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Can we move artificial limbs just by thinking about it? Professor Bin He and his students are researching technologies like a thinking cap to move a cursor with brain waves.
Is the virtual world becoming a reality? It certainly is at the University of Minnesota's new Simulation Clinic at the School of Dentistry. Dean Patrick Lloyd says his students are working in the most state-of-the-art dentistry learning facility in the country.
Listen and learn. Professor Mark Bee and his students are listening to frogs to discover clues to designing better hearing aids for people. And it definitely sounds promising.
Let's learn to play nice. Professor Nicki Crick and her students are investigating relational aggression in children so they can find a way to curb it. Sounds like a study everyone can like.
Delve into the world of neuroscience with Regents Professor Apostolos Georgopoulos as he unlocks the mysteries surrounding common brain diseases.
Professor George Heimpel and his student Jeremy Chacón are in the middle of testing a natural way to control the soybean aphid.
Standing up for what is right. Professor Sikkink's research involves investigating human rights trials and the beneficial outcomes brought forth by them.
Research that does more than scratch the surface. Professor Steve Manson's "agent-based modeling" examines how humans alter the surface of the planet.
Clean money. Professor Alfred Marcus and his students explore the relationships between environmental management and economic profits.
Finding the good when bad happens. Professor Patricia A. Frazier's research delves into the world of trauma and looks to find the types of good that can come out of it.
Good food. Professor Jeff Bender's research involves finding ways to protect our food sources from beginning to end.
The best of both worlds. Kenneth Mitchell leads a troupe of students through the B.F.A Actor Training Program that operates at both the Guthrie Theater and the U of M.
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