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Reforms to increase competition in primary healthcare are unlikely to deliver benefits unless more attention is given to patient choice, according to new research published online today in the British Medical Journal.

BERKELEY — Graham R. Fleming, the Melvin Calvin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and former deputy director of Lawrence Berkeley National L

The European Union's intervention in democracy building in the Middle East has not really addressed the lack of basic rights and needs in that region, according to research at the University of Birmingham.

A high-resolution graphic depiction of the virtual trails scientists leave behind when they retrieve information from online services. Data provides high-resolution picture of scientists' information retrieval habits LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 11, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have produced the world's first Map of Science—a high-resolution graphic depiction of the virtual trails scientists leave behind when they retrieve information from online services.

An Anna's hummingbird outfitted with two long feathers from the Jamaican red-billed streamertail, a hummingbird that naturally sports two 19-cm long tail feathers. (Christopher Clark/UC Berkeley) BERKELEY — The long tails sported by many male birds in the tropics look like they're a drag to carry around and a distinct disadvantage when fleeing predators, but experiments by University of California, Berkeley, biologists shows that they exact only a minimal cost in speed or energy – at least in hummingbirds.

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 9, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today that Lab demolition projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have recovered more than 136 t

New photo exhibition marks International Women?s Day with a window on women in science One hundred portraits to celebrate the diversity of individuals who study and work at Imperial - %0A " Imperial

Minster announces creation of new National Transport Research Centre Co-hosted at Imperial Lord Adonis announces funding for research centre during a visit to discuss biofuels and clean energy %0A "

HIV treatment test closer to manufacture with new $7.3 million grant CD4 Initiative is developing easy to use $2 test that can rapidly measure numbers of CD4+ T-cells in a person's blood For i

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 President William R. Brody sent a broadcast e-mail message to Johns Hopkins University faculty, students and staff on Friday, Feb.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver a major policy address titled "Global Trends and National Security" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

New networking group aims to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation Imperial 600 launched to promote good practice and network with lesbian, gay and bisexual staff - %0A " Tuesday 27 Ja

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 The Johns Hopkins Knowledge for the World fund-raising campaign ended Dec.

Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 The Center for Africana Studies at the Johns