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Researchers publish journal article on 'Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People's Access to Health and Social Care'
Researchers publish journal article on 'Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People's Access to Health and Social Care'
Mathematics - Dec 1
An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy 'using text mining and a Delphi study
An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy 'using text mining and a Delphi study
Economics - Dec 1
U-M, city of Flint partner on fiscal reporting pilot program for transparency, better governance
U-M, city of Flint partner on fiscal reporting pilot program for transparency, better governance
Economics - Dec 1
Shifting the default: Improving gender diversity in leadership by 'opting-out' of the default
Shifting the default: Improving gender diversity in leadership by 'opting-out' of the default
Health - Dec 1
New Caltech Center for Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) Launches Collaboration with Industry Partner
New Caltech Center for Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) Launches Collaboration with Industry Partner
Social Sciences - Dec 1
U-M expert: Community, parents must help children deal with school shooting trauma
U-M expert: Community, parents must help children deal with school shooting trauma
Health - Nov 30
Muted progress: 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, HIV remains criminalized
Muted progress: 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, HIV remains criminalized
Life Sciences - Nov 30
Tumour cells create ribosome reservoirs that allow them to survive under adverse conditions
Tumour cells create ribosome reservoirs that allow them to survive under adverse conditions
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Environment - 18.06.2010 
Rehearsing the future
An ingenious new play which offers audiences a glimpse of what their own futures may hold as climate change takes effect is being performed in Cambridge this weekend ahead of its first London run.
Environment - Architecture - 18.06.2010 
Architectural impact of climate change mimicked in lab tests
The architectural and structural havoc wreaked by torrential rain, flooding and fluctuating temperatures could be prevented thanks to analysis based on laboratory simulations.
Environment - 18.06.2010
Environment - 18.06.2010
Environment - 17.06.2010
Environment - 17.06.2010 
Sacred art
A series of sculptures relating to rites and rituals, by School of Design lecturer Deborah Gardner, are now installed in St. Augustine's Church, Forest Hill, London.
Economics / Business - Environment - 17.06.2010
Economics / Business - Environment - 17.06.2010
Environment - Sport - 17.06.2010
Environment - Sport - 17.06.2010
Economics / Business - Environment - 16.06.2010
Environment - Administration - 16.06.2010
Agronomy / Food Science - Environment - 16.06.2010
Environment - Life Sciences - 15.06.2010 
No hope for humans: Fenner
Prominent ANU scientist Frank Fenner doesn't engage in the skirmishes of the climate wars. To him, the evidence of global warming is in. Our fate is sealed, writes Cheryl Jones in The Australian . Fenner is an authority on extinction. The emeritus professor in microbiology at The Australian National University played a leading role in sending one species into oblivion: the variola virus that causes smallpox.
Environment - Economics / Business - 15.06.2010 
Science should aid poor not war, says STEPS report
Scientific and technological advances are failing to address challenges facing the developing world such as climate change, disease and poverty, warn researchers from the University of Sussex and the Institute of Development Studies.
Economics / Business - Environment - 15.06.2010
Environment - Health - 15.06.2010
Environment - Economics / Business - 15.06.2010
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 14.06.2010 
High-yield agriculture slows pace of global warming, say Stanford researchers
Advances in high-yield agriculture achieved during the so-called Green Revolution have not only helped feed the planet, but also have helped slow the pace of global warming by cutting the amount of b
Environment - 13.06.2010 
Sussex student tackles tube train redesign
Product Design student Dan Headon's redesigned tube-train interior could help to improve the experience of travelling on the London Underground University of Sussex design student Dan Headden's redes
Earth Sciences - Environment - 11.06.2010 
UM/CIMAS and NOAA/AOML Scientists Locate Oil Plume
June 12, 2010 — Virginia Key — A team of dedicated South Florida researchers from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the Nation
Environment - Health - 10.06.2010 
Imperial technology supports expedition across the most inhospitable continent on Earth
Scientists will use digital plasters, mobile pollution monitors and black box sensor technology to monitor Antarctic expedition ?
