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Entomological Society of America names 2008 award winners
29 Sep 2008
Lanham, MD; September 29, 2008—The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 awards. The Society's professional awards will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada during the...
29 Sep 2008
Lanham, MD; September 29, 2008—The Entomological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 awards. The Society's professional awards will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada during the...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 24, 2008
29 Sep 2008
A new device could enhance fuel economy by up to 20 percent. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent Energy &...
29 Sep 2008
A new device could enhance fuel economy by up to 20 percent. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent Energy &...
Singapore A*Star and 4 auto industry leaders form consortium
30 Sep 2008
Research on car communications and safety, connected car and infotainment, electronics, precision engineering and materials, and alternative energy Bosch, Dou Yee, Infineon and Th!nk Global, major players in the global automotive industry, have...
30 Sep 2008
Research on car communications and safety, connected car and infotainment, electronics, precision engineering and materials, and alternative energy Bosch, Dou Yee, Infineon and Th!nk Global, major players in the global automotive industry, have...
NSF awards 14 materials research science and engineering centers
1 Oct 2008
Includes 5 new centers in sustainable energy, bio- and soft-materials, and next-generation electronics and photonics The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) awarded as a...
1 Oct 2008
Includes 5 new centers in sustainable energy, bio- and soft-materials, and next-generation electronics and photonics The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) awarded as a...
8 National Medals of Science awardees to be honored at gala, then the White House
29 Sep 2008
Scientific all-stars and experts in engineering, biology, chemistry, physics to receive awards on Sept. 29 National Medal of Science Click here for more information. View a video clip of Leonard Kleinrock showing his...
29 Sep 2008
Scientific all-stars and experts in engineering, biology, chemistry, physics to receive awards on Sept. 29 National Medal of Science Click here for more information. View a video clip of Leonard Kleinrock showing his...
NIH announces funding for new epigenomics initiative
29 Sep 2008
Epigenetic mechanisms are affected by several factors and processes including development in utero and in childhood, environmental chemicals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, aging, and diet. DNA methylation is what occurs...
29 Sep 2008
Epigenetic mechanisms are affected by several factors and processes including development in utero and in childhood, environmental chemicals, drugs and pharmaceuticals, aging, and diet. DNA methylation is what occurs...
UT Battelle brings students closer to science in 4 counties
1 Oct 2008
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct 1, 2008 -- Students in Morgan, Roane, Scott and Sevier counties are getting new lab equipment for their science classrooms, thanks to a $47,500 gift from UT-Battelle. The funds in support of math and science education...
1 Oct 2008
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct 1, 2008 -- Students in Morgan, Roane, Scott and Sevier counties are getting new lab equipment for their science classrooms, thanks to a $47,500 gift from UT-Battelle. The funds in support of math and science education...
US Senate confirms Clemson University engineering Dean Esin Gulari to National Science Board
3 Oct 2008
Esin Gulari Click here for more information. The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Esin Gulari, dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University, to serve on the National Science Board...
3 Oct 2008
Esin Gulari Click here for more information. The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Esin Gulari, dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University, to serve on the National Science Board...
AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oct. 19-24
1 Oct 2008
Jumbo microscopes, high-powered nanotubes, glowing corals, biomolecules and the windows of the future Sept. 30, 2008 -- The AVS 55th International Symposium next month in Boston will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and...
1 Oct 2008
Jumbo microscopes, high-powered nanotubes, glowing corals, biomolecules and the windows of the future Sept. 30, 2008 -- The AVS 55th International Symposium next month in Boston will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and...
Broad Institute awarded major grant to bolster epigenomics research
30 Sep 2008
NIH award will support interdisciplinary work to comprehensively map the human epigenome Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT announced today that they have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to map...
30 Sep 2008
NIH award will support interdisciplinary work to comprehensively map the human epigenome Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT announced today that they have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to map...
Egalitarian revolution in the Pleistocene?
3 Oct 2008
Although anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are still debating this question, a new study, published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared tens of thousands of...
3 Oct 2008
Although anthropologists and evolutionary biologists are still debating this question, a new study, published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, supports the view that the first egalitarian societies may have appeared tens of thousands of...
Carbon dioxide 'scrubber' captures greenhouse gases
29 Sep 2008
U of C scientist captures global warming gas directly from the air; technology could reduce emissions from transportation University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse...
29 Sep 2008
U of C scientist captures global warming gas directly from the air; technology could reduce emissions from transportation University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse...
NASA picks ASU research team to guide study of search for life
3 Oct 2008
This conceptual image of a eukaryote cell with a supernova exploding in its nucleus symbolizes the idea that the chemical elements that make up living things are produced in stars... Click here for more...
3 Oct 2008
This conceptual image of a eukaryote cell with a supernova exploding in its nucleus symbolizes the idea that the chemical elements that make up living things are produced in stars... Click here for more...
Global energy forum in Houston
29 Sep 2008
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 - With so much uncertainty in the energy market, the roles of fossil fuels and biofuels will be crucial to the heath of the world's economy and environment. Experts in global energy will discuss these issues in a forum on...
29 Sep 2008
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 - With so much uncertainty in the energy market, the roles of fossil fuels and biofuels will be crucial to the heath of the world's economy and environment. Experts in global energy will discuss these issues in a forum on...
From cloudy to clear: FSU professor's new book explores the modern history of meteorology
2 Oct 2008
Kristine Harper, an assistant professor of history at FSU. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For much of the first half of the 20th century, meteorology was more art than science, relying heavily...
2 Oct 2008
Kristine Harper, an assistant professor of history at FSU. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For much of the first half of the 20th century, meteorology was more art than science, relying heavily...
