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Arctic climate models playing key role in polar bear decision
11 Mar 2008
MADISON - The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is currently considering a...
11 Mar 2008
MADISON - The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is currently considering a...
World's top scholars come to Rice to discuss Judas
10 Mar 2008
For the first time, community of experts examine the Judas Codex This week Rice University will host 30 world-renowned international religious studies experts as they examine the newly found Tchacos Codex that contains the Gospel of Judas, the...
10 Mar 2008
For the first time, community of experts examine the Judas Codex This week Rice University will host 30 world-renowned international religious studies experts as they examine the newly found Tchacos Codex that contains the Gospel of Judas, the...
Leading researchers honored for progress in cancer prevention, detection and treatment
11 Mar 2008
AACR presents research achievement awards at 2008 annual meeting PHILADELPHIA – World-class cancer researchers whose science has significantly contributed to progress in the fight against cancer will be recognized April 12-16, 2008, by...
11 Mar 2008
AACR presents research achievement awards at 2008 annual meeting PHILADELPHIA – World-class cancer researchers whose science has significantly contributed to progress in the fight against cancer will be recognized April 12-16, 2008, by...
Largest physics meeting of 2008 in New Orleans
10 Mar 2008
Over 7000 physicists to gather for the American Physical Society annual meeting, March 10-14 The March Meeting of American Physical Society will take place March 10-14, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 7,000 scientists are expected to...
10 Mar 2008
Over 7000 physicists to gather for the American Physical Society annual meeting, March 10-14 The March Meeting of American Physical Society will take place March 10-14, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 7,000 scientists are expected to...
Study helps explain fundamental process of tumor growth
12 Mar 2008
Unique metabolic process first identified eight decades ago is found to be key BOSTON – Nearly 80 years ago, scientist Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells perform energy metabolism in a way that is different from normal adult cells....
12 Mar 2008
Unique metabolic process first identified eight decades ago is found to be key BOSTON – Nearly 80 years ago, scientist Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells perform energy metabolism in a way that is different from normal adult cells....
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- March 5, 2008
10 Mar 2008
ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sniffing out uses for the “electronic nose” Chemical Reviews Despite 25 years of research, development of an “electronic nose” even approaching the capabilities of the human sniffer...
10 Mar 2008
ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sniffing out uses for the “electronic nose” Chemical Reviews Despite 25 years of research, development of an “electronic nose” even approaching the capabilities of the human sniffer...
Jules Verne demonstrates flawless Collision Avoidance Maneuver
14 Mar 2008
Mission controllers received confirmation shortly after 10:45 CET (09:45 UT) this morning that Jules Verne ATV had successfully demonstrated the critical Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre. The crucial test began at 08:57 CET (07:57 UT), and...
14 Mar 2008
Mission controllers received confirmation shortly after 10:45 CET (09:45 UT) this morning that Jules Verne ATV had successfully demonstrated the critical Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre. The crucial test began at 08:57 CET (07:57 UT), and...
National Museum of Health and Medicine hosts Brain Awareness Week 2008
10 Mar 2008
Medical Museum partners with Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives for 9th year March 4, 2008, Washington, D.C. – The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (NMHM) will host its ninth annual Brain...
10 Mar 2008
Medical Museum partners with Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives for 9th year March 4, 2008, Washington, D.C. – The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (NMHM) will host its ninth annual Brain...
Space shuttle carrying ND experiments to space station
14 Mar 2008
When the space shuttle Endeavour launched today it carried with it a set of experiments designed and constructed in the laboratory of Dennis Jacobs, a University of Notre Dame professor of chemistry and biochemistry who also serves as a vice...
14 Mar 2008
When the space shuttle Endeavour launched today it carried with it a set of experiments designed and constructed in the laboratory of Dennis Jacobs, a University of Notre Dame professor of chemistry and biochemistry who also serves as a vice...
Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties
13 Mar 2008
(New Orleans, La.) –– In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental...
13 Mar 2008
(New Orleans, La.) –– In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental...
News from the March 2008 American Physical Society Meeting
13 Mar 2008
The following scientific talks are among those that will be presented by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory at the American Physical Society meeting, March 10-14, 2008, at the Morial Convention...
13 Mar 2008
The following scientific talks are among those that will be presented by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory at the American Physical Society meeting, March 10-14, 2008, at the Morial Convention...
European ice core project EPICA receives the European Union Descartes Prize
12 Mar 2008
Award for collaborative, transnational research The research project EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) is one of this year’s winners of the Descartes Prize for Research awarded by the European Union on the 12th of...
12 Mar 2008
Award for collaborative, transnational research The research project EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) is one of this year’s winners of the Descartes Prize for Research awarded by the European Union on the 12th of...
New twist on life's power source
11 Mar 2008
Stanford, CA — A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Photosynthesis by plants, algae, and some bacteria supports...
11 Mar 2008
Stanford, CA — A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Photosynthesis by plants, algae, and some bacteria supports...
MIRARCO, Canadian Light Source agreement lights way to greener mining
13 Mar 2008
VANCOUVER – Shining synchrotron light on environmental questions facing the mining industry is the goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today at the GLOBE 2008 conference between the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and MIRARCO...
13 Mar 2008
VANCOUVER – Shining synchrotron light on environmental questions facing the mining industry is the goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today at the GLOBE 2008 conference between the Canadian Light Source (CLS) and MIRARCO...
