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American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- May 6, 2009
11 May 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
11 May 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
NSF and Math Institutes announce partnership to create new jobs
11 May 2009
New mechanism for investing in young math PhDs brings their talent to new settings, supports career pipeline May 11, 2009 - Washington, DC-The seven Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes, together with the NSF, announce a new partnership...
11 May 2009
New mechanism for investing in young math PhDs brings their talent to new settings, supports career pipeline May 11, 2009 - Washington, DC-The seven Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes, together with the NSF, announce a new partnership...
Exhibition showcases the 'art of science'
14 May 2009
Online voting begins for 'people's choice' award IMAGE: According to Einstein's Theory of Gravity, a ray of light is attracted by a clump of matter. As a consequence of "gravitational lensing, " the light ray...
14 May 2009
Online voting begins for 'people's choice' award IMAGE: According to Einstein's Theory of Gravity, a ray of light is attracted by a clump of matter. As a consequence of "gravitational lensing, " the light ray...
NRL part of multi-national team that launches Herschel Space Observatory
14 May 2009
IMAGE: Herschel launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana together with Planck, a mission to map the cosmic microwave background in more spectral bands and with more sensitivity... Click...
14 May 2009
IMAGE: Herschel launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana together with Planck, a mission to map the cosmic microwave background in more spectral bands and with more sensitivity... Click...
2009 Greendex survey of 17 countries finds increase in green consumer behavior worldwide
13 May 2009
Consumers in India, Brazil top index; US consumers rank last IMAGE: This is a colorful hillside and coastal homes in Saint Joseph, on the western side of the Dominican Republic. Click here for more...
13 May 2009
Consumers in India, Brazil top index; US consumers rank last IMAGE: This is a colorful hillside and coastal homes in Saint Joseph, on the western side of the Dominican Republic. Click here for more...
Conservationists seek to identify prime stopover sites for migrating birds
11 May 2009
Pilot project led by RIT scientist precedes larger study in the fall An ambitious effort in avian conservation is underway this spring throughout the New York portion of the Lake Ontario watershed. A legion of highly skilled volunteer...
11 May 2009
Pilot project led by RIT scientist precedes larger study in the fall An ambitious effort in avian conservation is underway this spring throughout the New York portion of the Lake Ontario watershed. A legion of highly skilled volunteer...
NRL part of multinational team that launches Herschel Space Observatory
14 May 2009
IMAGE: Herschel launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana together with Planck, a mission to map the cosmic microwave background in more spectral bands and with more sensitivity... Click...
14 May 2009
IMAGE: Herschel launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana together with Planck, a mission to map the cosmic microwave background in more spectral bands and with more sensitivity... Click...
Race to preserve the world's oldest submerged town
12 May 2009
The oldest submerged town in the world is about to give up its secrets — with the help of equipment that could revolutionise underwater archaeology. The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four metres of water just off the coast...
12 May 2009
The oldest submerged town in the world is about to give up its secrets — with the help of equipment that could revolutionise underwater archaeology. The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four metres of water just off the coast...
AIBS honors outstanding contributions to biology
15 May 2009
Washington, DC. Each year the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes eminent individuals or groups for outstanding contributions to the biological sciences. The AIBS Board of Directors and Awards Committee are pleased to...
15 May 2009
Washington, DC. Each year the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) recognizes eminent individuals or groups for outstanding contributions to the biological sciences. The AIBS Board of Directors and Awards Committee are pleased to...
JCI online early table of contents: May 11, 2009
11 May 2009
EDITOR'S PICK: LXR proteins: new target in the war on tuberculosis? Kris Huygen and colleagues, at the Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium, have now identified a role for LXR proteins in the mouse immune response to airway...
11 May 2009
EDITOR'S PICK: LXR proteins: new target in the war on tuberculosis? Kris Huygen and colleagues, at the Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium, have now identified a role for LXR proteins in the mouse immune response to airway...
QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June
15 May 2009
IMAGE: University of Chicago members of the QUIET collaboration at work (l-r): postdoctoral fellow Akito Kusaka and physics graduate students Colin Bischoff, Immanuel Buder and Alison Brizius. These components...
