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AAAS Pacific division scientific conference to meet in San Francisco Aug. 14 - 19

WHAT: The American Association for the Advancement of Science's Pacific Division will convene its 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, bringing together scholars from the Western U.S. to share their work. Marking 150 years since publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the ...

Geoscientists meet to discuss Rocky Mountain geology

Geoscientists will gather soon for the 61st Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, being held 11-13 May 2009 in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley University (UVU) is hosting the meeting in their new library building on the UVU campus. Brigham Young University is ...

Virtual reality: Keyhole surgeons training could help meet European working time directives

Trainee surgeons who add virtual reality (VR) training to standard 'apprenticeship' training in key-hole surgery learn more quickly, work with greater accuracy and have less errors than those with no VR training, and perform as well as those who use additional video training. The finding of this C...

How chromosomes meet in the dark -- Switch that turns on X chromosome matchmaking

A research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. Their discovery could also provide new insights into how other similar chromosomes spontaneously recognize each ot...

Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world's fragile polar regions

A new co-ordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of Earth's polar regions is urgently needed to reflect new environmental realities and to temper pressure building on these highly fragile ecosystems, according to several of the experts convening in...

Miscanthus can meet US biofuels goal using less land than corn or switchgrass

In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources by a lot. Using Miscanthus as a feedstock for ethanol production in the U.S. could significantly reduce the acreage d...

Geology and biology meet in the history of US southwestern desert surface waters

Boulder, CO, USA The history of surface waters in the arid deserts of the U.S. southwestern Great Basin and lower Colorado River region has fascinated scientists for over two centuries. A new publication by the Geological Society of America covers a wide diversity of closed basins, ancient lake b...

GSA Northeastern Section to meet in Buffalo this month

Boulder, CO, USA - Approximately 700 geoscientists will gather 27-29 March 2008 for the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America. Topics range from recent earthquake activity in New England to geological factors affecting wines made in western New York. ...

Imports from Latin America may help US meet energy goals, study finds

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 4, 2008 -- Latin American nations could become important suppliers of ethanol for world markets in coming decades, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory study released recently. The report, Biofuel Feedstock Assessment for Selected Countries, presents findings fr...

Japanese and German researchers meet to discuss climate change

How do the top researchers of the future plan to confront the greatest scientific, ecological and political challenges facing planet Earth and its inhabitants? This is the question being addressed at the first round table meeting on Climate System Research Status and Perspective held by the Deuts...

Top scientists meet for global conference on stem cell therapy for cardiovascular diseases

WHAT: The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) brings experts to New York City from around the world for the Fourth Annual International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases. Dedicated to new advances in this emerging field, the three-day session will feature an in-...

Agriculture experts meet in Beijing to examine impacts of food prices and climate change on farmers

A decades-long period of steadily declining food prices driven down by unprecedented advances in agricultural productivity is coming to a definitive close. Prices for wheat have tripled and those for maize and rice nearly doubled since 2000, and there is no sign that prices will fall soon. On th...

Software Techniques Inc. Selects M2SYS Fingerprint Software to Meet Continuous Growth and Demand for Desktop Biometric Time & Attendance Solutions

Innovative Fingerprint Software Enhances Biometric Time Clock Security and Improves Payroll Productivity Without Fingerprint SDK Development ATLANTA, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- M2SYS Technology, an award-winning biometric fingerprint technology firm, announced today that Software Techniques Inc....

Cardiologists and heart surgeons meet for 'Controversies and Advances' conference

LOS ANGELES (September 25, 2007) Stem cell therapy for cardiac regeneration and the controversial issue of medicine and the media will be the focus of the keynote addresses at the seventh annual Controversies and Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease conference. Conducted by Cedars-...

Amid spiralling government interest, world's top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei

About 350 DNA barcoding experts from 46 nations will converge in Taipei amid spiralling interest from health officials, government agencies and others beginning to realize potential applications in a range of areas -- from consumer protection and food safety to disease prevention and better enviro...

Amid spiralling government interest, world's top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei

About 350 DNA barcoding experts from 46 nations will converge in Taipei amid spiralling interest from health officials, government agencies and others beginning to realize potential applications in a range of areas -- from consumer protection and food safety to disease prevention and better enviro...

New biofuels process promises to meet all US transportation needs

Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all of the fuel needed for "the entire U.S. transportation sector." The new app...

Failure to meet United Nations sanitation target could affect millions of the world's poorest

Worldwide, billions of people lack access to a reliable source of safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities. To address the problem, the United Nations established the Target 10 initiative, which aims to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and ...

Identical twins may have more differences than meet the eye

Identical twins lose some fundamental similarities as they grow older, a new study reports. They may start to look and act less alike. The changes could leave one twin susceptible to diseases like cancer, while the other twin remains healthy. Researchers report in this week's Proceedings of th...

Plankton Power and RTDC announce proposed algae-to-biofuels pilot facility on Cape Cod

...odiesel usage. The company projects that commercial-scale operations on 100 acres could eventually yield 100 million gallons of biodiesel, which would meet 5% of the demand for diesel and home heating fuel in the state of Massachusetts. "We are extremely pleased by the vision and commitment of our c...

