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Published at
7/9/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Mathematics,Personalia Professor Radha Charan Gupta is the first Indian to be awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize for the History of Mathematics. The award will be conferred at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) to be held in Hyderabad, India during 19–27 August 2010.
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6/1/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Agriculture,Astronomy,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Geography,Genetics,Geology,Mathematics,Medicine,Environment,Personalia,Materials science All participants will be entered into a prize draw and for the winner British Council will donate £250 to a charity of his/ her choice.
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5/31/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Agriculture,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Geology,Environment,Materials science,Technology,Technology transfer Biodiversity is the main theme of the Green Week 2010. It is the largest annual conference on European environment policy. The conference and exhibition will take place on June 1-4 in Brussels, Belgium.
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5/7/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Astronomy,Science and education,Personalia,Space The first Europlanet Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Planetary Science has been awarded to Dr Jean Lilensten of the Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble, France. He will be presented with his award of 4000 Euros at the European Planetary Science Congress 2010, which will take place at the Angelicum Centre – Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, from 19 – 24 September 2010.
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4/15/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science and education,Personalia April 15 is the official launching date of the web platform named ForWiki. The foresight specialists and practitioners around the world are welcomed to get an account and contribute with articles to the development of this platform. The event is taking place at Bucharest during the workshop ‘Jointly Shaping and Launching the Foresight Wiki’, coordinated by Dr. Philine Warnke.
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3/17/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy,Personalia,Space New thermal images of the Jupiter’s Great Red Spot obtained with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other powerful ground-based telescopes enable scientists to make the first detailed interior weather map of the giant storm system. The data allowed linking its temperature, winds, pressure and composition with its colour.
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3/11/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Science and politics,Agriculture,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Geography,Science and education,Geology,Mathematics,Environment The "TWAS Prizes" are awarded to individual scientists in developing countries in recognition of outstanding contributions to knowledge in eight fields of science: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, agricultural sciences, earth sciences, engineering sciences and medical sciences. Nominations for the 2010 prizes must be submitted by 31 March 2010. Each prize consists of 15,000 US dollars and is accompanied by a plaque inscribed with the recipient's major contributions.
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3/9/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Astronomy,Physics,Science and art,Science and philosophy,Science and religion At the beginning of 2011, the next Oxford International symposium on archeoastronomy will take place at Lima, in Peru. It is the first time when this event is to be held in South America.
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3/3/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Technology Scientists at the University of Bath, UK, say that nose scanning showed good potential for use as a biometric tool, with a good recognition rate and a faster rate of image processing than with conventional techniques.
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3/1/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy,Physics,Science and music,Personalia,Space University of Michigan researchers have "sonified" the solar wind data that's usually represented visually, as numbers or graphs. They have created a musical representation of the data gathered by NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer satellite.
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2/26/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Science journalism,Astronomy,Science and education,Personalia,Space,Science and art The International Year of Astronomy 2009/Mani Bhaumik Prize for Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach has been awarded to From Earth to the Universe (FETTU). This award recognises FETTU’s important contribution in improving public awareness of astronomical achievements, and in stimulating the use of astronomy for the promotion of scientific education and culture in 2009.
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2/26/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Medicine,Personalia Learning nouns and verbs activate different regions of the brain. The scientists observed this using brain images taken using functional magnetic resonance, according to an article published in the journal Neuroimage.
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2/25/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a new image of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighbouring galaxy. The cosmic structure looks like a cobweb and astronomers say that the region is a work in progress, and changes as the time pass.
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2/24/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Chemistry,Physics,Medicine,Personalia,Materials science,Technology Prosthesis made up of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of zirconia, might last more than 150 years. At least, this is what researcher Nere Garmendia say in her PhD thesis. She wished to show that the ageing and cracking of present prosthesis could be avoided.
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2/23/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Science and sport Norwegian ski specialists have developed a four-step process that helps them decide how the skis should be prepared and what will work best. An NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) researcher says that any mistake in preparation of the base of the ski might lead to a 3 per cent change for the worse. This tiny decrease in performance can make the difference whether an athlete wins a medal or not at high level competitions such as Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.
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2/22/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy,Personalia,Space Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun. These are the three scientific missions that have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. The final decision about which missions to implement is foreseen to be made in mid-2011.
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2/19/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Technology German researchers at Cologne University have studied why drivers make fatal errors on familiar routes. They say that in this case the activity of the brain became less and the conclusion is valid for both the experienced and inexperienced drivers.
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2/18/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine,Personalia People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy. This is the conclusion of a new major study published in the European Heart Journal.
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2/17/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Mathematics,Personalia,Science and sport Spanish researchers have developed a new mathematical model that permits to predict sport injuries from a series of equations. Their work has proved that sport injuries that affect the lower limbs in high-impact sport, such as football, athletics or basketball, can be predicted through the use of equations of logistic regression. The paper has been published in the journal “Apunts. Medicina de L’esport”.
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2/16/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Environment,Personalia,Science and art Extreme Shetland weather inspires Dr Janette Kerr, painter and Visiting Research Fellow from the University of the West of England. She is focusing on a project that links science with art.