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Nanotech: A regulatory blueprint for the next administration
23 Jul 2008
Former EPA official highlights shortcomings of current federal oversight Washington, DC — Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and...
23 Jul 2008
Former EPA official highlights shortcomings of current federal oversight Washington, DC — Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and...
August 2008 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
23 Jul 2008
Boulder, CO, USA – GEOLOGY topics include confirmation that East Java's "Lusi" mud volcano was most likely triggered by a blowout in the Banjar Panji-1 well; evidence of the oldest human presence yet discovered along Egypt's northern...
23 Jul 2008
Boulder, CO, USA – GEOLOGY topics include confirmation that East Java's "Lusi" mud volcano was most likely triggered by a blowout in the Banjar Panji-1 well; evidence of the oldest human presence yet discovered along Egypt's northern...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 16, 2008
21 Jul 2008
By creating an antifreeze protein found in the Canadian snow flea, scientists are reporting a development that could extend the storage life of donor organs. The figure shows representations of... Click here for more...
21 Jul 2008
By creating an antifreeze protein found in the Canadian snow flea, scientists are reporting a development that could extend the storage life of donor organs. The figure shows representations of... Click here for more...
Leading-edge data analytics, visualization set for world's fastest open science supercomputer
22 Jul 2008
ARGONNE, Ill. (July 22, 2008) – The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics and...
22 Jul 2008
ARGONNE, Ill. (July 22, 2008) – The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics and...
UCLA 'world summit' to explore ancient life on Earth, and beyond
23 Jul 2008
A UCLA "world summit" will bring together internationally renowned scientists from 12 countries — including the U.S., Russia, China, Japan, Australia and India — to address ancient microscopic fossils, from July 27 to Aug. 2. "We...
23 Jul 2008
A UCLA "world summit" will bring together internationally renowned scientists from 12 countries — including the U.S., Russia, China, Japan, Australia and India — to address ancient microscopic fossils, from July 27 to Aug. 2. "We...
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
25 Jul 2008
700 leading experts meeting in Brazil urge policy makers to resist pressure to convert wetlands Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today...
25 Jul 2008
700 leading experts meeting in Brazil urge policy makers to resist pressure to convert wetlands Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today...
NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2008
26 Jul 2008
NEW YORK, July 26, 2008 – NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have long been making important contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer's disease. They were among the first to characterize amyloid, the plaque-forming protein...
26 Jul 2008
NEW YORK, July 26, 2008 – NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have long been making important contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer's disease. They were among the first to characterize amyloid, the plaque-forming protein...
Socrates Fellows Program teams high school teachers with UCSD grad students
22 Jul 2008
While Socrates graduate students and teachers look on at Scripps Pier, Socrates Fellow Ignacio Vilchis explains how his doctorate research in ocean climate study is shedding light on bird and... Click here for more...
22 Jul 2008
While Socrates graduate students and teachers look on at Scripps Pier, Socrates Fellow Ignacio Vilchis explains how his doctorate research in ocean climate study is shedding light on bird and... Click here for more...
Autism's social struggles due to disrupted communication networks in brain
23 Jul 2008
Faulty brain connections conceal intentions of others in autism Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person's intentions in a...
23 Jul 2008
Faulty brain connections conceal intentions of others in autism Picking up on innuendo and social cues is a central component of engaging in conversation, but people with autism often struggle to determine another person's intentions in a...
Amazon outflow is found to power ocean capture of carbon dioxide
23 Jul 2008
River nourishes unexpected plant life, trapping greenhouse gas True-color image of the Amazon outflow, which nourishes plant life thousand of kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean. Click here for more...
23 Jul 2008
River nourishes unexpected plant life, trapping greenhouse gas True-color image of the Amazon outflow, which nourishes plant life thousand of kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean. Click here for more...
A phonon floodgate in monolayer carbon
21 Jul 2008
The first STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises These STM electron tunneling spectra were obtained at the same physical location on a graphene surface held at different gate voltages. The vertical scale gives...
21 Jul 2008
The first STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises These STM electron tunneling spectra were obtained at the same physical location on a graphene surface held at different gate voltages. The vertical scale gives...
'Dire Predictions' book offers easy guide to global warming science
23 Jul 2008
Global warming, increasing greenhouse gases and melting ice sheets are all dire predictions by the Nobel-Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but understanding the scientific assessments, future impacts on our lives,...
23 Jul 2008
Global warming, increasing greenhouse gases and melting ice sheets are all dire predictions by the Nobel-Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but understanding the scientific assessments, future impacts on our lives,...
'Nutrition Agenda 2008' is focus of Tufts Friedman School Symposium
21 Jul 2008
Eileen T. Kennedy DSc, Dean of Tufts University's Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy announced the 3rd Annual Friedman School Symposium, a conference for nutrition professionals that will examine critical...
21 Jul 2008
Eileen T. Kennedy DSc, Dean of Tufts University's Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy announced the 3rd Annual Friedman School Symposium, a conference for nutrition professionals that will examine critical...
'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality
23 Jul 2008
These are two photos of flexible circuits created using carbon nanotubes in research at Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The researchers have overcome a major obstacle... Click here for...
23 Jul 2008
These are two photos of flexible circuits created using carbon nanotubes in research at Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The researchers have overcome a major obstacle... Click here for...
End in sight for the dreaded dentist drill
21 Jul 2008
Dentist drill may become a thing of the past thanks to new treatment using Ramon spectroscopy being developed at Kings College London A new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it's begun promises to reduce the need for drilling...
