Carbon Nanotube Harpoon Catches Individual Brain Cell Signals
Posted On Friday, June 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NORTH CAROLINA Tags: brain cell spear, brain-cell signals, Bruce Donald, carbon nanotubes, Duke University, Neuroscientists
Durham, NC - Neuroscientists may soon be modern-day harpooners, snaring individual brain-cell signals instead of whales with tiny spears made of carbon nanotubes.
The new brain cell spear is a millimeter long, only a few nanometers wide and harnesses the superior electromechanical properties of carbon nanotubes to capture electrical signals from ...
Obituary: Thomas B. Ferguson, MD, Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 90
Posted On Friday, June 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MISSOURI Tags: Barnes Hospital, Duke University, heart-lung pump, Thomas B. Ferguson, Washington University
Thomas B. Ferguson, MD, professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, of complications following a heart valve procedure. He was 90.
Ferguson was a pioneer in heart surgery, playing an important role in bringing the first heart-lung machine to ...
Morehead-Cain Scholars Named
Posted On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NORTH CAROLINA Tags: Duke University, England’s Oxford University, Morehead-Cain Foundation, physical vigor, UNC-Chapel Hill
The Morehead-Cain Foundation — home of the oldest, most prestigious merit scholarship program in the United States — will welcome 48 new scholars to UNC-Chapel Hill this fall.
The class of 2017 will include:
23 scholars from North Carolina high schools;
17 American scholars outside of North Carolina;
One scholar from Kenya;
One scholar from ...
Dartmouth Leads Research On Digital Information Management
Posted On Sunday, January 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, digital age, Duke University, Ellen Waite-Franzen, Jeffrey Horrell
In the ever-evolving digital age, academic institutions have to make important decisions about records and information storage: What university records should be archived? How long should they be kept? Who should have access to them?
Thanks to support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth is a leader in finding answers ...