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Environment - Sep 17
Look great and do good: Manchester startup apparel brand Pirkani proves that British fashion can be environmentally sustainable and ethical
Look great and do good: Manchester startup apparel brand Pirkani proves that British fashion can be environmentally sustainable and ethical
Pharmacology - Sep 17
Novartis announces findings from a real-world study of alpelisib demonstrating clinical benefit in people with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS)
Novartis announces findings from a real-world study of alpelisib demonstrating clinical benefit in people with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS)
Physics - Sep 16
University of Chicago to partner in $25M NSF center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies
University of Chicago to partner in $25M NSF center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies
Economics - Sep 16
Born at UChicago, Stellatus Solutions startup helps prevent satellite collisions in space
Born at UChicago, Stellatus Solutions startup helps prevent satellite collisions in space
Computer Science - Sep 16
Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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Environment - Economics / Business - 04.08.2009
Environment - Physics - 03.08.2009
Environment - Earth Sciences - 29.07.2009 
Consulting with Clouds: A Clear Role in Climate Change
July 30, 2009 — Virginia Key — The role of clouds in climate change has been a major question for decades. As the earth warms under increasing greenhouse gases, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate, letting in more of the sun's heat energy and making the earth warm even faster, or whether cloud cover will increase, blocking the Sun's rays and actually slowing down global warming.
Life Sciences - Environment - 27.07.2009 
DNA barcode chosen for identifying the world’s plants
DNA barcode chosen for identifying the world's plants New identification technique could aid plant conservation %0A " Adapted from a press release issued by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Tuesday
Environment - Chemistry - 27.07.2009
Environment - Event - 27.07.2009
Environment - Economics / Business - 23.07.2009
Environment - Earth Sciences - 22.07.2009
Environment - Health - 21.07.2009 
Los Alamos National Laboratory receives Recovery Act Funds
Funding will aid environmental cleanup and compliance Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 22, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced plans to begin spending environmental cleanup funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Physics - Environment - 19.07.2009 
NIST Awards UM Stimulus Funds to Study Hurricane Impact
July 20, 2009 — Miami — Hurricanes are the costliest natural disasters that strike the United States.
Environment - Economics / Business - 15.07.2009 
Solar sells: Imperial students help Rwandan villagers set up energy business
Solar sells: Imperial students help Rwandan villagers set up energy business Students install ?solar kiosk?
Environment - Administration - 15.07.2009 
Los Alamos National Security invests in Santa Fe Community College Foundation
College plans Sustainable Technology Center Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 16, 2009—Representatives from Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Los Alamos National Laboratory today are presenting a check for $100,000 to the Santa Fe Community College and its GROW Foundation for the college's planned Sustainable Technologies Center.
Health - Environment - 14.07.2009 
Flu mortality formula is potentially misleading, say scientists
Flu mortality formula is potentially misleading, say scientists Calculating the case fatality ratio is tricky, according to new research - %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under strict emba
Environment - Architecture - 08.07.2009
Environment - Veterinary - 06.07.2009 
Growing young scientists in Tahiti
BERKELEY — A University of California, Berkeley, project to catalog nearly every living thing on the Polynesian island of Moorea is enlisting the help of the island's 5th graders and showing them that science is not for foreigners only.
Environment - Economics / Business - 06.07.2009
Environment - Life Sciences - 02.07.2009 
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep How milder winters are causing Scotland's Soay sheep to decrease in size Imperial College London news release Strictly embargoed for 1900 hours B
Environment - Economics / Business - 02.07.2009
Environment - Life Sciences - 01.07.2009 
Plant scientists reach for the skies with London rooftop experiments
Plant scientists reach for the skies with London rooftop experiments New GroDome facility on roof of campus building %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate use Thursday 2 July 2009
Earth Sciences - Environment - 01.07.2009
Environment - Health - 30.06.2009 
Mobile pollution monitors to be trialled across the UK today
Mobile pollution monitors to be trialled across the UK today Scientists transform pedestrians, cyclists, buses and cars into mobile wireless sensors Under Strict Embargo Tuesday 30 June 2009 00:01BST
History / Archeology - Environment - 30.06.2009 
Alumnus to be next Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
PA 183/09 A University of Nottingham graduate and a 'children's advocate' has been appointed to the top Church of England job in Nottinghamshire.
