In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...
The challenge of creating next-gen organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays has been finding a way to improve color brilliance without lowering electrical efficiency. Now, researchers have found a ...
A young child arrives at the hospital with a complex array of unexplained symptoms — no clear diagnosis, no obvious path forward. It could be a rare disease with few documented cases, or an atypical ...
Around the world, budgets for fundamental research — studies that seek primarily to advance knowledge for its own sake, without an expectation of a return on investment — are coming under pressure to ...
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The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) and its partners will host Fundamental Life Science Meets Climate, Environment and Sustainability, a Science Summit and ...
This program is free of charge; registration is required. Join Prof. David Gross (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2004) and Prof. Arieh Warshel (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013) as they share how fundamental ...