However, Professor Grant said the molecular mechanism behind the effect was not known.

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Professor Seth Grant, an expert in the molecular mechanism of learning and memory at Edinburgh University, told BBC News Online that PKM was a particular version of an enzyme called protein kinase C (PKC) that had long been implicated in learning.

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Yoky Matsuoka, a MacArthur genius grant winner and professor at the University of Washington, serves as vice president of efficiency algorithms.

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At 31, Adam Grant is the youngest tenured professor at Wharton and a leader in the field of organizational psychology.

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Professor Garvey, who has secured a three year grant from German energy provider E.

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The trick is to replace graphite with tin for the anode, which is one of the two main components in a battery cell, said Grant Norton, who headed the research and is a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the university.

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Mann formerly was a professor at UVA, and while working there, he received a small grant from the state to support his work. (Never mind that the vast majority of his funding came from the federal government.) This was enough for Cucinelli to sue UVA, claiming that Prof.

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