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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation , Fossil Hunters ... School of Medicine of USC, has been digging for fossils in a paleontologically rich area of Kashmir in northern...

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With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans

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05/05/2017

With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , New Survey ... who report that they have been incarcerated at some point in their lives are more likely to express anxiety about ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation -Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely ... average-weight counterparts. A similar finding held true in the children born prematurely, starting in first...

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Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders

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07/25/2017

Simons Foundation -Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug ... not developed a new drug target for complex brain diseases in nearly 60 years. The protein map software my colleagues ... that hone in...

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher ... students the higher education they need to compete in the global marketplace. Coverage of “Rethinking ... the...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

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03/02/2018

Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of ... found that such exemptions left roughly $630 million in Kansas wind farm equipment untaxed, depriving 24 rural ... into wind farms across the...

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot

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05/13/2019

Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot ... that these paints might be doing more harm than good. In a new study, the researchers tested bacteria commonly ... to...

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With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative

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11/13/2018

With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , Dumbarton Oaks ... for fevers, Cinchona became known to Jesuits stationed in Peru in the early seventeenth century. The “...

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Russell Sage Foundation-Supported Study Details How The System Fails Grandmothers Raising Kids

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01/06/2016

Russell Sage Foundation -Supported Study Details How The System Fails ... States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not ... . . . The new paper,...

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Action Plan Released to Conserve One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation

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02/14/2018

... One of Africa’s Richest Sites for Biodiversity with Support from the Arcus Foundation A team of scientists led by WCS (Wildlife ... blueprint to protect one of the most biodiverse regions in...

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Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound Essential to Formation of Life on Earth

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11/07/2017

Simons Foundation Supported Research May Have Found Compound ... on Earth Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla announced Monday that they may have found a ... phosphorylation agents for each...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students Become Better Writers

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11/29/2017

Edwin Gould Foundation Supporter Online Tool Quill Connect Helps Students ... from weak ones.That is where machine learning comes in . The algorithm looks at common patterns and criteria for ... 5 percent accuracy...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body ... steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral .....

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows ... drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner. The results in animal models so...

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New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, Finds College Brings Significant Benefits to Single Mothers and Society

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06/06/2018

New Study, Supported By The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women , Finds College Brings ... their lifetimes and are 69 percent less likely to live in poverty than single mothers with only high school, with...

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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , MIT ... Spaghetti Mystery If you happen to have a box of spaghetti in your pantry, try this experiment: Pull out a single ...

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

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10/03/2018

Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases ... a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Analyzing data from more than 400,000...

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Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration

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11/01/2018

Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation , Researchers Discover ... and mouse modeling... Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation , Researchers Discover New Protein...

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Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth

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03/26/2019

Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses ... of water and nutrients. Its findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, potentially point to ... key plant nutrient--have...

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