Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels reduces the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion.

The results are from a study of corals growing where underwater springs naturally lower the pH of seawater. (The lower the pH, the more acidic.)

The findings are published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and are the first to show that corals are not able to fully acclimate to low pH conditions in nature.

"People have seen similar effects in laboratory experiments," said paper co-author Adina Paytan, a marine scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).

"We looked in places where corals are exposed to low pH for their entire life span. The good news is that they don't just die. They are able to grow and calcify, but they are not producing robust structures."

With atmospheric carbon dioxide rising steadily, the oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide, which lowers the pH of surface waters.

Ocean acidification refers to changes in seawater chemistry that move it closer to the acidic range of the pH scale, although seawater is not expected to become literally acidic.

"In our efforts to understand and predict ocean acidification and its long-term effects on marine chemistry and ecosystems, we must deal with a slow process that challenges our ability to detect change," said Don Rice, program director in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences.

"This study shows that, with a little effort, we can find ocean sites where nature is already doing the experiments for us."

NSF funded the research through its Ocean Acidification Program, part of the agency's Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Investment.

The scientists studied coral reefs along the Caribbean coastline of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, where submarine springs lower the pH of the surrounding seawater in a natural setting.

The effect is similar to the widespread ocean acidification that's occurring as the oceans absorb increasing amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Led by first author Elizabeth Crook of UCSC, the researchers deployed instruments to monitor seawater chemistry around the springs and removed skeletal cores from colonies of Porites astreoides, an important Caribbean reef-building coral.

They performed CT scans of the cores in the lab of co-author Anne Cohen at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., to measure densities and determine annual calcification rates.

The results show that coral calcification rates decrease significantly along a natural gradient in seawater pH.

Ocean acidification lowers the concentration of carbonate ions in seawater, making it more difficult for corals to build their calcium carbonate skeletons.

"Carbonate ions are the building blocks corals need to grow skeletons," said Paytan.

"When the pH is lower, corals have to use more energy to accumulate these carbonate building blocks internally. As a result, the calcification rate is lower and they lay down less dense skeletons."

The reduced density of the coral skeletons makes them more vulnerable to mechanical erosion during storms, to organisms that bore into corals and to parrotfish, which sometimes feed on corals.

This could lead to a weakening of the reef framework and degradation of the coral reef ecosystem.

"There are likely to be major shifts in reef species and some loss of coral cover, but if ocean acidification is the only factor there won't be total destruction," Paytan said.

"We need to protect corals from other stressors, such as pollution and overfishing. If we can control those, the impact of ocean acidification might not be as bad."

In addition to Crook, Cohen and Paytan, co-authors of the paper include Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra and Laura Hernandez of the Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan.

The research was also funded by UC-MEXUS.

Related Websites
NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Programs: http://www.nsf.gov/sees
NSF Publication: Discoveries in Sustainability: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/disco12001/disco12001.pdf
NSF News Release: Ocean Acidification: Finding New Answers Through National Science Foundation Research Grants: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125523

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, its budget was $7.0 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 50,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes about 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards about $593 million in professional and service contracts yearly.

Useful NSF Web Sites:
NSF Home Page: http://www.nsf.gov
NSF News: http://www.nsf.gov/news/
For the News Media: http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsroom.jsp
Science and Engineering Statistics: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
Awards Searches: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/

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DAYTON, Ohio — College-bound students from across the United States and Canada have earned scholarships from Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the leading analytic data solutions company. The awards will help support the students' full-time university study of a science, technology, engineering or mathematics discipline and are given in recognition of students' academic achievements and significant contributions to their communities.

Students earning US 2013 National Merit Scholarship (NMS) were selected from among National Merit Scholarship program finalists. Teradata NMS and international scholars were chosen by an independent selection committee that considered academic achievements and records, school or extracurricular activities, community and volunteer service, as well as the response to an essay question.

'These students have worked hard to achieve success in academics, in sports and in the arts, and they have shared their talents through their volunteer work in their communities. They are strong candidates to succeed in college and to go on to become corporate and community leaders in the future. We congratulate them on their achievements and wish them continued success, in college and as adults,' said Sherri Morgan, Teradata community relations director.

This year's Teradata international scholar is:

• Saranya Kulendran, Turner Fenton Secondary School, Brampton, Ontario Canada. Kulendran has earned the school's Principal's award and is a member of the senior girls basketball team and senior jazz band. She is a certified lifeguard and volunteers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. At age 6 she began studying Bharathanatyam, or classical Indian dance, and is an exponent of classical violin. She plans to major in life sciences at University of Toronto, and is the daughter of Teradata help desk manager Sivaguru Kulendran.

The 2013 Teradata National Merit Scholarship award winners are:

Arizona

• Nathan Malimban, Chandler Preparatory Academy, Chandler, AZ. Malimban scored in the top 10 percent in the state on the National Math Exam and is the 2013 class valedictorian. He is co-captain of the varsity soccer and tennis teams, sings bass in Select Choir, and has acted in school plays. Malimban volunteers at a hospital and is a founding member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He plans to major in mathematics and physics at Brown University. Malimban is the son of Teradata partner integration architect Marco Cruz Malimban.

Arkansas

• Mason Hollis, Fayetteville Senior High School, Fayetteville, AR. Hollis led his Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) team to national finalist recognition for the 'Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge,' and the EAST National Service Project. He is a youth leader in his church and has participated in multiple mission projects. Hollis also runs his own business teaching guitar. He is an AP Distinguished Scholar and vice president of the Spanish Honors Society. As one of five incoming freshmen to the University of Arkansas to receive the prestigious Bodenhamer Fellowship, Hollis will major in computer science. He is the son of Teradata vice president, Global Alliances, Trey Hollis.

North Carolina

• Meaghan Nazareth, Green Hope High School, Cary, NC. Nazareth is president of both the Student Council, and the National Honor Society and is the founder and president of the school's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Club. As a captain on the cross-country team, she earned the Coaches Award. Nazareth is also an AP Scholar with Honor and she has earned a Rotary Youth Leadership Award. She plans to major in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nazareth is the daughter of Teradata program manager Desire Nazareth.

• Arjun Adhia, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, NC. Adhia runs cross country, won first place at a Science Olympiad competition and is the recipient of an AP Scholar Honors Award. He intends to study computer science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the son of Teradata Professional Services consultant Adhia Paresh.

Approximately 1,000 distinguished high school seniors have been awarded corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards this year nationwide. To be considered for the financial grant, children of US employees of Teradata first earned a qualifying score on the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) in their junior year, and then submitted a detailed application with an essay and information about extracurricular activities, awards and leadership positions. All winners are chosen by the National Merit Scholarship program.

About Teradata
Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's leading analytic data solutions company, focused on integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Teradata's innovative products and services deliver data integration and business insight to empower organizations to make the best decisions possible and achieve competitive advantage. Visit teradata.com for details.

