Wetland banking yields low return on urban interests
...d from banks that are far away and use the fees to fund public acquisition of urban wetlands or award credit premiums for banks that locate closer to urban areas....EPSRC and Philips announce new strategic alliance
... Philips Research have announced a 6m agreement to fund research and training in biomedical technology. The research is aimed at the development of next generation diagnostic and monitoring technologies for medical devices. Prime application examples are likely to include health monitoring while travellin...University of Queensland researchers win four Rotary grants
... said. "Without their efforts, we simply couldn't fund this research."...Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits
...ies' efforts to establish cultural attractions and fund conservation groups working to protect sensitive destinations. Grupo Xcaret, a private company, purchased and leased lands from the Mexican government to develop natural and cultural theme parks along the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Several cruise ...Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center receives funding for novel breast cancer and obesity studies
...e Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, to help fund two studies targeting women at high risk for developing breast cancer and look for molecular markers in the blood that could indicate increased risk for the disease. The research will also investigate disparities in modifiable risk factors for breas...Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits
...oints out that the medical community and those who fund medical research focus on curing disease. He wonders if this single-mindedness might distract researchers from appreciating the beneficial contributions of micro-organisms to the body. "Organisms that cause disease are usually considered in the conte...HHMI awards $10 million to graduate programs that combine science and medicine
.... As a first step, HHMI has awarded $10 million to fund 13 innovative graduate programs that will introduce Ph.D. students to the world of clinical medicine. "We, like many others, are concerned by how difficult it is becoming for scientists to harness the explosion of new biomedical research information...New partnership focuses on prostate cancer diagnostics
...el panel of genes. Under the CRADA, Gen-Probe will fund studies to be conducted at CPDR over the next three years. The studies will be run under the direction of Shiv Srivastava, Ph.D., CPDR's co-director and scientific director, and professor in the USU Department of Surgery. He will work with a Gen-Prob...University presidents: NY must act on stem cell research
...ers in Albany to act quickly and establish a state fund to support stem cell research. Presidents and chancellors representing 17 New York universities and institutions with substantial biomedical and life sciences research programs today released a comprehensive analysis of the scientific, therapeutic...Barrow Neurological Institute neuroimmunology fellow receives $135,000 fellowship award
...Dystrophy Association. This prestigious award will fund Dr. Liu's investigation of natural-killer-T (NKT) cell treatment for Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and other autoimmune diseases. Since joining Barrow's Neuroimmunology Research Laboratory in 2004, Dr. Liu has focused on examining several strategies for tre...Pritzker gift to fund possible solutions for child obesity including testing YMCA programs
...llion to Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to fund the nationwide application of a childhood exercise...Additionally, the gift will underpin a scholarship fund for HSPH students pursuing obesity-related studies in several disciplines and will also establish an...UC Riverside researchers identify clay as major contributor to oxygen that enabled early animal life
...n during the proposal stage, and the agency helped fund the research. "NASA is interested in what conditions to look for on other planets that might lead to the arrival of life," Kennedy said. "What are the processes? Using Earth as our most detailed study site, what are the necessary steps a planet needs...Highlights from the February 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ld in settings such as vending machines and school fund raisers. They tend to be lower in nutritional value than food items sold as part of school meals and unlike school meals are subject to minimal federal regulation. The results of the survey of 228 foodservice directors and 79 principals at schools ...Five European laboratories forms a concerted effort to understand tumor-host interactions
...novel therapeutic targets. The European Union will fund the project with a total of 2.7 million during the next three years. The project is coordinated by Dr. Petri Salven from the University of Helsinki. The other participating principal investigators are Dr. Kari Alitalo and Dr. Jussi Taipale, also for...Defusing a time bomb: Heart attack risk-detection technology developed at UH
...ntegration and Informatics program at NSF seeks to fund core computer science research in a domain context that has the potential for high impact in science and engineering domains. Kakadiaris' expertise in computer vision to aid in the identification of vulnerable patients has the potential for broad im...Barrow researcher receives $965,000 grant to study nicotine and smoking cessation
...Center in Phoenix, was awarded a $965,000 grant to fund his research on nicotine and nicotine dependence. He was also selected to be an investigator for a million-dollar nicotine study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Lukas will use the $965,000 grant, given by a private foundation, for ...NIH awards $13 million for science education projects
...IH) today announced it will provide $13 million to fund a dozen Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA). The programs will target K-12 students and teachers, as well as visitors to science centers and museums across the country. Many of the projects are designed to reach underserved, minority popula...Six Central European scientists awarded EMBO/HHMI startup grants
...g their labs have made a commitment to continue to fund these researchers when the Startup Grants run out. Said Frank Gannon, Executive Director of EMBO, "This new initiative is very timely. In an expanded Europe, where the focus is increasingly on excellent research, the need to strengthen science in Cen...Central European scientists awarded EMBO/HHMI startup grants
...g their labs have made a commitment to continue to fund these researchers when the Startup Grants run out. Said Frank Gannon, executive director of EMBO, "This new initiative is very timely. In an expanded Europe, where the focus is increasingly on excellent research, the need to strengthen science in Ce......e then sent to the NIH Institutes and Centers that fund grants for a second review, which usually takes three additional months. Outside experts on their advisory councils make final recommendations on which proposals may best address NIH goals and public health needs--to advance medical knowledge, dietar...