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Oct 29, 2012
NSF grant seeks to replicate human pattern recognition in computers
Yanxi Liu and Rick Gilmore will collaborate with Stanford's Anthony Norcia to bridge the gap between how humans and computers perceive and process visual patterns.
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Oct 15, 2012
Introducing Jian Yang
There is a new researcher in the Millennium Science Complex developing vascular grafts to treat atherosclerosis, bio-glue to aid wound closure without stitches, a biopolymer to induce bone regeneration, an injectible hydrogel to aid in cancer treatment, and biodegradable photoluminescent nanomaterials for use in therapeutic nanomedicine.
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Aug 13, 2012
IST researchers examine interplay of cognition, physiology and behavior
Researchers at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, including Huck Institutes faculty member Frank Ritter, are using cognitive architecture " a theory of human cognition implemented as a computer simulation program " to understand how cognitive processes interact with biological systems and influence social behavior.
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Jul 17, 2012
Huck Institutes faculty member receives $100,000 grant from NFL Charities to advance research on concussions in children
Semyon Slobounov aims to find out whether children suffering from concussions recover faster and have a better prognosis than young adults.
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Jul 17, 2012
Acoustic tweezers capture tiny creatures with ultrasound
A team of bioengineers and biochemists including Tony Jun Huang and Steven Benkovic has created a dime-sized device that uses ultrasound to manipulate cells and small organisms.
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Jun 06, 2012
New BioChip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster and cheaper
Tony Jun Huang and his colleagues, including Wafik El-Deiry, have developed a faster, cheaper and portable alternative to the current flow cytometry technology used to diagnose HIV and leukemia.
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May 29, 2012
A decade's worth of research suggests that fish feel pain
Victoria Braithwaite discusses the need for better aquaculture practices in designing healthier and more humane fisheries.
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May 14, 2012
Patrick Drew receives a 2012 McKnight Scholar Award
The Board of Directors of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has announced the 2012 McKnight Scholar Award recipients " among them Penn State professor and Huck Institutes faculty member Patrick Drew with his proposal entitled "Imaging neurovascular coupling in the behaving animal."
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May 09, 2012
David Hughes receives a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Penn State biology and entomology professor and Huck Institutes faculty member has been granted funding to pursue his innovative global health and development research project, entitled "Taking out the bodyguards: a novel solution to ag disease."
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May 07, 2012
Patrick Drew is working toward a better understanding of the brain's complex infrastructure
He can't see inside your brain, but Dr. Drew has found a way to see inside a mouse's brain and by doing so, he is gaining new insights into how the human brain may function.
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