National Science Foundation awards grant to build 'CubeSats'
2 Oct 2008
Small, cube-shaped satellites to benefit space weather research A new series of CubeSats, small satellites in the shapes of cubes, will soon take to the skies. Using the CubeSats, scientists will conduct space weather research impossible with...
2 Oct 2008
Small, cube-shaped satellites to benefit space weather research A new series of CubeSats, small satellites in the shapes of cubes, will soon take to the skies. Using the CubeSats, scientists will conduct space weather research impossible with...
Ethnic conflict stoked by government economic intervention, not globalization
29 Sep 2008
Intergroup violence more likely when government intercedes in a nation’s economy, McGill researchers say This release is available in French. Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the...
29 Sep 2008
Intergroup violence more likely when government intercedes in a nation’s economy, McGill researchers say This release is available in French. Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the...
Entertainment Software Association Foundation awards grant to FAS for immune attack
30 Sep 2008
WASHINGTON DC – The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) will reach new levels with Immune Attack TM – the first biologically accurate immunology video game –through a generous grant awarded by the ESA Foundation (ESAF)....
30 Sep 2008
WASHINGTON DC – The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) will reach new levels with Immune Attack TM – the first biologically accurate immunology video game –through a generous grant awarded by the ESA Foundation (ESAF)....
Presidential candidates' health plans offer divergent approaches to health system reform
2 Oct 2008
Candidates' plans differ on roles of employer coverage and individual market, number of uninsured, financial risk to Americans October 2, 2008, New York, NY—A new report from The Commonwealth Fund examines key differences and areas of...
2 Oct 2008
Candidates' plans differ on roles of employer coverage and individual market, number of uninsured, financial risk to Americans October 2, 2008, New York, NY—A new report from The Commonwealth Fund examines key differences and areas of...
New book details economic impact of ETH Zurich spin-offs
2 Oct 2008
ETH Zurich spin-offs: Survival and high returns For their MSc in Finance thesis at the London Business School, Alexander Schläpfer and Ingvi Oskarsson produced a study of spin-offs, concentrating on the economic impact and success of those...
2 Oct 2008
ETH Zurich spin-offs: Survival and high returns For their MSc in Finance thesis at the London Business School, Alexander Schläpfer and Ingvi Oskarsson produced a study of spin-offs, concentrating on the economic impact and success of those...
Asian-white couples face distinct pregnancy risks, Stanford/Packard
1 Oct 2008
STANFORD, Calif. - Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital...
1 Oct 2008
STANFORD, Calif. - Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital...
UNC and N.C. roles expanded in landmark children's health and development study
3 Oct 2008
CHAPEL HILL – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has added three more areas of North Carolina and is expanding the role played by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a long-term, wide-ranging study of the nation's...
3 Oct 2008
CHAPEL HILL – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has added three more areas of North Carolina and is expanding the role played by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a long-term, wide-ranging study of the nation's...
Earth scientists keep an eye on Texas
1 Oct 2008
Local issues addressed, including Hurricane Ike Boulder, CO and Madison, WI – 1 OCTOBER 2008 – Not only are more than 8,000 international earth scientists coming to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, beginning this...
1 Oct 2008
Local issues addressed, including Hurricane Ike Boulder, CO and Madison, WI – 1 OCTOBER 2008 – Not only are more than 8,000 international earth scientists coming to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, beginning this...
An accurate picture of ice loss in Greenland
30 Sep 2008
German-American GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellites, two satellites that have been orbiting the earth behind each other since mid-2002. Click here for more information. Researchers from TU...
30 Sep 2008
German-American GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellites, two satellites that have been orbiting the earth behind each other since mid-2002. Click here for more information. Researchers from TU...
Decline in Alaskan sea otters affects bald eagles' diet
3 Oct 2008
Eagles shift their diet from aquatic marine animals to birds Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists are finding, however,...
3 Oct 2008
Eagles shift their diet from aquatic marine animals to birds Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists are finding, however,...
Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital expand national children's study to Bristol County
3 Oct 2008
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University, with lead partner Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, has been awarded a $12-million, five-year contract to expand its participation in the National Children's Study, a...
3 Oct 2008
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University, with lead partner Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, has been awarded a $12-million, five-year contract to expand its participation in the National Children's Study, a...
TB bacterium uses its sugar coat to sweeten its chances of living in lungs
29 Sep 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body's immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say. The results of this takeover are mixed. The cells essentially welcome...
29 Sep 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body's immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say. The results of this takeover are mixed. The cells essentially welcome...
MSU receives Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to study African agricultural markets
29 Sep 2008
Thomas Jayne, professor of international development at Michigan State University. Click here for more information. EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University today announced a $4 million grant from the...
29 Sep 2008
Thomas Jayne, professor of international development at Michigan State University. Click here for more information. EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University today announced a $4 million grant from the...
Cranking up the volume
29 Sep 2008
Sounds travel farther underwater as world's oceans become more acidic It is common knowledge that the world's oceans and atmosphere are warming as humans release more and more carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. However, fewer people...
29 Sep 2008
Sounds travel farther underwater as world's oceans become more acidic It is common knowledge that the world's oceans and atmosphere are warming as humans release more and more carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. However, fewer people...
Models of eel cells suggest electrifying possibilities
2 Oct 2008
Electric eel anatomy: The first detail shows stacks of electrocytes, cells linked in series (to build up voltage) and parallel (to build up current). Second detail shows an individual cell... Click here for more...
2 Oct 2008
Electric eel anatomy: The first detail shows stacks of electrocytes, cells linked in series (to build up voltage) and parallel (to build up current). Second detail shows an individual cell... Click here for more...
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