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New funding opportunity from the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue ambitious, high-risk projects advancing aquatic symbiosis (marine + freshwater). Open globally. Details + how to apply: moore.org/SymbiosisRFP
#RFP #AquaticSymbiosis
Congratulations to Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative Investigators Eva Andrei and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, who are sharing the 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience with Allan MacDonald for foundational work that established the field of Twistronics.
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Coral reefs depend on a symbiotic partnership between corals and microscopic algae. New research shows heat stress can disrupt oxygen regulation at the coral surface, increasing the risk of bleaching and mortality. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New funding opportunity from the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue ambitious, high-risk projects advancing aquatic symbiosis (marine + freshwater).
Details + how to apply: moore.org/SymbiosisRFP
A material long thought to be magnetic—iron telluride—can conduct electricity with no resistance when disorder is removed. Researchers supported by the Moore Foundation show how this hidden state can also be tuned.
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SCIENCE FUNDING: We're inviting researchers who create and engineer new quantum and hybrid materials to apply for fully unconstrained, 6-year research grants supporting ambitious, high-risk work at the frontiers of quantum materials science. ➡️ www.moore.org/initiative-a... #ScienceGrants
#RequestForProposals We’re inviting teams of two researchers to pursue projects advancing #AquaticSymbiosis (marine + freshwater). Areas of interest include how aquatic environments influence symbiosis, evolutionary ecology & new methods/tech. Details + how to apply: moore.org/SymbiosisRFP
“One of the biggest obstacles in quantum computing is finding a material environment that is quiet enough for qubits to survive,” says Experimental Physics Investigator Wei Guo. New research suggests frozen neon may help.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Moore Inventor Fellow Maiken Mikkelsen (Duke University) has helped develop an ultrathin photodetector that traps light with nanoscale silver structures and operates far faster than typical thermal detectors.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🚨🚨🚨 Six universities will receive $250K each through the Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement (MA3) Challenge to pilot bold reforms in faculty hiring, evaluation, promotion, and tenure systems.
Today @orca-open.bsky.social is excited to announce the inaugural MA3 awardees. [1/5]
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.…
New research has now revealed that iron telluride, a compound composed of the chemical elements iron and tellurium and long thought to be an ordinary magnetic metal, is in fact a superconductor.
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces a new request for proposals aimed at advancing understanding of symbiosis in marine and freshwater environments.…
Solid neon can serve as a host for electron qubits that is resilient against charge and thermal noise, and exhibits a charge noise that is comparable to that of common semiconductor systems, as shown ...
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Ciliary flows buffer coral O2 supply under heat stress until a tipping point, above which hypoxia and tissue failure are induced.
Ultrafast response speeds from a pyroelectric photodetector are achieved by coupling a plasmonic nanogap cavity metasurface to an aluminum-nitride pyroelectric layer. The metasurface converts light i...
