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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 76-99 out of 99 releases.
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingAnimated tutors help remedial readers, language learners, autistic children Tools developed by researchers exploring language and speech comprehension can be powerful aids for remedial readers, children with language challenges, and anyone learning a second language, according to psychology professor Dominic Massaro of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Contact: Jennifer McNulty
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingNew studies reveal surprises about deep sea corals and their past New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. This finding contradicts a long-established theory suggesting that corals evolved in shallow water before migrating into deeper habitats. A panel of researchers will discuss this and other new discoveries about deep-sea corals at a press conference at the 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Boston. Contact: Matthew Wright
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting ScienceNIH collaborates with EPA to improve the safety testing of chemicals Testing the safety of chemicals ranging from pesticides to household cleaners will benefit from new technologies and a plan for collaboration, according to federal scientists from the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, who today announced a new toxicity testing agreement. The concept behind this agreement is highlighted in the Feb. 15, 2008, issue of the journal Science. Contact: Raymond MacDougall
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting ScienceFirst map of threats to marine ecosystems shows all the world's oceans are affected As vast and far-reaching as the world's oceans are, every square kilometer is affected by human activities, according to a study in the journal Science by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and others. Contact: Patric Lane
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting ScienceScientists reveal first-ever global map of total human effects on oceans More than 40 percent of the world's oceans are heavily affected by human activities, and few if any areas remain untouched, according to the first global-scale study of human influence on marine ecosystems. By overlaying maps of 17 different activities such as fishing, climate change, and pollution, the researchers have produced a composite map of the toll that humans have exacted on the seas. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Gail Gallessich
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingStanford researchers say living corals thousands of years old hold clues to past climate changes Stanford researcher Brendan Roark to talk at AAAS meeting about discovery that deep-water corals off Hawaii are as old as 4,000 years. Coral may hold clues to ocean and climate changes of past centuries, and must be protected from devastation from fishing ships and coral harvesters. Contact: Dan Stober
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingNOAA science story tips -- AAAS 2008 edition The following is a collection of marine science story ideas for reporters from the National Oceanographic Athmospheric Administration. Contact: Ben Sherman
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingIdentiGEN founder says access to DNA from cloned animals should be made public In order for meat producers and retailers to satisfy anticipated consumer desires to avoid meat and milk from cloned animals, access to DNA from every unique clone should be made public so that DNA traceability technology can be used, according to Patrick Cunningham of Dublin's Trinity College and chief scientific adviser to the government of Ireland, who will speak at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Boston on Feb. 15. Contact: Michele Wells
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting ScienceMap is first to track global human influences on ocean ecosystems The first global map of human influences on marine ecosystems has been constructed by a team of researchers, including a Stanford University scientist among the principal investigators, by gathering and interpreting massive amounts of data from the professional literature and from researchers around the world. This study suggests that about 41 percent of oceans bear a serious human "footprint " and that few blue spots on our planet are likely pristine.
University of California-Santa Barbara, the National Science Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Contact: Louis Bergeron
Public Release: 11-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingPenn childhood obesity researchers panelists at AAAS Town Hall Event Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for health promotion and health prevention, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Virginia A. Stallings, MD, PhD, the Jean A. Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Penn and Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will be part of a panel at a special public session, "Understanding Obesity and Childhood" at the 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Contact: Karen Kreeger
Public Release: 25-Oct-2007
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingYale affiliates named AAAS fellows for distinction in Science Ten renowned scientists and educators at Yale have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon members of the organization by their peers. Contact: Janet Emanuel
Public Release: 20-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingNOVA documentary about Percy Julian wins AAAS Science Journalism Award "Forgotten Genius," a two-hour documentary about the life of chemist Percy Julian, funded in part by the National Science Foundation has received a prestigious award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Contact: Maria C. Zacharias
Public Release: 14-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingMerck and AAAS announce 2008 Winners of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs Fourteen colleges and universities have been selected for awards from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program. Sponsored by the Merck Institute for Science Education and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the program awards provide up to $60,000, paid over three years, for use by the biology and chemistry departments at the recipient institution. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingAAAS honors climate scientist James Hansen James Hansen, a government scientist who has spoken forcefully about human influence on global climate despite pressure to alter his message, is the recipient of the 2007 AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingAuthors, illustrator Win AAAS/Subaru SB&F Four authors and an illustrator of children's science books have won the 2008 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, a prize intended to promote science literacy by drawing attention to the importance of good science writing and illustration. AAAS and Subaru co-sponsor these prizes for recently published works that are scientifically sound and foster an understanding and appreciation of science in readers of all ages. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting2007 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize Awarded to Burton Richter Burton Richter, a Nobel laureate in physics and former director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, has been awarded the 2007 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize for his outstanding contributions to science and its use in shaping of public policy. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting2007 AAAS Mentor Award goes to Carlos Castillo Chavez of Arizona State University Carlos Castillo Chavez, a professor of mathematics, statistics and life sciences at Arizona State University, has been honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his efforts to help underrepresented students earn doctoral degrees in the sciences. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingNeil deGrasse Tyson receives 2007 AAAS Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, as winner of the 2007 AAAS Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual Meeting2007 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, has named the pioneering climate scientist Robert Watson from the United Kingdom as winner of the 2007 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award. Contact: Molly McElroy
Public Release: 28-Jan-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingAAAS/EurekAlert! build bridges with Middle Eastern science community through journalism fellowships EurekAlert!, the global science news service operated by AAAS, in cooperation with the National Association of Science Writers in the United States and the Arab Science Journalists Association, is happy to announce the recipients of the 2008 AAAS Fellowships for Reporters in Developing Regions, sponsored by Elsevier. The award will allow the four fellowship recipients to cover the latest research and mingle with their fellow science writers from around the world at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Feb. 14-18, in Boston.
Elsevier
Contact: Rahman A. Culver
Public Release: 25-Oct-2007
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingAAAS and Brandeis University announce 2007 Fellows Michael Rosbash, PhD, of Brandeis University has been awarded the distinction of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year 471 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Contact: Laura Gardner
Public Release: 17-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingSymposium on drug-resistant diseases set for annual AAAS conference Drug resistance is a major public health concern, and the problem of resistance continues to grow. Recently, infectious disease modelers have begun to develop mathematical models for predicting the evolutionary dynamics of drug resistance. This symposium brings together experts in the real world of infectious diseases and mathematical modelers. Speakers show how models can be designed and analyzed so that theoretical work can have a significant effect on informing medical and public health decision-making processes. Contact: Enrique Rivero
Public Release: 13-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingSingapore's BIOPOLIS and FUSIONOPOLIS on stage in Boston this week Singapore's focused transformation into a scientific powerhouse in the biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering will stage a presence this week in Boston at the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences and the Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology. Contact: Cathy Yarbrough
Public Release: 12-Feb-2008
2008 AAAS Annual MeetingPoverty and the Brain Dr. Martha Farah, director of Penn's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, will present Poverty and Brain Development: Correlations, Mechanisms and Societal Implications at the 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting. Contact: Jordan Reese
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