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ERC provides millions for biodiversity research
29 Oct 2009
Scientists research coexistence in species-rich communities This release is available in German. IMAGE: This photo is of the canopy of a lowland hill dipterocarp forest in Sinharaja taken from the top of a...
29 Oct 2009
Scientists research coexistence in species-rich communities This release is available in German. IMAGE: This photo is of the canopy of a lowland hill dipterocarp forest in Sinharaja taken from the top of a...
Major research collaboration will improve British athletes' performance on world stage
27 Oct 2009
Scientists are developing a range of miniaturized wearable and track-side sensors, computer modeling tools and smart training devices to help British athletes improve their performance Scientists are developing a range of miniaturised wearable...
27 Oct 2009
Scientists are developing a range of miniaturized wearable and track-side sensors, computer modeling tools and smart training devices to help British athletes improve their performance Scientists are developing a range of miniaturised wearable...
UD start-up company prepares to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications
28 Oct 2009
IMAGE: The business partners involved in PAIR Technologies with their high-precision detector, which holds promise in numerous medical, military, environmental, and industrial applications. From left, Dan...
28 Oct 2009
IMAGE: The business partners involved in PAIR Technologies with their high-precision detector, which holds promise in numerous medical, military, environmental, and industrial applications. From left, Dan...
NIEHS awards Recovery Act funds to address bisphenol A research gaps
28 Oct 2009
For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Contact: Robin Mackar, NIEHS (919) 541-0073 NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Address Bisph Researchers studying the health effects of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) gathered in North...
28 Oct 2009
For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Contact: Robin Mackar, NIEHS (919) 541-0073 NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Address Bisph Researchers studying the health effects of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) gathered in North...
Rare space experiment gives clues about the fundamental structure of the universe
1 Nov 2009
IMAGE: In this illustration, one photon (purple) carries a million times the energy of another (yellow). Some theorists predict travel delays for higher-energy photons, which interact more strongly with the...
1 Nov 2009
IMAGE: In this illustration, one photon (purple) carries a million times the energy of another (yellow). Some theorists predict travel delays for higher-energy photons, which interact more strongly with the...
November 2009 Geology and GSA Today highlights
30 Oct 2009
Boulder, CO, USA – GEOLOGY covers a range of topics, including tsunami geomorphology, sag pond deposits, ooids and seawater chemistry, hillslope weathering, volcanoes and the nature of volcanic eruptions, minerals, marine sediments,...
30 Oct 2009
Boulder, CO, USA – GEOLOGY covers a range of topics, including tsunami geomorphology, sag pond deposits, ooids and seawater chemistry, hillslope weathering, volcanoes and the nature of volcanic eruptions, minerals, marine sediments,...
Wellcome Trust funds dengue fever research in Leuven
26 Oct 2009
Largest British fund for biomedical research finances project on breakbone fever in Leuven The Laboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy (Rega Institute) and the "Centre for Drug Design and Discovery" (CD3) at K.U.Leuven will...
26 Oct 2009
Largest British fund for biomedical research finances project on breakbone fever in Leuven The Laboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy (Rega Institute) and the "Centre for Drug Design and Discovery" (CD3) at K.U.Leuven will...
Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir
27 Oct 2009
Sandia researcher solves problem of mixing liquids in tiny volumes VIDEO: Microfluids often must be mixed, but scientists have lacked a simple and reliable way to do it. Now, Sandia researcher Jim Martin and his...
27 Oct 2009
Sandia researcher solves problem of mixing liquids in tiny volumes VIDEO: Microfluids often must be mixed, but scientists have lacked a simple and reliable way to do it. Now, Sandia researcher Jim Martin and his...
NCI awards $15.2 million to create Princeton Physical Sciences -- Oncology Center
26 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Guillaume Lambert (left), a physics graduate student at Princeton, and Robert Austin, principal investigator of the new Princeton Physical Sciences-Oncology Center and physics professor, observe prostate...
26 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Guillaume Lambert (left), a physics graduate student at Princeton, and Robert Austin, principal investigator of the new Princeton Physical Sciences-Oncology Center and physics professor, observe prostate...
