Science News - September 20, 2023
New study: How proteins’ structural changes contribute to aging
An international team of scientists led by the University of Helsinki performed comprehensive mapping of structural alterations in cellular proteins during the aging process. In the study published in Molecular Cell, the team mapped structural alterations in cellular proteins during the aging process and, in the process, identifying new ways aging impacts how cells hum […]
Science Award - September 19, 2023
The Ig Nobel Prize 2023
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes celebrates for example backward reading and counting nostril hairs. The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at the 33rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, September 14, 2023. The Prizes honor achievements that make people laugh, then think, and they are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — […]
Business - May 29, 2023
New method reveals bacterial reaction to antibiotics in 5 minutes
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a molecular method able to detect whether or not bacteria respond to antibiotics within minutes. The findings are presented in the journal Nature Microbiology and the researchers now hope to develop a simple test for doctors to use. “We are confident and hope that this can be one of […]
Science Award - May 16, 2023
Jens Juul Holst receives the Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture prize
Professor Jens Juul Holst has made discoveries that have strongly influenced how people with obesity or type 2 diabetes are treated today. Throughout a long career, this internationally recognized researcher has put gut hormones on the world map and helped to make discoveries that enable millions of people to be treated for type 2 diabetes […]
Science Award - May 4, 2023
Åslaug Helland receives prestigious cancer award
Professor Åslaug Helland is the recipient of the King Olav Vs Cancer Research Award 2023. “This is a great honor, and I am very happy about this recognition of the research environment involved. I have been very fortunate working with lots of very talented people over the years!” Helland commented to Oslo Cancer Cluster. The […]
Science Award - May 3, 2023
The first Obesity Prize for Excellence
In January 2023, the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) announced that they were establishing a new prize for an agenda-setting researcher within obesity, the Obesity Prize for Excellence. Their first recipient has now been announced. It is Ruth Loos, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic […]
