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A celebration of multi-faceted talent at award ceremony

Edit The Hindu 13 Oct 2016
Chidambaram Chettiar, three exponents in the fields of art, literature and entrepreneurship were presented with the MAC Charities Awards on Wednesday. Classical dancer Padma Subrahmanyam was presented the Dr ... Arivunambi received the Dr ... and Sridhar Vembu, founder and CEO, Zoho Corporation, was awarded the Dr....

375 National Academy of Sciences members: Don't abandon Paris Climate Agreement (University of Hawai?i at Manoa)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
The letter also highlights the urgent need to reduce heat-trapping emissions as part of the Paris Agreement. The scientists warn that a U.S ... Among the 375 signers are noted physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking and biologist Dr ... Unless we deal directly with this present crisis, the future ocean will be warmer, more acidic, less diverse and much less productive at all levels of the food web from bacteria to whales.' ... Commenting on the letter, Dr....

Budding scientist recognised by learned society (University of Bedfordshire)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
Twenty-year-old Biomedical Sciences student Danielle Gunn was awarded the Undergraduate Microbiology Prize by the Microbiology Society, a professional body for microbiologists in academia and research worldwide ... Danielle's tutor, Senior Lecturer in Immunology Dr Anna Furmanski, said ... The School of Life Sciences is very proud of her achievement ... *Danielle is pictured with Dr Furmanski and Dr Arthur Hosie from the Microbiology Society....

Seven Bridges to Highlight Progress of Cancer Genomics Cloud (CGC) Pilot at ASHG Annual Meeting

Edit Venture Beat 13 Oct 2016
In addition to presenting posters and participating in the conference program, Seven Bridges will host a special lunchtime educational session at the event, where leading researchers from Stanford, Johns Hopkins University and U.C ... In addition to the CGC discussions, several Seven Bridges scientists will also present posters at ASHG 2016, which can be viewed Tuesday October 20, 2-3 p.m....

GPRC Successful in SSHRC Funding for PACT Team Research (City of Grande Prairie)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
'This is an important partnership for our community,' says Dr ... Having a PACT team presence is incredibly important in our community, says Dr ... 'I've always been interested in the wellness of communities,' says Dr ... GPRC student involvement has been present throughout the project and will continue for the duration of this project as well as future projects ... Dr....

U.S. declines prosecution of government worker in mine spill

Edit Deseret News 13 Oct 2016
The EPA's Office of Inspector General disclosed Wednesday that it recently presented evidence to prosecutors that the unnamed employee may have violated the Clean Water Act and given false statements ... An EPA-led cleanup team inadvertently triggered the Aug ... The Associated Press reported in the aftermath of the spill that government officials knew of the potential for a catastrophic blowout of poisonous water from the inactive mine....

Family Science Night Oct. 27 (Henderson State University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
Henderson State University's science and mathematics departments will present the annual HSU Family Science Night Oct ... Henderson faculty and representatives from the STEM Center will also be available. 'Family Science Night is an open house at the Reynolds Science Center where visitors are welcome to stroll through and stay for as much time as they like at each station,' said Dr ... 'The event grows every year....

“Breast cancer curable’’

Edit The Hindu 13 Oct 2016
Organised by the Dr ... The programme is organised in October as it is the month selected globally to create awareness and educate the public about breast cancer besides laying stress on its early detection, screening and self examination, said Dr ... The programme was inaugurated by Dr....

Fruit fly model of deadly brain diseases could lead to blood test for vCJD (University of Cambridge)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
Dr Raymond Bujdoso from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, who led the research, says ... The development of a vCJD blood test that could easily and reliably screen for prion-infectivity would represent an ideal solution for identifying donors and blood donations that might present a risk of causing the disease.'....

Theatre: The Deep Blue Sea

Edit The Hindu 13 Oct 2016
When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her ......

Fresh PIL against ‘31st October’

Edit The Hindu 13 Oct 2016
The release of movie 31st October , based on the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira ......

North Carolina voter applicants get leeway due to Matthew

Edit Atlantic City 13 Oct 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina elections workers are giving some leeway to people aiming to register to vote before a deadline this week because of potential mail delays from Hurricane Matthew's aftermath ... ....

U.K. House Prices Rise in September

Edit Wall Street Journal 13 Oct 2016
U.K. house prices accelerated further in September, following a slump in the immediate aftermath of the country’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union, a survey of property brokers showed ... ....
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