News: Peak Potentials

Posted on : May 01, 2008
ORNL supercomputer simulation wins prize for fastest-running science application (EurekAlert!)
	( DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory ) A team led by Thomas Schulthess of the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the prestigious 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Gordon Bell Prize Thursday after attaining the fastest performance ever in a scientific supercomputing application. ...»

Taking care of those who take care of us (The Manila Times)
	[speech of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos, chairman of the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation (RPDEV) and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), at the "Gabi ng Kawal Pilipino" celebrating the first anniversary of the Lingap Kawal Foundation, Inc. at Tejeros Hall in Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City, November 14, 2008.] ...»

Middle-Age Aches Take Brain's Hint (ThirdAge)
	WASHINGTON -- Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older? Blame the brain , too: The part in charge of motion may start a gradual downhill slide at age 40. ...»

Convention Calendar (The Salt Lake Tribune)
	Today Â Â Â Â Â Â Education Management Corp. Â Â Â Hilton Salt Lake City Center Â Â Â Planned attendance: 100 Â Â Â Runs through: Thursday Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...»

Forty - the year we lose our nerve (The New Zealand Herald)
	The brain may explain why people slow down as they get older, starting at age 40. How fast you can throw a ball or run or swerve a steering wheel depends on how quickly brain cells fire off commands to muscles. Fast firing depends on good insulation for your brain's wiring. ...»

Nigeria: As Yar'Adua Restrains the Peacock (AllAfrica.com)
	The decision of the Federal Government to host the under17 World Cup tournament at less than 30% of the original projected sum of nearly N40 billion is wise, timely and likely to have a sobering effect on sports and government events management in Nigeria. ...»

Order Photo Reprints Online (Jackson Hole News)
	For decades, climbers have regarded the Shark's Fin on central Meru peak as the epitome of alpinism, a route that would take all the tenacity, technique and perseverance of cutting-edge mountaineers to complete. ...»

Phase Coupling Of A Circadian Neuropeptide With Rest/Activity Rhythms Detected Using A Membrane-Tethered Spider Toxin (Medical News Today)
	Drosophila clock neurons are self-sustaining cellular oscillators that rely on negative transcriptional feedback to keep circadian time. Proper regulation of organismal rhythms of physiology and behavior requires coordination of the oscillations of individual clock neurons within the circadian control network. ...»

HEALTHBEAT: Brain slows at 40, starts body decline (AP via Yahoo! News)
	Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older? Blame the brain, too: The part in charge of motion may start a gradual downhill slide at age 40. How fast you can throw a ball or run or swerve a steering wheel depends on how speedily brain cells fire off commands to muscles. Fast firing depends on good insulation for your brain's wiring. ...»

Brain slows at 40, starts body decline (The West Australian)
	The brain may explain why people slow down as they get older, starting at age 40. How fast you can throw a ball or run or swerve a steering wheel depends on how speedily brain cells fire off comma ...»

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