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BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Even before the first hammer swing, Jessica Moore, ’22, can see the importance of a renovated Burnell Hall. The newly funded project will ensure Bridgewater State University can continue preparing education and health sciences professionals for generations to come.
(DOE/Sandia National Laboratories) A 30-year program that made flying safer through continued innovations in airplane inspection, maintenance and airworthiness research has ended its tenure at Sandia National Laboratories. The Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Assurance Center, or AANC, operated by Sandia for the FAA, is moving to the National Institute of Aviation Research at Wichita State University to combine with another long-standing FAA center. The planned move supports shifts in structure at both Sandia and the FAA.
(Penn State) The development of millimeter wave communication technologies could improve the speed, latency and reliability of wireless communications significantly, according to Penn State researchers. Jing Yang, assistant professor of electrical engineering, received a four-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop machine learning and large-scale optimization-based schemes to advance the technology.
(Deep Longevity Ltd) Joseph Baur to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference.
(University of Oklahoma) When searching for information online, the results can vary widely from person to person. Jiqun Liu, an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies in the University of Oklahoma's College of Arts and Sciences, wants to improve the quality of online search results that accounts for users' biases and returns more balanced and useful results.
(Humane Society International) Study published in PLoS Biology shows that Alzheimer disease experimental papers that omit mice from their titles are linked to more science news stories and gain greater visibility. The finding points to yet another type of spin in the reporting of biomedical research.
(New York Academy of Sciences) The Blavatnik National Awards today named 31 finalists for the world's largest unrestricted prize honoring early-career scientists. The finalists were culled from 298 nominations by 157 U.S. research institutions across 38 states. They have made trailblazing discoveries in wide-ranging fields, from the neuroscience of addiction to the development of gene-editing technologies, from designing next-generation battery storage to understanding the origins of photosynthesis... Читать дальше...
(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the recipient of the 2021 Trainee Investigator Award, Dr. Omonigho Bubu, and the three individuals who received the honorable mention designation. They were recognized during the AASM annual membership meeting, which was held as a webcast on Monday, June 14.
(SAGE) Authors of three scientific papers -- two from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) and one from science, technology, and medicine (STM) -- are receiving SAGE Publishing's second annual 10-Year Impact Awards. The awards recognize the authors of papers published in SAGE Journals 10 years prior that have since received the most citations of all studies published the same year.
(The Endocrine Society) The Endocrine Society--a professional organization of more than 18,000 health care providers and scientists worldwide--praised the American Medical Association's House of Delegates for passing a resolution opposing efforts to criminalize medical care for transgender youth.
(AIDS Clinical Trials Group) The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest global HIV research network, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the initial publication of reports of what came to be known as HIV/AIDS in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The anniversary coincides with the 2021 Virtual Annual ACTG Network Meeting. This year's annual meeting will highlight ACTG research and efforts over the past year, including those to address COVID-19, as well as future research directions.
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) Greenhouse gases and pollutants as well as natural causes such as volcanic eruptions have an impact on the Earth's atmosphere. To study these processes in detail is the objective of the CAIRT satellite concept that researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their partners have developed. The European Space Agency ESA has selected CAIRT as one of four candidates for a mission for scientific earth observation.
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) A new project by DESY, HZDR and CASUS is testing an approach with which data on physical systems behavior can be generated more quickly using neural networks. The 'SynRap' project was selected for funding through a competitive process. The 15 winning teams are to receive a total of 6.2 million euros over the next few years to carry out their projects through the Helmholtz Association's Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Unit Helmholtz AI.
(Virginia Tech) 'We hope this will lead to improved models and better predictions of regional air quality,' he said. His research may also provide fundamental insights into the impact of different types of emissions on the chemistry of the atmosphere.
(The Optical Society) The hub of the industry and premier event in optical datacom--the 2021 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC)--celebrated groundbreaking technologies and research driving innovation in a thriving industry.
(Pew Charitable Trusts) The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced that 22 early-career researchers have been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. These scientists will receive funding over the next four years as they investigate timely questions surrounding human health and disease.
(Pew Charitable Trusts) The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2021 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The 10 postdoctoral fellows from six Latin American countries--Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay--will receive two years of funding to conduct research in laboratories across the United States and will work under the mentorship of prominent biomedical scientists, including members of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.
(Pew Charitable Trusts) The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced today the 2021 class of the Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research. The five early-career scholars who comprise the 2021 class will each receive a four-year grant to advance cutting-edge research into the development, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Guided by the EUHA's motto 'Leading by Doing,' the partner institutions used the eighth Members' Assembly to launch more pioneering initiatives. One of these, a European Nursing Network to be coordinated by Charité, will be dedicated to continued improvements in patient care. In the field of research, the EUHA members agreed a set of common values and signed the Sorbonne Declaration, an undertaking by the international community to promote free access to research data and drive innovation.
(University of Ottawa) The reliability of networks has become key as remote working and tele-working look poised to become the new normal for many workers in a post-pandemic world, including the massive volumes of business-critical activity happening on small-office and home-office (or SOHO) networks. With that in mind, a group of researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa have forged a partnership with RabbitRun Technologies to advance network connectivity for the SOHO market.
(Geological Society of America) Media registration is open now for The Geological Society of America's Connects 2021 meeting, to be held 10-13 October 2021 at the Portland Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) in Portland, Oregon, USA. The meeting returns to face-to-face scientific exchange in the geologically rich Pacific Northwest--with online components for remote attendance.