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Leon Levy Center for Biography Resident Fellowships, USA

The Leon Levy Center for Biography offers four resident fellowships at the Graduate Center for the academic year beginning each September. Awards include writing space, full access to research facilities, research assistance and a stipend of $72,000. The application period begins on October 15, 2018 and closes on January 7, …

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Egyptian pigment to cool buildings

A blue pigment used by the Egyptians thousands of years ago will find applications in cooling facades and roofs of buildings. Egyptian blue, derived from copper and calcium silicate, was commonly used on ancient representations of gods and royalty in ancient Egypt. A team of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley …

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