Environment - Economics / Business - 10.06.2010
Environment - Earth Sciences - 10.06.2010
Environment - Earth Sciences - 10.06.2010
Environment - 10.06.2010
Environment - Economics / Business - 09.06.2010
Environment - Life Sciences - 09.06.2010
Computer Science - Environment - 09.06.2010 
Cutting the Internet’s carbon footprint
Interdisciplinary research being undertaken by the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge has received a major boost through a £5.9m, five- year EPSRC Programme Grant award to address this issue of enabling growth of ICT networks while at the same time reducing energy consumption.
Computer Science - Environment - 09.06.2010
Environment - Life Sciences - 08.06.2010
Environment - Life Sciences - 08.06.2010
Environment - Health - 08.06.2010
Health - Environment - 08.06.2010
Environment - Chemistry - 08.06.2010
Environment - 08.06.2010 
Voyage into the Arctic Ocean with Stanford researchers
A group of Stanford scientists are part of a research voyage aboard an icebreaker, seeking to assess the state of the Arctic Ocean and how the melting ice affects the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 08.06.2010 
Professor to present vision for a zero-carbon future
PA 132/10 A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month.
Environment - Life Sciences - 08.06.2010 
Schools join scientists to spot UK’s ladybirds
Thousands of school children will be helping Cambridge researchers this summer by taking part in the biggest ever survey of UK ladybirds.
Physics - Environment - 08.06.2010
Physics - Environment - 08.06.2010 
Body language reveals if you’re a true green
The inner feelings of people who falsely claim to care about the environment can be exposed by understanding their body language, according to a new book. Professor Geoff Beattie, from The University of Manchester, says mismatches between gestures and speech will allow us to indentify 'green fakers', regardless of what they actually say.
Health - Environment - 07.06.2010
Environment - 04.06.2010
Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 04.06.2010 
Climate change leading to major vegetation shifts around the world
BERKELEY — Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts led by a University of California, Berkeley, ec
Environment - History / Archeology - 04.06.2010 
Polar Museum transformed
The last letters of Captain Scott and his companions will return to public display as one of the world's most important collections of polar artefacts is officially opened by TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex on June 8.
Environment - Chemistry - 04.06.2010
Life Sciences - Environment - 04.06.2010
Life Sciences - Environment - 04.06.2010
Environment - Earth Sciences - 03.06.2010
Environment - Earth Sciences - 03.06.2010
Environment - Mechanical Engineering - 03.06.2010 
Stanford students’ new electric car breaks the mold, not the bank
In a matter of weeks, Stanford graduate students have built an electric car they hope will make daily travel more environmentally friendly, efficient and fun.
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An ingenious new play which offers audiences a glimpse of what their own futures may hold as climate change takes effect is being performed in Cambridge this weekend ahead of its first London run.
The architectural and structural havoc wreaked by torrential rain, flooding and fluctuating temperatures could be prevented thanks to analysis based on laboratory simulations.
Zero energy building research at The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester has joined forced with major research institutes across Europe to develop net zero energy buildings The EU has imposed ambitious reduction targets for the year 2020: a 20
The University of Manchester has joined forced with major research institutes across Europe to develop net zero energy buildings The EU has imposed ambitious reduction targets for the year 2020: a 20
A series of sculptures relating to rites and rituals, by School of Design lecturer Deborah Gardner, are now installed in St. Augustine's Church, Forest Hill, London.
Prominent ANU scientist Frank Fenner doesn't engage in the skirmishes of the climate wars. To him, the evidence of global warming is in. Our fate is sealed, writes Cheryl Jones in The Australian . Fenner is an authority on extinction. The emeritus professor in microbiology at The Australian National University played a leading role in sending one species into oblivion: the variola virus that causes smallpox.
Scientific and technological advances are failing to address challenges facing the developing world such as climate change, disease and poverty, warn researchers from the University of Sussex and the Institute of Development Studies.
