Wiley extends publishing partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...y, were glad to have the opportunity to help AIChE celebrate their 100th year in 2008 as the leading membership organization for chemical engineering professionals. AIChE Journal, now in its 53rd year of publication, is one of the premier research journals in chemical engineering and related fields. The jour...Smithsonian hosts Polar Science Symposium to celebrate International Polar Year 2007-2008
...sium as one of the inaugural U.S. contributions to celebrate the International Polar Year 2007-2008. Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, May 3-4 at the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution ...UD chemical engineer receives NSF career award
...he's glad he chose to join the UD faculty. He will celebrate his first anniversary at UD in June. "The support, collegiality and reputation of the faculty were extremely important to my decision to come here, as well as the quality of the students and the University's commitment to families," he said, noting...New Cell titles further ScienceDirect offering
...Cell Stem Cell to its platform, ScienceDirect. To celebrate the launch, access to the first three issues of both journals is complimentary for three months. A requisite addition to the Cell Press collection on ScienceDirect, which includes leading titles Cell and Neuron, Cell Host & Microbe and Cell Stem Ce...NC research campus and UNC universities host major symposium on nutritional biotechnology
...ected to attend. The conference is being held to celebrate the development of the North Carolina Research Campus which is planned as a world center for nutrition-related biotechnology research. The NCRC is the states second major research park development -- a 350-acre biotech hub currently under constructio...European launch of International Polar Year 2007-2008
...s one of a series taking place around the world to celebrate this major international scientific effort. The ...IPY science, education and outreach projects. To celebrate this major international scientific event, the European Polar Board is hosting a one-day event showc...Darwin Day and grassroots evolution initiatives announced at major scientific meeting
...events all over the US and in other countries will celebrate this important scientist and his work, which was t...articipation by the entire scientific community to celebrate Darwin's Bicentennial Birthday. Ten Nobel Laureates in science have already signed a letter in suppo...Science's breakthrough of the year -- The Poincar Theorem
...ker article. Still, other researchers are ready to celebrate this landmark achievement in their field. The other achievements on the Sciences Top Ten list are as follows, in no particular order. Pulling DNA out of Fossils: Using new techniques for decoding and analyzing DNA, researchers captured genetic ...Fossils of ancient sea monster found in Montana
A fossil-hunting trip to celebrate a son's homecoming resulted in the recent discovery of an ancient sea monster in central Montana. Believed to be approximately 70 million years old, its skull and lower jaw represent the first complete skull of a long-necked plesiosaur found in Mont...CAAT celebrates 25 years and still going strong
...e world. On Thursday, November 2, the Center will celebrate its first quarter century with an anniversary symposium at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Following the symposium, a gala dinner celebration will take place at the American Visionary Art Museum. Established in 1981...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
...f Science: Building on a Foundation of Discovery, celebrate the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, one of our nation's earliest and most notable leaders in science and public policy. Unless otherwise indicated, all talks are at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC). Sunday, Oct. 22 The Emerging Role...Institute of Ecosystem Studies director and scientist honored by the Botanical Society of America
...t with Centennial Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate the contributions that the researchers have made to plant sciences. They will be conferred this week at the society's annual meeting in Chico, California. In the words of BSA President Dr. Edward Schneider, "Plant sciences have evolved a great deal ...Caulerpa Taxifolia Eradication
...environmental organizations came together today to celebrate the successful eradication of the invasive seaweed, Caulerpa taxifolia, from the two locations where it was detected nearly six years ago. The algae, first detected in Agua Hedionda Lagoon (near San Diego) and Huntington Harbour (near Los Angeles) i......ce, and the National Undersea Research Center will celebrate the Tortugas Ecological Reserve's fifth birthday of protected status in true scientific fashion. Employing even deeper mixed-gas dives and working from a new high-tech, high-resolution LIDAR (laser-based) topographic map, they will embark on their b...Learning the lessons of the world's oldest ecological experiment
Ecologists are getting ready to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest ecological experiment. The Park Grass Experiment was set up at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire in 1856 three years before Darwin published Origin of Species to answer crucial agricultural questions o...Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XXIX and Discover Antarctica! come to Edinburgh
...l protection, tourism, heritage and governance. To celebrate the UK Government's hosting of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and British Antarctic Survey are coordinating an exciting programme of public events including three major exhibitions and four performances ...European Columbus laboratory for ISS ready for delivery
...esentatives and the media, to attend a ceremony to celebrate the completion of Columbus development on 2 May, starting at 10:00, at EADS SPACE Transportation in Bremen, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel will be attending the event and addressing the participants. The ceremony will be followed at 12:15 by a p...The 100 greatest advances in medicine
... Yalow, Nobel Laureate--and journalist Alex Straus celebrate the noble science and art of medicine by highlighting the one hundred greatest medical advances. More than just a compilation of technological achievements, the book emphasizes the importance of committed individuals who proposed conceptual breakthro...State agency funds stem cell grants, UCLA institute gets largest amount
...s are an investment in human capital. Patients can celebrate today because the flow of funds has started to the physicians and scientists who have dedicated their lives to this pioneering field that holds such promise for reducing human suffering." For patients suffering from chronic illness and injury, the...USC and AAAS/Science convene leading innovators to discuss challenges to US preeminence
...on. The event, held as USC and the journal Science celebrate their 125th anniversaries, addresses potential changes in America's position of global leadership in scientific and technological competitiveness and innovation. The one-day event, Global Horizons: America's Challenge in Science and Innovation, will...