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Physics & Astronomy

NASA'S Webb Telescope Sunshield Preliminary Design Review Complete

The Webb Telescope is the next-generation space observatory, designed to explore phenomena from distant galaxies to nearby planets and stars. From the origins…

Event News

Vinasat-1 Launch: Vietnam’s Telecom Satellite Takes Flight

Vietnam's VINASAT-1 satellite is readied for Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission in AprilThe second of two commercial telecommunications satellite…

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Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Insights from Hanoi Conference

Hanoi, Vietnam – Key ocean-oriented governments, nongovernmental organizations, and industry are being invited, as well, to play a pivotal role in the…

Event News

iCBBE2008: Advancements in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering

The 1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2007) was held susessfully from July 7th to 9th, 2007 in Wuhan, China. More…

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HR Summit 2008: Insights from Singapore’s Premier HR Event

About the HR Summit Key Media has been organising the HR Summit Singapore since 2002. Since this time, the event has been staged annually on five occasions and…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomy Meets Cinema: Cerro Paranal Hosts Bond Scenes

Cerro Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert that hosts ESO’s Very Large Telescope, will be the stage for scenes in the next James Bond…

Information Technology

Five Spanish Universities Launch E-Participation Project

The project is the result of six years of research in the fields of electronic government, e-democracy and e-cognocracy by the Zaragoza Multicriteria Decision…

Environmental Conservation

Debate Over Carbon Tax Breaks for Biofuels: Key Insights

But governments of the UK, the EU, Germany and the US disagree seriously about biofuel footprints, and this could lead to confusion in the fuel markets, says…

Social Sciences

Exploring Vulnerability in Society: Insights from Professor Misztal

Sociology is the study of how society is organized and how people experience life, and Professor Barbara Misztal, of the Department of Sociology, has been…

Event News

Exploring Innovations: GOCE Media Day at ESA/ESTEC

After the successful launch in 2002 of Envisat – the largest Earth observation satellite ever built – ESA started to develop the Earth Explorer missions to…

Environmental Conservation

WMO Calls for Enhanced Climate Observations on Meteorological Day

The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day is “Observing our Planet for a Better Future,” which underscores the importance of monitoring meteorological…

Social Sciences

How Consideration for Others Drives Positive Behavior

With this in mind, you will probably continue to look for a waste bin. Even when we are not in the company of others, we can feel obliged to keep to certain…

Social Sciences

Cultivating Altruism: The Connection Between Empathy and Action

If we see people in difficulty, for example, we feel the same emotions, and this may prompt us to help them. Yet the relationship between empathy and altruism…

Physics & Astronomy

Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst: Massive Star’s Spectacular End

Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March…

Life & Chemistry

Subterfuge, counter-surveillance and assassination: scientists reveal the body’s fight with cervical cancer

Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus which causes several types of cancer but is particularly associated with cervical cancer, has developed clever ways of…

Health & Medicine

Fruit Juice Energy Drink May Boost Endurance and Speed

In lab tests, scientists at fruit company HortResearch in New Zealand, have shown that when isolated muscle tissue was exposed to fruit extracts and then given…

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