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Willetts 'Should Have Done Open-Access Homework'

Paul Jump | Times Higher Education (THE) | February 14, 2013

Ministers should avoid making policy "on the basis of their summer reading lists", a senior sector figure has cautioned. Read More »

Won’t Somebody Please Think Of The Penguins? Shutdown Freezes Antarctica Research

Leo Mirani | Quartz | October 9, 2013

Three American research stations in Antarctica will be put in “caretaker status” and all research suspended as a consequence of the continuing US government shutdown, the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) has announced. The timing couldn’t be worse... Read More »

Worldwide Open Access Week

Karyn Hinkle | BGC Library Blog | November 5, 2012

Just as Hurricane Sandy headed for New York, Worldwide Open Access Week was observed in the last week of October. Read More »

Zombies VS. Animals? The Living Dead Wouldn't Stand A Chance

David Mizejewski | Boing Boing | October 14, 2013

National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski explains how nature would deal with a zombie outbreak: brutally, and without quarter.

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John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Hosts TEDMED 2012 Conference

Event Details
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Conference
Date: 
April 11, 2012 - 8:00am - April 13, 2012 - 5:00pm
Link: 
TEDMED 2012 Conference
Location: 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington DC
United States
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TEDMED announced that the 2012 edition of the conference will take place in Washington, DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from April 11-13, 2012. From 2009 to 2011, San Diego hosted TEDMED, drawing strong attendance from regional biotech companies and technology developers. The move to the Nation's Capital and the Kennedy Center will place TEDMED in the center of healthcare policymaking, regulation, and research funding and will accelerate collaboration among government, science, industry, academia, technology, media and the arts... Read More »

Games For Health 2014

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
June 18, 2014 (All day) - June 20, 2014 (All day)
Link: 
Games For Health 2014
Location: 
Back Bay Events Center
180 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
United States
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Games for Health is the leading professional community in the field of health games, bringing together the best minds in game development and health care to advance game technologies that improve health and the delivery of health care. Our mission is to foster awareness of, education about, and development of games that make a positive impact on the health of communities and health care.

The Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge, and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the lead conference sponsor and a major supporter of the Games for Health Project.

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