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 E-Mail IMAGE: Dwight E. Bergles, Ph.D., a leading neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the winner of the 2020 Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research. Bergles has pioneered... view more  Credit: Courtesy Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine NEW YORK, February 18, 2021 -- Dwight E. Bergles, Ph.D., a leading neuroscientist at The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience and the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Johns Hopkins Universi...

New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs February 16, 2021MIT MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their “phantom limb” is in space. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain, the researchers say. In most amputations, muscle pairs that control the affected joints, such as elbows or a...

In a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia, a devastating disorder that riddles the brain with clumps of abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies. The results also supported the disorders ties to Parkinsons and Alzheimer diseases.

MIT researchers in collaboration with surgeons at Harvard Medical School have devised a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees better control their residual muscles and receive sensory feedback. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.

REI Systems Awarded $80M IT Modernization Contract by the United States Patent and Trademark Office via GSA Alliant 2 GWAC News provided by Share this article Share this article STERLING, VA, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Systems was selected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office of Trademarks to support application development and app modernization for nearly 20 mission-critical systems. These applications comprise the Trademark Product Line, one of four IT produc...

Universities in collusion with nuclear industry U.S. universities have continued to build connections to the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. Although students and faculty have opposed university participation in nuclear weapons research and development at various points in the last 70 years, such participation continues. An ICAN report Universities across the United States are identified in this report for activities ranging from directly managing laboratories that design nuclear weapons ...

st round. "The idea that a strategic — so-called strategic — partner of ours would actually be in line with one of our biggest strategic competitors in Russia is not acceptable." — Antony Blinken, President Joe Bidens then-nominee for Secretary of State, Arab News, January 26, 2021. "Turkey has adopted a strongly militaristic approach, making efforts toward conflict resolution increasingly unlikely." — Dimitris Tsarouhas, a professor of international relations, a Scientific Council mem...

CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger From Share this to : The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid the pandemic recovery, the climate crisis and the threat of instability. “This partnership will help us carry on saving lives and changing lives so more people have the opportunity to prosper and be self-sufficient.” The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, CGIAR, ha...

Global agricultural research network CGIAR joins forces with World Food Programme to tackle post-pandemic hunger Format 26 Jan 2021 The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid the pandemic recovery, the climate crisis and the threat of instability. January 26, Montpellier, FRANCE -- The worlds largest publicly-funded agricultural research network, CGIAR, has united effort with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help tackle hunger and malnutrition ...

Sod Solutions hires new Florida territory manager Mark Kann brings over 25 years of experience in the turfgrass industry. GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Sod Solutions announced Mark Kann has accepted the position of Florida Territory Manager. He will begin employment in February, bringing over 25 years of experience in the turfgrass industry to the company and who for the past 14 years has run the turf research facility for the University of Florida (UF) Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra,...