WFP aid flights to proceed to Myanmar tomorrow

WFP.org

“Yesterday, WFP airlifted enough high energy biscuits for 21,000 people, most of which has been delivered over the last 24 hours to the hardest-hit area”

• Food aid flights set off for cyclone-hit Myanmar
• Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar floods seen from space
• WFP food aid now reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar

The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy

FAO.org

3-5 June 2008 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome

• Stressed seaweed affects coastal climate
• Patent forum asks how IPRs can help solve climate problem

Inventors inspired by personal experiences

CORDIS.EUROPA.eu

The winner of the SME Research category devoted himself to creating a more effective eye scanning machine after his young son went blind in one eye

• Joint ESA/NASA team wins international award
• Bioversity International awards two research fellowships

Social protection expenditure in 2005, EU27 spent 27.2% of GDP on social protection

EC.EUROPA.eu

Expenditure per capita highest in Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden

• Volume of retail trade down by 0.4% in euro area

Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch

ESA.int

An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet

• Top inventors honoured at European Inventor of the Year

Towards a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies

CORDIS.EUROPA.eu

Establishing a permanent European Observatory on Nanotechnologies is one of the goals of the EU-funded observatoryNANO project, which started recently

FDA approves first generic Ropinirole

FDA.gov

Tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome

Sizing up teen snacking

ARS.USDA.gov

The effect of snacking on teenagers' dietary intakes of recommended nutrients and MyPyramid food groups has been examined, and the findings are both positive and negative