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Public Release: 6-Nov-2009
eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones The eStadium application allows fans sitting in the stands of an athletic event to access video replays, up-to-the-second statistics, player bios, play-by-play analysis and a wealth of other information designed to enhance the thrill of the game. Contact: Don Fernandez
Public Release: 6-Nov-2009
Enhancing Water GovernanceA blue revolution: The key to future food security "We will need nothing less than a 'Blue Revolution' if we are to achieve food security, and avert a serious water crisis in the future," said Dr. Colin Chartres, Director General of the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute. Dr. Chartres was speaking to the Economic and Finance Committee of the UN General Assembly, at a special event on "Enhancing Water Governance," convened by the UN today. Contact: Samyuktha Varma
Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
Springer to partner with Society of Wetland Scientists Starting in January 2010, Springer will publish Wetlands, the official journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists. Together with the journals Wetlands Ecology and Management and Estuaries and Coasts, Springer now leads the field in journals dedicated to wetlands research. Wetlands is an international journal concerned with all aspects of wetland biology, ecology, hydrology, water chemistry and soil and sediment characteristics as well as issues relating to management, policy and regulation. Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
NOAA, NY town and Oyster Farmer collaborate to understand impact of floating shellfish nursery With demand for seafood growing, shellfish farmers often use a floating nursery called a FLUPSY, or Floating Upwelling System, to improve growth of very young shellfish known as seed and increase their chances of surviving until they are harvested. Little has been known about the possible impact of these floating systems on the local environment. 
NOAA Fisheries Service
Contact: Shelley Dawicki
Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
Space and the Arctic WorkshopTackling new Arctic challenges from space International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the Space and the Arctic workshop to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based services can help to meet those needs. Contact: Mariangela D'Acunto
Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
Nanyang Technological University joins leading US innovation transfer network, the iBridge Network The iBridge (SM) Network, a program of the not-for-profit Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc., today announced that it has expanded internationally by signing the acclaimed Nanyang Technological University as its 100th member organization. The addition of Singapore's leading science and technology university clearly demonstrates the Network's commitment to providing industry leaders battling the global economic downturn with access to university-developed innovations, leading to further advances and next-generation products and services. Contact: Hisham Hambari
Public Release: 4-Nov-2009
 Journal of Dairy ScienceElsevier selected as new publisher of the Journal of Dairy Science Elsevier, world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that beginning in January 2010 (Volume 93, Issue 1) it will assume co-publication of the Journal of Dairy Science, the official journal of the American Dairy Science Association, with the Federation of Animal Science Societies. Contact: Anthony F. Trioli
Public Release: 4-Nov-2009
Clean algae biofuel project leads world in productivity Australian scientists are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future.
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
Contact: Dr. David Lewis
Public Release: 4-Nov-2009
University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light' The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11 symposium and reception on the Salt Lake City campus. The new Willard L. Eccles Observatory's 32-inch reflecting telescope took its first pictures the night of Oct. 15 from the 9,600-foot level on Frisco Peak in southern Utah.
Willard L. Eccles Foundation, Ezekiel R. and Edna W. Dumke Foundation, University of Utah
Contact: Lee Siegel
Public Release: 3-Nov-2009
Springer introduces Climatic Change Letters Beginning in November 2009, Springer is inaugurating a new section within the journal Climatic Change called Climatic Change Letters. Similar in scope to Climatic Change, the Letters will provide a vehicle for rapid publication, offering short articles on new findings of interest to researchers in climate-related disciplines. One of Springer's top journals, with an impact factor of 3.202, Climatic Change focuses on climatic variability and change from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 2-Nov-2009
Imaging cuts in Medicare fee schedule: An access catastrophe and danger to patients Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. Contact: Shawn Farley
Public Release: 2-Nov-2009
Taking a touching approach to transport ticketing and home care for elderly The EUREKA ITEA software Cluster SmartTouch project demonstrated the power of "near-field communications" technology to provide extremely easy-to-use touch-based interactive mobile services. It has developed a service platform and the main concepts for the necessary business chains in a wide range of uses -- from payment and ticketing for public transport to access control, home entertainment and care for the elderly. Contact: Niki Naska
Public Release: 2-Nov-2009
CSIRO enters landmark research alliance with Orica CSIRO has signed a five-year, $25M strategic research alliance agreement with one of Australia's leading public companies -- Orica Ltd. Contact: Karina Clement
Public Release: 2-Nov-2009
New online law journal created by University of Miami law professor University of Miami School of Law Professor A. Michael Froomkin has created an online law journal titled Jotwell to help lawyers and legal academics figure out what to read, not only in their own area of specialization, but also outside it. Contact: Elizabeth Amore
Public Release: 1-Nov-2009
World Pneumonia Day SummitLeading organizations join forces to launch first annual World Pneumonia Day Nearly 100 leading global health organizations from around the world joined forces to recognize the first-annual World Pneumonia Day on Nov. 2 and urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia, the world's leading killer of young children. The first steps in this fight are outlined in the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia, released today by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.
