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    Magazine feature story: Security Innovators

    Though new technologies make our lives easier and give us more options, they also create more opportunities to threaten our security.

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    Wang to study oxygen consumption in cells with NSF grant

    Lihong Wang has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study oxygen consumption rates of individual cells.

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    Kelleher receives Sloan Research Fellowship

    Caitlin Kelleher, PhD, will use a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship to continue researching how to make computer programming accessible to everyone.

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    Watching molecules grow into microtubes

    A team of researchers unexpectedly found the mechanism by which tiny single molecules spontaneously grow into centimeter-long microtubes by leaving a dish for a different experiment in the refrigerator.

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    Bayly, team get $2.25 million grant to study brain mechanics

    Philip Bayly, PhD, will study the mechanics of the brain in an effort to better understand traumatic brain injury with a $2.25 million grant.

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    New device better traps viruses, airborne pathogens

    A new type of air-cleaning technology created by Washington University engineers could better protect human lungs from allergens, airborne viruses and ultrafine particles in the air.

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    Shen receives CAREER award from NSF

    Jung-Tsung Shen, PhD, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.

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    Genes provide clues to gender disparity in human hearts

    Using molecular biology, tissue engineering and multimodal imaging techniques, the Efimov lab works to engineer the pacemaker and conduction system of the heart.

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    Podcast: How biological systems inspire engineers

    Associate Professor Guy Genin talks about current trends and challenges in biomedical device design and development in an American Society of Mechanical Engineers podcast.

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    Assistant Professor Weinberger receives award from Yahoo! Labs

    A $15,000 gift to Assistant Professor Kilian Weinberger will encourage collaboration with Yahoo! research scientists.

 
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