PNAS Science Sessions

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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Won-Yong Song and Jiyoung Park Jun 07, 2019

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Won-Yong Song and Jiyoung Park discuss the urgent problem of arsenic-tainted rice in Southeast Asia, and genetically engineered rice plants that would be safe to consume and could help remediate arsenic-contaminated groundwater.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Liza Moscovice Jun 07, 2019

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Liza Moscovice discusses what her study on baboon behavior reveals about the evolution of cooperation in humans.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens Jun 07, 2019

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Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens discuss an oxygen isotope signature that reveals how carbonates on Mars form in the absence of life.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Cheryl Lyn Walker Jun 07, 2019

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Cheryl Lyn Walker discusses the role of a cellular protein, called ATM, in offsetting oxidative damage.

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Benjamin tenOever Jun 07, 2019

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Benjamin tenOever discusses his team's prize winning discovery that could be the key to developing a universal influenza A vaccine.

The personalized medicine revolution Jun 07, 2019

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NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins discusses "personalized medicine," a novel approach in which doctors diagnose and treat patients using detailed information about each individual.

Aircraft and Iceland's volcanic ash cloud Jun 07, 2019

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Susan Stipp discusses her PNAS research article that reveals whether the ash cloud from the 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano posed a threat to aircraft, and if the widespread airport closures in Europe were warranted.

Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research Jun 07, 2019

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Jim Jensen, Executive Director of the Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, a branch of the National Research Council, discusses how scientific research shapes public policy.

Clean energy funding in the 2012 research budget Jun 07, 2019

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Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses some aspects of the President's 2012 research budget.

Electronic artificial noses Jun 07, 2019

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Nate Lewis dicusses the design principles and applications of electronic artificial noses.