AGI announces the winners of Earth Science Week 2003 contests
...ican Geological Institute is proud to announce the winners of the Earth Science Week 2003 contests. The contests are designed to encourage students and the public to participate in this annual celebration that recognizes the importance of Earth sciences in our lives. The most recent contests included an art ...John Allen Paulos receives prestigious AAAS Award for Public Understanding of S&T
...morative plaque and other honors are bestowed upon winners of the AAAS award. For more background on the award, please see http://www.aaas.org/about/awards/...CSIRO scientist wins highest global award for fisheries research
...here is no Nobel Prize awarded. Recent Japan prize winners include Drs Mandelbrot and Yorke for creation of the Chaos Theory, and Dr Berners-Lee the acknowledged as the father of the Internet. "What this Award achieves is recognition that Australia has a great science base to guide fisheries sustainability a...American Society of Hematology honors prominent researchers with major awards
...n Society of Hematology is pleased to announce the winners of two of the Society's highest honors. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D., has been chosen to receive the 2003 William Dameshek Prize, and Janet Rowley, M.D., has been awarded the Henry M. Stratton Medal. Dr. Gilliland and Dr. Rowley are being recognized...Six reporters reach the 'pinnacle of excellence'
...nce Journalism Awards since 1995. For this reason, winners report that the awards program offers significant career visibility and acknowledgement of achievement: Past winner Natalie Angier of The New York Times, for example, has likened her 1992 AAAS award to the Pulitzer Prize, which she has also received....Hebrew University Ph.D. graduate wins young scientist prize in US
...ersity of Jerusalem, has been named one of the six winners of the Prize for Young Scientists, awarded annually by Amersham Biosciences and the journal Science. The prestigious prizes have been awarded annually since 1995 to outstanding Ph.D. graduates from around the world in the field of molecular biology. ...AACR and CEO Dr. Margaret Foti receive award for raising public awareness about melanoma
...ncer prevention a national priority." Other award winners include: Katie Couric and NBC's Today, were honored with the National Public Awareness Award for their part in the promotion at a national level of the Foundation's public awareness and education programs. Maude Becker, R.N., of the Colorado Can...ESA's first step towards Mars Sample Return
...at the end of October with the announcement of the winners of competitive contracts for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, the second Flagship robotic mission to be proposed as part of Aurora. The parallel contracts for the Phase A studies that will carry out a full mission design iteration for the MSR h...NIST chemist receives rare forensics award
...it as often as every two years, but only two other winners have been named during the past 12 years. The ISFG ( http://www.isfg.org ) promotes scientific knowledge in the field of genetic markers analyzed with forensic purposes. The society membership includes more than 900 scientists from 54 countries. Butl...Conference to highlight medical advances resulting from 50 years of DNA knowledge
... specialist in stem cell research; and Nobel Prize winners J. Michael Bishop, MD, UC San Francisco, and the Salk Institute's Sydney Brenner, PhD and Renato Dulbecco, MD. In an article noting the 50th anniversary, the Los Angeles Times commented that without understanding the structure of DNA, there would be ...Cervantes mission concludes with Soyuz TMA-2 landing
...ked via amateur radio with primary schoolchildren, winners of the Habla ISS competition, who had the chance to ask him questions. He also spoke live from the ISS to Jos Mara Aznar. "We are both delighted and proud of the success of all aspects of the mission and thankful to our Russian partners", said Mr Jrg...University of Pittsburgh scientist honored for major accomplishment in cancer research
...er by scientists no more than 45 years of age. The winners were selected by a committee chaired by Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., of the Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute....Young cancer researchers honored
...ade major accomplishments in cancer research. The winners are pathologist Yuan Chang, MD, of the University ...n 45 years old at the time they are nominated. The winners were selected by a committee chaired by Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD, of The Rockefeller University ...Nerac again named one of Connecticuts fastest growing technology companies
...appearance in the Connecticut Fast 50. This year's winners averaged 172 percent growth, representing a total of $3.1 billion in revenues, over the five-year period 1998 to 2002, to the Connecticut economy. "In today's economy, double-digit percentage revenue growth is an exceptional accomplishment. We commen...UC Riverside to convene conference on genetically modified organisms, Oct. 14-17, 2003
...o this technology. There will be losers as well as winners in this global competition." Chase-Dunn pointed out that social scientists have always studied the causes and consequences of new technologies. "We want to understand the circumstances under which innovation occurs and the social, political and ec...University of Chicago scientist wins prestigious Balzan Prize
...'s request. Self-nominations are not accepted. The winners are chosen by the foundation's general prize commi...wice that of the individual annual prizes. Earlier winners include Pope John XXIII, the composers Paul Hindemith and Gyrgy Ligeti and Mother Teresa of Calcutta...Lasker Award honors Rockefeller University biochemist for pioneering studies of gene activation
...e Nobel Prize, while 37 percent of all Nobel Prize winners have received Lasker Awards. Among the 22 Nobel Prize winners who have been associated with Rockefeller University, six received the Lasker Award: Nurse, Gnter Bl...Energy companies, conservation groups issue biodiversity recommendations for oil & gas development
...d Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as one of the winners of the 2002 World Summit Business Awards for Sustainable Development Partnerships in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ICC/UNEP selection panel recognized the EBI as one of four partnerships that has made a global contribution to sustainable developmen...Laboratory 'theme park' re-creates RNA world for study
...r the same ability. Again, losers are removed, and winners multiplied. As this cycle repeats, slight mutations often appear in the RNAs, some of which create molecules superior to the parent molecule. Says Bartel, "Really, we end up selecting for the survival of the best molecules, and then propagating those...APS awards more than $33,000 to its 2003 undergraduate research fellows
...s 2003 Undergraduate Research Fellows. Fellowship winners spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member. Now in its fourth year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical research. In 2003, 57 applicants vied for the 12 research position...