"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) - the world's largest funder of biomedical research - is no longer allocating many of its grants by asking researchers to submit proposals that address specific scientific problems. Instead, the agency is focusing on 'unsolicited' research proposals driven by the interests of individual scientists."
"The US$1 million A. M. Turing Award - one of the most prestigious prizes in computer science - has been awarded to computer scientist Gilles Brassard and physicist Charles Bennett "for their essential role in establishing the foundations of quantum information science and transforming secure communication and computing". The win marks the first time that the Turing Award has recognized work related to quantum physics."
"The oldest known recording of a whale has been re-discovered on a disc labelled 'Fish Sounds' in the archives of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) was recorded near Bermuda in 1949. But the researchers who did so probably didn't know what they'd got, because it predates biologist Roger Payne's influential Songs of the Humpback Whale album."
The US National Institutes of Health, the world's largest biomedical research funder, is changing its grant allocation approach. Rather than requesting proposals addressing specific scientific problems, the agency now prioritizes unsolicited research proposals driven by individual scientists' interests. This shift aims to foster innovation through researcher-led inquiry. Additionally, the A.M. Turing Award, one of computer science's most prestigious honors, was awarded to Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett for establishing quantum information science foundations and transforming secure communication and computing. The award marks the first Turing recognition of quantum physics work. Separately, researchers discovered the oldest known whale song recording from 1949, predating the famous 1960s humpback whale album.
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