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Nichole Wonderling awarded prestigious fellowship
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Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight
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Engineering professor named National Academy of Inventors fellow
January 22, 2024
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Ainissa Ramirez to give 2024 Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture
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Materials Research Institute names 2023 Roy Award winners
December 06, 2023
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Chemistry professor receives Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
November 16, 2023
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NIH diversity grant to fund student’s 3D bioprinting research
November 08, 2023
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Samarth named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics
October 05, 2023
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Can AI crave a favorite food?
October 04, 2023
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Tiny bubbles could reveal immune cell secrets and improve treatments
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Making AI smarter with an artificial, multisensory integrated neuron
September 12, 2023
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Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials
August 09, 2023
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New ferroelectric material could give robots muscles
June 30, 2023
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Nichole Wonderling awarded prestigious fellowship
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Engineering professor named National Academy of Inventors fellow
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Materials Research Institute names 2023 Roy Award winners
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Chemistry professor receives Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
November 16, 2023
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NIH diversity grant to fund student’s 3D bioprinting research
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Samarth named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics
October 05, 2023
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Making AI smarter with an artificial, multisensory integrated neuron
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