Environment - Physics - 29.06.2009 
A ’quantum of sol’ – how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future
A 'quantum of sol' ? how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future Imperial solar cell physicists take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition %0A " Imperial College Lon
Environment - Economics / Business - 29.06.2009 
UCL Energy Institute launch: Providing a blueprint for a low-carbon world
Giving the keynote speech at the launch of the UCL Energy Institute on 29 June 2009, Lord Hunt, Minister of State for the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), said that high-quality academic research would provide the blueprint for a low-carbon world.
Economics / Business - Environment - 25.06.2009
Environment - Life Sciences - 25.06.2009 
City pupils use GPS to map heathland
PA 175/09 Pupils from a Nottingham secondary school will use advanced GPS technology to help protect our unique habitats — and the plants and animals that make their home there — from the effects of climate change.
Economics / Business - Environment - 23.06.2009
Environment - Economics / Business - 23.06.2009 
Climate and transport what does the future hold?
PA 171/09 How will climate change affect when, where and how we travel? And how should this influence those planning the transport systems of the future? These questions are being addressed by The Un
Administration - Environment - 22.06.2009
Economics / Business - Environment - 17.06.2009
Environment - Life Sciences - 11.06.2009 
Deforestation causes ’boom-and-bust’ development in the Amazon
Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon No long term benefits for local people when rainforests are cleared University of Cambridge and Imperial College London joint news relea
Environment - Event - 10.06.2009
Environment - Life Sciences - 10.06.2009
Environment - Earth Sciences - 09.06.2009 
If you can’t stand the heat...
If you can't stand the heat... How climate change could leave some bird species ?stuck in the kitchen?
Administration - Environment - 09.06.2009
Physics - Environment - 08.06.2009 
Mars mission could ease Earth’s energy supply crisis
Mars mission could ease Earth?s energy supply crisis New technology could provide the answers to the issue of energy supply For Immediate Release Tuesday 9 June 2009 Techniques and instrumentation in
Environment - Life Sciences - 07.06.2009
Electroengineering - Environment - 04.06.2009
Health - Environment - 03.06.2009
Health - Environment - 03.06.2009
Environment - Veterinary - 02.06.2009
Event - Environment - 02.06.2009
Health - Environment - 01.06.2009 
Researchers Develop the First Climate-Based Model to Predict Dengue Fever Outbreaks in the Tropics
June 02, 2009 — News story — Scientists use climate variables and vegetation indices to predict and mitigate Dengue epidemics in the American Tropics Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World.
Environment - Economics / Business - 01.06.2009 
State Farm and UM Team Up to Go Green During Hurricane Season
June 02, 2009 — Winter Haven — With the start of the official hurricane season, State Farm and its more than 600 Florida agents are urging Floridians to 'go green' by taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a storm strike this season.
Economics / Business - Environment - 27.05.2009
Environment - Chemistry - 26.05.2009
Health - Environment - 20.05.2009
Health - Environment - 20.05.2009 
UCL Town Meeting on Risk & Disaster Reduction
A UCL Town Meeting on Risk & Disaster Reduction (RDR), held on 20 May 2009, heard that the number and severity of disasters worldwide was growing, and that to reduce both risk of disasters and disasters themselves would require the application of the breadth of UCL's expertise.
Health - Environment - 20.05.2009
Physics - Environment - 14.05.2009 
Researchers closer to the ultimate green ’fridge magnet’
Researchers closer to the ultimate green 'fridge magnet' Imperial physicists make breakthrough in the quest for a magnetically-cooled fridge %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate r
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July 30, 2009 — Virginia Key — The role of clouds in climate change has been a major question for decades. As the earth warms under increasing greenhouse gases, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate, letting in more of the sun's heat energy and making the earth warm even faster, or whether cloud cover will increase, blocking the Sun's rays and actually slowing down global warming.
