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Benefits of beet juice
November 3, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
Wake Forest researchers have shown for the first time that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults – a finding that could hold great potential for combating the progression of dementia.
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Scientists grow miniature liver
November 1, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
Researchers at Wake Forest’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have grown a miniature liver using human cells. Although it is too small to work for a human, the hope is to grow larger livers or to use them for testing.
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Examining historical Muslim societies
November 1, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
A new book by Assistant Professor of History Charles L. Wilkins offers a historical perspective that shows Muslim societies as complex and not solely focused on warmaking.
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Mixing it up
November 1, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
Junior Brandon Turner’s research integrates multiple fields and comes under the mentoring eye of Jacque Fetrow, dean of the college. He received the 2010-2011 American Physical Society Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors.
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The scary new American cemetery
October 27, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
Legal scholar Tanya Marsh examines 60 years of cemetery law and finds commercialization has replaced individual choice, family custom and religious belief in burial decisions.
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Lighting takes shape
October 21, 2010 | Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
Researchers at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have developed an inexpensive new light source that’s cool to the touch, won’t break if dropped, and can be molded into any shape.
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Dance and Parkinson’s
October 18, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Research, Top Stories
Professor Christina Soriano and her class study the connection between dance movements and changes in mobility, balance and confidence for people with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Being true to yourself
October 11, 2010 | Faculty, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
“Authenticity” or not changing your personality to fit different situations is valued in Western culture. But, in a new study, psychologist William Fleeson found “being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality.
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Undergraduates show off research
October 7, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The work of 127 Wake Forest students was displayed at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Day. Students earned funding for their projects, then executed them on campus or internationally with guidance from a faculty mentor.
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A good cell
September 27, 2010 | Community, Graduate School, Humanities, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
The video game CellCraft, developed by a team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers based at Wake Forest, has been played more than 2.5 million times worldwide.
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