Pursuing Transformative Ideas at Small Scales
The idea that matter behaves differently at the atomic and nano scales has long captivated Professor Teri W. Odom. Now her fascination with the very small is yielding big results.
The idea that matter behaves differently at the atomic and nano scales has long captivated Professor Teri W. Odom. Now her fascination with the very small is yielding big results.
I want for every interaction that they have with me to be a positive one that moves their trajectory in a positive way.
Professor
Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University
Testing for tuberculosis still relies on a 100-year-old method with 11 steps. Now Ph.D. student Mireille Kamariza is developing a one-step test that requires no new equipment.
There’s a lot we don’t know about how brains communicate information. Professor Anne M. Andrews’ research is exploring these processes—and what happens when they malfunction.
We began to believe more and more that what we were proposing was no longer science-fiction, but it was actually going to become reality.
Professor Anne M. Andrews, University of California,Los Angeles
Professor Ali Khademhosseini’s work could reduce the cost of developing drugs by simulating human physiology with 3D printing.