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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Turns 100

5/23/2013 2:33 PM EST  -   Taylor & Francis
CRC Press Celebrates a Milestone
Boca Raton, FL (May 17, 2013) — CRC Press (www.crcpress.com (http://file///C:\Users\swaimd\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\Content.Outlook\I8E69T33\www.crcpress.com)), a leading science, technology and medical (STM) publisher, is pleased to announce the 100th anniversary of its flagship publication, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and...
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James H. Yeck to become new CEO of the European Spallation Source project

10/4/2012 6:45 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
James H. Yeck has been selected to be the next Chief Executive Officer of the European Spallation Source project. In March 2013, James Yeck will take over from Colin Carlile, the founding CEO, in time for the launch of the construction of the ESS facility. Colin Carlile, the current CEO, was responsible for winning the bid to locate the ESS in Lund, and will complete his contract at the end of February 2013.
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Invitation to press meeting - "Science & Scientists at ESS", 20 April, Berlin

4/13/2012 9:19 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
In connection with the "Science & Scientists at ESS" conference, held on 19-20 April in Berlin, media is invited to a press meeting on 20 April, 11.00.

Press accreditation for the conference is also available.
17 European countries are currently planning to build one of Europe’s largest science facilities. When operational, the European Spallation Source will be the world’s brightest facility for materials...

UT Arlington junior engineering student named Goldwater Scholar

4/2/2012 3:47 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Erica Castillo, a junior in the College of Engineering, has been named The University of Texas at Arlington’s first Goldwater Scholar.

Castillo is a first-generation college student from The Academy of Irving ISD is enrolled in the Honors College. She is earning a double major in aerospace engineering and physics, with a minor in mechanical engineering.

Castillo said she plans to research biomechanics as part of...

Four Boston College Scientists Honored with 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships

2/15/2012 2:36 PM EST  -   Boston College
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards Honor America's Most Exciting Early-Career Researchers
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (2-15-12) — In a coup for a university without a medical or engineering school, four Boston College faculty members have received prestigious 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which announced the awards today.

Assistant Professor of Biology Michelle Meyer, Assistant...

Expanding ESS moves Headquarters

12/6/2011 4:53 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source project is growing rapidly, and ESS will move its Headquarters on 1 February 2012. To be able to continue the planned development of the ESS organisation, ESS needs larger, integrated and more functional premises than today.
The current European Spallation Source Headquarters are located in central Lund in Stora Algatan. Before the decision on the new Headquarters was taken,...

Novel target station concept a milestone in the technical design of ESS

10/18/2011 5:22 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
ESS has decided to use tungsten as target station material in the future research facility European Spallation Source. The decision is a milestone in the technical design of ESS, and will secure the best scientific performance combined with minimum environmental impact.
The current decision means that the ESS baseline design is a rotating target made of the metal tungsten, which is a novel concept, but based on...

CERN, ESS, and ERF organise the first international workshop on better energy ma...

10/13/2011 5:00 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Lund, 13th October 2011
For the first time, international experts on energy and representatives from large-scale laboratories get together to explore new ideas on energy management, identify best practices and implement ways of effective collaboration.
This community meets today in Lund, Sweden, at the European Spallation Source for a 2-day workshop co-organised by CERN, ESS and by ERF, the European Association...

REMINDER: Press conferences for The Nobel Prize in Physics, The Nobel Prize in C...

9/26/2011 2:00 AM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Welcome to three press conferences with the announcements of this year’s Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Venue: Sessionssalen, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm, Sweden
Find the Academy: http://kva.se/en/contact/

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New UT Arlington endowment will attract optics innovator

9/22/2011 4:51 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
ARLINGTON – A new, endowed distinguished professorship at The University of Texas at Arlington will honor Fort Worth physicist and businessman Richard N. Claytor while strengthening the University’s cutting edge optics-related research.

The professorship will be funded by a $500,000 endowment recently established through a philanthropic gift from Nelson E. Claytor, Richard Claytor’s son. Richard Claytor founded...