FSU, Duke partner to study impact of Gulf's 'dead zone' on shrimp fishery
30 Oct 2009
IMAGE: This is marine ecologist Kevin Craig, a faculty member at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --...
30 Oct 2009
IMAGE: This is marine ecologist Kevin Craig, a faculty member at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Click here for more information. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --...
Distinguished lecturers to speak at 48TH AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exposition
29 Oct 2009
October 28, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that a series of distinguished lectures will be presented at the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and...
29 Oct 2009
October 28, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that a series of distinguished lectures will be presented at the 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and...
Clean energy, skin cream, platinum, pollution and plasmas
30 Oct 2009
Highlights of AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition October 30, 2009 -- The AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition next month in San Jose, CA will showcase advances in alternative energy, materials research,...
30 Oct 2009
Highlights of AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition October 30, 2009 -- The AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition next month in San Jose, CA will showcase advances in alternative energy, materials research,...
A new wrinkle in ancient ocean chemistry
29 Oct 2009
A UC Riverside-led study reports on the effects of biological oxygen production nearly 100 million years before oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere IMAGE: UC Riverside's Chris Reinhard analyzes metal content in...
29 Oct 2009
A UC Riverside-led study reports on the effects of biological oxygen production nearly 100 million years before oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere IMAGE: UC Riverside's Chris Reinhard analyzes metal content in...
AGU Fall Meeting: Abstracts and sessions now online
29 Oct 2009
The American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting will take place at the Moscone Convention Center, located at 747 Howard Street in San Francisco, California. The dates are Monday–Friday, 14-18 December 2009. Here are important updates about...
29 Oct 2009
The American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting will take place at the Moscone Convention Center, located at 747 Howard Street in San Francisco, California. The dates are Monday–Friday, 14-18 December 2009. Here are important updates about...
Rice University cuts deal to research graphene-infused drilling fluids
27 Oct 2009
Nano additive would improve productivity of wells HOUSTON – (Oct. 26, 2009) – A wall of graphene a single nanometer wide could be the difference between an oil well that merely pays for itself and one that returns great...
27 Oct 2009
Nano additive would improve productivity of wells HOUSTON – (Oct. 26, 2009) – A wall of graphene a single nanometer wide could be the difference between an oil well that merely pays for itself and one that returns great...
Bold, transformational energy research projects win $151 million in funding
26 Oct 2009
Department of Energy's ARPA-E selects 37 projects to pursue breakthroughs that could fundamentally change the way we use and produce energy (San Francisco, Calif.) The Department of Energy today announced major funding for 37 ambitious research...
26 Oct 2009
Department of Energy's ARPA-E selects 37 projects to pursue breakthroughs that could fundamentally change the way we use and produce energy (San Francisco, Calif.) The Department of Energy today announced major funding for 37 ambitious research...
University of Cincinnati researchers create all-electric spintronics
27 Oct 2009
Multidisciplinary team of UC researchers first to find an innovative and novel way to control an electron’s spin orientation using purely electrical means IMAGE: Professors Philippe Debray (left) and Marc...
27 Oct 2009
Multidisciplinary team of UC researchers first to find an innovative and novel way to control an electron’s spin orientation using purely electrical means IMAGE: Professors Philippe Debray (left) and Marc...
Cell phones become handheld tools for global development
29 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Members of the Surui tribe in Brazil test Open Data Kit as a tool to raise awareness of illegal logging on their lands. The tribe also plans to use the... Click here for more...
29 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Members of the Surui tribe in Brazil test Open Data Kit as a tool to raise awareness of illegal logging on their lands. The tribe also plans to use the... Click here for more...
NIH launches multicenter clinical trial to test blood pressure strategy
29 Oct 2009
Study to determine whether lower blood pressure goal cuts the risk of heart and kidney diseases, stroke and cognitive decline The National Institutes of Health is launching a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether...
29 Oct 2009
Study to determine whether lower blood pressure goal cuts the risk of heart and kidney diseases, stroke and cognitive decline The National Institutes of Health is launching a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether...
