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Many U.S. universities have no women at all among their physics faculty, and when people talk about gender equity in physics, this fact is often cited as evidence of a hiring bias.
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The newest catalytic converters in diesel engines blast away a pollutant from combustion with the help of ammonia.
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Unlikely as it may sound, giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le in the Memphis Zoo are making contributions toward shifting production of biofuels away from corn and other food crops and toward corn cobs, stalks and other non-food plant material.
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For the first time, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been able to erase dangerous drug-associated memories in mice and rats without affecting other more benign memories.
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The UA-led Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center is backed by National Science Foundation funding of nearly $1.6 million over the next five years and industry support of about $4 million.
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UH physicists find a compound to more efficiently convert waste heat to electrical power.
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UI students across disciplines spend their vacations gaining real-world experience – and opportunities are expanding as the university’s research awards increase in spite of national slumps.
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Like finding your way through a maze, it can be daunting for businesses to know how to tap into large universities for science and technology skills and solutions. Now, industry has a new way to engage with scientific expertise at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.
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The University of Colorado Boulder today announced the opening of an Office of Industry Collaboration and the naming of Caroline Himes as director.
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Researchers at Kansas State University pulled more than $151.3 million into the state through funding on research encompassing all areas of faculty strength -- plant and animal health, cybersecurity, cancer and more -- setting a funding record.
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New method could help reconnect injured organs or build functional human tissues
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Growing concern about bacterial resistance to existing antibiotics has created strong interest in new approaches for therapeutics able to battle infections. The work of an international team of researchers that recently solved the structure of a key bacterial membrane protein could provide a new target for drug and vaccine therapies able to battle one important class of bacteria.
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