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| New evidence supports century-old theory of cancer spread |
30 November 2005 - Yale University
A Yale School of Medicine study in the December issue of The Lancet Oncology challenges mainstream oncology researchers to consider tumor cell hybridization with white blood cells as a major reason that cancer metastasizes or spreads to other parts of the body. |
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| HSE publishes new guidance on Whole Body Vibration |
30 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive has published further guidance on Whole Body Vibration. The guide, 'Whole Body Vibration: The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005' gives advice to employers of what can be done to reduce and control the risks of WBV under the Control of Vibration Work Act 2005 which came into being earlier this year. |
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| Cape and Corrocoat have announced an agreement forming a strategic alliance |
30 November 2005 - Corrocoat
Cape and Corrocoat, two significant names in corrosion treatment and prevention, have announced an agreement forming a strategic alliance. The agreement enables the two organisations to provide customers with an unrivalled asset management service comprising access, assessment, removal and surface preparation with protection solutions and materials all from one source, for both onsite and shop re-engineering projects. |
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| Rehabilitating the internals of pipelines as long as 20km can now be achieved |
30 November 2005 - Corrocoat
Rehabilitating the internals of pipelines as long as 20km can now be achieved in situ using specially engineered glass flake filled vinyl ester coatings developed by Corrocoat. |
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| New research reveals how loneliness can undermine health |
30 November 2005 - University of Chicago
Although doctors have been aware that lonely people have more medical problems and do not live as long as people who are not lonely, physicians have been unsure of the reasons for this connection. Recent research at the University is now providing some answers. |
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| New research shows benefits of playing computer games |
29 November 2005 - University of Bristol
The games playing habits of 700 7- to 16-year-olds is the subject of new research carried out by directors, Professor Angela McFarlane, who holds a Chair in Education at Bristol University, Ysanne Heald and Anne Sparrowhawk, of Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia on behalf of the DfES. |
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| New antibody shows promise as cure for anthrax |
29 November 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
A new anthrax antibody engineered by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin protects and defends against inhalation anthrax without the use of antibiotics and other more expensive antibodies. |
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| Responding to the better regulation challenge |
29 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive today published its initial draft simplification plan, as part of its commitment to deliver the wider better regulation agenda, on its website. We want to know what you think. |
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| Yale School of Medicine focuses top scientists on neurodegenerative diseases |
29 November 2005 - Yale University
Yale School of Medicine, accelerating the pace of research on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, today announced the launch of an interdepartmental program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair. |
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| Short-term survival rates better for U.S. vs. Canadian heart failure patients |
29 November 2005 - Yale University
Investigators at Yale School of Medicine and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada, report that elderly heart failure patients hospitalized in the United States have better short-term survival than those in Canada, but lose that advantage over time. |
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| Major ovarian cancer clinical study announced at Yale using combination drug therapy |
28 November 2005 - Yale University
A clinical study of ovarian cancer initiated by investigators at Yale School of Medicine will combine the anti-cancer drug phenoxodiol with docetaxel for women with recurrent ovarian cancer. |
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| Yale engineers make standardized bulk synthesis of nanowires possible |
28 November 2005 - Yale University
A team of Yale scientists have demonstrated a method to understand effective synthesis of semiconductor nanowires for both their quality and quantity, according to a report published in the journal Nanotechnology. |
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| DSM Somos ProtoFunctional Materialsfuel continued success of large-frame Stereolithography Technology |
28 November 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
With help from DSM Somos ProtoFunctional stereolithography resins, European rapid prototyping service bureau Materialise NV is expanding capacity for its large-frame SL machines, after more than five years of unprecedented success with the technology. Materialise's patented 'Mammoth' technology (as it is known in-house) produces single-piece prototypes as large as 2100 x 680 x 800 mm, using Somos 9120 and Somos WaterShed 11120 resins exclusively. The resins are used for their particular ability to generate accurate, stable parts which closely mimic the performance properties of production plastics. |
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| Matrox Imaging launches capture and display board for medical imaging |
28 November 2005 - Matrox VITE
The Matrox Vio SDI is a single platform for handling new high-definition or traditional video standards in Serial Digital Interface or analog form. Some of its key features include digital or analog video acquisition, low-latency digital and analog video outputs synchronized to the video input and graphics overlay composition. The Matrox Vio SDI uses a x4 PCI Express host interface, enabling it to stream high-definition video to the host PC for archiving or from the host PC for playback. Software development kits, available separately, provide support for Microsoft Windows XP and eventually Linux. |
