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U.S. funds biological research facility in Georgia

A United States funded $100 million biological research facility is designed to promote animal and public health through epidemiological surveillance and disease detection has opened in Tbilisi, the largest city and capital of Georgia.

March 23, 2011
| Filed under Europe, International, and Research
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European Space Agency to go it alone on next generation space mission

The European Space Agency has postponed its selection of a large space mission to launch in the 2020-2021 timeframe, following advice from NASA that the US is unlikely to be able to contribute its share of funding to the winning selection. The selection of the so-called L-class mission had been expected to take place this Read More »

March 17, 2011
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European Space Agency to go it alone on next generation space mission

The European Space Agency has postponed its selection of a large space mission to launch in the 2020-2021 timeframe, following advice from NASA that the US is unlikely to be able to contribute its share of funding to the winning selection. The selection of the so-called L-class mission had been expected to take place this Read More »

March 17, 2011
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European Space Agency to go it alone on next generation space mission

The European Space Agency has postponed its selection of a large space mission to launch in the 2020-2021 timeframe, following advice from NASA that the US is unlikely to be able to contribute its share of funding to the winning selection. The selection of the so-called L-class mission had been expected to take place this Read More »

March 17, 2011
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It’s time to destroy the U.S. smallpox reserves

The eradication of smallpox was possibly the greatest victory of science over disease in the history of mankind. Thanks to a determined, worldwide vaccination effort, led by the World Health Organization, the last known human smallpox case occurred over 30 years ago, in Somalia in 1977. The WHO declared smallpox eradicated in 1980.

March 17, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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