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International Heliophysical Year begins
02-19-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)A year of scientific collaboration and public engagement events aimed at understanding space weather and the Sun's true effects throughout the Solar System starts today. The International Heliophysical Year (IHY) will begin with a ceremony held at the United Nations Science and Technology Subcommittee Session in Vienna on 19 February 2007.
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- NOAA announces next solar storm cycle will likely start next March
04-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 -- up to a year later than expected -- according to a forecast issued today by NOAA's Space Environment Center, in coordination with an international panel of solar experts. Expected to begin last fall, the delayed onset of Solar Cycle 24 stymied the panel and left them evenly split over the cycle's intensity.
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- International students to receive ВЈ240,000 in scholarship funding
01-18-2007 · University of Bath
High-flying international students who begin courses at the University of Bath in 2007 will benefit from a 17 per cent increase in funding for the University's scholarship scheme.
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- Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial
12-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Sutherlandia may be unfamiliar to many North Americans, but in South Africa, where traditional medicines are used by many people, and often supplement conventional medicines, many consider it a miracle plant. Those that use Sutherlandia claim it cures ailments from depression to cancer. Sutherlandia is the focus of research at the International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy Studies, led by the University of Missouri and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.
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- New cancer treatment adds to survival rates in lung cancer patients
06-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
Patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer who receive an initial high dose of chemotherapy before their treatment begins can expect an increase in overall survival, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, the official journal of ASTRO.
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- UN climate conference hears how EO can help
12-12-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The role of Earth Observation satellites in combating climate change is being highlighted at the United Nations climate change conference where thousands of delegates from more than 180 countries are gathered to begin negotiations of an international emissions-cutting agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012.
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- New Chicago-Indiana computer network prepared to handle massive data flow
12-21-2006 · EurekAlert!
Massive quantities of data will soon begin flowing from the largest scientific instrument ever built into an international network of computer centers, including one operated jointly by the University of Chicago and Indiana University. The first phase of the Chicago-Indiana center, formally known as the MidWest Tier 2 Center, is now up and running, crunching test data in preparation for the real thing.
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- Landmark completion of South Pole Telescope to help scientists learn
02-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Just days before nations around the world were set to begin a coordinated global research campaign called the International Polar Year (IPY), scientists at the South Pole aimed a massive new telescope at Jupiter and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations.
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- Northern lights research enters final frontier
01-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international team of scientists -- including physicists from the University of Calgary -- will begin gathering the most detailed information yet about the ever-changing northern lights, as a multi-year research project enters its ultimate phase with the launch of five NASA satellites from Cape Canaveral next month. Joint U of C/Canadian Space Agency briefing on Friday, January 12.
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- Brain structure changes years before memory loss begins
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
People who develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease experience brain structure changes years before any signs of memory loss begin, according to a study published in the April 17, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings may help identify people at risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, which leads to Alzheimer's disease.
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- 'Bigger the baby, the better' axiom is incorrect
05-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Contrary to popular belief and alerts by the World Health Organization, new research by the George Institute for International Health indicates that the importance of the reported relationship between birth weight and coronary heart disease has been overestimated. Although low birth weight is considered by the WHO to be a risk factor for heart disease, the findings published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, question the widely held belief that smaller babies are more susceptible to heart disease later in life.
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