32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...nce productivity, facilitate trade and improve the quality of life. The 32 awards went to: 3DGeo Development (Santa Clara, Calif.) Automated Wave-Equation Imaging for Oil and Gas ExplorationDevelop and demonstrate a next-generation seismic imaging technology that includes an automated solution to modelin...Amgen investigational therapy, AMG 162, increased bone mineral density with twice yearly injection
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...re exploring short-term methods of restoring water quality to sensitive sites." Symptoms of acidified streams include a drop in pH, calcium, and dissolved inorganic carbon and an increase in metals like aluminum. When pH-levels decline, a stream is said to have lost its acid neutralizing capacity (ANC). Aqu...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
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...un. The auditorium is designed for broadcast quality recording. KITP director Gross instituted the practice of recording scientific presentations for web-cast to physicists throughout the world, thereby making the KITP a users facility not only for physicists in attendance at the programs, conferences...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
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