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Scientists have known how lysosomes release their calcium since their discovery in the 1950s by Christian René de Duve. The protein may serve as a potential drug target for modulating lysesosomal function and mitigating disease pathology at the heart of several common neurodegenerative disorders.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

The number of postdoctoral fellows supported by NIH grants has been steadily falling for more than 20 years, with a significant dip after 2020. The problem is that postdocs are a critical component of the research and development workforce. By using mRNA vaccine technology developed over decades, pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna made a windfall in profits. In 2005, researchers learned that RNA could have immense therapeutic potential.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Dacher Keltner, distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present a lecture to the Penn State community at 4 p.m. April 3. The lecture will be livestreamed to the public via Zoom, and people wishing to attend can register online. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love, beauty, power, social class and inequality.
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1 year ago Read more at Penn State University

During the eclipse in 2017, my team worked with the Smithsonian on acoustic biomonitoring. In the middle, the prairie dogs started chattering and telling everybody, ‘Hey, there's a problem here.’ It was really fun. Dr. Sharolyn Anderson is a physical scientist with the Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division at the U.S. National Park Service.
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Penn State Equine Science Showcase and Quarter Horse Sale kicks off April 27 in the Snider Agricultural Arena at the University Park campus. Bidding for the online auction starts April 27 and runs through April 30. This year, 14 two- and three-year-old horses are available for purchase.
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Climate models are already projecting a strengthened El Nio in the upcoming decades due to global warming. The amount of sea ice that survives the Arctic summer has declined 12.2% per decade since the late 1970s and projections show the region could experience its first ice-free summer by 2040. In 2019, Dai led a study examining the causes of Arctic Amplification.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

The number of postdoctoral fellows supported by NIH grants has been steadily falling for more than 20 years, with a significant dip after 2020. The problem is that postdocs are a critical component of the research and development workforce. In 2005, researchers learned that RNA could have immense therapeutic potential.
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1 year ago Read more at WRAL News

NASA's deputy chief Pam Melroy says it will give an 'entirely different" opportunity to study the interaction between the Earth, moon and sun. The corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun's surface and reaches far out in space. Scientists will be hoping to get more data on this enigma, as well as answers to other questions.
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1 year ago Read more at Sky News

Michelle is a third-year undergraduate student at UW-Madison studying Conservation Biology and Data Science. She grew up identifying plants with the app Picture This. Michelle uses iNaturalist to connect with people who have seen Impatiens capensis. This webinar is part of the 2024 Great Lakes BioBlitz!
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1 year ago Read more at Minnesota Sea Grant

Africa needs long term investment in scientific infrastructure and science careers to allow the continent to adapt to climate change and its effect on weather systems. In a paper published in Nature the researchers say African weather and seasonal forecasting is being held back by gaps in understanding of the science behind weather systems in the tropics. It’s essential that African scientists have the skills and the tools to provide their communities with locally designed climate solutions.
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1 year ago Read more at India Education Diary