Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...m and awards, see accompanying factsheet.) The six presidential awards fill five categories, with a tie in academia thisyear: For Design of Safer Chemicals Chemists at Rohm and Haas Co. have discovered a new and highly selectivemethod to control crop-eating caterpillars and turf-destroying grubs. Mostinsecti...Amnesia After Sex: More Than A Washington Phenomenon
...ot recall the name of the current U.S. President,a presidential Valsalva maneuver during each of his recent escapades may havelegally allowed him not to recall specific events and may thereby help maintaininternational stability during the current transient global economicfluctuation."...National Science Medalists Named
...engineering, mathematics and physics. A 12-member presidential committee reviews nominations for the annual awards. -NSF- Attachment: List of individual recipients and institution contacts Attachment RECIPIENTS OF THE 1998 NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE Bruce N. Ames , Professor of Biochemistr...NSF-Supported New Scientists And Engineers Receive Presidential Award
This third annual presidential award is the highest honor bestowed bythe U.S. government on outstanding new scientists and engineers who are in theearly stages of establishing their independent research careers. Among nine participating federal agencies, there were 60 tota...New process converts municipal waste into commodities and fuel
Local company wins presidential award Washington, D.C. - Biofine, Incorporated, of Waltham, Mass., receivedthe Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award today for its design of aprocess that converts cellulosic biomass such as paper mill sludge, municipalsolid waste, unrecycl...Spring meeting press conferences
... want to hear this discussion, focusing on how the presidential candidates are using or misusing science in their campaigns and how scientists can enhance awareness of good science in the political process. Speakers include Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Michael Rodemeyer of the House Science Committee, Geor...University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist is named ESA president
...rove our understanding of the globe." During his presidential year, Carpenter says he would like to see ESA and its membership make a strong contribution to programs such as the International Program on Ecosystem Change, for which he serves as Chair. He would also like to promote strong participation in an int......g hands. According to D. A. Henderson, a former US presidential adviser, and director of the Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, what are effectively blueprints for making microorganisms more harmful regularly appear in unclassified journals. "I can't for the life of m......linton's example. After he had a Guinness during a presidential visit to Dublin, his entourage reportedly bought the glass to ensure no one got hold of his DNA....The moral status of the human embryo
...7, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. The recent announcement of a presidential Council on Bioethics has brought the issues of embryo research and human cloning to the forefront of public policy debate. Underlying the political impasse over science policy regarding embryo research is a deep-seated religious debate about the sta...Mexican reserves fail to protect monarch butterflies
...ites were discovered in 1975, therehave been three presidential decrees protecting them (in 1980, 1986 and2000). B... conserved forest actuallyincreased after the 1986 presidential decree protecting the monarchoverwintering sites. Degradation around the reserves increased fromabou...Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2003 Annual Meeting
...0 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, with a presidential symposium on integration of neuroimaging with computer modeling of brain function. The full meeting program and the abstracts will be available next week on our website at www.humanbrainmapping.org ....Organization for Human Brain Mapping annual meeting abstract highlights
...00 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and a presidential symposium on integration of neuroimaging with computer modeling of brain function. The full meeting program and all of the abstracts are available on our website at www.humanbrainmapping.org/NYC2003 . Members of the press may attend the meeting at ...Homeland security symposium covers what chemists can do to help protect the nation
...ty issues and potential terrorist threats during a presidential symposium at the 226th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Speakers will discuss the use of nanotechnology to improve sensors and to develop porous silicon "smart dust" detectors, explain the threat posed by "dirty bombs," and cover te...Exploring oil rigs and an ancient shoreline in the Gulf Of Mexico for new disease cures
...e program was created in response to a report by a presidential panel that outlined the great potential of the largely unexplored oceans for human discovery. Unlike most HARBOR BRANCH drug discovery cruises, the Gulf expedition will not use the institution's ships and submersibles. Instead, the mission will be ...Purdue biologists receive nearly $18 million to study infectious diseases
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - As part of a major U.S. presidential initiative to combat bioterrorism, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a pair of grants to Purdue University researchers to help the group study viruses thought to have potential as biological weapons. While the two grants are to supp...President Bush will honor U.S. science and technology leaders
...nology and innovation for the nation, will receive presidential medals at the White House on Nov. 6. President Bush will bestow the 2002 National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology at a ceremony in the White House starting at 3:00 p.m. Media representatives who are not currently White House-......d survivorship of cancer a priority in next year's presidential elections. About 79 percent of the survey respondents said that it is important that the presidential candidates talk about cancer research and finding a cure for the disease. "AACR is privileged to wo...John Allen Paulos receives prestigious AAAS Award for Public Understanding of S&T
...ave a mathematical angle to them. During the 2000 presidential elections, for example, Paulos contributed pieces that led to a number of media appearances and much commentary, most notably a citation by the Florida Supreme Court. He has appeared frequently on television and radio, including interviews with the "...