PNAS Science Sessions

Modeling human cognition 10.06.2019 5:37 ↓

James "Jay" McClelland describes a parallel distributed processing approach to understanding human cognition.

Exchanging kidneys 10.06.2019 6:10 ↓

Alvin Roth discusses how principles of economics can benefit people who need kidney transplants.

Nicotine addiction and relapse 10.06.2019 5:48 ↓

Inés Ibañez-Tallon discusses how nicotine and neurons conspire to hamper efforts to quit smoking.

Where breast cancer meets brain size 10.06.2019 6:26 ↓

Inder Verma and colleagues describe how a breast cancer-associated gene might be implicated in brain size control in mammals.

Supernova chemistry 10.06.2019 5:33 ↓

Paul Dunk discusses the chemistry of carbon in space following a supernova.

The postdoctoral problem 10.06.2019 6:21 ↓

NAS member Gregory Petsko discusses efforts to assess the US postdoctoral workforce.

Understanding citrus greening 10.06.2019 5:57 ↓

Ariena van Bruggen and J. Glenn Morris, Jr. discuss their work on citrus greening, a disease that is threatening the global citrus industry.

Genetic screening for adults 10.06.2019 5:31 ↓

C. Thomas Caskey and Amy McGuire discuss whole-genome genetic screening for adult-onset diseases.

Synthesizing fuels and chemicals from CO2 10.06.2019 5:40 ↓

James Liao talks about engineering microorganisms to synthesize fuels and chemicals from CO2.

Speech perception and language acquisition in infants 10.06.2019 4:29 ↓

Janet Werker describes how exposure to speech and environmental factors can affect language acquisition by infants.

Menopause, mitochondria, and memory 10.06.2019 5:37 ↓

Neuroscientists John Morrison and Yuko Hara talk about the links between estrogen, mitochondria, and age-related cognitive decline.

A microbial map for wine 10.06.2019 5:35 ↓

David Mills discusses regional differences in microbes found in grape must.

Building better batteries 10.06.2019 4:34 ↓

Yi Cui discusses how nanometerials are improving the energy storage capacity of batteries.

History of alcohol in human diet 10.06.2019 5:06 ↓

Steven Benner discusses the interaction between early humans and alcohol.

Tracing development in color 10.06.2019 5:44 ↓

Scott Fraser discusses tools to glean a multicolored view of embryonic development.

Changing the way we think about antibiotics 10.06.2019 4:31 ↓

Deborah Hung talks about identifying new approaches for treating and diagnosing infectious diseases.

How humans may have evolved intelligence 10.06.2019 5:59 ↓

Steven Pinker explains the idea of a cognitive niche, which may have facilitated the evolution of human intelligence.

Incentivizing positive behaviors 10.06.2019 5:27 ↓

David Laibson describes how behavioral economics can help incentivize positive behaviors.

Making commercial tomatoes taste better 10.06.2019 5:03 ↓

Harry Klee explains how he is trying to make commercial tomatoes more flavorful.

Health risks from eating Fukushima-contaminated seafood 10.06.2019 4:38 ↓

Nicholas Fisher discusses his recent study investigating the health risks associated with eating seafood contaminated with Fukushima-derived radioactivity.

Curbing dishonest form-filling 10.06.2019 5:34 ↓

Nina Mazar discusses her recent study showing that where people sign a form affects how honestly they complete it.

Mapping the mouse connectome 10.06.2019 5:58 ↓

Jeff Lichtman explains the promise and challenges tied to building a mouse connectome.

The diets of ancient hominins 10.06.2019 5:16 ↓

Matt Sponheimer discusses what our ancient evolutionary ancestors may have eaten.

Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Michael Dewar,Visakan Kadirkamanathan, and Guido Sanguinetti 10.06.2019 5:17 ↓

Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Michael Dewar,Visakan Kadirkamanathan, and Guido Sanguinetti describe their statistical model of conflict dynamics and how they tested it using the WikiLeaks Afghan War Diary.

Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Janet Braam and E. Wassim Chehab 10.06.2019 5:12 ↓

Janet Braam and E. Wassim Chehab discuss how plants anticipate and defend against insect attacks.