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Research

From Inquiry to Innovation

A research institute like no other, Carnegie Mellon is home to the world's leading experts in a range of fields. From computing to the arts to the environment to biotechnology, Carnegie Mellon students, faculty and staff are shaping the future with a strong focus on finding practical answers to complex problems.

Home to more than 90 centers and institutes, Carnegie Mellon affords its researchers the freedom to look across disciplines for solutions, benefiting from many perspectives.

Research Stories

Dialing, texting & talking on a cell phone distracts drivers and is causing many legislatures to consider banning cell phone use in cars

Marcellus Shale Drilling and its impact on the environment

A new drug discovery has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy

Precise intervention is the idea behind researchers' development of implantable biosensors for the body

Center Spotlight

CyLab at Carnegie Mellon is one of the largest university-based cybersecurity education and research centers in the U.S.

Its research strategy is holistic. Seven areas of research and development have been designated, spanning a wide range of technologies, systems and users.

The objective is to build a new generation of technologies that will lead to measurable, available, secure, trustworthy & sustainable computing and communications systems.

Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund (OFEF) initiative kicks-off. Find out more »


Greenlighting Startups Website

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