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| Matrox to showcase medical display controller boards and upcoming technology |
24 November 2005 - Matrox VITE
A low profile, single board PCI Express solution, the AuroraVX Series can power up to three displays, one Navigation Console Display, along with two Twin Imaging Displays, from a single board. The Matrox MED Series of display controller boards represents a top-to-bottom solution capable of a scope of display configurations for landscape and portrait modes ranging from two through five mega pixels, such as the MED2mp-DVI, MED3mp-DVI and MED5mp-DVI, and includes a variety of grayscale and color models with analog and digital display support. |
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| Rail public inquiries: Work on recommendations heads for completion |
24 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission today published its tenth progress report on recommendations made following Public Inquiries into the Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail incidents and Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems. |
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| Statement of nuclear incidents at nuclear installations |
23 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain that meet Ministerial reporting criteria is sent to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Scotland and is published every quarter by the Health and Safety Executive. |
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| Booklet helps navigate the Pb-free minefield |
23 November 2005 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Primarily as a result of a DTI initiative and through the full support of members of the Component Obsolescence Group's External Liaison Group, COG is publishing a series of reference booklets about various aspects of electronic components and other areas threatened by obsolescence and the ways in which these impact on elements of industry. The 'Obsolescence minefield' series of publications are designed to be comprehensive, very informative but easily understood by both engineers and management. Some of the subjects covered in the series include date coding, the supply chain, long term storage of components and the pitfalls associated with redundant stock. |
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| COG booklet tackles RoHS |
22 November 2005 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Lead-free technology is the latest subject under the microscope in the latest in a series of reference booklets from the Component Obsolescence Group about various aspects of electronic component and other areas threatened by obsolescence and the ways in which these impact on elements of industry. |
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| Grant will fund study of tics and tourette syndrome |
22 November 2005 - Yale University
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a multi-site grant to Yale, Harvard University and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, to evaluate the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics program in adults with Tourette syndrome. |
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| ADHD medication might also treat hyperactivity symptoms in autism |
22 November 2005 - Yale University
Methylphenidate, a medication used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may be effective in treating hyperactivity symptoms in children with autism and related pervasive developmental disorders, researchers report in the November Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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| Researchers use imaging technique to visualize effects of stress on human brain |
22 November 2005 - National Science Foundation
The holiday season is notorious for the emotional stress it evokes. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have come up with a non-invasive way to see the effects of psychological stress in an area of the brain linked to anxiety and depression. This research has important implications for how practitioners treat the numerous long-term health consequences of chronic stress. |
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| Global innovation company 3M has developed Bumpon protective products |
21 November 2005 - 3M Europe
Global innovation company 3M has developed Bumpon protective products to prevent damage to a wide range of opening systems. Bumpon products offer a pressure sensitive cushion to protect doors, glazed panels, cabinets and drawers while in use. Designed to counteract the effects of vibration and stress, the easy to use adhesive pads absorb the shock of slamming doors, reducing noise and preventing long-term damage. |
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| New qualifications to help reduce accidents and ill health on farms |
21 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
New health and safety qualifications aimed at people working in farming have been recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. A Health and Safety Executive initiative, vocational qualifications for health and safety in agriculture are the first such qualifications designed specifically for the farming industry and will pave the way for a new generation of training courses to tackle the industry's poor health and safety record. |
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| Cell cultures can sort out CJD and scrapie infectious agents |
20 November 2005 - Yale University
Research in Japan and at Yale University School of Medicine shows that infection with a weak strain of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease prevents infection by more virulent strains and that the protection requires persistent replication by the infectious agent, but not misfolded prions. |
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| Matrox Graphics to demo ParheliaTM APVe & new DualHead2Go for video editing at DV Expo West 2005 |
18 November 2005 - Matrox VITE
What's happening: Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professionals, invites you to Matrox Booth 349 at DV Expo West 2005 in Los Angeles from December 7-9, for demonstrations of the Parhelia APVe for creative professionals, as well as for the unveiling of the brand new DualHead2Go, a highly portable, easy-to-use solution that upgrades your laptop to dual external displays. Whether you are looking for a PCIe x16 graphics card for your video editing workstation, or an external upgrade to bring DualHead capabilities to your laptop, Matrox offers the perfect multi-display solutions to enhance your digital editing workflow. |
