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Soft-cell approach cuts animal tests

...n Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Research. This prize rewards scientists for work that has reduced the use of animals or animal products in laboratory-based research, education and testing. Many industrial and environmental air pollutants are already known to have adverse health effects on the respi...

Why aren't humans furry? Stone-Age moms could be the answer

...t because human ancestors ate them. This year's prize judge was Professor Jonathan Rees FMedSci of Edinburgh University, Scotland ?co-discoverer of the 'red hair gene'. Professor Rees said: "This paper is an excellent example of the kind of bold thinking and theorizing which David Horrobin intended to e...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

...gainst - scientists who were nominated for a Nobel prize but did not actually win one. The researchers l...) than those who had "merely" been nominated for a prize (who lived on average for 75.8 years). When the survey was restricted to only comparing winners and ...

Scientists crack rhino horn riddle

...een objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them as dagger handles or good luck charms. But new research at Ohio University removes some of the mystique by explaining how the horn gets its distinctive curve and sharply po...

Train your brain to hear your friends at a party

A major science prize was today awarded to a researcher who is looking for the region of the brain that helps us to hear someone in a noisy place, such as a party or bar, and is responsible for "training" the brain to hear better in these situations. Not being able to he...

American scientist's research of life's first cells

...r stay in Stockholm. Irene Chen received the grand prize for her essay, "The Emergence of Cells During the ...eir careers. Some 54 regional winners and 12 grand prize winners have so far received the award, honoring exceptional thesis work in the field of molecular b...

Scientists win grants to develop $1,000 genome sequencing technology

...he Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, a $10 million cash prize to go to the first team that creates the technolog...y for the benefit of humanity. "The $10 million prize may be a nice incentive to researchers, but our group at UCSD is more excited about the challenges o...

A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species

... in displaying such "treasures." But for those who prize rarity above all else, only strengthened regulations and interventions will decrease the probability of a coveted species' extinction. And until those protections are firmly in place and enforceable, biologists may do well to think twice before repor...

Eminent inventor of DNA fingerprinting gains new recognition

...American Academy of Forensic Sciences. About the prize The Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (named after the father of Alfred Heineken) is the oldest of the Heineken Prizes and has been awarded since 1964. Previous prizewinners include Christian de Duve (winner of the 1974 Nobel P...

'LEGO-Like' building blocks to halt cell growth wins Hebrew University prize

... Building Blocks) has won a prestigious scientific prize for a Ph.D. student in organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalemite Nir Qvit, 34, will be one of those receiving the Kaye Innovation Award on June 13, during the 69th meeting of the Hebrew university Board of Governors. Qv...

Wasps queue for top job

...it peacefully in an age-based queue to inherit the prize of being the queen or breeder in the group. The oldest female almost always becomes the next breeder. The wasps in this queue face a fundamental trade-off: by working harder, they help the group as a whole and as a result indirectly benefit themselve...

Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist

... Society of Canada in 2003. He says receiving the prize was one additional push to move his message from the open sea to the political beachhead. But he emphasizes that research alone won't solve the crisis. It's time for dramatic political leadership to move from a global marine tragedy to a future with ...

Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara

...ymers and Organic Solids at UCSB. He won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 2000. "For me the most exciting thing is that this is a generic, inexpensive way of detecting a range of interesting targets," said Kevin Plaxco, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. "Cocaine is just the tip of the iceb...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...ct was funded by the TIGR Board of Trustees; ILRI; prize money donated by TIGR's chairman, J. Craig Venter; and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. Additional contributions came from the Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The TIGR/ILRI stud...

Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe

...F's International Smart Gear Competition awarded a prize to a promising gillnet design concept using glowing ropes and stiffer nets that may help cetaceans see gillnets in order to avoid them and to escape if they do accidentally swim into the net. Species and populations designated in the report as among...

Novel targets found for the development of drugs to complement, or replace, statins

...F's International Smart Gear Competition awarded a prize to a promising gillnet design concept using glowing ropes and stiffer nets that may help cetaceans see gillnets in order to avoid them and to escape if they do accidentally swim into the net. Species and populations designated in the report as among...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

...F's International Smart Gear Competition awarded a prize to a promising gillnet design concept using glowing ropes and stiffer nets that may help cetaceans see gillnets in order to avoid them and to escape if they do accidentally swim into the net. Species and populations designated in the report as among...

Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action

...F's International Smart Gear Competition awarded a prize to a promising gillnet design concept using glowing ropes and stiffer nets that may help cetaceans see gillnets in order to avoid them and to escape if they do accidentally swim into the net. Species and populations designated in the report as among...

Best research work in the area of wine growing

...Public University of Navarra have been awarded the prize for the best research in the area of viticulture. The presentation took place at the V Iberian Congress of Horticultural Science recently held in Oporto (Portugal). The awarded work, entitled "Recovery of photosynthetic activity in 4 grape varieties ...

Successful Test Of Single Molecule Switch Opens The Door To Biomolecular Electronics

... Cal Tech (for which he was awarded the 1992 Nobel prize in chemistry). The oligoaniline molecule the team tested has three electrical states: a neutral state where it is an insulator, a second state where electrons are removed to oxidize the molecule and make it a conductor, and a third state where more ...

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