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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. To help her cause, she and colleague Z.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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The G20 should be commended for their early leadership but they can’t afford to let that leadership lag. The full report will also cover Nigeria and Indonesia and will be released later in 2010. Revealing the Scale of Subsidies to Fossil Fuels (2007). David Runnalls, president of IISD. Untold Billions : Summary of Key Findings.

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