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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The new projects will be supported by £8.3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the Manufacturing and RCUK Energy Programme themes, with matched resources from India's Department of Science and Technology (DST). There will be seven projects in Advanced Manufacturing and five in Smart Energy Grids and Energy Storage.

Announcing the funding, during UK Trade and Investment's (UKTI) India Business Day Conference at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, David Willetts, the UK Minister for Universities and Science said:

'Since 2008 the value of co-funded research between the UK and India has rocketed from £1 million to over £100 million. These projects will build on this already strong relationship, boosting collaboration between researchers and industry in advanced manufacturing and energy infrastructure. These are priority areas for both our countries.'

'We are on track to double our trade with India by 2015 and The India Business Day is a great showcase for UKTI's commitment to supporting and encouraging a range of companies, both large and small, to do business there in the future.'

'As we move towards greater use of low carbon energy generation, there will be significant differences in supply and demand patterns and management. Smart energy grids and energy storage are areas of significant potential for providing ways of managing future energy needs.'

UKTI has organised The India Business Day to demonstrate to Indian technology companies that the UK has world class R&D and innovation capabilities across all key technology sectors. A number of UK universities and technology companies are also taking part in the event. Speaking from New Delhi, Dr T Ramasami, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology added:

'DST welcomes these additions to the growing portfolio of high quality research collaborations between the UK and India. These projects include some of the best researchers from the UK and India working alongside industry partners. We look forward to continuing collaboration with the UK in key strategic priorities such as these.'

The new research grants involve over 30 industry partners from the UK and India, contributing over £1 million to the research projects. Partners include: Rolls-Royce, Bharat Heavy Electricals, E.ON, National Grid and Mott Macdonald.

The work of RCUK is supported in India by RCUK India, which is based at the British High Commission, New Delhi. It plays a key role in the facilitation of UK-India research opportunities.

The UK-India Advanced Manufacturing projects are:

• Improvements in Gas Turbine Performance via Novel Plasma Spray coatings offering Protection against ingested species – led by Prof T Clyne, University of Cambridge and Dr S Joshi, ARCI
• Engineering Driven Sustainability Supply Networks – led by Prof Sir Mike Gregory, University of Cambridge and Prof Harpreet Singh, IIT Ropar and Prof Samir Srivastava, IIM Lucknow
• Modelling of Advanced Materials for Simulation of Transformative Manufacturing Processes (MAST) – led by Prof V Siberschmidt, Loughborough University and Dr Pulak Mohan Pandey and Dr Sunil Jha, IIT Delhi
• Development of On-Line, High Temperature, Non-Destructive Measurement/Sensing Techniques During Manufacturing of Power Plant Components – led by Prof Simon Dixon, University of Warwick and Prof Krishnan Balasubramanian, Dr Prabhu Rajagopal and Prof C.V. Krishnamurthy, IIT Madras
• High Deposition Rate Additive Manufacture of Complex Metal Parts (HiDepAM) – led by Prof S Williams, Cranfield University and Dr. K.P. Karunakaran, IIT Bombay
• Creation of a Process Understanding of Chromatographic Performance Loss During Biotherapeutic Manufacture – led by Dr Daniel Bracewell, UCL and Prof Anurag S. Rathore, IIT Delhi
• High-Performance Spinning Disc Atomisation Process – led by Prof Y Shikhmurzaev, University of Birmingham and Dr Pankaj Doshi, NCL.

The UK-India Smart Energy Grids and Energy Storage projects are:

• Reconfigurable Distribution Networks – led by Prof Tim Green and Dr Prabodh Bajpai, Prof Avinash Sinha and Prof Debaprasad Kastha, IIT Kharagpur
• Advanced Communication and Control for the Prevention of Blackouts (ACCEPT) – led by Prof Vladimir Terzija, University of Manchester and Dr Nilanjan Senroy, IIT Delhi
• Reliable and Efficient Systems for Community Energy Solution (RESCUES) – led by Dr B Pal, Imperial College and Dr Chandan Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur
• High Energy and Power Density (HEAPD) Solutions to Large Energy Deficits – led by Prof F Li, University of Bath and Prof NP Padhy, IIT Rourkee
• Intelligent Microgrids with Appropriate Storage for Energy (IMASE) – led by Prof Gavin Walker, Nottingham and Dr Prakash C Ghosh, IIT Bombay

Notes to Editors:

• The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK's main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC invests around £800 million a year in research and postgraduate training, to help the nation handle the next generation of technological change. The areas covered range from information technology to structural engineering, and mathematics to materials science. This research forms the basis for future economic development in the UK and improvements for everyone's health, lifestyle and culture. EPSRC works alongside other Research Councils with responsibility for other areas of research. The Research Councils work collectively on issues of common concern via Research Councils UK.
• India's Department of Science and Technology plays a pivotal role in promotion of science & technology in the country. The department has wide ranging activities including the promotion of high end basic research and development of cutting edge technologies.
• The Research Councils UK Energy Programme led by EPSRC aims to position the UK to meet its energy and environmental targets and policy goals through world-class research and training. The Energy programme is investing more than £625 million in research and skills to pioneer a low carbon future. This builds on an investment of £839 million over the past eight years. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grants funding as part of the Research Councils' UK Energy Programme.
• The Energy Programme brings together the work of EPSRC and that of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
• Research Councils UK are represented in India by RCUK India, based at the British High Commission. This initiative was co-hosted by RCUK India. RCUK India was established in 2008 with an aim to facilitate research partnerships and enable the best researchers in the UK and India to develop high-quality, high impact collaborations.
• Research Councils UK (RCUK) is the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils who annually invest around £3 billion in research. We support excellent research, as judged by peer review that has an impact on the growth, prosperity and wellbeing of the UK. To maintain the UK's global research position we offer a diverse range of funding opportunities, foster international collaborations and provide access to the best facilities and infrastructure around the world. We also support the training and career development of researchers and work with them to inspire young people and engage the wider public with research. To maximise the impact of research on economic growth and societal wellbeing we work in partnership with other research funders including the Technology Strategy Board, the UK Higher Education Funding Councils, business, government, and charitable organisations.
• The seven UK Research Councils are:
* Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
* Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
* Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
* Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
* Medical Research Council (MRC)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• The Government's economic policy objective is to achieve 'strong, sustainable and balanced growth that is more evenly shared across the country and between industries.' It set four ambitions in the 'Plan for Growth' (PDF 1.7MB)
, published at Budget 2011:
* To create the most competitive tax system in the G20
* To make the UK the best place in Europe to start, finance and grow a business
* To encourage investment and exports as a route to a more balanced economy
* To create a more educated workforce that is the most flexible in Europe.
• Work is underway across Government to achieve these ambitions, including progress on more than 250 measures as part of the Growth Review. Developing an Industrial Strategy gives new impetus to this work by providing businesses, investors and the public with more clarity about the long-term direction in which the Government wants the economy to travel.
• UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) is the Government Department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high quality investment to the UK's economy – acknowledged as Europe's best place from which to succeed in global business. UKTI offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage.

