Three new Consolidator Grants at the University of Freiburg
Credit: Photos: Jürgen Gocke, Hans-Peter Fischer, Thomas Kunz The chemical biologist Prof. Dr. Maja Banks-Köhn, the chemist Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen, and the Islamic studies...
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Key to helping southern sea otter is in repopulating estuaries such as San Francisco Bay
California could more than triple its population of southern sea otters -- and see the marine mammals removed from the endangered species list - by...
Smits wins Batchelor Prize
Alexander J Smits of Princeton University has been awarded the 2020 Batchelor Prize for seminal contributions to the understanding of the structure of wall turbulenceCredit:...
ERC Consolidator Grant for research on spatial navigation
The results will also be relevant for Alzheimer's researchCredit: RUB, Marquard Professor Nikolai Axmacher from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has received a Consolidator Grant from the...
Oxygen shaped the evolution of the eye
Convergent origins of new mechanisms to supply oxygen to the retina were directly linked to concurrent enhancements in the functional anatomy of the eye.Credit: Christian...
ERC awards 2 million to research into late effects of childhood cancer treatment
Credit: Marloes Verweij, Laloes Fotografie The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator grant to Ruben van Boxtel, PhD. He receives this prestigious grant...
What blocks bird flu in human cells?
Credit: Selbach Lab, MDC. Normally, bird flu viruses do not spread easily from person to person. But if this does happen, it could trigger a...
New grant will fund clinical trial of a novel approach to treating Alzheimer’s
Credit: David DelPoio/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With a new grant from the Alzheimer's Association, a team of researchers from Brown University, Butler Hospital and...
Chiton mollusk provides model for new armor design
Credit: Virginia Tech The motivations for using biology as inspiration to engineering vary based on the project, but for Ling Li, assistant professor of mechanical...
LSU Health discovers role of 2 proteins in sight and preventing blinding eye diseases
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, Ph.D., Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of...
Weizmann physicists image electrons flowing like water
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through a nanodevice, just like water...
Probiotic yeast may offer an effective treatment for drug-resistant fungal infections
A study by researchers at WPI and the Central Food Technological Research Institute in India shows that yeasts derived from food are effective in preventing...
Research revises classification of acute myeloid leukemia & myelodysplastic syndrome
Findings presented by a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigator showcase the power and potential of combining genomic and transcriptomic data.Credit: St. Jude Children's Research...
Communications device offers huge bandwidth potential
Researchers have painstakingly combined plasma, metal and dielectric materials into multifunctional, artificial crystals, which could pave the way to higher bandwidth wireless communicationsCredit: Image courtesy...
Interrogating the biological fundamentals of CRISPR to better treat infections
ERC Consolidator Grant for HIRI researcher Chase BeiselCredit: Mario Schmitt Chase Beisel heads the "Synthetic Biology of RNA" research group at the Helmholtz Institute for...
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