Science Media – Page 2

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

Sea-surfing ‘wave glider’ robot deployed to help track white sharks in the Pacific

terry / August 10, 2012

Block Lab, Stanford University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA 16-Aug-2012 New high-tech ocean observers debut above ‘The Blue Serengeti’; ‘Shark Net’ app […]

e-waste, Environment, Geology, metals, mineralogy, United Nations, United Nations University, UNU

E-waste: Annual gold, silver ‘deposits’ in new high-tech goods worth $21 billion; less than 15% recovered

terry / July 6, 2012

6-Jul-2012 United Nations University ‘Urban mining’ deposits are 40 to 60 times richer than mined ore, experts tell 1st GeSI

Climate, Energy sources, Environment, UNEP REN21 - Green energy trends, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme

Global investment in renewable energy powers to record $257B

terry / June 11, 2012

United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi and REN21, Paris Installations up but manufacturer overcapacity drives down margins; Renewable energy sector maturation recalls

Bioscience Education, Biotechnology

Canadian girl, 16, invents disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using tree particles

terry / May 8, 2012

Bioscience Education Canada, Toronto 8-May-2012 Powerful anti-oxidant discovered in tree pulp; Grade 12 researcher wins top honors at national biotech

Environment, Global Health, Health in Developing Countries, Sanitation, United Nations, United Nations University, UNU, UNU-INWEH, Zafar Adeel

Study quantifies impact of unsafe water and poor sanitation on child and maternal mortality

terry / February 12, 2012

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 14-Feb-2012 The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on

Climate, Energy sources, Environment, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

Eyeing resources, India, China, Brazil, Japan, other countries want a voice on Arctic Council

terry / January 15, 2012

Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Toronto 15-Jan-2012 International experts to recommend key issues as Canada prepares to assume Arctic Council

Abdallah Daar, Biotechnology, Global Health, Global health innovation, Grand Challenges Canada, Health in Developing Countries, McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health, Peter A. Singer

Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis

terry / December 16, 2011

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in

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

Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes

terry / November 27, 2011

Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 27-Nov-2011 Global ‘barcode blitz’ accelerates; 450 experts converge on Adelaide Nov. 28-Dec.

Environment, Fisheries, Marine Biology, United Nations, United Nations University, UNU, UNU-INWEH, Zafar Adeel

Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development

terry / November 16, 2011

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 16-Nov-2011 Sustainable coastal management, regional coordination and long-term, holistic

Abdallah Daar, Biotechnology, Global Health, Global health innovation, Grand Challenges Canada, Health in Developing Countries, Peter A. Singer

Creating an ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out tuberculosis from a patient’s breath

terry / November 7, 2011

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis