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First Indian mathematician to receive the Kenneth O. May Prize for the History of Mathematics

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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Please help British Council with an important survey

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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TWAS Prizes 2010

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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Sports injuries as solutions to mathematical equations

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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Special effects in Avatar made possible thanks to European technology

Digital technology has transformed the production and post production of all types of film - particularly feature films - as well as creating a whole new viewing experience. All these were possible thanks to software products that in essence are based on breakthroughs in a European Eureka project finished in 1998.
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Birth month tells who becomes a sport star?

The month of your birth influences your chances of becoming a professional sportsperson, an Australian researcher has found. The results of the study are published in a Springer book, series “Statistics for Biology and Health”.
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New European Website to Stimulate Interest in Mathematics

A German mathematician aims to stimulate interest in the field with an English version of its successful website with 6.000 visitors a day.
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Celebrate World Space Week 2009

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.
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Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy is participating at NASA Kepler space mission

On the morning of March 7, NASA will launch the Kepler probe to enter an orbit around the Sun. The mission aims to detect planets the size of the Earth that orbit other stars. The spacecraft is equipped with a telescope that will measure the brightness of 170 000 stars simultaneously and continuously for at least three and a half years. It is expected that the information collected during the mission will lead to a better understanding of the evolution of stars. Huge amountsof data will be analyzed by an international scientific consortium called the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). The researchers consists of over 200 researchers from 50 institutions around the world, including the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy.
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