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Sexism pays: Study finds men who hold traditional views of women earn more than men who don't
22 Sep 2008
Women with egalitarian views don't earn much more than those with traditional outlooks, researchers conclude WASHINGTON – When it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn. A new study has found that men who...
22 Sep 2008
Women with egalitarian views don't earn much more than those with traditional outlooks, researchers conclude WASHINGTON – When it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn. A new study has found that men who...
NIH extends commitment to transformative research with 2008 Pioneer, New Innovator Awards
22 Sep 2008
The National Institutes of Health announced today that it has increased its support of high-impact research with 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Awards to 47 scientists, many of whom are in the early stages of their careers. The...
22 Sep 2008
The National Institutes of Health announced today that it has increased its support of high-impact research with 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer and New Innovator Awards to 47 scientists, many of whom are in the early stages of their careers. The...
UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez named MacArthur Fellow
23 Sep 2008
Andrea Ghez, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected as a 2008 MacArthur Fellow, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today. Ghez is among 25 new recipients of the annual "genius" fellowship, each of...
23 Sep 2008
Andrea Ghez, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected as a 2008 MacArthur Fellow, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today. Ghez is among 25 new recipients of the annual "genius" fellowship, each of...
Vitiligo skin disorder could yield clues in fight against melanoma
23 Sep 2008
Researchers focus on immune system's role in vitiligo and melanoma MAYWOOD, Ill. – About 1 million Americans suffer a skin disorder called vitiligo, which causes unsightly white patches on the face, hands and other parts of the body. A...
23 Sep 2008
Researchers focus on immune system's role in vitiligo and melanoma MAYWOOD, Ill. – About 1 million Americans suffer a skin disorder called vitiligo, which causes unsightly white patches on the face, hands and other parts of the body. A...
October 2008 GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
25 Sep 2008
Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY topics include the fossil conservation of organic tissues, including guts, gills, muscles, and eyes, as carbon; an habitable zone model for recovery after major extinction; the complex response of biodiversity to...
25 Sep 2008
Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY topics include the fossil conservation of organic tissues, including guts, gills, muscles, and eyes, as carbon; an habitable zone model for recovery after major extinction; the complex response of biodiversity to...
Climate change experts seize the day: Oct. 7, 2008
26 Sep 2008
Boulder, CO, USA– Evidence about ancient climates shows that Earth has undergone many natural climate cycles throughout its long history. But now human activities have added a new variable to the climate system. The rapid rise of...
26 Sep 2008
Boulder, CO, USA– Evidence about ancient climates shows that Earth has undergone many natural climate cycles throughout its long history. But now human activities have added a new variable to the climate system. The rapid rise of...
ACS PressPac -- Sept. 17, 2008
22 Sep 2008
News Items in This Edition: New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale Calorie-free natural sweetener moves one step closer to use in the U. S. Toward a fast, life-saving test for identifying the purity of heroin Key...
22 Sep 2008
News Items in This Edition: New hope for tapping vast domestic reserves of oil shale Calorie-free natural sweetener moves one step closer to use in the U. S. Toward a fast, life-saving test for identifying the purity of heroin Key...
Save-the-date: Major nanotech, energy, and biomed meeting
25 Sep 2008
AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition in Boston, Oct. 19-24, 2008 Sept. 24, 2008 -- Next month in Boston, the AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and...
25 Sep 2008
AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition in Boston, Oct. 19-24, 2008 Sept. 24, 2008 -- Next month in Boston, the AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and...
Rice University establishes National Corrosion Center
26 Sep 2008
Bridges, pipelines expected to benefit from research on preventing corrosion HOUSTON -- (Sept. 26, 2008) -- Rice University has established a National Corrosion Center where researchers will develop better technology for preventing corrosion --...
26 Sep 2008
Bridges, pipelines expected to benefit from research on preventing corrosion HOUSTON -- (Sept. 26, 2008) -- Rice University has established a National Corrosion Center where researchers will develop better technology for preventing corrosion --...
NSF funds new 'Center for the Physics of Living Cells' at Illinois
24 Sep 2008
The National Science Foundation announced this month that it is funding a new Physics Frontiers Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Center for the Physics of Living Cells is one of nine Physics Frontiers Centers in...
24 Sep 2008
The National Science Foundation announced this month that it is funding a new Physics Frontiers Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Center for the Physics of Living Cells is one of nine Physics Frontiers Centers in...
