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The International Meeting for Autism Research May 15-17, 2008
14 May 2008
Scientists to report the latest findings on the causes and treatments of autism LONDON –The 7TH Annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) brings experts together from around the world to the Novotel London West Hotel and...
14 May 2008
Scientists to report the latest findings on the causes and treatments of autism LONDON –The 7TH Annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) brings experts together from around the world to the Novotel London West Hotel and...
British dignitaries to honor Sen. Domenici's dedication to scientific collaboration
16 May 2008
SOCORRO – On May 30, in Socorro, New Mexico, senior representatives of the British Government will attend a commemoration ceremony for retiring U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici. Her Majesty’s Consul, Kevin Lynch and Science Consul,...
16 May 2008
SOCORRO – On May 30, in Socorro, New Mexico, senior representatives of the British Government will attend a commemoration ceremony for retiring U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici. Her Majesty’s Consul, Kevin Lynch and Science Consul,...
Marian Koshland Science Museum forms partnership with Science Center Singapore
15 May 2008
WASHINGTON – In a new collaboration, the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences is licensing several components of its global warming and infectious diseases exhibits to the Science Centre Singapore. The...
15 May 2008
WASHINGTON – In a new collaboration, the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences is licensing several components of its global warming and infectious diseases exhibits to the Science Centre Singapore. The...
200 leading experts to attend NJIT's Fifth Annual Math Conference set for May 19-21, 2008, in Newark
16 May 2008
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host May 19-21, 2008, more than 200 leading experts for the fifth annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics Conference, an unusual three-day event featuring leading researchers who...
16 May 2008
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host May 19-21, 2008, more than 200 leading experts for the fifth annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics Conference, an unusual three-day event featuring leading researchers who...
200 leading experts to attend NJIT's Fifth Annual Math Conference set for May 19-21, 2008 in Newark
16 May 2008
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host May 19-21, 2008, more than 200 leading experts for the fifth annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics Conference, an unusual three-day event featuring leading researchers who...
16 May 2008
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host May 19-21, 2008, more than 200 leading experts for the fifth annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics Conference, an unusual three-day event featuring leading researchers who...
AGU Journal Highlights -- May 14, 2008
14 May 2008
1. Did global sea level rise start centuries ago? Global sea level rise, an important consequence of climate change, will likely affect the lifestyles of people living in coastal communities. Yet controversy and uncertainty cloud discussion...
14 May 2008
1. Did global sea level rise start centuries ago? Global sea level rise, an important consequence of climate change, will likely affect the lifestyles of people living in coastal communities. Yet controversy and uncertainty cloud discussion...
Video games and violence
14 May 2008
Could violent video games reduce rather than increase violence? Does playing violent video games make players aggressive? It is a question that has taxed researchers, sociologists, and regulators ever since the first console was plugged into a...
14 May 2008
Could violent video games reduce rather than increase violence? Does playing violent video games make players aggressive? It is a question that has taxed researchers, sociologists, and regulators ever since the first console was plugged into a...
University of Miami's CSTARS to host valuable hurricane, typhoon satellite image library
15 May 2008
Joint effort between UM, Canadian Space Agency, NOAA and NASA to provide free images to scientific community MIAMI, Fla. -- The University of Miami’s Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS), a major program of...
15 May 2008
Joint effort between UM, Canadian Space Agency, NOAA and NASA to provide free images to scientific community MIAMI, Fla. -- The University of Miami’s Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS), a major program of...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 7, 2008
12 May 2008
Scientists report new findings on diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that causes vision loss and blindness. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Identifying abnormal...
12 May 2008
Scientists report new findings on diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that causes vision loss and blindness. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Identifying abnormal...
Affordable vaccines, screening vital to stop rise of cervical cancer deaths in Lat Am
12 May 2008
With cervical cancer killing 33,000 annually in the region, experts in Mexico City consider promise, costs of detection, treatment and introduction of new vaccines against deadly virus MEXICO CITY—(12 May 2008) Thirty-three thousand women...
12 May 2008
With cervical cancer killing 33,000 annually in the region, experts in Mexico City consider promise, costs of detection, treatment and introduction of new vaccines against deadly virus MEXICO CITY—(12 May 2008) Thirty-three thousand women...
May 22-23 workshop on impacts of severe space weather events
14 May 2008
The nation’s current and future ability to cope with severe space weather events and their possible societal and economic impacts is the focus of a free public workshop organized by the National Research Council’s Space Studies...
14 May 2008
The nation’s current and future ability to cope with severe space weather events and their possible societal and economic impacts is the focus of a free public workshop organized by the National Research Council’s Space Studies...
Explorers marvel at 'Brittlestar City' on seamount in powerful current swirling around Antarctica
18 May 2008
Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current; cod shelter from 'rattling' current in folds of huge bubblegum coral Map showing the location of Macquarie Ridge Click here for more...
18 May 2008
Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current; cod shelter from 'rattling' current in folds of huge bubblegum coral Map showing the location of Macquarie Ridge Click here for more...
UN think tank urges legislators to support 'open source' information technologies, software
16 May 2008
Participation in, not just access to, the 'information society' essential to developing countries, competition United Nations University-MERIT experts yesterday in Geneva urged parliamentarians to support open source software and information...
16 May 2008
Participation in, not just access to, the 'information society' essential to developing countries, competition United Nations University-MERIT experts yesterday in Geneva urged parliamentarians to support open source software and information...
American Chemical Society’s Weekly PressPac -- May 7, 2008
12 May 2008
Scientists report new findings on diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that causes vision loss and blindness. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Identifying abnormal...
