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Here are some of the mind-blowing pursuits taking place right here at the U of M—from creating new organs to making cows more comfortable.
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Making garbage a good thing
What if we took millions of plastic bags and a ton of sunlight and used them to our advantage? Undergraduate Brian Bell and other students have developed a solar cooker that can turn something useless into something useful.
Cash cows
Can we make a healthier economy by making cows more comfortable? Professor Marcia Endres and her students are studying cow comfort and how it affects milk production.
The sub-zero classroom
How can you educate students across the world about climate change? Through GoNorth!, Aaron Doering and his colleagues travel the Arctic Circle, teaching and sharing research with students via the Web.
A heart gets a second life
"Give nature the tools and get out of the way." Professor Doris Taylor is researching and developing a better way to treat those who are in need of organ transplants—by building new organs.
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Affordable food for all
Why do poor neighborhoods tend to have poor diets? Are supermarkets so super after all? Read about assistant professor of history Tracey Deutsch's fascinating research into food shopping.
Alternative energy
Can a car run on mud? Someday, perhaps. Assistant professor of microbiology Daniel Bond and his students are up to their ears in muck as they search for new energy sources.
Biomass breakthrough
The U's world-renowned ecologist and biodiversity expert, ecology professor David Tilman, says native prairie grasses could solve some of our energy needs.
A cool plan
Research that does more than scratch the surface. Professor Steve Manson's "agent-based modeling" examines how humans alter the surface of the planet.
Curbing aggression
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.
A cure for Alzheimer's
Take a dip into the work of neurology and neuroscience professor Karen Hsiao Ashe as she reports exciting news in the search for an Alzheimer's cure.
Food facts
Good food. Professor Jeff Bender's research involves finding ways to protect our food sources from beginning to end.
Good news from bad experiences
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.
Harnessing brainpower
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.
The healthiest diet
Family is no fad according to epidemiology professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer. Read how time at the family dinner table might be the best diet of all.
Hearing advancements
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.
Life-saving robots in Iraq
Computer science and engineering professor Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos is helping put greater distance between humans and harm with the use of his Scout robot.
The limits of physics
Can Superman help us better understand ourselves and our universe? Physics professor James Kakalios thinks so. Read more about his popular class, The Physics of Superheroes.
MEG minded
Delve into the world of neuroscience with Regents Professor Apostolos Georgopoulos as he unlocks the mysteries surrounding common brain diseases.
Money does grow on trees
Clean money. Professor Alfred Marcus and his students explore the relationships between environmental management and economic profits.
A real word performance
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.
State of the art learning
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.
Trials are no error
Standing up for what is right. Professor Sikkink's research involves investigating human rights trials and the beneficial outcomes brought forth by them.
Wasps to the rescue
Professor George Heimpel and his student Jeremy Chacón are in the middle of testing a natural way to control the soybean aphid.
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