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Learning global solutions to local problems
10-26-2006 · EurekAlert!Seven scientists were selected to participate in a year-long global awareness program which would end with an international immersion trip to Mexico.They're back and believe the culminating trip is just the beginning of their international journey.
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- Microorganisms one part of the solution to energy problem, says report
11-16-2006 · EurekAlert!
The answer to one of the world's largest problems -- the need for clean, renewable sources of energy -- might just come from some of the world's smallest inhabitants -- bacteria -- according to a new report, Microbial Energy Conversion, released by the American Academy of Microbiology
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- Green Junta
06-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
A radical suggestion for creating a global infrastructure that is both sustainable and green might rely on nations working together to find a solution to a range of potentially devastating problems, according to Cardiff University's Peter Wells. Writing in the International Journal of the Environment and Sustainable Development, published today by Inderscience, Wells warns that of a Green Junta that could bring about a right-wing agenda by stealth, in the name of environmentalism.
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- Life-long learning -- nature provides natural inspiration for education
04-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
Three billion years of evolution can't be wrong and scientists are observing Nature’s own adaptations to find solutions to human problems. This relatively new field of Biology is called Biomimetics and Biologists have been investigating its application to fabric development, new structural materials, even behaviour in organisations and education. Researchers will meet to present their latest progress at the Society for Experimental Biology's Annual Main Meeting in Glasgow.
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- MIT International Review eyes global solutions
07-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A pair of globally minded MIT students have launched a new journal that aims to hash out solutions to major world problems with the kind of cross-disciplinary zeal that is becoming commonplace at the Institute.
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- Reversing cognitive deficits: Injectable antibody may attack source of problem
10-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Saint Louis University researchers have found that an antibody can reverse learning problems in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Africa's doctors' access assessed
05-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
Problems with passwords, electricity power outages and meddling librarians often come between African postgraduate doctors and free online journal articles. But according to independent research published in the online open access journal BMC Health Services Research, these doctors in training are making regular use of online medical literature, even if some have to use their local Internet café to gain access.
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- Nuclear desalination
11-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
New solutions to the ancient problem of maintaining a fresh water supply is discussed in a special issue of the Inderscience publication International Journal of Nuclear Desalination. With predictions that more than 3.5 billion people will live in areas facing severe water shortages by the year 2025, the challenge is to find an environmentally benign way to remove salt from seawater.
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- Scientists crack the genome of the parasite causing trichomoniasis
01-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have finally deciphered the genome of the parasite causing trichomoniasis, a feat that is already providing new approaches to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this sexually transmitted disease. According to the World Health Organization trichomoniasis affects an estimated 170 million people a year and is an under-diagnosed global health problem.
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- Bike helmet legislation could make cycling safer
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Legislation that requires people to wear bicycle helmets appears to increase use and decreases injury rates, according to the results of a Cochrane Review. Cycling is a popular pastime and a mode of transport for children, but it also leads to many injuries that are frequently sufficiently severe to require hospitalisation. This is a global problem, and particularly effects low-income countries where the proportion of cycle-users is high.
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- Global community listens to TAU genetic researcher at EU Conference on Hearing Loss
07-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
Is hearing loss just one of those things that happens as we get older? Tel Aviv University is working towards finding a solution to deafness that will improve the quality of life for people everywhere. This week Prof. Karen Avraham represented a European consortium, EuroHear, at an international conference in France. With her Palestinian research colleague, Prof. Avraham is a leading figure in the field of hearing loss -- her landmark research in genetics has led to improved diagnostic tests which are currently being used today.
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