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Skeptical Science Takes a Look at NIPCC in Midst of Heartland Hoopla
PlanetSave.com
By Zachary Shahan On February 19, 2012 Skeptical Science has done what it does so well this week and taken an opportunity to look into ascientific matter related to a current hot topic, the Heartland Institute leak. Dana Nuccitelli, in the piece ...
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PM urged to 'ungag' scientists
The Province
By Douglas Quan, Postmedia News February 19, 2012 Groups representing scientists and science writers sent an open letter to PM Stephen Harper on Friday calling on his government to stop "muzzling" federal researchers. Attendees at the American ...
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Movers & Shakers for Feb. 19, 2012
Daily News Transcript
Snyder received her JD from the Boston University School of Law, where she was a member and a note editor of the Journal of Science and Technology Law, as well as the secretary of the Finance and Real Estate Club. She graduated cum laude from Amherst ...
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The Notebook, Feb. 19, 2012
Torrington Register Citizen
Registration begins at 7 am at the State Park on Feb. 26. The start time of the Derby is 8 am The Derby closes at 1 pm Entry fee is $20 at the event. Kids are only $10. Applications and additional information is available by calling the club at ...
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Culture shift in caring for stranded dolphins
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Feb 19, 2012 (Cape Cod Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- When dolphins stranded in large numbers on Cape Cod beaches 25 years ago, they were usually killed to alleviate their pain and suffering. It was only in the past two ...
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Top medic slams Scottish Government for Vitamin D failings
Deadline News
Prof Ebers, from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurology at Oxford University, claims there is enough scientific evidence to put a national programme in place, which could help ensure Scots get enough of the vitamin, which promotes strong and ...
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MIT researchers build wireless 'pharmacy on a chip'
ITworld.com
February 19, 2012, 7:04 AM — Researchers at MIT have developed what they're hoping will be something of a pharmacy on a chip.Scientists have developed a wirelessly controlled and programmable microchip that can be implanted into the human body to ...
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Movers & Shakers for Feb. 19, 2012
Milford Daily News
Snyder received her JD from the Boston University School of Law, where she was a member and a note editor of the Journal of Science and Technology Law, as well as the secretary of the Finance and Real Estate Club. She graduated cum laude from Amherst ...
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New Propulsion Method for Low-Cost Microsatellites
PR.com (press release)
Hoboken, NJ, February 19, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Doctoral Candidate Kyle Godin Receives Abe M. Zarem Award for Research Paper Thanks to the development of microsatellites, universities and independents can now launch research craft for tens of thousands of ...
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Scottish mussels face mortal threat from invading crayfish
Deadline News
SCOTLAND'S remaining freshwater pearl mussels face a potentially “mortal” threat from invading crayfish, scientists revealed today. American signal crayfish have rampaged through the nation's rivers in recent decades and now directly threaten the ...
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TV Notes for Feb. 19, 2012
The Advocate
The other cases center on Nick Naylor, 23, who lived in Porterville, Miss., and died in 2003; Keith Warren, a 19-year-old from Silver Spring, Md., who was found dead in 1986; and 61-year-old Izell Parrott, who disappeared in 2005 from Glen Falls, NY, ...
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Wildfires kill 339000 people per year: study
Sin Chew Jit Poh
By Kerry Sheridan VANCOUVER, February 19, 2012 (AFP) -- Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires ...
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5 things Obama needs to win Florida (and Republicans must avoid)
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
By Anthony Man February 19, 2012 09:40 AM With 29 electoral votes, Florida is the most glittering, valuable prize in this year's presidential election. And without a win in the nation's biggest swing state, it's hard to come up with a scenario that ...
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Babeu stands by job, campaign
AZ Central.com
by Dan Nowicki, Rebekah Sanders, and Lindsey Collom - Feb. 19, 201212:01 AM Against a backdrop of uniformed personnel and political supporters, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu on Saturday denied allegations that he and his attorney tried to intimidate ...
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Posted On Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 07:30:38 AM
Pune Mirror
He agrees to his equation as a full time research scientist back at Washington DC and a part-time writer which he balances in perfect harmony. However, he feels the Indian readers fails to understand genuine genre of horror.
