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Energy sciences flourish under DOE grant award Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 26, 2009—Lower-cost, higher-efficiency lighting and better superconducting materials could result from a pair of grants awarded to Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers.

Research centre launches proof of concept funding call The Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre (METRC), which is based at the University of Sheffield, has announced a proof of concept

When it comes to defending his Olympic titles in 2012, the world's fastest man Usain Bolt will be doing his last few weeks of preparation in Birmingham.

31. Bern - SNF As part of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) "Mediality", Martina Stercken from the University of Zurich has reinterpreted the first map of the Swiss Confederation, which dates from 1480.

The University of Plymouth has just completed a year-long research project aimed at improving the health and well-being of Devon's carer community. The project tracked the needs of carers in five GP surgeries across Devon to identify how best to support them in their care-giving role whilst improving independence, health and well-being.

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.

The Technology Strategy Board - the government body that exists to promote business innovation in technology - has announced that a West Midlands based consortium is one of the eight winners from acr

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.

The UCLA Hammer Museum has received a $1 million grant from the James Irvine Foundation's Arts Innovation Fund ? one of only four major grants made by the fund statewide ? to support the museum's efforts to create a new kind of interactivity in operations and exhibitions.

Current methods of providing information about local NHS services have limited reach and effectiveness, according to a new report, published today, from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre. The report found that most patient information is provided in the form of written leaflets or via the internet.

UC Berkeley physicist Roger Falcone explains X-ray microscopy experiments underway at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS).

June 17, 2009 — Coral Gables — The University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $98,000 grant from the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) for an initiative designed to address issues of maternal and infant health in Haiti.

16. Bern - SBF Bern, 06/16/2009"SER)" State Secretary Mauro Dell"Ambrogio and the South Korean Vice Minister for Education, Science and Technology Sang Mok Lee today signed a joint plan of action in Bern to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries.

New research the University of Birmingham and the University of Manchester warns that there's no quick fix for tackling public sector failure. In fact it is often a harder and slower process than governments and regulators are willing to admit. When things go wrong, as has been well-documented in the Baby Peter case, regulators are too willing to blame frontline workers, or sack chief executives.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield, in conjunction with the North Trent Cancer Network, have today (21 May 2009) announced the launch of two pioneering projects to gain more knowledge about the problems faced by cancer survivors, from 16 years to old age.

Following the review of academic staff, where all necessary savings were achieved through voluntary means, the review of professional support areas has now been completed with the same positive outcome.

18. Bern - SNF In 2008, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) allocated over 660 million Swiss francs in funding to research projects.

Tips from the top ? Rector gives Imperial staff advice on how to be a good leader Leadership masterclass for first cohort of the College?s new talent development programme - %0A " Friday 15 May 2009

Los Alamos will be home to two new Energy Frontier Research Centers through a five-year funding commitment by DOE.

BERKELEY — The University of California, Berkeley, announced today (Tuesday, May 12) the Kaiser Permanente Public Health Scholars Program, an ambitious initiative designed to meet the increasing need for highly educated public health workers.

A team of scientists from the University of Birmingham have secured £1.5 million for a four year project to examine how to make the UK's transport systems resilient to climate change.

The world's leading candidate for a tuberculosis vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, is to enter Phase IIb proof-of-concept clinical trials, making it the first TB candidate vaccine for more than 80 years to get to this advanced stage of clinical trials in infants. More than two billion people are infected with tuberculosis (TB) - approximately one out of every three people on the planet - and 1.8 million die annually from the disease.

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A research partnership between India and the UK is investigating the relationship between religious beliefs and development. Academics at the University of Birmingham, the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies are looking at how faith communities and faith based organisations have engaged with post-conflict situations in Mumbai and Ahmedabadd which experienced wide-spread communal conflict and large scale violence against the local Muslims.

BERKELEY — As the struggle over national healthcare reform unfolds in Congress, a panel of experts, at an April 1 campus forum, explored "considerations for the Obama administration" in the herculean and unpredictable political battle ahead.

Imperial College London and NTU collaborate to offer joint PhD programmes in engineering and science Agreement signed today to strengthen research links between the two institutions - For immediate r