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In 2021, the University announced one of the first Ph.D. programs in Quantum Science and Engineering. The following year, it announced a research partnership with Amazon Web Services focused on quantum networking. At the heart of Harvard’s rapidly burgeoning quantum research complex is the Harvard Quantum Initiative, which launched six years ago.
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1 year ago Read more at Harvard Crimson

Pouya Sohrabipour, a biological and agricultural engineering master's degree student, was awarded first place in a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded research poster competition earlier this month. The third annual event took place this year at Texas A&M University.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Arkansas Newswire

The world shrinks as it expands, borders blurred by the smallest shards. Within this vessel, we drift through the debris of progress, the toll of ease. There’s growing concern about tiny plastic particles, known as microplastics, that are everywhere in our environment, from the deepest oceans to the air we breathe. One overlooked area is how these plastics might be affecting us through our skin.
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1 year ago Read more at ScienceBlog.com

a flurry of studies published in 2018 demonstrated that the patients’ microbiome may have something to do with this. In 2021, two studies found that transferring microbes from the fecal matter of people who did respond to the therapy to the gut of those who didn’t, could improve therapeutic benefits in the latter patients.
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1 year ago Read more at National Geographic

Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta declined numerous trade offers for their pick. The Ravens didn’t send the pick elsewhere. It wasn’t long for the Ravens to go from “on the clock” to “the pick is in”
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1 year ago Read more at Baltimore Beatdown

Six Penn faculty members named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows. The rank of AAAS Honorary Fellow marks “achievements across disciplines, from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public” The AAAS council then elects nominees in a tradition dating back to the award’s founding in 1874.
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1 year ago Read more at The Daily Pennsylvanian

In a recent study, Kevin Hall looked at when weight loss typically stops depending on the method people were using to drop pounds. He broke down the plateau into mathematical models using data from high-quality clinical trials of different ways to lose weight to understand why people stop losing when they do. The study randomly assigned 238 adults to either two years of following a 25% calorie restriction diet or eating as they normally would. In order to achieve the weight loss reported in the study, people whose diets started at 2,500 calories per day had
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1 year ago Read more at AOL

The Super Science Club won Outstanding Club or Organization of the Year at the 2024 Impact and Excellence Awards. A dozen club members and advisers accepted the award on stage at the DoubleTree by Hilton. Club President Bryant Pepe said winning the award was “fantastic”
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1 year ago Read more at The Campus Current

Paul Stapp, professor of biological science, is the recipient of Cal State Fullerton’s 2024 Outstanding Professor Award. Stapp has taught ecology, vertebrate zoology and wildlife biology courses. His diverse research program includes studies of invasive species, wildlife infectious diseases, urban ecology and the roles of animals in desert, grassland and island ecosystems.
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1 year ago Read more at CSUF News

School of Data Science building is located on the Ivy Corridor, a University-owned parcel of land that spans approximately 14.5 acres. The SDS works to live up to its nickname as “a school without walls” through both the building’s open layout and the curriculum’s goal of promoting research and collaboration across disciplines.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily