Research changes surface mine reclamation practices, policy
...rum of mining history and conditions. The Plass award is given for outstanding contributions to the teac...ional and international level. The $500 student award and plaque are given annually to an M.S. degree student having a curriculum in a scientific discipli......apply for the honor. The NIH's description of the award states: "The (Javits award) is made to distinguish...ven-year period." Auerbach's research under this award will focus on acetylcholine receptors. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter involved in carrying che...Dairy scientist advances field of transgenics and knowledge of growth hormones
... Tech's Alumni Award for Research Excellence. The award will be presented Sept. 20 during the university's Fall Awards Convocation. Akers also recently received the Pharmacia and Upjohn Physiology Award, presented at the American Dairy Science Association annual meeting. "It's been quite a year," he says...The ultimate pocket protector--radiation detection made easy
...00 by R&D Magazine. Aryaeinejad will receive his award at a gala at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, on Sept. 27, 2000. A dosimeter is an instrument that responds to the presence of radiation, and measures the dose or amount of exposure. Used at hospitals, nuclear power plants, and resea...Researchers at four universities develop most comprehensive CD to identify North American trees
...Tech), and Edward C. Jensen (Oregon State) are all award winning educators and software developers. Both Seiler and Jensen have won the Society of American Foresters' Carl Alwin Schenck Award for excellence in forestry education. Their software has been tested on college students in controlled studies and ...Five New York City research institutions collaborate to study 3-D structures of proteins
... the three-dimensional structures of proteins. The award will fund the first year of a five year pilot program launched by NIGMS called the Protein Structure Initiative The member institutions of the consortium are Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of M...... $1.1-million study, which will be co-funded by an award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Mineral...ists to make better glues and adhesives. The award is the result of an initiative by the federal government to investigate the biotechnology potential ...Two distinguished Rutgers chemists named Biophysical Society Fellows
...utgers -- Helen M. Berman and Wilma K. Olson. The award honors distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science and contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics. There are currently about 6,000 members of the society and, to date, only 45 have been selected as fellows. "The...Initial awards announced under new international bioethics education and career development award
...million per year over the next four years. The award supports U.S. as well as international educational and research institutions. It aims to 1) improve the quality of international ethics training by supporting the development of courses to provide skills for teaching and research related to bioethic...Fledgling conservation group wins EPA award
...lanta, Georgia. The Aiken, SC-based group took the award for Environmental, Community and Non profit organi... Ecology Laboratory, said he is excited about the award because, it will direct attention to these animals that are such an important part of our environmen...Bilbies invade central Australia
...project in Central Australia has won a prestigious award - for environment corporate citizenship and environmental achievements. It is a fitting recognition, because the project brings together a large range of dedicated players, all combining their skills to restore a huge section of desert country and r...Tobacco settlement $ = biomedical research; business development
...best interest." The largest Life Sciences Corridor award will be used to develop a linked network of advanc...iness development. The state of Michigan plans to award $50 million annually for 20 years to universities, research institutes and biotechnology companies. ...Neuroscience contest prompts 'thinking about thinking'
... this answer," said Brody. Hopfield and Brody will award each winner $500 and a Handspring Visor handheld computer signed by Jeff Hawkins, inventor of the Palm Pilot and founder of both Palm Computing Inc. and Handspring Inc. Hawkins has long been interested in the brain, and when he learned about the comp...Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
...'s pursuit of Los Alamos physicist Wen Ho Lee. The award for Disappearing Discovery of the Year goes to Archaeoraptor, thought to be a novel combination of bird and dinosaur, but exposed as the combination of two different fossils. In a box on Biomedical Ethics, Science also reviews the fallout from ge...... deputy director for Science and Technology. "This award proves the Laboratory continues to make significant contributions that benefit the quality of life." The Bright Light Award is part of DOEs Energy 100 list, which honors 23 years of the best scientific and technological accomplishments the Departme...February 15, 2001, deadline for science writing award
...mical engineering and related fields. The annual award includes $3,000, a gold medal and a bronze replica...rds/grady-stack.html . Inquiries concerning the award or nominating procedures should be directed to the ACS Awards office at 800-227-5558, ext. 2109 or b...ST@T SHEET: A monthly update on science/technology @ Temple University
...nership Award for contributions to e-commerce. The award was created to recognize individuals and schools who "foster timely dissemination of innovative e-business research and strengthen the relationship between leading universities and IBM." Mandviwalla, founding chair of the Fox Schools Department of M...DOE funds commercialization program for new energy-saving sensing device
... material processing and fabrication facility. The award will be divided over a three year period. Some of the initiatives they will be working on, Wang says, include the use of a commercially available gold coated fiber with the SCIIB sensors. They will also investigate different polymer coatings that wi...Friendly microbes control intestinal genes, study finds
...armacology and a recipient of a career development award from the Burroughs Welcome Fund. The human intestine contains the largest society of friendly microbes in the body. The total number of these microbes may be equal to the total number of cells in our body. Given its large microbial society, the intes...Dr. Thomas Starzl receiving prestigious King Faisal International prize this week in Saudi Arabia
... the field of organ transplantation. He shares the award with two other transplant pioneers, Norman E. Shum...hool of Medicine, in nominating Dr. Starzl for the award on behalf of the university. "His contributions to immunosuppressive techniques, organ procurement, ...