Chris Lim, PhD, is an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Image Credit: University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Highlighted in
Global Finance

Awards Funding
2 mins read

$1.2M Grant to Explore Neighborhood Impact on Cancer Risk

A grant from the American Cancer Society will allow researchers to develop a comprehensive picture of the factors that may contribute to increased cancer risk in some neighborhoods. A University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health researcher has received a $1.2 million grant from the American Cancer Society to evaluate potential links between the neighborhood environment and cancer risk. “The study will give us a much more complex look at the many factors that may contribute to increased…

Read more

All News

Corporate News

Siemens Upgrades Manchester with 4,500 LED Streetlights

Siemens is switching 9,000 street lights to LED technology in the U.S. city of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire. Some 4,500 lamps have already been…

Corporate News

Boosting Efficiency at Profertil’s Bahia Blanca Fertilizer Plant

Most of this increase in efficiency is made possible by a highly efficient model STC-GV (80-6) compressor, an SGT-600 industrial gas turbine, a 13-megawatt…

Corporate News

Siemens, Con Edison Team Up for Lower Manhattan Storm Resilience

Siemens is partnering with Con Edison, the utility that powers New York City, to install technology that will help keep Con Edison customers in sections of…

Corporate News

Veja Mate Orders 67 Siemens Wind Turbines for Offshore Project

Siemens will supply, install and commission 67 of its 6-megawatts direct drive offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 402 megawatts at the Veja Mate…

Corporate News

Siemens Wins Order for Offshore Wind Plant in Great Britain

Siemens has received a further order for an offshore wind power plant located in Great Britain: Siemens is to supply, erect and commission 91 of its 6MW direct…

Statistics

Academic Staff Growth: 3% Increase in Higher Education

Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 2.8% from 2013.

Corporate News

Siemens Acquires Zenco Systems to Enhance Traffic Solutions

Gordon Wakeford, Head of Siemens’ Mobility Division in the UK, said:“We are excited to be able to build upon our proven range of traffic technology solutions,…

Corporate News

Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Park Inaugurated With 35 Turbines

Today, the offshore wind power plant Westermost Rough was officially inaugurated. Consisting of 35 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6 megawatts…

Awards Funding

Siemens Velaro train wins "Red Dot" award

The Velaro family of trains has won the coveted “Red Dot” design award for quality in recognition of the platform concept for high-speed trains that can be…

Awards Funding

New SNSF Funding Boosts Independent Clinical Research

Therapies for rare diseases, drug dose reductions and the comparisons of surgical interventions are not in the focus of the pharmaceutical industry because…

Corporate News

Siemens Partners with BioNTech on Personalized Cancer Vaccines

Siemens and BioNTech AG, a fully integrated biotechnology company developing truly personalized cancer immunotherapies, have entered into a strategic…

Corporate News

Siemens and Esvagt christen wind industry's first offshore Service Operation Vessels

Joined by government and community officials, customers and special guests, Siemens this week celebrated the official christenings of the offshore wind…

Corporate News

Flat Panels and Panel PCs: IP65 Protection for Tough Environments

19-inch widescreen Flat Panels and Panel PCs with all-round IP65 protection are the latest addition to the Siemens glass-front portfolio. Fitted with a rugged…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers HelWin2 Grid Connection to TenneT

With HelWin2, Siemens has handed over the fourth North Sea grid link to the customer TenneT. This marks the start of commercial operation of the grid…

Corporate News

Siemens Upgrades 50Hertz Control Centers with Spectrum Power 7

Siemens will replace the previous control technology with its latest Spectrum Power 7 network control system by 2017. In taking this step, 50Hertz is…

Corporate News

Siemens Launches Turkey’s Largest Cogeneration Power Plant

The new natural-gas-fired cogeneration plant will be located in Kazan in Ankara province in the Central Anatolian region of Turkey. The Ciner Kazan…

Feedback