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Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Entel announce the launch of Connect To Learn, an initiative that offers quality education for rural students, in three schools in Chile that previously did not have access to technology in education. Connect To Learn in partnership with Millennium Promise and the Earth Institute at Columbia University is using the latest technology to improve educational opportunities for rural students, especially girls.

Through Connect To Learn, mobile broadband connectivity has been implemented in the Arturo Prat Chacón secondary school as well as two primary schools, all located in rural Ninhue, in the Bío Bío Region of southern Chile. The program in the Arture Prat Chacón school also includes online educational resources, a cloud-computing solution in a low-maintenance and easy-to-use model and relevant training for teachers. The technology deployed gives students and teachers access to 21st-century educational tools and resources, and the ability to connect to other schools around the world to foster collaborative learning, cross-cultural understanding and global awareness.

Manuel Araya, Corporate Affairs Manager, Entel, says, "With Connect To Learn, students and teachers benefit from access to global news, information and the latest educational content, and can collaborate with fellow students and teachers around the world, despite their remote location."

Entel is providing optimized 3G connectivity to the selected schools to ensure good connectivity, as well as free Internet connections.

Carla Belitardo, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson Latin America, says, "This initiative demonstrates our commitment to enabling our vision for a Networked Society in Chile and in Latin America. Mobile broadband is a key enabler for access to a quality education in all communities, even the most rural. Delivering cloud-based computing services and connecting them is a major step toward bringing quality education."

Since 2010, Connect To Learn has been deployed to help students in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Brazil Senegal and Djibouti helping students access quality learning resources for a 21st-century education.

School-To-School Connections

Through Connect To Learn, Entel and Ericsson are also introducing School-To-School Connections, a flagship program, pioneered by co-founders Millennium Promise and the Earth Institute. High school students at the Juan de Mairena Institute in San Sebastian de los Reyes, Spain, created their very own global classroom, connecting through a video call session with students from Arturo Prat Chacón High School, located in Ninhue, southern Chile, as part of the School-To-School Connections partnership program facilitated by the Connect To Learn initiative.

The program connects classrooms in rural and urban communities around the world to foster cross-cultural learning and cultivate global awareness, understanding, and collaboration.

The goal is that the School-To-School Connections program will help create a sense of commonality among young people and a sense of shared responsibility for tackling the global challenges we all face. In 2011, with School-To-School Connections in mind, Connect To Learn commissioned a team from Columbia University Teachers College to create a set of curricular resources based on the Millennium Development Goals in order to support shared lesson planning between teachers at partnered schools and collaborative learning among their students. Video calls and emails help facilitate their work together and build relationships among participants.

The classes shared their thoughts on "ensuring environmental sustainability" and what it means in each of their countries, asking questions, clapping, laughing and nodding their heads. They also talked about the similarities and differences in the types of activities that take place in each of their communities.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Download high-resolution photos and broadcast-quality video at www.ericsson.com/press

Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility - 2012 Report:
http://www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/corporate-responsibility/2012/2012_corporate_responsibility_and_sustainability_report.pdf

How ICT is changing the classroom:
http://www.ericsson.com/news/121023-how-ict-is-changing-the-classroom_244159017_c

Report: Learning and Education in the Networked Society
http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2012/learning-education-in-networked-society-report-201121022.pdf

About the Connect To Learn initiative
Connect To Learn is a public-private partnership between Ericsson, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Millennium Promise along with operator and other corporate and individual partners. A global education initiative, Connect To Learn was launched in 2010, in response to the challenges of access and inequality. The Connect To Learn partners recognize the transformational role broadband connectivity and other ICT solutions can have in scaling up access to quality education through innovative programs, such as cloud-based curricula and school-to-school connectivity.

To learn more please visit: http://www.connecttolearn.org
https://twitter.com/ConnectToLearn
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ConnectToLearn
http://www.youtube.com/connecttolearn

About Ericsson
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of communications technology and services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world.

Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. Today 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and we support customers' networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscriptions.

We are more than 110,000 people working with customers in more than 180 countries. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2012 the company's net sales were SEK 227.8 billion (USD 33.8 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.

www.ericsson.com
www.twitter.com/ericssonpress
www.twitter.com/ericssonsustain
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The recruitment figures reflect the nation's growing need for cyber security and the cost of cyber-crime to the UK which is currently estimated to be between £18 billion and £27 billion, according to the National Audit Office. More and more companies are looking to shore up their defences against the growing cyber threat, representing a clear market opportunity for companies such as Detica that can provide much needed cyber skills and expertise. In addition, training the next generation of skilled cyber security engineers has recently been identified by the Institute of Engineering & Technology as 'vital in order to protect the UK's critical infrastructure'.

Martin Sutherland, Detica's Managing Director said: 'Detica has over 2,600 staff globally, but we're planning on recruiting 600 people this year of whom 130 will be graduates based in the UK. Our growth reflects a huge demand for technologies which defend against cyber attack, combat fraud and help businesses effectively manage the sometimes overwhelming amounts of data available to them. We are recruiting IT, engineering, maths and physics graduates and offer an excellent training and development programme giving our recruits the chance to work on some of the most exciting and cutting edge IT challenges in the world.'

Elsewhere in the UK; our military aircraft business is recruiting 49 graduates for roles at Warton and Samlesbury in Lancashire, with an additional one graduate required at RAF Marham in Lincolnshire and two graduates needed at Christchurch, Dorset. Our submarines unit at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria is recruiting 33 graduates with an additional four positions available at Farnborough and Ash Vale in Hampshire.

Our ship building and services units in Portsmouth, Hampshire are recruiting another 23 graduates and 15 are required for the ship building operation in Glasgow, Scotland with another two for combat systems work at New Malden in Surrey. Our site at Rochester in Kent which produces avionic systems, is taking on 10 graduates and the combat vehicles support group at Telford, Shropshire has three vacancies. One graduate vacancy is available at each of the munitions factories in Washington in Tyne and Weir and at Glascoed in Wales. Our Shared Services function which manages R&D and outsourced operations for the Group has four positions available.

Finally, six graduates will join our SIGMA programme for people of the very highest calibre and another nine will be recruited into the Company's finance function. All BAE Systems graduates receive extensive training and development opportunities with some recruits given the chance to take up placements with customer and partner organisations. We have more than 600 graduate employees currently in training and two-thirds have a background in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Graduate training is a key element of our Skills 2020 programme, which represents our commitment to ensuring we have the right skills to remain competitive and operate successfully in the UK over the next decade, into 2020 and beyond. We invest more than £80M per annum in the UK in education and schools activity, university partnerships and training and development for employees.

