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TCT 2008 will convene the world's experts on interventional cardiology in Washington, D.C.
27 Jun 2008
Latest data on emerging devices, biotechnology and pharmacology will be presented WHAT: TCT 2008 - Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – the global annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation will release...
27 Jun 2008
Latest data on emerging devices, biotechnology and pharmacology will be presented WHAT: TCT 2008 - Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – the global annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation will release...
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
27 Jun 2008
Research identifies the reason humor is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive development of infants A new publication answers centuries' old...
27 Jun 2008
Research identifies the reason humor is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive development of infants A new publication answers centuries' old...
NASA Goddard mission approved to probe matter in extreme environments
27 Jun 2008
Artist's rendition of of NeXT with galaxies in the background -- one of the things it will study! Click here for more information. An instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe has been given the...
27 Jun 2008
Artist's rendition of of NeXT with galaxies in the background -- one of the things it will study! Click here for more information. An instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe has been given the...
Leading market researchers honored as inaugural INFORMS Marketing Society Fellows
27 Jun 2008
Leading market researchers in the U.S. and Canada have been honored by the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS), which today announced the inaugural 10 recipients of its new Fellow Award. The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science...
27 Jun 2008
Leading market researchers in the U.S. and Canada have been honored by the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS), which today announced the inaugural 10 recipients of its new Fellow Award. The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science...
Brown researchers create mercury-absorbent container linings for broken CFLs
27 Jun 2008
Brown University engineering students Love Sarin (left) and Brian Lee display a nanoselenium-enriched cloth that can capture mercury vapor from broken compact fluorescent lamps. Brown has applied for federal patents... Click...
27 Jun 2008
Brown University engineering students Love Sarin (left) and Brian Lee display a nanoselenium-enriched cloth that can capture mercury vapor from broken compact fluorescent lamps. Brown has applied for federal patents... Click...
Using a grating with a grade, engineers trap a rainbow
27 Jun 2008
Lehigh University researchers work at nanoscale to facilitate the integration of optical structures with electrical devices Engineers working in optical communications bear more than a passing resemblance to dreamers chasing rainbows. They may...
27 Jun 2008
Lehigh University researchers work at nanoscale to facilitate the integration of optical structures with electrical devices Engineers working in optical communications bear more than a passing resemblance to dreamers chasing rainbows. They may...
2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting
27 Jun 2008
102d annual event to convene June 29 in Providence ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN – The 102nd Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers will convene June 29 - July 2, at the Rhode Island...
27 Jun 2008
102d annual event to convene June 29 in Providence ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN – The 102nd Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers will convene June 29 - July 2, at the Rhode Island...
USU researchers awarded $5.6 million NIH grant to fight deadly viruses
27 Jun 2008
New grant focuses on Nipah, Hendra viruses Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop...
27 Jun 2008
New grant focuses on Nipah, Hendra viruses Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop...
Ancient oak trees help reduce global warming
27 Jun 2008
MU researchers find submerged trees have potential to be used as carbon credits COLUMBIA, Mo. —The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have...
27 Jun 2008
MU researchers find submerged trees have potential to be used as carbon credits COLUMBIA, Mo. —The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have...
Unravelling the 'inconvenient truth' of glacier movement
27 Jun 2008
Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around their edges. This in turn requires greater understanding of...
27 Jun 2008
Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around their edges. This in turn requires greater understanding of...
ACP expresses deep frustration and dismay over failed legislative process
27 Jun 2008
ACP already mounting aggressive campaign to reverse cuts Washington – "Deep frustration and dismay over a failed legislative process that will result in a 10.6 percent Medicare physician payment cut going into effect on July 1," was the...
27 Jun 2008
ACP already mounting aggressive campaign to reverse cuts Washington – "Deep frustration and dismay over a failed legislative process that will result in a 10.6 percent Medicare physician payment cut going into effect on July 1," was the...
SOHO discovers its 1,500th comet
27 Jun 2008
The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together. Not bad for a spacecraft that was designed as a solar physics mission. SOHO's...
27 Jun 2008
The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together. Not bad for a spacecraft that was designed as a solar physics mission. SOHO's...
Cluster listens to the sounds of Earth
27 Jun 2008
The first thing an alien race is likely to hear from Earth is chirps and whistles, a bit like R2-D2, the robot from Star Wars. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA's Cluster mission is showing scientists how to...
27 Jun 2008
The first thing an alien race is likely to hear from Earth is chirps and whistles, a bit like R2-D2, the robot from Star Wars. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA's Cluster mission is showing scientists how to...
ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire
27 Jun 2008
Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's aftermath to get an overview of the damaged...
27 Jun 2008
Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's aftermath to get an overview of the damaged...
McGill researchers overcome chemotherapy resistance in the lab
27 Jun 2008
Re-purposed Malaysian folk medication reduces resistance to cancer treatments This release is available in French. Researchers from McGill University's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a compound that reduces resistance to chemotherapy...
27 Jun 2008
Re-purposed Malaysian folk medication reduces resistance to cancer treatments This release is available in French. Researchers from McGill University's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a compound that reduces resistance to chemotherapy...
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