$1.9 million NIH grant to support research on impacts of the microbiome on human health
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body — the microbiota — can impact human health, disease risk and...
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Scientists create effective ‘spark plug’ for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion experiments
Scientists from the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) led experiments to demonstrate an effective “spark plug” for direct-drive methods of inertial confinement...
The fate of drug discovery in academia; dumping in the publication landfill?
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Petrina Kamya, Ph.D., Head of AI Platforms at Insilico Medicine, presents at BIO CEO & Investor Conference
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Argonne’s Lin X. Chen receives the Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Award from the University of Hamburg
Lin X. Chen, a chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, has received the Senior Prize as part of the two 2023...
European research grant facilitates production of valuable fuels and chemicals using microbial cell factories
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Smells like evolution: Fruit flies reveal surprises in chemical sensing
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Brazilian researcher helps describe a novel species of jellyfish discovered in a remote location in Japan
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Discovered how to predict whether patients with leukemia will be sensitive to epigenetic drugs
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AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society and IOP Publishing create new ‘Purpose-Led Publishing’ coalition
AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society, and IOP Publishing have joined forces to create Purpose-Led Publishing (PLP), a new coalition with a promise to always...
Watching the enzymes that convert plant fiber into simple sugars
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Revolutionizing batteries: Coffee grounds power high-performance sodium-ion anodes
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New research finds that dust in atmosphere is feeding algae in mountain lakes
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Bullied teens’ brains show chemical change associated with psychosis
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Unveiling the generation principles of charged particles ‘trion’ in 2D semiconductor
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