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It may be the oldest question in medicine, and it remains one of the most important. But with chronic pain afflicting billions of people worldwide, and few effective treatments besides highly addictive opioids, researchers are still searching for better answers."},{"id":2285,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/9-young-scientists-are-innovating-to-transform-our-world-for-a-better-future\/","name":"9-young-scientists-are-innovating-to-transform-our-world-for-a-better-future","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"9 Young Scientists Are Innovating to Transform Our World for a Better Future","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"August 10, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-08-10 18:05:16","modifiedDate":"2024-07-02 15:40:34","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-07-02 15:40:34","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/feature\/award-winner\/' rel='feature'>Award Winner<\/a>","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/awards\/' rel='program-category'>Awards<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/blavatnik\/' rel='program-category'>Blavatnik<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/health-disease\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Health & Disease<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/science-in-society\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Science in Society<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/sustainable-planet\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Sustainable Planet<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/technology-innovation\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Technology & Innovation<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":25,"sec":32},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom are the largest unrestricted prize available to early career scientists in the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry in the UK. The three 2021 Laureates each received \u00a3100,000, and two Finalists in each category received \u00a330,000 per person. The honorees are recognized for their research, which pushes the boundaries of our current technology and understanding of the world. In this event, held at the historic Banqueting House in London, the UK Laureates and Finalists had a chance to explain their work and its ramifications to the public."},{"id":2287,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/the-science-of-tomorrow-blavatnik-awards-for-young-scientists-in-israel\/","name":"the-science-of-tomorrow-blavatnik-awards-for-young-scientists-in-israel","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"The Science of Tomorrow: Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"December 03, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-12-03 20:50:42","modifiedDate":"2024-03-05 13:51:24","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-03-05 13:51:24","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/awards\/' rel='program-category'>Awards<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/blavatnik\/' rel='program-category'>Blavatnik<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/health-disease\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Health & Disease<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/science-in-society\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Science in Society<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/sustainable-planet\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Sustainable Planet<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/technology-innovation\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Technology & Innovation<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":30},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The\u00a0Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists\u00a0in Israel is one of the largest prizes ever created for early-career researchers in Israel. Given annually to three outstanding, early-career faculty from Israeli universities in three categories\u2014Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry\u2014the awards recognize extraordinary scientific achievements and promote excellence, originality, and innovation."},{"id":2334,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/new-developments-in-human-healthspan-and-longevity\/","name":"new-developments-in-human-healthspan-and-longevity","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"New Developments in Human Healthspan and Longevity","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"August 05, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-08-05 14:21:59","modifiedDate":"2024-03-05 13:52:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-03-05 13:52:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/feature\/partner-funder\/' rel='feature'>Partner\/Funder<\/a>","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/events\/' rel='program-category'>Events<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/health-disease\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Health & Disease<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":20,"sec":3},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Although advances made in health and safety have more than doubled life expectancy throughout much of the world since 1900, it hasn\u2019t been without consequence. Disease, disability, and frailty have all impacted the quality of life associated with these later years. This unfortunate reality was recently illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely affected this population, likely due to physiological changes and preexisting conditions. Fortunately, a primary goal of geroscience researchers is to attenuate age-related health issues so that older people not only enjoy an improved quality of life, but also maintain the resilience to survive severe diseases and infections."},{"id":16748,"link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/shaping-science\/events\/ebriefing\/stem-supreme-elizabeth-blackburn\/","name":"stem-supreme-elizabeth-blackburn","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"STEM Supreme: Elizabeth Blackburn","author":{"name":"Brandon Miller","link":"https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/author\/brandonmiller\/"},"date":"June 29, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-06-29 09:42:45","modifiedDate":"2024-08-21 19:36:34","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-08-21 19:36:34","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"Uncategorized","space":"Uncategorized"},"taxonomies":{"blog-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/blog-category\/research-summaries\/' rel='blog-category'>Research Summaries<\/a>","feature":"","program-category":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/program-category\/events\/' rel='program-category'>Events<\/a>","scientific-theme":"<a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/covid\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Covid<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/health-disease\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Health & Disease<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.nyas.org\/scientific-theme\/science-in-society\/' rel='scientific-theme'>Science in Society<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":19},"status":"publish","excerpt":"We\u2019re going to the Moon\u2014again! 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