The institute takes a comprehensive approach to disaster science, encompassing scientific, medical and social aspects.

UNESCO: Building the Wealth of Nations

The Youth Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Young Professionals of the UNESCO Science Sector specializing in the fields of water, biodiversity, ecology, earth sciences, science education, disaster risk reduction, and science policy.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

Depending on the point of view, zombies may result from an act of God, the irresponsible use of science, an environmental disaster, a cosmic event and so forth.

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As part of the event, Director UNESCO Islamabad also gave 1500 copies of Disaster Master Game to support PSF led Science Caravans.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

We looked forward to a 2013 U.S.-ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction and real time information sharing.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

Franz Hefti, a vice president at Avid Radiopharmaceuticals who used to head neuroscience research at Merck and Genentech, says that at least one large pharma firm has in the last several years quashed a candidate similar to lorcaserin, not because of any science but because of the psychological link to the fen-phen disaster.

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