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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Nov 20, 2011


It's Time to STEM the Loss of Science and Engineering Students
Huffington Post (blog)
AAU is not conducting another study or research project on STEM education. We are moving to implement the results of the latest research into science and math pedagogy. A top priority, he went on to say, will be "the synergy between teaching and...
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa Increases ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for ...
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Students advance in science competition and publish theoretical physicsstudy
PhysOrg.com (press release)
The nation's leading original research competition in math, science andtechnology for high school students, the Siemens (formerly Siemens Westinghouse) Competition awards college scholarships ranging from $1000 to $100000. ...
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PhysOrg.com (press release)
USC STEM discusses new studies
Daily Trojan Online
By Nandini ruparel · Daily Trojan As part of an initiation to increaseresearch and development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields to expand interdisciplinary opportunities across different schools, faculty and students have ...
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Sleep Disorder Linked to Fibromyalgia Risk
Medscape
... according to a groundbreaking new study. Paul J. Mork, DPhil, and Tom IL Nilsen, DPhil, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, report online November 14 in Arthritis & Rheumatism that fibromyalgia risk was 5-fold ...
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa Increases ...
Business Wire (press release)
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for ...
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200 papers presented at Science Congress
IBNLive.com
Over 200 articles were presented at the Congress on various areas of research. Around 500 delegates including scientists from various research organisations participated in Congress which concluded on Wednesday. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology ...
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Study: Even the Cleanest Wastewater Contributes to More Super Bacteria
EP Magazine
The study is published in the most recent issue of "Environmental Science andTechnology," a journal of the American Chemical Society. The research was part of a unique class project in a graduate-level civil engineering class at the University of ...
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Government of Canada Launches New Grants to Support Community-Based Research...
MarketWatch (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today joined Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), ...
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BGI unveils significant new global research collaborations at ICG-6
EurekAlert (press release)
Rapid progress in genome science and a glimpse into its potential applications have spurred observers to predict that biology will be the foremost science of the 21st century. Technology and resources generated by genomics research are already having ...
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Research Tracks Impact Of Air Pollution On Climate
RedOrbit
The study, which was led by University of Maryland Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Zhanqing Li, claims to provide “the first clear evidence of how aerosols — soot, dust and other small particles in the atmosphere — can affect weather and ...
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Science and technology top on Uganda's development plan
New Vision
The council coordinates efforts geared towards realising national aspirations through judicious use of science, technology and innovation. The council has engaged in strategic pilot projects, policy studies and nation-wide stakeholder consultations on ...
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New Vision
Tooling up for Smarter Studies
Bio-IT World
“It's essential to balance out cost and complexity with…the scientific factors.” Studiesrequire technology-based support at every stage, from data capture to regulatory document management and submission, continues Lefebure. ...
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Major Engagement
Inside Higher Ed
Because it's not yet final, McCormick couldn't say for sure what the final modifications will entail, but said they could include more nuance into questions about reading, because students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics don't have ...
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NVIDIA Names Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Moscow State University as ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Its mission is to research, develop and manage information technology in order to facilitate scientific progress. With this objective, the center counts with research areas in Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computational ...
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Top 10 Myths About HIV Vaccine Research (Dec. 1 is World Aids Day)
PR Newswire (press release)
To learn more or find out how to get involved in an HIV vaccine study, please visit www.hvtn.org At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, our interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent, ...
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Are those working in science more likely to have a child with autism?
Metro
He hopes the results will help establish whether or not a child is more likely to have autism if both their parents work in science, technology, engineering or maths. Earlier this year, he worked on a study that found that children living in Eindhoven ...
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Metro
New Science In the World of Bad Breath
Huffington Post (blog)
While bad breath has been around pretty much as long as man has, research in thescience world continues to find out what is behind bad breath and how to fix it -- not to mention new advances in technology. Here are some articles highlighting what's ...
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Scripps Research Scientists Find Potential Achilles' Heel on Lassa Fever and ...
HealthCanal.com
Headquartered in La Jolla, California, the institute also includes a campus in Jupiter, Florida, where scientists focus on drug discovery and technology development in addition to basic biomedical science. Scripps Research currently employs about 3000...
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The Wolf's at the Door for White House Science Office
National Journal
“In light of these reductions, OSTP will prioritize existing activities in the areas where it has statutory and executive responsibilities for coordinating federal research programs and developing policies, including [science, technology, engineering, ...
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Board Highlights Research and Teaching at Quarterly Meeting
University of Virginia
s research-to-market success stories, and was updated on efforts to improve teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The board also set a new clinical direction for the Medical Center, endorsed a new undergraduate degree program...
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Hofstra's STEM Research Center wins $2 million NSF grant for a project to ...
PressZoom (press release)
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY -- The Hofstra Center for STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research has won a federal grant of nearly $2 million to develop high school courses focusing on three areas of technology: biochemical, ...
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Body of research
The Guardian
The technology, which uses specially designed enzymes called zinc finger nucleases to cut strands of DNA, is so precise it can be used to correct even single letter misspellings in an organism's genetic code. If recent studies are any guide, ...
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The Guardian
Faces of the Future
BioOptics World
The awards, established by President Bill Clinton in 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of ...
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Report highlights conflict in agricultural research
SciDev.Net
Efforts to increase food production are clashing with efforts to reduce agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions says a group of international scientists. Agriculturalresearch to improve food security often depends on technology to increase yields and...