21 Jul 2008
Dentist drill may become a thing of the past thanks to new treatment using Ramon spectroscopy being developed at Kings College London A new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it's begun promises to reduce the need for drilling...
Rutgers biologist to study worms in Amazon, glaciers
23 Jul 2008
NSF, Fulbright Fund research voyages CAMDEN -- Look out, Indiana Jones. Dan Shain is redefining the term "summer action hero" with voyages to frozen glaciers and the steamy Amazon planned, all in the name of scientific research. Like the...
23 Jul 2008
NSF, Fulbright Fund research voyages CAMDEN -- Look out, Indiana Jones. Dan Shain is redefining the term "summer action hero" with voyages to frozen glaciers and the steamy Amazon planned, all in the name of scientific research. Like the...
Scientists demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers
27 Jul 2008
Innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications A cartoon showing a quantum cascade laser patterned with a plasmonic collimator which greatly reduces the divergence in the vertical...
27 Jul 2008
Innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications A cartoon showing a quantum cascade laser patterned with a plasmonic collimator which greatly reduces the divergence in the vertical...
Experts to provide peek of Smithsonian soils exhibit
25 Jul 2008
Educational lecture on Monday in Tucson to include highlight of Arizona's state soil Casa Grande Arizona's state soil, "Casa Grande," is featured in a new 5,000-square-foot exhibition, "Dig it! The Secrets of Soil," at the Smithsonian's Natural...
25 Jul 2008
Educational lecture on Monday in Tucson to include highlight of Arizona's state soil Casa Grande Arizona's state soil, "Casa Grande," is featured in a new 5,000-square-foot exhibition, "Dig it! The Secrets of Soil," at the Smithsonian's Natural...
Wrigley Science Institute executive director receives prestigious food technology career award
21 Jul 2008
Dr. Gilbert Leveille receives 2008 Nicholas Appert Award from Institute of Food Technologists CHICAGO, July 21, 2008 – Gilbert A. Leveille, PhD, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute (WSI) has been selected as the 2008...
21 Jul 2008
Dr. Gilbert Leveille receives 2008 Nicholas Appert Award from Institute of Food Technologists CHICAGO, July 21, 2008 – Gilbert A. Leveille, PhD, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute (WSI) has been selected as the 2008...
Second Life a first for UH department of health and human performance
25 Jul 2008
Faculty research to move to virtual world thanks to new funds The University of Houston department of health and human performance is expanding into the virtual world of Second Life (SL) thanks to grants from the UH Faculty Development...
25 Jul 2008
Faculty research to move to virtual world thanks to new funds The University of Houston department of health and human performance is expanding into the virtual world of Second Life (SL) thanks to grants from the UH Faculty Development...
Paying to save tropical forests could be a way to reduce global carbon emissions
23 Jul 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. It would...
23 Jul 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. It would...
American Cancer Society receives $8.5M contribution
25 Jul 2008
Anonymous individual gift to target thyroid cancer research The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, has received a gift of $8.5 million from a single anonymous donor. The contribution, one of the largest...
25 Jul 2008
Anonymous individual gift to target thyroid cancer research The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, has received a gift of $8.5 million from a single anonymous donor. The contribution, one of the largest...
GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia
24 Jul 2008
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...
24 Jul 2008
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern...
Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challenge
23 Jul 2008
Scientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. The University has launched the Carbon Storage Research Group, which will be led by the...
23 Jul 2008
Scientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. The University has launched the Carbon Storage Research Group, which will be led by the...
NSF awards grant to track 'space weather' in Earth's near-space environment
21 Jul 2008
Results will lead to better understanding of power grid, other impacts of solar storms Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for...
21 Jul 2008
Results will lead to better understanding of power grid, other impacts of solar storms Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for...
Researchers disprove long-standing belief about HIV treatment
25 Jul 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients...
25 Jul 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients...
Cool! Nanoparticle research points to energy savings
23 Jul 2008
Nanoparticle additives to lubricants commonly combined with refrigerants used in chillers may encourage secondary nucleation -- bubbles on top of bubbles. The double-bubble effect enhances boiling heat transfer and,...
23 Jul 2008
Nanoparticle additives to lubricants commonly combined with refrigerants used in chillers may encourage secondary nucleation -- bubbles on top of bubbles. The double-bubble effect enhances boiling heat transfer and,...
Fully updated climate change book by Scripps researcher now available from AMS
24 Jul 2008
A comprehensive and up-to-date account of climate change science by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate scientist Richard Somerville is now available from the American Meteorological Society. Twelve years after its...
24 Jul 2008
A comprehensive and up-to-date account of climate change science by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate scientist Richard Somerville is now available from the American Meteorological Society. Twelve years after its...
Limiting fructose may boost weight loss, UT Southwestern researcher reports
24 Jul 2008
Dr. Elizabeth Parks Click here for more information. DALLAS – July 24, 2008 – One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of...
24 Jul 2008
Dr. Elizabeth Parks Click here for more information. DALLAS – July 24, 2008 – One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of...
USP headquarters named Best Biotech
24 Jul 2008
Rockville, Md., July 24, 2008 — The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention today announces that its new headquarters has been honored by the Maryland/DC Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) as the...
24 Jul 2008
Rockville, Md., July 24, 2008 — The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention today announces that its new headquarters has been honored by the Maryland/DC Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) as the...
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