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(Feb. 7) -- A week before the world economic summit got under way in Davos, Switzerland, last month, a self-proclaimed "global summit" of a very different sort was winding down. Its 250 or so participants from 15 countries were meeting in cyberspace –- and their topic had more to do with what goes on in your head...

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05/30/12 Fukushima has positive fallout for marine science Source: nature.com The radioactivity is well below levels that would cause concern for human health, but the results show that fallout from the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year provides an unusual opportunity to track the animals, air and water of the Pacific Ocean.
10/13/11 Interim dean of SoMAS named to dean position Source: The Village Times Herald - Setauket NY Stony Brook University has named Dr. Minghua Zhang to the position of dean of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, the university announced in a statement Tuesday.
09/30/11 Faculty Positions in Materials Science and Engineering Source: nature.com The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania ( www.mse.seas.upenn.edu ) invites applications for a faculty position in the area of theory and computational modeling of materials. may apply at the Assistant Professor level.
06/02/11 Posit Science changes CEOs, names Henry Mahncke chief... Source: San Francisco Business Times - San Francisco CA Mahncke's promotion took place in late March, but was disclosed Thursday.
02/11/11 Doctoral Positions in the Life Sciences Source: nature.com The Doctoral Programs consist of a three-year interdisciplinary graduate course curriculum combined with an experimental project leading to a dissertation.