U of M researchers are working with scientists across the country on a plan that could safeguard Earth’s endangered biodiversity thanks to the extremely low temperatures of the moon's permanently shadowed craters.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Professor Vladimir Sverak was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation’s most prestigious honor societies. AAAS recognizes those making preeminent contributions to their fields and the world. Members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs.
The remarkably slow evolution of gars, freshwater fish species found in Minnesota lakes and rivers as well as North and Central America, could provide new insights for modern human health.
The seven-year award is one of the University’s largest federal research grants and the University’s third Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).
