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Fields of spinning wind turbines inspire thoughts of earth-friendly energy, but until now, generating wind power hasn’t been as sustainable as people may have thought.

Feeling a little unsteady and don’t know why?

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) — acute lung injury that develops within 72 hours of lung transplantation — is a major cause of illness and death after transplant. The mechanisms leading to PGD are not well understood, and there are no specific therapeutic interventions.

Eight New Vanderbilt Technologies earn Patent Protection in January

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have worked out part of the “wiring diagram” of a signaling system in the brain that has been linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system, is one of the most promising forms of cancer therapy and has been shown to work well against some types of cancer. But in early studies, breast cancer has proven to be largely resistant to immunotherapies, which are effective in only about 5 to 10 percent of patients whose tumors have spread or metastasized.

Two engineering professors have been named fellows of The Optical Society (OSA), a leading international association for optics and photonics.

Along with the blast of arctic air that put much of the U.S. into a deep freeze at the start of 2018, the new year also ushered in one of the most widespread—and deadly—flu seasons in recent memory. Dr. James Crowe, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, hopes to solve this problem by eliminating the guesswork altogether.

In two years, the world may see a revolutionary solution to the century-old approach of allocating bands for specific use on the radio frequency spectrum. Vanderbilt may help solve the problem.