Sustainability grants target fracking, biochar fibers, wireless solar tiles and more
Cornell will lead a workshop to build a team of academic, government and industry partners to propose a long-term wind energy research program funded through the Department of Energy.
Cornell will lead a workshop to build a team of academic, government and industry partners to propose a long-term wind energy research program funded through the Department of Energy.
Voice highlights animal and human interaction
Australia's leading research university, the University of Melbourne, highlights the relationship between animals and humans in its June edition of Voice newspaper.
Australia's leading research university, the University of Melbourne, highlights the relationship between animals and humans in its June edition of Voice newspaper.
Advances in high-yield agriculture achieved during the so-called Green Revolution have not only helped feed the planet, but also have helped slow the pace of global warming by cutting the amount of b
Product Design student Dan Headon's redesigned tube-train interior could help to improve the experience of travelling on the London Underground University of Sussex design student Dan Headden's redes
June 12, 2010 — Virginia Key — A team of dedicated South Florida researchers from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the Nation
Scientists will use digital plasters, mobile pollution monitors and black box sensor technology to monitor Antarctic expedition ?
Stanford Poll: Large majority of Americans support government solutions to global warming
Three out of four Americans believe that the Earth has been gradually warming as the result of human activity and want the government to institute regulations to stop it, according to a new survey by Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment.
Three out of four Americans believe that the Earth has been gradually warming as the result of human activity and want the government to institute regulations to stop it, according to a new survey by Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment.
NASA And DLR Sign Agreement To Continue GRACE Mission Through 2015
WASHINGTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Worner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin
WASHINGTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Worner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin
A tale of two atolls: Stanford scientists study impact of fishing on remote coral reefs
Stanford marine scientists and anthropologists are developing strategies for sustainable fishing by comparing two remote coral reef ecosystems – one inhabited, the other a "no-catch" reserve.
Stanford marine scientists and anthropologists are developing strategies for sustainable fishing by comparing two remote coral reef ecosystems – one inhabited, the other a "no-catch" reserve.
Interdisciplinary research being undertaken by the Universities of Leeds and Cambridge has received a major boost through a £5.9m, five- year EPSRC Programme Grant award to address this issue of enabling growth of ICT networks while at the same time reducing energy consumption.
IBM and MEMSIC bring ease of use to wireless sensors
MEMSIC Adopts IBM Software to Enable Organizations to More Easily Harness Sensors and Find Patterns in Ubiquitous Data Rosemont, IL, June 9, 2010—IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a contract with MEMSIC Inc.
MEMSIC Adopts IBM Software to Enable Organizations to More Easily Harness Sensors and Find Patterns in Ubiquitous Data Rosemont, IL, June 9, 2010—IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a contract with MEMSIC Inc.
Peat bog restoration methods may harm insect species
Peat bogs are important as they provide a carbon sink and so aid the capture of CO2. Many bogs in north-western Europe have become dried out through overuse and extraction of peat. The most common way to restore and conserve these vital eco-systems has been to build a dam to raise the water level on a large scale.
Peat bogs are important as they provide a carbon sink and so aid the capture of CO2. Many bogs in north-western Europe have become dried out through overuse and extraction of peat. The most common way to restore and conserve these vital eco-systems has been to build a dam to raise the water level on a large scale.
Peat bog restoration methods may harm insect species
Peat bogs are important as they provide a carbon sink and so aid the capture of CO2. Many bogs in north-western Europe have become dried out through overuse and extraction of peat. The most common way to restore and conserve these vital eco-systems has been to build a dam to raise the water level on a large scale.
Peat bogs are important as they provide a carbon sink and so aid the capture of CO2. Many bogs in north-western Europe have become dried out through overuse and extraction of peat. The most common way to restore and conserve these vital eco-systems has been to build a dam to raise the water level on a large scale.
