SD beaches get high marks in new report

SAN DIEGO – The beach water quality in San Diego County during the summer season was among the best in the state, although the Tijuana River mouth made the list of the state’s most polluted beaches due to a sewage spill, according to Heal the Bay’s 23rd annual Beach Report Card released Thursday. The Santa Monica-based environmental group assigned letter grades based on levels bacterial pollutants in the water to 71 beaches along the county’s coast, with 68 of those given an A for the period from last April to October — up 3 percent from last year’s report. San Diego County’s 96 percent A rating compares with 85 percent of the 441 beaches rated statewide that received the same high mark Continue reading

Aureus Mining Inc. – New Liberty optimised DFS confirms strong financial returns

TSX: AUE AIM : AUE TORONTO , May 21, 2013 /CNW/ – Aureus Mining Inc. (“Aureus” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its NI43-101 compliant optimised Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) for its 100% owned New Liberty Gold Project in Liberia (“New Liberty” or “the Project”) following the completion of the optimisation work which focused on the plant and mine designs and the location of site infrastructure. The DFS outlines an economically robust gold project based on a flat gold price of US$1,400/oz – moreover, the Project has been extensively de-risked from design, operational and environmental perspectives Continue reading

NASA Seeks High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Capabilities

NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions. Through a broad agency announcement, the Air Force Next Generation Space Processor Analysis Program is seeking two to four companies to perform a yearlong evaluation of advanced, space-based applications that would use spaceflight processors for the 2020-2030 time frame Continue reading

NASA May Launch Donated Spy Satellite Telescope to Mars

One of the two spy satellite telescopes that recently fell into NASA’s lap may eventually make its way to the Red Planet. The space agency is currently mulling potential uses for the two space telescopes, which were donated by the National Reconnaissance Office and are comparable in size and appearance to NASA’s venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Continue reading

Scottish News: '10,000 jobs' in islands renewables

May 15 2013 Renewable energy projects could create more than 10,000 jobs on the Scottish islands by 2030, according to a Government-commissioned report. An independent study found investment in wind, wave and tidal energy would bring significant socio-economic benefits to the Western Isles, Shetland and Orkney and could establish Scotland as a world leader in marine technologies. But the expense and difficulty of accessing the National Grid means the Government needs to weigh up the cost and benefits of developing renewable energy on the islands against other sources of electricity , the report said. Continue reading

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey Receives ACOG Prize for Paper on SET and CCS, a Pioneering IVF Process

NEW ORLEANS, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Eric J. Forman, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Fellow at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey (RMANJ), today presented research demonstrating that screening embryos for chromosomal abnormalities, then transferring just one chromosomally normal (euploid) embryo during IVF offers delivery rates that are equivalent to the more standard procedure of transferring two embryos with no screening, while also resulting in fewer incidents of twins and thus healthier obstetrical and pediatric outcomes. The paper was awarded third prize in the category of current clinical and basic investigation by the Committee on Scientific Program Awards at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 61st Annual Clinical Meeting in New Orleans, May 4-8, 2013 Continue reading

Research and Markets: Personalized Medicine – Scientific and Commercial Aspects – Updated 2013 Report

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c247cv/personalized) has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech’s new report “Personalized Medicine – Scientific and Commercial Aspects” to their offering. The aim of personalized medicine or individualized treatment is to match the right drug to the right patient and, in some cases, even to design the appropriate treatment for a patient according to his/her genotype. This report describes the latest concepts of development of personalized medicine based on pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics,pharmacoproteomics, and metabolomics Continue reading

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall – Video




NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall Model simulations spanning 140 years show that warming from carbon dioxide will change the frequency that regions around the planet receive no rain (brown), … By: nvdktube Continue reading

Industry-Leading Aerospace Manufacturer Leverages IntraStage Solution to Avoid Recalls

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– IntraStage announced the release of a Case Study with the experiences of a major Aerospace Electronics Manufacturer who understood the importance of managing their ATEs (Automated Test Equipment) through the use of Test Data. Without properly checking the health of both the software and hardware on ATEs, there is a risk of tests not being performed effectively causing products to escape manufacturing with reliability and performance defects. Having rapid and accurate visibility into our Test Data has improved our manufacturing operations in a number of different ways, says the Engineering Test Manager Continue reading

Biobanking For Medicine: Technology And Market 2013-2023

NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biobanking For Medicine: Technology And Market 2013-2023 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0765582/Biobanking-For-Medicine-Technology-And-Market-2013-2023.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Blood_Supply,_Tissue_Banking_and_Transplantation Report Details Biobanks – what are their technological and commercial prospects? See what the future holds for biobanking in human medicine. Visiongain’s updated report gives you its revenue predictions to 2023 Continue reading

Why the Anatomy Lab Remains a Fixture of Medicine

NEW YORK For hundreds of years, physicians have been dissecting the dead to learn about the inner workings of the human body. While the subject matter itself hasn’t changed much, the study of anatomy has been steadily advancing both in terms of the tools available to clinicians and the ways in which educators and students approach the material. Continue reading

Orbital Sciences Corporation : ORBITAL SELECTED BY NASA FOR TESS ASTROPHYSICS SATELLITE

ORBITAL SELECTED BY NASA FOR TESS ASTROPHYSICS SATELLITE — Company to Serve as Industrial Partner to MIT and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Under Four-Year, $75 Million Contract — (Dulles, VA 24 April 2013) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB), one of the world`s leading space technology companies, announced today that it has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design, manufacture, integrate and test a new astrophysics satellite that will perform a full-sky search for exoplanets around nearby stars. Continue reading

Stanford University School of Medicine Joins zSpace, Inc.'s Academic Advisory Council

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – zSpace, Inc., a technology provider that is transforming the future of human-computer interaction, announced today that the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Anatomy has joined the Company’s Academic Advisory Council, a network of universities focused on advancing innovation, design and research. zSpace, Inc., has also joined the Division’s affiliates program as a Premier Affiliate of Clinical Anatomy at Stanford. Through this partnership, Stanford Anatomy will provide constructive input on the continued enhancement of the Company’s flagship product, zSpace, a 3D virtual holographic platform, and use zSpace’s immersive capabilities to advance medical research and education through highly realistic visualization and interaction Continue reading

Gene Therapy Used in Dogs to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – In a major advance in the use of gene therapy for treating type 1 diabetes, researchers have shown that this approach can provide beneficial therapeutic effects in dogs for up to four years, without causing hypoglycemia, according to a study published in the May issue of the journal Diabetes. Researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, led by Dr. Continue reading

Penn researcher wins Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award for innovations In gene therapy

A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and carried out in collaboration with Penn Medicine’s Albert M. Continue reading

Norway's Ruling Party Backs Oil Drilling around Arctic Islands

Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. OSLO (Reuters) – Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. Continue reading

Penn receives prestigious national award for breakthrough in gene therapy

Public release date: 19-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Katie Delach katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5964 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and carried out in collaboration with Penn Medicine’s Albert M. Continue reading