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Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Las Cumbres Observatory gains first light for entire 1-meter node at CTIO
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope installed three one-meter telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and achieved first light on all three in a span of less than 30 hours last week. These three constitute the first full node of what are expected to be six nodes evenly distributed around the world forming the first true one-meter class global telescope.

Contact: David Petry
dpetry@lcogt.net
805-689-3423
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Thousands greet American Chemical Society journal editors in India
Editors of a dozen prestigious scientific journals have returned from a highly successful two-week visit to India, where they met with more than 3,000 scientists and students interested in chemistry and the allied subjects. The journals are among more than 40 peer-reviewed publications of the ACS, the world's largest scientific society.

Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Researchers launch innovative, hands-on online tool for science education
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and at St. Petersburg Academic University in Russia, have developed a one-of-a-kind, hands-on online learning tool that weaves together for the first time science and programming education--and automatically grades homework too.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Russian Ministry of Science and Education

Contact: Ioana Patringenaru
ipatrin@ucsd.edu
858-822-0899
University of California - San Diego

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
UT Arlington, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments forge $25.2 million research partnership
The University of Texas at Arlington will purchase $18.5 million in equipment from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to establish the Institute for Research Technologies. The new Institute will include three centers: The existing Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry, the new Center for Imaging and the new Center for Environmental, Forensic and Material Analysis.

Contact: Traci Peterson
tpeterso@uta.edu
817-272-9208
University of Texas at Arlington

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
Lauren Sciences LLC independently recognized as a Leading Drug Delivery Company, and its V-Smart Platform selected as a Significant Advance in BBB Technology, by Datamonitor Healthcare
Lauren Sciences LLC, a privately held biotechnology company furthering development of its new V-Smart nanovesicle platform technology, announced today that it has been independently recognized as a leading drug delivery company, and its V-Smart Platform selected as a significant advance in blood brain barrier technology, by Datamonitor Healthcare.

Contact: Susan Rosenbaum
info@laurensciences.com
917-397-2826
Lauren Sciences LLC

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
UFZ is breaking new grounds in water management
Following an initiative proposed by Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation are currently developing an extensive program designed to improve water management in Jordan. The proposed decentralization of sanitation and reuse of water is designed to significantly alleviate the issues of water scarcity and groundwater protection that Jordan faces today.
German Ministry of Education and Research

Contact: Tilo Arnhold
presse@ufz.de
49-341-235-1635
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
New study charts the living habits of Europe's tweens
Greater independence, less parent control, approaching puberty and changing demands in school. For a tween life can be both exciting and demanding – and presumably decisive for their future health. This is the starting point for a study designed to chart the living habits of children between the ages of eight and 14 in Sweden and Europe, and where the University of Gothenburg, Sweden is one of the participants.

Contact: Gabriele Eiben
gabriele.eiben@medfak.gu.se
46-317-866-846
University of Gothenburg

Public Release: 22-Oct-2012
The future of Mongolian nomadic lifestyle under debate
Geographers from University of Leicester in research project looking at lives of herders.
Leverhulme Trust

Contact: Dr Caroline Upton
cu5@le.ac.uk
44-011-625-23824
University of Leicester

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