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Wayne State University to lead USDA grant to support program training students in ‘smart agriculture’

Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research
Grant and Award Announcement

A new Wayne State University program supported by a four-year, $749,991 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will use data to study the future of agriculture and train students to better understand how to keep people fed in an ever-changing world.

Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Can electrical signatures help diagnose Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Lehigh University researcher Xuanhong Cheng, a professor of bioengineering and materials science and engineering, recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health to explore molecular- and cellular-level changes in muscle tissue that could potentially lead to better diagnostic tools and therapeutic options for both Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and related conditions, such as long COVID.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Robot flies like a bird

University of Groningen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

David Lentink, Professor of Biomimetics at the University of Groningen, has developed a robotic bird model with real pigeon feathers which flies like a bird.

Journal: Science Robotics

Won’t you be mine? Neighborly networking may motivate local climate action

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Individual motivation to act against climate change outweighs the impact of hyperlocal collective intentions, though both approaches are worth strengthening, according to a survey of nine European neighborhoods published Nov. 20, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Christian A. Klöckner from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS Climate

Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Sydor Technologies awarded $1.15 million DOE Phase II SBIR grant for fusion research

University of Rochester
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is collaborating with a technology transfer partner Sydor Technologies, which has been awarded a $1.15 million Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for their project “Plasma-Electrode Pockels Cells for Inertial Fusion Facilities.”

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Research team develops novel biomimetic speaking valve technology

University of Freiburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the University of Freiburg and the Medical Center- University of Freiburg has developed a novel biomimetic speaking valve technology that could significantly increase the safety of tracheostomised patients.

Exploring new approaches to combat bovine respiratory disease

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Grant and Award Announcement

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s commonly known in the cattle industry that bovine respiratory disease is the most costly illness affecting cattle in North America. Samantha Howe received a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to explore the use of probiotics in bovine respiratory disease prevention.

Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture