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DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

... are selected by an independent panel of judges based on the technical significance, uniqueness and ... GeMini - a portable gamma-ray spectrometer based on germanium technology. The instrument is so ... MagViz MagViz is the first product based on a new form of magnetic resonance imaging ...

A 'heart healthy' diet and ongoing, moderate physical activity may protect against cognitive decline

... scale. A DASH diet adherence score was created based on consumption levels of nine food-group/nutrient ... The scientists created a diet adherence score based on just these four components which they then ... Composition Study. Physical activity was assessed based on self-reported number of minutes walked per ...

Improved method developed to test carcinogen risk

... making that evaluation, which are almost always based on studies done at very high doses with ... determined using essentially the same methodology based on rodent studies," Bailey said. "But our ... of the carcinogen research around the world is based on this. Together, the findings suggest that ...

Brain-computer interface, developed at Brown, begins new clinical trial

... a second, larger clinical trial. The system is based on neuroscience, engineering and computer science ... (See also A BrainGate Timeline.) BrainGate is based on research and technology developed in the ... the research. Cyberkinetics had launched in 2001, based on research and technology developed in ...

Supply-Chain Council Announces Winners of 2009 Supply Chain Excellence Awards

... levels of 20-45%(2). All five opportunities are based on practices commonly used in commercial supply ... Technical Development Steering Committee (TDSC) based on the nature and complexity of organizations' ... a wide spectrum of industries. The awards are based on four principal criteria: ...

From cars to cancer: UH professor employs auto industry tools for tumor therapy

... becomes: Can we predict how the tumor changes based on a limited number of CT scans? Then, we can ... delicate, fine balance." Kamrani hopes that, based upon initial CT scan readings, the team will be ... looking at the initial tumor and classifying it based on these attributes," Kamrani said. "If there is ...

Premier issue of Ecopsychology launched by Mary Ann Liebert Inc. publishers

... ecological crisis. Until decision-making based on sustainability is the norm, promoting green ... individuals. Martin Milton initiates a dialog based on published research on the role of the natural ... Practice," encourages professional practice based on the knowledge of how humanity's link to nature ...

Aware, Inc. Amends and Extends Dutch Auction Tender Offer

... greater than $2.60 nor less than $2.20 per share. based on the number of shares tendered and the prices ... N.A., the depositary for the tender offer, that, based on a preliminary tally as of April 2, 2009, a ... is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE ) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. www.aware.com ...

Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences

... the widespread use of organochlorine pesticides, based on monitoring studies at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary ... the spread of Hantavirus and West Nile virus, based on research at the Sevilleta field station near ... ecosystem management, later adopted as policy, based on field studies at the H.J. Andrews Experimental ...

Aware, Inc. Amends and Extends Dutch Auction Tender Offer

... greater than $2.60 nor less than $2.20 per share. based on the number of shares tendered and the prices ... N.A., the depositary for the tender offer, that, based on a preliminary tally as of April 2, 2009, a ... is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE ) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. www.aware.com ...

Mollusks taste memories to build shells

... model explains how mollusks build their seashells based on the finding that the mollusk's tongue-like ... how much calcium and pigment is secreted. based solely on these nine parameters, Boettiger, Oster ... the nervous system can do it with one equation based on the principle discovered by Ernst Mach in the ...

ADA releases updated position statement on functional foods

... products, including functional foods, should be based on the significant scientific agreement standard of evidence and ADA supports label claims based on such strong scientific substantiation. Food ... their physiologically active components should be based on the standard of significant scientific ...

UniPixel Announces Availability of Opcuity(TM) Finger Print Resistant Film Test Samples

... All statements in this news release that are not based on historical fact are "forward-looking ... Act of 1934, as amended. While management has based any forward-looking statements contained herein ... the information on which such expectations were based may change. These forward-looking statements ...

UK researcher identifies just 8 patterns as the cause of all humor

... Clarke has stated before that humour is based on the surprise recognition of patterns but this ... of humour and have each argued for causality based on their specific interest. Now that we have ... capacities of the species. The theory is based on extensive observation and analysis. "While ...

NASA researchers find clues to a secret of life

... of each other, like your hands. Although life based on right-handed amino acids would presumably work ... contributed to the origin of only left-handed based protein life on Earth," said Glavin. All amino ... brought from Earth. If we find the life is based on right-handed amino acids, then we know for ...

Synthetic biology can help extend anti-malaria drug effectiveness

... metabolic pathway and engineering a new one based on the mevalonate pathway in yeast, they were ... company, Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc., which is based in Emeryville, licensed the technology. In 2006, ... Sanofi-aventis, a leading pharmaceutical company based in France, with the goal of mass-producing ...

Enhanced quality of 'LIFE' through Nordic food

... which is headed by Professor Arne Astrup, is based at LIFE - Faculty of Life Sciences at University ... concept, termed the "New Nordic Diet" which is based on regional food products. Overweight has been ... diet. The intervention studies will be based on the New Nordic Diet that will be developed ...

New models question old assumptions about how many molecules it takes to control cell division

... said. "You could compare it to a computer that is based on integrated circuits or to a mechanical control system based on sensors, wires and servomotors -- except that ... one by building reliable mathematical models, based on basic principles of physics and chemistry, ...

Iowa Power Fund advances researcher’s long quest for efficient solar power

... new structures. And, study how semiconductors based on organic molecules can be used in solar ... business. The Solar Energy Industries Association based in Washington, D.C., reported that the ... solar energy research and consulting company based in San Francisco, reports the photovoltaic ...

Global Energy Systems to Acquire WoodTech, LLC, and Affiliated Entities

... agreement to acquire Cherokee County, GA based wood fuel and landscape materials processor, ... Group is a diversified renewable energy company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Its subsidiary, Global ... reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the company's actual ...

New equation of state of seawater

... from the early 1980's to present. Now, based on new oceanographic research, scientists have ... a fresh approach to seawater thermodynamics, based in part by the work of University of Miami (UM) ... of fluids. The new equation of state is based on a Gibbs function for seawater from which all ...

TECNALIA uses artificial vision to improve recycling of electronic scrap metal

... Corporation is studying an innovative method based on multispectral artificial vision systems to ... separation of scrap metal from electronic waste based on a system of multispectral vision and ... advance over other techniques of separation based on colour vision and useful for other processes ...

Entrust Announces Financial Results for Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal 2008

... figures, as adjusted for currency, are calculated based upon the actual currency rates in the comparable ... charges), and increased our subscription based product bookings by 48 percent to $17.5 million," ... of purchased intangibles, stock-option based compensation expense, the write-down of long-term ...

January GEOLOGY media highlights

... stream restoration and watershed management are based on the idea that streams of the region are ... inversion of surface deformation measurements, based on differential synthetic aperture radar ... Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK. Pages 71-74. based on an observed correlation between the Earth's ...

Human genomics in China

... centers for implementation. On the other hand, based on the characteristics of funding and ... and transformation of intellectual property based on the biomedicine research achievements. As ... of genomics research and its scientific impact based on the technical perspectives of genomic ...

High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine

... whales that observers have come to know by name based on the patterns of callosities, like barnacles, ... is part of the NEFSC's Protected Species Branch based at the Center's Woods Hole Laboratory, which ... so we know which whales are there over the winter based on their sightings and can track births," said ...

African thicket rat malaria linked to virulent human form

... and Plasmodium reichenowi . The analysis is based on amplification of entire mitochondrial genomes ... analysis that produced the phylogenetic tree was based on the sequences of the three protein-coding ... of Vermont. These other phylogenies were based on both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. "The ...

Beckman Coulter Updates 2008 Outlook

... 2008 Outlook The company estimates that, based on current exchange rates, full year 2008 revenue ... About Beckman Coulter Beckman Coulter, Inc., based in Fullerton, California, develops, manufactures ... recurring revenue growth. The outlook provided is based on fiscal year ended 2007 and the three and ...

Turning over a new leaf for future energy supplies

... A global energy supply based on biomass grown to generate electricity and ... will be completely exhausted in the next 75 years based on our current consumption levels, and most ... competition to food is so limited that a scenario based on biomass as the major source of energy is ...

Study reveals effects of unconscious exposure to advertisements

... it. "An individual's preference for an object based on a large number of visual exposures will almost ... 'U', with an initial rapid rise in preference based on the enhanced probability that an object can be ... on our brain's mechanisms to modulate preference based on non-conscious exposure. Changizi's research ...

December 2008 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... in the deep Mediterranean Sea offshore Israel, based on high resolution, three-dimensional seismic ... Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada. Pages 955-958. based on the amount and frequency of meteorite falls ... such as Gademotta/Kulkuletti. The results are based primarily on new 40Ar/39Ar dating of volcanic ...

Smithsonian puts tropical eastern Pacific shore fishes online

... more accurate reference than global databases based on unchecked published reports. He works closely ... to an area, species that likely occur in an area based on larger range maps, and species whose occurrence is confirmed for that same area, based on occurrence site records. Maps can also be ...

Smithsonian puts tropical Eastern-Pacific shore fishes online

... more accurate reference than global databases based on unchecked published reports. He works closely ... to an area, species that likely occur in an area based on larger range maps, and species whose occurrence is confirmed for that same area, based on occurrence site records. Maps can also be ...

UNC, Yale partner to study effects of cocaine use on mother-infant relationships

... neuroimaging and data analysis teams. Project 1, based at UNC, will examine the effects of cocaine on ... pregnancy and those who did not. Project 2, also based at UNC, will examine mothers' emotional and ... interaction. Project 3, which is based at Yale, will focus on using functional brain ...

Consumer not ready for tailor-made nutrition

... to customise the food we eat to individual needs, based on the genetic profile of the individual. Dutch ... many obstacles must be overcome before products based on nutrigenomics become a reality. ... by consumers determined? Consumers based on these interviews with experts and an extensive ...

Caltech-led researchers find negative cues from appearance alone matter for real elections

... as volunteers made decisions about politicians based solely on their pictures. The researchers ... in the pair; once again, their decisions were based only on the politicians' appearances. The ... The studies suggest that negative evaluations based only on a politician's appearance have some ...

Synaptics Reports Record Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2009

... cautiousness on the part of our OEM customers. based on our current backlog and visibility, we ... June 30, 2008. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Synaptics on the date ... (2) Includes tax benefit for share- based compensation charges of: ...

Major source of radon exposure overlooked at former Ohio uranium-processing plant

... Pinney's team conducted a four-year study, based on questionnaire information about actual work ... Pinney, "and since the level of radon exposure is based on your proximity to a specific source, we had to ... were further differentiated into 41 categories based on what years and shifts they worked in the ....

Greenhouse gas auction revenues can help cut Md. electric use significantly, says study

... month's auction and the study's findings are not based on its results. "Our study doesn't prescribe a ... Three subcontractors provided projections based on their proprietary models. HAIKU MODEL: A ... economic simulation model of electricity markets based on market equilibrium concepts. Haiku was created ...

European researchers harness unique properties of boron to develop new drugs and diagnostics

... with greater 3D complexity than their carbon based equivalents. As Lesnikowski put it, while organic ... longer for this to happen in the case of boron based compounds which would therefore make it easier ... until now by the high cost of catalysts and born based intermediate compounds used in the synthesis. ...