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Govt to set up specialised body for auto sector growth by Apr
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi Feb 19, 2012, 15:10 IST A specialised body for promoting sustainable development of the Indian auto sector, dubbed the National Automotive Board, is likely to be set up by April. "The proposed National Automotive Board (NAB), ...
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Loch Ness Monster could have been dreamt up by local hoaxer
Deadline News
Rumours and myths surrounding the Loch Ness monster bring thousands of tourists to Loch Ness every year and have led to a number of scientific searches of the loch. In 1987, Operation Deepscan, saw 24 boats equipped with echosounder equipment deployed ...
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Glenn fever returns to Cape Canaveral
The Star Democrat
(AP Photo/NASA) Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 9:44 am, Sun Feb 19, 2012. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) John Glenn fever gripped Cape Canaveral on Friday, just as it did half a century ago when America was on the verge of launching ...
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Are SSDs doomed? Researchers say "yes" -- by 2024
ZDNet (blog)
By Sean Portnoy | February 19, 2012, 5:49am PST Summary: Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have discovered that shrinking solid-state drives results in severe enough performance degradation that they doubt the flash-based storage ...
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ZDNet (blog)
Nasal vaccine may soon toss cruise-ship crud overboard
The Seattle Times
(February 19, 2012, by Valiantsailor) MORE Nose spray to keep diarrhea from ruining your cruise? It's not on the check list yet, but scientists are closing in on a nasal vaccine that would protect against norovirus, the virulent bug that is the curse ...
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AUS Board of Trustees approves 3 research centers
Khaleej Times
“The development of research centers and institutes provides an effective means for encouraging and sustaining collaboration among faculty within AUS and with partners outside the university,” stated Chancellor Heath. Dr. Heath said such centers would ...
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Space center salutes Glenn, Mercury astronauts
Florida Today
By Craig Bailey, Posted Feb. 19, 2012. Glenn's 50th: John Glenn looks back at orbital fli... John Glenn addresses the crowd during Saturday's celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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6000 African Americans Sue Iowa For Employment Discrimination
BlackNews.com (press release)
By AP IOWA CITY, Iowa (February 19, 2012) -- A judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices throughout Iowa's state government they say have disadvantaged them for decades ...
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UAE Government Organizations Participate in NYUAD Training to UpgradeResearch ...
Zawya (registration) (press release)
Abu Dhabi, February 19, 2012 - Eighteen representatives from the General Secretariat of the Executive Council - Abu Dhabi, Federal Demography Council, Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi, and the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi have completed an intensive, ...
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AP: Iran poised for big nuke jump
CBS News
But the US and others question the rationale, pointing out that Iran rejected offers of foreign fuel supplies for that reactor and is making more of the higher-enriched material than that small reactor needs. by economicterror February 19, 2012 8:04 AM ...
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Nahyan bin Mubarak attends show jumping championship finals
WAM - Emirates News Agency
Abu Dhabi, 19 Feb. 2012 (WAM) - Minister of Higher Education andScientific Research Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan attended last night the final event of the late Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan Show Jumping Championship, organised by Abu ...
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Feds sign formal Seaspan contract
North Shore News
By Jane Seyd, North Shore News February 19, 2012 2:17 AM On Wednesday, the federal government and the North Vancouver-based shipbuilding company announced they have signed an umbrella agreement for construction of $8billion worth of non-combat ships ...
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Scientists Have Created a 'Contagion'-Strength Virus
The Atlantic Wire
AP In Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, scientists in hazmat suits work against the clock in high-security researchfacilities, trying to break the code of a new virus claiming tens of millions of lives worldwide. That scenario is not some Hollywood ...
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The Atlantic Wire
Iconic marine mammals are “swimming in sick seas” of terrestrial pathogens ...
University of British Columbia
UBC scientists Stephen Raverty, Michael Grigg and Andrew Trites and Melissa Miller from the California Department of Fish and Game, presented their research today at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ...
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Global Recognitions Distinctly Mark Masdar Institute's Exceptional Status
Zawya (registration) (press release)
Abu Dhabi-UAE: 19 February, 2012 - Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, has gradually gained status as one of the leading ...
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Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
Winston-Salem Journal
Note: This poll is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent public opinion. By: CHRIS KAHN | The Associated Press Gasoline prices have never been ...
