University of Minnesota to lead $9.7 million NIH grant to improve hearing restoration

The University of Minnesota announced that it will lead a $9.7 million grant over the next five years from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative to develop a new implantable device and surgical procedure with the goal of...
19-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Ultrasound stimulation of spleen could lead to new treatments for inflammatory arthritis

Researchers involved in a study using mice showed that they could actually ‘turn down’ the inflammatory response in arthritis with daily noninvasive ultrasound stimulation of the spleen. The research is a first step to developing new treatment...
13-Mar-2019 11:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New graphene-based device is first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors

University of Minnesota engineering researchers have developed a unique new device that provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to better detect diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and Chronic Wasting Disease at the molecular level.
7-Mar-2019 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

University of Minnesota researchers 3D bio-print a model that could improve anticancer drugs and treatments

University of Minnesota medical researchers and engineers have developed a way to study cancer cells which could lead to new and improved treatment. They have developed a new way to study these cells in a 3D in vitro model (i.e. in a culture dish...
11-Feb-2019 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Citizen Science Projects Have a Surprising New Partner—the Computer

New computer machine learning techniques can be now be used in crowdsourcing projects to deal with massively increasing amounts of data—making computers a surprising new partner in citizen science projects.
6-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

University to lead $2.25 million grant for developing next-generation quantum computer

The University of Minnesota announced today that it will lead a $2.25 million grant over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for developing materials and device knowledge necessary for creating the...
7-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers stop ‘sneaky’ cancer cells in their tracks

A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells from moving and spreading, even when the cells changed their movements. The discovery could have a major impact on millions of people undergoing...
20-Nov-2018 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

New research center based in Minnesota to explore spintronics materials for advanced computing

The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced today that it will lead and house a new $10.3 million Center for Spintronic Materials in Advanced Information Technologies (SMART) focused on novel materials for advanced...
13-Nov-2018 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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