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

Immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Somali, Latino, and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness have new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person’s arrival in the United States....
1-Nov-2018 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Discover New Type of Stellar Collision

New observations of a stellar phenomenon by a team of researchers, including University of Minnesota astrophysicists, has solved a 348-year-old mystery.
8-Oct-2018 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

University of Minnesota awarded federal grant to research autonomous vehicles

The University of Minnesota has received a $1.75 million grant over three years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study autonomous vehicles as part of the NSF's Smart & Connected Communities grant program.
5-Oct-2018 7:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered how to slow aging

University of Minnesota researchers have found a natural product, called Fisetin, reduces the level of damaged cells in the body, which can slow the aging process.
2-Oct-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

University of Minnesota to lead $5.3 million federal grant to improve electronic circuit design

The University of Minnesota announced today that it has received a four-year, $5.3 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, to lead an effort that could spark the next...
25-Sep-2018 7:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Discover How Caged Molecules ‘Rattle and Sing’

A team of energy researchers from the University of Minnesota and University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that molecular motion can be predicted with high accuracy when confining molecules in small nanocages. The discovery could improve...
10-Sep-2018 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Release the Most Accurate Map of Antarctica Terrain

A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota and The Ohio State University have released the most accurate high-resolution terrain map of Antarctica ever created.
4-Sep-2018 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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