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The Science Coalition, representing the top 55 U.S. universities in research activity, asked its member institutions to identify those companies whose very existence grew out of federally-funded research on their respective campuses. The 55 institutions were able to point to 100 companies that trace their origins to basic research funded by the government.
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Gas and oil deposits in shale have no place to hide from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technique that provides an inside look at pores and reveals structural information potentially vital to the nation’s energy needs.
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The expanding recognition of gay couples and the growing proportion of women in the workforce have changed the way employers treat family issues and how people talk about them on the job. But, what about people who don't have children?
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Turning fossil fuel into energy is easy: You just burn it. And live with the carbon dioxide byproduct. What if we could reverse the process and turn water and carbon dioxide back into fuel?
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Researchers at Columbia Engineering, led by Chemical Engineering Professors Venkat Venkatasubramanian and Sanat Kumar, have developed a new approach to designing novel nanostructured materials through an inverse design framework using genetic algorithms.
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Developing a new drug takes enormous amounts of time, money and skill, but the bar is even higher for a promising stem-cell therapy. Many types of cells derived from these ultra-flexible parent cells are moving toward the market, but the very quality that makes stem cells so valuable also makes them a difficult source of therapeutics.
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Did you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology?
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A new study that decoded the DNA sequence of the kiwifruit has concluded that the fruit has many genetic similarities between its 39,040 genes and other plant species, including potatoes and tomatoes.
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If you want to make a significant contribution for a better world, “take care of both the brain and the heart.” That was the overriding message of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Emory University’s Presidential Distinguished Professor, during his recent visit to campus.
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Quantum dots are nano-sized semiconductor particles whose emission color can be tuned by simply changing their dimensions.
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Biology moves into the third dimension, may help observe how a brain develops and viruses attack.
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Clemson University’s Life Sciences Facility has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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