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The Department of Defense (DOD) recently announced awards totaling $161 million to 281 university researchers under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program. The awards, which include $232,320 in funding to The University of New Mexico’s Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Principal Investigator Terefe Habteyes, will support the purchase of major equipment to augment current and develop new research capabilities relevant to the Department. This year's awards will accelerate basic research in areas the National Defense Science and Technology
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1 year ago Read more at UNM Newsroom

Dr. Marylou Mercado has served as interim for the last two months. Before being named interim, she was the Associate Vice President of Health Sciences and Wellness. She will oversee the Division of Workforce Development and Health Sciences.
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1 year ago Read more at Signals AZ

The first-stage booster flew for the 11th time and landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. Read more. Feb. 23: SpaceX Falcon 9 on Starlink 6-26 mission with 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 11:05 p.m. Read More. Oct. 22: Launch Alliance Alliance Vulcan Centaur on the Starlink 6-12 mission with 22 Starlink Satellites. This was the first-
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1 year ago Read more at Orlando Sentinel

For schools in or near the path of totality of the April 8 eclipse, the event has inspired lessons in science, literacy and culture. Some schools also are organizing group viewings for students to experience the awe of daytime darkness and learn about the astronomy behind it together. The eclipse, he said, is a one in a million chance and I’m glad I get to be here for it.
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1 year ago Read more at KGW.com

I love science. I trust scientists, mostly. I am curious about what direction mankind is heading. Contrary to almost everyone’s opinion, consciousness does not live in the brain. This amazing aliveness isn’t somehow created as an after-effect. There is no way, even in the world of matter, which is also misguided, that matter can create consciousness.
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1 year ago Read more at Sedona.biz

For schools in or near the path of totality of the April 8 eclipse, the event has inspired lessons in science, literacy and culture. Some schools also are organizing group viewings for students to experience the awe of daytime darkness and learn about the astronomy behind it together. The eclipse, he said, is a one in a million chance and I’m glad I get to be here for it.
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1 year ago Read more at WUSA9.com

In It’s a trap, PSM graduate students Becky Harkness, Jill Check and Lexi Heger describe how to design a project, plan the experiment, and process samples. The team learned that these projects require years of working together.
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1 year ago Read more at Michigan State University

The Netherlands-based research team has gene-edited strawberries as part of breakthrough science that promises better flavor, nutritional value, and sustainability. The fruit, which has eight sets of chromosomes, is notoriously hard to gene edit, according to the scientists. So their success is a benchmark for biology that could help to improve our food system, which is facing drought, blight, and other problems.
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1 year ago Read more at The Cool Down

Rice and corn have been used as an adjunct grain by American brewers since the 1860s. But the rice has been milled white rice, and not malted. A new study titled "Investigating the Malting Suitability and Brewing Quality of Different Rice Cultivars, Beverages (1924) suggests the potential for malted rice to yield robust fermentations in gluten-free, all-malt beer.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

The new show explores the flaws of the heart and cardiovascular system. In her research, Désir benefited from the collaboration of the Montreal Heart Institute and the Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino in Lugano. The work also tackles the imbalances and emotional fractures that can result from romantic relationships.
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1 year ago Read more at CTV News Montreal