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This third class of space technology graduate students will conduct research relevant to agency technology challenges aligned with NASA's space technology roadmaps, while pursuing degrees in related disciplines at their respective institutions.

"NASA's space technology development and innovation pipeline sees a natural on-ramp for new ideas coming from America's graduate researcher community," said Michael Gazarik, NASA's associate administrator for space technology in Washington. "By partnering with and investing in America's brightest minds, we are guaranteeing a great future for NASA and the nation. These technology research efforts will bolster America's competitiveness in a knowledge-based, global technology economy while enabling our space exploration goals."

The fellows conduct innovative space technology research on their respective campuses, at NASA centers, and at nonprofit U.S. research and development laboratories.

The fellowships and research activities are part of a renewed emphasis by NASA on technology. The program also is designed to inspire the nation's students and contribute to an innovation-driven economy. For a list of fellowship recipients, their respective research institutions and research topics, visit:

http://go.usa.gov/b43R

NASA's Space Technology Research Grants Program challenges academia to examine the theoretical feasibility of ideas and approaches that are critical to making science, space travel and exploration more effective, affordable and sustainable. The program is part of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, which is dedicated to innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use in NASA's future missions.

For more information about NASA's investment in space technology, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech

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The winners are:

Alternative
Gold Medal: 'Bottled Up,' Rafael Cortina, Occidental College
Silver Medal: 'Zug,' Perry Janes, University of Michigan
Bronze Medal: 'The Compositor,' John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts

Animation
Gold Medal: 'Dia de los Muertos,' Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design
Silver Medal: 'Will,' Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts
Bronze Medal: 'Peck Pocketed,' Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design

Documentary
Gold Medal: 'A Second Chance,' David Aristizabal, University of Southern California
Silver Medal: 'Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists,' Rachel Loube, School of Visual Arts
Bronze Medal: 'Win or Lose,' Daniel Koehler, Elon University

Narrative
Gold Medal: 'Ol' Daddy,' Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin
Silver Medal: 'Josephine and the Roach,' Jonathan Langager, University of Southern California
Bronze Medal: 'Un Mundo para Raúl (A World for Raúl),' Mauro Mueller, Columbia University

Foreign Film
Gold Medal: 'Miss Todd,' Kristina Yee, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
Silver Medal: 'Parvaneh,' Talkhon Hamzavi, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Bronze Medal: 'Tweesprong (Crossroads),' Wouter Bouvijn, RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College Brussels, Belgium

This year saw first-time honors go to Elon University, Occidental College and the University of Michigan in the U.S. competition, as well as to Zurich University of the Arts and RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College Brussels, in the foreign competition.

The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards. The roster includes such distinguished filmmakers as John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker and Spike Lee.

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Established in collaboration with the American Chemistry Society, the award was presented at the end of the company's first ever North America Innovation Conference, held at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.

Cited in scientific literature more than 50,000 times, Professor Matyjaszewski's many achievements include the discovery of the atom radical transfer polymerization (ARTP) process. He received a $75,000 cash award and a certificate of recognition during the presentation ceremony.

"We have been honouring outstanding scientific contributions for more than 40 years and are privileged to recognize the work of Professor Matyjaszewski," said AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner. "As a company, we are deeply committed to creating a more sustainable future through scientific research and we will continue to support visionary scientists as they strive to advance our understanding in all fields of chemistry and materials science."

First bestowed in the Netherlands in 1970, the AkzoNobel Science Award was extended to Sweden in 1999. In order to reflect the increasingly global nature of the company, it was then extended to China in 2010, the UK in 2012 and North America in 2013.

Last year, the company invested almost €400 million in research and development, two-thirds of which was focused purely on sustainability. AkzoNobel has also set a target whereby 20 percent of its innovations will provide distinct sustainability benefits for its customers and their value chains.

The company will next present its Science Award in Sweden later this year.

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Five new academic research projects that will advance the UK's role in developing virtual simulation technologies were unveiled today by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, The Rt.Hon Dr Vince Cable MP.

The unique £10 million five year collaboration between Jaguar Land Rover and the country's leading academics will develop the capability of the virtual simulation industry in the UK and will give manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover access to new, world-class simulation tools and processes. This is the first phase of a 20 year strategic project that could put the UK at the leading edge of virtual simulation globally.

The research will improve the quality and capabilities of simulation, using sights, sounds and even smells to make virtual simulation more realistic.

Giving engineers a more realistic perception of what a design might achieve, as well as giving them access to more powerful computers, will mean even more engineering can be virtual. This will help manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover deliver more complex new vehicle programmes more quickly. It will also help save costs in product development by reducing the reliance on physical prototypes and have environmental benefits by limiting the number of prototypes that need to be driven and tested in the real world.

Announcing the funding during a visit to WMG at the University of Warwick, Dr Cable said: "With world-class universities and cutting edge companies like Jaguar Land Rover, the UK is well placed to be at the forefront of driving innovation and developing new technology. This investment will support the Government's industrial strategy by boosting the UK's manufacturing capability and helping to keep us globally competitive."

The projects form part of the 'Programme for Simulation Innovation' (PSI), a partnership between Jaguar Land Rover and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Loughborough University, University of Leeds, University of Cambridge and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG).

The PSI project is funded by Jaguar Land Rover (£4 million), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (£4 million) and the partner Universities (£2 million) and is split into two phases that will run over the next five years. The five projects announced today form the first phase and will make up 80 per cent of the programme. The projects include:

• Analysis of the vehicle as a complex system (Loughborough, Leeds)
• Multi-physics and multi-functional simulation (Loughborough )
• Driving simulation (Leeds)
• High performance computing and simulation knowledge mining and abstraction (Cambridge)
• Visualisation and virtual experience (Warwick)

Bob Joyce, Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Director, said: "While we already utilise a wide range of sophisticated virtual engineering tools and processes to design, engineer and test our new vehicles, we are keen to enhance the future capability of virtual simulation and tailor them for automotive product development. We want to make advances in the simulated driver and passenger experience, including more realistic imagery, sounds and even smells. These projects will help us analyse increasingly complex cars at whole vehicle, system and component levels, as well as enhancing the high performance computers that industry will use in the future to mine increasing amounts of more complex data.

"Jaguar Land Rover believes the UK needs to be globally competitive in industrial innovation. Collaboration between Jaguar Land Rover and academia to develop new automotive applications will give the UK an opportunity to take a lead in virtual simulation technology."

EPSRC's Chief Executive Professor David Delpy said: "This partnership shows how the research community can work hand in hand with industry to push boundaries in science and engineering. EPSRC's role, as a sponsor of innovative research, has been to work with Jaguar Land Rover to define the longer term research needs of the industry, issue a call for proposals and facilitate robust peer review."

