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Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
SNM supports long-term objective of National Academy of Sciences report on medical isotopes
According to a report released Jan. 14, 2009, by the National Academy of Sciences, eliminating the highly enriched uranium process -- the primary source of medical isotopes in the US -- would be technically and economically feasible. However, the conversion to an alternative source will be years away, is likely to be more costly than the report estimates, and will not alleviate the current ongoing shortages of medically necessary isotopes.
Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.org
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
A world-first in solar technology unveiled at Concordia University
A new type of solar technology that combines solar heat and power technology has been developed at Montreal's Concordia University and is being integrated into the university's new business school. This innovative technology is a first step in the development of the next generation of buildings that not only produce energy for their own use, but generate enough power to provide it to the electricity network.
Natural Resources Canada's CanmetENERGY, Agence de l'efficacite energetique, Conserval Engineering, Day4Energy, Sustainable Energy Technologies
Contact: Tanya Churchmuch
tanya.churchmuch@concordia.ca
514-848-2424 x2518
Concordia University
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Avalon Laboratories receives FDA and European clearances to market 3 catheter devices
Avalon Laboratories has received 510(k) clearances from the FDA and CE Mark acceptance from the European Union for three new catheter devices used in medical life support systems. The clearances apply to the Avalon Elite Bi-Caval Dual Lumen Catheter, the Avalon Elite Multi-Port Venous Femoral Catheter and the Avalon Elite Vascular Access Kit. The company also was issued US Patent No. 7473239 for a Single Expandable Double Lumen Cannula Assembly for Veno-Venous ECMO.
Contact: Rebecca Howe
rhowe@lambert-edwards.com
616-233-0500
Lambert, Edwards & Associates
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Mass production micro-hybrid technology set to cut emissions and fuel use in cars
New technology will enable a very high level of hybrid circuit integration to extend "stop-start" functionality for high volume cars at low cost
Contact: Shar McKenzie
shar.mckenzie@es.eureka.be
EUREKA
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Astronomers from Princeton and Japan unite to explore the universe, near and far
Scientists from Princeton University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have agreed to collaborate over the next 10 years, using new instrumentation on the Hawaii-based Subaru Telescope to peer into hidden corners of the nearby universe and ferret out secrets from its distant past.
Contact: Kitta MacPherson
kittamac@princeton.edu
609-258-5729
Princeton University
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Sandia adopts new agreement forms to allow universities/industry to use facilities
Sandia National Laboratories is adopting two new Department of Energy model agreements that will simplify the way universities and industry use the Labs facilities.
Contact: Chris Burroughs
coburro@sandia.gov
505-844-0948
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Jumbo-sized discovery made in Malaysia
New data released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks reveals that a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian park may be the largest in Southeast Asia.
Contact: Stephen Sautner
ssautner@wcs.org
718-220-3682
Wildlife Conservation Society
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Bangladesh introduces new vaccine to prevent severe forms of child pneumonia and meningitis
Today, Bangladesh introduces a new combination vaccine that will protect its children against five killer diseases in one injection, including, for the first time, the deadly bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b that causes some severe forms of pneumonia and meningitis.
Contact: Ariane Manset Leroy
aleroy@gavialliance.org
41-229-096-521
Burness Communications
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Biophysical Reviews makes debut in 2009
The International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and Springer will launch the journal Biophysical Reviews in spring 2009. Biophysical Reviews is the new official journal of the IUPAB, the leading international biophysics organization consisting of 52 national societies with approximately 15,000 members. The entire IUPAB Council will form the editorial board of the new journal in order to demonstrate the close affiliation between the Springer journal and the IUPAB.
Contact: Renate Bayaz
renate.bayaz@springer.com
49-622-148-78531
Springer
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Voyagers in the Heliosheath meeting in Kauai, Hawaii
IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system
Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps of the edge of the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the Sun.
NASA
Contact: Maria Martinez
mmartinez@swri.org
210-522-3305
Southwest Research Institute
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
SwRI-led Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution selected to be part of NASA Lunar Science Institute
A team led by Southwest Research Institute has been selected by NASA to be a founding member of the agency's new Lunar Science Institute. The new Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution will help build fundamental knowledge of the history of the moon and, by inference, the Earth and the rest of the solar system.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Maria Martinez
mmartinez@swri.org
210-522-3305
Southwest Research Institute
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
LLNL and Chevron sign fuel catalysis agreement
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed a research agreement with Chevron to develop the next generation of catalysts for production of clean, more efficient fuels from crude oil.
