New Stanford center probes nanoscale material
...so includes a summer institute, led by a full-time education director, to train middle-school teachers and, through them, inspire tens of thousands of young students. Modeled after programs at Cornell and Rice universities that work with high school teachers, the Stanford program trains teachers who work with ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 5, 2004
...timalarial drug. Researchers call for better education of both travelers and health care providers and identify sources and resources where both groups can get up-to-date and accurate information. 3. Eating Lots of Unsaturated Fats Lowers Risk for Gallstones, New Study Finds A new, 14-year...University of Oregon professor wins 2004 Spiers Medal
...ensively around the globe on her research, science education and workforce issues. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. The citation for Richmond's Spiers Medal also recognizes her inspirational role as a mentor to young scientis...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...uthors point out that the risk associated with low education level is comparable in magnitude to many of the tr...nt guidelines. The authors suggest that use of low education level to identify persons at higher risk of CHD, who are not otherwise identifiable under current gu...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
... Biomass Conversion as part of the IGB's research, education and economic development portfolio." Blaschek is a microbiologist in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. He has been studying microorganisms that are used in fermentation processes for over 20 years. He is striving t...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...sessment. Technical, social, policy, economic, and education issues will be addressed." Building on Virginia Tech's earlier projects, IPM programs will be established in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and elsewhere to address pest management problems and to build institutio...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...e a major export industry in Cuba. The report says education is key to creating National Systems of Innovation (NSIs) in biotechnology in developing countries and active research and commercialisation of research are needed to promote sustainable development in this field. These countries need to: Re-energi...Why do African-American women have more pregnancy problems?
...s well as socioeconomic status, family situations, education and transportation issues. This area, led by Briggett Ford, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the U-M School of Social Work, will evaluate the patient's role in health care disparities and look at how better coordinated and augmented prenatal care pr...Texas universities expanding new information network
...tion And Research Network (LEARN) for Texas higher education institutions, and to construct the Texas Internet ...bda Rail." "The collaboration between the higher education institutions in Houston and around the state has been phenomenal," said Chuck Shomper, chief informa......mprehensive center devoted to research, treatment, education and public policy on depressive disorders....Medical geneticists elected to Institute of Medicine
...icy, communications, community outreach and public education functions. His other activities at NHGRI have included co-editing a series of articles on genomic medicine for The New England Journal of Medicine, and co-founding a group called Genetic Resources on the Web, which works with organizations sponsoring...$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
...nt supports the shared vision of interdisciplinary education to which the Keck center and GCC contribute. The grant seeks to develop a new type of interdisciplinary scientist in the emerging field of nanobiology that draws upon the interface and combines the tools, ideas and materials of nanoscience and biol...Establishment of an International Council for Science Regional Office for Africa
...ific data and information, and facilitates science education and capacity building....Neurosurgeons identify growth of new adult brain cells, possible treatment for epilepsy
...y. The annual meeting provides continuing medical education for practicing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical reside...sician assistants and clinical specialists. This education is provided through lectures, courses demonstrating neurosurgical techniques, exhibits about the new...Neurosurgeons looking at stem cells from skin to fight brain tumors
.... The annual meeting provides continuing medical education for practicing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical reside...ysician assistants and clinical specialists. This education is provided through lectures, courses demonstrating neurosurgical techniques, exhibits about the new...Support for fragile X syndrome needed
...s. Worse, the disorder is hardly recognized by the education system in Montreal with most children with fragile X are 'coded' under the autism category." Indeed, many parents and educators of FXS children lack relevant information or the appropriate resources. "We hope this FXS conference will serve as a build...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...been involved in extensive public education, staff education and paramedic training since its Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Subjects (IRB) approved the clinical trial in May. Loyola is one of 20-25 Level I trauma centers which will participate in the trial nationwide and the ...Economics and ecology combine at UGA in NSF-funded study of evolutionary game theory
...eral agency, NSF supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget exceeding $5.5 billion. Keenan has a research background in the area of game theory, which he said was originally developed to study the conscious interaction of "rational" agents. ...Stanford environmental molecular science institute will study pollutants, one molecule at a time
... as well.'' Bryan Brown, an assistant professor of education at Stanford, will be a partner in the outreach activities. The Stanford institute is one of eight NSF Environmental Molecular Science Institutes in the United States, whose goal is to increase the fundamental understanding of environmental processes ......ions in the life sciences. The success of graduate education program depends upon students having an array of research opportunities." Founded in 1992, TIGR ( www.tigr.org ) is a not-for-profit research institute whose primary research interests are in structural, functional, and comparative analysis of genome...