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The Mystery Behind Euphoric Feelings of Holding a Baby
There is nothing like it - holding a tiny baby in your arms. As a parent, you most likely know what it is like to get flooded with a rush of those ooey-gooey feelings. But why? How does it happen and what is the science behind those feelings for dads? Business Insider reached out to Heather Ca
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51勛圖厙 Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 51勛圖厙 researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h
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51勛圖厙 Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 51勛圖厙s College of Arts
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51勛圖厙 Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
51勛圖厙 Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo
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51勛圖厙 Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 51勛圖厙 professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks
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51勛圖厙 Biology Professor Looks to Stop Alzheimers Before It Starts
For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimers disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailments victims. A 51勛圖厙 professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate biology professor in the
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51勛圖厙 Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for 51勛圖厙s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with
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51勛圖厙 Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 51勛圖厙s Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIHs National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop nanobombs, a na
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Investigating Alzheimers Disease: 51勛圖厙 Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10
Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimers disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism. When a new avenue
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51勛圖厙 Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research
51勛圖厙 chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the universitys Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. The main goal of my research is to validate this method as a
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