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Nottingham gains Oracle Spatial Centre of Excellence
25 Aug 2009
The University of Nottingham's Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS) has signed an Agreement designating CGS as an Oracle Spatial Centre of Excellence — the only one of its kind in Europe and one of just three worldwide. Location-based...
25 Aug 2009
The University of Nottingham's Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS) has signed an Agreement designating CGS as an Oracle Spatial Centre of Excellence — the only one of its kind in Europe and one of just three worldwide. Location-based...
NSF awards Space@VT $2 million to improve space weather understanding
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Robert Clauer, Virginia Tech professor of electrical and computer engineering, will lead a team of the Space@VT researchers to build a chain of space weather instrument stations in Antarctica. Click...
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Robert Clauer, Virginia Tech professor of electrical and computer engineering, will lead a team of the Space@VT researchers to build a chain of space weather instrument stations in Antarctica. Click...
Acoustic tweezers can position tiny objects
28 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Dynamic patterning of polystyrene beads (diameter of 1.9 μm) through "acoustic tweezers " technology. The wavelength of the applied standing acoustic wave was 200 micrometers and the power intensity...
28 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Dynamic patterning of polystyrene beads (diameter of 1.9 μm) through "acoustic tweezers " technology. The wavelength of the applied standing acoustic wave was 200 micrometers and the power intensity...
Discovery of natural odors could help develop mosquito repellents
26 Aug 2009
Applications of research by UC Riverside entomologists include prevention of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases IMAGE: The image depicts scanning electron micrographs of the heads of a Culex...
26 Aug 2009
Applications of research by UC Riverside entomologists include prevention of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases IMAGE: The image depicts scanning electron micrographs of the heads of a Culex...
2009 Awards of World Cultural Council
24 Aug 2009
Albert Einstein World Award of Science and Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts IMAGE: Sir John Houghton won the the 2009 Albert Einstein World Award of Science. Click here for more...
24 Aug 2009
Albert Einstein World Award of Science and Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts IMAGE: Sir John Houghton won the the 2009 Albert Einstein World Award of Science. Click here for more...
The path to new antibiotics
27 Aug 2009
Researchers find vulnerable enzyme in pathogens LA JOLLA, Calif., August 27, 2009 -- Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Maryland have demonstrated...
27 Aug 2009
Researchers find vulnerable enzyme in pathogens LA JOLLA, Calif., August 27, 2009 -- Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Maryland have demonstrated...
Bridging the political divide across the Gulf of Aqaba
25 Aug 2009
Stanford marine scientists participate in Israeli-Jordanian project IMAGE: Oceanographers Hezi Gildor (left) of Israel and Riyad Manasrah of Jordan are participating in a joint Stanford-Israeli-Jordanian project...
25 Aug 2009
Stanford marine scientists participate in Israeli-Jordanian project IMAGE: Oceanographers Hezi Gildor (left) of Israel and Riyad Manasrah of Jordan are participating in a joint Stanford-Israeli-Jordanian project...
UF scientists construct 'off switch' for Parkinson therapy
28 Aug 2009
Common drug shuts down gene therapy in rats, addressing safety concerns for humans GAINESVILLE — A common antibiotic can function as an "off switch" for a gene therapy being developed for Parkinson's disease, according to University of...
28 Aug 2009
Common drug shuts down gene therapy in rats, addressing safety concerns for humans GAINESVILLE — A common antibiotic can function as an "off switch" for a gene therapy being developed for Parkinson's disease, according to University of...
The American Society of Human Genetics hosts 59th Annual Meeting in Honolulu
27 Aug 2009
World's top genetic scientists to present latest research findings at ASHG 2009 Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii -- Oct. 20-24, 2009, Hawaii Convention Center Bethesda, MD -- August 27, 2009 -- The world's top scientists and clinicians in the human...
27 Aug 2009
World's top genetic scientists to present latest research findings at ASHG 2009 Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii -- Oct. 20-24, 2009, Hawaii Convention Center Bethesda, MD -- August 27, 2009 -- The world's top scientists and clinicians in the human...
