Campus UTWENTE - Oct 3
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Environment - Oct 2
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Pharmacology - Oct 2
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Career - Oct 2
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Environment - Oct 2
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Economics - Oct 2
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Campus UMICH - Oct 2
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
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Earth Sciences - Life Sciences - 09.08.2023
Physics - Life Sciences - 08.08.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 07.08.2023 
Understanding the importance of microbiomes for planetary health
Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health" Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health: Under this title, 30 scientists led by microbiologist Michael Wagner from the University of Vienna pool their competences.
Health - Life Sciences - 07.08.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 07.08.2023 
How a cat got people talking about rare neurological diseases
Adored orange cat Phineas, owned by two Sydney researchers, is igniting change and sparking global conversations about neurological disorders as a social media ambassador.
Life Sciences - 04.08.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 04.08.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 03.08.2023 
22 Utrecht-based researchers receive Veni grant
Twenty-two promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).
Health - Life Sciences - 03.08.2023 
23 Utrecht-based researchers receive Veni grant
Twenty-three promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).
Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 02.08.2023 
Treating anaemia with gene scissors
ETH Zurich molecular biologist Mandy Boontanrart is researching gene therapies that could be used to cure two of the most common types of inherited anaemia. She has now developed a promising approach for so-called beta-hemoglobinopathies. Many hereditary diseases have largely been considered to be incurable.
Health - Life Sciences - 02.08.2023
Life Sciences - Innovation - 31.07.2023
Life Sciences - 28.07.2023
Life Sciences - Research Management - 27.07.2023
Paleontology - Life Sciences - 27.07.2023 
Perfectly preserved turtle fossil gives clues to habitat 150 million years ago
A perfectly preserved turtle fossil from Lower Bavaria yields important clues about both the species and the habitat that existed in southern Germany 150 million years ago.
Life Sciences - 25.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 25.07.2023 
Highly endowed FFG funding for MedUni Vienna Core Facilities
The Core Facilities organisational unit of MedUni Vienna, headed by Johann Wojta, has been awarded a grant worth ¤2.3 million for the project "HighWay2Cell - a platform for high resolution sin
Health - Life Sciences - 25.07.2023 
Largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people launches
Cambridge researchers are helping launch a nationwide study for children and young to unlock the power of our DNA.
Social Sciences - Life Sciences - 24.07.2023 
New paper proposes incorporating anti-racism in life sciences education
STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA researchers write Science + Technology STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA resea
Life Sciences - 24.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 24.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 21.07.2023
Life Sciences - 20.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 20.07.2023 
Researchers aim for rapid biomarker diagnostic test for stroke, using saliva
The study aims to identify biomarkers in blood, urine, or saliva, for rapid diagnosis so patients are routed directly to the most appropriate treatment centre.
Microtechnics - Life Sciences - 20.07.2023
Life Sciences - Campus - 20.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 19.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 19.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 18.07.2023
Computer Science - Life Sciences - 18.07.2023 
How AI models teach themselves to learn new things
Large language models such as GPT-3 are able to learn new concepts by interacting with their users. Researchers at ETH and Google may now have uncovered a key mechanism behind this capability. Despite their huge success, the inner workings of large language models such as OpenAI's GPT model family and Google Bard remain a mystery, even to their developers.
Environment - Life Sciences - 18.07.2023
Life Sciences - 17.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 17.07.2023 
Study sheds light on origins, changeability of blood stem cells in humans
A group of researchers at Yale School of Medicine has found that levels of diversity of blood stem cells are determined during the development of the embryo. All humans have a diverse set of blood stem cell types which dictate the composition and function of our blood and immune cells and ultimately help govern overall health.
Life Sciences - Physics - 16.07.2023 
Coloring outside the lines
Mathias Kolle's color-changing materials take inspiration from butterflies and mollusks. For Mathias Kolle, the wings of a butterfly are a window into a better material world. The insects' iridescence is a result of "structural color" rather than pigments or dyes: A single wing is layered with hundreds of thousands of microscopic scales that act as tiny reflectors, bouncing light from various angles and depths, to give butterflies their signature color and shimmer.
