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Atmospheric Science

23-Sep-2022

Study: Asexual relationships need same ingredients as any other relationship

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many asexual individuals, those with little to no sexual attraction, are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships, but there has been little study on how and why they last and thrive. New research from Michigan State University found that, despite asexuals’ lack of or dislike for sexual attraction, the ingredients that make for a successful relationship among asexual individuals are virtually the same as those in any other relationship.

23-Sep-2022

Pierre-Andre Jacinthe of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) selected as AAAS S&T Policy Fellow

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce the 50th class of the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF), who will help inform actionable, science-based policies throughout the U.S. government. Among the 300 highly trained scientists and engineers selected, Dr. Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, a professor of soil biogeochemistry in the Department of Earth Sciences at IUPUI, will spend a year serving at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (BFS).

23-Sep-2022

UC celebrates Digital Futures grand opening

University of Cincinnati
Business Announcement

The University of Cincinnati celebrated the grand opening of its Digital Futures building, a facility for interdisciplinary research, on Friday in the Cincinnati Innovation District.

23-Sep-2022

Coral genome reveals cysteine surprise

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The generation of a high-quality genome from a coral specimen reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in animals and cautions against overreliance on model organisms.

Journal: Science Advances

23-Sep-2022

Air pollution can amplify negative effects of climate change, new study finds

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies, and agriculture differ drastically depending on where on the planet the pollutants are emitted, according to a new study that found that In some cases, pollution co-emitted with CO2 can increase the social cost of carbon by as much as 66%.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: National Science Foundation

23-Sep-2022

Pritzker Molecular Engineering professors David Awschalom and Liang Jiang awarded $1 million for development of South Korea-U.S. quantum center

University of Chicago
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Research Foundation of South Korea (NRF) has awarded two professors from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) $1 million to co-lead the creation of a South Korea-U.S. joint research center dedicated to quantum error correction.

23-Sep-2022

A potential new treatment for brain tumors

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Cincinnati's Pankaj Desai, PhD, has received a $1.19 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to continue research into the use of a drug called letrozole to treat glioblastomas, the most deadly form of brain tumors.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke