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World’s Smallest Droplets
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, may have created the smallest drops of liquid made in the lab.
5/16/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes—skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten...
5/16/2013 5:00 AM EDT
Untangling the Tree of Life
Vanderbilt phylogeneticists examined the reasons why large-scale tree-of-life studies are producing contradictory results and have proposed a suite of novel techniques to resolve the conflicts.
5/14/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Tracking Gunfire with a Smartphone
A team of computer engineers from Vanderbilt University’s Institute of Software Integrated Systems has developed an inexpensive hardware module and related software that can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location system.
4/25/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Women with Elite Education Opting Out of Full-Time Careers -- Study Finds Women with MBA’s Are Most Likely to Work Less
Though past studies have found little evidence that women are opting out of the workforce in general, first-of-its-kind research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch shows that female graduates of elite undergraduate...
4/8/2013 12:00 PM EDT
Telerobotic System Designed to Treat Bladder Cancer Better
An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic surgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most...
4/2/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Humanoid Robot Helps Train Children with Autism
An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts at Vanderbilt University have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the basic social learning...
3/20/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Putting HiFi Into Cochlear Implants
An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt researchers have developed a way to reprogram cochlear implants that dramatically improves the quality and clarity of users’ hearing.
3/5/2013 5:15 PM EST
Education Experts From the No. 1 Ranked Peabody College at Vanderbilt Available for Back-to-School Stories
Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody was named the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for...
8/10/2012 5:05 PM EDT
New Political Ad Rating Project-Vanderbilt and YouGov Team Up to Survey American's Reactions to Latest Campaign Commercials
Vanderbilt University and research firm YouGov team up to survey American's latest reactions to campaign ads. New campaign ads will be polled every week through the presidential election.
7/23/2012 4:25 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Autism Experts Available for World Autism Day, National Autism Awareness Month
Vanderbilt autism experts available for World Autism Day, National Autism Awareness Month
3/29/2012 6:00 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Expert Weighs in on New CDC Findings for Autism Prevalence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the prevalence of children in the United States with autism has increased. The newly-released statistics suggest one in 88 children have an Autism Spectrum Disorder, up from...
3/29/2012 12:00 PM EDT
Benefit of Negative Ads, Religious Bias, Patriotism and the Bible, Latino Vote, Fair Polls: Vanderbilt Experts Available for Hot Button Issues
Benefit of Negative Ads-Religious Bias-Patriotism and the Bible-Latino Vote-Fair Polls--Vanderbilt Experts Available for Hot Button Issues
1/18/2012 5:00 PM EST
Breaking Dawn Reflects Societal Fear of Human Hybrids
The 20-minute bloody birth scene in Breaking Dawn – Part One continues a long line of horror films featuring women giving birth to otherworldly creatures, says Kelly Oliver, a philosophy professor who has written a book on images of pregnancy in...
12/1/2011 11:10 AM EST
Vanderbilt Experts Available for Supreme Court Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will make decisions on a number of hotly debated cases this term, and a diverse group of Vanderbilt University experts is available to give their opinions about those cases.
10/12/2011 12:30 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Peabody Education Experts Available for Back-to-School Stories
Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody was named the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for...
7/22/2011 1:00 PM EDT
