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Yvette Raphael Honored with Mani L. Bhaumik Award

Today, Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa (APHA) celebrates an extraordinary milestone as our co-founder and Executive Director, Yvette Raphael, receives the prestigious Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for her pivotal role in advancing HIV prevention through the development and testing of Lenacapavir. The award recognises role of three key contributors to bringing Lenacapavir to market: Wesley Sundquist, chair of the University of Utah’s department of biochemistry, who provided the foundational scientific research; Moupali Das,…

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Six Researchers Win Inaugural Helmholtz International Fellow Awards

The association has launched the Helmholtz International Fellow Award with the aim of enhancing existing cooperation between Helmholtz Centres and…

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What makes our brains so flexible – Bernstein Award 2012 for Tim Vogels

With up to 1.25 million euros, it is one of the most highly remunerated award for young scientists worldwide. The award enables outstanding young researchers…

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British Geneticist Wins £500K Prize for Innovative Research

750.000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 620.000, USD 790.000, GBP 500.000) for each of the four subjects.Half of the amount must be destined by the winners to…

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Carl Zeiss Foundation Backs ChemBioMed Research Consortium

The new interdisciplinary research consortium “Chemical BioMedicine” (ChemBioMed) seeks to extract new materials from natural sources, such as fungi and…

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Israeli Neuroscientist Moshe Abeles Wins Valentino Braitenberg Award

Moshe Abeles research focuses on the functional circuits in the cerebral cortex. His books on this subject have profoundly influenced many neuroscientists….

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Empowering Young Scientists in Ageing Research: IMPRS-Age

The aim of “IMPRS-Age”, the new graduate school, is to train and promote talented junior scientists. While working for their doctorates, young men and women…

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Siemens to modernize roughing mill in Baosteel's hot rolling mill in Shanghai

Baosteel operates an integrated production complex in the Baoshan district of Shanghai with an annual capacity of 7.5 million tons of crude steel. In its hot…

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Study Reveals Flaws in U.S. Poverty Measurement Methods

That method of calculating who is poor and who is not has been under fire by researchers for years because it doesn't calculate the benefits of anti-poverty…

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International Contest Boosts Careers for Science Journalists

To analyze and communicate complex scientific topics is more than just a profession – it is an art. Accordingly, launching a career as Science Journalist…

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University of Tennessee's Vehicle Arrives for EcoCAR 2 Competition

The graduate and undergraduate students are part of a team competing in EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, a three-year collegiate engineering competition…

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Astronomy Awards: Celebrating Excellence in Innovation

During the yearly major fall meeting, the German Astronomical Society awards internationally renowned prizes to individuals who have made outstanding…

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STEP Award 2012: Celebrating Innovative Projects and Partnerships

The initiators, Infraserv Höchst and F.A.Z.-Institut Innovation Projects, are pursuing the same goal together with numerous sponsors and partners of the…

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FIZ CHEMIE Unveils Enhanced ChemInform Retrieval System

FIZ CHEMIE invites attendees of the Fall 2012 ACS Meeting in Philadelphia (19-23, 2012) to take a first look at the new web-based retrieval system currently…

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ERC Grant Boosts HITS Astrophysicist Volker Springel’s Research

The astrophysicist Volker Springel is to receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Volker Springel heads the Theoretical Astrophysics…

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Study to Address Potential Retail Losses Associated with Mobile Point-of-Sale Technology

The Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas has partnered with the leading retail trade association on a research initiative to address risks…

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AGU 2012 Journalism Awards: Washington Post Team Honored

A team at The Washington Post, including two staff writers, Brian Vastag and Steven Mufson, and the Post's Graphics Staff, have won AGU's 2012 David Perlman…

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