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Now butterflies are also being counted in China, Australia and Israel
14 Aug 2009
German butterfly experts export know-how This release is available in German and Chinese. IMAGE: Dr. Xiushan Li wrote his dissertation about endangered butterflies in Gansu Province, South China. He conducted...
14 Aug 2009
German butterfly experts export know-how This release is available in German and Chinese. IMAGE: Dr. Xiushan Li wrote his dissertation about endangered butterflies in Gansu Province, South China. He conducted...
'Heroes of Chemistry' for saving teeth, clean water, new high blood pressure drug
16 Aug 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 — You've never met Sumita B. Mitra, Ph.D. But your teeth probably have encountered the results of this scientist's research. Her genius has helped restore millions of decayed, broken, or discolored teeth to...
16 Aug 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 — You've never met Sumita B. Mitra, Ph.D. But your teeth probably have encountered the results of this scientist's research. Her genius has helped restore millions of decayed, broken, or discolored teeth to...
Zenvia hits endpoints in phase 3 trial for PBA, a neurological condition affecting 2 million in US
11 Aug 2009
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., August 11, 2009 - AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced that the investigational drug Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine) met its primary efficacy endpoint in the treatment of pseudobulbar...
11 Aug 2009
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., August 11, 2009 - AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) today announced that the investigational drug Zenvia™ (dextromethorphan/quinidine) met its primary efficacy endpoint in the treatment of pseudobulbar...
Early modern humans use fire to engineer tools from stone
13 Aug 2009
Discovery places complex cognition at 72,000 years ago, and perhaps far earlier IMAGE: The South African Coast Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, Paleoanthropology Project (SACP4) at Pinnacle Point,...
13 Aug 2009
Discovery places complex cognition at 72,000 years ago, and perhaps far earlier IMAGE: The South African Coast Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, Paleoanthropology Project (SACP4) at Pinnacle Point,...
Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique
10 Aug 2009
Voting machines must remain secure throughout their entire service lifetime, and this study demonstrates how a relatively new programming technique can be used to take control of a voting machine that was designed to resist...
10 Aug 2009
Voting machines must remain secure throughout their entire service lifetime, and this study demonstrates how a relatively new programming technique can be used to take control of a voting machine that was designed to resist...
Research institutes from Bremen install new Arctic deep-sea observatory
13 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The ROV MARUM-QUEST can operate in depths down to 4000 meters below sea level. Click here for more information. Three research institutes from the German federal state...
13 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The ROV MARUM-QUEST can operate in depths down to 4000 meters below sea level. Click here for more information. Three research institutes from the German federal state...
Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Jeffrey Rhoads, a Purdue assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and graduate student Venkata Bharadwaj Chivukula use equipment called a vacuum probe station in research to develop a new class...
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Jeffrey Rhoads, a Purdue assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and graduate student Venkata Bharadwaj Chivukula use equipment called a vacuum probe station in research to develop a new class...
UC Santa Barbara and Burnham Institute for Medical Research announce director
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Jamey D. Marth of University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (La Jolla and Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The Burnham...
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Jamey D. Marth of University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (La Jolla and Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The Burnham...
A new cloaking method
16 Aug 2009
This is not a 'Star Trek' or 'Harry Potter' story IMAGE: Graeme Milton, a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah, is the senior author of two newly published studies outlining the...
16 Aug 2009
This is not a 'Star Trek' or 'Harry Potter' story IMAGE: Graeme Milton, a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah, is the senior author of two newly published studies outlining the...
NOAA and Oregon State University map Oregon's seafloor
12 Aug 2009
Surveyors and scientists from NOAA's Office of Coast Survey and Oregon State University over the next two years will create the most detailed maps ever generated of the seafloor along Oregon's coast. Using the latest technologies, they will...
12 Aug 2009
Surveyors and scientists from NOAA's Office of Coast Survey and Oregon State University over the next two years will create the most detailed maps ever generated of the seafloor along Oregon's coast. Using the latest technologies, they will...
Princeton pair sets world record in packing puzzle
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Princeton researchers have beaten the present world record for packing the most tetrahedra into a volume. Research into these so-called packing problems have produced deep mathematical ideas and led...
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Princeton researchers have beaten the present world record for packing the most tetrahedra into a volume. Research into these so-called packing problems have produced deep mathematical ideas and led...
Reshaping the UK through innovation
11 Aug 2009
Following the successful implementation of phase one of the Innovation Research Initiative, The UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC), and partners are pleased to announce phase two. This phase included applications in two research areas;...
11 Aug 2009
Following the successful implementation of phase one of the Innovation Research Initiative, The UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC), and partners are pleased to announce phase two. This phase included applications in two research areas;...
Capping a two-faced particle gives duke engineers complete control
11 Aug 2009
VIDEO: This video shows Dot-Janus particle movement. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.C. – Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique...
11 Aug 2009
VIDEO: This video shows Dot-Janus particle movement. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.C. – Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique...
The violent youth of solar proxies steer course of genesis of life
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Stars similar to our Sun -- "solar proxies " -- enable scientists to look through a window in time to see the harsh conditions prevailing in the early or future Solar... Click here for more...
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Stars similar to our Sun -- "solar proxies " -- enable scientists to look through a window in time to see the harsh conditions prevailing in the early or future Solar... Click here for more...
FalconView goes open source for corporate, environmental, government and other users
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Global positioning system data is overlaid on this topographic map, allowing users to track their movements on a “moving” map in FalconView. Click here for more...
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Global positioning system data is overlaid on this topographic map, allowing users to track their movements on a “moving” map in FalconView. Click here for more...