Notes to Editors:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK's main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC invests around £800 million a year in research and postgraduate training, to help the nation handle the next generation of technological change. The areas covered range from information technology to structural engineering, and mathematics to materials science. This research forms the basis for future economic development in the UK and improvements for everyone's health, lifestyle and culture. EPSRC works alongside other Research Councils with responsibility for other areas of research. The Research Councils work collectively on issues of common concern via Research Councils UK.

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is the UK's largest automotive manufacturing business, built around two iconic British car brands, that designs, engineers and manufactures in the UK employing over 25,000 people. The business has ambitious plans for growth and will invest £2.75bn in the year to March 2014 on product creation and CAPEX.

The academic programmes in more detail
Analysis of the vehicle as a complex system (Loughborough University)

Develops methods to enable a comprehensive analysis of the vehicle interface complexity at vehicle to system and component levels.

Multi-physics and multi-functional simulation methods (Loughborough University)

Increases the breadth and depth of simulation methods to cover the entire set of functions and dynamics of the whole vehicle.

Driving simulation (University of Leeds)

Delivers a realistic driving and passenger experience in a fully digitally defined environment to provide feedback through the vehicle design process.

High performance computing (HPC) and Simulation knowledge mining and abstraction (University of Cambridge)

Enabling research to address the challenges of design, integration and coherence of the HPC platform through hardware, software and modelling methods and to support requirements of processing large data sets in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems.

Visualisation and virtual experience University of Warwick)

Enabling research to develop and apply improved visualisation techniques and multi-sensory experience, hardware and software to support the effectiveness of multi-discipline analysis and simulation, and effective, objective decision making.

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Airbus will present its professions along with its job and career opportunities at the International Paris Air Show-Le Bourget between 17 and 23 June.

Young graduates and experienced professionals will be able to discuss the professions and careers proposed by Airbus with human resources professionals, engineers and industry experts, during the course of workshops and forums organised during the show on the 'EADS Careers' stand.

Airbus will also be present on the 'Avion des Métiers' organised by GIFAS (Groupement des Industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales – French Aeronautics and Space Industries Group), a fun educational exhibition bringing together all the aeronautical and space professions in a 3,000 sqm area. Metalworkers (students and apprentices from the Lycée Airbus), quality technicians as well as structural Research & Development engineers will come to speak about and introduce what they do on a day-to-day basis, to design, manufacture and develop the best performing aircraft in the world.

The Lycée Airbus will also present its training courses in aeronautical professions at the GIFAS' 'Forum Air et Espace', in the Concorde hall, dedicated to jobs and training in the aeronautics and space industry.

'The events at Le Bourget will provide young people undergoing training or looking for careers guidance with an opportunity to discover the very inspiring aeronautical professions,' explains Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer EADS and Airbus. 'Airbus is a fascinating company, at the cutting edge of technology thanks to the passion of the men and women who day in and day out put all they have into developing and building the most innovative products.

All week long visitors will be able to give free rein to their creativity by imagining their future in a dedicated space in the EADS 'Express Yourself - Design Your Future' static area.

The team that wins the Airbus international 'Fly Your Ideas' competition will also be present on Monday 17 June in the EADS pavilion. The winners of the 2013 edition of the challenge will be announced at a ceremony at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on the sidelines of the Air Show, on Friday 14 June. This international competition challenges students to develop new ideas for a more sustainable aviation industry. This year the five teams selected for the final come from Australia, Brazil, India, Italy and Malaysia. What's more, these teams include Spanish, Canadian, South African and Maltese students. The winning team will receive a €30,000 prize as a reward for its innovative idea.

Airbus will pursue its growth and recruitment drive in 2013 with 3,000 additional positions to be filled, mainly in Europe. These job opportunities are linked to Airbus' latest developments, such as the A320neo, the all-new A350 XWB twin jet and the other members of that family. More than one third of the positions are open to young graduates (with less than three years' experience). Many varied positions are on offer, ranging from structural or systems engineers to Lean experts, as well as jobs in the support and production.

Employing more than 59,000 people of more than 100 different nationalities around the world, Airbus – the leading aircraft manufacturer worldwide – offers the most modern and complete range of products on the market for 100-seat to more than 500-seat aircraft. Between 2011 and 2012 Airbus hired nearly 10,000 people globally with the net creation of 7,000 jobs.

Workshops website: http://www.jobs.eads.com/parisairshow.

Airbus career opportunities website: http://www.airbus.com/work/

Airbus careers page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Airbuscareers

Fly Your Ideas website: http://www.airbus-fyi.com/

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The five-year partnership will bring together the expertise, experience and research of all three organisations to inspire and engage more young people in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) learning and careers to help ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of science, technology and innovation.

Enterprising Science will build on the success of the Science Museum and BP's previous five year Talk Science project, to develop effective, evidence-based tools and techniques that will bring science to life like never before for young people, their teachers and families, both inside and outside the classroom.

The programme is underpinned by research led by King's College London as part of their ASPIRES study of children's science and career aspirations. Young people will be at the heart of the project and over 2,000 teachers and up to 400,000 students will be involved in piloting these new resources during programme development.

The Government acknowledges the value of science and engineering to the economy and the programme will help address two key challenges; according to Ipsos MORI ('Issues Facing Britain', April 2013), the health of the economy and unemployment consistently rank as the top two concerns for people in the UK. It is widely recognised that science education is a key to success in school and beyond.
Through this partnership, Enterprising Science will deliver new ways of engaging young people with science, both in the classroom and more informally, and strengthen their understanding of STEM career opportunities.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, said, 'It's great to see BP, in partnership with the Science Museum and Kings College, committing £4.3 million for teachers and museum educators to increase science capital amongst young people and their families. Working with more than 2,000 teachers and 400,000 pupils over a 5 year period, this initiative will make a vital contribution to continuing the UK's standing as a leader in research and innovation in science. This will inspire young people and provide greater employment opportunities for them in the future.'

Education Minister Elizabeth Truss said, 'Enterprising Science is an innovative programme that will enable more young people to get involved in science, technology, engineering and maths. It will inspire them to become the scientists and innovators of the future.

'Science is key to our economic future – it is these subjects that universities and employers are demanding so they can compete internationally. That is why we are improving the science curriculum, recruiting the brightest science graduates into teaching to inspire their pupils, as well as investing up to £135 million up until 2015 in science and maths education.'

Ian Blatchford, Director, Science Museum, said, 'It is testament to the success of the Science Museum's Talk Science programme that we are now launching the follow up Enterprising Science in partnership with King's College London and BP. Because we are taking a scientific approach to science education, we know that this new initiative, combined with the inspirational collections across the Science Museum Group, will help inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers.'
Peter Mather, Group Regional Vice President, Europe and Head of Country, UK – BP, said, 'BP is delighted to be supporting this new five year, £4.3m Enterprising Science partnership. The UK is the home for BP and we want to help develop and encourage young people with skills in the STEM subjects to look at careers in the oil and gas business, as well as the other STEM-based industries in the UK. We hope this programme will help attract young people to STEM careers in the future.'

Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice Principal (Arts & Sciences) at King's, comments: 'This is a vital partnership to develop a thorough understanding of how we can enthuse young children about science at an early stage. King's has been at the forefront of this initiative – researchers in our Department of Education and Professional Studies have been looking at what we can learn from young people's perceptions of science in relation to their career choices at a critical stage in their development. It's exciting that this pivotal work at King's has become the foundation for Enterprising Science, bringing the thrill of scientific discovery to children.'

Enterprising Science is supported by BP who has provided £4.3 million to fund the programme over five years. The project is intended to run from 2013 to 2017, with the first new tools and techniques being implemented by teachers and Museum educators across the UK through the ongoing Talk Science programme by the end of the 2014/15 academic year.

Notes to Editors

About the Science Museum

As the home of human ingenuity, the Science Museum's world-class collection forms an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical achievements from across the globe. Welcoming over 3 million visitors a year, the Museum aims to make sense of the science that shapes our lives, inspiring visitors with iconic objects, award-winning exhibitions and incredible stories of scientific achievement. Visit www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Quote from Alex Burch, Director of Learning at the Science Museum: 'The Science Museum plays a key role in the knowledge based economy because it's the most popular free destination for booked education groups in the UK, visited by 400,000 per annum. Each year over 1 million children visit us as part of a school or family visit. Our science learning activities are hugely popular and last year we entertained and informed 384,000 visitors in our free science shows at the Museum. We also run the most popular outreach programme for children, reaching 137,000 children per annum (under 18s).'

About BP plc

BP is of one of the world's leading international oil and gas companies. We operate or market our products in more than 80 countries, employ over 85,000 people and provide our customers with fuel for transportation energy for heating and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
Our interests and activities are covered in two business segments: Exploration and Production, and Refining and Marketing. Exploration and Production's activities include oil and natural gas exploration; field development and production; hydrocarbon transportation, storage and processing; and the marketing and trading of natural gas including liquefied natural gas (LNG). Refining and Marketing's activities involve the supply and trading, refining, manufacturing, marketing and transportation of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemicals products. Our activities in low-carbon energy, primarily focussed on biofuels, are managed through our Alternative Energy business.

We have demonstrated our commitment to UK communities over the last 45 years through support for arts and culture and for the education of young people. Find out more about BP in the UK and the BP in the Community programme at www.bp.com/uk.

About King's College London

King's College London is one of the top 30 universities in the world (2011/12 QS World University Rankings), and the fourth oldest in England. A research-led university based in the heart of London, King's has nearly 23,500 students (of whom more than 9,000 are graduate students) from nearly 140 countries, and some 6,000 employees. King's is in the second phase of a £1 billion redevelopment programme which is transforming its estate.

King's has an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise for British universities, 23 departments were ranked in the top quartile of British universities; over half of our academic staff work in departments that are in the top 10 per cent in the UK in their field and can thus be classed as world leading. The College is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of nearly £450 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

About Talk Science

BP and the Science Museum have been working together on Talk Science since 2006. Talk Science aims to give secondary science teachers innovative tools and techniques to run contemporary science discussions in the classroom to help give students the confidence to find their own voice and have a say in the way science impacts and shapes their lives. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/enterprisingscience

About ASPIRES

The ASPIRES (Science Aspirations and Career Choice) research project is hosted at King's and led by Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education. The study is tracking children's science and career aspirations over five years, from ages 10 to 14. It seeks to explore the factors which affect aspirations and engagement with science during this critical period. The research combines a large-scale survey with in-depth interviews to investigate how children form their aspirations and their views of science.
The research follows children in schools across England from Year 6 and to date the team has surveyed over 9000 primary school children and carried out more than 180 interviews of parents and children. After the age of 10 or 11 children's attitudes towards science often start to decline, suggesting that there is a critical period in which schools and parents can do much to educate the next generation of the options available to them.

Participants were surveyed and interviewed again in Year 8, with over 5600 students and 85 follow up interviews carried out. Phase three is currently under way, due to complete summer 2013. Particular attention has been paid to exploring the interplay of gender, social class, ethnicity and the influence of peers, parents and schools, on young people's aspirations and engagement with science. The project developed, in collaboration with teachers and other experts, strategies for teaching about science-based careers in Key Stage 3.

A definition of the new tools and techniques that will be developed through the Enterprising Science programme
- A tool is a physical or virtual resource that can be used by a teacher or museum educator to engage young people with science.
- A technique is the pedagogical method by which the teacher or museum educator uses the tool effectively.

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Delray Beach is a center for addiction treatment, boasting many prominent substance abuse treatment facilities. Not only can the professionals employed at these facilities benefit from the classes, but those in recovery can become a part of the industry that, in many cases, saved their lives.

The Academy for Addiction Professionals has grown significantly over the course of the past several years as students of all backgrounds take the educational requirements for certification in the field of addiction. The core courses offered at The Academy for Addiction Professionals fulfill the educational requirements for the Certified Addiction Professional (CAP) as well as the Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC) and Certified Addiction Specialist (CAS) certifications as stipulated by the Florida Certification Board.

'We look forward to reaching professionals in Northern Broward and Palm Beach Counties as a result of our expansion into Delray Beach,' says Ben Brafman founder of The Academy for Addiction Professionals, 'From our humble beginnings in a cafeteria to two dedicated locations, it has never been more exciting here at The Academy for Addiction Professionals.'

Indeed, with two locations offering certificate level education, continuing education courses and professional education along with online classes, The Academy for Addiction Professionals has become one of the leading addiction counselor training institutions in the United States. 

About the Academy for Addiction Professionals

The Academy for Addiction Professionals is a premier vocational institution in the field of addictions. As a Florida Certification Board approved education provider, the Academy offers training toward becoming certified as an addiction counselor and continuing education for professionals in the field. Two tracks, Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday evenings are currently available with a second Monday/Wednesday track opening soon in Delray Beach. Core certification and continuing education classes can also be taken online at www.addictionacademy.com.

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Young people -- both male and female -- are the most likely targets of rape and other sexual assaults, said Richard Felson, professor of criminology and sociology. The most frequent victims of those assaults are 15 years old, regardless of gender, or the age of the offender, he said. Older people and women rarely commit the crime, but when they do, their most frequent victims are still 15 years old.

"People tend to look at sexual assault almost exclusively as a crime against women, but this study shows that there is a different way of looking at the crime," said Felson.

Females who are 15 years old are about nine times more likely than 35-year-old females to be raped, and about 4.75 times more likely to be raped than 25-year-old females, according to the researchers. A 15-year-old boy is more likely to be a victim of a sexual assault than a 40-year-old woman.

