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Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
2/15/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine,Environment,Technology American and European researchers have found that exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease. The study links outdoor air quality and progression of atherosclerosis in humans and is published in the journal PloS ONE.
Published at
2/7/2010 de Cătălin Mosoia, București, România
in categoriile: Environment,Personalia,Technology American researchers say that floating wind turbines placed on ocean based platforms might use the wind that blows at high speeds. The prototype might be ready by summer of 2012.
Published at
2/5/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Agriculture,Biology,Chemistry,Environment A new Web-based tool at South Dakota State University (SDSU) called VitisNet can help plant breeders and researchers worldwide analyze large molecular data sets in ultimately practical ways to help the grape and wine industry. Plant scientists who work with other plants besides grapevines can also benefit from the information.
Published at
1/29/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Agriculture,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Medicine,Environment,Personalia,Technology French researchers at CNRS Paul Pascal Research Center in Bordeaux have designed smart capsules that are able to release their contents on demand, simply by raising the temperature. This novel system opens up the way to many applications in a large number of fields such as food, perfumes and agriculture, for instance to deliver pesticides above a specific temperature.
Published at
12/22/2009 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science and politics,Environment,Personalia World leaders shifted a great deal of their responsibility to local and regional authorities which have to make Copenhagen a real success. The COP15 Summit did not reach a legally binding agreement at international level, and local and regional leaders will have to step in to make the Copenhagen deal a real success.
Published at
8/17/2009 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Science and politics,Astronomy,Physics,Science and education,Mathematics,Environment,Space UN-declared World Space Week, Oct. 4-10 annually, is the largest public space event on Earth and the best time each year for teachers to use space to excite students about learning.
Published at
2/20/2009 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Geography,Geology,Environment,Personalia An international consortium seeks to improve the average extraction rate of 60% from oil and gas fields. Eight petroleum companies from around the world invested more than 800,000 dollars that might be transformed in billions of savings at the end of the project. Dr. R.B. Ainsworth, principal investigator of the consortium speaks to us about results to-date and the next level of research.