Life Sciences - Innovation - 14.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 13.07.2023 
UCL releases animal research statistics alongside fellow top institutions
UCL is releasing its animal research statistics today in collaboration with Understanding Animal Research - a non-profit that promotes open communications about animal research. UCL and nine other institutions together conducted half of all animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in the UK in 2022.
Life Sciences - Health - 13.07.2023
Life Sciences - 13.07.2023
Life Sciences - Agronomy / Food Science - 12.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 12.07.2023
Life Sciences - Environment - 11.07.2023 
Five-decade study of wild orangutans points to new urgency as ’pre-extinction’ looms
A 50-year study of orangutans in the wild led by Simon Fraser University professor Biruté Mary Galdikas, the world's foremost authority on these animals, concludes that the declining species is in a -dire state- and may be already in pre-extinction. In her new study published in the journal Bioversitas, Galdikas details five decades of observational study in the forests of Borneo that has succinctly captured orangutan movement and lineage.
Health - Life Sciences - 11.07.2023 
’Muscles in a dish’ project to test genetic therapies for muscular dystrophy
An international project to find new treatments for muscular dystrophy, led by a UCL researcher, has been awarded a ¤9.5 million (£8 million) grant from Horizon Europe and UKRI.
Environment - Life Sciences - 10.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 10.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 07.07.2023
Health - Life Sciences - 06.07.2023 
Foreign immune cells help critically ill patients against brain inflammation
A clinical trial under MHH leadership is testing a new therapy with immune cells against the JC virus.
Mathematics - Life Sciences - 06.07.2023
Life Sciences - Computer Science - 06.07.2023
Life Sciences - Health - 05.07.2023 
Working together to train and empower the next generation of biomedical researchers
ETH Zurich and Roche are joining forces in Basel to advance the development of new methods that facilitate the search for medicines. Together, they will train specialists for the biomedical challenges of our time. ETH Zurich and Roche are to collaborate more closely in two new research and training programmes.
Health - Life Sciences - 05.07.2023
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Fourteen MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2022 and 2023
Faculty members were recently granted tenure in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, EAPS, and Physics.
Faculty members were recently granted tenure in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, EAPS, and Physics.
Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health" Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health: Under this title, 30 scientists led by microbiologist Michael Wagner from the University of Vienna pool their competences.
World Organisation for Animal Health: New insights into disease control published by the RVC’s and APHA’s Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis and Modelling
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has published a Scientific and Technical Review of Animal Health Data Management , exploring the decision-making and evidence required to effectively manage animal diseases.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has published a Scientific and Technical Review of Animal Health Data Management , exploring the decision-making and evidence required to effectively manage animal diseases.
Adored orange cat Phineas, owned by two Sydney researchers, is igniting change and sparking global conversations about neurological disorders as a social media ambassador.
A cool path to disease deceleration
MIT PhD candidate Kathrin Kajderowicz is studying how hibernation-like states could pave the way for new hypothermic therapies.
MIT PhD candidate Kathrin Kajderowicz is studying how hibernation-like states could pave the way for new hypothermic therapies.
Twenty-two promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).
Twenty-three promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).
ETH Zurich molecular biologist Mandy Boontanrart is researching gene therapies that could be used to cure two of the most common types of inherited anaemia. She has now developed a promising approach for so-called beta-hemoglobinopathies. Many hereditary diseases have largely been considered to be incurable.
Helping to fill in gaps in urology research for female patients
Biologist Nicole De Nisco '07, PhD '13 draws on her love of problem-solving and interdisciplinary skills honed as a student at MIT.
Biologist Nicole De Nisco '07, PhD '13 draws on her love of problem-solving and interdisciplinary skills honed as a student at MIT.
Team Identifies Genes for Asexual Reproduction in Fruit Flies
For the first time, scientists have induced asexual reproduction in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster .
For the first time, scientists have induced asexual reproduction in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster .
A perfectly preserved turtle fossil from Lower Bavaria yields important clues about both the species and the habitat that existed in southern Germany 150 million years ago.
