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A team of Vanderbilt University scientists and engineers led by Professor John P. Wikswo has won an R&D 100 Award for their MultiWell MicroFormulator. The MultiWell MicroFormulator, developed at Vanderbilt and commercialized by CN Bio Innovations in the United Kingdom, provides customized real-time formulation, delivery and removal of cell culture… Read More

New hyperlens crystal is capable of resolving details as small as a virus on the surface of living cells. The atomic structure of the hexagonal boron nitride crystal is shown in the cutout. (Keith Wood / Vanderbilt) Just imagine: An optical lens so powerful that it lets you view… Read More

About 200 engineering students got a philosophy lesson Wednesday from Nashville Mayor Megan Barry. (L-R) Professor Matthew Wallker III, Mayor Megan Barry, Dean Philippe Fauchet and Professor Amanda Lowrey meet before the lecture begins. Easily citing Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill and Carol Gilligan, Barry knows her material and knows… Read More

Kyle Becker will appear on “Jeopardy!” beginning Dec. 4. (submitted photo) Kyle Becker started watching Jeopardy! in middle school, shouting out questions to the TV and dreaming of the day he’d be hitting that buzzer for real. The Vanderbilt University alumnus and research assistant finally got his… Read More

Nissan Leafs, which go about 107 miles on a charge, often don’t graduate beyond commuter car status due to battery-life worries. The mass-market, standard Tesla Model 3 can travel double that distance, which is still limiting on long road trips. Both batteries could work about 50 percent longer with a… Read More

E. Duco Jansen, professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt, and two other Vanderbilt professors developed the underlying infrared nerve modulation technology for the research into treating disease with light. (Vanderbilt University/Daniel Dubois) Vanderbilt University researchers are teaming with peers from two other universities to develop ways to fight disease with… Read More

As education technologies continue to converge, the 2018 forecast is for an exponential pace of technological change. David Wilson Students today effortlessly connect to the tools, methodologies and strong communities that can and will nurture their innate curiosity, said David E. Wilson, a popular speaker who leads a global team… Read More

Journalists from across the country traveled to campus last week to hear from Vanderbilt’s chancellor, experts and others about big issues likely to shape the Trump administration’s second year. The reporting institute, organized by journalism think tank and training group Poynter, spanned Thursday through Saturday and met in the First… Read More

Excited visitors got a firsthand look Tuesday at the new, state-of-the-art facilities for the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, with the showpiece being a 10,000-square-foot, commercial-grade cleanroom. About 300 people attended the grand opening celebration. L-r: Dean of… Read More

Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Daniel Work can’t think of a better place to research traffic issues than Nashville. He’s bringing his expertise on applying cyber-physical systems—the combination of physical systems with technological advances—to transportation to a city that adds… Read More