DNA barcode chosen for identifying the world's plants New identification technique could aid plant conservation %0A " Adapted from a press release issued by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Tuesday
Funding will aid environmental cleanup and compliance Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 22, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced plans to begin spending environmental cleanup funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
July 20, 2009 — Miami — Hurricanes are the costliest natural disasters that strike the United States.
Solar sells: Imperial students help Rwandan villagers set up energy business Students install ?solar kiosk?
College plans Sustainable Technology Center Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 16, 2009—Representatives from Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Los Alamos National Laboratory today are presenting a check for $100,000 to the Santa Fe Community College and its GROW Foundation for the college's planned Sustainable Technologies Center.
Flu mortality formula is potentially misleading, say scientists Calculating the case fatality ratio is tricky, according to new research - %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under strict emba
UCL’s Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities launched
UCL formally launched its Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities ' a programme to rally the university's breadth of expertise in service of urban sustainability ' at an evening event on 8 July 2009.
UCL formally launched its Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities ' a programme to rally the university's breadth of expertise in service of urban sustainability ' at an evening event on 8 July 2009.
BERKELEY — A University of California, Berkeley, project to catalog nearly every living thing on the Polynesian island of Moorea is enlisting the help of the island's 5th graders and showing them that science is not for foreigners only.
New Princeton method may help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations
Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries.
Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries.
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep How milder winters are causing Scotland's Soay sheep to decrease in size Imperial College London news release Strictly embargoed for 1900 hours B
Plant scientists reach for the skies with London rooftop experiments New GroDome facility on roof of campus building %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate use Thursday 2 July 2009
NSF Provides $3.4 Million to Study Climatically Important Agulhas Current
July 02, 2009 — Virginia Key — Three-years of in situ measurements, combined with a long-track satellite data to createlong-term index of Agulhas Current transport The U.S.
July 02, 2009 — Virginia Key — Three-years of in situ measurements, combined with a long-track satellite data to createlong-term index of Agulhas Current transport The U.S.
Mobile pollution monitors to be trialled across the UK today Scientists transform pedestrians, cyclists, buses and cars into mobile wireless sensors Under Strict Embargo Tuesday 30 June 2009 00:01BST
PA 183/09 A University of Nottingham graduate and a 'children's advocate' has been appointed to the top Church of England job in Nottinghamshire.
A 'quantum of sol' ? how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future Imperial solar cell physicists take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition %0A " Imperial College Lon
Giving the keynote speech at the launch of the UCL Energy Institute on 29 June 2009, Lord Hunt, Minister of State for the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), said that high-quality academic research would provide the blueprint for a low-carbon world.
PA 175/09 Pupils from a Nottingham secondary school will use advanced GPS technology to help protect our unique habitats — and the plants and animals that make their home there — from the effects of climate change.
PA 171/09 How will climate change affect when, where and how we travel? And how should this influence those planning the transport systems of the future? These questions are being addressed by The Un
UN Secretary General Visits the University
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has chosen to visit the University of Birmingham to meet key figures including business leaders, leading academics and politicians from Birmingham and the West Midlands.
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has chosen to visit the University of Birmingham to meet key figures including business leaders, leading academics and politicians from Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon No long term benefits for local people when rainforests are cleared University of Cambridge and Imperial College London joint news relea
CALS helps make sure water under the bridge runs clear
With some 4,000 lakes and ponds and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams feeding into some of the world's largest bodies of water, New York has plenty of water.
With some 4,000 lakes and ponds and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams feeding into some of the world's largest bodies of water, New York has plenty of water.
If you can't stand the heat... How climate change could leave some bird species ?stuck in the kitchen?
Mars mission could ease Earth?s energy supply crisis New technology could provide the answers to the issue of energy supply For Immediate Release Tuesday 9 June 2009 Techniques and instrumentation in
Sheffield scientists bring cacti centre stage
Cacti have long been thought to be one of the groups of species that has in recent times suffered most from human activities, including over-harvesting and habitat change.
Cacti have long been thought to be one of the groups of species that has in recent times suffered most from human activities, including over-harvesting and habitat change.
Energy Urgency: Cleaner Coal Technology Needed in the UK by 2015
Engineers at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £750,000 to conduct research on analysing and optimising the performance of supercritical coal fired power plants - a cleaner way of using coal to produce electricity.
