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New York University has established a collaborative research initiative with IBM and three other universities to advance the development and deployment of cognitive computing systems.
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Tuck School of Business professors Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble have released their latest book, “Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization.” (St. Martin’s Press).
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This is the first time TEM has been used for 3D dynamic imaging of so-called soft materials
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Concerned about the effect of stress on your health and well-being? If your answer is “yes,” then Arizona State University professor Doug Granger is doing research that could impact you. Granger is pioneering the field of interdisciplinary salivary bioscience using spit.
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Within its first three months on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation of the Red Planet.
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The notorious bacteria E. coli is best known for making people sick, but scientists have reprogrammed the microbe — which also comes in harmless varieties — to make it seek out and fight other disease-causing pathogens.
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A new study has found that liquid waste from hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” that was treated and released into local streams in Pennsylvania still contained elevated levels of salts and other contaminants, which could be dangerous to aquatic life and human health.
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A new research networking portal designed to provide crucial career development exposure for female scientists and engineers within Chicagoland’s research community was launched Oct. 1 as part of the Chicago Collaboration for Women in STEM professional development program.
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The National Institutes of Health’s system for selecting research projects may be considered the gold standard for equitably awarding funding, but that hasn’t kept the agency from dispatching three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors to probe the system for bias.
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Altruists in the workplace are more likely to help fellow employees, be more committed to their work and be less likely to quit, new research by UW-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs shows. And these workplace altruists enjoy a pretty important benefit themselves — they are happier than their fellow employees.
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In a study published this week by Nature Chemistry, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) report a highly programmable and controlled platform for preparing and experimentally probing synthetic cellular structures.
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Novel method gives scientists ability to peer inside batteries, fuel cells, and other devices as they operate to gain insight that could improve performance.
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