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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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KfW Entwicklungsbank and IFC launch world's largest fund to …

Refinancing assured for the microfinance sector Major contribution toward safeguarding and creating jobs in developing and transition countries In the…

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Full Sail Graduates Shine with 2009 GRAMMY Nominations

In total, 106 Full Sail Recording Arts graduates were involved in the production of 78 individual artist’s projects that are nominated in 61 separate…

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KfW Unveils USD II/2009: Key Details and Insights

The USD II/2009 with a settlement on February 10th 2009 matures on March 15th 2011. With a coupon of 1.875% and a reoffer price of 99.886% it yields 1.931%…

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RCUK Science Bridges Awards: UK-India Bioenergy Initiative

The awards include a UK-Indian research project which aims to deliver sustainable decentralised bioenergy for both the developed and developing world.The…

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Take a Penny, Leave a Penny — Pay the Tax?

They sit next to cash registers in stores across America, little cardboard boxes or styrofoam cups or old plastic ashtrays.”Take a penny, leave a penny,” they…

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Charging for Fast Food Extras Could Save You Money

However, according to John Stanton, Ph.D., chair of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, the “frills” that come with fast food or…

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Steven Holl: BBVA Award Winner in Arts for Innovative Design

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research at international level, and can be considered second…

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Siemens Wins Contract for SSAB’s New Vacuum Tank Facility

Siemens is scheduled to complete the VTD project in May 2010. This VTD project is part of a major investment program announced by SSAB in August 2008 with the…

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Snowball Earth Theory: Honoring a Pioneer of Glaciation Insights

This theory suggests that in its early history the Earth suffered glaciations so major that it froze over completely. It remains controversial, but has proved…

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Durham University Secures £16.7M Grant for Cosmic Research

The ten-year grant has been awarded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to the University’s Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology…

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Cancer researcher Joan Massagué wins the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine

Massagué’s research has elucidated fundamental processes that control cell division and identified genes playing a key role in tumor generation and metastasis….

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Understanding Patents: Key to Success in the Knowledge Economy

We live in a knowledge economy, and patents are the legal tender. They define a company’s or individual’s stake and they are the mechanism by which ideas can…

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Greening the Office: Insights from Leeds’ COSLAC Research

Matt Davis, a researcher from Leeds’ Centre for Organisational Strategy, Learning and Change (COSLAC), says: “Despite an abundance of literature advising us on…

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Boosting the Economy Through Effective Innovation Strategies

But not only is U.S. innovation policy disorganized, it is woefully underfunded. In 2006, the federal government spent a total of $2.7 billion, or 0.02 percent…

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Drexel University Introduces $100K Faculty Achievement Award

Through the philanthropic support of an alumnus, Drexel University has established the $100,000 Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award for faculty…

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KfW Launches 10-Year Euro Benchmark Bond for 2009

The benchmark bond I/2009 matures on 21 January 2019, pays a coupon of 3.875% p.a. and carries a re-offer price of 99.471 (with a 3.94% yield). This…

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