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Nathan Moody of Los Alamos National Laboratory to share in 2021 IEEE particle accelerator award

September 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Engineering, math, Science, Technology

Nathan Moody of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a co-winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) 2021 Particle Accelerator Science and Technology (PAST) Award.

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Genetic, immunological abnormalities in Type I interferon pathway are risk factors for severe COVID-19

September 24, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Science, Uniformed Services University, Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences

Individuals with severe forms of COVID-19 disease can present with compromised type I interferon (IFN) responses based on their genetics, according to results published in two papers today in the journal Science. Type I IFN responses are critical for protecting cells and the body from more severe disease after acute viral infection.

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Upcoming: Translating Visionary Science to Practice Meeting

September 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Agronomy, Annual Meeting, Climate, Conference, Research, Science, Technology, Virtual

Agronomists, crop scientists, and soil scientists from around the world to meet virtually

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Socially distanced chemistry for kids: Join the U.S. Crystal Growing Competition!

September 22, 2020 sarah Jonas Chemistry, Crystallography, Crystals, Science, Science Education, Stem Education

“Now, more than ever, with so many kids being at home, they need fun, hands-on scientific activities,” says Jason Benedict, contest founder, dad, and an associate professor of chemistry in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.

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2020 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists Honorees Announced during National Postdoc Appreciation Week

September 22, 2020 sarah Jonas Astrophyics, BIOCHEMISTRY, Engineering, Life Sciences, Neuroscience, physical sciences, Science

The winning postdoctoral researchers include a neuroscientist improving memory formation and recall, an astrophysicist illuminating dark matter, and a biochemist refining gene-editing technologies

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Cellular processes and social behaviors and… zombies?

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas arts, Biology, Culture, Evolution, Medicine, Psychology, Science

The Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting will happen online October 15-18, 2020. The meeting spans the sciences, the arts and the scary while bringing scientists, artists and journalists together with the general public. This year’s meeting has been reanimated into a livestream broadcast on Channel Zed. Registrants will have access to programming on topics like how birth control, race relations, the pandemic, sex, literature and social media can all be thought of as zombification processes.

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How to Get a Handle on Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Plants

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Atmosphere, California Institute of Technology, Carbohydrates, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, carbon uptake, Climate Change, Columbia University, Ecosystems, Environment, fossil fuel burning, Fossil Fuels, Gas, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, LAND, Leaves, Light, Models, NASA, New Jersey, NJ, Oxygen, Photosynthesis, plants, Research, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Satellites, Science, Soils, sunlight, Tools, University Of Utah, water, Water Cycle

How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas behind global warming, is absorbed by plants on land? It’s a deceptively complicated question, so a Rutgers-led group of scientists recommends combining two cutting-edge tools to help answer the crucial climate change-related question.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Communicating About COVID-19 Vaccine

September 17, 2020 sarah Jonas BEHAVIOR, Communication, Communications, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Human Behavior, Medicine, Messaging, New Jersey, NJ, Public, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, science communication, Vaccination, Vaccine, Vaccines

New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 17, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor William Hallman is available for interviews on how to communicate

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What it takes to shoot a laser on Mars

September 16, 2020 sarah Jonas MARS, Science, Space

For the better part of a decade, an extraordinary tool aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover has been investigating the chemical building blocks of life and making exciting discoveries about Mars’ habitability.

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Ocean Algae Get “Coup de Grace” from Viruses

September 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Algae, Algae blooms, algal blooms, Calcium, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Cells, Chemicals, Coastal Waters, Cycling, deep ocean, Earth, Ecosystems, Environment, Infection, iron, Model, New Jersey, NJ, Norway, Ocean, Oceans, Oregon State University, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Phytoplankton, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Sequestration, University of Bergen, University of California, Santa Barbara, Viruses, water

Scientists have long believed that ocean viruses always quickly kill algae, but Rutgers-led research shows they live in harmony with algae and viruses provide a “coup de grace” only when blooms of algae are already stressed and dying. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, will likely change how scientists view viral infections of algae, also known as phytoplankton – especially the impact of viruses on ecosystem processes like algal bloom formation (and decline) and the cycling of carbon and other chemicals on Earth.

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Rutgers-Led Project Will Buy 76,000 Oysters From Farmers Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Aquaculture, Business, Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Commercial Fishing, covid, COVID-19, Delaware Bay, Delaware Bayshore, Economy, Ecosystems, Environment, Farming, Farms, fish, Green, Habitat, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Health, indoor dining, Marine Science, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, NOAA, oyster farming, Oysters, Pandemic, Recreational Fishing, Restaurants, Restoration, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Seafood, Shellfish, Sustainability, Sustainable, Water Quality

New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 10, 2020) – A Rutgers-led project will buy 76,000 oysters from New Jersey oyster farmers who

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Bat Tick Found for the First Time in New Jersey

September 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Amber, bats, Blood, Entomology, Health, Livestock, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Mercer County, microbes, Middlesex County, New Jersey, NJ, Parasites, Pathogens, pets, Public Health, Research, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Ticks

A tick species associated with bats has been reported for the first time in New Jersey and could pose health risks to people, pets and livestock, according to a Rutgers-led study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. This species (Carios kelleyi) is a “soft” tick. Deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease, are an example of “hard” ticks.

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