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SCIENCE News, Discoveries, Inventions, Technology , Apr 16, 2011

Nature Technology wins federal grant
Lincoln Journal Star
The National Institute of General Medical Science has awarded a $920000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant to the company for work on a study of cutaneous gene therapy development. Nature Technology and Johns Hopkins University ...
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Future Of Games: Driving Gameplay Innovation With Technology Research
Gamasutra
Of course, all developers and gamers are aware with the current state of incremental improvements to existing game technology and design. While at a university level, game studies and design research are well-established, Mateas said, his goal is to ...
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Gamasutra
Research and Markets: Fundamentals of Sensor Network Programming: Applications ...
Business Wire (press release)
N. BALAKRISHNAN is Associate Director of the Indian Institute of Science and Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Education and Research Centre. DR. CHUKA OKOYE is a computer science senior at Louisiana Tech ...
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Research team studies ethical decision making in IT
WTN News
"Given the pervasiveness of computers and Internet in everyday life and the large number of technology misuses and abuses, IT ethics has attracted a great deal of attention among IT professionals and the general public," Lo said. "This research project ...
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Researcher Use Trees to Detect Contaminants and Health Threats
Newswise (press release)
Such solvents “are all small molecules that are fairly hydrophobic and volatile,” says Limmer, who has received a National Science Foundation fellowship for this research and will begin his doctoral studies at S&T in the fall. ...
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Harvard Nobel laureate dies at 91
Boston Globe
Dr. Lipscomb entered the California Institute of Technology in 1941, the year he earned his bachelor of science degree. He got from Kentucky to Pasadena by hitchhiking. Intending to study physics, he switched to chemistry under the influence of Linus ...
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REHAU Joins Center for the Built Environment's Industry Advisory Board
Business Wire (press release)
The CBE was established under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) program, and is also guided by the IAB. In its IAB role, REHAU will work with the CBE to recommend and conduct studies on the ...
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Outstanding services to popular science in Urdu
Milli Gazette
Qureshi showed keen interest in the subjects of science, technology and society (STS). He was consistently engaged in science policy studies for more than 45 years. The majority of his studies/research work pertains to this area. ...
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Milli Gazette
Science and the media: 9 - 15 April
PhysicsToday.org (blog)
He writes, "It is sometimes thought that research in universities or corporate laboratories produces technology that then transfers seamlessly into products and services. But technology doesn't transfer on its own—it is the people who have the ...
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'Artificial Pancreas' May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
WebMD
Deeb says the research in children and adults provide strong evidence that a fully automated, practical system for coordinating blood sugar monitoring and insulin delivery is possible and will improve nighttime blood sugar control. But in the studies ...
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The Limited Value of 'What Works' Research
Education Week News
Does technology improve student learning? Are private schools better than public schools? At the same time, existing studies on intervention strategies and programs are scrutinized to provide educators, policymakers, and the public with trusted and ...
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UA Fort Smith Announces Faculty Awards
UA Fort Smith News
In addition to teaching in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, she is a college science teaching specialist, by doctoral training, research and scholarly work. Tichenor has made presentations at numerous professional ...
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UA Fort Smith News
Global NES, Inc. Continues Research on Advancements in Wind Technology
American Banking News
Global NES, Inc. will continue to be on the forefront of advancements in wind technology for years to come. Keep on reading: Global NES, Inc. Continues Research on Advancements in Wind Technology.
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Checking out the future
Boston Globe
“What's most shocking is when you go to apply for jobs how much they value strong technology skills. A master's in library science is not enough to get a job anymore. You need a second master's.'' That's precisely what Meghan Poepping, 26, is doing. ...
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Boston Globe
Ag research funding up in Africa, but still spotty - report
Reuters AlertNet
“Studies show that investments in agricultural research and development have greatly contributed to economic growth, agricultural development, food security, and poverty reduction in developing regions over the past five decades,” said Nienke Beintema, ...
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Reportlinker Releases Nanobiotechnologies Research Report
AZoNano.com
Few scaling down nano technologies include microfluidics to nanofluidic biochips and the remaining technologies are structures from scaling up. Several applications in life science studies, in particular cell level research sets the contribution of ...