UCSB scientists propose Antarctic location for 'missing' ice sheet
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Bruce Luyendyk and Douglas Wilson are researchers at University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– New...
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Bruce Luyendyk and Douglas Wilson are researchers at University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– New...
Taking the juice for granted
25 Aug 2009
Powering American cities in the new century IMAGE: With the new superconducting cable, Manhattan's electrical workers may be able to eventually clear out the aging, subterranean rats' nest beneath Wall Street...
25 Aug 2009
Powering American cities in the new century IMAGE: With the new superconducting cable, Manhattan's electrical workers may be able to eventually clear out the aging, subterranean rats' nest beneath Wall Street...
Marine biomedicine researchers decode structure of promising sea compound
28 Aug 2009
Novel natural product yielding potential new ways to fight diseases IMAGE: An image of the source cyanobacteria assemblage for hoiamide A as seen under the microscope. Click here for more...
28 Aug 2009
Novel natural product yielding potential new ways to fight diseases IMAGE: An image of the source cyanobacteria assemblage for hoiamide A as seen under the microscope. Click here for more...
Blood-flow metabolism mismatch predicts pancreatic tumor aggressiveness
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Gaber Komar, M.D., a research fellow at the Turku PET Center. Click here for more information. PHILADELPHIA – Researchers from Turku, Finland, have...
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Gaber Komar, M.D., a research fellow at the Turku PET Center. Click here for more information. PHILADELPHIA – Researchers from Turku, Finland, have...
Press conference schedule announced for TCT 2009
27 Aug 2009
Full program now available and searchable online WHAT: Data from late-breaking clinical trials of new interventional techniques and devices will be released at TCT 2009 - Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – the global annual...
27 Aug 2009
Full program now available and searchable online WHAT: Data from late-breaking clinical trials of new interventional techniques and devices will be released at TCT 2009 - Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – the global annual...
Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California
25 Aug 2009
Conditions that drove potent heat wave in July 2006 likely to worsen under evolving climate change IMAGE: This photos shows a setting sun. Click here for more information. From...
25 Aug 2009
Conditions that drove potent heat wave in July 2006 likely to worsen under evolving climate change IMAGE: This photos shows a setting sun. Click here for more information. From...
Science magazine to host webinar on apoptotic signaling
28 Aug 2009
The business office of Science, the world's leading peer-reviewed research journal, is producing a webinar on "Apoptotic Signaling in Normal and Cancer Cell Biology" to be broadcast live online at 12 noon ET (4:00 GMT) September 22, 2009,...
28 Aug 2009
The business office of Science, the world's leading peer-reviewed research journal, is producing a webinar on "Apoptotic Signaling in Normal and Cancer Cell Biology" to be broadcast live online at 12 noon ET (4:00 GMT) September 22, 2009,...
MicroRNA in human saliva may help diagnose oral cancer
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: David T. Wong, D.M.D., D.M.Sc., is the Felix and Mildred Yip Endowed Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry. Click here for more...
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: David T. Wong, D.M.D., D.M.Sc., is the Felix and Mildred Yip Endowed Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry. Click here for more...
UT's Valentin Dragoi gets $1.2 million grant for groundbreaking approach to brain research
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Valentin Dragoi of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, EUREKA grant awardee. Click here for more information. An innovative approach to brain...
25 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is Valentin Dragoi of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, EUREKA grant awardee. Click here for more information. An innovative approach to brain...
Autonomous underwater robot reduces ship fuel consumption
24 Aug 2009
Maintaining US Navy's commitment to environmental stewardship VIDEO: As researchers around the world work to uncover new materials to combat marine biofouling, ONR is supporting the development of novel...
24 Aug 2009
Maintaining US Navy's commitment to environmental stewardship VIDEO: As researchers around the world work to uncover new materials to combat marine biofouling, ONR is supporting the development of novel...
Underwater expedition delivers key findings in search for evidence of early Americans
29 Aug 2009
Mercyhurst College archaeologists trace ancient river systems, identify chert at 3 submerged sites In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along...
29 Aug 2009
Mercyhurst College archaeologists trace ancient river systems, identify chert at 3 submerged sites In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along...
