Yale journal identifies products that cause greatest environmental damage
...nvironmental Studies. "That should lead to clearer priorities and better decisions." "This special issue demonstrates the power of industrial ecology," says Reid Lifset, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. "Concepts and tools that lie at the core of this field, such as life-cycle assessment a...New cost-benefit model will aid efforts to conserve wilderness: UBC researcher
...eferenced these service networks with biodiversity priorities and found that "impressive supplies of ecosystem services" would be protected alongside biodiversity, safeguarding a rich variety of species of flora and fauna especially those under threat. "The management of both land- and seascapes will produce ...Assessing ecosystem services to identify conservation priorities
...Central Coast ecoregion to systematically identify priorities for conservation. Naidoo and Ricketts assessed five ecosystem services--sustainable bushmeat harvest, sustainable timber harvest, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, existence value (the intrinsic value of unspoiled wilderness), and carbon storage (fores...Call for Europe to lead in revitalizing family planning agenda in world's poorest countries
...ment in HIV prevention and treatment. Yet, current priorities are the reverse. For instance, in Ghana, HIV/AIDS is sucking funds, staff, and political energy from family planning, and this is a country where women are more likely to die of unsafe abortion than of AIDS . . . In Uganda, with a moderately severe l...Boehlert, Gordon call for implementation of new nanotechnology report
...r, reasonable, prioritized, consensus-based set of priorities for examining the potential environmental and health consequences of nanotechnology over the next decade and a half. This paper should eliminate any remaining excuses for inaction in this vitally important area. "At our most recent Science Committee...Study questions the 'biodiversity hotspot' approach to wildlife conservation
... of the PNAS study. "Assigning global conservation priorities based on hotspots is at best a limited strategy." ... "utility of hotspots for determining conservation priorities for the mammals of the world." What they discovered is that there is actually very little overlap a...Scientist Andrew Maynard to testify on nanotechnology research needs
...eting will focus exclusively on research needs and priorities for the environmental, health, and safety risks of engineered nanoscale materials. In his presentation, Maynard calls on the federal government to take action in three critical areas, including the development of a strategic risk research plan and th...Nanotech safety needs specific government risk research strategy and funding
... meeting focused exclusively on research needs and priorities for the environmental, health and safety risks of engineered nanoscale materials. "The specific health and safety questions that are important to be addressed for nanotechnology are reasonably straightforward," according to Maynard. "And a lot alre...New sucker-footed bat discovered in Madagascar
... of basic scientific research for establishing the priorities for conservation programs and assessments of presumed rare and possibly endangered animals, the study concludes. Due to the physical similarities between M. schliemanni and M. aurita, the researchers concluded that one species probably evolved from ...Public shares views on environmental, health and safety research needs for nanoscale materials
... be used to formulate the government's recommended priorities for safety-related research on nanomaterials, which, in turn, will guide agencies and program managers who fund research in the field. "We were very pleased at the extensive, considered input that we received at the meeting," said Dr. Clayton Teague...Canada's new government launches ecoEnergy technology initiative
...ive is a focused, integrated approach built on key priorities that include carbon dioxide sequestration, clean coal, clean oil sands production and renewable energy. Priorities will be further developed with provinces and industry partners through consultations. ...More women students choose engineering -- but not as a career
...-time students. They had different experiences and priorities to the mostly post A-level undergraduates at the other establishment involved, a pre-1992 university. The researchers found that women students had identified engineering degrees as a good basis for a variety of career paths. However, they found that...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...r daily lives. "Try stress management, change your priorities or go into therapy," he said. "It takes work. Some people clearly never can overcome it. But the same things that make us smart enough to generate the kind of psychological stress that's unheard of in other primates can be the same things that can pr...National panel led by LSU Chancellor releases report on Corps of Engineers
...iate how water resource planning requires national priorities by Congress in public work projects that will prot... investments is required to implement policies and priorities within the Corps of Engineers to effectively manage our future water resources capacity." The Acad...Nanotechnology oversight requires thinking outside the box
... years have been dominated by two topics: research priorities and the potential jurisdiction of various health and environmental statutes over nanoscale materials," said Greenwood. "Not enough attention is being given to the policies that should be used to define acceptable and unacceptable risk and to determin...International risk research strategy and funding needed for nanotech safety
...harder is getting governments to set risk research priorities and to develop and sufficiently fund an internationally-coordinated risk research plan for nanotechnology. Maynard proposes that the U.S. federal government invest a minimum of $100 million over the next two years in targeted risk research in orde...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...esearch and product development. Identify national priorities for public health and use a targeted funding approach to ensure development of products and services that address local health needs. Improve public health infrastructure and/or give incentives to private firms to develop innovative distribution stra...Genome-wide search unearths surprising clues for diabetes and triglycerides
...ir findings in advance of publication to establish priorities for independent follow-up studies. By virtue of their close collaboration, DGI, WTCCC/UKT2D and FUSION researchers identified at least eight clear genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including three that had never before been found, as well as ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...products are more likely to result. The shift in priorities has resulted in emergence of the venture philanthr...eds of Much-Needed Cures: As Venture capitalists' priorities shift,. venture philanthropists fill the gap in funding of drug discovery by biotechs" This story ...IMS updated recommendations on postmenopausal hormone therapy
...f the geographical variations related to different priorities of medical care, different prevalence of diseases, and country-specific attitudes of the public, the medical community and the health authorities toward menopause management, which may all impact on hormone therapy. The following recommendations, the...