American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...voted to breaking news from the ACS 234th national meeting in Boston. New ACS Annual ReportThe 2006 ACS annual report, A New Vision at Work, can be a valuable resource for journalists trying to keep pace with chemistry and the multiple fields of science that involve chemistry. The report features a series...AFCYBER holds science and technology symposium
...mander Lt Gen. Robert Elder and his staff hosted a meeting at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, La on July 16-17 t...rations, General Elder said. The initial two-day meeting introduced each organization in attendance, focusing on their capabilities and current research proj...Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...ultra thin, completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest design and energy requirements of tomorrows gadgets, implantable medical equipment, and transportation vehicles. Along with its ability to function in temperatures up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and down to 100 below zero, the device is...Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks
... Medicine study presented today at the 34th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Boston. When a pregnant woman has bacterial vaginosis, her risk of preterm birth goes up, said Hyagriv Simhan, M.D., M.S.C.R., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and rep...Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts
...att Regency Austin on Town Lake in Austin, TX. The meeting is the second scientific event to be sponsored by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org ) this year. Background Exercise is an important factor in preventing cardiovascular disease. Frequent exercise leads to the physiologica...Female gender provides an advantage in renal diseases
...Hyatt Regency Austin on Town Lake, Austin, TX. The meeting is the second scientific event to be sponsored by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org) this year....Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
...Hyatt Regency Austin on Town Lake, Austin, TX. The meeting is the second scientific event to be sponsored by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org ) this year. Incorporated in Dr. Wyss presentation are results from the following studies: Study 1: Grapes, Cognitive Enhancement and Hy...Ecologists work to link kids with nature
...lad (Ferrum College) will be held during the joint meeting of ESA and the Society for Ecological Restoration. Richard Louv, whose 2005 book Last Child in the Woods called nation-wide attention to the nature deficit in U.S. children, is keynote speaker for the symposium. The session will feature eight ca...Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'
...ects of global warming, scientists told a national meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). These results from the decade-long Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) experiment in a Duke University forest suggest that proposals to bank extra CO2 from human activities in such trees may depend on the v...American Chemical Society meets Aug. 19-23 in Boston
...r. The American Chemical Societys 234th national meeting will feature more than 9,500 scientific presentations on health, medicine, environment, energy, nutrition, nanotechnology and other topics. More than 15,000 scientists and others are expected to gather for the event, held in the Boston Convention and...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...es Presidents of six leading chemical societies, meeting in Paris, have pledged to cooperate in promoting ...voted to breaking news from the ACS 234th national meeting in Boston. General Chemistry Glossary http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary.shtml...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
...the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) joint meeting in San Jose, California, August 5-10, 2007. Members of the media and freelance writers are invited to attend the NEON special session, What is NEON Becoming" on Monday, August 6, 2007, from 10 am-11:30 am, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center....ASM's new media campaigns take the gold
... presented at special ceremony during ASAEs annual meeting on August 11 in Chicago. MicrobeWorld Radio, which won the Podcast category, is a daily 90 second audio series designed to increase public understanding of the science of microbiology. Each episode includes an interview segment with a leading scien...Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in Science
...eas across this arc were presented last month at a meeting in Ravenna, Italy of the International Association...tions in the Middle Asian Intercultural Space. The meeting was the first time that many archaeologists from more than a dozen countries gathered to discuss the...Neurosciences and music meet in Montreal
...anada) from June 26th to 28th, 2008. The upcoming meeting will be held in partnership with the BRAMS (Intern... New York Academy of Sciences, USA. The Montreal meeting will be a renewed opportunity for scientists, musicians, major researchers and promising young stude...ESA announces 2007 award recipients
...t the ESA-Society for Ecological Restoration joint meeting in San Jose, California on Monday, August 6, 2007. E. Lucy Braun Award Daniel Laughlin The E. Lucy Braun Award for Excellence in Ecology is given to a student for the most outstanding poster presentation at the ESA Annual Meeting. The 2006 rec...47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
...hicago, Illinois. Known as the preeminent world meeting for presenting new information on clinical and basic research in infectious diseases and anti-infective therapy, ICAAC has also traditionally served as a forum for the introduction of new antimicrobial agents. This years ICAAC will attract approxima...New data reveal pregnancies exposed to accutane despite risk management program
... any proposed changes to the program following the meeting tomorrow of the FDAs Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. Its certainly a positive step that FDA and the drug manufacturers have made this information publicly available, so th...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 25, 2007
...ies Presidents of six leading chemical societies, meeting in Paris, have pledged to cooperate in promoting sustainable development, responsible use of natural resources, and other efforts in which scientists protect and maintain the earths environment, resources, and inhabitants. The statement came from th...Does EPA have an adequate strategy to oversee nanotechnologies?
...es will address these questions at the EPAs public meeting on its proposed voluntary Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP). The meeting will take place on Thursday, August 2 at 9:00 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia; ...