February, 2007
Vanderbilt Engineering in Science Watch Top Ten
Feb. 24, 2007—Vanderbilt University School of Engineering is ranked in the top ten universities nationally as measured by the impact that their publications have had on the field. The rankings were published in the January/February issue of Thomson Scientific’s newsletter Science Watch and are based on a survey of research publications in the physical and social sciences...
Vanderbilt research targets chemical and biological weapon detection
Feb. 11, 2007—Vanderbilt University researchers, in conjunction with colleagues at several other institutions, are working on a project that promises significant improvement in the control of proteins for a number of uses, including the detection of chemical and biological weapons. Real-time control of the function of single proteins by detecting and changing their shapes is the object...