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U.S. suicides are on the rise but funding, research lags

by Aaron Schrank
Jun 18, 2018
As people mourn the recent deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, researchers say the growing public health crisis deserves more attention.
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Deadly disease research labs are so busy, they're turning away work

by Paul Flahive
Dec 28, 2017
A number of deadly disease research labs in the U.S. are considering expanding as strained capacity has led them to turn away work.
Doctors research deadly pathogens like Ebola and Marburg inside the BSL-4 Lab at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
G. Harrison, courtesy Texas Biomedical Research Institute
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A university lab gives members of the public a chance to control a swarm of robots

by Tasnim Shamma
Dec 25, 2017
The Robotarium, a lab at Georgia Tech, allows users to control a swarm of miniature robots remotely, opening up the field to researchers and low-incomes students alike.
The Robotarium has about 100 ground robots that glide along a white surface. Each has a Wi-Fi chip on top and small rubber wheels on the bottom. 
Tasnim Shamma/ for Marketplace
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A scientist worries about a climate "hostile to science and the truth"

by Maria Hollenhorst and Robert Garrova
Jul 25, 2017
Government funding has been pretty reliable — up until now, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher says.
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Alexandra Elbakyan's Sci-Hub is 'hacktivism on a grand scale'

by Molly Wood
Apr 28, 2017
Should we be able to access academic articles without paywalls?
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MIT's Bengt Holmstrom and Harvard's Oliver Hart win Nobel prize in economics

by Dan Gorenstein
Oct 10, 2016
The two were awarded for their work on contract theory.
From left to right: Tomas Sjoestroem, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel; Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; and Per Stromberg, Chairman of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, attend a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences where they present the laureates for the Nobel prize in economics.
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Basic research, over decades, is Zuckerberg's goal

by Gigi Douban
Sep 22, 2016
Facebook founder and his physician wife have a charitable venture built for the long haul.
 
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FTC sues academic publisher for deceptive practices

by Amy Scott
Aug 30, 2016
Lawsuit say OMICS Group, Inc. failed to disclose steep publishing fees.
In light of the immense pressure to on academics to publish their research, many turn to predatory journals that have a price for publication. The FTC has charged the OMICS Group, Inc. with running such journals and obtaining hundreds or thousands of dollars from researchers.
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Health economists diagnose the Affordable Care Act

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 13, 2016
The American Society of Health Economists begins its biennial conference this week. It's like Woodstock — for health geeks.
Felue Chang, insured under a plan through the Affordable Care Act, receives a checkup from Dr. Perla Del Pino-White at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic in Hollywood, Florida.
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Our most immutable material

by Molly Wood
Mar 16, 2016
23andMe’s Kate Black on protecting genetic data.
23andMe provides genetics testing to customers. 
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