MAJURO, Marshall Islands: A drought has left areas of the Marshall Islands facing “dire” water shortages with aid agencies scrambling to ship relief to affected communities, officials in the Pacific nation said Wednesday. With almost no rainfall since late last year on some of the northern islands, the government this week issued a disaster declaration as villages began rationing water to preserve supplies. Continue reading
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Japan PM warns Chinese over landing on disputed islands
Japans prime minister Shinzo Abe poses with members of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z. Photograph: Reuters David McNeill, Clifford Coonan Asias two economic giants Japan and China squared off against each other over a chain of disputed islands and a visit to a controversial shrine to Japanese war dead that angers many in China and other parts of the continent. Continue reading
Engineers solve a biological mystery and boost artificial intelligence
Jan. 29, 2013 By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, Cornell University engineering and robotics researchers have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules — a finding that will lead to a deeper understanding of the evolution of complexity. Continue reading
Researchers solve biological mystery and boost artificial intelligence
By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, Cornell University engineering and robotics researchers have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules a finding that will lead to a deeper understanding of the evolution of complexity. Continue reading
Cornell engineers solve a biological mystery and boost artificial intelligence
Public release date: 29-Jan-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Blaine Friedlander bpf2@cornell.edu 607-254-8093 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. Continue reading
Nanotechnology at UVic gets a boost into the real world
In a windowless room of a University of Victoria engineering lab, a biomedical sensor the size of a postage stamp could hold the answer to a fast and inexpensive way to diagnose disease. Bright gold and transparent, the sensor is peppered with holes on the scale of a few hundred nanometres 600 times thinner than a human hair and infused with micro-drops of blood provided by a hospital in Toronto. Shine a laser on the sensor and with a properly calibrated imaging camera, researchers will eventually be able to quickly detect telltale signs of leukemia and other cancers, without biopsies or laboratory blood work Continue reading
Honchos learn how Bhagwad Gita can boost business
Thane, Dec 9 (IANS) Corporate leaders from India and other countries spent two days here learning how spirituality and teachings of Bhagwad Gita can help promote industrial fortunes, at a seminar called Artha addressed by spiritual guru Radhanath Swami. Continue reading
Aerospace industry raises funds for Habitat home
Bay Area-Houston and Habitat for Humanity held its second annual Aerospace Games last week. Ten companies participated in the event along with volunteers from the community to raise funds to build a home for a family in need. Aerospace Project Build was created by companies within the aerospace industry to take part in the funding of Habitat homes throughout the Bay Area and other surrounding cities. Continue reading
India presents growing opportunity for Canada's aerospace sector: trade advocate
By Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Canada’s aerospace sector can create jobs at home by taking advantage of India’s modernization and recent moves to liberalize its foreign ownership restrictions, says the head of the Canada-India Business Council. The world’s most populated democracy has been growing in the shadows of fellow Asian giant China and other regional powers. But with India investing billions of dollars a year in infrastructure, the country is expected to jump to become a top five aerospace country by 2020 Continue reading
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Outside it’s 2012 and a mlange of wild styles diverts attention wherever you look. Continue reading
New York Mesothelioma Lawyer from Belluck & Fox, LLP, Hails Milestone in Gene Therapy Treatment
Attorney Joseph W. Belluck says a recently reported breakthrough in gene therapy offers a ray of hope for victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.New York, NY (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 A regulatory green light for a gene therapy drug in Europe opens exciting new possibilities for the treatment of mesothelioma, New York lawyer Joseph W Continue reading
NASA taps Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada to develop new spacecraft
On a cloudless morning, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stood at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. where the U.S. Continue reading
Stem-cell research leaders to meet in NUIG
The Irish Times – Monday, July 2, 2012 LORNA SIGGINS WORLD leaders in stem-cell technology are due to exchange knowledge of potential treatments at a conference opening in NUI Galway today. Researchers from NUIG, University College Cork and NUI Maynooth will participate in the event, which has been billed as the first major conference on stem-cell therapy in Ireland. Prof Anthony Hollander of the University of Bristol, England who was one of a team which successful created and then transplanted the first tissue-engineered trachea or windpipe is among a number of international speakers presenting findings Continue reading
FDA report faults Houston stem-cell company
The Sugar Land company involved in Gov. Rick Perry’s unlicensed adult stem-cell procedure is rife with basic manufacturing problems, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Continue reading
Fuel Freedom’s Yossie Hollander Tells Chapman University TEDx Conference How to “End Our Oil Addiction”
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fuel Freedom Foundation Co-Founder Yossie Hollander told the first TEDx audience at Chapman University on June 21st that American consumers could have $2-a-gallon transportation fuel tomorrow if alternative fuels like natural gas, methanol, ethanol and electricity were allowed to compete at the pump with gasoline. Continue reading
Zebrafish to Man, Tracking the Genetics of Autism
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 20, 2012 It may seem a long way from zebrafish to humans, buta team of MIT biologists is investigating the genetic basis ofautism, schizophrenia and other human brain disorders by focusing on the freshwater minnow Continue reading
Toronto Beaches Earn Blue Flags
By Omid Ghoreishi Epoch Times Staff Created: June 6, 2012 Last Updated: June 6, 2012 Eight beaches in Toronto are flying blue flags this summer, signifying that they meet high environmental standards. The Blue Flag program, an international eco-label managed by the Denmark-based Foundation of Environmental Education, recognizes beaches that meet strict standards for water quality, environmental management, environmental education, and safety and services. Torontos Blue Flag beaches this summer include: Bluffers Park Beach, Centre Island Beach, Cherry Beach, Gibraltar Point Beach, Hanlans Point Beach, Kew-Balmy Beach, Wards Island Beach, and Woodbine Beach Continue reading
NASA Ames Hosts Live Broadcast of Transit of Venus
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — News media and the public are invited to observe the transit of Venus broadcast live from atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, beginning at 3:04 p.m. PDT Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in the Exploration Center at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Continue reading