Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...ecent years the leader among the nation's research universities in winning federal research and development grants. The opportunity to be involved in important research is one of the distinguishing characteristics of an undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins. The Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards program ...Campus can be effective site for anti-smoking efforts
...view of tobacco intervention studies suggests that universities are also effective sites for anti-smoking efforts. The review found ample evidence that quit-smoking programs and other interventions can change attitudes and reduce tobacco use among college students, lead author Rebecca Murphy-Hoefer said. Some of...Study shows protective equipment not very effective for rugby players
...ragedy.A new study conducted by researchers at the universities of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Otago in Dune... and Michael Feehan, formerly of Otago and Harvard universities and now owner of Observant LLV, a private Wellesley, Mass., research consulting company. The study i...New breast cancer test could save lives
... is part of the enterprise partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Southampton and Surrey. Based alongside the University's incubation centre at University Gate East, the SETsquared centre in Bristol is actively supporting over 50 nascent entrepreneurs, offering services such as business developm...The research assessment exercise is damaging UK medicine
...nt method for assessing the quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK is having a negative impact...cation Funding Council distributes public funds to universities based on the outcome of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Institutions that score highly in th...From town planning to intimate sex: Understanding the risks in our lives
..., the media, the law and other disciplines from 14 universities in nine linked projects. They will examine perceptions of risk and responses to it in areas from town-planning to intimate sexual behaviour, from children's schooling to pensions, from house-purchase to social care, and from the food we eat to buyin...Brown and NIH create joint neuroscience graduate program
...ophysics to structural biology. Brown is one of 15 universities to join the program and the only American university chosen to collaborate with the NIH in neuroscience. Mary DeLong, director of Graduate Partnerships at NIH, said the quality of Brown's neuroscience program made it a natural partner. "Brown's gradu...Tobacco-company-sponsored parties with free cigarettes may encourage students to start smoking
...udents at all but one of the 119 U.S. colleges and universities surveyed reported attending a tobacco-industry-sponsored social event on or off campus in 2001. Although the number of students reached at many schools was relatively small, up to 27 percent of students were reached at some schools. Overall, 8.5 per...Four teams awarded inaugural translational cancer research grants
...stitute (NCI)-designated cancer centers, prominent universities and freestanding research institutions. Proposals that hold outstanding promise for translating basic cancer findings into a new preventive strategy or therapeutic application for cancer, including improved survival and/or quality of life, were selec...Student nurses need better understanding of poverty-stricken patients
...ureate nursing students was conducted in the three universities in 2000. The results showed, among other things, that only 13 per cent of the students had ever lived in a poor neighborhood and only 7 per cent had ever received social assistance. When asked about their main source of information on poverty, about ...Hebrew University researcher finds 'sweet' way to help prevent heart disease
... cooperation with other research groups at various universities in Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland that did similar tests. Positive results were obtained by all of the various research groups. The researchers concluded their findings with a recommendation that hypercholesterolic patien...Workshop in Kathmandu on space technology for sustainable development in mountain areas
...sed on ESA's Eduspace programme for educators from universities in Nepal. Around 150 scientists, educators, decision-makers and engineers are expected to participate, from the following countries and international organisations: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Denmark, India...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
...ch. Seek out opportunities with community donors, universities and government, e.g., the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 4. Demonstrate a return on investment. Foster concrete, measurable outcomes that demonstrate assistive technology's economic benefits, e.g., cost savings and improved qualit...New internet resource facilitates international HIV/AIDS healthcare provider training
...h governmental and non-governmental organizations, universities and hospitals located throughout the world. The Center managed projects totaling approximately $29 million in FY03, including I-TECH, and is expected to administer more than $40 million in grants during FY04. It is the largest clinical training pro...Study: Brain battles itself over short-term rewards, long-term goals
...ng to a newly published study. Researchers at four universities found two areas of the brain that appear to compete for control over behavior when a person attempts to balance near-term rewards with long-term goals. The research involved imaging people's brains as they made choices between small but immediate rew...Department of Energy announces new agreement with USC, national labs and private company
... entities involved. The DOE national laboratories, universities and private-sector businesses that comprise the new project are: USC's Doheny Eye Institute at the Keck School of Medicine, which is co-leading the effort and performing clinical testing of the implants; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the ...DOE labs, universities and second sight partner to speed development of 'artificial retina'
...national laboratories, a private company and three universities have signed agreements to form a research partners...t is a collaboration of DOE national laboratories, universities and the private sector: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Southern California Dohe...Livermore scientists join DOE consortium
...m of national laboratories including Livermore and universities today signed an agreement with Second Sight Medica...nered with four other national laboratories, three universities and Second Sight on the project. Engineers from LLNL's Center for Micro- and Nanotechnology speci...OHSU researchers study sixth-graders to prevent type 2 diabetes
...ter, to push the envelope." Out of the 64 universities that applied for this grant, seven were selected, including: OHSU; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; University of North Carolina; Baylor University; University of Texas, San Antonio, and University of California, Irvine. ...$5 million grant awarded to U.VA health system targets leukemia drug development, creates new jobs
...am of leading researchers from their own and other universities and medical institutions. The concept is that leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma treatments and cures will be discovered most quickly in an environment of collaboration and teamwork." The Bushweller team at the U.Va. Health System is working in coll...