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Reactions: Mark Thiemens

5/18/2012 Mark Thiemens is Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and works on studies of the physical chemistry of mass independent isotope effects and their observation in … Continue reading

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Professor studies penguins, their habitats

5/16/2012 Steven Emslie, professor of biology and marine biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, has been traveling to Antarctica since 1992 to study penguins. These birds and their habitat leave a well-preserved record of their quality of life … Continue reading

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Alfred University researchers win Department of Energy grants

5/16/2012 Two Alfred University professors will receive a combined total of $1.72 million for research through the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) of the federal Department of Energy. Both projects aim to find solutions for safe disposal of nuclear wastes … Continue reading

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Pollution tracker

5/9/2012 UD’s Jaisi wins ORAU Powe Award to track down nutrient pollutant in Chesapeake Too much of a good thing can kill you, the saying goes.   Such is the case in the Chesapeake Bay, North America’s largest estuary, where … Continue reading

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Moynier awarded young scientist honors

2/06/2012 Houtermans Award, Nier Prize go to WUSTL assistant professor Frédéric Moynier, PhD, 33, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences and a member of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences at … Continue reading

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The 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine

1/25/2012 The 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded to the German specialist in systems biology Matthias Mann, Director of the Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, and to the British biologist Fiona … Continue reading

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Q&A: Western Washington University professor doubts global warming

1/19/2012 Don Easterbrook is a professor emeritus of geology at Western.  He holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and PhD in geology. He’s also nationally known as a global climate change skeptic. Easterbrook has studied climate change from the ice … Continue reading

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Antarctica rocks!

11/21/2011 Geologist John Goodge looks for clues about Antarctica’s past in the 2 percent of the continent that is not covered in ice! The University of Minnesota-Duluth professor has been visiting Antarctica since 1985, finding and studying rocks that help … Continue reading

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It’s in the water, It’s in the story

11/16/2011 Reviewing of a new biography of the Curies I have a memory of following my father into the basement, when I was a little girl, and he pointed out a space near his workbench where he thought our family … Continue reading

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The Discoverers of the Ruthenium Isotopes

11/16/2011 Updated information on the discoveries of the six platinum group metals to 2010 Article Synopsis This review looks at the discovery and the discoverers of the thirty-eight known ruthenium isotopes with mass numbers from 87 to 124 found between … Continue reading

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