WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

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A consistent finding in aging research is that older adults tend to perform worse than younger adults on tests of memory and cognitive function. These differences are often attributed to age-related ...

From the walls of the Alhambra to the floors of Winchester Cathedral, virtually every culture uses repeated shapes for decorative purposes. Mathematical interest in these patterns, called ...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today that 19 Kavli Frontiers of Science alumni have been elected to membership in the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing ...

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Leif Andersson is a specialist in genetics and genome biology. He explores the relationship between genetic and phenotypic variation. He has been working on comparative genomics using domestic animals ...

Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders afflicting humans and other mammals. Uniquely, these diseases are manifest as sporadic, inherited, and infectious illnesses. Recently, ...

My research deals with mechanisms of T cell development and activation. For the past several years our focus has been on the interaction of antigen receptor and costimulatory signals. Recent work has ...

Emily A. Carter is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment ...

Richard S. Ostfeld is Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York. He is also Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University and the University of ...