Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competitionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:53AM( Elsevier ) The Research4Life partners today announced two winners in the "Access to Scientific Research Literature" global case study competition on how HINARI, AGORA, and/or OARE have impacted both work and communities. Dr. Arun Neopane a pediatrician from Nepal and Mr. Mulugeta Bayisa, a physiotherapist from Ethiopia were chosen as joint winners from over 60 entries to the competition held ...
Should parents lose their custody of super obese kids?Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:41PMCHICAGO (AP) - Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight?
Study Shows Quit-Smoking Text Messages WorkWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:42PMA British research study shows that automated text messages are effective in helping some smokers quit. The trial randomly assigned 5,800 smokers who said they wanted to quit to either receive motivational quit-smoking text messages, or to receive placebo text messages.
From deadly E. coli to endangered polar bears: GigaScience provides first citable dataWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 10:50AM( BioMed Central ) BioMed Central and BGI launch a new integrated database and journal, to meet the needs of a new generation of biological and biomedical research as it enters the era of "big-data."
How can you help? Wish list from nonprofit agencies, July 10Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 5:24PMFollowing is a wish list of items and volunteer opportunities from nonprofit agencies in Racine County. They were provided by local nonprofit agencies.
ASCB Childcare grant eases science career vs. family conflictFriday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:20AMFor many young scientists, particularly women, research careers hang precariously between scientific and family responsibilities. That's a balance that the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) hopes to tip towards the plus side with a $60,000 grant from Nature Publishing Group (NPG) to underwrite childcare expenses at the ASCB's career-critical Annual Meetings over the next five years.
Nature Publishing Group supports ASCB Childcare Awards for scientist-parents at annual meetingThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:15PM( American Society for Cell Biology ) For many young scientists, particularly women, research careers hang precariously between scientific and family responsibilities. That's a balance that the American Society for Cell Biology hopes to tip towards the plus side with a $60,000 grant from Nature Publishing Group to underwrite childcare expenses at the ASCB's career-critical Annual Meetings over ...
How can you help? Wish list from nonprofit agencies, July 3Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:58PMFollowing is a wish list of items and volunteer opportunities from nonprofit agencies in Racine County. They were provided by local nonprofit agencies.
The great billion dollar drug scamWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:12PMPart one of a two-part series examining methods used by multinational drug corporations to control markets - and lives.