Animal and plant communication at the ESA Annual Meeting

...ils: These carnivorous plants produce a pitcher-shaped structure with a pool of water in it. When insects investigate, they slide into the pitcher and meet a watery demise. The plant then dissolves the insect and uses it for food. Biologists have long assumed that in addition to their nectar-producing gla...

New hope for fisheries

...ystems and may collapse vulnerable species. That's why we require a combination of measures, including gear restrictions and closed areas, in order to meet both fisheries and conservation objectives." The authors caution that much work remains to be done to end global overfishing, as a large fraction o...

Stem cell research: From molecular physiology to therapeutic applications

...n Liu analyze the current state of iPS research, particularly on limitations and advancements in this field, and propose possible future directions to meet the challenges of iPS cells for clinical applications[5]. Stem cell research has made significant progress in the past decade. Some therapeutic appl...

Microbes and their hosts -- exploring the complexity of symbiosis in DNA and cell biology

...t hosts to illustrate how the bacteria rely on genetic, ecological, and physiological means to maintain the functional flexibility that allows them to meet the needs of an ant colony rather than the individual ants that make up the colony. Their thought-provoking review of the impact of symbiotic lifestyl...

Key OSU water research receives national funding

...tment of natural resource ecology and management and principal investigator of the study. "Oklahoma is one of the key U.S. locales where woodlands meet grasslands," he said. "Changes in vegetation have a great effect on water cycles and the recharging of groundwater supplies. This, in turn, affects ev...

Carnegie Mellon team makes sequestration recommendations

...arbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, which captures carbon dioxide from power plants and safely disposes of it deep underground, will not meet its full potential in the United States without new federal regulations that create a uniform regulatory environment. This is the conclusion of a se...

Corn yield stability varies with rotations, fertility

...tated with alfalfa, red clover, and timothy is modestly higher and less variable than corn grown exclusively. Further, when dairy manure is applied to meet crop nitrogen requirements, continuous corn can perform equally well to the rotated in high-yielding years, but performs poorly in low-yielding years ...

Frost & Sullivan: North American Government Biometrics Markets Thrive With Active R&D Thrust

... Upon receipt of the above information, a brochure will be sent to you by e-mail. "Heightened emphasis on R&D to roll out new products to meet the industry's current and future requirements will establish biometric technologies as an integral component of national security and defense strateg...

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

...ast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. and numerous scientific studies have shown them to be prime candidates for replacing gasoline to meet our transportation needs. However, before we can begin to roll down the highways on sustainable, carbon-neutral grassoline, numerous barriers must be ...

22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey

...anbul, the ECNP once again marks a contribution to meet the enormous burden and amount of suffering associ...mber 2009, renowned experts from 25 countries will meet in Istanbul to present, discuss and evaluate the l... and the pharmaceutical industry. Invitation: meet the scientists! Experts will be available for qu...

A complete view of complexity in science and society in a new authoritative reference work

...atics and computational sciences to applications in physical sciences, engineering, biomedicine, economics and social sciences. The Encyclopedia will meet the needs of libraries in academia, government laboratories and industries such as pharmaceuticals, computer hardware and software, aerospace, telecom...

SF State professor honored by President Obama for science mentoring

...ties -- in the sciences who went on to complete master's and doctoral degrees. He founded the Student Enrichment Opportunities (SEO) office in 1992 to meet that need. The office provides financial support and mentoring to students in the sciences from the undergraduate to doctoral level. SEO now helps sen...

Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics

...ds and their adoption by sequencing centers around the world a necessity for meaningful genome comparisons. Kyrpides offers numerous suggestions to meet these and other challenges that face genomics research in the decade ahead. For example, the list of microbial genomes for potential sequencing, limit...

UH team analyzes Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination

...ites, Rifai said, and it looks for pollutants in sediment, water and tissue. "The EPA has asked the states to come up with water bodies that do not meet Clean Water Act standards and with ways to address the problem," Rifai said. "For the first few years, we looked at dioxins, and now we're also lookin...

New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals

...essure vessel, pop it in the oven, rinse it off and it's ready to use," he said. Of course, for the process to go smoothly, the researchers have to meet specific conditions of temperature and pressure, and leave the material in the pressure cooker for just the right amount of time. For this study, they...

Report shows the power of US cities to mitigate climate change and steps they need to take to adapt

...educed by 80% by 2050, the report finds these early steps to be promising, but that continued aggressive action is necessary over the next 40 years to meet the scale of the challenge. ...

Sustainable bioenergy project has global launch

...es fostering graceful coexistence of food and biofuel production." The second stage of the project will address whether it is physically possible to meet a substantial fraction of future world mobility and/or electricity demand from plant sources while still meeting other important needs like feeding hu...

UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science

...inority students pursuing health careers," said Murray. "Colleges in the United States are no longer graduating enough students with science majors to meet the demand for scientists who can assume leadership roles in the science professions. We believe middle school may be the last chance to pique student...

New e-science service could accelerate cancer research

...he means to programmatically access life science tools and databases over the Internet, the facility acts as a place where researchers can contact and meet the experts and maintainers of these services. Web services have gained a momentum as a means for packaging existing data and computational resourc...

ADA releases updated position paper on vegetarian diets

...ans can provide information about key nutrients, modify vegetarian diets to meet the needs of those with dietary restrictions due to disease or allergies and supply guidelines to meet needs of clients in different areas of the life cycle," the authors said. ...