“Another one, Boss,” Spooky haphazardly signed with his tentacles. “Mate, that’s your fifth shot. You sure you’re up for it?” The bartender spoke in a low voice, locking eyes with two of Spooky’s. Such a typical human habit — this compulsive need to make eye contact. It would have been far more practical to focus … Read more
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Every summer, Aubree Gordon, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, spends about a month in Managua, Nicaragua, when the rainy season is in full swing. But Gordon is interested in a different kind of season. “June or July can be peak influenza time in Nicaragua,” Gordon says. Since 2011, she and … Read more
The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) on Friday announced the launch of a new initiative designed to launch and scale a new generation of independent research organizations. These organizations will focus on technical challenges and bottlenecks that traditional university and industry labs cannot easily solve on their own. … Read more
The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing approximately $30 million in institutions across Montana, Idaho and Louisiana to establish NSF EPSCoR Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (NSF EPSCoR CREST Centers). These centers…
The U.S. National Science Foundation and United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) are investing in eight joint research projects that could open the door to breakthroughs in quantum computing…