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Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
SWiFT commissioned to study wind farm optimization
The U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories and Texas Tech University commissioned the DOE/Sandia Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility today at the Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, Texas. The SWiFT is the first public facility of its kind to use multiple wind turbines to measure how wind turbines interact with one another in a wind farm.
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Contact: Stephanie Holinka
slholin@sandia.gov
505-284-9227
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Robots inspect cables
The bearer cables and tethers of bridges, elevators, and cable cars are exposed to high levels of stress. For this reason, their functional reliability must be monitored on a regular basis. A new robot recognizes fissures before they pose a danger.

Contact: Jochen Kurz
jochen.kurz@izfp.fraunhofer.de
49-681-930-23880
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Fitness test for corrosion protection coatings
Internal coatings in the different sections of oil treatment plants are subjected to a variety of stresses. By conducting comparative tests, researchers are analyzing which materials are best suited to each individual section.

Contact: Matthias Gurr
matthias.gurr@iwm.fraunhofer.de
49-761-514-2137
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
When we consume emotions instead of food
AZTI-Tecnalia is working on a pioneering methodology that is seeking to identify the emotions linked to the consumption of food; the idea is to design new products and new actions for communication focussing particularly on the reality of companies and their customers.

Contact: Irati Kortabitarte
i.kortabitarte@elhuyar.com
34-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
Rutgers University launches neuroscience consortium
The challenge of understanding the mysteries of the mind has prompted scientists and physicians from Rutgers University and its two new medical schools to launch a neuroscience consortium. Working together to gain more information about the mechanisms underlying basic brain function will serve as a strong foundation for better understanding disease processes.

Contact: Robin Lally
rlally@ur.rutgers.edu
732-932-7084 x652
Rutgers University

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
Early universe to be revealed
Solar storms, space junk and the formation of the Universe are about to be seen in an entirely new way with the start of operations today by the $51 million Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope.

Contact: Kate Zappa
katez@millswilson.com.au
61-450-668-048
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
Global Health Corps announces fifth class of fellows
Global Health Corps launched its fifth class of fellows today, during the opening of its annual Training Institute at Yale University. The 106 fellows hail from 16 countries and will serve with 44 health organizations in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and select cities in the United States. The newest fellowship class was selected from a pool of almost 4,000 applicants and highlights GHC's continued growth.

Contact: Anne McPherson
anne@ghcorps.org
917-531-4050
Global Health Strategies

Public Release: 7-Jul-2013
Frontiers
Frontiers is featured in the prestigious Nature magazine
Frontiers, a community driven open-access publisher and research networking platform for scientists, is featured on the inside cover of this week's Nature, with endorsements from Nobel laureates and other leading researchers. The magazine also includes an interview with Frontiers' co-founder and CEO, Dr. Kamila Markram, a neuroscientist from the renowned Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Contact: Gozde Zorlu
gozde.zorlu@frontiersin.org
Frontiers

Public Release: 4-Jul-2013
Pickling tape for local pre-treatment of aluminum
A new self-adhesive tape simplifies the process of pickling aluminum surfaces. It is safer than existing treatment methods involving pickling pastes, sprays or baths, because there is no rinsing stage and hence no need for complicated wastewater disposal.

Contact: Dr. Malte Burchardt
malte.burchardt@ifam.fraunhofer.de
49-421-224-6498
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Public Release: 4-Jul-2013
Using RFID for fiber composites
Antennas that are capable of transmitting radio waves turn components into intelligent objects. Researchers have now found a way to embed these antennas in fiber composites. As a result, the technology also works with carbon and glass fibers.

Contact: Tobias Dräger
tobias.draeger@iis.fraunhofer.de
49-911-580-613-211
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Public Release: 4-Jul-2013
Water Resources and Economics
Elsevier announces the launch of the new journal: Water Resources and Economics
Elsevier is pleased to announce that the launch of the new journal Water Resources and Economics published in association with the International Water Association and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The first issue of the journal is a special issue presenting findings from the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Water Resource Economics Consortium and is now available for free online on ScienceDirect.

Contact: Katie Brown
k.brown.1@elsevier.com
44-018-658-43760
Elsevier

Public Release: 3-Jul-2013
Travel Behaviour and Society
Elsevier selected to publish new journal: Travel Behaviour and Society
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce it has been selected to publish the new journal of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Travel Behaviour and Society.

Contact: Rhianna Jones
RH.jones@elsevier.com
44-186-584-3806
Elsevier

Public Release: 3-Jul-2013
BGI and Association of Czech genetic centers announce opening of a joint prenatal test facility
BGI Health and Association of Czech genetic centers announce the opening of a joint prenatal test facility.

Contact: Jia Liu
liujia@genomics.cn
BGI Shenzhen

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
July 2013 story tips
These tips are about: ENERGY – Big voltage, little package METALLURGY - Graphite foam expansion ENERGY – CoNNECT promotes savings MATERIALS - Safer batteries CLIMATE - Blogging from the Arctic.

