In women, caffeine may protect memory
...search, in Montpellier, France. While we have some ideas as to how this works biologically, we need to have a better understanding of how caffeine affects the brain before we can start promoting caffeine intake as a way to reduce cognitive decline. But the results are interesting caffeine use is already w...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
...interdisciplinary activity to bring groundbreaking ideas from basic science and develop them into new products, processes and services, as well as consider public acceptability issues. Within the Centre a new generation of potential academic, industrial and government leaders in carbon capture and storag...Advocates ask fashion industry to support braille clothing tags; talking Web site
... Next month, Brill and Abushagur will pitch their ideas to leaders of the fashion world during fashion wee...he head of a corporation. The women brainstormed ideas and checked the Internet. They learned that, in 2005, the World Health Organization reported 46 mill...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...healthcare systems are the next topic, followed by ideas on how information technology and clinical databases can be used to guide future patient care. Finally, we present perspectives on how pain control can be studied and further improved within healthcare systems. Moving to new settings: Pilot study ...Medical, high-energy physicists collaborate to improve PET scans
...ong absolutely parallel lines," Frisch said of the ideas that Le D presented in his talk. Scientists all over Europe, in fact, now work in concert to develop time-of-flight PET technology. Frisch, Chen, Kao and Byrum, meanwhile, have formed their own biomedical imaging effort that includes the Electronic...$10M grant to VCU to develop new cancer treatments
...ect grant is a testament to the high impact of the ideas generated by researchers at VCU, and to the national leadership of the VCU Massey Cancer Center and its radiation biology and oncology program," said VCU President Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D. "In an era of decreased federal cancer research grants, securi...University of Alberta hosts international conference on women in the knowledge economy and society
... from around the world gather in one place to swap ideas at Rooms of Their Own: Women in the Knowledge Economy and Society. The University of Alberta and RSC: The Academies (formerly the Royal Society of Canada) will host an international, interdisciplinary conference addressing the features of local an...Livestock interventions can protect lives, livelihoods
...ers which allow these plans to be activated. These ideas are not new, but aid agencies both donors and NGOs struggle with this approach. We also need to continue strengthening the local services which pastoralists need and, in particular, support far greater private sector involvement in livestock market...ACP supports new bill to promote adoption of health information technology
...ivities. The legislation is based in large part on ideas originally developed by ACP."The proposed financial incentives would make it possible for physicians in small practices to invest in the technology and encourage its continued use to improve patient care," continued Dr. Kirk. "Before America's patien...AACR awards minority and other underrepresented scientists
...on is to promote the exchange of knowledge and new ideas among the scientists on the front lines in the quest for the prevention and cure of cancer," Foti added. "These awards seek to improve the inclusiveness of cancer research, so that no pool of potential talent goes untapped." 26 early-career scient...Key science Web sites buried in information avalanche
...ones? Interviews revealed that researchers' ideas of key networks, structures and organisations may not be mirrored by search engines. For example the HIV/AIDS researchers reported using national journals, charity organisations, statistics and public sector organisations but none of these appear in ...Congressional proposals would cover all uninsured, reduce US health spending by up to $61B
...eping proposals, researchers looked at more modest ideas such as expanding existing public health insurance...ial to significantly impact the problem, reflected ideas proposed in the Administration's budget, had bipartisan support or were unique or innovative. The te...MIT graduate student wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for life-saving inventions
...uary 2007. He helped brainstorm and test challenge ideas that he said would require clever problem solving, ingenuity, and some classic mess-making. Ball hopes that through this program, kids will be empowered to explore and embrace the elements of engineering that surround them each day. Program Expand...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
...day's growing urban areas in the West." Among the ideas the study is examining is that neighborhood characteristics are important if children are to thrive academically. Study findings suggest that a neighborhood's average family income may have an important effect on how well children learn, and that gr...Stem cell activity deciphered in the aging brain
...said the finding, made in rodents, refutes current ideas on how long crucial "progenitor" stem cells persist in the aging brain. The finding also suggests the possibility of treating various neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, dementia and depression, by stimulating the brain's abi...Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'
Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue. The team's lon...Structure essential for brain remodeling identified
...sting synapses, the study may give researchers new ideas for developing drugs that target these critical cellular processes. A variety of neurological disorders, including Alzheimers disease, autism and early forms of age-related memory loss, are characterized by the loss of synapses or by the abnormal str...Woodruff Foundation gives major boost to Emory University's strategic plan
...ionary seed money for promising cross-disciplinary ideas that need early nurture to succeed. "I am tremendo...y. Emory's plan proposes themes, initiatives and ideas that stake the university to addressing some of society's most critical needs, ranging from new unde...Transforming knowledge into economic benefits -- EPSRC's First Knowledge Transfer Challenge Awards
...so had to show the panel that they have innovative ideas for undertaking future knowledge transfer activity. The five finalists and their KT track record: Aston University Improving the effectiveness and cutting the cost of wound care University of Edinburgh Spearheading innovation in electronic......al research program to explore innovative research ideas and a career development program for the next gene...rogram's goal is to bring into clinical care novel ideas that potentially can reduce cancer incidence and mortality, improve survival and enhance patients' q...