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New findings on superconductivity 'glue' A team of BC physicists led by Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan has identified an alternative explanation for the origins of the 'glue' that binds electrons during high-temp superconductivity. Nature | PhysOrg.com | Release |
Gambling in America Few subjects are more pressing than the role of gambling in American life, yet academic attention paid to it is uneven at best, writes Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Life, which will host a major conference on the subject this month. Chronicle of Higher Education Review |
| $2.8M to BC center  The Center for Retirement Research has received $2.8 million in new funding - equal to last year's record amount - from the U.S. Social Security Administration. More |
An Aging Workforce A recent address by BC Center on Aging and Work Co-Director Michael Smyer focused on the competitive marketplace for labor that will face U.S. businesses in coming years. More from the Colorado Springs Gazette |
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Professor of Chemistry has won a Shared Instrumentation Grant from NIH. Bruner is also the recent recipient of a prestigious NSF Career award. |
Solar flares pose threat to GPS Patricia Doherty of BC's Institute for Scientific Research was among scientists addressing the impact of solar radio bursts on global positioning systems at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration news conference. AP | Science Daily | Listen to the news conference here |
 More on cancer studyFindings released earlier this year by Biology Professor Thomas Seyfried showing that a calorically restricted diet can decrease the growth of malignant brain tumors in lab mice are now featured by Reuters Health. |
 BC biologists see diet as potential brain cancer therapyA high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet designed to treat epileptic children may also fight brain cancer -- at a fraction of the cost of chemotherapy, radiation and neurosurgery, according to research by Boston College Biology Prof. Tom Seyfried and members of his lab. EurekAlert | UPI (Photo: Lee Pellegrini) |
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Clare O'Connor, Associate Professor of Biology, and Michael Piatelli, Director/Biology Laboratories, for their project, "Yeast and Oxygen: Incorporating functional genomics research into three advanced laboratory courses". |
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 Biologist awarded research funding: The Smith Family Foundation has awarded funding to Assistant Professor of Biology Marc-Jan G |
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