You don't have to be 'good at math' to be fascinated by numbers
10 Aug 2009
These mathematical amazements will surprise everyone IMAGE: "Mathematical Amazements and Surprises: Fascinating Figures and Noteworthy Numbers " is published by Prometheus Books. Click here for more...
10 Aug 2009
These mathematical amazements will surprise everyone IMAGE: "Mathematical Amazements and Surprises: Fascinating Figures and Noteworthy Numbers " is published by Prometheus Books. Click here for more...
Early human hunters had fewer meat-sharing rituals
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is UA anthropology professor Mary C. Stiner at Qesem Cave, Israel. Stiner analyzes faunal remains for the Qesem Cave Project. Click here for more information. A...
12 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is UA anthropology professor Mary C. Stiner at Qesem Cave, Israel. Stiner analyzes faunal remains for the Qesem Cave Project. Click here for more information. A...
AIDS research center earns $7.5 million grant renewal
11 Aug 2009
Funding supports study, prevention and HIV treatment VIDEO: Michael Saag, M.D., director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research, talks about a grant renewal and the team approach to fighting HIV. Click here for...
11 Aug 2009
Funding supports study, prevention and HIV treatment VIDEO: Michael Saag, M.D., director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research, talks about a grant renewal and the team approach to fighting HIV. Click here for...
Dissecting the dining habits of prawns
13 Aug 2009
AUDIO: Listen to the sound of a single prawn feeding. Click here for more information. What sound does a prawn make when it eats? How much food can one prawn devour in a...
13 Aug 2009
AUDIO: Listen to the sound of a single prawn feeding. Click here for more information. What sound does a prawn make when it eats? How much food can one prawn devour in a...
High school teacher's algebra book aces California test
11 Aug 2009
Book from Rice University's Connexions used in historic K-12 initiative COSTA MESA, Calif. -- (Aug. 11, 2009) -- As California prepares to become the first state in the nation to offer free, open-source digital textbooks for high school...
11 Aug 2009
Book from Rice University's Connexions used in historic K-12 initiative COSTA MESA, Calif. -- (Aug. 11, 2009) -- As California prepares to become the first state in the nation to offer free, open-source digital textbooks for high school...
Where science feeds action, leopards win
11 Aug 2009
Conserving Big Cats Works: Proof Published from South African Leopard Field Study IMAGE: The Munyawana Leopard Research Project at &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal began in April 2002,...
11 Aug 2009
Conserving Big Cats Works: Proof Published from South African Leopard Field Study IMAGE: The Munyawana Leopard Research Project at &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal began in April 2002,...
Holograms a new tool in battling ovarian cancer
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a human ovary image captured with the use of the prototype holographic imaging system the team developed. Click here for more information. Two University of...
10 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a human ovary image captured with the use of the prototype holographic imaging system the team developed. Click here for more information. Two University of...
Ben-Gurion U. developing new computer techniques to analyze historic Hebrew and Arabic documents
14 Aug 2009
Goal is to develop new algorithms to aid historical document research worldwide BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…August 14, 2009 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will combine the scientific and scholarly expertise of...
14 Aug 2009
Goal is to develop new algorithms to aid historical document research worldwide BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…August 14, 2009 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will combine the scientific and scholarly expertise of...
Hiking, horses and helicopter: Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra,...
12 Aug 2009
NSF funds interdisciplinary study of seismology, geodesy and volcanology on Isla Isabela IMAGE: An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami, University of Rochester, University of...
12 Aug 2009
NSF funds interdisciplinary study of seismology, geodesy and volcanology on Isla Isabela IMAGE: An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami, University of Rochester, University of...
Burnham chosen as Comprehensive Center in new National Cancer Institute Chemical Biology Consortium
10 Aug 2009
Drug discovery partnership will translate basic research into new cancer drug candidates LA JOLLA, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., August 10, 2009 – Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) has been selected as a comprehensive center in...
10 Aug 2009
Drug discovery partnership will translate basic research into new cancer drug candidates LA JOLLA, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., August 10, 2009 – Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) has been selected as a comprehensive center in...
Hundreds of new species discovered in eastern Himalayas
10 Aug 2009
Decade of discovery includes prehistoric gecko, flying frog and world's smallest deer Over 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a...
10 Aug 2009
Decade of discovery includes prehistoric gecko, flying frog and world's smallest deer Over 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a...
American Chemical Society to honor Ciba for supporting science education
11 Aug 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug.11, 2009 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) will use the occasion of its annual Heroes of Chemistry dinner to honor the Ciba Foundation for a $2 million gift in support of science education and the development of...
11 Aug 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug.11, 2009 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) will use the occasion of its annual Heroes of Chemistry dinner to honor the Ciba Foundation for a $2 million gift in support of science education and the development of...
Early fire use ignites discussion about the evolution of human brainpower
13 Aug 2009
Researcher talks about discovery of controlled fire use in Africa IMAGE: These are tools created by the experimental use of fire-treated silcrete blocks. Click here for more...
13 Aug 2009
Researcher talks about discovery of controlled fire use in Africa IMAGE: These are tools created by the experimental use of fire-treated silcrete blocks. Click here for more...
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youths
13 Aug 2009
The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished for being...
13 Aug 2009
The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished for being...
NOAA announces funding to support ocean observing in the mid-Atlantic
12 Aug 2009
NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has awarded more than $2.7 million in competitive grant funding to the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, coordinated through the University of Delaware, in support of...
12 Aug 2009
NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has awarded more than $2.7 million in competitive grant funding to the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, coordinated through the University of Delaware, in support of...
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