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Science Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Friday April 12, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Australian Academy of Science: Australian Science Key to a Future Made in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia, April 12 -- The Australian Academy of Science issued the following news release: The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement of his government's intention to legislate a Future Made in Australia Act. President of the Australian Academy of Science Professor Chennupati Jagadish said, "A future made in Australia is heavily dependent on the breadth and depth of Australian science." Science underpins innovation and industry, but over the past t  more

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Up Close and Personal With Cryo-EM
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 12 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: When it comes to biology, details matter. If a drug isn't designed to perfectly hit its target, down to a single atom, it may utterly fail. That's where structural biologists come in. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has one of the world's leading experts. CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Leemor Joshua-Tor specializes in the use of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This Nobel-prize-wi  more

European Southern Observatory: Beautiful Nebula, Violent History: Clash of Stars Solves Stellar Mystery
MUNICH, Germany, April 12 (TNSres) -- The European Southern Observatory issued the following news release: When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for a surprise. Star pairs are typically very similar, like twins, but in HD 148937, one star appears younger and, unlike the other, is magnetic. New data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggest there were originally three stars in the system, until two of them clashed and   more

Johns Hopkins APL Recognized as a Three-Time Handshake Early Talent Award Winner
LAUREL, Maryland, April 12 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: For the third year in a row, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has won an Early Talent Award from Handshake (https://joinhandshake.com/early-talent-awards/), an online recruiting platform for college students and recent alumni. Given to just 180 out of the more than 900,000 companies that use the platform, the award recognizes employers o  more