Contact: Anne Stark
stark8@llnl.gov
925-422-9799
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
MIT develops camera for the blind
Elizabeth Goldring smiles as she shows a visitor photos she's taken -- and can see -- with her blind eye. The demonstration comes more than 20 years after Goldring, a senior fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies, and colleagues began work on a "seeing machine" that can allow some people who are blind or visually challenged to access the Internet, view the face of a friend and much more.
NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact: Elizabeth Thomson
thomson@mit.edu
617-258-5402
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Satellites search out South Pole snowfields
As skiers across the world pay close attention to the state of the snow on the slopes, there are a different group of scientific snow-watchers looking closely at a South Pole snowfield this January.
Contact: Joe Meaney
joe@proofcommunication.com
084-568-01864
National Physical Laboratory
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
LOHAFEX: An Indo-German iron fertilization experiment
The German research vessel Polarstern is currently on its way to the Southwest Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean. The team of 48 scientists (30 from India) on board left Cape Town on Jan. 7 to carry out the Indo-German iron fertilization experiment LOHAFEX (LOHA is Hindi for iron, FEX stands for Fertilization EXperiment).
Contact: Folke Mehrtens
folke.mehrtens@awi.de
49-471-483-12007
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Scientists develop new tool to improve oral hygiene
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new dental product to identify plaque build-up in the mouth before it is visible to the human eye.
Contact: Laura Johnson
laura.johnson@talk21.com
01-517-942-026
University of Liverpool
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Key to future medical breakthroughs is systems biology, say leading European scientists
Crucial breakthroughs in the treatment of many common diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's could be achieved by harnessing a powerful scientific approach called systems biology, according to leading scientists from across Europe. In a Science Policy Briefing released today by the European Science Foundation, the scientists provide a detailed strategy for the application of systems biology to medical research over the coming years.
Contact: Olaf Wolkenhauer
Olaf.Wolkenhauer@uni-rostock.de
49-038-149-87570
European Science Foundation
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Facebook flack regarding breastfeeding mothers
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine feels that the social networking website, Facebook, would be well-advised to review its policy banning photographs of breastfeeding mothers.
Contact: Karla Shepard Rubinger
abm@bfmed.org
914-740-2153
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Standardized test battery to aid those with Down syndrome
University of Arizona Regents' Professor Lynn Nadel began pursuing questions about the impact of Down syndrome on his research on the hippocampus in the early 1980s. That effort has led to development of standardized tests that will help assess the cognitive abilities of those with the disorder and lead to more targeted therapies.
Contact: Lynn Nadel
nadel@email.arizona.edu
520-621-7447
University of Arizona
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Defying the integration models -- the second generation in Europe
The child of Turkish parents may feel an outsider in the Netherlands or Switzerland, yet still be completely at home in Amsterdam or Zurich. In France, the migrant's child is more likely to go to university but is also more likely to drop out. The child of Turkish parents in Germany could be at an educational disadvantage but nevertheless end up with a fair chance of a skilled job.
European Science Foundation
Contact: Angela Michiko Hama
mhama@esf.org
European Science Foundation
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Pfizer contributes critical data to URMC drug safety initiative
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to provide the University of Rochester Medical Center with a unique set of electrocardiographic data that will help researchers develop new methods to ensure the safety of experimental drugs. This is the first time a major pharmaceutical company has agreed to publicly share anonymous data from one of its drug safety trials, including data from the drug that was being evaluated.
Contact: Mark Michaud
mark_michaud@urmc.rochester.edu
585-273-4790
University of Rochester Medical Center
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Rice University software helps ID terrorists carrying out attacks
Rice University researchers have created a sophisticated new computer program that rapidly scans large databases of news reports to determine which terrorists groups might be responsible for new attacks.
Contact: David Ruth
druth@rice.edu
713-348-6327
Rice University
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Scientists Bring 2000 year old painted warrior to virtual live
A 2000-year-old painted statue is being restored to her original glory by scientists from WMG at the University of Warwick, the University of Southampton and the Herculaneum Conservation Project.
Contact: Peter Dunn
p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk
44-024-765-23708
University of Warwick
Public Release: 9-Jan-2009
Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range
A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, and will remain open until Feb. 5, 2009.
NASA
Contact: Amy Hartley
info@gi.alaska.edu
907-474-5823
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Public Release: 9-Jan-2009
SNM praises CMS decision to expand reimbursement for cancer treatment
On Jan. 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a draft of their proposed positron emission tomography (PEt) national coverage determination. This proposed legislation would allow for reimbursement of PET by the federal government for patients with all types of cancer.
Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.org
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine
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