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New App Aims to Teach Special Relativity Hands-On
Many people have at least heard of Albert Einstein's famous theory of special relativity, or its key formula E=mc2. Understanding that theory and how it affects the complex relationship between space...
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Program Prepares New Generation of Researchers
A unique opportunity at Carnegie Mellon University is connecting undergraduate students from underrepresented groups with graduate school training. The Program in Interdisciplinary Education Research's...
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Faculty Earn Presidential Early Career Awards
Two outstanding young Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, Yuejie Chi and Po-Shen Loh, have received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The...
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NSF Funds Bridges-2 Supercomputer at PSC
A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a new supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and...
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Study Finds Direct Oxidative Stress Damage Shortens Telomeres
The same sources thought to inflict oxidative stress on cells — pollution, diesel exhaust, smoking and obesity — also are associated with shorter telomeres, the protective tips on the ends of the...
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Physics Professor's Research Sheds Light on the Mass of Sound
Most of us normally think that sound travels through the air without shape or substance. A recent study building on research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor of Physics...
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New Study Finds CMU's Rubin Leads in Carbon Capture and Storage Research
The effects of climate change are evident worldwide — and carbon capture and storage (CCS) — where CO2 is removed from the output of industrial processes and fossil fuel power plants — or is directly...
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Carnegie Mellon and Facebook AI Beats Professionals in Six-Player Poker
An artificial intelligence program developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Facebook AI has defeated leading professionals in six-player No-Limit Texas Hold'em poker, the world's...
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Study Shows Hiring Managers View Overqualified Job Seekers as Lacking Commitment
Job seekers who apply for positions in which they appear overly capable may be putting themselves at a disadvantage with hiring managers, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University’s...
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Could 3D Printing Lead to Distributed Manufacturing?
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a game-changer for the field of manufacturing, enabling significant savings of cost, time and materials. In traditional manufacturing, parts...
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Microscopy and VR Illuminate New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease
A combined research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason is pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality technology to create a method...
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Famed CMU Roboticists Help Shape Future of Space Exploration
David Wettergreen found himself in the Nevada desert a few weeks ago with a group of his students and a machine named Zoë. The Carnegie Mellon University robot rolled through the desert carrying a...
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CMU To Send Mini-Time Capsule of Humankind to the Moon
As the moon landing's 50th anniversary prompts reflections on the past and future, the designers of a cultural marker for the moon have their sights set on the next 1,000 years and beyond. MoonArk will...
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CMU Research Identifies New Pathways for Sensory Learning in the Brain
We've all heard the saying that individuals learn at their own pace. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an automated, robotic training device that allows mice to learn at their...
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AI Advances 3D Printing With Soft Materials
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a burgeoning technology increasingly being leveraged in the biomedical space. And it's not just for devices — 3D printing is being used...
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Students Find Voices Through Communication Workshops
Carnegie Mellon University undergraduate students have been working on summer research projects and learning how to explain their work to others. Students who received a Summer Undergraduate Research...
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U.S. Places First at International Mathematics Competition in U.K.
The U.S. team tied for first place with China at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which was held in Bath, United Kingdom, July 11-22. The six U.S. team members, Vincent Huang (a...
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Intern Puts Coursework Into Practice
As a consultant in information technology, Tepper School of Business MBA student Shankara Bharadwaj worked with clients across different industries to build technology solutions that delivered business...
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Scientists Weigh the Balance of Matter in Galaxy Clusters
A method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters — the largest objects in our universe — has shown a balance between the amounts of hot gas, stars and other materials. The results are...
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$5M Knight Foundation Investment Creates Center To Fight Online Disinformation
Bots, trolls, state-run propaganda, information warfare and hate speech are some of the most pervasive ways that societal discourse is being warped in the modern era. Carnegie Mellon University today...
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