Pathogens chase down migrating gypsy moths, making control efforts unnecessary, researcher reports
When the gypsy moth - whose caterpillars have defoliated entire forests - started spreading westward more than 100 years ago from New England to Wisconsin where they are now, Cornell researchers discovered that its fungal and viral pathogens followed close behind, reported entomologist Ann Hajek at a national conference last week.
When the gypsy moth - whose caterpillars have defoliated entire forests - started spreading westward more than 100 years ago from New England to Wisconsin where they are now, Cornell researchers discovered that its fungal and viral pathogens followed close behind, reported entomologist Ann Hajek at a national conference last week.
Location, location and presentation help promote healthier snacks, expert finds
When apples were moved to an attractive basket and lit with a desk lamp, their sales jumped 54 percent in a school lunchroom, Cornell's Brian Wansink reports.
When apples were moved to an attractive basket and lit with a desk lamp, their sales jumped 54 percent in a school lunchroom, Cornell's Brian Wansink reports.
NASA Icebreaker Voyage To Probe Climate Change Impact On Arctic
WASHINGTON - NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign goes to sea June 15 to take an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that play a critical role in global climate change.
WASHINGTON - NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign goes to sea June 15 to take an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that play a critical role in global climate change.
A group of Stanford scientists are part of a research voyage aboard an icebreaker, seeking to assess the state of the Arctic Ocean and how the melting ice affects the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
PA 132/10 A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month.
Thousands of school children will be helping Cambridge researchers this summer by taking part in the biggest ever survey of UK ladybirds.
’Space for Earth at the Berlin Air and Space Show, ILA, 8-13 June 2010
'Space for Earth? at the Berlin Air and Space Show, ILA, 8-13 June 2010 8 June 2010 The Berlin Air and Space Show, ILA, one of the world's largest aerospace trade shows, opens today. Organised every two years by the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI), it will be taking place at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport on 8-13 June.
'Space for Earth? at the Berlin Air and Space Show, ILA, 8-13 June 2010 8 June 2010 The Berlin Air and Space Show, ILA, one of the world's largest aerospace trade shows, opens today. Organised every two years by the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI), it will be taking place at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport on 8-13 June.
The inner feelings of people who falsely claim to care about the environment can be exposed by understanding their body language, according to a new book. Professor Geoff Beattie, from The University of Manchester, says mismatches between gestures and speech will allow us to indentify 'green fakers', regardless of what they actually say.
Expert urges doctors to regularly screen for self-injury
Teens and young adults who self injure - such as by biting, cutting, burning, head banging, punching and scratching themselves - often do so as a coping mechanism, independent of other mental illness, according to a Cornell study. Understanding so-called non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), its risk factors and warning signs would make it easier for physicians to recognize and treat, asserts Janis Whitlock, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults, in a research review published in PLoS Medicine May 25.
Teens and young adults who self injure - such as by biting, cutting, burning, head banging, punching and scratching themselves - often do so as a coping mechanism, independent of other mental illness, according to a Cornell study. Understanding so-called non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), its risk factors and warning signs would make it easier for physicians to recognize and treat, asserts Janis Whitlock, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults, in a research review published in PLoS Medicine May 25.
Ancient lake study moves a step closer
Scientists from the University in partnership with the University of Northumbria, University of Newcastle, and the British Antarctic Survey, have pinpointed the exact site at which they will drill through 3km of ice to reach the waters of Lake Ellsworth. Researchers hope to retrieve sediment from the lake, a body of water the size of Lake Windemere which has been cut off from the wider world under a glacier for millions of years.
Scientists from the University in partnership with the University of Northumbria, University of Newcastle, and the British Antarctic Survey, have pinpointed the exact site at which they will drill through 3km of ice to reach the waters of Lake Ellsworth. Researchers hope to retrieve sediment from the lake, a body of water the size of Lake Windemere which has been cut off from the wider world under a glacier for millions of years.
BERKELEY — Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts led by a University of California, Berkeley, ec
The last letters of Captain Scott and his companions will return to public display as one of the world's most important collections of polar artefacts is officially opened by TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex on June 8.
