Using a new imaging agent, scientists at the School of Medicine have shown that measures of tau are better markers of the cognitive decline characteristic of Alzheimer’s than measures of amyloid beta seen in positron emission tomography (PET) scans.
A physics lab in Arts & Sciences is among the first in the world to look at spontaneous emission with an instrument sensitive to the wave rather than the particle nature of light. This kind of detection may provide a way to control the quantum state of the atom.
Rohit V. Pappu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering, has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $4.5 million to study the causes behind Huntington’s disease. The research may provide clues for a treatment or cure.
Faculty, staff and students, take note: the university’s Blackboard service will be unavailable from 3 p.m. Friday, May 20, until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, while Information Technology performs an upgrade.
Kosi Onyeneho and Natalia Guzman Solano, both graduate students in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, have been selected as digital editorial fellows for the Political and Legal Anthropology Review. The fellows program helps graduate students enhance their knowledge and experience in academic publishing and digital studies.
Lauren Martin (right) joined a community garden to get fresh veggies and a break from her studies. But the garden has also taught the School of Medicine student valuable lessons in patient care, such as the importance of being accessible. Read more about outstanding graduating students on the Commencement website.
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Lauren Martin (right) joined a community garden to get fresh veggies and a break from her studies. But the garden has also taught the School of Medicine student valuable lessons in patient care, such as the importance of being accessible. Read more about outstanding graduating students on the