The National Science Foundation and the European Commission signed an Implementing Arrangement for Cooperative Activities in the areas of climate research, marine science and technology, seismic risk and hazards reduction, Arctic research and environmental biology.
Although the economy is in a downturn, there are opportunities for entrepreneurs to start new businesses. "After all, the key attribute of an entrepreneur is finding opportunities that others don't see," says the director of the Farrell Center for Entrepreneurship in Penn State's Smeal College of Business.
It won't happen overnight, but eventually, the floor of the Atlantic Ocean will plunge beneath the North American continent, forming a deep trench about 2,000 miles long and possibly generating volcanoes. It will be triggered by water seeping into offshore rock.
In what may prove to be a major step forward in developing molecular electronics, a team of researchers have found a method to "solder" individual molecules on a molecular "circuit board," creating molecular "wires" with through-bond electrical contacts. The method produces reproducible measurements of the molecules' conductivity that agree with quantum predictions.
The annual Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend on October 21st. Sky watchers will see as many as 20 fast shooting stars each hour -- each one a tiny piece of Halley's Comet.
The University of California Board of Regents approved plans for a new graduate school of management at the UC San Diego campus, which is expected to open its doors to its first class of students in September 2003.
UCSD's Huntington's Disease Clinic is one of the first centers west of the Mississippi with this designation. Huntington's disease has been diagnosed in 30,000 Americans; with another 150,000 at risk with a 50% chance of inheriting from an infected parent.
Locate information on all aspects of anti-bioterrorism via the Medical Library Association's Web site.
On Thursday, October 18, NYU School of Medicine will hold a community forum at NYU School of Law in Washington Square to discuss a wide range of environmental health issues relating to the World Trade Center disaster. Researchers from the leading institutions in New York and New Jersey who are analyzing air, dust, and other materials at ground zero and surrounding communities, and in areas north of the disaster will speak about their findings so far and their plans for studies in the coming months.
Researchers at the Stanford University Center on Stress and Health are asking people from throughout the world to participate in an Internet study to assess the psychological impact of the terrorist attacks that took place on Sept. 11.
Research by a University of Georgia public relations professor may permanently change the way health communicators reach audiences by revealing more effective methods for not only disseminating information, but also changing behavior.
Five Smith alumnae, including Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem, will share with students things they wished they had known about money and finance when starting out and the importance of financial savvy regardless of one's life goals.
Pharmaceuticals currently used to treat cancer and other diseases may be successful for treating Huntington's disease, a UC Irvine research team has found.
Radiation treatments given before surgery for rectal cancer reduces the risk of local disease recurrence and death from the disease, according to an overview published this week.
The 4th annual Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference -- the nation's only conference exploring how alternative and traditional therapies can work together for the benefit of cancer patients -- is October 19th-21st at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va.The conference is expected to draw more than 1400 cancer patients, physicians, nurses, researchers, policymakers and alternative therapy practitioners.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Superconductivity program has been selected to partner on three new superconductivity proposals that are being negotiated by U.S. industry.
Timothy Birdsall, National Director of Naturopathic Medicine and Research with Cancer Treatment Centers of America, will discuss "Integrative Approaches in Symptom Management" this week at the Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference in Arlington, VA.
Marysol Rojas' mission is to teach women to talk with each other about cancer, especially cancer that attacks their ovaries, the deadliest women's cancer. That's why she volunteered for a study at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where researchers are developing a test for ovarian cancer.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has developed a gynecological cancer genetics clinic in conjunction with the medical center's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. Recently, it had also begun to serve community patients at Parkland.
Romanticized fiction about pirates plundering the sea has always captured the imagination of readers, but a new book edited by a Florida State University English assistant professor explores the real-life experiences of Englishmen on the Mediterranean Sea who were captured and sold into slavery by Muslim pirates during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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