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| Construction company fined for roadworker death |
18 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Construction company Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd of Thornton Heath, Surrey, was today fined a total of £60,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs at Wolverhampton Crown Court, after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety legislation. The case brought by the Health and Safety Executive follows its investigation into the death of employee Stephen Haywood during construction of the Nesscliffe Bypass in Shropshire on 4 October 2002. |
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| New offshore safety case regulations laid before parliament |
18 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
New regulations to replace the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992 have been laid before Parliament. The Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 will become law on 6 April 2006. |
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| Study has implications for vaccine design and autoimmune diseases |
18 November 2005 - Yale University
A report in Nature November 17 by Yale School of Medicine researchers emphasizes which cells are important in mounting an antibody response to invading microbes. |
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| Argonne researchers discover keys to improving commerical magnet technology |
18 November 2005 - DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have found new clues into ways to make those magnets longer-lasting and more powerful. |
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| ESI Group's Casting Solutions benefit from two ambitious European Projects |
18 November 2005 - ESI Group
ESI Group's (ISIN FR0004110310), metallurgical development team has been selected for its proven ability to develop and implement accurate material models to simulate complex solidification and solid state transformation phenomena. |
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| Los Alamos-led team to sequence entire NT biological database on greengene distributed supercomputer |
18 November 2005 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory-developed software is helping researchers here and elsewhere better understand a database of biological information and enable a plethora of biological studies from organism 'barcoding' to gene function and evolution. |
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| 3-D structure of light-sensing protein controls processes from seed sprouting to leaf dropping |
17 November 2005 - National Science Foundation
Plants use light not only for energy during photosynthesis, light also helps govern basic processes such as seed germination, growth, flowering, and, in autumn, dropping of leaves. Now, in the Nov. 17 issue of the journal Nature, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveal the 3-D structure of the light-detecting protein, phytochrome. |
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| New program offering post doctoral fellowships in rehabilitation outcomes research |
17 November 2005 - Boston University
Dr. Alan Jette, director of the Health & Disability Research Institute at Boston University, announced a new program offering post doctoral fellowships in rehabilitation outcomes research to be offered at the University. |
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| Researchers discover novel protein complex that enables survival in hostile environment |
16 November 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay and Eric Johnson from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered a novel enzyme that represents an ancient detoxification system and provides a clue to the development of early metabolism on earth. |
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| New DNA studies show microevolution in penguins |
16 November 2005 - National Science Foundation
By comparing the genetic code retrieved from 6,000-year-old remains of Adelie penguins in Antarctica with that of modern Adelies living at the same site as their ancestors, an international team of researchers has shown that microevolution, the process of evolutionary change at or below the species level, has taken place in the population. They also speculate that the remarkable lack of genetic differentiation among Adelie populations from around Antarctica may have been prompted by changes in migration patterns caused by giant icebergs. |
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| School caving trip death HSE statement |
16 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Justin McCracken, Acting Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, said today in response to the tragic incident in North Yorkshire earlier this week: |
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| DSM launches a new animal free lutein beadlet form |
16 November 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
DSM Nutritional Products launched a new lutein beadlet, lutein 5% CWS/S-TG, to expand its animal-free ingredients portfolio for the food and dietary supplement market. With this launch DSM is following the strategy to react to the market need and consumer requirement for animal-free ingredients. DSM portfolio consists already of animal-free product forms of beta-carotene, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin D3, ALL-Q (coenzyme Q10) and OPTISHARP (zeaxanthin). |
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| Advantech launches eAutomationPro in India |
15 November 2005 - Advantech UK
Advantech's Industrial Automation Group announced today that one more localized version site of eAutomationPro has been launched in their newly established branch office in India. eAutomationPro is a website for automation professionals that offers comprehensive Advantech product information and the ability to purchase both Advantech and third party products. |
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| Engineers, chemist report fuel cell option using cheaper, more durable material |
