Living three time zones apart didn’t stop Los Altos teen Ashwin Mukherjee and his cousin Rohan Chanani from succeeding in a national science competition.
Living three time zones apart didn’t stop Los Altos teen Ashwin Mukherjee and his cousin Rohan Chanani from succeeding in a national science competition.
Los Altos High School junior Ashwin Mukherjee is on a research team that is among 15 finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy’s AlgaePrize competition.
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Penn State biologist and colleagues receive $4M to identify heat-tolerant corals
An international team of researchers has been awarded $4 million to identify naturally heat-tolerant corals. Project lead Christian Voolstra collects samples underwater at Ducie Island, one of the world’s most remote reefs in the world.
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An international team that includes Penn State biologist Iliana Baums has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to identify corals that are naturally resilient to climate change. This is one of four newly funded projects supported by the foundation that are focused on the conservation and restoration of coral reefs in the context of the climate crisis.