NIH tells grant reviewers how to ensure alignment with Trump
Signaling a move toward the next phase of change, leaders at the National Institutes of Health have sent new guidance to its staff on how to further move its $39 billion portfolio in alignment with the Trump administration’s priorities. The seven-page guidance, sent on Friday and titled “Reviewing Grants for Priority Alignment,” provides details to […]
How to stick a duck to a rock – YouTube
A new hydrogel is an effective adhesive even on wet surfaces, opening up the way for its use in surgery and underwater repair. Source link
How to get gene-editing medicines to families that need it
In May, news broke of a biomedical first: the on-demand design and clinical use of a personalized gene editor for a baby boy born with a rare, severe genetic condition. At the STAT Summit in October, the child’s treating physician from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the lead on developing the gene editor […]
Preparing your laptop or device for video conferencing | Brightspace Support
It’s a good idea to try Zoom before your actual meeting. You’ll want to make sure your device is ready, and that your microphone and camera are functioning. This guide will give you some helpful tips to prepare for your first Zoom meeting. Test your microphone and camera Check your connection Charge your device Try […]
Brussels deadlocked over how to handle Brexit Britain – POLITICO
“We made an agreement in May — that should be the foundation for our conversation,” said a second person, an EU diplomat, also granted anonymity to speak freely about the talks. “So we shouldn’t then in November come back and try to add to it the contributions to cohesion funds that we didn’t agree in […]
How do I copy content from one Brightspace course to another? | Brightspace Support
1) Login to Brightspace and access the course you need content copied to. 2) Click the Course Admin link in the navbar. 3) Under Site Resources, click Import/Export/Copy Components. 4) Select the Copy Components from another Org Unitoption, and then select search for offering. 5) Search and select the course offering […]
How to reimagine investing for an ageing world?
The problems of how we organise pensions worldwide are writ large across recent political and financial volatility. People are living longer, the ratio of workers to retirees has fallen sharply along with developed world birth rates, and immigration will no longer be a solution, either to the problem of generating economic growth or of paying […]
Causation or correlation? Here’s how researchers try to figure it out
It is human nature to want to know if some exposure — some medicine, treatment, policy intervention — causes some outcome. What are the root drivers of crime? Does homework improve educational performance? Does acetaminophen increase the risk of autism? How much alcohol is “too much,” in terms of cancer risk? Identifying causes helps us […]
Fixing the leak: How to end the £22 billion annual taxpayer losses at the Bank of England
The Bank of England increased its interest rates over recent years, aimed at reducing inflation. But this has also had an unintended effect on the Bank of England’s massive government bond buying – ‘quantitative easing’ – programme. After a period of making significant profits on this programme, the Bank of England is now making record […]
At AHRQ, cuts undermine federal research on how to improve health care
WASHINGTON — A small federal agency that studies how to improve the health care system has been rendered functionally “incapacitated” after much of its staff was laid off or retired, according to three people, including two former employees, who spoke with STAT. The loss of most of the workers at the Agency for Healthcare Research […]