Engineers at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £750,000 to conduct research on analysing and optimising the performance of supercritical coal fired power plants - a cleaner way of using coal to produce electricity.
Commonwealth Health Ministers briefings published
Six briefing papers on managing the health effects of climate change ' commissioned from UCL by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the May 2009 meeting of Commonwealth Health Ministers ' have been published.
Six briefing papers on managing the health effects of climate change ' commissioned from UCL by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the May 2009 meeting of Commonwealth Health Ministers ' have been published.
Commonwealth Health Ministers briefings published
Six briefing papers on managing the health effects of climate change ' commissioned from UCL by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the May 2009 meeting of Commonwealth Health Ministers ' have been published.
Six briefing papers on managing the health effects of climate change ' commissioned from UCL by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the May 2009 meeting of Commonwealth Health Ministers ' have been published.
Trading Energy for Safety, Bees Extend Legs to Stay Stable in Wind
Cambridge, Mass. June 2, 2009 - New research shows some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their sturdy hind legs while flying. But this approach comes at a steep cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the power required for flight by roughly 30 percent, and cutting into the bees' flight performance.
Cambridge, Mass. June 2, 2009 - New research shows some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their sturdy hind legs while flying. But this approach comes at a steep cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the power required for flight by roughly 30 percent, and cutting into the bees' flight performance.
Princeton awards five honorary degrees
Princeton University awarded honorary degrees during Commencement exercises June 2 to five distinguished individuals for their contributions to civic engagement, performing arts, engineering and sustainability.
Princeton University awarded honorary degrees during Commencement exercises June 2 to five distinguished individuals for their contributions to civic engagement, performing arts, engineering and sustainability.
June 02, 2009 — News story — Scientists use climate variables and vegetation indices to predict and mitigate Dengue epidemics in the American Tropics Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most important vector-borne viral diseases in the World.
June 02, 2009 — Winter Haven — With the start of the official hurricane season, State Farm and its more than 600 Florida agents are urging Floridians to 'go green' by taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a storm strike this season.
Sustainability grants to explore burning powdered wood, developing cheaper solar cells and more
Assessing how green energy projects could impact rural communities, developing an efficient and clean method to burn powdered wood and creating low-cost, low-energy solar cells using grasslike silico
Assessing how green energy projects could impact rural communities, developing an efficient and clean method to burn powdered wood and creating low-cost, low-energy solar cells using grasslike silico
UCL at Commonwealth and WHO health meetings
Shortly after the publication of the UCL?Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change report, UCL was represented at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Cl
Shortly after the publication of the UCL?Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change report, UCL was represented at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Cl
A UCL Town Meeting on Risk & Disaster Reduction (RDR), held on 20 May 2009, heard that the number and severity of disasters worldwide was growing, and that to reduce both risk of disasters and disasters themselves would require the application of the breadth of UCL's expertise.
UCL at Commonwealth and WHO health meetings
Shortly after the publication of the UCL?Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change report, UCL was represented at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Cl
Shortly after the publication of the UCL?Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change report, UCL was represented at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Cl
Researchers closer to the ultimate green 'fridge magnet' Imperial physicists make breakthrough in the quest for a magnetically-cooled fridge %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate r
News in Brief
Environment - Sep 17
Look great and do good: Manchester startup apparel brand Pirkani proves that British fashion can be environmentally sustainable and ethical
Look great and do good: Manchester startup apparel brand Pirkani proves that British fashion can be environmentally sustainable and ethical
Pharmacology - Sep 17
Novartis announces findings from a real-world study of alpelisib demonstrating clinical benefit in people with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS)
Novartis announces findings from a real-world study of alpelisib demonstrating clinical benefit in people with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS)
Physics - Sep 16
University of Chicago to partner in $25M NSF center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies
University of Chicago to partner in $25M NSF center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies
Economics - Sep 16
Born at UChicago, Stellatus Solutions startup helps prevent satellite collisions in space
Born at UChicago, Stellatus Solutions startup helps prevent satellite collisions in space
Computer Science - Sep 16
Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
Oxford announces the founding of the new Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science