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Randy Blakely and Amy Wright Named as 2017 NAI Fellows

By | December 12, 2017

Randy Blakely, Ph.D. and Amy Wright, Ph.D. have been named NAI Fellows.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app High Student Named to 'Forbes' '30 Under 30' List

By | December 4, 2017

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app High School junior Hannah Herbst has been named to the 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the energy sector.

Experts Team Up on Study to Save Endangered African Penguins

By | November 15, 2017

There are less than 25,000 breeding pairs of African Penguins in existence today. A first-of-its-kind study on prognostic health indicators in this seabird provides invaluable information to help preserve them.

First-of-its-kind Bioengineered Robotic Hand to Sense Touch

By | November 14, 2017

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app has received a $1.3 million NIH grant for a "living" robot with its own nervous system. Researchers are creating a living pathway from the robot's touch sensation to the user's brain to help amputees.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Launches Graduate Neuroscience Training Program

By | October 20, 2017

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Brain Institute is now accepting applications for its new Graduate Neuroscience Training Program, which will begin in fall 2018.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Contributes to Groundbreaking Discovery

By | October 20, 2017

Methods developed by ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's numerical relativity group contributed to a recent groundbreaking discovery of merging neutron stars.

Being Behind the Curve Can 'Sting'

By | October 19, 2017

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app research shows what a tiny ant and indigenous cultures can teach medical and scientific communities by solving a medical mystery that has puzzled them for decades.

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app High Student Competes in Discovery 3M Young Scientist Challenge

By | October 16, 2017

¼ø»ÆÊ¦app High School freshman Devin Willis will compete to become America's Top Young Scientist during the Discovery 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

Size Doesn't Matter - At Least for Hammerheads and Swimming

By | October 10, 2017

Researchers from ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app have conducted the first study to examine the whole body shape and swimming kinematics of two closely related yet very different hammerhead sharks, with some unexpected results.

Young-onset Dementia Costs Nearly Twice That of Alzheimer's

By | October 5, 2017

The first economic study on frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under age 60, shows that FTD inflicts a much more severe burden on families than Alzheimer's disease.

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