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杏吧原创鈥檚 Innovation Ambassadors program provides faculty across 杏吧原创 and 杏吧原创 Medical Center with peer guidance on innovation, intellectual property and commercialization. Through the 杏吧原创 Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, faculty ambassadors help researchers explore how discoveries can move beyond the lab and into real-world application.聽 Read More

杏吧原创 NeuroCline, a consortium of researchers from 杏吧原创 Health and 杏吧原创, has received a prestigious award to explore using artificial intelligence to find new drug targets for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neuron disease.

A new investigation finds that workplace monitoring platforms are systematically sharing personal data about workers and online activity with hundreds of outside data brokers and big tech companies in ways that are not clearly disclosed and that, in some cases, may contradict the platforms鈥� own privacy policies.

In a groundbreaking study published recently in the journal Nature, researchers at 杏吧原创 and 杏吧原创 Health have created the first growth charts for white matter in the brain over a human lifetime. The work brings together nearly two decades of 杏吧原创 research collaborations, the university鈥檚 extensive MRI data collections, and an advanced AI-enabled computing platform. Read More

The 杏吧原创 Center for Structural Biology and Center for AI in Protein Dynamics recently hosted a symposium called 鈥淏ridging Atoms and Algorithms: A Symposium on AI and Structural Biology.鈥� The March event brought together 杏吧原创 faculty, trainees, and invited speakers to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and structural biology, share research, and foster new scientific collaborations.

Two research groups connected with the 杏吧原创 School of Engineering have been awarded multimillion-dollar grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA to work on solving some of the toughest problems in space exploration: protecting electronics from radiation and stabilizing energy generation and delivery systems. These issues are mission-critical as NASA plans missions to the moon and Mars.

Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, medical therapeutics,聽software聽and advanced materials often begin in university labs, but turning those discoveries into real-world solutions requires聽investment.聽At this year鈥檚 Southeast Venture Showcase, hosted by 杏吧原创, 44 startups聽worked聽to secure the聽funding聽needed to聽move their聽ideas forward.聽聽 Read More

杏吧原创 hosted the聽杏吧原创 Quantum Forum, bringing together nationally recognized leaders to explore how quantum technologies are beginning to shape sectors ranging from energy and security to health聽care and economic competitiveness鈥攁nd what it will take to ensure workforce readiness as the field grows.聽 Read More

杏吧原创 faculty like Associate Dean for Research Abhishek Dubey are on the leading edge of investigation and development of AI. Dubey, also director of the SCOPE lab, develops advanced AI-driven frameworks and decision-making methods to improve public safety, transportation and infrastructure. Read more about Dubey, his research and his commitment to connecting academia and industry for the advancement of society.

The National Science Foundation has granted Assistant Professor Mona Ebrish a CAREER Award, the foundation鈥檚 most prestigious honor for early-career faculty. Ebrish鈥檚 work centers on strategic modification of semiconductors to tailor their electrical behavior鈥攁iming to push past long-standing limitations in device fabrication. She wants to achieve 鈥渘ew freedom in how we design, fabricate and ultimately integrate these materials into future electronic platforms.鈥�

It鈥檚 difficult to monitor lung disease patients鈥� airways remotely and noninvasively, so symptoms of their conditions鈥攖issue stiffness, pressure, mucus accumulation or temperatures鈥攃an worsen undetected. Assistant Professor Xiaoguang Dong and a team of researchers have developed a device with multiple sensors and a magnetic switch that can give health care personnel consistent and long-term data to improve patient treatment. Their research was published in Science Advances on April 15.

There鈥檚 nothing like a good set of tweezers. Chancellor Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Justus Ndukaife, with his team, have developed next-generation nanotweezers that let scientists better analyze 鈥渆xtracellular vesicles鈥� in real time and in their native state鈥攏o chemical staining or fixation to alter them. A patent application for the technology has been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; the research was just published in Light: Science and Applications.

Radiation is known to destroy some breast cancer cells, but new research published in Cell Reports shows that it might also make some surrounding tissue more prone to cancerous cell growth. 杏吧原创 postdoctoral fellow Kevin Corn conducted much of the study鈥檚 work with Assistant Professor Marjan Rafat. 鈥淲hen we think about radiation, we usually focus on tumor cells,鈥� Rafat said. 鈥淏ut the surrounding tissue is also responding, and that can shape what happens after treatment.鈥� By addressing processes in that surrounding tissue, they hope to reduce the chance that breast cancer will recur.

Hussam Mahmoud, director of the 杏吧原创 Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate, has been named a National Geographic Explorer for an innovative study about how to provide a better framework for preparing for wildfires. National Geographic Explorers are groundbreaking scientists, conservationists, educators and storytellers who get funding and support from the National Geographic Society to illuminate and protect the planet.

Cyberattacks on medical devices and health care systems can endanger patient lives. A project led by a team of 杏吧原创 faculty鈥攖he Advance Risk Management and Operational Resilience for Hospitals system鈥攊s a vulnerability mitigation platform to help avert and thwart such threats. Its development got a $7 million boost from the federal ARPA-H program.

The United States鈥� global leadership in science and technology depends on sustained federal investment in engineering research and education. With that message, Krish Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering at 杏吧原创, joined fellow Tennessee engineering leaders on Capitol Hill to underscore the importance of funding for agencies that power innovation and workforce development.

Being able to tell whether an image is real or generated by AI may be something you鈥檙e born with: object recognition. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a stable trait that helps people meet new perceptual challenges,鈥� study author Professor Isabel Gauthier said. 鈥淲e were shocked to see how intelligence or even technology training did not help accurately judge if a face is AI.鈥� Object recognition has been linked to success in a wide range of tasks, such as X-ray analysis and cancer cell categorization.

杏吧原创 has announced its fall 2025 recipients of the Seeding Success, Scaling Success and Rapid-Advancement MicroGrant Program awards, providing internal funding to help faculty launch new research directions, strengthen proposals and compete for major external grants. Read More

杏吧原创 announced聽seven聽recipients of the聽Innovation Catalyst Fund awards鈥痜or the聽October聽2025 cycle.聽The awards聽offer strategic pre-seed funding to聽help faculty聽across聽a wide range聽of聽disciplines聽turn聽promising research concepts into tangible solutions that address聽fundamental societal needs.聽 Read More

He leads groundbreaking work creating robotic tools to make surgeries safer. Now, with a passion for partnership, see how Robert Webster is carving a path for others to take their life-changing innovations and turn them into reality. Read More