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Volvo Environment Prize 2022 awarded for world-leading microplastics research
Three UK scientists have been awarded the Volvo Environment Prize 2022 for work which has alerted the world to microplastics...
Nearly ½ of parents have leftover prescription medications at home
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Professor Erminia Calabrese awarded Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize
Professor Erminia Calabrese, from Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Physics Fred...
New study finds ways to improve light absorption in perovskite/si tandem solar cells
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has succeeded in achieving a power conversion efficiency (PEC) of 23.50% in a perovskite-silicon tandem solar...
University of Oklahoma to help meet state’s biopharmaceutical workforce needs
In 2023, the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma will open an interdisciplinary workforce education and research...
IVI gathers member countries for 2022 State Forum and celebrates its 25th anniversary with key partners
October 21, 2022, SEOUL, Republic of Korea — The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), an international organization with a mission to...
$7.5 million grant helps MU redevelop training videos for childhood care providers and professionals
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Each year, roughly 35,000 child care providers and educators across Missouri are required to take training courses...
Naval Warfare Innovation Continuum Workshop at NPS focuses on technologies for hybrid force operations
The Navy’s Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 includes six force design imperatives where autonomous, unmanned systems play an increasing role alongside...
Helen Boucher named Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine
Physician Helen Boucher, an expert in infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance, has been named the new dean of Tufts University...
Researchers target TANGO2 to study iron-rich blood molecule
Heme, the iron-holding molecule that gives blood its red color, is essential for life. Yet, ironically, it can be quite...
Chang’E-5 samples reveal how young volcanism occurred on the Moon
A new study led by Prof. CHEN Yi from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of...
A path to human-like machine intelligence
Artificial and machine intelligence are changing the way we live more and more each day. Manufacturing robots, self-driving cars, and...
Fully mature hair follicles grown in cultures
A team of researchers from Japan studying the processes of hair follicle growth and hair pigmentation has successfully generated hair...
Discovery of new ecosystem – ‘The Trapping Zone’ – creating oasis of life in the Maldives
The Nekton Maldives Mission, involving researchers from the University of Oxford, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem -...
In pre-clinical trials, drug shows potential to combat exaggerated inflammation associated with COVID-19
Experiments involving animals and human cells conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil suggest that niclosamide, an...
Kessler Foundation announces findings of 2022 National Employment & Disability Survey on effects of COVID-19 pandemic on employer practices related to people with disabilities
EAST HANOVER, NJ – October 21, 2022 – Kessler Foundation released thought-provoking findings from a new national survey that details...
Renowned hearing loss researcher honored with scientific grand prize
M. Charles Liberman, PhD, whose research forever changed the way experts understand the underlying causes of hearing loss, has been...
TBX20 enhances reprogramming of heart fibroblasts into heart muscle cells
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mammalian hearts have almost no ability to grow new heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, after birth. Thus,...
NIH grant funds lupus research in children
A multi-institutional team of scientists, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children's Health, have received...
Robotic insect toys build undergraduate research skills in physics
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2022 – Although the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning was seen as an enormous challenge...