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What You Really Need to Know About Remote Sensing Technology
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
His research interests include remote sensing and geospatial applications, sustainable development, environmental assessment, water resource stewardship, and infrastructure energy efficiency. He teaches graduate courses in the science and technology of ...
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NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
Population-based study confirms parental alcoholism carries risk for offspring ...
EurekAlert (press release)
The study was funded by the Sygekassernes Helsefond, the Danish Research Council, the Danish National Board of Health, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This release is supported by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center ...
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Researchers link alcohol-dependence impulsivity to brain anomalies
EurekAlert (press release)
... Mind Research Network, and the Department of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. The study was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This release is supported by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network ...
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Researchers Receive More Than $14 Million from the USDA for Cattle Research
Texas A&M University
“We have assembled an extremely strong team of research scientists, educators, and extension specialists to combat a serious and complex animal health issue with modern genomic technology,” explains Womack. “We have known for years that individual ...
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Texas A&M University
Hennessy sees potential for dynamic partnership in creating New York City ...
Stanford University News
The focus of the first phase would be on information technology – electrical engineering and computer science – with special attention given to entrepreneurship education and research. Executive education both in technical fields and in management ...
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Stanford University News
NRL Scientists Demonstrate Novel Ionic Liquid Batteries
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate carries out a multidisciplinary research program to discover and exploit new improved materials, generate new concepts associated with materials behavior, and develop advanced components based ...
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EmSense Brings Neuroscience Research In-Home with the World's First Online ...
Business Wire (press release)
Upon becoming a member of the panel, panelists are invited via e-mail to participate in market research studies. Respondents reach a specified web page designed exclusively for the research. Based on customer specifications, different respondents are ...
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'Shark Man' Roils the Waters With Great White Quest
Our Amazing Planet
O'Sullivan, who tags juvenile great white sharks for his research, but with a different kind of tag technology, said Domeier is trying to answer important questions about great white sharks. However, he said he couldn't offer an opinion on Domeier's ...
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Our Amazing Planet
VisualSonics VevoStrain Technology Provides Earlier Access To Left Ventricular ...
Medical News Today (press release)
While recognizing that this method requires special expertise and experience to implement, we are very excited about prospects for applying these analyses in future studies of experimental therapeutics." The VevoStrain software is emerging as the new ...
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Alan M. Garber Appointed Provost
Harvard Magazine
According to his Stanford biography, Garber is professor (by courtesy) of economics, health research and policy, and of economics in the Graduate School of Business. He is also a senior fellow in the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies ...
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WSU Vancouver students share wide-ranging research at event
The Columbian
That includes the Vancouver branch campus, which offers studies in topics as diverse as child sex slavery and sensor-based learning environments for local education groups. On Thursday, 87 Washington State University Vancouver students and faculty ...
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Obama taps University of Chicago's Robert Zimmer for science board
Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
Until April 2009, Mr. Mitchell served as senior fellow and director for Asia in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), having joined the Center in January 2001. Beginning in January 2008, ...
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Secrets of a precision protein machine
EurekAlert (press release)
Tainer notes that many important structural features of human FEN1 were known from studies in 2007 by Shigeru Sakurai of Japan's Nara Institute of Science and Technology and from work on related FEN from microorganisms known as archaea. ...
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State-owned mining researcher Mintek keeping head above water
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Collaborative studies were conducted with iron-ore giant Kumba on the SLon technology, during which Mintek developed the first phase of a user manual setting out operation para- meters for a number of ore applications. Further, Paul says that Mintek is ...
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New Legal Model Proposed to Counter Red Tape, Boost Participation in DNA ...
Newswise (press release)
The experts believe that using trade secrets as a paradigm for the contribution of DNA to research would solve several current problems that are stymieing scientific advances and deterring people from taking part in research studies. ...
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A global conspiracy?
Kawartha Media Group
Science, he explains, is not cut and dry, but rather a debating society where it takes a lot of get anything actually proven. Dr. Havas' studies, he contends, are far from proven. “She's an expert on everything,” he says sarcastically. ...