12 May 2008
Scientists report new findings on diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that causes vision loss and blindness. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Identifying abnormal...
Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
13 May 2008
RIT professor Bill Middleton uses novel approach to study Zapotec culture Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and...
13 May 2008
RIT professor Bill Middleton uses novel approach to study Zapotec culture Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and...
Euro Science Open Forum 2008 online media registration deadline ends June 30
13 May 2008
To those of you who planning to come to ESOF 2008 we would strongly encourage you to register online ASAP for ESOF 2008. We say this for three reasons: 1. Registering online is simple and quick and will save you time when you arrive at the...
13 May 2008
To those of you who planning to come to ESOF 2008 we would strongly encourage you to register online ASAP for ESOF 2008. We say this for three reasons: 1. Registering online is simple and quick and will save you time when you arrive at the...
Carnegie Mellon scientists unveil new tool to understand evolution of multi-domain genes
15 May 2008
Results upend current analyses, herald new way to understand, exploit key proteins in cancer PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyze gene evolution. Standard methods fail...
15 May 2008
Results upend current analyses, herald new way to understand, exploit key proteins in cancer PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyze gene evolution. Standard methods fail...
IEEE Fellow first woman to receive highest award in engineering profession
16 May 2008
Among 7 honored with national engineering awards WASHINGTON (16 May 2008) -- Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, recently received the John Fritz Medal from the American...
16 May 2008
Among 7 honored with national engineering awards WASHINGTON (16 May 2008) -- Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, recently received the John Fritz Medal from the American...
Study: Doribax shows shorter hospital stays in ventilator-associated pneumonia patients
15 May 2008
Raritan, NJ – May 15, 2008 – The investigational use of doripenem for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was associated with shorter patient length of stay and reduced hospital resource utilization, according to...
15 May 2008
Raritan, NJ – May 15, 2008 – The investigational use of doripenem for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was associated with shorter patient length of stay and reduced hospital resource utilization, according to...
Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science
13 May 2008
A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens,...
13 May 2008
A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens,...
Daljit Ahluwalia, acclaimed math chair at NJIT, to be honored
16 May 2008
Daljit Ahluwalia, the visionary, vibrant and longtime chair of NJIT’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, will be honored at 6:30 p.m. on May 19, 2008 for his pivotal role in dramatically raising the department’s status on campus...
16 May 2008
Daljit Ahluwalia, the visionary, vibrant and longtime chair of NJIT’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, will be honored at 6:30 p.m. on May 19, 2008 for his pivotal role in dramatically raising the department’s status on campus...
Argonne-SRNL agreement supports critical DOE, national priorities
15 May 2008
Joint research efforts to focus on nuclear energy, environmental management Argonne, Ill. (May 15, 2008) – Argonne National Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to...
15 May 2008
Joint research efforts to focus on nuclear energy, environmental management Argonne, Ill. (May 15, 2008) – Argonne National Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to...
Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini win Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
13 May 2008
New York, N.Y. – May 13, 2008 – Johnson & Johnson today announced that Professor Marc Feldmann, FMedSci, FAA, FRS and Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder N. Maini, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology,...
13 May 2008
New York, N.Y. – May 13, 2008 – Johnson & Johnson today announced that Professor Marc Feldmann, FMedSci, FAA, FRS and Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder N. Maini, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology,...
Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules
13 May 2008
Technique could revolutionize human protein imaging ARGONNE, Ill. (May 13, 2008) – Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the...
13 May 2008
Technique could revolutionize human protein imaging ARGONNE, Ill. (May 13, 2008) – Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the...
Breaking news: Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter
16 May 2008
Experts find no scientific basis for Olympic ban A world-renowned team of experts in biomechanics and physiology from six universities, led by Professor Hugh Herr of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, refute scientific...
16 May 2008
Experts find no scientific basis for Olympic ban A world-renowned team of experts in biomechanics and physiology from six universities, led by Professor Hugh Herr of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, refute scientific...
Ancient deep-sea coral reefs off southeastern US serve as underwater 'islands' in the Gulf stream
16 May 2008
NOAA-funded expeditions featured in new film, 'Beneath the Blue' Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern U.S. are not only larger than expected but also home to...
16 May 2008
NOAA-funded expeditions featured in new film, 'Beneath the Blue' Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern U.S. are not only larger than expected but also home to...
MIT creates new material for fuel cells
15 May 2008
Increases power output by more than 50 percent CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage...
15 May 2008
Increases power output by more than 50 percent CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage...
NC State researcher finds El Niño may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage
15 May 2008
A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – including...
15 May 2008
A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – including...
British dignitaries to honor Sen.Domenici's dedication to scientific collaboration
16 May 2008
SOCORRO – On May 30, in Socorro, New Mexico, senior representatives of the British Government will attend a commemoration ceremony for retiring U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici. Her Majesty’s Consul, Kevin Lynch and Science Consul,...
16 May 2008
SOCORRO – On May 30, in Socorro, New Mexico, senior representatives of the British Government will attend a commemoration ceremony for retiring U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici. Her Majesty’s Consul, Kevin Lynch and Science Consul,...
Deep sea methane scavengers captured
14 May 2008
Archaea in the picture in red, sulfate reducing Bacteria in green. Microscopic image of a AOM consortia after Fluorescent in situ hybridization. The samples are from deep sea sediments off the... Click here for more...
14 May 2008
Archaea in the picture in red, sulfate reducing Bacteria in green. Microscopic image of a AOM consortia after Fluorescent in situ hybridization. The samples are from deep sea sediments off the... Click here for more...
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