Felson said that male behavior during robberies tends to reinforce the findings that age influences sexual assault.

The researchers, who report their findings in the online edition of Archives of Sexual Behavior, said that the sexual attractiveness of young people, as well as their vulnerability and active social lives, are important factors in placing them at high risk for sexual assaults.

Sexual attractiveness is the leading explanation for the age of sexual assault victims, said Felson, who worked with Patrick Cundiff, a doctoral student in criminology and sociology. Male attraction to younger females can be seen in the high number of young women in modeling, prostitution and the adult entertainment industry, the researchers said. Prior studies also show that compensation for female sex workers declines as women age.

Evidence on sexual assaults that occur during robberies suggests that sexual attractiveness is an important element explaining the victimization of young people.

"During a robbery, a man is much more likely to also engage in a rape if the age of the victim is between 15 and 29," Felson said.

Studying male behavior during robberies is a way of controlling for vulnerability and contact with potential offenders. Male robbers still show a strong preference for young people in their decisions to rape, even when controlling for these opportunity factors.

While criminal offenders tend to be young, men who commit sexual assault tend to be older than men who commit physical assault. According to Felson, their relatively high rate of sexual assault reflects the fact that their sexual attraction to young people is not reciprocated.

Many scholars believe that men's negative attitudes toward women are the primary motivation for sexual assault. However, the researchers said the relative similarity between the sexual assault rates of gay and straight men suggest that negative attitudes toward women are not likely a primary factor in the crime.

"If sexual assault was motivated primarily by attitudes toward women, the sexual assault rate of straight men would be higher than the rates of gay men," Felson said. "However, gay men are just as likely to commit sexual assault as straight men and they are just as likely to target young people."

The researchers examined the 300,000 sexual assaults reported from 2000 to 2007 in the National Incident-Based Reporting System administered by the FBI. The results also took into account that sexual assaults are often unreported, Felson said.

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BBVA has announced a new and reinforced agreement with the Spanish edition of MIT Technology Review whereby it becomes its global partner in the organization of the Innovators under 35 awards (formerly TR35) in the main Latin American countries.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the main promoters of innovation worldwide, has been organizing these awards for more than a decade. The MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 awards have become a benchmark in the discovery and support for emerging talent.

The aim is to recognize young researchers and entrepreneurs who are using technology to come up with creative and inspirational projects to provide solutions to real problems. This philosophy fits perfectly with BBVA's vision, which has made interaction with entrepreneurs one of the cornerstones of its innovation strategy.

'With this alliance, BBVA supports the creation of an international community of innovators that will lead technological progress and business in the future,' said BBVA Retail Banking Director Ignacio Deschamps, when announcing the agreement with the MIT Technology Review during the Emtech conference held in Mexico. 'We want to be close to talent and the new ideas that will help us build a better future for people,' he added.

With this new agreement, BBVA becomes the main partner of Innovators under 35. BBVA has supported these awards since the first edition in Spanish was organized. In 2012 it made the leap into Latin America with the launch of these awards in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay.

This year, Innovators under 35 extends its announcement with regional awards in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America, with BBVA's support.

The awards cover all areas of technology such as biomedicine, energy, materials, telecommunications, computer technology and the Internet. The only requirements for taking part are being a national of the country where the awards are organized and being under 35 years of age.

The winners are recognized not only for their advances in a field of research, but also for their capacity to make an impact on society as a whole, and to lead the future of technology.

BBVA renews and expands its support for the Innovators under 35 awards in its search for talent in Latin America.

For more financial information about BBVA visit:
http://shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com

About BBVA

BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a solid position in Spain, it is the largest financial institution in Mexico and it has leading franchises in South America and the Sunbelt Region of the United States. Its diversified business is biased to high-growth markets and it relies on technology as a key sustainable competitive advantage. BBVA ranks among the leading Euro zone banks in terms of ROE and efficiency. Corporate responsibility is at the core of its business model. BBVA fosters financial education and inclusion, and supports scientific research and culture. It operates with the highest integrity, a long-term vision and applies the best practices. The Group is present in the main sustainability indexes.

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Geologists aboard the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution have embarked on their next adventure: studying glaciers to learn how Earth's geologic processes relate to the planet's climate history.

In the waters near Alaska's stunning coastal glaciers, the researchers are on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 341: Southern Alaska Margin Tectonics, Climate and Sedimentation.

The ship set sail today from Victoria, British Columbia. The expedition will conclude on July 29, 2013.

"Its scientists are examining the relationship between mountain-building, glaciation and climate," says Jamie Allan, program director in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences, which supports IODP.

"This interplay happens not only in Alaska but in other parts of the world," says Allan. "New insights into these processes will help scientists better understand climate history and change, and how mountain landscapes form."

Led by co-chief scientists John Jaeger of the University of Florida and Sean Gulick of the University of Texas at Austin, an international team of researchers will collect and study sediments from five locations in the Gulf of Alaska.

They will investigate interactions between long-term climate change, including the fluctuations of large glaciers, and how mountains form.

The geologists will also conduct research on the transport of sediments from the mountains to the deep sea.

Because glaciers can erode and carry with them large amounts of rock, these rivers of ice can dramatically alter the landscape.

By rapidly decreasing the overall amount of rock in areas they scour, glaciers can also alter mountain ranges and cause uplifting--sometimes in less than one million years. In geologic terms, a relatively short time span.

"Mountains grow when numerous faults thrust layers of rock on top of each other," Gulick says. "We're asking whether this increases in locations with lots of erosion, such as beneath Alaska's glaciers."

The mountains of southern Alaska "have the perfect combination of large glaciers and rapidly uplifting mountains to test this idea," says Jaeger.

"We know very little about the long-term history of these glaciers," he says, "relative to what we know about other large ice sheets in, for example, Greenland and Antarctica."

The scientists are also comparing the advance and retreat of the Northern Cordilleran Ice Sheet with those of other major ice sheets. During the last 2.6 or so million years, the Cordilleran Ice Sheet periodically covered a large part of North America.

They also plan to obtain a record of Earth's magnetic field reversals recorded in the Gulf of Alaska, and look at ocean circulation changes and their effects on Earth's carbon cycle during transitions into and out of ice ages.

"Thousands of tourists sail through the Gulf of Alaska each year to see the dramatic landscapes created by these glaciers," Jaeger says.

Jaeger hopes that, in addition to many scientific benefits, "the findings from this expedition will provide tourists with a sense of how dynamic that landscape truly is."

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is an international research program dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth through drilling, coring and monitoring the subseafloor.

The JOIDES Resolution is a scientific research vessel managed by the U.S. Implementing Organization of IODP (USIO). Texas A&M University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership comprise the USIO.

