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...the AmericanChemical Society (ACS) in Dallas. The prize is sponsored by IBM NorthAmerica, Scientific & Technical Systems & Solutions. The diseases that may eventually be treated more effectivelybecause of Jorgensen's computer programs range from dementia to diabetes.Scientists recently discovered, for ex...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...resident,Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., who received the prize in 1981. The university recentlycreated six centers to foster collaborations among scientists to pursueinvestigations of Alzheimer's disease, of biochemistry and structural biology,of human genetics, of immunology and immune diseases, of sensory neur......sion and its sponsoringorganizations. The prize is named for David Garrick Halmstad, an Associate ...ns to actuarial science andresearch. Funds for the prize were contributed by his friends and colleagues....Female hormones don't cause overeating and weight gain
...ich forms the basis of herdissertation, with first prize in the Health and Life Sciences Division at PennState's Graduate Research Exhibition. The Medical Research Council of Canada hasalso awarded her a three-year post-doctoral fellowship to study at Penn Stateafter she receives her doctoral degree in Aug...Mini-motor models nature, advances miniaturization technology
...eate physicist Richard Feynman once posted a$1,000 prize for constructing an operating electric motor only 1/64 inch cube. The award was collected within the year." The quest for an atomic-level understanding of molecular motors has beendescribed as the most extensive research effort in biophysics in the l...'Handwriting challenged' doctors to take penmanship class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...andwriting of two anonymous colleagues. The grand prize is Sunday Brunch for two at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills." The strategy worked. Dr. Hackmeyer says that Cedars-Sinai physicians have responded enthusiastically to the class and contest and already, more than 50 have signed up. "We conta...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...ake of the Children" authors will receive the book prize from the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association, "given to recognize outstanding work in theory for a book published in the preceding four calendar years"; on Tuesday, Aug. 15, they will receive the Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publica...Imperial College wins Queen's Anniversary Prize
... and his team have been awarded such a prestigious prize for their pioneering work in advanced surgical technologies." Professor Darzis team is internationally recognised for their research into advanced surgical technologies and their clinical application. The research focuses on the way surgeons acqui...UC Davis recycling expert wins Stockholm Water Prize
...d toprotection of the world's water resources. The prize winner, Takashi Asano, is a UC Davis adjunctprofes...at the university for 20 years. Asano received the prize for "his outstanding contributionsto efficient use of water in the domain of wastewaterreclamation, ...Four researchers awarded Dutch Nobel Prize
...OZA Prize for 2001. This is the leading scientific prize in the Netherlands. Each of the four winners will ... at Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit, will receive the prize for her pioneering work in human behavioural genetics. Her department has built up the Dutch nationa...Statement by Dr. Colwell on Nobel Prizes in Science and NSF onnection
...ce; and geneticist Leland Hartwell -- received the prize for work funded by NSF. The impact of the Nobelists and their NSF support extends beyond the research itself, into the network of people who support or benefit from it. Most of the laureates serve regularly as reviewers of NSF proposals. All three...American Medical Women's Association honors Dr. Marianne Legato with 2002 Women in Science Award
...n and Heart Disease, won a Freddy award, the first prize in the category of Women's Health at the 1995 International Health and Medical Film Festival. In 1997, she published What Women Need to Know (Simon and Schuster) and recently completed a third book for the lay public on gender-specific medicine calle...Peto and Doll win King Olav Vs Prize for Outstanding Cancer Research
...for Outstanding Cancer Research. The NOK 1 million prize will be presented at the closing ceremony of the 1... with great pleasure we present this extraordinary prize to these eminent cancer researchers. The results of the studies conducted by Sir Richard Doll and Si...Journal of Nuclear Medicine honors top articles for 2001
...d the awards. Under clinical investigations, first prize was awarded to: Timothy R. DeGrado, Steve W. Baldw...ween malignancies and chronic inflammation. Second prize went to Tali Sharir, Guideo German, Xingping Kang, Howard C. Lewin, Romalisa Miranda, Ishac Cohen, R...Boston chemist wins national award for tailor-made molecules
...ormer ACS chairman. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and an unrestricted research grant of $40,000....Pennsylvania chemist wins national award for pharmaceutical research
...er chairman of ACS. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and an unrestricted research grant of $40,000....Wayne State and Virginia chemist wins national award for work with drugs
...er chairman of ACS. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and an unrestricted research grant of $40,000....Philadelphian wins national organic chemistry award
...er chairman of ACS. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and an unrestricted research grant of $40,000....Program wins first Youth Development Award from Grant Foundation
...t 300 entries. The Foundation created the $100,000 prize to recognize high-quality organizational work to improve children's lives. "This magnificent award is testimony to the enormous potential of university-community-school partnerships and problem-focused research to improve both the quality of life an...UT Southwestern researchers, Nobel Prize winners share 2003 Albany Medical Center Prize
... Center Prize, established in 2000, is the largest prize in medicine in the United States and the second la...rk City businessman and philanthropist. The annual prize announced each spring has been created to encourage and recognize extraordinary and sustained cont...