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A new paleontology study by UChicago researchers discovered that rock-boring clams, known as bivalves, vary in shape despite performing the same function. This paper is one of the first major studies done using three-dimensional images of bivalve shells. The Maroon sat down with scientists Katie S. Collins, Stewart M. Edie, and David Jablonski to talk.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota report via Phys.Org: Biocomputing is typically done either with live cells or with non-living, enzyme-free molecules. Live cells can feed themselves and can heal, but it can be difficult to redirect cells from their ordinary functions toward computation. N.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr Dibakar Roy Chowdhary, Professor of Physics at Mahindra University (erstwhile Mahindra Ecole Centrale) has been conferred with the prestigious SERB Science and Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR), instituted by the SERB, Government of India, to recognize and reward outstanding performance of Principal Investigators (PIs) of SERB Projects. SERB-STAR support will include a fellowship of Rs. 15, 000 per month, a research grant of Rs. 10 lakh per annum, and Rs. 1 lakh per annum as overhead charges for a period of three years. Dr Yajulu Medury, Vice Chancellor at Mahindra University, extended his congratulations to the professor for this prestigious achievement. Prof. Roy Chowdhury is a Ph.D from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (2008). Post which he worked as a scientist at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2008 - 2009), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), USA (2009 - 2013), and at the Australian Nat