15 November 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have identified a material to make cheaper, longer-lasting fuel cells without compromising their energy production. |
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| Deworming deluxe: flavored deworming tablets |
15 November 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Cold, wet weather, even a dog would prefer to stay at home on a day like this. Nobody has any great enthusiasm for extended walkies through the woods; instead, dad just takes the family pet once round the block or to the nearest patch of grass last thing at night. But despite the shortness of the trip, the risk of your four-legged friend contracting worms is still high. That’s why steps should be taken to rid the dog of these parasites as quickly as possible. |
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| New manufacturing process enables larger production volumes |
14 November 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
High-quality carbon nanotubes for a wide variety of applications can now be manufactured on an industrial scale at considerably lower costs than before. Bayer MaterialScience AG plans to market the nano-sized materials worldwide under the trade name Baytubes. The new process for manufacturing Baytubes was developed in collaboration with Bayer Technology Services GmbH, a Bayer Group service company with a wealth of know-how in process technology. |
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| Discovery alters view of coastal organic matter recycling |
14 November 2005 - National Science Foundation
Marine scientists from the University of Georgia have shown for the first time that temperature affects the biological activity of microbes that degrade organic carbon in marine sediments. Warming global temperatures could therefore cause shifts in the balance of organic carbon that is recycled into the atmosphere or buried in sediments that serve as reservoirs for the substance. |
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| Revamped RSI database aims to reduce repetitive strain injuries |
14 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
A new database expanding and updating existing information on important Court judgments in repetitive strain injury cases, will be of direct and immediate benefit to the Health and Safety Executive who funded it, and to legal and health professionals working in the field RSI, trade unions, insurers and designers. The longer term aim is reducing the number of sufferers from this debilitating industrial injury. |
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| Warehouse prosecution highlights important safety issues |
14 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
A serious injury to a young warehouse employee has prompted the Health and Safety Executive to emphasise a number of important safety issues to employers in the warehousing and commercial storage sectors. These include supervision of inexperienced workers, planning work at height and ensuring safety procedures are maintained outside normal working hours. |
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| Female project engineer earns Chartered Engineer status |
14 November 2005 - Corus
Female engineers are a rare breed in themselves, but Cardiff-based project engineer, Clair Petheram, has distinguished herself even further by earning Chartered Engineer status! |
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| Meditation associated with increased grey matter in the brain |
10 November 2005 - Yale University
Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows meditation also is associated with increased cortical thickness. |
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| Clinical study on heart failure to use cholesterol-lowering statin |
10 November 2005 - Yale University
An advanced study launched at Yale School of Medicine is evaluating the role of statin therapy in patients with heart failure, one of the leading causes of hospitalization in people over age 65. |
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| Yale expert in early risk assessment for down syndrome to comment on FASTER trial |
10 November 2005 - Yale University
Joshua Copel, M.D., a Yale School of Medicine expert in first trimester risk assessment for Down syndrome is available to comment on the First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk trial, published November 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
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| Sleep apnea significantly increases risk for stroke and death |
10 November 2005 - Yale University
Sleep apnea, a condition where people stop breathing repeatedly while asleep, increases the risk of stroke and death, according to a study from Yale School of Medicine published November 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
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| Researchers study hurricane impact on Gulf Areas |
09 November 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
At the Georgia Institute of Technology, experts across campus responded with research, training and service projects. Among their goals are better infrastructure design, configuration of port operations to reduce down time, protection of cleanup and construction workers and accessibility to services and housing for hurricane victims with disabilities. |
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| Researchers uncover genetic foundation of fish jaws |
08 November 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
In a study illustrating the apparent linkages between the evolutionary development and embryonic development of species, researchers have uncovered the genetic elements that determine the structure and function of a simple biomechanical system, the lower jaw of the cichlid fish. In addition, they've shown that increasing expression of a particular gene in an embryo can lead to physical changes in the adult fish. The results appear in the November 11, 2005 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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| Web-based system helps in developing storm water pollution prevention plans |
08 November 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Although storm water runoff may not seem particularly threatening, it ranks among the most common sources of water pollution in the United States. Especially at industrial sites, rain and melting snow can pick up a variety of pollutants, ranging from processing chemicals to cleaning solvents – and sweep them into nearby creeks, lakes and rivers. |
