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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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German Firms Unprepared for EU Emissions Trading Reforms

German enterprises are inadequately prepared for the third trading period of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) starting in 2013. This is the result of…

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Erwin Schrödinger Prize Awarded for Groundbreaking Imaging Research

Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos of the Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and Prof. Gooitzen Michell van Dam of the…

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Franz-Ulrich Hartl receives Lasker Award – Award for Research on Protein Folding

Together with Arthur L. Horwich (Yale University, USA), Franz-Ulrich Hartl, director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, will be awarded the 2011…

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Schellnhuber Awarded Volvo Prize for Climate Innovation

The Volvo Prize, considered to be the highest-ranking distinction for environmental research, will be presented to Schellnhuber in early November in Sweden….

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Recent trends show recession's effect on US advanced technology exports

U.S. exports of advanced technology products (ATP) fared better than other non-advanced technology exports during the recent U.S. recession, says a new report…

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Unpredictable Exchange Rates—The Present and Future of Yen Exchange Rates

Just when we thought that the value of the yen would drop due to the tremendous damage that the major earthquake disaster had on the Japanese economy, the yen…

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UA Research: Building a Better Bomb Sniffer

What do identifying explosives in a piece of luggage, determining the origin of a bullet and unlocking the age of rocks have in common?They all employ a…

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Konrad Beyreuther Wins Inaugural Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize

The award honors Beyreuther for the discovery of the nature of the amyloid protein, the key component of plaques found in brains of individuals suffering from…

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New Marketing Mix Strategies for Pharmaceutical Firms

Research in Marketing Science by Professor Kamel Jedidi, John A. Howard Professor of Business, Marketing, Columbia Business School; Professor Oded Netzer,…

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Siemens Launches Polypropylene Tanks for Japan’s Pickling Line

“We’re proud that an industry leader like NSSC has selected Siemens in bringing this innovative polypropylene tank technology to Japan,” said Jagannath Rao,…

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Wise Stock Market Investments: Euro’s Impact Unveiled

This is shown in a study by the economist Maher Asal at University West in Sweden. Previous research provides overwhelming evidence that diversifying across…

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FIZ CHEMIE and CINF Announce 2011 Scholarship Winners

Yesterday evening at the Fall 2011 ACS National Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, Dr Felix Rudolphi, Barun Bhhatarai, PhD, and Karen L. Salazar, PhD were…

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France investment in data centres worth €1 billion a year

David Appia, Chairman and CEO of IFA, says, “The financial advantages of setting up in France, coupled with high skill levels and exemplary legislation,…

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Siemens Launches Biograph mMR in Private Radiology Practice

This represents the first use of the system by a private practice for the routine examination of patients. Biograph mMR is the world's first fully integrated…

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Want to improve employee engagement? Make it part of the performance management process

The paper's authors – Professor Alan Saks from the University of Toronto and Professor Jamie Gruman of the University of Guelph – contend performance…

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Can Stock Markets Self-Regulate During Financial Crises?

Whenever crisis threatens the financial markets, voices are loud in calling for greater control. It is dubious, however, whether tighter regulation would…

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