World's largest scientific society to honor DuPont scientists for 2 breakthrough discoveries
...Officer Dr. Thomas M. Connelly. "Their scientific achievements have enduring significance for our world. They are outstanding science and technology role models for those working to unleash the next wave of innovation for our world." Safer glass Rees invented a unique family of tough, clear plastics called...National Institutes of Health awards $15.5 million grant to independent biology lab
...work will be freely shared, so that its scientific achievements and new technologies can be disseminated quickly to scientists worldwide for maximum public benefit. "We are eager to develop and test an 'open source biology' approach," says Brent. "This means that in appropriate situations we will go beyond the st...Gene therapy researcher selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
..."This appointment recognizes Dr. High's pioneering achievements in advancing gene therapy, a novel field of medicine." Dr. High is internationally prominent for her studies of the molecular biology of the inherited bleeding disorder hemophilia. Over the past decade, she has investigated a gene transfer approa...Harden McConnell named winner of 2002 Welch Award in Chemistry
...ncluding the 1990 National Medal of Science. "The achievements of Dr. McConnell exemplify the guiding principle of the Welch Foundation and the spirit of the Welch Award: basic research in chemistry that contributes to the betterment of humankind," observed Richard J. V. Johnson, foundation chair and chief execu...Welch Award honors McConnell for insights into physical chemistry, cell membranes
...2 Welch Award, a $300,000 prize given for lifetime achievements in basic chemical research, in recognition of his ...J. V. Johnson, chairman, The Welch Foundation. The achievements of Dr. McConnell exemplify the guiding principle of The Welch Foundation and the spirit of the Welch...From arts to neurobiology versatile Duke scientist chosen for NSF Waterman Award
... or engineer, Jarvis was chosen for his individual achievements and leadership in studying the brain system of vocal learning birds. Jarvis will receive the Waterman Award on May 7 in Washington, D.C. He is the 27th recipient of the award since it was created in 1975 by Congress to commemorate NSFs 25th ann...Would cloning necessarily undermine human potential and sense of self?
...s that we have formed, our particular projects and achievements or accomplishments, how we are treated byothers, and the times we have lived through. For example, to one person being a Christian may be a central feature of self-identity, while to another being a Christian may be relatively unimportant to the sens...Australian frog is first to make its own chemical weapons
...rnest Guenther Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in natural products chemistry. He will be honored at an award ceremony April 9 in conjunction with the meeting. Over the past four decades, Daly and colleagues have investigated hundreds of frog species from all over the world and discovered a wide r...Ames chemist wins national award for contributions to Human Genome Project
...9 by the worlds largest scientific society for his achievements in separating and analyzing complex mixtures including a technique that helped speed up considerably the sequencing of the human genome. He will receive the 2002 Award in Chromatography from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in O...Salem, Virginia chemist wins national award for environmental work
...automobile exhaust by 99 percent since 1975. Other achievements included catalysts to purify flue gases from chemical plants and to destroy ozone in air entering airplane cabins. He mused: If I were independently wealthy, I would have paid my company to be able to do the work I did for them. I enjoy it that much....UF researcher develops AIDS vaccine for cats
... professor at the University of Pisa in Italy. Her achievements in the area are indeed outstanding. The fact that USDA has approved Janets FIV vaccine for commercial use is an extremely important step forward in the area of vaccines against lentiviruses in general, since it represents the first vaccine to be cons...AAAS awards the Philip Abelson Prize to 'Green Revolution' champion Norman Borlaug
...ge Abelson Prize. Borlaug was honored for lifetime achievements in scientific research and contributions to the scientific community. Borlaug, an agricultural scientist who worked for organizations such as the Civilian Conservation Corps off and on to put himself through Master's and doctoral programs at the Univ...MIT professor to receive the 2002 Othmer Gold Medal
...s communities as a central hub for celebrating the achievements of the chemical sciences and technologies, said CH...d taking other appropriate steps to make known the achievements of chemical and molecular scientists and engineers, and of related sciences, technologies, and indus...AAAS announces Science Journalism Award winners
...ndividuals have been honored for their significant achievements in the field of science reporting. The Whitaker Foundation, which supports research and training in biomedical engineering, has sponsored the AAAS Science Journalism Awards since 1995. The 2001 awards will be presented by Tim Radford of The Guardian ...Nexia and US Army spin the worlds first man-made spider silk performance fibers
...ur without breaking. Spider silk has dwarfed Mans achievements in material science to date." Nexia has exclusive, worldwide rights to broad patents covering spider silks genes and proteins and is in the process of developing commercial quantities of spider silk using its proprietary transgenic goat technology. ...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
...ure. Science also salutes nine other scientific achievements of 2001. Except for the first runner up, the others are in no particular order. RNA Revolution: RNA revealed itself to be remarkably versatile in 2001, breaking out of its traditional role of genetic messenger and performing a number of unexpected ...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
... of organic semiconductors. He has made pioneering achievements by demonstrating the use of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in flat screens. The results and the economic potential of his years of research in this area have met with considerable interest on the part of industry. Kowalskys interdisciplinary a...Museums must play a bigger role in conservation
...nt of The Field Museum, citing major environmental achievements of several museums around the world. When science informs conservation, the results can be dramatic. Traditionally, natural history museums have been viewed as lumbering warehouses filled with stones and bones. Today, they must chart a dynamic, activ...HFES honors 2001 awardees at 45th Annual Meeting
...ith the 2001 A. R. Lauer Safety Award for his many achievements in enhancing safety in traffic, the workplace, medicine, and the environment through the application of human factors principles, theory, and communication. Peters is senior partner in the consulting and law firm of Peters & Peters in Santa Monica, C...Virginia Tech leads global effort to sort out social, economic impacts of agricultural biotechnology
...the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The scientific achievements of biotechnology have been occurring at such an astounding pace that social and economic assessments have lagged behind, Norton says. "There are major benefits that can be expected from agricultural biotechnology, but we expect to see distributional ...