Join the Embassy of Sweden and the National Academy of Sciences for the 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium. The event is a unique opportunity to hear from four of this year’s U.S.-based Nobel Prize Laureates ...

The talk will begin with a history of coronavirus research, from the 1960s, until the present. It will include the stories of three zoonotic coronaviruses- severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

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Mercury is a naturally occurring element that has been mined and released by humans for over 3,000 years. Inorganic mercury, released through human activities, makes up the majority of the mercury ...

Michelle Monje, 2023 Richard Lounsbery Award recipient, presented the 2024 Lounsbery Lecture on “Neuron-glial Interactions in Health and Disease: From Cognition to Cancer” at Vassar College on October ...

The Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences, also known as the Academy Charter, was signed by President Lincoln on 3 March 1863, establishing the Academy as an independent honorary and ...

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Biological tissues and fluids become far more transparent to light in the near infrared spectral window, at wavelengths too long for our eyes to detect. This increased transparency is highly promising ...

My research is focused on molecule-based designs for the creation of advanced materials and devices. We established a new paradigm in chemical sensors, by demonstrating that molecular wires ...

S. Artavanis-Tsakonas is Professor of Cell Biology, Emeritus, at the Harvard Medical School. He earned his MSc in Chemistry at the ETH in Zurich and his PhD in Molecular Biology from Cambridge ...

The main focus of my research is to bridge the gap between theory and experiment in biophysical chemistry. Early in my carrier, I developed a model-free approach to the analysis of nuclear magnetic ...

Natalie Ahn is recognized for her contributions to the discovery of signal transduction pathways and the application of proteomics technologies to cell regulatory mechanisms. She was among the first ...