Reversible 3-D cell culture gel invented
28 Sep 2008
Research published in Nature Nanotechnology Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has invented a unique user-friendly gel that can liquefy on demand, with the...
28 Sep 2008
Research published in Nature Nanotechnology Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has invented a unique user-friendly gel that can liquefy on demand, with the...
Swede honored with photography prize for virtual autopsy techniques
25 Sep 2008
Lennart Nilsson Award 2008 [PRESS RELEASE, 25 September 2008] The 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography will be presented to Swedish physician Anders Persson, MD, PhD, in recognition of his innovative techniques for capturing...
25 Sep 2008
Lennart Nilsson Award 2008 [PRESS RELEASE, 25 September 2008] The 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography will be presented to Swedish physician Anders Persson, MD, PhD, in recognition of his innovative techniques for capturing...
2008 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge winners announced
26 Sep 2008
Winning entries will appear in Sep. 26 issue of Science "Mad Hatter's Tea " won first place in Informational Graphics. The team used an excerpt from an informative book, Alice's Adventures in Microscopic Wonderland, to...
26 Sep 2008
Winning entries will appear in Sep. 26 issue of Science "Mad Hatter's Tea " won first place in Informational Graphics. The team used an excerpt from an informative book, Alice's Adventures in Microscopic Wonderland, to...
Tsunami invisibility cloak, dark energy v. the void, sorting nanotubes with light, and more
26 Sep 2008
News from the American Physical Society Laboratory experiments show that obstacles arranged in fluids in certain patterns can effectively make objects they surround invisible to waves. If it works as well in in scaled-up...
26 Sep 2008
News from the American Physical Society Laboratory experiments show that obstacles arranged in fluids in certain patterns can effectively make objects they surround invisible to waves. If it works as well in in scaled-up...
Combining advanced medical and information technologies offers pathway to lower health care costs
22 Sep 2008
New Zealand-sponsored panel presents global opportunities, challenges for introducing new medical technologies at Advamed 2008 Washington D.C. (September 22, 2008): Integrating sophisticated medical technologies for patient monitoring with...
22 Sep 2008
New Zealand-sponsored panel presents global opportunities, challenges for introducing new medical technologies at Advamed 2008 Washington D.C. (September 22, 2008): Integrating sophisticated medical technologies for patient monitoring with...
Discovered: world's largest tsunami debris
25 Sep 2008
One of the huge erratic boulders found on the western shore of Tonga. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA – A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most...
25 Sep 2008
One of the huge erratic boulders found on the western shore of Tonga. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA – A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most...
New technologies for better network management
25 Sep 2008
The term 'network management' refers to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked computer systems. This means keeping the network up and running smoothly, keeping track of resources and performing repairs and...
25 Sep 2008
The term 'network management' refers to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked computer systems. This means keeping the network up and running smoothly, keeping track of resources and performing repairs and...
Exciting new companies at NJIT's small biz incubator get 100K in grants
23 Sep 2008
The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology has awarded almost $100,000 as part of its SBIR bridge grant program to two start-up companies based in NJIT's high technology business incubator. Applechem Inc. www.applechem.biz and...
23 Sep 2008
The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology has awarded almost $100,000 as part of its SBIR bridge grant program to two start-up companies based in NJIT's high technology business incubator. Applechem Inc. www.applechem.biz and...
Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering Oct. 5-6
22 Sep 2008
From Oct. 5 to 6, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will hold its annual meeting in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: OCTOBER 5, NOON TO 12:30 P.M....
22 Sep 2008
From Oct. 5 to 6, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will hold its annual meeting in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: OCTOBER 5, NOON TO 12:30 P.M....
Sept. 24: International Polar Day focusing on people
22 Sep 2008
WMO logo Click here for more information. On September 24th, 2008, the International Polar Year 2007-8 (IPY) will launch its sixth 'International Polar Day' focusing on People in Polar Regions, especially on...
22 Sep 2008
WMO logo Click here for more information. On September 24th, 2008, the International Polar Year 2007-8 (IPY) will launch its sixth 'International Polar Day' focusing on People in Polar Regions, especially on...
Penn presents inaugural symposium on applied mathematics and computational science
26 Sep 2008
WHAT: From radar to GPS, X-ray tomography to Google searches, higher mathematics and computation are the warps in the fabric of the modern world. The University of Pennsylvania's new graduate program in Applied Mathematics and Computational...
