An investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) data on funding rates, award types, and proposal ratings from 1996 to 2019 found pervasive racial disparities. The study, recently published in eLife by a team of researchers ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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Precise details of how a master regulator of gene expression binds its activating partner could open new avenues for cancer drug development.
Biochemistry
Oct 10, 2022
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An international team of researchers have discovered how a tumor-promoting kinase evolves into a GTP sensor kinase.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 2, 2022
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Swiss researchers said Monday they had calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record level of exactitude, hitting 62.8 trillion figures using a supercomputer.
Mathematics
Aug 17, 2021
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A group of international researchers has discovered how plant root hair grows straight and long. Many studies of root hair growth have been performed, but the molecular mechanism for the suppression of growth on the sides ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2018
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Over the past few days, the mathematics world has been abuzz over the news that Sir Michael Atiyah, the famous Fields Medalist and Abel Prize winner, claims to have solved the Riemann hypothesis.
Mathematics
Sep 28, 2018
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Silicon Valley youngster Pi on Monday claimed it had developed the world's first wireless charger that does away with cords or mats to charge devices.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 19, 2017
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One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or "pi", but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn't come from Greece at all. It comes from the pen of an 18th ...
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2016
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After thousands of years of trying, mathematicians are still working out the number known as pi or "π". We typically think of pi as approximately 3.14 but the most successful attempt to calculate it more precisely worked ...
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2016
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It's a single circuit board the size of a credit card with no screen or keyboard, a far cry from the smooth tablets that dominate the technology market.
Computer Sciences
Jul 21, 2013
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