15 May 2009
IMAGE: University of Chicago members of the QUIET collaboration at work (l-r): postdoctoral fellow Akito Kusaka and physics graduate students Colin Bischoff, Immanuel Buder and Alison Brizius. These components...
AGU Joint Assembly: Press conference schedule
14 May 2009
1. Press Conferences The following schedule of press conferences is subject to change, before or during Joint Assembly. Press conferences may be added or dropped, their titles and emphases may change, and participants may change. All updates...
14 May 2009
1. Press Conferences The following schedule of press conferences is subject to change, before or during Joint Assembly. Press conferences may be added or dropped, their titles and emphases may change, and participants may change. All updates...
Bionic ears, bubbles, blast waves and biofilms
14 May 2009
Medical acoustics highlights of the 157th ASA Meeting, May 18-22 in Portland May 14, 2009 -- Sound has a long history in medicine, from the earliest 19th century stethoscopes to the latest ultrasound techniques that image growing fetuses and...
14 May 2009
Medical acoustics highlights of the 157th ASA Meeting, May 18-22 in Portland May 14, 2009 -- Sound has a long history in medicine, from the earliest 19th century stethoscopes to the latest ultrasound techniques that image growing fetuses and...
WPI professor receives Fulbright Scholarship to work on tissue engineering in Ireland
13 May 2009
Biomedical engineering professor Kristen Billiar, who will study the mechanics of nanoscale scaffolds for tissue engineering at the National University of Ireland Galway, is the 14th member of the current WPI faculty to be named a Fulbright...
13 May 2009
Biomedical engineering professor Kristen Billiar, who will study the mechanics of nanoscale scaffolds for tissue engineering at the National University of Ireland Galway, is the 14th member of the current WPI faculty to be named a Fulbright...
Jonathan Porritt at UK Groundwater Forum
14 May 2009
Jonathan Porritt will be a key speaker at the 10th Annual UK Groundwater Forum Conference at the Natural History Museum, London on 14th May 2009. The theme of the meeting is 'Groundwater: A 2020 Vision – Challenges for the...
14 May 2009
Jonathan Porritt will be a key speaker at the 10th Annual UK Groundwater Forum Conference at the Natural History Museum, London on 14th May 2009. The theme of the meeting is 'Groundwater: A 2020 Vision – Challenges for the...
NASA's TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines
11 May 2009
IMAGE: A TRMM rainfall map from Apr. 27-May 8 shows Tropical Storm Kujira brought up to 900 mm (~36 " shown by the darker brown). Chan-hom brought about 150 mm (~6 ") (in... Click here for more...
11 May 2009
IMAGE: A TRMM rainfall map from Apr. 27-May 8 shows Tropical Storm Kujira brought up to 900 mm (~36 " shown by the darker brown). Chan-hom brought about 150 mm (~6 ") (in... Click here for more...
UT nanomedicine project to be tested in space
11 May 2009
Scientists win Microgravity Research Competition IMAGE: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., is the nanomedicine division director at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Click here for more...
11 May 2009
Scientists win Microgravity Research Competition IMAGE: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., is the nanomedicine division director at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Click here for more...
GenWay Biotech obtains exclusive rights to AMDL's DR-70 cancer test in US and Canada
15 May 2009
AMDL Inc. executes two exclusive distribution agreements for cancer test with GenWay Biotech Inc. (San Diego, CA) May 15, 2009 – GenWay Biotech, Inc., (www.genwaybio.com) a US-based diagnostic company which specializes in providing...
15 May 2009
AMDL Inc. executes two exclusive distribution agreements for cancer test with GenWay Biotech Inc. (San Diego, CA) May 15, 2009 – GenWay Biotech, Inc., (www.genwaybio.com) a US-based diagnostic company which specializes in providing...
'Beating' heart machine expedites research and development of new surgical tools, techniques
12 May 2009
VIDEO: Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a dynamic heart system that pumps fluid through a removed pig heart so that it functions in a realistic way. The machine... Click here for...
12 May 2009
VIDEO: Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a dynamic heart system that pumps fluid through a removed pig heart so that it functions in a realistic way. The machine... Click here for...