World Health Organization, Unicef
Contact: Mala Persaud
Public Release: 1-Nov-2009
WCMC-Q biomedical research program builds scientific knowledge, technical workforce in Qatar The biomedical research program of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar has made significant progress in its dual goals of advancing basic science and building a sustainable research community in Qatar since it was launched less than a year and a half ago. Contact: Noura Zreik
Public Release: 31-Oct-2009
5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Malaria ConferenceIVCC announces monitoring and evaluation system at MIM IVCC will showcase its new Malaria Decision Support System at the 5th Pan-African Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 1-6, 2009. A symposium a symposium to disseminate the latest advances in monitoring and evaluation of vector control programs will also be held. Contact: Alan Hughes
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
Jumping on the bandwagon When Homeland Security's Tom Chirhart went looking for volunteers to test a new multiband radio that allows first responders to talk to one another across different frequency bands, the line of interested agencies was long and very eager.
US Department of Homeland Security
Contact: John Verrico
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
New tests for identifying potentially deadly adulterants in pharmaceutical ingredients To further protect patients from adulterated medicines, the US Pharmacopeial Convention today announced revised standards for four ingredients widely used in prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The standards, posted on the USP Web site, include new tests for identifying two harmful and potentially deadly contaminants in the four pharmaceutical excipients -- inactive ingredients common in medicines for purposes including sweetening agents and solvents. Contact: Francine Pierson
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
Forsyth Medical Center launches region's first comprehensive teleneurology program Rural and small, suburban hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia can now provide a higher level of emergency stroke and critical neurology care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as part of a new teleneurology program announced Oct. 26 by Forsyth Medical Center. The program, coordinated through the Forsyth Stroke & Neurosciences Center, allows medical staff at participating hospitals to rapidly connect with highly trained, board-certified neurologists using videoconferencing at the patient's bedside. Contact: Freda Springs
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
U of M part of $185 million funded team tasked to improve global response to emerging pandemics Experts from the University of Minnesota will soon be on the frontlines working to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health.
US Agency for International Development
Contact: Nick Hanson
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
Vaccination is essential to prevent world's leading child killer: Pneumonia Marking the first international World Pneumonia Day on Nov. 2, the GAVI Alliance plans to immunize 130 million children in poor countries against pneumonia, the world's leading child killer. Contact: Jeffrey Rowland
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
Kathmandu Global Tiger WorkshopAsia's biggest 'tiger' unviels promise for wild tigers China received praise here today from the International Tiger Coalition for promising to work with its neighbors to end tiger trade and bring back wild tigers. Contact: Judy Mills
Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
FSU, Duke partner to study impact of Gulf's 'dead zone' on shrimp fishery A team of researchers from the Florida State University, Duke University and the National Marine Fisheries Service will study the environmental and economic impacts of the vast "dead zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico on shrimping in the region, home to one of the nation's most highly valued single-species fisheries. Contact: Kevin Craig
Public Release: 29-Oct-2009
Innovation task force unveils new Web site on physical sciences and engineering The Task Force on American Innovation today unveiled a new Web site, www.innovationtaskforce.org, which offers fresh and comprehensive information on federal policies and appropriations for key agencies that fund research in the physical sciences, engineering and mathematics. Contact: Barry Toiv
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