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Lab Notes: Worming a Way to MS Prevention
MedPage Today
But the lab studies he and colleagues conducted suggest that the effect is not mediated by immunomodulation. Treating a small number of MS patients with Trichuris suis worm ova did not reduce their immune function or affect their Th1/Th2 balance. ...
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Research and Markets: Chemical Process Simplification: Improving Productivity ...
Business Wire (press release)
Illustrated with case studies, this is an essential resource for chemical engineers, chemists, plant engineers, and operating personnel in any chemical related businesses. Girish Malhotra is currently the President of EPCOT International, ...
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HU Project Leadership Forum to Explore The Art of Leading Projects Through Change
PR-USA.net (press release)
The 2011 Project Leadership Forum at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will explore the impact of leadership on project management and overall business results, and will help managers develop critical competencies to become strategic ...
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Infrastructure as a Service Market Projected to Experience Major Growth
TMC Net
... research vice-president at Gartner, said in a recent statement from the firm. In addition, manufacturing industry chains are being transformed by cloud computing and other new technology, according to new studies from Microsoft (News - Alert). ...
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DOW CHEM : Dow, Oak Ridge National Lab, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to ...
4-traders (press release)
The research will focus on the development of new solar reflective technologies that would increase by over 50% the energy savings that cool roofs offer for new and existing commercial buildings. "Dow is a leader in innovative polymer technologies that ...
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Thanks to Mashable's Socially Savvy Supporters
Mashable
In 2008, the prominent science publisher Elsevier launched SciVerse to provide developers with access to ample research data. SciVerse also sponsors “Apps for Science,” a $35000 developer challenge to accelerate science. Learn more. ...
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Global Pediatric Drugs and Vaccines Market to Reach $85 Billion by 2017 ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The pediatric exclusivity program initiated in the US bore significant fruits, with several studies suggesting that the initiative has resulted in economic benefits to drug companies as well as improved patient care through availability of drugs for ...
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Studies Presented at 31st Annual ISHLT Meeting Expand Understanding of AlloMap ...
Business Wire (press release)
This research demonstrates how it may be more powerfully understood and utilized in our ongoing efforts to improve patient outcomes.” AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing is a non-invasive gene expression test used to aid in the identification of heart ...
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Go Ahead, Have Another
Wall Street Journal
To support his arguments, Mr. Caplan leans heavily on recent studies of identical twins. Comparing the outcomes of twins raised together in a family with those of twins raised apart, these studies conclude that nature matters far more than nurture. ...
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Cyber identity strategy would eliminate the need for multiple passwords
Nextgov
Federal officials have stressed the ID technology is voluntary. On Friday, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke dismissed rumors that it would be a national ID card or driver's license for the Internet that would enable the government to track citizens' every ...
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Scientists Discover How DNA Changes | Scicasts - Science and ...
By Teacha Hamilton
The process may also be involved in learning and memory, the researchers say. A report on their study was published online April 14 in Cell. While DNA is the stable building block of all of an individual's genetic code, or genome, the presence ... By using genetic sequencing technology to analyze the various states of methylation – simple C, methylated C, or hydroxylmethlyated Cs – in the specific reigons of DNA from brain cells of ECT-exposed mice versus other animals, ...
Life Sciences Research News - http://scicasts.com/lifesciences/blog
Future Of Games: Driving Gameplay Innovation With Technology ...
By Christian Nutt
Get the latest Education e-News ... "Unfortunately games research is sometimes considered an oxymoron," he said, since games are media -- and must be experienced by audiences. This is in tension with his mission -- to create "new experiences that can't be done incrementally." ... While at a university level, game studies and design research are well-established, Mateas said, his goal is to bring forward computational media, which he says is "underrepresented." ...
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News | Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
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Science News for Kids: Fat weighs heavy on the brain
Technology and Engineering ... In the previous studies, people with heart disease or high blood pressure — diseases ... In another study, the researchers investigated a possible cause for the connection between obesity and brain functions. ... “It's not as though a cable has been cut,” Gunstad told Science News, ...
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