ESA mission highlighted at remote sensing conference
...ique view from space, satellites provide objective coverage across both space and time enabling a better under...ique view from space, satellites provide objective coverage across both space and time enabling a better understanding and improved management of the Earth and ...Journalists can register now for ECCO 14 -- the European Cancer Conference
...sing the conference website as a resource in their coverage of cancer issues. A media centre with computing, fax, photocopying and free international phone and internet connections will be available. Registration and hotel accommodation - media only ECCO 14 is open to bona fide representatives of print...Wiley extends publishing partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...Progress provides practical, industrially relevant coverage of advances vital to engineering professionals dealing with environmental issues. Now edited by Martin Abraham of the University of Toledo, it addresses environmental management; wastewater; pollution minimization, control, and remediation; sustainab...Key to tackling malaria may lie in bed nets for adults and older children
...en and pregnant women in order to achieve over 80% coverage in these high-risk groups. However, this strategy ... "Fully subsidising enough nets to achieve 50% coverage would cost at least $1 billion, with ongoing recurrent costs of a similar magnitude," he says. "Whil...The 'driving' force behind electric vehicles
...ied heavily against it. There was intensive media coverage of the debate and environmentalists spoke out on both sides. All parties were locked in a confrontational relationship fueled by a longstanding mutual mistrust. Public participation was openly sought. The French mandate, however, was characterize...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...e of these models have shown whether this critical coverage can actually be reached. What has been missing, ac...ation-level variables that is, the yearly vaccine coverage level and influenza prevalence, where prevalence is defined as the proportion of the population that...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...e of these models have shown whether this critical coverage can actually be reached. What has been missing, ac...ation-level variables that is, the yearly vaccine coverage level and influenza prevalence, where prevalence is defined as the proportion of the population that...Snowmelt monitored in the Baltic Sea watershed region in near real time
...ing method produces information on fractional snow coverage for all non-mountainous areas, even heavily forested spots, with fine resolution. The maps are published on the SYKE website as soon as they are compiled, usually within four to five hours of satellite overpass. Because snow is vital to the water ...Dog DNA study yields clues to diverse size of breeds
...he gap between giant and miniature breeds ensuring coverage across the entire range of sizes of breeds we have today. These findings are just the tip of the iceberg in canine genetics, Jones said. We are well on our way to identifying additional genes that can provide valuable insights into our pets. Wi...Penn study finds ICD devices offer heart patients life-saving benefits
...ly since Medicare and other health payers expanded coverage of the device for primary prevention. Nearly 50,000 implants were performed in 2005 in the United States, alone, making it among the most common cardiovascular device used in contemporary clinical practice. "While the lifesaving benefits of ICDs ha...Almac Diagnostics announces pioneering genetic research on colorectal pre-malignancies
...s to create and annotate the unique, comprehensive coverage of disease and tissue specific transcriptomes. This provides researchers with all the information required to draw meaningful conclusions from their experimental data. Based upon the gold standard Affymetrix GeneChip technology, the DSA research t...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 28, 2007
...S 233rd national meeting in Chicago. Our regular coverage of reports from 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News will resume with the April 4, 2007 edition. ACS NEWS SERVICE - March 28, 2007 Weekly PressPac - CONTENT IS EMBARGOED FOR VARIOUS TIMES AS INDICATED SPECIAL NATION...ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
...l operate independent of weather conditions, cloud coverage and illumination, and will be capable of delivering data at a resolution of up to 1 metre. Using SCOS-2000, TerraSAR-X will be controlled from the German Space Operations Centre, located at DLR's Oberpfaffenhofen facility near Munich. Open-sour...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...ACS 233rd national meeting in Chicago. Our regular coverage of reports from ACS 35 major peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News will resume with the April 4, 2007, edition. ACS NEWS SERVICE Weekly PressPac - March 21, 2007 CONTENT IS EMBARGOED FOR VARIOUS TIMES AS INDICATED PressPac Archiv...ESA's Medspiration project branches out to support biodiversity
...ificant quality enhancements, including two sq. km coverage of the north-east Atlantic, which also feed into the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) MarCoast initiative aimed at delivering a range of operational services in the marine environment including water quality and algal bloom repor...Telemedicine initiative for sub-Saharan Africa: Pilot projects proposed
... sub-Saharan Africa was 46 in 2004. Health service coverage is low, as for example figures for immunisation coverage and the numbers of births attended by skilled personnel show. The region faces a serious health work...Tests to reveal levels of depleted uranium in army personnel
...the Balkans and the 1991 Gulf War, following media coverage about Depleted Uranium. Professor Parrish commented: "Dr Gerdes and I continue to collaborate on this test, which is by far the most sensitive and accurate of all uranium isotope test for urine worldwide. It uses multiple isotopes to ascertain the...ICSU and WMO launch the largest polar research program in 50 years
...s essential to install more and increase satellite coverage to gain a better overall picture of how rapidly these areas are changing, and of the global impact of these changes. Dr David Carlson, Director of the IPY International Programme Office says: "We face many challenges as we start: funding, data shar......tion is critical but at the same time, continuing coverage is essential. The activities of the units are orchestrated by special operating rules called Media Access Control (MAC) protocols. More than three years of ISI research supported by the National Science Foundation, Intel and other funders produce......ries of the Slipper Lobster provides comprehensive coverage of the known biology, ecology, behavior, physiology, evolutionary history, and genetics of the numerous species in the family history, and genetics of the numerous species in the family Scyllartida. It covers fishing methods and regulations, size an...