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  • Vanderbilt University

    New device stores electricity on silicon chips

    Solar cells that produce electricity 24/7, not just when the sun is shining. Mobile phones with built-in power cells that recharge in seconds and work for weeks between charges. These are just two of the possibilities raised by a novel supercapacitor design invented by material scientists at Vanderbilt University that… Read More

    Oct. 22, 2013

  • Bridging the Gap in the Sciences – featuring VINSE IMS graduate students

    Bridging the Gap in the Sciences – featuring VINSE IMS graduate students

    Vanderbilt is on track this year to become the number one producer of minority Ph.D. recipients in physics, astronomy and materials science, an area where minorities are grossly underrepresented. Watch the emotional journey of the latest doctoral graduates from the Fisk-Vanderbilt-Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/06/08/vucast-extra-bridge-program/  … Read More

    Jun. 8, 2012