Queen's contraception awareness program among world's top five
...ation Society next month in Tunisia, Africa. Other winners in the e-health category are from the U.S., India, Australia and the Czech Republic....Founder of eastern Congo gorilla reserve wins prestigious award
...in protecting and enhancing the environment." Past winners have been scientists, journalists, teachers, and others, including Wangari Maathai, who received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and now is Kenya's environment minister. Vwirasihikya was cited for creating the 220,000-acre (88,000-hectare) Tayna Gorilla R...Institute of Medicine advisory: IOM's 35th annual meeting explores pharmaceuticals
...bargoed list of new members in advance. The 2005 winners of the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and the Gustav O. Lienhard Award will be announced as well. DETAILS: Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the National Academies building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washi...Nine minority physiology grad students each get $18,000 Porter Fellowship from APS
...ner with an $18,000 stipend. *Three of this year's winners are receiving a second-year fellowship. To date, the APS has provided more than 100 fellowships to minority pre- and postdoctoral students. 2005-2006 APS Porter Physiology Fellows: Andrew J. Clark University of California, Irvine Hagfish lack j...Lippman recognized for discoveries in cancer prevention
... type of cancer than first occurred. Other past winners are Waun Ki Hong, M.D., of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, in 2003; David S. Alberts, M.D., of the Arizona Cancer Center, in 2004; and Michael B. Sporn, M.D., of Dartmouth Medical School, in 2002. Dr. Lippman graduated from the University of Califo...Winners of 2005 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...olphins in a Florida mangrove swamp, are among the winners of the 2005 Science Journalism Awards from the Ame...ndependent panels of science journalists chose the winners of the awards, which honor excellence in science writing for print, radio, television broadcast and ...Ossur's Power Knee wins Popular Science magazine's 2005 Best of What's New Award
... new products and innovations and chooses only 100 winners for 10 different categories. Among the judging cri...t; and the ambition and scope of the project. The winners -- the Best of What's New -- are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December issue of Popular...2005 EURYI Awards highlight the future excellence of science in Europe
...n Budapest, Hungary, on 9 November, each of the 25 winners of the 2005 European Young Investigator awards th...also impressed with the interdisciplinarity of the winners which includes lawyers, biologists and astronomers, so it is a very wide field."Reflecting a common ...EURYI expands horizons for young scientific researchers in Europe
...re to excel are common traits among each of the 25 winners of the 2005 European Young Investigator (EURYI) Aw...eading European researchers. One of the 2005 award winners is Angelos Michaelides, who is an excellent example of this budding next generation. The 29-year-old...Max Planck researchers win part of Descartes Research Prize 2005
...lanck Institute for Meteorology). The other prize winners were the projects EURO-PID (Immunology), EXEL (Mat...ciety in London. The five Descartes Research Prize winners this year came from a broad spectrum of nominations in the areas of life sciences, engineering, phys......DFG, German Research Foundation) has announced the winners of its 2006 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. At its meeting on 2 December 2005, the DFG Grants Committee named eleven scientists and academics, ten men and one woman, as recipients of the most valuable research prize in Germany. The award, of up to 1...AAAS and EurekAlert! announce winners of the 2006 Fellowships for Reporters from Developing Regions
...the Advancement of Science (AAAS), today announced winners of the prestigious 2006 Fellowships for Reporters ...ation for the newspaper's Society section. These winners will receive full support to attend and cover the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting, America's largest genera...NJIT mathematician receives noted math prize
... a model of important research. The list of past winners consists of many luminaries of mathematics, including John Nash and Andre Weil." At a reception last week at NJIT, Miura said he was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with and to have been mentored by the other three men. "The two...Call for nominations for 2006 National Academies Communication Awards
...rting material must be postmarked by April 8. The winners will be honored at the National Academies' Beckman...cedures visit www.keckfutures.org/awards . The winners of the Communication Awards will be selected by a panel of 10 judges: Barbara J. Culliton (commi...Turkish scientist's discovery of how proteins work
...ope, Japan and all other countries. These regional winners receive $5,000 awards. In addition to the grand prize, the 2005 awards also recognize the following regional winners: Nieng Yan (North America): For her essay, "Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Caenorhabditis elegans ." Yan was born in Jinan...Merck and AAAS announce 2006 winners for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
...en colleges and universities across the nation are winners of the 2006 awards for the Merck/AAAS Undergraduat...tments at each recipient institution. This year's winners are Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.; Drew University, Madison, N.J.; Lewis & Clark College...Authors, illustrator win AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
...ol Readers and Hands-on Science/Activity Book. The winners were selected by a judging panel, and will receive...ion. "Subaru would like to congratulate the award winners for their outstanding contribution to science writing and illustration," said Rick Crosson, vice pre...2005 AAAS ISC Award goes to a team of Russian and American scientists
...t 30 years." Background descriptions on the award winners follow: Dr. Alfriend is the Distinguished Research Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is a mechanical engineer and a recognized international expert in astrodynamics and satellite attitude dynamics and control. His ...Liggins Institute Director wins a 'World Class New Zealand' award
...inister Helen Clark and a discussion between award winners facilitated by TV3's John Campbell.......l Awards, Marc Abrahams, and will feature Ig Nobel winners Pek Van Andel, Kees Moeliker, Charles Paxton, Claire Rind and Peter Simmons, Ben Wilson, and collaborators of winner Theo Gray, Max Whitby and Fiona Barclay. It will include "The Great Intelligence Debate" in which members of the audience will have ...