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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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Researchers Win R&D 100 Award for Ethanol Project

Iowa State University and University of Hawai‘i researchers have won national recognition for their work to grow microscopic fungus in leftovers from ethanol…

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Arab Tech Business Plan Competition: Innovate and Apply by July 22

“Take Your Innovation to the Market”. www.tbpc-astf.netDeadline for applying is: 22 July 2008The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition is a regional…

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James Briscoe Wins 2008 EMBO Gold Medal for Morphogen Research

Briscoe receives the award in recognition of his discovery that cells integrate time of exposure and concentration of a morphogen to subsequently mount a…

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KfW’s Resilient Funding Strategy in Volatile Markets

In the first half of 2008 KfW successfully defied the very volatile international capital markets with its funding strategy. This was stated by Dr. Frank…

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European Initiative Boosts Grid Computing and Biomedical Research

The objective of the project is to exchange research results and foster collaborations in these three areas between Latin America, the Western Balkans, North…

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BBVA Foundation Awards Recognize Leaders in Biodiversity Science

United States researchers Harold Mooney and Peter Raven, regarded as the architects of the modern science of Biodiversity, share the 500,000 euro prize in the…

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Curt Meyer Memorial Prize Awarded to German Cancer Researchers

They received the prize, worth 10,000 euros, on July 4, 2008 in Berlin for their findings published in Nature Immunology* from Professor Peter Schlag,…

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Funding Boost Aids Leukaemia Gene Research Efforts

The grant, by Leukaemia Research, will fund work analysing a wide range of cancer-causing genes in the hope of targeting their common mechanisms of action for…

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Young Entrepreneurs Win Awards for Innovative Outdoor Heating

“The aim for Mensa Heating I/S is to give café guests the opportunity to sit outside comfortably during most of the year. Up until now, they have frequently…

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Student Company “Click Events” from Belgium wins the Microsoft Innovation Award

“Click events offer an innovative integrated service which is unique and simple. We know that our customers are busy and we want to offer them the possibility…

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Vebbio Wins European Parliament Award for Innovative Recycling

“In essence, Vebbio wants to solve the waste problem worldwide through innovative ways of recycling garbage,” said Ovidiu Vasiliu from Vebbio.“We all know that…

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Enric Trillas receives the international Kampé de Fériet Award

The scientific researcher of the European Centre for Soft Computing (Spain), Enric Trillas (Barcelona 1940), has won the prestigious Kampé de Fériet Award…

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Langoustine Labels: 24% Misidentified Species Revealed

The results show that 24.4% of the labels display the wrong species name, and that information is incomplete in 39% of cases. The researchers have patented a…

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Investing Insights: Mexican Peso vs. Turkish Lira Analysis

De Zwart conducted five different empirical studies into financial markets. In one of the studies, he investigated the best position for an investor to take…

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Two-Phased Marketing Strategy for Successful Product Launches

Innovators take note: If you're about to launch a revolutionary new product, plan a two-phased marketing strategy that first emphasizes its benefits and…

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Offshoring Services: Benefits and Risks Explained

That’s not surprising as it promises to lower the costs by 50 percent. But a successful offshoring of services is truly no surefire success. Backshoring of the…

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