2019 HFSP Research Grants
Enabling discoveries at the frontier: The 2019 HFSP Research Grants The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today some $35 million to support...
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What’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
Credit: Public domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a new computational mass-spectrometry system for identifying metabolomes--entire...
Five new frog species from Madagascar
Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology have named five new species of frogs found across the island of...
Changing the relationship between disability and technology
A major new research project is harnessing a diverse range of disciplines to examine how technologists can learn from people with disabilities - and support...
2019 HFSP Career Development Awards
HFSP to accelerate frontier research in 15 new laboratories The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 15 Career Development Awards (CDA). The...
American Association for Cancer Research honors Cancer Control and Survivorship Program
The 13th AACR Team Science Award recognizes St. Jude interdisciplinary team for its significant contributions made to pediatric cancer epidemiology and survivorship.Credit: St. Jude Children's...
Novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine
Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about the major ecological patterns driving...
Novel study links fetal exposure to nicotine and sudden infant death syndrome
In utero exposure to nicotine has postnatal effects on development of the heart and its response to adrenalin and may contribute to explanation of why...
Wood ash recycling program could help save Muskoka’s forests and lakes
Restoring calcium levels may spark forest growth across cottage country TORONTO, March 28, 2019 - Implementing a new residential wood ash program to restore calcium...
2019 HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
Novel biological motors, smart talk in biofilms and recording freely moving flies win HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2019 The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization...
Small RNA Symposium 2019
The registration fee is $100 and includes lodging for the nights of April 3-5 and meals at the CSU Todos Santos Center. After the registration...
Feather mites may help clean birds’ plumage, study shows
Microscopic analysis shows feather mites may be beneficial to birds -- not harmful, as previously thoughtCredit: Heather Proctor Feather mites help to remove bacteria and...
Four Pitt engineering faculty capture more than $2 million in total 2019 NSF CAREER awards
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 28, 2019) ... Four faculty members from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering have been named...
Nanovaccine boosts immunity in sufferers of metabolic syndrome
Credit: Jason Koski, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - A new class of biomaterial developed by Cornell researchers for an infectious disease nanovaccine effectively boosted immunity...
Researchers discover a critical receptor involved in response to antidepressants like ketamine
UMD School of Medicine Research helps uncover how certain receptors play role in the mechanism of fast-acting antidepressants Effective treatment of clinical depression remains a...
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