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PNAS Science Sessions

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Jun 11, 2019 • 6min

Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Will Castleman and Cuneyt Berkdemir

Will Castleman and Cuneyt Berkdemir describe how to mimic rare earth elements using superatom clusters.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 5min

Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Yatrik Shah

Yatrik Shah describes the connection between maternal iron absorption during lactation and neonatal anemia.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 6min

Nanoparticles for disease detection

Sangeeta Bhatia describes the development of nanoparticles that can aid in detecting cancer and other diseases.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 4min

Origins of mathematical ability

Stanislas Dehaene investigates how certain areas of the brain might be related to mathematical ability.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 6min

Building the James Webb Space Telescope

John Mather of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center explains why and how the James Webb Space Telescope is being built.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 6min

Tracking endemic tuberculosis

Robyn Lee and Marcel Behr investigate the genomics of endemic tuberculosis in Northern Canada.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 7min

Brain clarity

Karl Deisseroth explains a method to explore the wiring and structure of the brain.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 7min

Gene drive for malaria mosquito control

Anthony James describes how gene drives can be used to spread malaria parasite resistance in mosquitoes.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 6min

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Anthony Vecchiarelli

Anthony Vecchiarelli explains a system of genetic cargo movement within cells that has roots in the work of Alan Turing.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 5min

Interview with 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Jintai Lin

Jintai Lin explains the impact of a global economy on air pollution in China and in the US.

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