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William Jorgensen selected as laureate of the Citation 2021

William L. Jorgensen, Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Citation for his influential contributions to the field of computational chemistry. This distinction reflects the importance of Jorgensen’s work within the scientific community. Citation winners are selected based on an analysis of data from …

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Call for graduate student mentors | CU Boulder today

The CU Boulder McNair Scholarship Program is a federal TRIO grant designed to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies by participating in research and other academic activities. McNair Fellows are either first generation students with financial need or members of a group traditionally under-represented in graduate studies. The aim of …

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Does hydroxychloroquine reduce mortality in patients with COVID-19? A meta-analysis with sequential analysis of trials – Chen – 2021 – International Journal of Clinical Practice

The COVID-19 epidemic has caused an unprecedented global health and financial crisis. As of August 2020, more than 20 million people worldwide had been infected; however, specific treatments remain under study. Hydroxychloroquine, a classic chloroquine-derived drug for rheumatologic diseases, has shown activity against the novel coronavirus in vitro and has …

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Dishonesty study was based on fraudulent data

August 20, 2021 IF YOU ARE WRITING a book called “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty,” the last thing you want to be associated with is fraud. Yet that’s where Dan Ariely, behavioral economist at Duke University, is with his four co-authors of an influential study on lying. The economist today …

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Google reveals top SA searches over the past 15 years

Google (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) As Google Trends turns 15 on Wednesday, it posted the top search engine topics during that time period in South Africa. A review of the list reveals that, among other things, South Africans use the Internet to find answers to pressing questions, stay informed …

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Share data to fuel discovery | VTx

Academic libraries provide expertise in planning, managing, and publishing data to fuel discovery and future research. Recently, the library launched a new version of its research data repository platform, powered by Figshare. Accessible from anywhere, Figshare is a cloud-based platform for storing, sharing and citing research data. Virginia Tech researchers …

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The research on obesity that has exploded

As this 2005 article began to gain attention, a renowned professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Willett, had already started his own advertising campaign. Believing that Flegal’s findings were not only false but in fact dangerous, Willett and a handful of his Harvard …

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Science shows the benefits of masks

By letter to the editor on July 10, 2021. Editor:In response to Mr Baiton’s letter to the editor of July 7 titled “Mask Mandates Triggered by Fear, Not Science,” I assume he is referring to a review article published by authors at the Chicago School of Public Health in July …

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