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April 11, 2006
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April 10, 2006 Brown News Service
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Use NPR "Morning Edition" April 11, 2006  Nature produces adhesive more powerful than Super Glue A team of physicists, including Assistant Professor Jay Tang, has identified nature’s stickiest substance. Tang discusses the findings (reported in the April 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), which could lead to new surgical glues. The audio can be dowloaded from the Morning Edition Web site.
United Press International April 10, 2006 Super "super glue" produced by bacterium A team of physicists, including Assistant Professor Jay Tang, has identified nature’s stickiest substance. The finding, reported in the April 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to new surgical glues. This wire service report was distributed to media around the world.
Nature.com April 10, 2006 Bacterium makes nature's strongest glue A team of physicists, including Assistant Professor Jay Tang, has identified nature’s stickiest substance. The findings, reported in the April 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to new surgical glues. (Nature.com is the companion Web site to the science journal Nature.)
Providence Journal April 11, 2006 State courting Bristol-Myers At an April 10 news conference, a $6.75-million research grant was presented to the University of Rhode Island and Brown University from the EPSCoR/National Science Foundation. The first round of funding will be used to set up three facilities for studying genomics, the study and characterization of proteins, and marine life sciences. The facilities will be shared by Rhode Island's academic institutions, including Brown University and URI. Free registration: www.projo.com/business/content/projo_20060411_sci11.d76119a.html
Associated Press April 10, 2006 State receives $6.75 million for science and technology research Rhode Island will receive a $6.75-million federal grant to finance research in marine and life sciences and biotechnology at academic institutions in the state. The three-year grant from the National Science Foundation will stimulate Rhode Island's efforts to become a hub for science and technology research. This wire service report was distributed to media around the country. Free registration: www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/04/10/state_receives_675_million_for_science_and_technology_research/
Providence Business News April 10, 2006 R.I. legislation looks to promote scientific growth At an April 10 news conference held to unveil three bills promoting scientific growth in the state of Rhode Island, a $6.75-million research grant was presented to the University of Rhode Island and Brown University from the EPSCoR/National Science Foundation.
Science Now.com April 10, 2006 Slamming the Moon Geological Sciences Professor Peter Schultz, a member of the team of scientists who sent a probe slamming into a comet last summer, offers his perspective on NASA’s newly announced mission to slam a spent rocket and a satellite into one of the Moon’s craters. (Science Now is the companion Web site to Science, the magazine of the AAAS.)
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