Research – Page 4

Ottawa high school student’s “flu glue” wins national prize

terry / May 7, 2008

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 7-May-2008 Health Canada’s preliminary test of student’s findings ‘encouraging’ […]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding, Encyclopedia of Life, Environment, Harvard University, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, Smithsonian Institution, The Rockefeller University

Scientists to explore life’s mysteries through encyclopedic ‘macroscope’

terry / February 25, 2008

Encyclopoedia of Life / Smithsonian Institution The first 30,000 pages of a massive online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled today (Feb.

Biodiversity, Climate, University of Helsinki

European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon at surprisingly high rate: study

terry / December 7, 2007

University of Helsinki 29 Nov 07 European Union countries likely require an old ally – Mother Nature and her forests

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system

terry / November 27, 2007

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Plymouth, UK, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 25-Nov-2007 Speedy

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Consortium for the Barcode of Life, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, Smithsonian Institution, The Rockefeller University

Amid spiralling government interest, world’s top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei

terry / September 27, 2007

Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 14-Sep-2007 Major advances foreseen in health, consumer and environment protection, more About

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Tuna Past and Present

terry / August 26, 2007

Census of Marine Life, Washington DC 5-Aug-2007 Historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe; Tagging reveals migration,

Bioscience Education, Global Health

Winnipeg Student Wins A Triple Crown in High School Science; Grade 12 Researcher, 17, Seeks Potential Alternative to Chemotherapy

terry / May 8, 2007

May 8, 2007 Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre A Manitoba student has a first-ever Triple Crown of high school science,

Biodiversity, Climate, Diversitas, Environment, Future Earth, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), IPBES, Sir Robert Watson, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme

Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers

terry / March 7, 2007

19 July 2006 DIVERSITAS, Paris Warning that Earth is on the verge of “a major biodiversity crisis,” 19 of the

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Diverse sea ‘bugs’ revealed on landmark Atlantic cruise to census zooplankton

terry / March 7, 2007

May 4, 2006 Census of Marine Life Zooplankton DNA Sequenced at Sea; scientists census tiny species with starring role

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves

terry / February 25, 2007

25-Feb-2007 Census of Marine Life Deep-sea species at unusually shallow depths on uncapped seabed Once roofed by ice for