Trial to test whether behavioral therapy can reduce anxiety in young adolescents with autism
27 Oct 2009
Oct. 27, 2009 -- The USF Health Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry in St. Petersburg, FL, is conducting a two-year federal trial testing the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with...
27 Oct 2009
Oct. 27, 2009 -- The USF Health Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry in St. Petersburg, FL, is conducting a two-year federal trial testing the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with...
An exquisite container
1 Nov 2009
A gold nanocage covered with a polymer is a smart drug delivery system VIDEO: Lycurgus, King of the Edoni in Thrace, is ensnared by the nymph Ambrosia in the form of a vine. The famous Roman cup looks green when...
1 Nov 2009
A gold nanocage covered with a polymer is a smart drug delivery system VIDEO: Lycurgus, King of the Edoni in Thrace, is ensnared by the nymph Ambrosia in the form of a vine. The famous Roman cup looks green when...
AGU Journal highlights -- Oct. 26, 2009
26 Oct 2009
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published or accepted for publication (paper in press) in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL). Anyone may read the scientific abstract for any of these papers by clicking on the...
26 Oct 2009
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published or accepted for publication (paper in press) in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL). Anyone may read the scientific abstract for any of these papers by clicking on the...
2-pronged protein attack could be source of SARS virulence
29 Oct 2009
GALVESTON, Texas — Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence — its...
29 Oct 2009
GALVESTON, Texas — Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence — its...
Latest analysis confirms suboptimal vitamin D levels in millions of US children
26 Oct 2009
National data suggest non-whites are especially at risk Boston, Mass. -- Millions of children in the United States between the ages of 1 and 11 may suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D, according to a large nationally representative study...
26 Oct 2009
National data suggest non-whites are especially at risk Boston, Mass. -- Millions of children in the United States between the ages of 1 and 11 may suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D, according to a large nationally representative study...
Ancient 'monster' insect offers Halloween inspiration
26 Oct 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Just in time for Halloween, researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world "monster" – what they are calling a "unicorn" fly that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as a new...
26 Oct 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Just in time for Halloween, researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world "monster" – what they are calling a "unicorn" fly that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as a new...
New look for antiques
27 Oct 2009
Paintings and gilt surfaces can be effectively and gently restored with water-based microemulsions This release is available in German. IMAGE: Oil-in-water nanocontainers within an aqueous polymer network were...
27 Oct 2009
Paintings and gilt surfaces can be effectively and gently restored with water-based microemulsions This release is available in German. IMAGE: Oil-in-water nanocontainers within an aqueous polymer network were...
UT leads collaborative initiative for innovative cancer research
27 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is the principal investigator for one of 12 Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers (PS-OCs) created by the...
27 Oct 2009
IMAGE: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is the principal investigator for one of 12 Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers (PS-OCs) created by the...
FASTSAT instruments shipped to NASA Marshall for tests and launch preparation
26 Oct 2009
Instruments to analyze Earth's outer atmosphere and improve global space weather prediction IMAGE: This is the Mini-Me instrument. Click here for more information. GREENBELT, Md....
26 Oct 2009
Instruments to analyze Earth's outer atmosphere and improve global space weather prediction IMAGE: This is the Mini-Me instrument. Click here for more information. GREENBELT, Md....
Cummings School awarded USAID grant targeting emerging infectious diseases
30 Oct 2009
Tufts veterinary faculty to collaborate with University of Minnesota, others Grafton, Mass., October 29, 2009 –Tufts University has been tapped by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a...
30 Oct 2009
Tufts veterinary faculty to collaborate with University of Minnesota, others Grafton, Mass., October 29, 2009 –Tufts University has been tapped by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a...
Third sector still innovating despite hard times
26 Oct 2009
The report, entitled "The third sector – discussions around key public policy issues", is the result of presentations and debates at a series of public policy seminars organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the Scottish Council for...
26 Oct 2009
The report, entitled "The third sector – discussions around key public policy issues", is the result of presentations and debates at a series of public policy seminars organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the Scottish Council for...
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