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German scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days.

The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is pleased to announce Moussa B. H. Youdim as the recipient of the 2010 ECNP Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his innovative and lasting contribution to the area of neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric drug development. The ECNP Lifetime Achievement Award is presented biennially and recognises significant and lasting impact on the field of neuropsychopharmacology. The award is accompanied by a prize of € 20,000.

Britain’s railways are facing more overcrowding, particularly in London, Manchester and Leeds, because the last Government failed to order most of the 1,300 extra carriages it pledged in 2008, according to research presented to the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London.

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s annual conference in London will hear today from two academics, both of whom are calling for changes to the ways in which the United Nations (UN) reports on climate change and manages its impact.

Only half the number of plant species that could blossom along the walls of the River Thames finds a suitable place to grow, yet this could potentially double with the introduction of ‘green wall’ technology, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s international conference will be told tomorrow.

British manufacturing is thriving, not declining, but is at risk of collapse due to a severe shortage of skills, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s annual international conference will hear today (Thursday 02 September 2010).

14/09/2010, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Interdisziplinärer Forschungsschwerpunkt Neurowissenschaften (IFSN) der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz macht aktuelle ethische Debatte zum Thema seines nächsten Meetings

14/09/2010, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The 2010 Meeting of the Mainz University Research Focus on Interdisciplinary Neurosciences will be held on "Cognitive Enhancement – Ethics and Society".

Research from the University of Kent, in association with the Teacher Support Network, has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets.

The Fault Analysis Group, a leading research group within University College Dublin’s School of Geological Sciences, was today presented with the NovaUCD 2010 Innovation Award. The Group has secured €6 million in research funding and software jointly developed by the Group with a UK based company has become a global industry standard and generated €350,000 in royalties.

Statements, published in the journal Maturitas, cover the management of the menopause in the context of obesity, epilepsy, endometriosis and premature ovarian failure.

Firmato un protocollo d'intesa con cui il Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali potrà riutilizzare l’applicativo Oil, realizzato dal Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, per il supporto delle attività di assistenza al personale. Un esempio di collaborazione tra P.A., finalizzata al contenimento dei costi ed alla razionalizzazione delle attività informatiche

Lucia Merino soziologoak doktore-tesi bat aurkeztu du UPV/EHUn, Nativos digitales: una aproximación a la socialización tecnológica de los jóvenes (Sortzez digitalak: hurbilketa bat gazteen sozializazio teknologikora) izenburupean. Gaur egungo gazteak kultura digitala deritzon horren barruan jaio direla ulertuta, teknologia berriekin duten harremanean sakondu du Merinok, bai eta teknologia horien bitartez nola ikasten duten eta sozializatzen diren aztertu ere. Lan horren bidez, sortzez digitalak direlakoak etorkizunean ere ikertzen jarraitzeko jarraibideak ezarri nahi izan ditu egileak.

La socióloga Lucía Merino ha presentado en la UPV/EHU una tesis doctoral titulada Nativos digitales: una aproximación a la socialización tecnológica de los jóvenes. Considerando que los jóvenes de hoy en día son nativos de la denominada cultura digital, Merino ha ahondado en la relación de éstos con las nuevas tecnologías, y en cómo aprenden y se socializan mediante ellas. Con este trabajo, su autora ha querido establecer pautas que sirvan como base para seguir estudiando en el futuro a los denominados nativos digitales.

Sociologist Ms Lucía Merino presented her PhD thesis entitled, Digital natives: a study of the technological socialisation of young people, at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Considering that young people nowadays are natives of the so-called digital culture, Ms Merino explored their relationship with the new technologies and how they learn and socialise through them. With this research, the author wished to set out guidelines as a basis to continue studying the so-called digital natives in the future.

"Degraded Forest in Eastern Africa. Management and restoration"
Forest degradation as a result of lodging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss of soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributing to climate change. Efforts are therefore required tot try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way.

Publisher open data movement for increased transparency and access to raw research data BMC Research Notes has now shed further light on science’s “dark data”. The journal is commissioning a large, ongoing collection of educational articles which outline procedures for sharing data that enable the data to be readily re-used by others, which will provide researchers with best practice guidance for exposing their dark data to the light.

A devastating tsunami hit southern Asia in December 2004. After the tsunami, both politicians and journalists believed that the natural disaster could help to bring peace to Sri Lanka and the Aceh province of Indonesia. But did it?

Biophysicists in Bochum have discovered a diode for protons: just like the electronic component determines the direction of flow of electric current, the “proton diode” ensures that protons can only pass through a cell membrane in one direction. Water molecules play an important role here as active components of the diode. The researchers led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Gerwert (Chair of Biophysics at the RUB) were able to observe this through a combination of molecular biology, X-ray crystallography, time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy and biomolecular simulations. They report in the current international online edition of the journal Angewandte Chemie.

Die Freie Universität Berlin bewirbt sich auch in der neuen Runde der Exzellenzinitiative um Förderung. In einem mehrstufigen Verfahren hat die Universität insgesamt vier Cluster- und zwei Graduiertenschulinitiativen ausgewählt, die jetzt als Antragskizzen in die erste Phase des Rennens geschickt wurden. Diese neuen Projekte kommen vor allem aus den Sozial- und Naturwissenschaften sowie aus den Regionalwissenschaften. Für die bereits laufenden Exzellenzcluster und Graduiertenschulen sowie das Zukunftskonzept "Internationale Netzwerkuniversität" wird sich die Freie Universität im September 2011 angesichts ihrer sehr erfolgreichen Umsetzung um eine Weiterförderung bewerben.