Contact: Ron Walli
wallira@ornl.gov
865-576-0226
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
Space station gets an attitude adjustment for solar science
The sun lightens our world and enlightens our scientists as they look to our closest star for a better understanding of solar activity and what it means for our planet. Unique data from solar studies help researchers build on their knowledge of the Earth's atmosphere and climate change. June 30 marked the second time the International Space Station literally went out of its way to accommodate this research by providing a better viewing opportunity to meet Solar facility science objectives.

Contact: Jessica Nimon
jessica.t.nimon@nasa.gov
NASA/Johnson Space Center

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
Scientists undertake effort to launch video data-sharing library for developmental science
In the largest open-source video-data sharing project of its kind, behavioral researchers, digital library scientists, and computer scientists are undertaking the creation of Databrary, a web-based video-data library sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
National Science Foundation, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Contact: James Devitt
james.devitt@nyu.edu
212-998-6808
New York University

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
Licensing agreement for development of diagnostic tests for HIV drug resistance
Case Western Reserve University has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement granting University Hospitals Case Medical Center rights to a series of diagnostic tests to determine drug resistance and co-receptor tropism in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The phenotypic and genotypic HIV tests (or assays) were invented by Eric Arts, Ph.D., at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, Ph.D., at the School of Medicine and Scientific Director at the University Hospitals Translational Laboratory.

Contact: George Stamatis
george.stamatis@uhhospitals.org
216-844-3667
University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
IEEE-USA petitions FCC for spectrum ruling to spur new technologies
IEEE-USA, in a petition filed today with Federal Communications Commission, is asking the federal government to classify frequency spectrum above 95 GHz "a new technology or service." Such a declaratory ruling, according to IEEE-USA, would spur capital investment and lead to long-term commercial opportunities. A similar ruling 28 years ago led to the development of Wi-Fi, a wireless technology that has transformed the way we live, work and communicate.

Contact: Chris McManes
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
IEEE-USA

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
Wiley announces increase in Impact Factors
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a continued increase in the proportion of its journal titles indexed in the Thomson Reuters® 2012 Journal Citation Reports, with 1,192 (approximately 77 percent) titles now indexed, up from 1,156 in the 2011 JCR. Wiley titles now account for the largest share of journals in 50 categories.

Contact: Jennifer Beal
sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
44-012-437-70633
Wiley

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
Genomes for science, genomes for life, and genomes for you and me
Genomes for Science, Genomes for Life, and Genomes for You and MeICG Europe 2013, co-organized by BGI and VIB, was successfully concluded on June 28 in Ghent, Belgium presenting numerous recent advances on genomics and its growing applications. A broader spectrum of genomics topics have been discussed in greater depth, particularly focusing on personalized and public healthcare, biomedical research, plant and animal genomics, and metagenomics.

Contact: Jia Liu
liujia@genomics.cn
BGI Shenzhen

Public Release: 28-Jun-2013
3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing preview issue publishing Fall 2013
Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers announces the launch of 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal on this rapidly growing disruptive technology.

Contact: Sophie Mohin
smohin@liebertpub.com
914-740-2100
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News

Public Release: 28-Jun-2013
Panama and Panthera establish historic jaguar protection agreement
A significant victory was achieved for the future of jaguars this week with the establishment of an historic conservation agreement by the government of Panama and Panthera, a global big cat conservation organization.

Contact: Susie Weller
sweller@panthera.org
347-446-9904
Panthera

Public Release: 28-Jun-2013
NIST announces plan to create center of excellence for advanced materials research
NIST will establish a new Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to facilitate collaborations between NIST and researchers from academia and industry on advanced materials development.

Contact: Michael Baum
michael.baum@nist.gov
301-975-2763
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Public Release: 28-Jun-2013
Medical isotope producers and the CTBTO join forces to reduce radioxenon emissions
The nuclear test monitoring agency, CTBTO, joins forces with a Belgium producer of radioelements for nuclear medicine to reduce radioactive noble gas emissions. By reducing the amount of radioactive xenon released in the production of isotopes for nuclear medicine, it will help the world's nuclear test-ban monitors to focus on detecting atomic explosions.

Contact: Iain Stewart
iain.stewart@ctbto.org
43-126-030-6271
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty Organization

Public Release: 28-Jun-2013
Bielefeld University to host the European node for human genome data
Since 2001, the human genome has been accessible on the Internet over the "UCSC Genome Browser." It is hosted by University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. This Web site is used intensively by geneticists, molecular biologists, and medical scientists engaged in research on the human genome throughout the world. However, the strong demand is straining the data link across the Atlantic.

Contact: Dr. Jens Stoye
jens.stoye@uni-bielefeld.de
49-052-110-63852
University of Bielefeld

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