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SHARE – Request for proposals: The effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India

Feb 21, 2013 – The SHARE Research Consortium is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research into the effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India. Proposals must be led or co-led by an Indian research institution and must address at least one of the following questions:

Criss-Crossing Contrails

 NASA Earth ObservatoryOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - When viewed from space, clusters of airplane contrails make distinctive geometrical patterns.

‘Space LHC’ to release first results

Originally Published by BBC News

– The scientist leading the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, one of the most expensive experiments ever put into space, says the project is ready to come forward with its first results.

After Assault From the Heavens, Russians Search for Clues and Count Blessings

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– Russians are still coming to terms with what NASA scientists say was a 7,000-ton chunk of space rock that hurtled out of the sky at 40,000 miles an hour, exploding over the Ural Mountains, spraying debris for miles around and, amazingly, killing no one.

AID POLICY: Communication technologies transform relief and development

NAIROBI 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - Since Africa's first mobile phone network went live in 1994, mobile phone penetration has shot up to 65 percent; access to the internet is also increasing rapidly. Today, information and communications technology (ICT) plays a central role in promoting development and humanitarian assistance.

Safe at Home: Historic Datasets Illuminate Animal Navigation

Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum

– Two groups of researchers have recently delved into historical datasets to illuminate the tools used by two prodigies of long-range navigation, Pacific salmon and homing pigeons.

2013 IEEE Humanitarian Tech Conference Planned for California

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology logoThe 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) will take place on Oct. 20-23, 2013, in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California.

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