Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little performed pioneering knee replacement surgery on a tough cancer survivor. Find out how it will transform the life of Cyrano the cat. Read More »
Five faculty members have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
AAAS fellows are nominated by peers and undergo extensive review.
Anthropologist Ann Ross wants to give a voice to unidentified human remains. She's working on software to help forensic scientists determine the sex and ancestry of a skull.
Ross' software, created with a U.S. Department of Justice grant, uses three-dimensional measurements.
Learn more from this Scientific American article featuring Ross' research.
Sometimes, it's easier to break into a run than to step up your walking pace. Biomedical engineers Gregory Sawicki and Dominic Farris have discovered why.
Watch as they use ultrasound imaging, high-speed motion-capture and a force-measuring treadmill to study how a key calf muscle behaves when people walk and run. Read more about their research.