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2012 Tipp City Schools Science Fair Results
TippNews DAILY
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, the Tipp City Schools held their 8th Annual Science Fair for students in grades 6-12. This event offered students a venue that promotes the development of creative thinking, research and writing skills and career ...
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International students find comfort in worship
San Antonio Express
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 19 AND THEREAFTRER - In a Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 photo, a parishioner reads from the Bible during service at the Greater Lafayette Chinese Alliance Church at the Wesley Foundation Student Center in West Lafayette, Ind. Relocating ...
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7th LNH symposium from February 24
News Tribe
However, the training workshop in various fields of medicine will start from 19 th February followed by scientificsessions in various disciplines of medicine. The scientificsession on Saturday and Sunday included cardiology, brain tumor, neurology, ...
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/2
VietNamNet Bridge
The delegation includes leaders of the Foreign Ministry, the Science and Technology Ministry and the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), as well as representatives from 15 organizations and businesses operating in the ...
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Climate-change Naysayers Drowning Out Scientific research, expert ...
Written by Montreal Gazette Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:07. The president of one of the world's biggest scientific organizations says theresearch community is being outgunned by naysayers. She said she is "scared to death" by trends that ...
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Controversial bird flu study gets publication go-ahead after security ...
By Reuters
Sunday, February 192012 9:20 EST. Print. chicken.rooster. ... Security assessments must however be carried out first before the two studiescan be published and the research can continue, scientists agreed at a two-day meeting at the World Health Organization. “The consensus was that in the ... The 22 participants included the two teams of researchers and representatives of the scientific journals Science and Nature who were asked to withhold publication. The editor of the US ...
The Raw Story
Instapundit » Blog Archive » ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: For Space ...
By Glenn Reynolds
February 192012. ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: For Space Mess,Scientists Seek Celestial Broom. The most obvious sign that there is a lot of junk in space is how much of it has been falling out of the sky lately: a defunct NASA satellite last ... While the odds are tiny that anyone on Earth will be hit, the chances that all this orbiting litter will interfere with working satellites or the International Space Station are getting higher, according to a recent report by the National Research Council.
Instapundit
Scientists stress need to adapt in changing world - Home » Other ...
New ideas are abundant at the ongoing American Association for the Advancement of Science annual show as scientists from the globe are calling for adaption in a fast-changing world by presenting their findings to the public. ... You are at: Home > Other Sections > Breaking News · SunFeb 192012 11:05 AM | Forex: $1: 42.615 | Text size » ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Research Corporation at 100
Just after the turn of the 20th century, California scientist Frederick Gardner Cottrell .... February 19, 2012 12:00 am | Tags: ResearchCorporation For Scientific ...
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Bird Flu Research To Remain Unpublished For Now - Health News ...
Last updated on February 19, 2012 at 6:32 EST ... between thescientists involved with the study and officials from the U.S. NationalScience Advisory Board for ...
www.redorbit.com/.../bird-flu-research-to-remain-unpublished...
SCIENTISTS - Why did you pursue your field? - The Something Awful ...
Unless you become a rock star like the man above, life in a scientificfield generally ... When you finally have that research grant of your own you realize that your dreams ... Hooplah fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2012 around 04:37 ... I was absolutely certain I wanted to study aerospace engineering in college.
forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid...
Bird flu research to be vetted
4:17AM Sunday Feb 19, 2012; 921 online now; See today's paper ...studies can be published and the research can continue, scientistsagreed at a two-day ... two teams of researchers and representatives of the scientific journals Science and ...
www.smh.com.au/.../bird-flu-research-to-be-vetted-20120218...
The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : How salt is released from crisps into ...
Washington, February 18, 2012 ... The research, conducted byscientists at The University of Nottingham, could lead to ... The studyhas been published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Food ...Posted on: Feb 19, 2012 at 04:41 IST ...
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2907569.ece?...
For Space Mess, Scientists Seek Celestial Broom - NYTimes.com
The nonprofit group, which dispenses advice on scientific matters, concluded that the ... Researchers are stepping in with a variety of creative solutions, including .... A version of this article appeared in print on February 19, 2012, on page A1 of ...
www.nytimes.com/.../for-space-mess-scientists-seek-celestial-b...
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