Paul Barber, BU biologist, receives Presidential Early Career Award for research endeavors
... frontiers of science and technology and community service demonstrated through scientific leadership and community outreach." Barber's work exemplifies the letter and spirit of this criterion. An evolutionary and conservation biologist, Barber combines information from physical oceanography, evolutionary g...ASPB Annual Meeting July 16-20 in Seattle
...s scientific contributions have substantial public service implications. Dr. Jefferson will be presented the 2005 ASPB Leadership in Science Public Service Award for outstanding contributions to science and society 6:30 p.m. July 16. For registration and additional information on the ASPB annual meeting, vi...Researchers report breakthrough against world's deadliest viruses
...ence and ultimately better protection for military service members and civilians alike."...Technique may allow cancer patients to freeze eggs, preserving fertility before starting treatment
...s cryopreserved eggs for one patient; however, the service is currently not offered while researchers seek approval for a clinical trial. A specialized clinic in the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center provides counseling and information for women considering their fertility options, and the clinic currently fre...Partnership focuses on compounds to protect against radiation exposure
...s of the compound for military personnel. Military service members are often in situations that could present...m. In addition to roughly 10 million U.S. military service members and first responders, it is estimated that 90 million civilians in the top 10 metropolitan a...HHMI awards first Gilliam Graduate Fellowships
...lls. "Jim Gilliam devoted a long career of public service to expanding opportunities in science for the disadvantaged," said HHMI President Thomas R. Cech. "He led by example. It is fitting that we honor him by providing research opportunities, mentorship, and financial aid to promising young people to purs...STN AnaVist is powerful new analysis & visualization software
...irignia. STN InternationalSM is the premier online service for science and technology, offering a collection of more than 220 high-quality online databases. STN is currently used by thousands of organizations worldwide. Capabilities available in STN AnaVist, to be released this summer, were developed in res...ESA's Epidemio and Respond assist during Angolan Marburg outbreak
...ield, with partners including UNOSAT, an in-sector service provider within the United Nations community as well as the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). Respond has been established as part of the pilot services of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), a joint initiative between ESA and the Eu...Shared computing grid cuts data mountains down to size
...ound campus and directs those unused cycles to the service of science being done by Smith, Schwartz and a half dozen other programs from chemical engineering to cancer research. The power of GLOW is derived from harnessing the available cycles of many small computers, which almost never use their full compu...Science, AAAS select two for new minority internship
...ournal or for Science Now , the daily online news service of Science . The internship is part of a wider effort by AAAS and the general scientific community to diversify the voices of science news reporting. Since science is a global enterprise that affects everybody, those who cover it should reflect tha...Columbia dedicates new 300,000 sq. ft. Irving Cancer Research Center
...at is the largest marketer and distributor of food service products in the United States. Sysco (Systems and...-law in the 1940s. After Mr. Irving returned from service in World War II, he built Global into the largest frozen food distributorship in New York City. In ...Real time microscopy tracks the course of developing T cells
In the service of optimum immune defense, the mammalian adaptive immune system churns out billions of T cells a day. Precursor T cells originate in the bone marrow and migrate to the thymus, where the immune mettle of the developing T cell, now called a thymocyte, ...A decade after launch, ERS-2's mission continues
...craft and instrument engineering has led to a long service so far, and with its data still in high demand there may be yet more achievements to come....UCLA researchers discover new method to generate human bone
... said Dr. Jeffrey Wang, chief of orthopaedic spine service at the UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center. "The discovery of UCB could potentially be a better way to do spinal fusion. Used in conjunction with cartilage growth, this discovery may completely change the way we look at things in the future." Bone morpho...Society of Nuclear Medicine provides $65,500 in 2005 grants, awards for researchers, students
...ll as research accomplishments, teaching, clinical service and administration. The award is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher. El Fakhri is a staff physicist in the joint program in nuclear medicine and an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School....Society of Nuclear Medicine announces recipient of Mark Tetalman Award
...ll as research accomplishments, teaching, clinical service and administration. It is named in memory of a highly respected and productive clinician and researcher. El Fakhri is a staff physicist in the joint program in nuclear medicine and an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. He re...Satellite maps will ease plight of endangered mountain gorillas
...ust maps but a complete cost-effective information service to support UNESCO, the national authorities and th... the ground during end-user fieldwork. BEGo was a service demonstration project taking place as part of ESA's Data User Element, with Netherlands-based Synopt...Clearing the air on airplane cabin air
...craft including the Airbus 380, which will go into service soon, and the Boeing Dreamliner, currently in development, are all being equipped with Pall cabin air filters. Pall is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of advanced fluid clarification products for the commercial aviation industry as well...Radar tracking reveals that butterflies follow decisive flight paths
...ies are important pollinators, providing a crucial service to plants in many ecosystems. This research will help us to understand a little more about how they survive in a countryside that is becoming more and more fragmented."...Europe faces brain drain and declining patient care unless cancer research funding is doubled
...elation between research activity and high quality service delivery, this is also likely to have an effect, ultimately, on the overall care of cancer patients. "Secondly, Europe needs to develop a broad portfolio for cancer research, and more funding needs to go to translational, clinical and preventative re...