World's observatories watching 'cool' star
15 May 2009
IMAGE: University of Delaware astronomer Judi Provencal looks through the telescope at Mt. Cuba Observatory in Greenville, Del., while graduate student James Dalessio monitors data online. The telescope is used...
15 May 2009
IMAGE: University of Delaware astronomer Judi Provencal looks through the telescope at Mt. Cuba Observatory in Greenville, Del., while graduate student James Dalessio monitors data online. The telescope is used...
New testing facility helps researchers improve land mine detection equipment
13 May 2009
IMAGE: Georgia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Waymond Scott sets up an experiment in this new facility that will ultimately help researchers better discriminate between land mines and...
13 May 2009
IMAGE: Georgia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Waymond Scott sets up an experiment in this new facility that will ultimately help researchers better discriminate between land mines and...
Woods Hole lecture series explores range of scientific topics
15 May 2009
WASHINGTON – The National Academies announced today this summer's lineup of lectures called Distinctive Voices@The Jonsson Center. The public events in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, feature diverse subjects for those curious about science,...
15 May 2009
WASHINGTON – The National Academies announced today this summer's lineup of lectures called Distinctive Voices@The Jonsson Center. The public events in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, feature diverse subjects for those curious about science,...
UCSB scientists document fate of huge oil slicks from seeps at coal oil point
13 May 2009
IMAGE: Here are Christopher Farwell, left, and David Valentine in their UCSB lab. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Twenty years ago, the...
13 May 2009
IMAGE: Here are Christopher Farwell, left, and David Valentine in their UCSB lab. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Twenty years ago, the...
Monitoring water through a snake's eyes
12 May 2009
IMAGE: Placed in a stream of flowing water, a sensor head provides real-time quality analysis. Click here for more information. Although most Americans take the safety of their...
12 May 2009
IMAGE: Placed in a stream of flowing water, a sensor head provides real-time quality analysis. Click here for more information. Although most Americans take the safety of their...
UTSA announces funding for new faculty research
14 May 2009
Research VP will fund nine new innovative collaborations San Antonio … In February 2009, the Office of the Vice President of Research at UTSA announced it would offer approximately $242,000 through its Collaborative Research Seed Grant...
14 May 2009
Research VP will fund nine new innovative collaborations San Antonio … In February 2009, the Office of the Vice President of Research at UTSA announced it would offer approximately $242,000 through its Collaborative Research Seed Grant...
How about green renovations in existing US schools?
11 May 2009
UO architecture professor's Green Classroom Toolbox aims to put student performance into the planning IMAGE: This is architecture professor Ihab M.K. Elzeyadi from the University of Oregon. Click here for more...
11 May 2009
UO architecture professor's Green Classroom Toolbox aims to put student performance into the planning IMAGE: This is architecture professor Ihab M.K. Elzeyadi from the University of Oregon. Click here for more...
SAGE's leading robotics journal launches first ever data papers, revamps multimedia services
12 May 2009
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (12 May 2009)—The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) will launch a new genre of research paper today at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and...
12 May 2009
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (12 May 2009)—The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) will launch a new genre of research paper today at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and...
Grasslands: The future of sustainable agriculture
12 May 2009
Authors of a new book explain why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture IMAGE: The forward in "Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New...
12 May 2009
Authors of a new book explain why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture IMAGE: The forward in "Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New...
Study finds link between individual stress and adolescent obesity
14 May 2009
Researchers find no relationship between food insecurity and teen obesity AMES, Iowa -- Stress may indeed be a direct contributor to childhood obesity. That's according to a new Iowa State University study finding that increased levels of...
14 May 2009
Researchers find no relationship between food insecurity and teen obesity AMES, Iowa -- Stress may indeed be a direct contributor to childhood obesity. That's according to a new Iowa State University study finding that increased levels of...
Researchers gain genome-wide insights into patterns of the world's human population structures
14 May 2009
Deep mining of data offers information on human evolution and relationships among populations Through sophisticated statistical analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human...
14 May 2009
Deep mining of data offers information on human evolution and relationships among populations Through sophisticated statistical analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human...
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