Paradoxical Alzheimer's finding may shed new light on memory loss
12 Mar 2008
March 8, 2008 – Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don’t, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly “cleaning house” – culling...
12 Mar 2008
March 8, 2008 – Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don’t, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly “cleaning house” – culling...
Whale music captivates NJIT Professor David Rothenberg for new book, CD
12 Mar 2008
Whale sounds from thump to song have long struck a chord with NJIT humanities professor, writer and musician David Rothenberg. The rhythms so captivated the intrepid clarinetist that he spent much of last year playing interspecies duets with...
12 Mar 2008
Whale sounds from thump to song have long struck a chord with NJIT humanities professor, writer and musician David Rothenberg. The rhythms so captivated the intrepid clarinetist that he spent much of last year playing interspecies duets with...
New alliance announced today
10 Mar 2008
A new partnership is announced today A new partnership is announced today between one of the world’s newest universities and Imperial College London. Imperial and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have signed a...
10 Mar 2008
A new partnership is announced today A new partnership is announced today between one of the world’s newest universities and Imperial College London. Imperial and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have signed a...
Killer fungus spells disaster for wheat
12 Mar 2008
A WHEAT disease that could destroy most of the world’s main wheat crops could strike south Asia’s vast wheat fields two years earlier than research had suggested, leaving millions to starve. The fungus, called Ug99, has spread from...
12 Mar 2008
A WHEAT disease that could destroy most of the world’s main wheat crops could strike south Asia’s vast wheat fields two years earlier than research had suggested, leaving millions to starve. The fungus, called Ug99, has spread from...
New nanotechnology television series does 'sweat the small stuff'
10 Mar 2008
Washington, D.C., premiere event features US Senator Ron Wyden The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) and National Science Foundation (NSF) will host the Washington, DC, premiere event for the television series “Nanotechnology:...
10 Mar 2008
Washington, D.C., premiere event features US Senator Ron Wyden The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) and National Science Foundation (NSF) will host the Washington, DC, premiere event for the television series “Nanotechnology:...
Professor Toh-Ming Lu named fellow of the Materials Research Society
13 Mar 2008
Troy, NY- Toh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the...
13 Mar 2008
Troy, NY- Toh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the...
Promote green buildings for biggest, easiest cuts in North American CO2 emissions: CEC report
13 Mar 2008
Buildings responsible for over one-third of continent's CO2 emissions; Report prescribes policies to slash buildings' energy use Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse...
13 Mar 2008
Buildings responsible for over one-third of continent's CO2 emissions; Report prescribes policies to slash buildings' energy use Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse...
FSU classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of the Mycenaeans
11 Mar 2008
Daniel Pullen, chairman of the Department of Classics at Florida State University and co-director of the Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Along...
11 Mar 2008
Daniel Pullen, chairman of the Department of Classics at Florida State University and co-director of the Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Along...
KAUST announces academic excellence alliance partnership with Imperial College London
10 Mar 2008
London (March 10, 2008) — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Imperial College London today announced their partnership in KAUST’s Academic Excellence Alliance (AEA), designed to establish joint research,...
10 Mar 2008
London (March 10, 2008) — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Imperial College London today announced their partnership in KAUST’s Academic Excellence Alliance (AEA), designed to establish joint research,...
York investigates evolving 'swarm' robots
12 Mar 2008
A groundbreaking project at the University of York is to investigate how swarms of miniature robots can work and evolve together. The aim of the ‘Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms’ project, or ‘Symbrion’, is to...
12 Mar 2008
A groundbreaking project at the University of York is to investigate how swarms of miniature robots can work and evolve together. The aim of the ‘Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms’ project, or ‘Symbrion’, is to...
Student Pugwash USA launches science policy election guide for young voters
10 Mar 2008
Young voters can explore the importance of science and technology policy in the 2008 elections through Student Pugwash's elections guide. Click here for more information. Washington, DC (March 5, 2008): Addressing...
10 Mar 2008
Young voters can explore the importance of science and technology policy in the 2008 elections through Student Pugwash's elections guide. Click here for more information. Washington, DC (March 5, 2008): Addressing...
Mathematicians find new solutions to an ancient puzzle
14 Mar 2008
Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, mathematician Daniel J. Madden and retired physicist, Lee W. Jacobi, found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. Jacobi and Madden have...
14 Mar 2008
Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, mathematician Daniel J. Madden and retired physicist, Lee W. Jacobi, found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. Jacobi and Madden have...
$2.1 million NIH grant advances U-Iowa child health research
12 Mar 2008
The University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue a mentorship...
12 Mar 2008
The University of Iowa Department of Pediatrics has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue a mentorship...
US stands to lose a generation of young researchers
11 Mar 2008
Leading academic research institutions seek increased NIH funding (Washington, D.C.) – Five consecutive years of flat funding the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is deterring promising young researchers and threatening...
11 Mar 2008
Leading academic research institutions seek increased NIH funding (Washington, D.C.) – Five consecutive years of flat funding the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is deterring promising young researchers and threatening...
Carbon nanotubes outperform copper nanowires as interconnects
13 Mar 2008
Scientists create robust quantum models to compare key characteristics of copper and CNTs Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step...
13 Mar 2008
Scientists create robust quantum models to compare key characteristics of copper and CNTs Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step...
Earth from Space: Splitting iceberg
14 Mar 2008
Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the... Click here for more...
14 Mar 2008
Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the... Click here for more...
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