Seminar "Biology and ecotoxicology of large marine vertebrates: potential sentinels of Good Environmental Status of marine environment, implication on european Marine Strategy Framework Directive"

Presentation:

The workshop will focus on the biology and ecotoxicology of large marine vertebrates and in particular on their role as potential sentinels of "Good Environmental Status" for the european Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

Rigged to explode?

Inherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer

Pilot study establishes the importance of tracking disease associated with illegal wildlife trade at U.S. ports

NEW YORK - January 10, 2012 - An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified evidence of retroviruses and herpesviruses in illegally imported wildlife products confiscated at several U.S. international airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport, George Bush Intercontinental-Houston and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International.

IEEE- NMDC, Nanotechnology Material and Devices - Conference

The 2012 IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE-NMDC 2012) will be held from October 16-19, 2012, at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, USA.

Event date: 
Tue, 16/10/2012 - 9:00am - Fri, 19/10/2012 - 9:00am
Event venue: 
Waikiki Beach
Event country: 
United States
Event city: 
Honolulu
Event language: 
English

12 Simple Steps for Going Green in 2012

As we ring in the new year, here are twelve steps that we can all take to reduce our impact on the environment.

Multisensory integration: when correlation implies causation

Authors: Cesare V. Parise1,2,3, Charles Spence2, & Marc O. Ernst1,3

1 Max Planck for Biological Cybernetics, and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Tuebingen
2 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
3 Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cognitive Interaction Technology – Center of Excellence, University of Bielefeld

In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research involving scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, the University of Oxford, and the University of Bielefeld has demonstrated that humans exploit the correlation between the temporal structures of signals to decide which of them to combine and which to keep segregated. This research is about to be published in Current Biology.

Worldwatch Institute Joins REN21 for a Renewables Global Status Report Policy Briefing

Event will convene experts from around the world to identify renewable energy solutions to poverty, energy insecurity, and climate change

Event date: 
Tue, 15/11/2011 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Event venue: 
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Congressional Meeting Room (North #268)
Event country: 
United States
Event city: 
Washington
Event address: 
Washington, DC 20510
Event language: 
English

Global Expansion of High-Speed Rail Gains Steam

Washington, D.C.----As interest in high-speed rail (HSR) surges around the world, the number of countries running these trains is expected to nearly double over the next few years, according to new research by the Worldwatch Institute for Vital Signs Online. By 2014, high-speed trains will be operating in nearly 24 countries, including China, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the United States, up from only 14 countries today. The increase in HSR is due largely to its reliability and ability to cover vast geographic distances in a short time, to investments aimed at connecting once-isolated regions, and to the diminishing appeal of air travel, which is becoming more cumbersome because of security concerns.

Creating an 'electronic nose' to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient's breath

Bold new innovation is awarded US $950,000 by
Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"E-Noses" hold out promise for detecting lung cancer, pneumonia, other pulmonary diseases simply, quickly, enabling lifesaving early treatment.

Extraordinary meeting – Promoting European African scientific partnerships: the case of radio astronomy

The European Parliament Delegation for relations with South Africa is holding an extraordinary meeting chaired by Michael Cashman, MEP and Chair of the South Africa Delegation, with Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister for Science and Technology of South Africa.

Event date: 
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Event venue: 
PHS - P4B001, European Parliament, Brussels
Event country: 
Belgium
Event city: 
Brussels
Event language: 
English
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