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| Construction fatal and injury rate reducing, but industry still short of summit targets |
08 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Statistics released today by the Health and Safety Executive show the rate of fatal and major injuries in the construction industry is reducing. |
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| HSE condemns bullying in the workplace |
08 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive strongly condemn any form of harassment or bullying at work and are supporters of Ban Bullying At Work Day (7 November 2005). |
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| Configurable smart camera joins Matrox Iris family |
08 November 2005 - Matrox VITE
The Matrox Imaging Library provides the foundation for the Design Assistant interface, making a dramatic shift in the delivery of our industry-proven Matrox Imaging software. With a flow-chart-based approach, the user can configure the Matrox Iris E-Series camera to grab, process, and display, and perform measurements, analyze image data, read text strings, and more. In short, with Matrox Iris E-Series and Design Assistant, integrators can develop sophisticated machine vision applications, with the reliability and robustness of the Matrox Imaging Library, all without the need for programming or scripting. The development environment is fully self-contained for both application development and deployment, and the integrated HTML editor and layout tool gives users the flexibility to create a custom web-based operator view for monitoring the application. |
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| Virginia Tech to showcase high performance computing over new national network |
08 November 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech will present advances in supercomputing and networking at the Supercomputing 2005 Conference in Seattle Nov. 12-18 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. In particular, the university will partner it's Apple-based supercomputer, System X, with other supercomputers to respond to a challenge involving high performance computing storage capability. |
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| The polyurethane coating system was applied to 800 square meters of floor space |
08 November 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
KoelnMesse is currently constructing four new exhibition halls and a conference center in the northern sector of the Cologne trade fair grounds. The new buildings are being built to replace the historic Rhineside Halls, which are supposed to be taken over by the television station RTL. |
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| MacDermid Autotype screen films deliver photo-realistic quality for Lorenz Boegli |
08 November 2005 - Autotype International
MacDermid Autotype’s specialised, high performance gelatine screen printing films, Five Star and Alphastar, are being used by the world leading graphic arts company, Lorenz Boegli, as photo-stencil indirect films for the production of photo-realistic images in a three stage print process. |
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| Corus Europressings business achieves ISO14001 Environmental Management Standard |
07 November 2005 - Corus
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that Europressings, its specialist metal pressings and sub-assemblies business, has acquired certification to the ISO14001 environmental management standard. |
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| Sleeping sickness parasite shows how cells divide their insides |
07 November 2005 - Yale University
Researchers at Yale have brought to light a mechanism that regulates the way an internal organelle, the Golgi apparatus, duplicates as cells prepare to divide, according to a report in Science Express. |
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| HSE prosecute Network Rail and Amey Rail |
04 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive announced today that it will prosecute Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd and Amey Rail Ltd in connection with the partial derailment of a high-speed train near Southall station, West London in November 2002. |
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| Time warner cable selects RAD data communications for TDM Service Delivery |
04 November 2005 - RAD Data Communications Ltd
RAD Data Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner have announced the deployment of RAD's TDMoIP pseudowire technology as part of Time Warner Cable's rapidly growing metro Ethernet service offering in their Houston, Texas market. |
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| Small Grains Breeding Program develops winter hulless barley |
03 November 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Tech's Small Grains Breeding Program is developing a new type of barley that lacks the fibrous covering. This new hulless barley offers producers an alternative grain for both traditional and new markets, including food, feed, and ethanol. |
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| Computer program helps farmers make decisions about pastureland |
03 November 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A team in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is leading the development of the Pastureland Management System, a free, practical, and portable computer-based aid program that helps livestock farmers compare different strategies for managing their land and livestock. |
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| Microbes on the move, Microbiology Today: November 2005 issue |
03 November 2005 - Society for General Microbiology
Clouds of desert dust are moving vast numbers of microbes around the globe, which can be harmful or beneficial to downwind communities, according to an article in the November 2005 issue of Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine of the Society for General Microbiology. |
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| Bird 'flu: not the only flying hazard, Microbiology Today: November 2005 issue |
03 November 2005 - Society for General Microbiology
