Russian universities receive US funding to improve basic scientific research capabilities
Washington, DC - The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (RF Minobr) announced at a press conference in Moscow today the results of the third competition under their Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program. The four universities that will each receive a grant award of $1 million under BRHE and their areas or...Russian, PNNL scientists advance US seed production, oil remediation
RICHLAND, Wash.-While searching for a better way to grow turf grass in light of stricter government regulations, a Washington state seed company found help from an unlikely source - former Soviet Union scientists who supported the production of weapons of mass destruction during the Cold War, but who now share their expertise through a U.S. nonproliferation program.... ...Dye Seed Ranch, a seed p...Russian scientists to learn Wall Street capitalism in Albuquerque, NM
.Albuquerque, NM An unusual side of Sandia National Laboratories will be on display Thursday, April 26, from 1-1:30 p.m. in Sandia's Robotic Manufacturing Science and Engineering Laboratory (RMSEL)..Russian scientists from SPEKTR (pronounced SPECTOR), a fledgling Russian company, will meet that afternoon with the founder and president of the leading African-American-owned investment banking fir....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A letter expressing "deepest gratitude" from a Russian.landmine victim fitted with a newly developed artificial foot demonstrates one.reason for the initiation of a second prosthetics project between the Department.of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the Ohio Willow Wood Company..This one, to develop an advanced artificial knee, is supported by a $1.4 million.coope...Multi Drug Resistant-TB: Russian Economic Collapse Will Lead To Global Spread Of "Ebola With Wings"
.The Public Health Research Institute, Doctors Without Borders (Medicins sans.Frontiers) and the Medical Emergency Relief Network International (MERLIN) have.issued a joint statement about the need for international attention and support.to combat the epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Russia, which.is threatening to become a global problem. . .Referring to the disease as "Eb...Russian Queens Bee-Little Mites' Impact
Federal scientists hope to establish a Russian dynasty throughout the United States—one. populated by the progeny of Asian-hatched honeybees, renowned for their resistance to. mites. . That goal moved a step closer last week. The first generation of bees produced by 90. expatriate queens, just released from quarantine, has significantly outperformed U.S.. members of their species, , in...Study Finds Russian Women, Children Not Getting Enough Iron In Their Diets
. By DAVID WILLIAMSON . UNC-CH News Services. CHAPEL HILL -- Russian women and children, especially those from poorer.families, fail to consume enough iron in their diets, and the deficiency could.seriously damage their health, according to a new study. More than half the iron.they do ingest is lost through...Duke's Russian Laser Making Ultraviolet Light And Gamma Rays
.DURHAM, N.C. -- A record-setting Russian ultraviolet free-electron laser.(FEL) has begun operating at its new home at Duke University, where investigators.expect to harness it soon for medical research such as improved laser surgical.techniques. . .The device also is producing intense beams of gamma rays, which other physicists.hope will help answer major questions in nuclear physics such as un...