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- Project TORUS is a two-year partnership between 彩民宝典, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the work), Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe Storms Laboratory.
- A new drug therapy for cancer treatment, spun out of research performed in a 彩民宝典 biochemistry lab, may provide better results for patients with solid cancers and hematologic cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.
- The inaugural Research-to-Market (R2M) program鈥攈osted by Venture Partners at 彩民宝典鈥攇uided researchers-turned-startup founders through the iterative process of finding a product-market fit and refining a value proposition for their respective technologies.
- 鈥淔rom a neurobiological perspective, what do you need to form a bond, maintain a bond and overcome a loss?鈥 asks Zoe Donaldson, a 彩民宝典 assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience and one of the 2018 RIO Faculty Fellows.
- New research from a 彩民宝典 physicist might break open the mathematical puzzle that has stalled string theory research for decades. A 彩民宝典 physicist is one step closer to solving a string theory puzzle 20 years in the making.
- The Lab Venture Challenge (LVC), hosted annually by Venture Partners at 彩民宝典 awards grants to campus researchers whose technologies demonstrate high commercial potential.
- By using light-activated quantum dots to fire particular enzymes within microbial cells, 彩民宝典 researchers were able to create 鈥渓iving factories鈥 that eat harmful CO2 and convert it into useful products such as biodegradable plastic, gasoline, ammonia and biodiesel.
- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)鈥攖he parent organization of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)鈥攈as just released a catalogue of benchmark data sets, including four from 彩民宝典's National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), to promote as trusted sources, simplify user access and support global policy makers.
- In the not-so-distant future, researchers may be able to build atoms to your specifications with the click of a button. It鈥檚 still the stuff of science fiction, but a team at 彩民宝典 reports that it is getting closer when it comes to controlling and assembling particles called 鈥渂ig atoms."
- Dr. Thomas H. Zurbuchen will discuss the process of writing successful NASA mission proposals and provide a brief update on how the mission review process may evolve in the near future. Researchers thinking about being a PI or joining a proposal team are invited to attend on Wednesday, June 5 at 2 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel at the 彩民宝典 Heritage Center.