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tRNA-MaP: functional analyses of RNA-related enzymes using a next-generation DNA sequencer
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Drying process could be key step in the development of life
MADISON – One-hundred fifty years ago, Charles Darwin speculated that life likely originated in a warm little pond.…
Ultrafast and ultra-sensitive protein detection method allows for ultra-early disease diagnoses
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What medication flavors do cats prefer? Science says none
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Shedding light on photosynthesis at sea
Land plants mainly absorb red and blue light from the sun and use it for photosynthesis. However, only…
NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water
A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly…
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University of Malaya’s Professor awarded the 2014 TWAS Celso Furtado Prize
University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). This was in recognition of his pioneering contribution to the theory and methodology of how technological capabilities relate to economic development University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso […]
$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development
Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China. (Cambridge, MA) — MIT has received one of the largest gifts in its history, from alumnus Samuel…
MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering announced today that bioengineering pioneers and MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH co-founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair have been awarded the 2015 Fritz J.…
Last of Nepal’s car porters recalls life without roads
By Ammu Kannampilly | AFP Chitlang (Nepal) (AFP) – At 92, Dhan Bahadur Gole is the last known survivor of a generation of porters who carried luxury cars on foot across…