrovirals and pesticides.

   
Released: 12-Dec-2016 1:05 PM EST
Type of Psychotherapy Matters in Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Vanderbilt University

A new study has found that the type of psychotherapy used to treat the gastrointestinal disorder irritable bowel syndrome makes a difference in improving patients' daily functioning.

   
Released: 6-Dec-2016 4:05 PM EST
Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip Sheds New Light on “Silent Killer”
Vanderbilt University

The blood-brain barrier is a network of specialized cells that surrounds the arteries and veins within the brain. It forms a unique gateway that both provides brain cells with the nutrients they require and protects them from potentially harmful compounds. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE) headed by Gordon A.

Released: 1-Dec-2016 10:05 AM EST
Unique Premed Program Gives Future Healthcare Providers Tools to Understand Social Contexts for Health
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt's Medicine, Health and Society graduates demonstrate a thorough grounding in issues of structural competence while remaining as competitive as traditional pre-med students for medical school, showing that the undergraduate years are ideal for introducing these important concepts to aspiring healthcare practitioners.

   
Released: 30-Nov-2016 12:05 PM EST
How Copying Is Done Should Matter in Copyright Infringement Complaints
Vanderbilt University

An artist painstakingly recreates the “Mona Lisa” using the same variety of paints, brushes and canvas as did Michelangelo. Across town, a factory stamps out hundreds of replicas of the iconic painting each day, using state-of-the-art printing. In a copyright infringement case, is there any legal difference between the lovingly recreated painting and one of the mass-produced prints made by the factory? There should be, says Joseph Fishman, a copyright law expert and assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School.

28-Nov-2016 4:05 PM EST
Each Animal Species Hosts a Unique Microbial Community and Benefits From It
Vanderbilt University

A laboratory study of four animal species and their microbiota finds that each species hosts a unique community of microbes that can significantly improve its health and fitness.

Released: 22-Nov-2016 5:05 PM EST
Mood Ring Materials – a New Way to Detect Damage in Failing Infrastructure
Vanderbilt University

"Mood ring materials" constitute a new type of smart sensing technology that could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation's failing infrastructure.

Released: 21-Nov-2016 1:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt Expert Predicted Rise of White Nationalism in 2002
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University political scientist Carol Swain predicted the rise of the white nationalism, seen by many as the foundation of the alt-right movement, 14 years ago in her book, The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration. “The alt-right is not a new development. It is an effort to rebrand the white nationalism I described in 2002, as a more intellectual movement that uses social science data, rhetoric and civil rights laws to advance its agenda,” Swain, professor of political science and of law, says.

17-Nov-2016 11:05 AM EST
Finally, a Type of Face That Men Recognize Better Than Women
Vanderbilt University

A study using Barbies and Transformers finds that men are better at recognizing Transformer faces while women are better at recognizing Barbie faces, supporting the theory that experience plays an important role in facial recognition.

   
Released: 15-Nov-2016 3:05 PM EST
‘Origami’ Rapid Malaria Test Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant
Vanderbilt University

A novel 'origami' rapid diagnostic test for malaria has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Released: 14-Nov-2016 1:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt Expert: Meeting with Russia Early in Presidency Would Be a Mistake
Vanderbilt University

Media Note: Vanderbilt has a 24/7 TV and radio studio. The studio is free for Vanderbilt experts, other than reserving fiber time. More information » There might be a temptation, but it would be a “big mistake” for President-elect Donald Trump to meet with Vladimir Putin of Russia early in his administration, says Vanderbilt presidential historian Tom Schwartz.

Released: 9-Nov-2016 3:05 PM EST
Expert: Overhaul of ‘Crazy’ Presidential Appointee System Needed
Vanderbilt University

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Released: 7-Nov-2016 9:05 AM EST
Vanderbilt professors on the new president’s first 100 days
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University experts can discuss a number of topics that will come up during the new president’s first 100 days. We have a 24/7 broadcast studio, where our experts can do live/taped interviews for TV and radio.  Presidential Transitions, Presidential Appointees, Civil Service Reform David Lewis: Chair, Political Science Lewis can discuss the inherent problems of a new president appointing 3,000 positions, how the government appointee system could be fixed, the importance of the president’s first 100 days and which past presidents did a good job during the transition and which did not.

Released: 2-Nov-2016 8:00 AM EDT
Making High-Performance Batteries From Junkyard Scraps
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered how to make high-performance batteries using scraps of metal from the junkyard and common household chemicals.

Released: 28-Oct-2016 5:05 PM EDT
Bundy Acquittal, Trump Loss May Inspire Future Militia Action: Vanderbilt Expert
Vanderbilt University

American militia groups, emboldened by the recent acquittal of members of the Bundy group of charges related to their armed occupation of a wildlife preserve in Oregon and the angry rhetoric of Donald Trump, may stage similar standoffs in the future, says Amy Cooter, senior lecturer in sociology. “It sets both a legal and psychological precedent for these kinds of demonstrations,” Cooter says.

Released: 27-Oct-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Bioluminescent Sensor Causes Brain Cells to Glow in the Dark
Vanderbilt University

A new kind of bioluminescent sensor causes individual brain cells to imitate fireflies and glow in the dark. The probe, which was developed by a team of Vanderbilt scientists, is a genetically modified form of luciferase, the enzyme that a number of other species including fireflies use to produce light. It is described in a paper published in the journal Nature Communications on Oct.

   
Released: 27-Oct-2016 10:05 AM EDT
White Supremacist Activity Spikes When Trump Talks Anti-Immigration: Vanderbilt Researcher
Vanderbilt University

The presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has coincided with a large spike in white supremacist activity on the Internet, with Jewish journalists targeted in particular, according to a Vanderbilt professor. “The Trump campaign has given the white nationalist movement a long-awaited opportunity to spread its message to a national audience,” said Sophie Bjork-James, who tracks white nationalist Internet groups and is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer of anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

18-Oct-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Today’s Self-Taught Typists Almost as Fast as Touch Typists…as Long as They Can See the Keyboard
Vanderbilt University

New study finds touch typists have a definite edge in speed over nonstandard typists but self-taught typists do nearly as well as long as they can see the keyboard.

Released: 17-Oct-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Expert: Anger, Insecurity Complicate Presidential Race
Vanderbilt University

The media focus on working-class white men who support Donald Trump’s presidential campaign ignores the insecurity felt by other groups who might be drawn to him, says a cultural, gender and race expert from Vanderbilt University. “We know that Donald Trump will probably get 40 percent of the vote, and I’m convinced that it’s not just the white working class who find aspects of the Trump agenda compelling,” said Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies and French at Vanderbilt and the director of the Callie House Research Center for the Study of Black Cultures and Politics.

11-Oct-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Virus Carrying DNA of Black Widow Spider Toxin Discovered
Vanderbilt University

Biologists sequencing the genome of the WO virus, which infects the bacterial parasite Wolbachia, have discovered that the phage carries DNA that produces black widow spider toxin: the first time an animal-like DNA has been found in such a virus.

   


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