Burroughs Wellcome fund awards $8.25 million in grants to physician-scientists
...rogram in 1997 and has made a total of 80 awardsan investment of more than $58 million in the careers of physicians who bridge the gap between the bench and the bedside. Following are the 2007 award recipients, along with their institutions, departmental affiliations, and project titles: Jayakrishna Ambat...Aging boosts chances that a family line will be long-lived
...rically during reproduction. They also studied the investment an organism makes in a mechanism to repair damage....indicate that evolution will eventually reduce the investment in repair, Bergstrom said. The implication is that evolution favors individuals aging as a means ...Liquidia Technologies announces $16M in Series B venture financing
...ife sciences," commented Dr. Snyderman. "NEA's two investment teams come together here and look forward to working with this group of talented professionals bringing life science, alternative energy, and optical film products to market." Liquidia is focused on commercializing its proprietary PRINTTM (Pattern Re...ALTRAN: Industry experts address technology challenges at Altran Innovation Conference
...ss Council's commitment to increasing the level of investment in R&D in Europe whereby all benefit from innovation. Altran teams have been involved in the preparation of the FP7 and want to continue their engagement regarding: independent evaluation, validation and expertise, programmes coordination and managem...EO Lawrence Award goes to 8 scientists and engineers
...eir work reminds us of the importance of continued investment in science and the need for increased emphasis on basic research and math and science education programs." The Lawrence Award was established in 1959 to honor the memory of the late Dr. Lawrence who invented the cyclotron (a particle accelerator) a...Cold storage solution for global warming?
...y exciting results, highlighting the importance of investment in further studies of hydrates. "Investigations of natural methane hydrates will help our understanding of their role as a natural hazard, while carbon dioxide hydrates are a potential sink for greenhouse gas emissions. This work also has applica...Adaptation to global climate change is an essential response to a warming planet
...is institutionalized at the level of intensity and investment at least equal to the UNFCCC and Kyoto, climate impacts will continue to mount unabated, regardless of even the most effective cuts in greenhouse gas emissions." ...Nanotechnology key to China's future economic success
...GTON, D.C. -- "China is betting that their growing investment in nanoscience will help them capture a large shar...Simon situated China's nanotechnology research and investment capacity within the context of the country's long-term science and technology strategy. "China recen...Marshfield Clinic's electronic health record first to receive CCHIT certification
... measured to enable purchasers to reliably make an investment in those products and to assure health care consum...roviders can be assured they are making a reliable investment and insurers and other payers know the products meet expected industry standards. "Physicians wh...Canada's new government launches ecoEnergy technology initiative
...he ecoEnergy Technology Initiative--a $230-million investment in the research, development and demonstration of clean-energy technologies. "Canada is an emerging energy superpower," said Minister Lunn. "But our real challenge is to be a clean-energy superpower. To do this, we must address the fact that the gr...Canada's new government invests $200M in the fight against the mountain pine beetle
...t it has been facing considerable challenges. This investment is part of the $400 million provided in Budget 2006 to help the industry meet its challenges and ensure a more stable future for forest-based communities and economies. Canada is the world's largest exporter of forest products, with about one third...Public shares views on environmental, health and safety research needs for nanoscale materials
...g research needs will ensure that the government's investment is properly directed. Five other government representatives presented brief overviews of the safety research areas. They were Dr. Dianne Poster, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. Sally T...Squirrels place winning bet in unpredictable world
... market turns favorable. The result is that their investment their babiespay big dividends in the upcoming favorable market, which in this case is lots of seed." The red squirrels also seemed to have figured their way around an additional evolutionary challenge, says Boutin. To be able to produce a second ...WHSRN awarded major grant to foster shorebird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere
...d other non-governmental organizations for a total investment of more than $757,560. Several new hemispheric conservation initiatives will be implemented in this third consecutive year of funding for WSHRN, with a focus on strengthening partnerships, protecting key habitat, and applying tools that improve th...Funding boost for QUT world-class banana research
...bours. The latest funding follows a $1.5 million investment by the international philanthropic organisation in 2005, and will focus on controlling the spread of diseased banana planting material from East Africa within three years. Professor James Dale, from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovati...It's enough to turn your neighbors green
...lysis, based on econometric techniques, shows that investment decisions are not motivated by philanthropy, but r...e exchanges. For energy projects, such as Japans investment to improve energy efficiency in Chinas metal industry, location decisions are driven by home countri...Frankincense trees overexploited for Christmas scent
...trongly suggests that there is competition between investment of carbohydrates in sexual reproductive structures and synthesis of frankincense in Boswellia papyrifera. At all study sites, trees subject to experimental tapping produced fewer flowers, fruits and seeds than trees that were exempt from tapping. Fur...Ebola-outbreak kills 5000 gorillas
... at Lossi, it also neutralized years of ecotourism investment in neighbouring Odzala National Park by devastating gorilla populations there. "We are in a period where relatively modest investments in both Ebola control and anti-poaching would go a very long way towards insuring the future of our closest relat...Former White House science advisor warns that nanotechnology's potential threatened
...or notcould dampen public confidence and financial investment in nanotechnologys future, and could even lead to ... education program." Dr. Lane highlighted the huge investment the U.S. made to science and engineering education almost fifty years ago when Russia launched Sputn......f conflict between males and females over maternal investment in their offspring has become a generally accepted truth that has remained largely unchallenged, said Dr Wolf. But we have shown that selection for positive interactions between mothers and their offspring, rather than conflict, can produce the sor...