New technique can help diagnose mesothelioma
24 Aug 2009
A new technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause. The study, led by principal investigator Y.C. Gary Lee, Ph.D., appears in the September 1 issue of the American...
24 Aug 2009
A new technique may help clinicians hone in on a diagnosis in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause. The study, led by principal investigator Y.C. Gary Lee, Ph.D., appears in the September 1 issue of the American...
Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch'
27 Aug 2009
Discover extensive plastic debris floating 1,000 miles from land IMAGE: SEAPLEX researchers spotted a large net tangled with plastic in the "garbage patch. " Click here for more...
27 Aug 2009
Discover extensive plastic debris floating 1,000 miles from land IMAGE: SEAPLEX researchers spotted a large net tangled with plastic in the "garbage patch. " Click here for more...
Fisk/Vanderbilt program receives $3.7 million to increase minority Ph.D.s in the physical sciences
27 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The following are participants in the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program: Front row, left to right: John Rigueur, Matthew Richardson, Tomas Yan, Tommy LeBlanc, Trey Mack, Des Campbell, Michael...
27 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The following are participants in the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program: Front row, left to right: John Rigueur, Matthew Richardson, Tomas Yan, Tommy LeBlanc, Trey Mack, Des Campbell, Michael...
Grasso and team awarded $2.8 million, five-year grant by HHS HIV/AIDS Bureau
26 Aug 2009
Grasso to play key technical role within platform designed to enhance access to and retention in quality HIV care for women of color HOBOKEN, N.J. — Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, a member of the Stevens Healthcare Information Technology...
26 Aug 2009
Grasso to play key technical role within platform designed to enhance access to and retention in quality HIV care for women of color HOBOKEN, N.J. — Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, a member of the Stevens Healthcare Information Technology...
New genomic research to tackle supply and demand issues in emerging forestry biofuels industry
24 Aug 2009
Vancouver, BC – In order to reduce the Province's greenhouse gas emissions, the BC Bioenergy Strategy is calling for greatly increased production of renewable biofuels such as ethanol, from biomass grown in BC. But as ethanol produced...
24 Aug 2009
Vancouver, BC – In order to reduce the Province's greenhouse gas emissions, the BC Bioenergy Strategy is calling for greatly increased production of renewable biofuels such as ethanol, from biomass grown in BC. But as ethanol produced...
Going back to the moon, this time to stay
28 Aug 2009
Just published -- 'The Seventh Landing' It's been thirty-five years since people last trod the dusty plains of the Moon. Over the course of six landings from 1969 to 1972, twelve men explored, four-wheeled, dug and hiked across the lunar...
28 Aug 2009
Just published -- 'The Seventh Landing' It's been thirty-five years since people last trod the dusty plains of the Moon. Over the course of six landings from 1969 to 1972, twelve men explored, four-wheeled, dug and hiked across the lunar...
NIH awards Einstein researcher $11.2 million to study genome instability as a cause of aging
27 Aug 2009
Research could lead to interventions to slow aging August 27, 2009 ─ (BRONX, NY) ─ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $11.2 million grant to...
27 Aug 2009
Research could lead to interventions to slow aging August 27, 2009 ─ (BRONX, NY) ─ The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $11.2 million grant to...
Galaxy formation research earns astronomer NSF CAREER award for young scientists
27 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Indiana University astronomer Katherine Rhode has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to conduct a wide-field imaging survey that will be used to...
27 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Indiana University astronomer Katherine Rhode has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to conduct a wide-field imaging survey that will be used to...
Racial disparity studied in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B
28 Aug 2009
HBV recurrence higher in Caucasians compared to Asian- and African-Americans -- further study needed According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1.5 to 2 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV)....
28 Aug 2009
HBV recurrence higher in Caucasians compared to Asian- and African-Americans -- further study needed According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1.5 to 2 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV)....
Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method
28 Aug 2009
MOUNT CARMEL, HAIFA, ISRAEL—August 26, 2009—For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge...
28 Aug 2009
MOUNT CARMEL, HAIFA, ISRAEL—August 26, 2009—For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge...
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