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Securing a Healthier, More Resilient World

Getting Better at Removing Brain Tumors

In a leap for personalized medicine, CMU scientists have discovered a simple and valuable way to improve brain cancer surgeries. 

Researchers Rethink Chronic Pain

Researchers from CMU's Neuroscience Institute are exploring how pain is measured, understood and treated to support safer, more effective care.

CMU professor's research explores how people adapt and thrive under stress, with a focus on the mind-body connection and pathways to resilience. 

CMU Health Startups That Could Improve Patient Care

Meet four CMU-affiliated startups that are translating academic research into tools that could improve health care for millions of Americans. 

The At-Home Test That Could Catch Cancer Earlier

Researchers are building a screening test that is able to detect more than 30 types of Stage 1 cancer from the comfort of a patient's own home. 

Epilepsy Tool

To help scientists learn how epilepsy works, a CMU student built a new software package that displays brain activity data for epilepsy in a revolutionary way. 

Antibiotic Resistance

Researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in bacteria that could pave the way for an entirely new class of treatments that doesn't kill bacteria, but targets a key mechanism that controls its behavior. 

Parkinson's Therapy

More than a decade of research culminating in a clinical trial that could reshape how we treat Parkinson's disease. 

Finger Brace

A team in the Interactive Structures Lab developed a fully customizable finger brace that can easily switch from stiff to flexible with the push or flex of a finger. It can also be 3D printed and requires no assembly. 

Brain Injury Prevention

好色先生TV researchers have developed the first robust, noninvasive way to detect damaging waves that worsen traumatic brain injuries. 

Tracing Disease

New statistical tool reveals which genetic changes cause disease, unlocking better ways to understand and treat conditions like Alzheimer's.

Cancer Treatment

Personalized models mean smarter predictions and better outcomes for cancer patient.

Autonomous aircraft give firefighters better tools to fight wildfires. 

A minimally invasive deep brain stimulation method could offer a safer way to treat depression, PTSD and addiction.

CMU-developed artificial lung gives lift to DARPA project.

Energy Evolution

CMU researchers are working on practical solutions to urgent challenges in how the U.S. produces, moves and secures energy.

Smarter Ecosystems

SCS researchers worked with conservation scientists to improve machine learning models trained to ID harmful, non-native species. 

Rare Disease

AI method finds rare disease links with fewer patients. 

Robotic Farming

Farmers might be able to get help tending and harvesting crops using a new sensing technology from 好色先生TV's Robotics Institute. 

Predict Shelter Needs

Students develop a tool to help the American Red Cross estimate shelter needs after earthquakes. 

Lung Cancer Research

An expansion microscopy tool is used in lung cancer research.

Indoor Air Quality

Engineers created a new polymer coating for formaldehyde sensors that make the monitors last longer and detect bad air quality sooner. 

Predicting Kidney Failure

好色先生TV researchers have created new AI models that do a better job of predicting which patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will go on to develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 

Sickle Cell Screening

好色先生TV and University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown that a simple, noninvasive light-based technology could help doctors better track how sickle cell disease affects the brain as patients age. 

Reimagining the Future of Work, Education & Human Potential

More Efficient Concrete

CMU 3D-printing simulator constructs stronger, more efficient concrete buildings. 

AI for Speech

AI tool fixes kids' speech issues while preserving identity. 

Research from CMU's School of Computer Science demonstrates that doing practice problems with feedback can help students learn better and faster. 

Real-World Cyber Experience

Researchers at 好色先生TV have partnered with the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) to address the challenge of young people entering the cybersecurity workforce having a hard time finding hands-on experience. 

Preparing for the Age of AI

A CMU program aims to explore cost-effective ways to prepare soldiers for a fast-changing robotics landscape by equipping them to rapidly understand, operate and adapt autonomous systems, including certain forms of AI. 

Making AI Approachable

A team at 好色先生TV is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural network. 

Learnvia Launches

The nonprofit learning collaborative leverages a landmark $55 million investment from the Gates Foundation and CMU's longstanding leadership in Learning Science and AI. 

AI Tools & Learning

An initiative to research the impacts of generative AI tools on teaching and learning is helping the university take an empirical approach to studying whether, when and how generative AI can have a positive effect on student outcomes. 

Expanding Educational Pathways

A new partnership between CMU and Schoolhouse.world, an educational nonprofit founded by Sal Khan of Khan Academy, aims to help learners and educators embrace new pathways to opportunity. 