26 Sep 2008
WHAT: From radar to GPS, X-ray tomography to Google searches, higher mathematics and computation are the warps in the fabric of the modern world. The University of Pennsylvania's new graduate program in Applied Mathematics and Computational...
MU scientists go green with gold, distribute environmentally friendly nanoparticles
26 Sep 2008
Mizzou scientist named as one of the 25 most influential people in radiology COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas...
26 Sep 2008
Mizzou scientist named as one of the 25 most influential people in radiology COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas...
NIH's Genes, Environment and Health Initiative adds 6 studies
24 Sep 2008
Scientists will search for genetic factors underlying stroke, glaucoma, high blood pressure and other common disorders The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded grants, estimated...
24 Sep 2008
Scientists will search for genetic factors underlying stroke, glaucoma, high blood pressure and other common disorders The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded grants, estimated...
Global science community to gather in Mozambique
26 Sep 2008
29th General Assembly, International Council for Science The global scientific community will gather in Maputo, Mozambique, 21-24 October, for the 29th General Assembly (GA) of the International Council for Science (ICSU)—the first time...
26 Sep 2008
29th General Assembly, International Council for Science The global scientific community will gather in Maputo, Mozambique, 21-24 October, for the 29th General Assembly (GA) of the International Council for Science (ICSU)—the first time...
Carbon nanostructures form the future of electronics and optoelectronics
23 Sep 2008
Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2008 goes to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on nanoscale carbon materials and carbon nanotubes This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon...
23 Sep 2008
Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2008 goes to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on nanoscale carbon materials and carbon nanotubes This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon...
Stevens team awarded $2.365 million to investigate Multi-spectrum Sensor System
22 Sep 2008
24-month RDECOM-ARDEC National Small Arms Consortium grant HOBOKEN, N.J. — An interdisciplinary team of professors from Stevens Institute of Technology – Dr. Victor B. Lawrence, Dr. Hamid Hadim, Dr. Hong Man, Dr. Rainer Martini and...
22 Sep 2008
24-month RDECOM-ARDEC National Small Arms Consortium grant HOBOKEN, N.J. — An interdisciplinary team of professors from Stevens Institute of Technology – Dr. Victor B. Lawrence, Dr. Hamid Hadim, Dr. Hong Man, Dr. Rainer Martini and...
Journal of Informetrics wins 2008 ALPSP Award for best new journal
22 Sep 2008
Cutting edge Journal of Informetrics wins accolades Amsterdam, September 17th, 2008 – Elsevier is delighted to announce that the Journal of Informetrics (JOI) is the winner of the 2008 Association of Learned and Professional Society...
22 Sep 2008
Cutting edge Journal of Informetrics wins accolades Amsterdam, September 17th, 2008 – Elsevier is delighted to announce that the Journal of Informetrics (JOI) is the winner of the 2008 Association of Learned and Professional Society...
Culture greatly shapes young people's drinking habits
23 Sep 2008
ICAP study pioneers new concept of 'extreme drinking,' offering insight into complex global drinking patterns among young people WASHINGTON, DC, 23 September 2008 – Whether young people get drunk as a purposeful behavior or as an...
23 Sep 2008
ICAP study pioneers new concept of 'extreme drinking,' offering insight into complex global drinking patterns among young people WASHINGTON, DC, 23 September 2008 – Whether young people get drunk as a purposeful behavior or as an...
Growth in the global carbon budget
25 Sep 2008
Updated global carbon budget released Today the new Global Carbon Budget was launched simultaneously by Global Carbon Project co-chair Michael Raupach in France at the Paris Observatory, and in the USA at Capitol Hill, Washington by GCP...
25 Sep 2008
Updated global carbon budget released Today the new Global Carbon Budget was launched simultaneously by Global Carbon Project co-chair Michael Raupach in France at the Paris Observatory, and in the USA at Capitol Hill, Washington by GCP...
Ecosystem researchers to hold science briefing
25 Sep 2008
Scientists to share insights about ecosystems and their relationship Washington, DC – On Thursday, September 25, six leading ecosystem researchers invited by the Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC), a member organization of...
25 Sep 2008
Scientists to share insights about ecosystems and their relationship Washington, DC – On Thursday, September 25, six leading ecosystem researchers invited by the Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC), a member organization of...
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