A Gene for Sexual Switching in Melons Provides Clues to the Evolution of Sex
A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a
role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The study, conducted by
French and NYU scientists, appeared in the journal Science.
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College of Dentistry Professor Racquel LeGeros Awarded $3.23 Million NIH Grant for Osteoporosis Research
New York University College of Dentistry’s Racquel Z. LeGeros, a
professor of biomaterials and biomimetics and the Linkow Professor of
Implant Dentistry, has received a five-year, $3.23 million dollar grant
from the National Institutes of Health...
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CONVERSATION WITH A POLICY MAKER: NIH’s Zerhouni: ‘[Research] is probably the best investment any government can make’
Elias A. Zerhouni stepped down on Oct. 31, 2008 from his role as the
15th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s
medical research agency, which comprises 27 institutes and centers with
more than 18,000 employees and a budget of $29.5 billion.
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Courant Institute Part of $10 Million NSF Grant to Address “Intractable” Mathematical Problems
NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and its institutional
partners—Princeton and Rutgers universities and the Institute for
Advanced Study—have received a $10 million grant from the National
Science Foundation to bridge fundamental gaps in our understanding of
the power and limits of efficient algorithms.
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Furman Center Study Confirms Collateral Damage of Nation’s Home Foreclosures
As the national mortgage crisis worsened throughout 2008, an increasing
number of communities faced declining home prices and high rates of
foreclosure.
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Microsoft Research, NYU, and Seven Other Universities Create Games for Learning Institute
NYU and a consortium of universities recently unveiled plans for a
first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional gaming
research alliance that will provide the fundamental scientific evidence
to support games as learning tools for math and science subjects among
middle-school students.
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New Wagner Class Explores the Future of Water Scarcity
Natasha Iskander was conducting research in the south of Moroc¬co on
labor emigration when she visited two adjacent villages, one of them a
“ghost town” and the other a vibrant community.
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NYU Biologists Identify Genes that Prevent Changes in Physical Traits Due to Environment
NYU biologists have identified genes that prevent physical traits from
being affected by environmental changes. The research, which examined
the genetic makeup of baker’s yeast, appeared in the Public Library of
Science’s journal, PloS Biology.
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NYU Receives $490K NSF Grant to Promote Women in the Sciences
NYU has received a $490,000, three-year grant from the National Science
Foundation to bolster its existing campus-wide initiative to promote
the representation of women and minorities in the sciences.
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NYU Receives $7.2 Million NSF Grant for Center to Engineer New Materials
NYU has received a $7.2 million, six-year grant from the National
Science Foundation to create a Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center (MRSEC), where scientists will develop new materials
through the exploration and manipulation of molecular particles.
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NYU Researchers Debunk ‘Model Minority’ Myth
Often characterized as a “model minority,” many Asian Americans and
Pacific Islanders (AAPI) face hardships and barriers to mobility in
U.S. society, according to an impact report prepared by NYU
researchers.Often characterized as a “model minority,” many Asian Americans and
Pacific Islanders (AAPI) face hardships and barriers to mobility in
U.S. society, according to an impact report prepared by NYU
researchers.
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NYU Researchers Find Thinning of Greenland Glacier Was Caused by Ocean Warming
The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of Greenland’s
largest glaciers, was caused by subsurface ocean warming, according to
research published this fall in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Radical New Look at Domestic Violence Forges Groundbreaking Treatment Programs
The American family is violent: 35 percent of parents hit their infants
when they believe they are misbehaving; 94 percent hit their toddlers.
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Research Led by NYU Langone Decodes Genome for Vivax Species of Malaria
A team of scientists from around the world has cracked the genetic code
for the parasite that is responsible for up to 40 percent of the 515
million annual malaria infections worldwide, according to a cover story
in the Oct. 9 issue of the journal Nature.
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Social Work’s Trudy Festinger Reviews Interventions for Child Maltreatment
Silver School of Social Work professor Trudy Festinger has been named
to co-chair an international initiative that will review the
effectiveness of interventions addressing child maltreatment.
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Steinhardt, NYU Libraries Awarded Grant to Improve Access to Digital Music
Drawing on such diverse fields as information technology, machine
learning, music theory, and cognition, a research project between the
Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development’s music
technology program and NYU Libraries seeks to develop content-based
approaches to the organization of, and access to, digital music
archives.
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Study Reveals Why Political Conservatives Are Happier than Liberal Counterparts
The question may strike some as curious: Why are political
conservatives happier than liberals? John T. Jost, a professor in the
Department of Psychology at NYU, tried to find out.
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Tina Fey Moves Like Sarah Palin, NYU Researchers Find
Tina Fey has been widely praised for imitating 2008 Republican
vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s voice and appearance. But
researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences went a
step further and found that the actress also effectively imitates the
Alaska governor’s body language.
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Wagner Professor Explores the Role of Race for Child Welfare Caseworkers
The work of child-protective caseworkers is normally closed to
outsiders. But for two and a half years, Erica G. Foldy, assistant
professor of public and nonprofit management at the Robert F. Wagner
Graduate School of Public Service, was permitted to sit in on scores of
case discussions at one state agency charged with protecting children
at risk of abuse and neglect.
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