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"Massive bee loss coincided overwhelmingly with maize sowing"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Giacomo Michelatti explains how an Italian regional government spearheaded the monitoring of dead bees and gave the government clear recommendations in favour of a suspension of neonicotinoid maize seed coating.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Freiburg iGEM Team: Serial Gold Medal Winner

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Event date: 2009-11-18 Bioss Undergraduate Team Triumphant in Boston for Third Time Running– „Gene Cutter“ Key to Success
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Successful process installation in COMEDD Gen2 Pilot fabrication line

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Event date: 2009-10-27 The Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (COMEDD) covers now the entire process chain for industrial research and development, as well as the first pilot production on 370x470 mm2 glass substrates.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

EMBO Appoints Bernd Pulverer as Head of Scientific Publication

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announces the appointment of Bernd Pulverer, PhD as Head of Scientific Publication. Pulverer will lead the development and execution of publication strategy in support of the organization’s peer-reviewed research journals.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Approaching the Cloud: Better Business Using Grid Solutions

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

"Approaching the Cloud: Better Business Using Grid Solutions" is the title of the fresh printed booklet from BEinGRID, the largest ICT project financed by the European Commission.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Andalusian Scientists Study Plant Compounds to Unmask Latent HIV Virus

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Researchers from the University of Cadiz and the University of Cordoba study different plant substances to “awaken” the latent HIV-1 virus, immune to the current therapy, and to obtain more effective treatments in the future.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

The challenge for biostatistics is in measuring the quality of life as regards health

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

The Biostatistics research team at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research of the University of the Basque Country is working on applied statistics based on health sciences and experimental sciences under the leadership of Ms Inma Arostegui.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

EUROTRANS-BIO 5th transnational call for proposals is opened

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Event date: 2009-10-01 The 5th joint call for trans-national projects of the EUROTRANS-BIO (ETB) initiative is open since the 1st October, 2009. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 1st 2010. The overall budget allocated for this call is about 30 millions €.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

"Bees go mad and become lost because of neonicotinoid dispersion"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Moreno Greatti explains how pneumatic sowing machines produce a fine dust by causing abrasions on the coating of rougher, uneven maize seeds, with allegedly disastrous effects on bees.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Knowledge Management course

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Event date: 2009-11-18 One- day course to be held 28 November is Goettingen, Germany. Attendance is free of charge but limited spaces...
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Development of office furniture accessible to all

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

CIDEMCO-Tecnalia has designed the first series of office furniture for accessible work environments in offices. The first universal office furniture system valid for all people, with and without functional diversity, has been presented.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-20

Italy keeps ban on neonicotinoid seed coating to save bees

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

The Italian Agriculture Ministry suspended the use of pesticides containing clothianidin, thiametoxam and imidacloprid for the coating of any plant seeds
Quality validation date: 2009-11-19

The importance of ecosystems surrounding the gulf of Cadiz submarine vents under study

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

To determine if there are places of natural Community interest around the Submarine Vents in the Gulf of Cadiz is the purpose of the subproject conducted by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) through the Malaga Oceanographic Centre. The Cadiz Vents project began in January of 2009 and it is a part of an even larger project called INDEMARES
Quality validation date: 2009-11-19

Ecology for Kids

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

In the attempt to reduce pollution, European governments have agreed upon the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes quotas on gas release and supports the plantation as well as the preservation of forests.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-19

EnviroGenomarkers: New generation of biomarkers to study environmental agents in human disease

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

EnviroGenomarkers, the European project related to a new generation of biomarkers(-omics) for the study of the role of environmental agents in human disease, organised its first official Project Management Board meeting on 29 September, in Athens.
Quality validation date: 2009-11-19