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Royal Society Names 2007 Fellows and Foreign Members
President Bush Announces the Recipients of the 2005 National Medal of Science
T. Boone Pickens Foundation Makes its Largest Gifts
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UW Establishes Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center
Professor Kim Nasmyth Awarded Gairdner International Award
Berkeley Nanotechnology Pioneer to Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
David F. Dinges Awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal
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General Dynamics Awarded $31 Million Option for Production of Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals
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EDS Selected by Defense Department for Financial Systems Service Contract
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Steven S. Reinemund Elected to ExxonMobil Board
Toshiba Names Jeff Howorth Vice President of Strategic Business Group
Rockwell Automation To Acquire ICS Triplex
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IDC: Open Source Revenues to Reach $5.8 Billion by 2011
NEA Names Mike Ramsay to Venture Partner Post
Novacea and Schering-Plough Enter Into Worldwide Development and Commercialization Agreement for Asentar

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