Microsoft Research today announced that it will award $1-million to help pay for projects from 10 universities.
Lisa Hildebrandt, spokeswoman for Microsoft Research, says they received over 200 applications for the A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award, selecting “those that focused on high-risk research that has the potential for large benefits.”
Projects included interdisciplinary research in geology, chemistry, parallell computing and synthetic biology.
A list of the winning projects is available here.—Hurley Goodall



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