SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 15, 2011

Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: REX FEATURES By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent 9:30PM BST 14 May 2011 A Council of Europe committee examined evidence that the technologieshave "potentially harmful" effects on humans, and concluded that immediate action was required to ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
QUT research ranked world standard
Sunday Times.lk
Over the past five years, QUT's research investment attraction has outperformed all other Australian universities, and the development of an AUD$230 million Science andTechnology Precinct and Community Hub will ensure QUT's research profile continues ...
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Sunday Times.lk
Prisoners fall easy prey to TB – study
Manila Bulletin
The figure turned up in the collaborative studies of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD-DoST), World Health Organization (WHO), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ...
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Small science, big results
Columbia Daily Tribune
And, they say, the possibilities for the platform technology they have developed will only grow asresearch continues. “This has global implications,” Katti said. “This is not a big company. But the technological reach is quite apparent here. ...
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Science Express to arrive in Hubli on Tuesday
Times of India
Science Express is meant to nurture curiosity among the youth and encourage them to pursue higher studies and make careers in science. The flagship venture of National Council for Science &Technology Communication (NCSTC), department of science ...
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The Ultrarunner Who Doesn't Know Where She's Going
Science 2.0
Prior to and during World War II those ratios were inverted and the private sector funded most basicresearch in hopes that the next big thing would be invented by them.Sometimes failed experiments even led ... By News Account In science, ...
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Spaces of Resistance
Iranian
These technologies have little connection with women's actual needs and can be harmful to their health and independence. Since 1980s, feminist scholars and activists have begun a campaign ofresearch and consciousness-raising as spaces of resistance to ...
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Solution in seed research
The Daily Star
The speakers included former adviser of caretaker government Dr Showkat Ali, former head of SocialScience Division of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Dr Mahabub Hossain, IRRI Representative in Bangladesh Dr Zainul Abedin, ...
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Deeply conflicted
Boston Globe
Some studies suggest that disclosure of conflict of interest works better when people on the receiving end are well informed?—?it might, for example, work better among colleagues than for doctors and patients. Sah's research, meanwhile, points to a ...
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Boston Globe
Holistic biology could pave the way for Japanese biofuels
R & D Magazine
Moriya believes that developing an understanding of the mechanism of the ecological system and creating original techniques to produce biofuels are two sides of the same research. “They cannot be separated. Using science and technology to re-integrate ...
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ALPCO Diagnostics' Partnership with Electra-Box Diagnostica AB Looks to the ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
It is a long-standing tradition in the scientific research community for researchers to engage in international collaborative studies. By working together, they have access to resources,technologies, and populations that would not be available to them ...
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Different Types of Media Have Differing Effects on Teens' Sleep
Medscape
"We know that light affects the circadian system," Dr. Fitzgerald noted, "and there have been somestudies that even light from TV, computers, and LCD screens might affect this system." To quantify the association among media exposure, ...
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Pakistani scholars leave for France
Daily Times
... computer science, plant pathology, information and communication technology, food scienceand technology, history and international relations, telecommunications, social sciences and statistics. They will be joining one of the best French research ...
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HEC scholars complete Post Doctorate from China, New Zealand, UK
Associated Press of Pakistan
During his Post Doctorate research, he completed a “Comprehensive Suite of Studies on the Stability Factors for Solvent Extracted and Cold Pressed Canola Oils”. He developed indicators for the heat abused edible oils during frying, a good guideline for ...
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Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
Deep-Sea News
(Seriously, people, its going to be like the renaissance of 21st century science – you heard it here first!) As a follow up to my previous post, I wanted to highlight this new era of cool in Deep-sea research. I came across on old study (genetics moves ...
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Deep-Sea News
Energy booming increases ignored stocks demand
Power-Gen Worldwide
India, May 13 -- editor of Kaiser Research Online explains the science that could exponentially increase the value of overlooked stocks. Companies Mentioned: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. EMC Metals Corp First Point Minerals Corp. ...
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A Dog Named Slugger: How Service Dogs Improve the Lives of Many
PsychCentral.com (blog)
–Dr. Melisa Kaime, director of the Congressionally Directed Medical ResearchProgram (CDMRP) A study presented at the 2006 annual conference of theRehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America(RESNA) investigated ...
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PsychCentral.com (blog)
KNUST to sustain partnership with private universities
Modern Ghana
He said being a premier science and technology university in Ghana , they would continue to mentor fledging universities to engender technology transfer - share ideas and engage in collaborative research work. This, he said, was necessary to achieve ...
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Students at the British Royal University concerned about their future
Kurdish Globe
In a decision by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the British Royal University was asked to remove the phrase "British Royal" because, as the ministry says, it is illegal for the university to use this name. ...
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Renewable energy can exceed global demand, according to IPCC
REVE
Offshore wind power technologies have greater potential for continued technical advancement. Wind electricity is both variable and, to some degree, unpredictable, but experience and detailed studiesfrom many regions have shown that the integration of ...
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Cleaning up contamination
Cherry Hill Courier Post
"Its taking advantage of the emerging type of sciences and technologies that will convert an old manufacturing facility into a new dynamic research and technology campus," said Lubin. Although demolition and cleanup studies are well under way, ...
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LA Councilwoman Hahn Focuses on Green Jobs in Race for Congress
Patch.com
Congresswoman Harman's efforts last year to shine a spotlight on the importance of science,technology, engineering and mathematics education was spot-on, and that message should not be lost with her recent retirement from Congress. ...
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College Notes
Daily Herald
BYU's Earl Fry named to Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in Helsinki -- Earl Fry, a professor of politicalscience at Brigham Young University, was recently appointed to the Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki in ...
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Replacement of missing story - Activated Graphene Makes Superior ...
Next Big Future
“This material — being so easily manufactured from one of the most abundant elements in the universe — will have a broad range impacts on research andtechnology in both energy storage and energy conversion,” Ruoff said. If you liked this article, ...
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Next Big Future
Nora campus to boost women's education
Arab News
Apart from administrative buildings, the new campus includes a 700-bed university hospital, 15 colleges, a central library, a conference hall, laboratories and threeresearch centers for nanotechnology, information technology and biosciences. ...
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Arab News
Northprint 2011 hailed as a huge success
Graphic Repro
Says Darren Rudge a visitor to Northprint 2011 from Fuller Davies based in Ipswich, 'In this day and age with technology moving so quickly, it's important to have the opportunity like Northprint to keep up to speed with the latest developments. ...
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