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Universities Highlight Benefits of Stimulus Research Funding
On Anniversary of Recovery Act, ScienceWorksForUS Provides Nearly 100 Examples of Groundbreaking Science and Infrastructure Investments

TSC, AAU and APLU Launch ScienceWorksforUS Website:  Click here to read about the new initiative that highlights the role of ARRA-funded research in America's recovery and revitalization.

40th Anniversary of the First Manned Moon Landing: Click here to read what scientists and researchers from across country are saying: “what is today’s equivalent to the moon walk?”

Click here to view the US News & World Report op-ed by Presidents France A. Córdova of Purdue University and Shirley Ann Jackson of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute entitled "40 Years After Moon Landing, Time to Launch the Next 'Giant Leap for Mankind'"

Click here to read TSC's press release lauding President Obama's committment to boost R&D funding.

CAPITOL HILL UPDATE


(R) Dr. Persis Drell, Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Dr. Philip Pizzo, Dean, Stanford School of Medicine and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA)

TSC honors Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) for leadership on basic reasearch.

 

March 11, 2010

UNIVERSITY SCIENCE TODAY

Outsmarting bacteria: Researchers develop faster method to generate new antibiotics

Outsmarting bacteria: Researchers develop faster method to generate new antibiotics

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Researchers at the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute have developed a new method to rapidly generate and test novel antibiotic-drug candidates. The technique could provide scientists with a new tool in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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