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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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Bursting The Bubble: Economists Suggest Gold Investments Are Risky

The federal deficit and a deteriorating economy have many investors fearful of the United States economy entering a period of stagnation, causing stock prices…

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KfW Financing Demand Remains Strong In Early 2011

In the first half of 2011, KfW Bankengruppe achieved a promotional business volume of EUR 40.6 billion (after EUR 41.9 billion in the first half of 2010). The…

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Vote for Your Favorites in the INDEX: Award 2011

Want to have a say in who's going to win INDEX: Award 2011? And want to catch a glimpse of the Danish Crown Prince and Crown Princess at the grand Award Show…

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Innovation Key to Job Creation: Research, Science and Technology Parks Creating High-Wage Jobs

“Research and science parks help grow local, high-tech companies while attracting new ones to the region,” said Harold Strong, Jr., Association of University…

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Copenhagen’s S-Bane network to get signaling from Siemens worth 252 million euros

Banedanmark, the Danish railway infrastructure developer and operator, has placed a contract with Siemens for the modernization of the complete signaling…

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Local Small Businesses Boost Community Economies

Small, locally owned businesses and startups tend to generate higher incomes for people in a community than big, nonlocal firms, which can actually depress…

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To Reduce Debt, Focus on High Interest Loans First

But consumers take a slightly different approach, according to a consumer behavior expert at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.“Our…

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant awarded to UNESCO-IHE and partner

The grant will be used to excel postgraduate sanitation education and research with a focus on solutions for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and…

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Professor Matthias Kling Wins 2011 Röntgen Prize for Innovation

Professor Matthias Kling, leader of the “Attosecond Imaging” Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching (near Munich), has received…

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Hebrew University and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) launch $500.000 agreement for cooperation in research projects

The FAPESP is an independent public foundation with the mission of fostering research and scientific and technological development in the state of São Paulo,…

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Technological Change Excludes Older Workers, Hebrew U. Study Reveals

The study conducted by Prof. Joseph Zeira of the Hebrew University's department of economics and Dr. Avner Ahituv of Carmel Academic Center, shows that need to…

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Siemens Equips Vessel for Offshore Wind Power Transport

Siemens Marine Solutions will supply the appropriate diesel-electric propulsion and automation system as well as the medium voltage system for power generation…

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IPv6 Contest: Innovative Ideas for Next-Gen Internet

The objectives of the contest are the generation of ideas and applications, which help determine how to propagate IPv6 deployment for the next generation…

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The ‘BRICs Decade’ Will Continue

Around 150 economists and agricultural economists from more than 20 countries all over the world came to IAMO Forum 2011 “Will the ‘BRICs Decade’ Continue?…

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Helmholtz Funds New Spin-Offs to Boost Innovation

“Helmholtz Enterprise funding allows us to support new companies, particularly when it comes to personnel,” says Dr Rolf Zettl, Managing Director of the…

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Babson Research Finds Challenges To Ice Road Economy In The Arctic

• Road construction and maintenance techniques can lengthen ice road seasons, saving between $6 million and $27 million a year in transportation costs. •…

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