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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 26-50 out of 158. << < 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 > >>
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
University Hospitals & Philips Healthcare to showcase imaging technology at Cleveland Medical Mart University Hospitals in Cleveland and Philips Healthcare are among a group of global leaders in healthcare to showcase the latest medical technology at the new Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center. The two organizations will collaborate to highlight innovative imaging technology in use and in development by Philips and other Ohio biomedical companies. Contact: Alicia Reale
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
 Soft Robotics'Soft Robotics': A groundbreaking new journal on engineered soft devices that Interact with Living Systems Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of Soft Robotics, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. Contact: Bill Ferguson
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
CMU and CTC to develop robotic laser system to strip paint from aircraft Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center and Concurrent Technologies Corporation of Johnstown, Pa., are working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Ogden Air Logistics Center 309 AMXG to develop and demonstrate a robotic system that uses high-powered lasers to remove coatings from fighter and cargo aircraft. 
National Defense Center for Energy and Environment
Contact: Byron Spice
Public Release: 26-Nov-2012
Elsevier launches new open access journal -- Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports a new, online-only, Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy. Contact: Toby Charkin
Public Release: 23-Nov-2012
The preparatory meeting of SELSA successfully conducted in Copenhagen Sino European Life Science Association successfully held the preparatory meeting in Carlsberg Akademi, Copenhagen, Denmark. Contact: Jia Liu
Public Release: 22-Nov-2012
Elsevier launches new open access journal: 'Leukemia Research Reports' Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of a new open access, online journal, Leukemia Research Reports. Contact: Rachel Garland
Public Release: 21-Nov-2012
UK Flusurvey set to go viral Researchers launch online survey to track flu and analyze trends.
European Union
Contact: Paula Fentiman
Public Release: 21-Nov-2012
New 'virtual' tape measure could give online clothes shoppers the perfect fit A ground-breaking web-based system that takes unprecedentedly detailed measurements of the body could revolutionize online clothes shopping. The shopper would simply download software which, in conjunction with their webcam or smartphone, works like a 'virtual' tape measure, taking accurate waist, hip, chest and other measurements and advising the user on which size garment to buy whenever they visit the website of a participating retailer. Contact: EPSRC Press Office
Public Release: 20-Nov-2012
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Foundation introduces Sonography Research Institute The SDMS Foundation would like to introduce the Sonography Research Institute (SRI) which has been established through a strategic partnership among sonography organizations to assist sonographers with acquiring the skills and expertise to conduct and publish original sonographic research. Contact: Camille Gamboa
Public Release: 20-Nov-2012
Detention of asylum seekers' children inhuman A University of Huddersfield researcher attended an important event at the United Nations, Switzerland, to make the case for global policy changes so that children subject to immigration processes are never locked up by immigration officials. Kate prepared an eight-page submission for the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child focusing on the rights of the child in respect of immigration detention in the United Kingdom. Contact: John Ramsdin
Public Release: 20-Nov-2012
New European Union study launched to research lifelong learning How can successful companies use lifelong learning to have a competitive advantage in their enterprises? This is one of the questions being addressed by the new LLLight'in'Europe project, which wants to analyze the importance of lifelong learning activities to ensure better person to job fits.
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research and Technological Development
Contact: Samuel Greiff
Public Release: 20-Nov-2012
Asia's next rice granary: Myanmar? As Myanmar comes out of isolation with recent political reforms, the international community is closing ranks to help the country recover – with a focus on helping rice farmers reach the country's production potential. Contact: Ma. Lizbeth Barona-Edra
Public Release: 20-Nov-2012
World Cocoa Conference 2012Making chocolate an affordable luxury Mars Incorporated, in partnership with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and national partners, will increase the production of cocoa for smallholder farmers in Côte d'Ivoire. Through the Vision for Change: Sustainable Cocoa Communities project between ICRAF and the chocolate company Mars Inc., Tony Simons, the Director General of the World Agroforestry Center, envisions enormous opportunities for private-public partnerships that will benefit smallholder farmers, not just in West Africa but also in other parts of the developing world. Contact: Wambui Kamiru
Public Release: 19-Nov-2012
Texas Biomed files patent for a novel HIV vaccine strategy The Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio has applied for a patent for a genetically-engineered vaccine strategy to prevent HIV infection that targets the outer layers of body structures that are the first sites of contact with the virus.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Joseph Carey
Public Release: 19-Nov-2012
Pilot facility launched in Ghana to transform human waste into renewable biodiesel fuel Researchers at Columbia University's Engineering School, working in Ghana with Waste Enterprisers Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, today launched a pilot facility to convert fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel, addressing a ubiquitous societal problem while producing cost-effective sustainable energy. In scaling up research efforts initiated in a Columbia Engineering lab, the team expects this facility to become a revolutionary new model in sanitation.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: Holly Evarts
Public Release: 19-Nov-2012
Advanced manufacturing venture highlights region's economic prospects Printed electronics and related advanced manufacturing technologies have the potential to be a $45 billion global industry, according to business analysts. Rochester Institute of Technology researchers will be able to play a key role in advancing this industry as a result of the development of a university-industry partnership with regional and national high-tech firms.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Michelle Cometa
Public Release: 16-Nov-2012
Research comes home to roost: 6 years later, Revelle returns After a six-year voyage on the high seas, braving crashing waves and typhoon-force winds around the world in the name of science, research vessel Roger Revelle is coming home to San Diego today. Contact: Peter Vietti
Public Release: 16-Nov-2012
Loyola's orthopaedic physical therapy residency program is credentialed Loyola University Medical Center has been credentialed by the American Physical Therapy Association as a post-professional residency program for physical therapists in orthopaedics. Contact: Jim Ritter
Public Release: 16-Nov-2012
Artist's inspiration: How robot soccer led to a mirror that reflects your true face When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its image. That mirror is now on display as part of an art exhibition in New York City through Dec. 9. Contact: Rachel Ewing
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
NAS receives $350 million endowment from BP settlement with the federal government As part of the $4 billion settlement announced today between the federal government and BP concerning the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the National Academy of Sciences has been asked to establish a new $350 million, 30-year program on human health and environmental protection in the Gulf of Mexico. Contact: Molly Galvin
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
Fire logs made from lawn clippings offer earth-friendly option Artificial logs that create a cheerful and welcoming blaze in your fireplace can be made from a perhaps surprising source: grass clippings. USDA chemist Syed H. Imam and his colleagues have shown that lawn clippings can be mixed with other natural compounds to yield ecofriendly fire logs that burn brightly and evenly.
Agricultural Research Service
Contact: Marcia Wood
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
£60 million boost for science innovation Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced a £60m investment in UK universities to help our most pioneering scientists and engineers create successful businesses from their research, improve industrial collaboration, and foster greater entrepreneurship. Contact: EPSRC Press Office
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
Wiley launches StatisticsViews.com, the first comprehensive website for all users of statistics John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced the launch of StatisticsViews.com, a new website created for professional statisticians, analysts, students, and any user of statistics in interdisciplinary subjects as the first place to go when looking for any information related to statistical research. Contact: Amy Molnar
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
Springer partners with Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press As of January 2013 Springer will publish the Journal of Arid Land, the official publication of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Contact: Renate Bayaz
Public Release: 15-Nov-2012
Job market sluggish for college graduates The job market for new college graduates, hampered by a lackluster economy and political uncertainty, will increase at a sluggish 3 percent this academic year, predicts Michigan State University's annual Recruiting Trends report. Contact: Andy Henion
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