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Public Release: 11-Nov-2009
Beijing International Meeting on Taste and Smell Research
Monell Center joins with CAS to host Beijing meeting on taste and smell research
The Monell Center and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are co-hosts of the Beijing International Meeting on Research in Taste and Smell. Organized by Monell in collaboration with the CAS, the meeting will be the first international meeting on taste and smell to be held in China.
Contact: Leslie Stein
stein@monell.org
267-519-4707
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Current Biology
Dyslexia varies across language barriers
Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance of Chinese children on visual and oral language tasks, reveals a report published online on Oct. 12 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Contact: Cathleen Genova
cgenova@cell.com
617-397-2802
Cell Press
Public Release: 19-May-2009
Queen's builds £2.3 million bridge with China
Queen's University Belfast is to sign a series of research and education agreements with a number of leading Chinese universities this week. The new partnerships are being created under a £2.3 million initiative to underpin technology transfer and wealth creation in both Northern Ireland and China.
Contact: Kevin Mulhern
k.mulhern@qub.ac.uk
0044-781-301-5431
Queen's University Belfast
Public Release: 7-Apr-2009
AIP's Journal of Applied Physics
Cheap and efficient white light LEDs new design described in AIP's Journal of Applied Physics
Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings. Improving the efficiency of commercially available light bulbs -- even a little -- could translate into dramatically lower energy usage if implemented widely.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, Foundation of Jilin Research Council, Foundation of Changchun Research Council, Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC, others
Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi
jbardi@aip.org
301-209-3091
American Institute of Physics
Public Release: 13-Mar-2009
Latest issue of FIBER journal focuses on China's apparel industry
The latest issue of FIBER, the online journal for the global fashion and apparel industry produced by the University of Delaware, focuses on China, its maturing apparel industry, the outlook for the US-China textile and apparel trade, and how to do business the Chinese way.
US Department of Education
Contact: Tracey Bryant
tbryant@udel.edu
302-831-8185
University of Delaware
Public Release: 6-Mar-2009
Science
For innovation, are markets better than patents?
Writing in the March 6 issue of Science, Debrah Meloso and colleagues suggest that in some cases a markets-based system may encourage more innovation than the patent system that is generally considered the best way to promote intellectual discovery.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Public Release: 21-Aug-2008
BMC Infectious Diseases
China sees spike in rabies cases
A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies cases has jumped dramatically since the new millennium.
Contact: Graeme Baldwin
graeme.baldwin@biomedcentral.com
44-020-707-94804
BioMed Central
Public Release: 15-Apr-2008
Story ideas from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS Tipsheet for April 14-18
Contact: PNAS News Office
PNASnews@nas.edu
202-334-1310
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Public Release: 8-Apr-2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Story ideas from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS Tipsheet for April 7, 2008
Contact: PNAS News Office
PNASnews@nas.edu
202-334-1310
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Public Release: 7-Mar-2008
Science
Cooperation across cultures
When freeloaders are punished for putting their own interests ahead of the common good, whether they accept their punishment or retaliate in kind seems to depend on what kind of society they live in, researchers report in the March 7 issue of Science.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Public Release: 14-Jan-2008
China and U.S. high school students to explore Mars together at ASU
In the first-ever program of its kind, joint teams of U.S. and Chinese high school students will start exploring Mars first hand at Arizona State University. Beginning Jan. 27 and running for nine days, 16 students drawn from all over China will meet with eight equally skilled students from Nogales (Ariz.) High School. Together, the space-minded students will take part in the China Youth Space Academy at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility.
Contact: Robert Burnham
robert.burnham@asu.edu
480-458-8207
Arizona State University
Public Release: 26-Oct-2007
Cardiff University honors leading Hong Kong businessman
Cardiff University has awarded an honorary fellowship to a prominent Hong Kong businessman with a distinguished lifetime of success in business and an exemplary record of public service.
Contact: Emma Darling
029-208-74499
Cardiff University
Public Release: 3-Oct-2007
JAMA
Women less likely than men to receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Among Medicare patients, men are about two to three times more likely than women to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the prevention of sudden cardiac death, according to a study in the Oct. 3 issue of JAMA.
Contact: Michelle Gailiun
919-660-1306
JAMA and Archives Journals
Public Release: 2-Oct-2007
Stanford researchers find way to fight treacherous hepatitis B
One in four people who are chronically infected with hepatitis B will die from its impact if untreated, but a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified the most cost-effective way of fighting this treacherous infection.
Contact: Mitzi Baker
mabaker@stanford.edu
650-725-2106
Stanford University Medical Center
Public Release: 6-Sep-2007
British Medical Journal
Developing world could suffer if drug safety is not properly assessed
Millions of people could be put at risk because progress in getting the best medicines to the developing world is not being matched by an appropriate monitoring program say the writers of an editorial in today's BMJ.
Contact: Emma Dickinson
edickinson@bmj.com
44-020-738-36529
BMJ-British Medical Journal
Public Release: 6-Sep-2007
Malaria Journal
Heeding the WARNing from malaria's past
A global network to monitor drug resistance and guide malaria treatment and prevention policies is being launched. As outlined in a series of articles in the online open access publication, Malaria Journal, the World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) aims to provide a globally coordinated effort to tackle the disease, which is estimated to kill between 1 and 2.7 million people every year.
Contact: Charlotte Webber
press@biomedcentral.com
44-020-763-19980
BioMed Central
Public Release: 6-Aug-2007
Experimental Biology 2008 meeting
ASBMB taps eight scientists and one politician for top awards
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has announced the recipients of its annual awards competition. Eight scientists and one politician were singled out for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science. The awards will officially be presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting, Apr. 5-9, in San Diego.
Contact: Nicole Kresge
nkresge@asbmb.org
301-634-7415
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Public Release: 4-Jul-2007
JAMA
Increase in prescription drug cost sharing associated with lower rates of drug treatment, adherence
A review of previous studies indicates that an increase in prescription drug cost sharing is associated with a decrease in drug spending and use of pharmacies; and for some chronic conditions, higher cost sharing is associated with greater use of expensive medical services, according to an article in the July 4 issue of JAMA.
Contact: Warren Robak
310-451-6913
JAMA and Archives Journals
Public Release: 30-Jun-2007
China Science Bulletin
Climate change could reduce heating costs
Though climate change is often seen as a threat to humanity, it has caused rising winter temperature in northern Chinese cities that could help reduce winter heating costs by 5 to 10 percent.
Contact: Chen Li
hrbcl1216@163.com
86-139-460-11016
Science in China Press
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