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News in this category : Personalia
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.
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
5/7/2010 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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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.
Published at
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”.
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
2/12/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Science and sport A Saint Louis University expert offers tips to train like elite athletes. Whether the goal is to complete our first marathon, improve our golf game or compete in a triathlon competition, there are lessons to be learned from the very best of the best.
Published at
2/10/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Astronomy,Science and education,Personalia,Space,Technology This weekend, as part of outreach activities, the Bareket Observatory in Israel is organising a special web cast dedicated to the extra solar planet "XO-3b".
Published at
2/8/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Biology,Medicine,Personalia,Science and sport Researchers from 14 institutions in Canada, UK, Denmark, Sweden, and USA have just published a comprehensive look at a group of genes and found a way to predict who will benefit the most from exercise. Their latest work builds on the current belief among researchers that one of the best predictors of health and longevity is our body’s ability to take in and use oxygen during maximum exercise.
The more blood our heart can pump and the more oxygen our muscles can use, the less our risk of early disease and death is. They say that’s why aerobic exercise is so important.
Published at
2/7/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Personalia,Materials science,Science and religion,Technology One of the Dead Sea Scrolls was created in the area in which it was found. That is the conclusion following a recent research made by experts from Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The result was announced by Professor Giuseppe Pappalardo at the 12th International Conference on Particle Induced X-Ray Emission and its Analytical Applications (PIXE) in Surrey, UK. This finding was made possible by the combined use of a new system of analysis patented by the INFN National Laboratories of the South, and a particle accelerator located at the same facility.
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.