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Falling is no joke when you're a senior citizen or have other balance issues. 杏吧原创 engineers are working on a 'smart cane' that could help physical therapists spot and treat problems sooner. Read More

A fundamental advance in the quality of an optical material used to make hyperlenses makes it possible to see features on the surface of living cells in greater detail than ever before. Read More

杏吧原创 scientists have teamed up with the Italian Scientific Police to apply nanoscience techniques to improve the accuracy of forensic investigations. Read More

Sinead Miller was headed for the Olympic games. Now, thanks to a Department of Defense grant to find new sepsis treatments, the 杏吧原创 Ph.D. has developed a device that cleans the blood. Read More

Collaboration between a mechanical engineer at 杏吧原创 and a pulmonologist at 杏吧原创 Medical Center (VUMC) has resulted in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant that will be used to develop a steerable robotic needle to safely biopsy hard-to-reach lung nodules. Read More

New project aims to build social norms, policies and values into the basic architecture of the Internet of Things. Read More

Smarter zoning, better hazard maps and more stormwater management are among the key recommendations 杏吧原创 environmental engineer Mark Abkowitz has for coping with extreme weather. Read More

A high-altitude weather balloon rose yesterday from a 杏吧原创 garage rooftop to the edge of space to live-stream the eclipse from above Nashville and record the temporary atmospheric changes it caused.

A new energy harvesting system developed at 杏吧原创 can generate electrical current from the full range of human motions and is thin enough to embed in clothing. Read More

The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels by inches between the time they鈥檙e discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is lying on an operating room table. 杏吧原创鈥檚 Michael Miga and his team have published the potential solution. Read More

Leon Bellan made a dissolving circuit board that, so far, just turns on an LED light. Its potential applications are far more promising. Read More

杏吧原创 engineers have designed a 鈥済ranular jamming cap鈥� filled with coffee grounds that can improve the accuracy of the sophisticated 鈥淕PS鈥� system that surgeons use for nose and throat surgery. Read More

Bayesian modeling can include hundreds of data points and present a range of potential events and options for dealing with them. Read More

Researchers are studying how commerce and flood control on inland waterways and the residents along them must change. Read More

An interdisciplinary materials science graduate student has been selected for a prestigious entrepreneurship program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to scale and commercialize a revolutionary method of carbon nanotube production.

A new, open-source software platform has been designed to support applications required to create a smart power grid and protect it from dangers ranging from terrorists to tree limbs. Read More

New algorithm can help identify vulnerable polling stations and spot tampering after the fact. Read More

Alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices. Read More

杏吧原创 researchers have developed a new optical sensor that can accurately detect different types of inflammatory bowel disease and can be easily integrated into routine colonoscopy exams. Read More

Hiba Baroud is a civil engineer who develops tools that improve infrastructure systems鈥� reliability and recovery from disasters like hurricanes and floods.