Our view of wild birds is mostly positive. They are a lovely sight as they soar through the air or drift lazily on updrafts. But there is a downside to this beauty. Birds are reservoirs for all manner of infectious disease and we can do little about it, according to an article in the November 2005 issue of Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine of the Society for General Microbiology. |
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| HSC consults on amended asbestos regulations and approved code of practise |
03 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission today published a consultative document seeking comments on proposed amendments to its asbestos regulations and an Approved Code of Practice. |
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| DSM NeoResins introduces new acrylic resins for the Overprint Varnishes and Ink industries |
03 November 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
NeoCryl A-2061 is an acrylic styrene emulsion for use in the overprint varnishes and liquid inks. This resin shows excellent printability and transparency offering high gloss, hard and block resistance films. NeoCryl A-2061 is free of glycol ethers and therefore suitable to formulate low odour and low VOC printing inks and OPV's. |
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| Yale scientists confirm how crystals form |
03 November 2005 - Yale University
A team of researchers at Yale University is the first to devise a way to predict the microstructure of crystals as they form in materials, according to a report in the September issue of Applied Physics Letters. |
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| Corus and Salzgitter announce joint product development of High Strength and Ductility (HSD)-steels |
03 November 2005 - Corus Automotive
Automotive chassis and crash structures will benefit from mass reduction and improved impact resistance with High Strength and Ductility (HSD)-steels. |
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| Panel at Yale will examine issues of women and health care |
02 November 2005 - Yale University
The Women Faculty Forum at Yale and the Yale Office of WorkLife will present a free and public forum on November 16 focusing on women's healthcare from a variety of perspectives. |
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| Government commitment for HSE's stress management standards |
02 November 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Lord Hunt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions Minister for Health and Safety today emphasised the strong benefits to individuals, organisations and society who effectively manage stress at work . |
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| Polyurethane tape technology is being used trains to improve waterproofing & reliability |
02 November 2005 - 3M Europe
Polyurethane tape technology from 3M is being used on Metronet Rail's Central Line trains to improve waterproofing and reliability. Metronet, responsible for upgrading, replacing and maintaining two-thirds of the London Tube is constantly looking for ways to reduce train faults that could not only lead to delays for the travelling public but result in severe fines. |
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| Brown bears: The guile and wile of reproduction |
02 November 2005 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Female brown bears are driven to having many partners, not because of lust but as part of a sophisticated strategy for protecting future offspring. This surprising discovery is the result of a large-scale project by the Austrian Science Fund FWF in which the bear population in Scandinavia was closely observed in the wild. The data, that goes back for over 20 years, is published today and is contributing to a better understanding of this species which is once again becoming native to Europe. |
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| Corrocoat has established a commercial partnership with PSP in Tehran |
02 November 2005 - Corrocoat
Corrocoat has established a commercial partnership with PSP in Tehran, bringing the company’s extensive range of anti-corrosion methods and materials to industries operating in Iran. |
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| Seminar Integrated Open CAD/CAE Platforms for Mechanical Engineering |
01 November 2005 - NAFEMS
The one-day seminar on Integrated Open CAD/CAE Platforms for Mechanical Engineering, on September 28th 2005 at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, attracted more than 80 participants who showed great interest to learn and discuss the latest trends and developments in the integration of computer aided design and analysis for mechanical engineering. |
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| NSF announces first cyber-enabled chemistry awards |
01 November 2005 - National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation has announced the first round of grants in 'cyber-enabled chemistry,' a program developed by its chemistry division to explore how researchers and educators in that field can fully exploit the potential of cyberinfrastructure. |
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| Researchers looking at how neighborhoods contribute to healthy lifestyles |
01 November 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Families living in the Nellies Cave Park area of Blacksburg are helping researchers learn about healthy lifestyles and in return are getting information about their own health. The project by nutrition researchers from Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is part of efforts to learn how a neighborhood influences physical activity and diet. |
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| New discoveries about neuron plasticity linked to learning and memory |
01 November 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
Neurons experience large-scale changes across their dendrites during learning, say neuroscientists at The University of Texas at Austin in a new study that highlights the important role that these cell regions may play in the processes of learning and memory. |
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| Leadership Georgia Tech sets innovative approach |
01 November 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
President Wayne Clough, keynote speaker at Leadership Georgia Tech, said it is important that engineers be leaders. He said the Institute strives to produce students and engineers who are leaders and who, in turn, will be a resource to the nation. |
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