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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 1-25 out of 101.
Public Release: 23-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingEngineers improve allocation of limited health care resources in resource-poor nations Georgia Tech systems engineers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. They are also forecasting what health care services would be available in the event of natural disasters in Caribbean nations. Contact: Abby Robinson
Public Release: 21-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingTohoku grim reminder of potential for Pacific Northwest megaquake The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake is a grim reminder of the potential for another strong-motion mega-earthquake along the Pacific Northwest coast, geophysicist John Anderson of the University of Nevada, Reno told members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in a lecture at their annual conference in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday. Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
Public Release: 20-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingConservation risk highest off coasts of Canada, Mexico, Peru and New Zealand: UBC research University of British Columbia researchers have identified conservation "hot spots" around the world where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation. Contact: John Corry
Public Release: 20-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingCarbon storage project combines innovation and outreach The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project began its injection, the first million-ton demonstration from an industrial source in the US, in November 2011. Over the next three years, geologists hope to use innovative science and engaging outreach to evaluate the potential of carbon capture and storage techniques. The sequestration communications coordinator will discuss the IBDP and the outreach efforts surrounding it in a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting. Contact: Liz Ahlberg
Public Release: 20-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingTaking the Earth's pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and environmental index A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall "health" of 152 countries around the world. Contact: Heather Amos
Public Release: 20-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingDoes history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past. "Environmental change is altering the composition and function of ecological communities," says the Bryson Professor of Climate, People, and the Environment in the University of Wisconsin-Madison geography department. Williams also directs the Center for Climatic Research in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Contact: Jack Williams
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingCutting-edge science creating solutions for African agriculture A reinvigorated effort to boost African science know-how to solve Africa's challenges has begun. With international funding and science support from Australia, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub based in Nairobi, Kenya, is enabling African and international scientists to partner on a wide range of new and exciting research programs. These research programs are addressing Africa's underlying food security issues of food production, nutrition and animal health. Contact: Larelle McMillan
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingPolicies implementing GMOs need to take biodiversity complexities into account, says Pitt researcher Policies regarding genetically modified organisms need to take biodiversity and regional attributes into account, according to Sandra Mitchell, Pitt professor and chair in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Contact: B. Rose Huber
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingBetter models needed to track atmospheric pollution's impact on health, climate The past decade has witnessed a significant growth in Asian air pollution, causing a great concern for air quality and climate. If government policymakers hope to contain the problem, they will need increased research and better computer models of black carbon and other aerosol pollutants, also known as atmospheric brown cloud, according to University of Iowa engineering professor Gregory Carmichael. 
NASA, National Science Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: Jennifer Brown
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingStudying the evolution of life's building blocks Studying the origin of life at its building blocks offers a unique perspective on evolution, says a researcher at Michigan State University. Robert Root-Bernstein, MSU physiology professor, will answer the question of why a physiologist studies the origin of life at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb. 16-20 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Contact: Layne Cameron
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingSouthwest pueblo-dwellers key to modern climate policy? How can we plan sustainably for an unknowable future outcome? Arizona State anthropologist Michelle Hegmon says, look back to simpler times. Contact: Margaret Coulombe
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingTaking tips from Vikings can help us adapt to global change Climate change, economic turmoil and cultural upheaval may be pressing concerns today -- but history can teach us how best to respond, research suggests. Contact: Catriona Kelly
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingPulsars: The Universe's gift to physics Pulsars, which already have produced two Nobel Prizes, are providing scientists with unique insights on topics from particle physics to General Relativity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Dave Finley
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingPreparing for the flood: Visualizations help communities plan for sea-level rise Researchers at the University of British Columbia have produced computer visualizations of rising sea levels in a low-lying coastal municipality, illustrating ways to adapt to climate change impacts such as flooding and storms surges. Contact: Heather Amos
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingSmart grids could outsmart criminals Hassan Farhangi leads the Intelligent Microgrid project at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). At this week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, he will be part of a discussion on how smart grids can help reduce waste, fight theft, increase the use of renewable energy, and save people money on their hydro bill.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Contact: Hassan Farhangi
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingDirector discusses cancer evolution at prestigious conference Professor Mike Stratton, Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, will speak about 'the evolution of the cancer genome' at the prestigious 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. Contact: Don Powell
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingLivestock science will benefit sub-Saharan Africa Africa will benefit greatly from advances in livestock science that will benefit the animals and the people they provide with high quality protein, said scientists here Sunday. Panelists addressed the hopes and challenges of modernizing livestock production in Sub-Saharan Africa during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C. "We explored how implementing new technologies will benefit society," said University of Idaho animal scientist Rod Hill.
American Association of Animal Science
Contact: Bill Loftus
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingASU sustainability scientist to give anthropologist view of globalization at the local scale The modernization of isolated villages brings about a change in human information flow patterns that not only destroys the social fabric of the community, but also the economy and the landscape, according to Sander van der Leeuw, a Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability. He will present his views Feb. 19 at the AAAS annual meeting. Contact: Carol Hughes
Public Release: 19-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingIndiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB: A model for collaboration At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research. Contact: Steve Hinnefeld
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingAs climate change increases forest fires, smoke forecasting could help protect public health Satellite images, air quality measurements and smoke forecasting models are useful tools to help individuals and public health professionals prepare for smoke episodes in areas at risk from forest fire smoke, according to University of British Columbia researcher Michael Brauer. Contact: Katherine Came
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingWindow into world's future oceans unveiled by NF-UBC Nereus team An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world's oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict – and show through 3D visualizations – the state of life in the oceans of the future. Contact: John Corry
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingUofL research shows substituting with smokeless tobacco saves lives Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and University of Louisville researcher Brad Rodu, D.D.S., presents the scientific foundation that proves it at the AAAS Annual Meeting.
University of Louisville, Kentucky Research Challenge Trust Fund
Contact: Jill Scoggins
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingOcean acidification turns climate change winners into losers: UBC research Adding ocean acidification and deoxygenation into the mix of climate change predictions may turn "winner" regions of fisheries and biodiversity into "losers," according to research released today by University of British Columbia researchers. Contact: William Cheung
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingRavi Singh highlights innovative wheat breeding techniques Ravi Singh, CIMMYT wheat breeder, discussed innovative breeding techniques that are being employed to combat the threat of Ug99, a virulent form of stem rust that threatens the world's wheat crops.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UK Department for International Development
Contact: John Bakum
Public Release: 18-Feb-2012
2012 AAAS Annual MeetingIconic marine mammals are 'swimming in sick seas' of terrestrial pathogens: UBC researchers Parasites and pathogens infecting humans, pets and farm animals are increasingly being detected in marine mammals such as sea otters, porpoises, harbor seals and killer whales along the Pacific coast of the US and Canada, and better surveillance is required to monitor public health implications, according to a panel of scientific experts from Canada and the United States. Contact: Brian Lin
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