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Oxford University Clinical Trial Service Unit Reduces Time From Research to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Research data extraction and processing that once took days now takes minutes, thanks to Actian's record-breaking Vectorwise technology. The CTSU primarily studiesthe causes and treatment of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart attack or stroke ...
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Prehistoric landslide created hidden California lake
msnbc.com
Scientists investigated Northern California's Eel River to study large, slow-moving landslides. The river stretches about 200 miles (320 kilometers) in length and carries extraordinarily large amounts of sediment down its course, the most of any river ...
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msnbc.com
Fact Sheet: US-Indonesia Education Partnership
Whitehouse.gov (press release)
The Fulbright Indonesia Research, Science and Technology program (FIRST), a five-year, $15 million initiative provides scholarships for Indonesians to study and conductresearch in the United States in priority science and technology fields and for ...
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More From the 'Minibus': USDA, NIST Research Programs Survive Rough Ride in ...
Science Now
The bill includes some good news for research efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and mixed results for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Science Insider has been reporting on pieces of the so-called ...
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Program helps fund grant studies
Youngstown Vindicator
Phase Zero will provide up to $5000 — funded by the Wean Foundation and YSU — for preliminary studies that are required to apply for Small Business Innovation Researchand Small Business Technology Transfer grants. “It provides initial seed capital ...
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Not much privacy or dignity for this toilet user in Khayelitsha, South Africa...
swissinfo.ch
Sanitation is often a taboo topic, a “dirty” topic, as Chris Zurbruegg, head of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), tells swissinfo.ch. November 19 is World Toilet Day, ...
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Zaozhuang City, the Focus of Scientific and Technological Project ...
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This research National Technical department, the Shandong Province science andtechnology hall as well as the Zaozhuang Science and technology Bureau key project which undertakes by Zaozhuang Related Enterprise and the scientific ... (3 ) synthesis discipline and so on applied economics, management science, investment study, econometrics methods, conformity integration science and technology project combined earnings appraisal being suitable, feasible method, thus ...
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Qatar Foundation Second Annual Research Forum opens | Qatar ...
Qatar Foundation looks to build a rich research culture, inspiring young people to be a part of the renaissance of science and technology in the Arab world, and to change the world with their ideas. The opportunities at this year's forum ...
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New study finds that even the cleanest wastewater contributes to ...
Get science news via ... The study also suggests that standard wastewater treatmenttechnologies ... levels of bacteria are normally much higher than in the water studied in this research. ... The study is published in the most recent issue of EnvironmentalScience and Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society. ...
esciencenews.com/.../new.study.finds.even.cleanest.wastewater...
Even the cleanest wastewater contributes to more ... - Science Daily
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science ... of Environmental Science and Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society....
www.sciencedaily.com/.../111114152539.htm?...
Advanced Cell Technology | Speaking of Research
Improving understanding about Animal Research / Animal Testing ... medical science, and it is an emerging field that owes a lot to animal studies performed by ... In September of this year embryonic stem cells were in the news again with the ...
speakingofresearch.com/tag/advanced-cell-technology/
Department of Computer Science
Computer Science, University of Victoria ... Why Study Computer Science at Uvic ? ...and identify new and emerging technology issues for academic research ...
www.csc.uvic.ca/News/100
SEK 73 million in science and technology research funding - Faculty ...
The Swedish Research Council has reached the decision to grant SEK 73 ... to 27 new research projects within the natural sciences and technology at UmeÃ¥ University. ...Richard Bindler, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science ...
www.medfak.umu.se/...//sek-73-million-in-science-and-techno...
Virginia Tech to Lead NSF-funded Amphibian Microbe Study ...
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A group of scientists led by Virginia Tech will use funding from the National Science Foundation to study the microbes living ...
www.genomeweb.com/.../virginia-tech-lead-nsf-funded-amphi...
Rising Air Pollution Worsens Drought ... - Science News SciGuru.com
Home » Rising Air Pollution Worsens Drought, Flooding UMD-Led Study Shows ... the United States and around the world, say the researchers and other scientists. ....Science Foundation and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Rising-Air-Pollution-Worsens-Drought-F...
Blood type may affect stroke risk, study finds - Bioscience Technology
Blood type may affect stroke odds, study finds; those with AB, women with B may have... Daily news and top headlines for life science research professionals ...
www.biosciencetechnology.com/.../blood-type-may-affect-stro...
National Science Foundation and Japan Science and Technology ...
Four joint United States and Japanese research teams have been awarded ... lead to the development of entirely new and potentially breakthrough approaches for ... including environmental science, synthetic biology, medicine and predictive ...
www.biofuelsjournal.com/.../National_Science_Foundation_an...
Use of Technology-Rich Learning Environment Reveals Improved ...
Applied Science & Technology ... Health Sciences & Technology ... They were part of a study to determine how use of educational technology might enhance learning, ...Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have found that use of a ... In thenew technology-rich environment, students viewed multimedia lectures ...
www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=48699
Qatar Foundation Second Annual Research Forum opens | Qatar ...
Qatar Foundation's Second Annual Research Forum opens, bringing together an anticipated 1500 ... more Qatar Foundation news ... of research, allowing for all countries to benefit from the innovations of science and technology. ... Eightyscientists who left their home countries in the Middle East to study abroad and secure...
www.ameinfo.com/281608.html
Top pathologist looks at future of technology for breast cancer ...
Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=195404 ...Science of attraction: Northwestern researcher studies what makes ...
news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=195404
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