Beijing, April 8, 2014, — Professor Shi Yigong, Dean of School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, was awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography 2014 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Annual Meeting on March 31. He is the first scientist from China who has won the Prize since it was established in 1979.… Continue reading Tsinghua’s Shi Yigong Awarded Aminoff Prize 2014
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Data Storage Pioneer Wins $1.4 Million Millennium Technology Prize
San Jose, Calif. and Helsinki, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — IBM today announced that researcher and IBM Fellow, Dr. Stuart Parkin, is the winner of the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize, awarded every two years by the Technology Academy Finland (TAF), an independent foundation aimed at supporting scientific research and new technologies that will benefit humanity.… Continue reading Data Storage Pioneer Wins $1.4 Million Millennium Technology Prize
NPR: The Internet Can Be ‘A Scary Place’ with Tech Outsourcing
By Aarti Shahani for NPR News, aired on KQED station When you hear the word outsourcing, you might think of threats to American jobs. To cyber experts, there’s another threat: to our data. This week, thousands of the industry’s leading minds from around the world are discussing the Internet and security at their annual powwow… Continue reading NPR: The Internet Can Be ‘A Scary Place’ with Tech Outsourcing
Natural-product-based Inhibitor to Treat Parkinson Identified by Chinese Researchers
By Wu Fang, Research Institute of Systems Biomedicine Shanghai, March 20, 2014, –A novel natural-product-based inhibitor for the treatment of Parkinson has been identified from the endemic plant in Xishuangbanna as a result of the interdisciplinary cooperation between biology and chemistry, led by Wu Fang research group, from Shanghai Jiaotong University(SJTU) Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine,… Continue reading Natural-product-based Inhibitor to Treat Parkinson Identified by Chinese Researchers
NASA Congratulates Gravity’s Seven Oscar Awards
On its website, NASA and several of its astronauts have congratulated the makers of the movie Gravity for winning seven Oscar awards this year, including an award for director Alfonso Cuaron.
Gov. Patrick Joins MassChallenge to Launch 2014 Global Startup Programs
Boston, February 12, 2014 -– Governor Deval Patrick today joined Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and MassChallenge founder Akhil Nigam to announce the 2014 startup accelerator competition. MassChallenge also announced the anticipated launch of MassChallenge UK in London in December 2014. MassChallenge CEO John Harthorne joined the event via video conference from Tel Aviv to simultaneously… Continue reading Gov. Patrick Joins MassChallenge to Launch 2014 Global Startup Programs
Chuck Martin Publishes New Book on Mobile Influence
Boston, Jan. 20, 2013, –Chuck Martin is a New York Times business best-selling author, CEO of Mobile Future Institute and the Editor of the MediaPost mCommerce Daily, where he writes the daily MobileShopTalk column. Martin has been a leading pioneer in the digital interactive marketplace for more than a decade. Chuck Martin (middle) answers questions… Continue reading Chuck Martin Publishes New Book on Mobile Influence
Top Ten Google Searches of 2013
(from chinadaily.com.cn) They reveal the good and the bad, but the bottom line is that Google searches are a tiny window into our global consciousness. In 2013, Google’s top global searches revealed our our joy, our pain, and our curiosity. No. 10 North Korea North Korean soldiers stand on Kim Il-Sung square during a military… Continue reading Top Ten Google Searches of 2013
University of Utah Biologists Reveal Ultrafast Recycling of Neurotransmitter-Filled Bubbles
Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 2013 –- University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or “vesicles” that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the next. The process is much faster and different than two previously proposed mechanisms for recycling the bubbles. Prof. Jorgensen (left) and Dr. Watanabe,… Continue reading University of Utah Biologists Reveal Ultrafast Recycling of Neurotransmitter-Filled Bubbles
IBM Demonstrates Quantum Phenomenon for the First Time Using a Plastic Film
ZURICH, Dec. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time, scientists at IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) have demonstrated a complex quantum mechanical phenomenon known as Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), using a luminescent polymer (plastic) similar to the materials in light emitting displays used in many of today’s smartphones.