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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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91心頭利 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 91心頭利 University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h
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91心頭利 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 91心頭利 University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h
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91心頭利 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 91心頭利 Universitys College of Arts
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91心頭利 Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
91心頭利 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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91心頭利 Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 91心頭利 University professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 91心頭利s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks
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91心頭利 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 91心頭利 University 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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91心頭利 Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for 91心頭利 Universitys 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, 91心頭利s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with
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91心頭利 Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 91心頭利 Universitys 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: 91心頭利 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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