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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).

Inherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer

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.

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.

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

Authors: Cesare V. Parise^1,2,3, Charles Spence², & Marc O. Ernst^1,3

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.

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

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.

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.

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.