Even Nobel Prize-winning ideas take a long time to get accepted, finds study
The path of success for Nobel Prize laureates in the sciences isn’t a straight shot from obscurity to never-
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India to double expenditure on science research
India will double its spending on research and development related to science and technology during the
Google better at advising teachers than Scotland’s curriculum body
Leading education academics have concluded that the Internet search engine Google offers better advice to
One-size-fits-all approach to child custody dangerous for mum, child
Child custody evaluators should know how to differentiate between types of violence – because a one-
The 2010 Körber Prize goes to Jiri Friml
Prof. Dr. Jiri Friml is to receive the 2010 Körber European Science Award, which is endowed with 750,000
UMB Received 104 NIH Research Grants Under the Federal Stimulus Bill
Nov. 5 – The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has captured 104 of 476 Maryland grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
ATS, ERS Jointly Issue Asthma Assessment Guidelines
June 25 – The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have released official standards for clinical trials and practice with respect to the assessment of asthma. The statement appears in the July 1
NSF grant to fund research in advanced light microscopy at UCLA
Nov 2 : The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation
London may soon have world’s biggest medical research lab
October 1 : A consortium of British organisations that are well known for funding various big clinical studies is reportedly planning to establish a world-class medical science centre in London.
Fat in stomach may cause Vitamin C to promote carcinogens
Sept 4 : A new study has given people another good reason to lose all that extra weight by finding that fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals rather than preventing it.