IODP is supported by two lead agencies: the U.S. National Science Foundation and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Additional program support comes from the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling, the Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium, India's Ministry of Earth Sciences, the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Science and Technology, the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources and Brazil's Ministry of Education.

Related Websites
IODP Expedition 341: Southern Alaska Margin Tectonics, Climate and Sedimentation: http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/alaska_tectonics_climate.html

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, its budget was $7.0 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 50,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes about 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards about $593 million in professional and service contracts yearly.

Useful NSF Web Sites:
NSF Home Page: http://www.nsf.gov
NSF News: http://www.nsf.gov/news/
For the News Media: http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsroom.jsp
Science and Engineering Statistics: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
Awards Searches: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/

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57 years ago, a health and wellness company chose the home-based business platform as their primary platform for marketing their unique and patented products. For all of these years this company has not missed paying out lucrative income to those who work the opportunity into a financial success. Teachers are a significant sector of business leaders for the company due to their skill set and experience that directly relates to what is necessary to be successful in the business.

Teachers in some areas of the country are under pay freezes while others have not seen a raise in several years. Every year as education majors graduate colleges, there are not enough jobs to go around. These facts have teachers in cities and towns of all sizes, across America, turning to new experiences to supplement their income.

Home-based businesses are not easy money, but the concept is simple. There's training in the company university training center, all of the new technology associated with the internet, support from brand business leaders, and company resources that are available to immediately kick start the business and target income generation. 

Vicki Zerbee points out: 'I was fortunate to choose a home based business where I can be proud of the products I represent, where I can positively impact the lives of others, and where I can be rewarded for making a difference. These are all attributes of being a teacher as well, and why I think this opportunity is fantastic for teachers who need an additional source of income.'

A commitment is encouraged by May 31, 2013 and work can begin anytime thereafter.  To learn more about a summer jobs for teachers home business opportunity where teachers can use the skills they have to dramatically increase their income, even if today's date is past May 31, visit http://antiagingbydesign.com/business.

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'95% of attorneys know nothing about successfully marketing their law practice, and this book addresses best practices.' says Richard Jacobs. 'Law school teaches nothing about promoting, advertising, and marketing your law practice. It's a sad truism that being a good attorney has nothing to do with being a financially successful one.'

Richard Jacobs is an attorney marketing specialist, who utilizes multiple,direct response methods to help solo practitioners or small, 2-7 attorney firms attract and retain more clients, using direct mail, Google pay per click,search engine optimization, potential client follow up, email marketing, authoring books, and redesigning websites to be search engine friendly.

Covering topics such as why branding is a waste of time, (reserved for huge, Fortune 500 companies) how to track and measure ROI of all marketing methods, why social media for lawyers is a waste of time,and how attorneys who are ignorant about marketing often end up as hostages of the very companies they hire to promote their businesses, Jacobs' book delivers 100% content, in hard hitting, and at times, harsh language that may offend, but always educates and inspires.

Speakeasy Marketing, Inc, is a New York based company, providing attorney focused marketing, and can be found at www.SpeakeasyMarketingInc.com

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This edition contains 20 chapters, which can be divided into the following groups:

• Theory (photophysics and photochemistry)
• Stress factors (parameters of exposure, measurements in assessment of weathering conditions, and climatic conditions)
• Methods of weathering (laboratory degradation studies, weathering cycles, sample preparation, weathering data interpretation, lifetime prediction, and artificial weathering versus natural exposure)
• Methods of testing of weathered samples (effect of weathering on material properties and testing methods of weathered specimens)
• Weathering of polymers (data on 52 most important polymers, including mechanisms of degradation, effect of thermal history, characteristic changes in properties with graphical illustrations, and tables with numerical data)
• Weathering of products (data on 42 groups of industrial products, including their required durability, lifetime expectation, relevant degradation mechanisms, and characteristic changes with graphical illustrations)
• Effect of additives on weathering (12 groups of additives are discussed)
• Effect of environmental stress cracking (parameters controlling ESC, mechanisms, methods of testing, and effect on materials)
• Specific topics (suitability of weathered materials for recycling, interrelation between corrosion and weathering, and methods of study and prevention of deterioration of historical monuments made out of stone).

The above information is based on the thorough review of published papers, patents, and other relevant sources updated to the most recent data and information.

In addition to this book, 3 additional volumes contain supplementary information

• Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostabilization by Falkiewicz-Dulik, M, Janda, K, and Wypych, G., 2010
• Handbook of UV Degradation and Stabilization by Wypych, G, 2011
• Atlas of Material Damage, Wypych, G, 2012.

The first two books contain information relevant for protection of materials against biological and environmental stress factors. The Atlas of Material Damage has focus on structure and morphology of commercial materials and methods of damage prevention by tailoring morphology.

This set of monographic sources was prepared for research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products, and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials. The books are invaluable for regulating agencies and patent and litigating attorneys. Handbook of Material Weathering is now used in about 100 countries, although frequently old editions (as seen from citations) are still in use, which do not contain up-to-date information.

Preface

The first edition of this book was published by ChemTec Publishing in 1990. The book had 18 chapters and 518 pages filled with the most up-to-date information on the subject of material weathering available in 1990. Considering the size of the book and typesetting, the present edition is at least 3 times larger, in spite of the fact that two chapters were omitted from the fourth edition: Chapter 17. Stabilization and Stabilizers and Chapter 18. Biodegradation. Even without these two chapters the present 5th edition is larger than the previous edition. The reason is quite obvious − the field is systematically growing with new data, methods, and discoveries happening every day.

The reasons for eliminating the two chapters are as follows:

• If these two chapters would still be included in the book, the book would need to have two volumes which makes a book more difficult to use (separate table of contents and indices).
• In anticipation of the need for specialized monographic sources, the two chapters mentioned above were not updated in the previous edition, so information was already lacking novelty.
• Short chapters can only present brief review of the subject, whereas in applications detailed information is needed
• Two handbooks were published by ChemTec Publishing on the subjects of the omitted chapters:

  - Handbook of Material Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostabilization by Falkiewicz-Dulik, M, Janda, K, and Wypych, G., 2010

  - Handbook of UV Degradation and Stabilization by Wypych, G, 2011.

These two books give much broader and comprehensive information, such as it is required today, especially considering rapid changes which occurred recently because of health and safety concerns (biostabilization) and new discoveries (UV stabilization).

In addition, to present volume and the above two books, there is also a new book: Atlas of Material Damage, Wypych, G, 2012. This book was written to emphasize importance of the material structure in photodegradation and photostabilization and also to account for the morphological changes which occur when materials degrade. This addition makes narrative of material degradation more comprehensive, showing new ways to deal with unstable materials.

I hope that the information provided in these four books will help readers to advance their studies on particular subjects of their research and that the results of these studies will be implemented in the future editions of these books, since we try to report current developments to foster future discoveries.

George Wypych Toronto, 2013

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