The Core Facilities organisational unit of MedUni Vienna, headed by Johann Wojta, has been awarded a grant worth ¤2.3 million for the project "HighWay2Cell - a platform for high resolution sin
Cambridge researchers are helping launch a nationwide study for children and young to unlock the power of our DNA.
STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA researchers write Science + Technology STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA resea
Brain networks encoding memory come together via electric fields
Electric fields shared among neurons via "ephaptic coupling" provide the coordination necessary to assemble the engrams that represent remembered information.
Electric fields shared among neurons via "ephaptic coupling" provide the coordination necessary to assemble the engrams that represent remembered information.
COVID-19 travel restrictions came too late, shows study, as scientists call for coordinated pandemic preparedness efforts
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for tracking COVID-19 Alpha and Delta variant transmission across the UK have published their genomic trac
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for tracking COVID-19 Alpha and Delta variant transmission across the UK have published their genomic trac
UT researchers seek the digital brain that plays the best game of tag
Our body moves seemingly effortlessly, yet the way in which the brain controls our movements is still not well understood from a scientific perspective.
Our body moves seemingly effortlessly, yet the way in which the brain controls our movements is still not well understood from a scientific perspective.
The study aims to identify biomarkers in blood, urine, or saliva, for rapid diagnosis so patients are routed directly to the most appropriate treatment centre.
AI, Automation Aid Science Exploration
During the COVID-19 pandemic, robots helped Carnegie Mellon University students in the Computational Biology Department complete lab assignments.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, robots helped Carnegie Mellon University students in the Computational Biology Department complete lab assignments.
Brady Weissbourd named Klingenstein-Simons Fellow
Three-year fellowship will support Weissbourd's research on how the C. hemisphaerica jellyfish survives and thrives by constantly making new neurons.
Three-year fellowship will support Weissbourd's research on how the C. hemisphaerica jellyfish survives and thrives by constantly making new neurons.
What the ruling against neurosurgeon Charlie Teo means
After years of controversy around his willingness to perform high-risk surgeries, neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is now subject to practice restrictions under health practitioner law.
After years of controversy around his willingness to perform high-risk surgeries, neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is now subject to practice restrictions under health practitioner law.
Large language models such as GPT-3 are able to learn new concepts by interacting with their users. Researchers at ETH and Google may now have uncovered a key mechanism behind this capability. Despite their huge success, the inner workings of large language models such as OpenAI's GPT model family and Google Bard remain a mystery, even to their developers.
How Fish Evolved Their Bony, Scaly Armor
About 350 million years ago, your evolutionary ancestors-and the ancestors of all modern vertebrates-were merely soft-bodied animals living in the oceans. In order to survive and evolve to become what we are today, these animals needed to gain some protection and advantage over the ocean's predators, which were then dominated by crustaceans.
About 350 million years ago, your evolutionary ancestors-and the ancestors of all modern vertebrates-were merely soft-bodied animals living in the oceans. In order to survive and evolve to become what we are today, these animals needed to gain some protection and advantage over the ocean's predators, which were then dominated by crustaceans.
A group of researchers at Yale School of Medicine has found that levels of diversity of blood stem cells are determined during the development of the embryo. All humans have a diverse set of blood stem cell types which dictate the composition and function of our blood and immune cells and ultimately help govern overall health.
Mathias Kolle's color-changing materials take inspiration from butterflies and mollusks. For Mathias Kolle, the wings of a butterfly are a window into a better material world. The insects' iridescence is a result of "structural color" rather than pigments or dyes: A single wing is layered with hundreds of thousands of microscopic scales that act as tiny reflectors, bouncing light from various angles and depths, to give butterflies their signature color and shimmer.
UCL is releasing its animal research statistics today in collaboration with Understanding Animal Research - a non-profit that promotes open communications about animal research. UCL and nine other institutions together conducted half of all animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in the UK in 2022.
The Little Phage That Could
In the age of COVID-19, the word "virus" stirs up thoughts of contagion, sickness, and even death. But what if there were a virus-a very tiny virus capable of replicating itself hundreds of times every half hour-that could cure a severe bacterial infection resistant to all known antibiotics? It is this hope that motivates Bil Clemons, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Biochemistry, to research the virus named φX174.
