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International Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites
03-21-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)The joint ESA/UNESCO Open Initiative to conserve hundreds of natural and cultural World Heritage sites using Earth observation satellites gets additional backing as the International Astronautical Federation joins the growing number of space entities to pledge support to the project.
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- Johns Hopkins to participate in 1000 Genomes Project
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins will join other national and international scientists in the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing the genomes of numerous people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation.
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- International journal group updates guidelines on registration of clinical trials
06-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) updates its policy for registration of clinical trials, in an editorial appearing today on the organization's Web site and on the Web sites of participating journals. The update aligns ICMJE policy with the World Health Organization Clinical Trials Platform (WHO ICTRP).
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- EuroNews visits ALMA
05-25-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, is an international collaboration to develop a world-class telescope array to study the universe from a site in the foothills of Chile's Andes Mountains. The project is a partnership between Europe, Japan and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
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- Space world to gather at IAC 2007 in Hyderabad, India
09-04-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
This press release is published on behalf IAF. The 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2007) takes place in Hyderabad, India from 24 -29 September 2007. This annual congress, one of the major space events of the year, brings together some 2000 international specialists, industry representatives and world leaders in the field. It provides a crossroad uniting the world's space agencies, astronautics institutes, aerospace scientific associations and firms involved in space activities.
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- ESSP launches project on the effects of global environmental change on human health
11-10-2006 · EurekAlert!
The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) today launched a new research initiative on "Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH)." The project, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, aims to create an international network of researchers who can identify and quantify health risks posed by global environmental change, and develop adaptation strategies that are cost effective for reducing health risks.
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- 2 MSU professors spearhead international water project
06-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Two MSU professors are leading an international partnership of environmental engineers and scientists from four research universities, including U.S., to purify the world’s waters. With the biggest funding of its kind -- a $2.5 million grant -- by the National Science Foundation, the team leaders are bringing together domestic and international expertise, as well as investing in students, to develop water purifying strategies using what are called “membrane-based” technologies.
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- Student joins AMASE expedition in Svalbard
08-15-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
For two weeks, an international crew of scientists and engineers are field-testing instruments for future Mars missions. Thea Falkenberg, winner of a student contest to join the AMASE expedition, reports back on her experiences through a daily blog.
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- International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation.
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- Second phase of HapMap project is completed
10-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Investigators from six countries have completed the second phase of the International HapMap Project, an effort to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences among populations around the world. Information provided in the first phase of the HapMap, completed in 2005, has led to the development of techniques facilitating the search for genes associated with common diseases -- such as schizophrenia and heart disease -- and the identification of more than 50 such disease-associated genes.
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- ESA launches new project to protect biodiversity
01-09-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The world's biodiversity is vanishing at an unprecedented rate – around 100 species every day – due to factors such as land use change and pollution. Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. To support this initiative, ESA has kicked off its new DIVERSITY project.
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