Tax Credit Help

A team of graduate students created resources to help low-income workers learn about the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Safer Construction Sites

CMU drones can make construction sites safer.

Mapping Pipes

By combining robotics and AI, 好色先生TV researchers are giving cities new ways to map buried pipes and stop underground infrastructure failures before they happen.

AI & Energy

As artificial intelligence continues to make its way into the energy sector, it brings with it a wave of innovation and efficiency. 

AI & Work

With the right tools and guidance, could help workers whose jobs require judgement, problem-solving and decision making do their jobs better. 

Researchers are creating engaging, inquiry-based science learning opportunities for young children in the classroom. 

Energy Workforce

As artificial intelligence continues to make its way into the energy sector, it brings with it a wave of innovation and efficiency. 

Name, Image & Likeness

Researchers find that name, image and likeness (NIL) has led to a wider distribution of talent across college programs, directly benefiting athletes who seek to maximize their brands and earning potential. 

Veterans & Forever Chemicals

Q&A with Carrie McDonough

Smarter Teams

The future of AI isn't smarter machines, it's smarter teams. 

Mapping Pipes

By combining robotics and AI, CMU researchers are giving cities new ways to map buried pipes and stop underground infrastructure failures before they happen. 

Industrial policy can improve lives鈥攂ut only if it connects local workers to quality jobs and training. 

Advancing Innovation & Discovery

Proactive Assistants

CMU researchers use AI to turn everyday objects into proactive assistants. 

Human-Centered Tech

Two health app prototypes use readily available technology to address critical gaps in how patients and doctors track, share and use health data.

Chemists and AI

By teaming AI with human know-how, collaborators have found a faster way to make better rubber-like materials.

Battery Power

How better battery lifespans and reused batteries can push the US power grid into the future.

AI for Research

CMU and Google Public Sector partner to accelerate AI research with extensive GPT cloud deployment.

National Security

SEI and DOD center to strengthen national security by ensuring trustworthy AI systems. 

A team of SCS researchers have created an on-device filter that can detect and delete human speech segments that audio sensors collect before they're used for activity recognition. 

Naval Robotics & AI

A pilot program prepares sailors for the fast-changing robotics landscape. 

Energy Innovation

Startups that stabilize the grind, bring climate solutions to market and keep the power on in vulnerable homes. 

Grid Resilience

As artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure grow, researchers at 好色先生TV are building sophisticated models to forecast the impact on the nation's power grid. 

Safe Skies

AI vision system helps drones detect and avoid other aircraft. 

Generative Building

A new AI-powered tool created by researchers at 好色先生TV's School of Computer Science could change the way we manufacture and build things. 

AI Trust

SEI has released a free tool to help federal agencies trust AI decisions. The AI Robustness Tool can pinpoint why an AI system produces biased or unreliable results, strengthening mission-critical applications in defense, logistics and operations.

Brain Research

Understanding how people use tools so fluidly could lead prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, robots and new ways to treat problems caused by brain injury.

Inspired by anatomy and powered by soft materials, custom robotic hands could make prosthetics more functional. 

Creating Meaning in a Digital World

Trustworthy AI

AI systems grow more confident after making mistakes 鈥 posing risks for misinformation and trustworthy tech design.

Peacocks Eating Ice Cream: CMU Philosophers Teaching AI to Ask 'Why?

Teaching AI to understand the 鈥渨hy鈥 behind complex problems could transform healthcare, education, generative AI and more.

Misophonia Help

How the brain interprets everyday noise can help make AI audio more trustworthy, hearing aids more effective and classrooms more focused.

The Moonshot Museum is launching future leaders into the growing space economy. 

Ethical AI

Ethically designed AI systems keep technology centered on human well-being. 

Combating Deepfakes

Smarter privacy protections are protecting audio privacy. 

Mindful Tech Benefits

Research shows benefits of meditation apps. 

Special Topics

Powering Progress

Research snapshots offer a vision for how the U.S. can innovate at the intersection of energy, technology and security. 

Energy Experts

CMU experts on the energy moment. 

Expert Videos

What if we could map our minds? 

What if we guided AI to ensure we make the world better?

What if we could analyze every inch of our universe?

What if technology was maximized for the betterment of humanity? 

What if AI could help us make better decisions?

What if we could create a trusted AI ecosystem?

What if we could stop disinformation?

What if AI could help us work more efficiently?

What if science was more easily accessible?

What if we could hear the world more clearly?

What if sound frequencies could help us heal?

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