NASA Briefs Media About First Arctic Oceanographic Voyage
MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-088 WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 8 to preview the agency's first dedicated oceanographic research voyage.
MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-088 WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 8 to preview the agency's first dedicated oceanographic research voyage.
The Intriguing World of Seaweeds
Recently, the characterization of brown seaweeds has taken a giant step forward with the decoding of the complete genome of one of these organisms ( Ectocarpus siliculosus ) by an international consortium led by Dr. Mark Cock from the Biological Station Roscoff (Bretagne, France).
Recently, the characterization of brown seaweeds has taken a giant step forward with the decoding of the complete genome of one of these organisms ( Ectocarpus siliculosus ) by an international consortium led by Dr. Mark Cock from the Biological Station Roscoff (Bretagne, France).
The Intriguing World of Seaweeds
Recently, the characterization of brown seaweeds has taken a giant step forward with the decoding of the complete genome of one of these organisms ( Ectocarpus siliculosus ) by an international consortium led by Dr. Mark Cock from the Biological Station Roscoff (Bretagne, France).
Recently, the characterization of brown seaweeds has taken a giant step forward with the decoding of the complete genome of one of these organisms ( Ectocarpus siliculosus ) by an international consortium led by Dr. Mark Cock from the Biological Station Roscoff (Bretagne, France).
Marine research scientist presents European documentary on ocean issues
Next week a fascinating new documentary on human effects on our oceans will be screened in 130 countries. It is presented by University of Plymouth lecturer Jason Hall-Spencer in his first starring role on European television. Hall-Spencer is renowned for his leading research on ocean acidification and the discovery of huge deep water coral reefs.
Next week a fascinating new documentary on human effects on our oceans will be screened in 130 countries. It is presented by University of Plymouth lecturer Jason Hall-Spencer in his first starring role on European television. Hall-Spencer is renowned for his leading research on ocean acidification and the discovery of huge deep water coral reefs.
Marine research scientist presents European documentary on ocean issues
Next week a fascinating new documentary on human effects on our oceans will be screened in 130 countries. It is presented by University of Plymouth lecturer Jason Hall-Spencer in his first starring role on European television. Hall-Spencer is renowned for his leading research on ocean acidification and the discovery of huge deep water coral reefs.
Next week a fascinating new documentary on human effects on our oceans will be screened in 130 countries. It is presented by University of Plymouth lecturer Jason Hall-Spencer in his first starring role on European television. Hall-Spencer is renowned for his leading research on ocean acidification and the discovery of huge deep water coral reefs.
In a matter of weeks, Stanford graduate students have built an electric car they hope will make daily travel more environmentally friendly, efficient and fun.
News in Brief
Health - Today
Researchers publish journal article on 'Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People's Access to Health and Social Care'
Researchers publish journal article on 'Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People's Access to Health and Social Care'
Mathematics - Dec 1
An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy 'using text mining and a Delphi study
An investigation of academic perspectives on the 'circular economy 'using text mining and a Delphi study
Economics - Dec 1
U-M, city of Flint partner on fiscal reporting pilot program for transparency, better governance
U-M, city of Flint partner on fiscal reporting pilot program for transparency, better governance
Economics - Dec 1
Shifting the default: Improving gender diversity in leadership by 'opting-out' of the default
Shifting the default: Improving gender diversity in leadership by 'opting-out' of the default
Health - Dec 1
New Caltech Center for Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) Launches Collaboration with Industry Partner
New Caltech Center for Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) Launches Collaboration with Industry Partner
Social Sciences - Dec 1
U-M expert: Community, parents must help children deal with school shooting trauma
U-M expert: Community, parents must help children deal with school shooting trauma
Health - Nov 30
Muted progress: 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, HIV remains criminalized
Muted progress: 40 years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, HIV remains criminalized
Life Sciences - Nov 30
Tumour cells create ribosome reservoirs that allow them to survive under adverse conditions
Tumour cells create ribosome reservoirs that allow them to survive under adverse conditions