Bregler Receives $1.47 Million Grant to Enhance Motion Capture Tools
NYU computer science professor Chris Bregler recently received a $1.47 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) to enhance his laboratory’s previous work on motion capture and computer vision...
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Chemists Create Bipedal, Autonomous DNA Walker to Mimic Role of Cell’s Transportation System
Two fundamental components of life’s building blocks are DNA, which encodes instructions for making proteins, and motor proteins, such as kinesin, which are part of a cell’s transportation system...
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Nursing Professor Receives NIH Grant to Help Study Latino HIV Risk in New Orleans
Michele Shedlin, a medical anthropologist and professor in NYU’s College of Nursing, and Patricia Kissenger, professor at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, recently received a $275,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health for their study “The Epidemiology of Drugs and HIV Sex Risk Among Latino Migrants.”...
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Omega 3 Fats May Help Some Cancer Patients, Steinhardt Researcher Finds
Omega 3 fats are essential fats found naturally in oily fish. Food manufacturers have begun to add them to foods such as yogurt, milk, juice, eggs, and infant formula in light of evidence suggesting that Omega 3 fats reduce cardiovascular disease risk, blood pressure, clot formations, and certain types of fat in the blood...
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Researchers Find that
Timing Is Most Important in Wiping Out Memory of Fear
Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research conducted at NYU...
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Steinhardt’s Halkitis Wins $2.9 Million NIH Grant
Hoping to better understand the habits of young gay men and the specific risk factors for HIV infection, researchers at the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) are embarking on a three-year longitudinal study of the behavioral choices of young men who have sex with men...
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