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Belinda Sturm, associate professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering, is one of the key researchers of KU’s Feedstock to Tailpipe Initiative. She and her colleagues are working to turn tiny water-based plants into biofuel.
The University of Kansas | Scientists at Columbia University have developed the first diagnostic platform that can simultaneously screen for all known human pathogenic bacteria as well as markers for virulence and antibiotic resistance.
University Research | Columbia UniversityAccording to a new study, the brain plays back and prioritizes high-reward events for later retrieval and filters out the neutral, inconsequential events, retaining only memories that are useful to future decisions.
University Research | Columbia Universitya Columbia University-led team has developed a new method to finely tune adjacent layers of graphene—lacy, honeycomb-like sheets of carbon atoms—to induce superconductivity.
University Research | Columbia UniversityCornell and Columbia engineers have developed a new plan to avert the L Train shutdown in New York City, a perhaps a new model for how major infrastructure projects can be evaluated.
Community Impact | Cornell University | Columbia UniversityA new ultrasensitive diagnostic device could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma, leading to timelier interventions and better outcomes for patients.
University Research | The University of KansasResearch from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Kansas found sharing information online can do more harm to romantic relationships than good. They did, however, find a way to counteract its negative effects. If you often post about your life, include your better half in the post.
University Research | Carnegie Mellon University | The University of KansasDouglas A. Girod, chancellor of the University of Kansas, said regional growth in the Kansas City metropolitan area is hampered by the "lack of a sufficient workforce to meet the needs of our growing economy" in a commentary published in The Kansas City Star.
The University of Kansas | Articles & Op-EdsResearchers at Columbia University say genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.
University Research | Columbia UniversityResearchers have developed a microneedle skin patch that delivers nanoparticles full of fat-shrinking drugs to potentially treat obesity and diabetes.
University Research | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Columbia University