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Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
NASA's HS3 Hurricane Mission Ends for 2012
NASA's 2012 Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel, or HS3, mission came to an end Nov. 6 when a NASA unmanned Global Hawk aircraft flew a final data-collection mission in the North Pacific Ocean over a large storm in preparation for next year's campaign.

NASA

Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
PTB measurements for the next computer chip generation
With a new EUV beamline at its own electron storage ring -- the Metrology Light Source -- the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt will characterize EUVL lens systems for EU lithography (EUVL). The cooperation with Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, which has been running since 1998, has been extended for another four years.

Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
SAGE to publish Recherche et Applications en Marketing (RAM) from April 2013
SAGE and the Association Française du Marketing have today announced a new agreement to publish Recherche et Applications en Marketing from April 2013.

Public Release: 30-Nov-2012
DFG to fund 11 new Collaborative Research Centers
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft will establish eleven Collaborative Research Centres as of Jan. 1, 2013.

Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Weill Cornell joins 'Measure Up, Pressure Down' national campaign for high blood pressure
The Weill Cornell Physician Organization at Weill Cornell Medical College has joined more than 120 medical groups and health systems nationwide to launch the new health campaign Measure Up, Pressure Down aimed to improve high blood pressure prevention, detection and control. As part of the new campaign, organizations, such as Weill Cornell, have pledged to work toward achieving a goal of having 80 percent of high blood pressure patients in control of their condition by 2016.

Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Pharmaceutical firms and universities to work together on multi million pound biotechnology project
Europe's largest public-private partnership dedicated to the development of manufacturing sustainable pharmaceuticals has been launched. It's being led by The University of Manchester and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.

Innovative Medicines Initiative

Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
EMBO, EMBC and the National Science Council of Taiwan sign cooperation agreement
New ways of global scientific interaction have been created following a cooperation agreement between EMBO, its inter-governmental funding body, the European Molecular Biology Conference, and the National Science Council of Taiwan. The agreement will allow Taiwanese scientists to participate in EMBO training programs and activities. It also means that EMBO Courses & Workshops can take place at Taiwanese research institutes.

Public Release: 29-Nov-2012
Patients to be more involved in decision-making
For the purpose of improving patient safety, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new management model based on customer needs. All the actors taking part in the organizational activity in social and health care organizations play a key role in safety management -- including the patient.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Surgical Theater, LLC sells first Surgical Rehearsal Platform to UH Case Medical Center
Surgical Theater, LLC, creator of the Selman Surgical Rehearsal Platform, has made the first sale of its groundbreaking technology to University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, one of the most respected research/teaching hospitals in America. Physicians at the medical center have been instrumental in the development of Surgical Theater, so it is fitting that the institution becomes the first to own the unique, 3-D imaging rehearsal platform.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Conservationists to create blueprint for saving Malaysia's elephants
Saving the Asian elephant in Malaysia will be the focus of an upcoming workshop at the Institute of Biological Diversity in Krau Wildlife Reserve, Malaysia (from Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2012), according to the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
AGA members tell lawmakers -- stop the cuts
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, members of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) from across the country will participate in the first-ever AGA Virtual Advocacy campaign. Gastroenterologists will flood Congress with calls for them to stop the cuts.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012

Chemical & Engineering News
U.N. meeting this week to extend greenhouse gas treaty
Amid concern about the possible role of climate change in the development of Hurricane Sandy and other severe weather, negotiators from around the world will gather at a U.N. meeting this week and next to extend an expiring agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. That effort is the subject of a story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
ACP and NACHC collaborate to help federally-qualified heath centers improve care
The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) announced today a national effort to help federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) improve care by offering ACP's Medical Home Builder 2.0 at a discounted rate. FQHCs also will have the opportunity to join an online community within Medical Home Builder 2.0 to support the NACHC Patient Centered Medical Home Institute.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
US, Brazil publish compliance requirement guides for selected industries
New publications from NIST and its counterpart in Brazil can help manufacturers in several industries successfully navigate the landscape of state and national product regulations and voluntary industry standards.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Toward an European open biodiversity knowledge management system
A consortium consisting of major European biodiversity organizations, including natural history museums, botanic gardens, companies and biological societies, announce the launch of pro-iBiosphere. This EU e-Infrastructure coordination project is targeting the preparation of the European Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management System.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Mainz University Medical Center agrees partnership with Yale University
The University Medical Center at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany and the renowned School of Medicine at Yale University, USA have agreed upon a future collaboration. This strategic partnership promises to provide an innovative stimulus for the Research Unit Translational Neurosciences at the Mainz University Medical Center. The resulting regular exchange will benefit both basic research and the training of young researchers.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Springer to publish book series with the Portuguese Centro Internacional de Matematica
Springer and the Centro Internacional de Matematica of Portugal will work together to publish a new book series CIM Series in Mathematical Sciences. The first book will evolve from the international conference "Mathematics of Energy and Climate Change" which takes place in March 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference is part of the UNESCO-supported world-wide program "Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013."

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
Big genomics data, big scientific impact: New challenges for further development of life science
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, today announced its latest advances in the analysis, management and dissemination of "Big Genomics Data" at their 3rd bioinformatics software and data release conference.

Public Release: 28-Nov-2012
NREL updates solar radiation database
The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and collaborators released a 20-year updated version of the US National Solar Radiation Database, a web-based technical report that provides critical information about solar and meteorological data for 1,454 locations in the US and its territories.

US Department of Energy

Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Upgrade to visualization and analysis system eases path for beginning supercomputer users
Nautilus, the supercomputer at the heart of the University of Tennessee's Remote Data Analysis and Visualization Center, has recently been upgraded. Housed on the campus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nautilus is used by researchers all over the United States for visualizing and analyzing data in ways not possible on smaller systems. The upgrade, which shortens the learning curve for supercomputing, will open the door for a wider array of researchers to use high-performance computing.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
GOES-R satellite program undergoes successful review
The GOES-R Series Program, which is leading the effort to replace and upgrade NOAA's existing fleet of geostationary satellites that track severe weather across the United States, received a favorable appraisal conducted by an external team of aerospace experts of its preparations to launch the new series, beginning in late 2015.

NASA, NOAA

Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Surface analysis techniques for advanced materials enhance Mazovia's research potential
Properties of several of the most external atomic layers of materials can be studied at Mazovia Centre for Surface Analysis by a number of modern techniques. Just opened at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, the Centre provides a spectrum of surface analysis tools including a state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope and specialized spectroscopic equipment for surface studies in high and ultra high vacuum.

Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Elsevier and Dutch Fulbright Center collaborate to aid early career researchers in the Netherlands
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announces its collaboration with the Dutch division of the Fulbright Center, a bi-national non-profit organization focused on enhancing the collaboration between the United States and the Netherlands in science.

Public Release: 27-Nov-2012
Elsevier launches new open access journal -- 'Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis'
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services announces the launch of a new, international, open access journal, Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis.

Public Release: 26-Nov-2012

Lancet
UCLA performs first 'breathing lung' transplant in United States
First there was the "heart in a box," a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler. Now that same technology is being used to deliver "breathing lungs."


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