Top US scientist honored with prestigious award
...e five UNESCO regions) will be awarded fellowships valued at $20,000 each....Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
...uld shoot at 100,000 frames per second, what Patek valued was its ability to obtain high-resolution video at 5,000 frames per second in hard-to-light situations. "We got absolutely spectacular images," she said, crediting the nonstop work of the TV crew. The video they obtained was broadcast in the United K...Marian Johnson-Thompson wins 2004 Alice C. Evans Award
...rsity of the District of Columbia, where she was a valued member of the faculty for two decades, she chaired the Women's Advisory Committee. She is a founding member and former national chair of the National Network of Minority Women in Science (MWIS). She was an active member of the National Network of Min...MBL researcher and science teacher visit Siberia to study climate, excite children about science
... Max has treated [my students] like scientists and valued them for their minds. He has made the kids feel important and valued and because of that they are anxious to work with him . . . I hope that this [collaboration] will be...Margaret Foti to be honored for significant contributions to cancer care
...g from ASCO," Foti said. "ASCO is one of our most valued and long-term collaborators in strengthening cancer education and communication. Our close relationship has become increasingly important in this modern era of translational cancer research and synergistic targeted therapies," she added. A native o...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...lypsys, Inc. of San Diego. The Kalypsys agreement, valued at up to $30 million over the course of a four-year contract if all options are exercised, will deliver to the NIH center a suite of technologies, materials and services, including a highly automated robotic system capable of screening more than 1 mi...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...pling and imaging "can be a 'hot' issue in regions valued for their underground resources or those known or suspected for dumping of nuclear and other wastes." While sampling the entire Arctic is unrealistic, "any effort" directed specifically at understanding biodiversity can result in "tremendous advances...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...laces in the world, and is widely known and highly valued among the scientific community. Chavarria, a native of Costa Rica, wears many hats (as do conservationists in most developing countries): She is an expert in both insect and plant taxonomy and conservation biologist, as well as fund-raiser, organizer...