In the age of COVID-19, the word "virus" stirs up thoughts of contagion, sickness, and even death. But what if there were a virus-a very tiny virus capable of replicating itself hundreds of times every half hour-that could cure a severe bacterial infection resistant to all known antibiotics? It is this hope that motivates Bil Clemons, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Biochemistry, to research the virus named φX174.
Leaping lizards! Does South Florida have an influx of new species?
Have you spotted a rainbow-colored lizard in your South Florida backyard recently? What about a curly-tailed reptile dashing across the road? If you answered "yes,” you are not the only one seeing more of these new additions to the local landscape.
Have you spotted a rainbow-colored lizard in your South Florida backyard recently? What about a curly-tailed reptile dashing across the road? If you answered "yes,” you are not the only one seeing more of these new additions to the local landscape.
Generative AI imagines new protein structures
MIT researchers develop "FrameDiff," a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy. Biology is a wondrous yet delicate tapestry. At the heart is DNA, the master weaver that encodes proteins, responsible for orchestrating the many biological functions that sustain life within the human body.
MIT researchers develop "FrameDiff," a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy. Biology is a wondrous yet delicate tapestry. At the heart is DNA, the master weaver that encodes proteins, responsible for orchestrating the many biological functions that sustain life within the human body.
A 50-year study of orangutans in the wild led by Simon Fraser University professor Biruté Mary Galdikas, the world's foremost authority on these animals, concludes that the declining species is in a -dire state- and may be already in pre-extinction. In her new study published in the journal Bioversitas, Galdikas details five decades of observational study in the forests of Borneo that has succinctly captured orangutan movement and lineage.
An international project to find new treatments for muscular dystrophy, led by a UCL researcher, has been awarded a ¤9.5 million (£8 million) grant from Horizon Europe and UKRI.
Mission Bougainville: scientists and soldiers commit to marine biodiversity
To preserve the ocean, we need to know who is living there. They are made up of tens of billions of microorganisms known as the oceanic microbiome.
To preserve the ocean, we need to know who is living there. They are made up of tens of billions of microorganisms known as the oceanic microbiome.
A clinical trial under MHH leadership is testing a new therapy with immune cells against the JC virus.
Exciting new book helps prepare readers for the unexpected
A new book by Dr Kit Yates discusses how we make predictions, how they can go wrong, and how we can use maths to act as a guide to avoid the pitfalls.
A new book by Dr Kit Yates discusses how we make predictions, how they can go wrong, and how we can use maths to act as a guide to avoid the pitfalls.
Scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research
BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.
BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.
ETH Zurich and Roche are joining forces in Basel to advance the development of new methods that facilitate the search for medicines. Together, they will train specialists for the biomedical challenges of our time. ETH Zurich and Roche are to collaborate more closely in two new research and training programmes.
It’s time to bust the ’calories in, calories out’ weight-loss myth
A simple formula for weight-loss sounds appealing, but Dr Nick Fuller explains for The Conversation why the reality of dieting is more complicated than simply burning more calories than we consume. If you've ever tried to lose weight, there's a good chance you've been told it all comes down to a simple "calories in, calories out" formula: burn more calories than you consume, and the kilos will disappear.
A simple formula for weight-loss sounds appealing, but Dr Nick Fuller explains for The Conversation why the reality of dieting is more complicated than simply burning more calories than we consume. If you've ever tried to lose weight, there's a good chance you've been told it all comes down to a simple "calories in, calories out" formula: burn more calories than you consume, and the kilos will disappear.
Campus UTWENTE - Oct 3
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Researches the effect of saltmarsh grass on the force of waves on dykes in Delta Flume
Environment - Oct 2
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Nowak appointed to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program Advisory Group of Verra
Pharmacology - Oct 2
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives WHO recommendation for use paving the way for global roll-out
Career - Oct 2
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Poverty, unemployment, terrorism and global kleptocracy celebrated for real-world impacts
Environment - Oct 2
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Innovative flood resilience project announced as ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize Finalist
Economics - Oct 2
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Campus UMICH - Oct 2
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities