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Feb 2, 2011

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Areas below world class at greater risk
The Australian
Understandably, newer universities are also stronger in newer disciplines such as communication and media studies, in which three Australian Technology ...
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Scientists skip embryonic stem cells to turn skin into beating heart cells
eMaxHealth
The scientists say the technology used to change skin cells directly into heart cells could help treat a wide range of conditions that occur from tissue ...
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Huffington Post
It is a key reason why this book, like all Turkle's thinking and writing, moves and shakes the whole field of social science and technology. ...
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Brain pathway linked to nicotine addiction
News on Wellness
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in Florida believe that the breakthrough could lead to new technologies and treatment to help smokers cease ...
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News on Wellness
The Inauguration of NCKU President Prof. Hwung-Hweng Hwung in Taiwan
Business Wire (press release)
“NCKU must use its strength in engineering to promote interdisciplinary collaborative research among medicine, science and life science fields to upgrade ...
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'It makes no sense:' A dissection of Obama's education view
Washington Post (blog)
President Obama wanted “to prepare 100000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math.” This is driven by the belief that ...
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Living green in the great Northwest
Red, Green, and Blue
The history of science is the history of the unexpected. …History informs us that though we love technology, there are always costs, and since our ...
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Red, Green, and Blue
Pupils confused by 'preferred' A-levels
The Guardian
The University of Sheffield, for example, names 28 subjects – including engineering, music technology, applied science and applied business – that it will ...
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The Guardian
Young Scientists awards for 10
Express Buzz
No award was given in the category of Engineering Science. Among research institutions, the National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology ...
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New Director of Nutritional Studies at Logan College
Dynamic Chiropractic
"She will be instrumental in developing the new Master of Science degree in Nutrition and Human Performance, along with Dr. Elizabeth Goodman, Logan's dean ...
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Honors and Other Things
UPENN Almanac
Andreas Haeberlen, the Raj and Neera Singh Assistant Professor in the department of computer and information science, has received a NSF CAREER award for ...
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A Leaner Howard U.
Inside Higher Ed
... to several faculty members and administrators: the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and Africana and diaspora studies. ...
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OPKO Health Acquires Biotechnology Company with Unique Platform Technology to ...
Trading Markets (press release)
CURNA's technology, exclusively licensed from The Scripps Research Institute, was developed by Dr. Claes Wahlestedt, a founder of CURNA. ...
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Exome localization of complex disease association signals
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of common diseases have had a tremendous impact on genetic research over the last five years; the field is now moving ...
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Impoverishing Public Debate
The Vienna Review
Draconian budget cuts by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research, announced in November, threaten the survival of OIIP and more than 50 other ...
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Startup America: Will Obama's New Initiative Live Up To Its Name?
Huffington Post
In focusing its most recent job-creation efforts on helping startups, the White House is taking cues from a slew of Kauffman studies released over the past ...
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Climate change costing PH $241M yearly, says study
Inquirer.net
This way, the Philippines could benefit from more advanced weather forecasting technologies and risk management strategies that its neighbors may have. ...
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Saara Taalas to be world's first “IKEA professor”
Helsingin Sanomat
... research around the theme of “Life at Home”, linking design, as well as marketing and entrepreneurship in business science, and production technology. ...
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Column: Learning history in the 21st century
Malden Observer
Thanks to the availability of this technology, our students are able to follow their interests and research beyond a single textbook while also experiencing ...
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Climate Change and New Zealand's Future
Sciblogs (blog)
New research suggests that people are more likely to lean towards climate change denial if the science is presented with a negative focus (ie emphasising ...
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Sciblogs (blog)

JJ Hospital studies how cell phone affects hearing
Daily News & Analysis
Other studies have shown that use of hands-free technology can reduce the side effects of excessive use of cell phone, including hearing defects. ...
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University of Southampton, Inovio Pharma begin phase II study to evaluate ...
pharmabiz.com
The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme supports later-phase “science-driven” clinical trials and evaluative studies, which seek to determine ...
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Studying Computer Games Is No Waste
New University Online
The first thing you should think when someone tells you that a federal education, art or science grant is “waste” is that that person has no idea what they ...
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Profiles of oilsands monitering team
Slave River Journal
Biological science professor and dean of science at the University of Alberta. His research includes studies of how plants tolerate stresses such as metal ...
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Jackson River Governor's School Hosts Science Fair Feb. 15 at DSLCC
Rockbridge Weekly
The Fair will include displays of twenty-five different science research projects conducted by JRGS students from Alleghany High School, Bath County High ...
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Rensselaer Researcher Working To Make Smarter Wind Turbine Blades
Newswise (press release)
Amitay's wind turbine research is supported with funding from NYSERDA, National Science Foundation (NSF), New York State Foundation for Science, Technology ...
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New Research Confirms Value of DigitalGlobe's 8-Band Imagery
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The studies, presented at the recent Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, also described how 8-Band Imagery will lead to practical applications in ...
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Research reduces guesswork of ape transfusions
American Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Gamble was taken aback by this revelation, especially in the case of chimpanzees, which have been used for decades as models in human health studies. ...
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Alumni Gifts Underwrite New Computing Research Center
Michigan Tech News
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the ...
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Michigan Tech News
The science behind avoiding falls while standing in buses, subway ...
The research follows several studies from around the world that say more than 50 percent of non-collision injuries in bus and subway passengers happen to people who are standing. Dr. Robinovitch said the potential for injury is a "major ... The researchers also recorded study participants' body movements using high-tech sensor technology as the vehicles started and stopped. The team then built an experimental machine to simulate transit vehicles' start and stop movements. ...
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Analysis Demos 'Reverse-ecology' Tool - Science
By admin
The study, published the week of Jan. 31 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers a powerful new tool in evolutionary genetics research, one that could be used to help monitor the effects of climate change ...
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Cancer Research UK identifies novel role for CD169+ macrophages in ...
Cancer Research UK identifies novel role for CD169+ macrophages in activating Invariant Natural Killer T Cells. (Nanowerk News) Dr Patricia Barral and her colleagues study the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling lymphocyte ... Bitplane was acquired by Andor Technology plc. in 2009. Andor is a world leader in Scientific Imaging, Spectroscopy Solutions and Microscopy Systems, employing over 260 people in 16 offices worldwide, distributing its portfolio of over 70 ...
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Protein that protects against prostate cancer discovered | Science ...
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The findings offer promising leads for research towards new treatments. In the new study, scientists at Imperial College London found that a protein called FUS inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory, and activates pathways ... Videos (9), World News (17433), Education (1351), Entertainment ( 23837), Cinema (22528), Life Style / Fashion (1305), Environment (3243), Health / Medicine (4682), Religion (1162), Science / Technology (11551), Sports (18798) ...
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Research uncovers key to understanding cause of lupus | Health News
By EthiopianReview.com
The researchers at the veterinary college believe these studies will potentially open a new approach for diagnosis and treatment of the illness by altering lupus -specific miRNAs in lymphocytes. ... This is long-range research but modern technology is narrowing the time it takes from mouse to human — speeding translation,” said Ahmed. ###. Co-authors on the article are Yan Zhang of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech; Deena Khan, biomedicine and ...
Ethiopian Review - http://www.ethiopianreview.com/health/201001/
Gateway to Different Career Options
The management of the libraries now wants a group of people, who are accounted with the modern technology, and have adapting power of knowledge. All the criteria can be only fulfill if you have a certificate on the library science. ... After completing the studies, the opportunities are in the lecturer ship, research work and many others. Even in the medical front also the course has good and enormous demand. And if are seeking to go abroad, here also has the opportunity. ...
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Education Week: Studies Take Aim at Playground Gossip
of 610 3rd through 6th-grade students in six Seattle-area schools, researchers led by Karin S. Frey, a research associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, found relational aggression on the playground ...
Education Week American Education... - http://www.edweek.org/ew/
Which A-levels do universities want? | News | Noticias ...
"It's hard to know exactly what universities want from us," says Amanda, who wants to study journalism or languages. "I tried to research what A-levels would give me the best chances of getting on to those courses, but it wasn't easy to ... The less "preferred" are usually non-traditional subjects such as business studies or art and design. The University of Sheffield, for example, names 28 subjects ? including engineering, music technology, applied science and applied ...
Noticias Internacional / Internationa... - http://www.actualidadnoticias.com/
DigitalGlobe 8-Band Imagery Research Results | GIS in Education
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The studies, presented at the recent Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, also described how 8-Band Imagery will lead to practical applications in areas such as coral reef conservation, precision agriculture and forestry management. ... Christoph C. Borel – Air Force Institute of Technology Vegetative Canopy Parameter Retrieval Using 8-Band Data * Hamdan Omar – Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Commercial Timber Tree Species Identification Using ...
GIS in Education - http://www.educationgis.com/
The Amazing Bill Tobin… Part 1 | BulletPath
By Amy Driver
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduate studies in metallurgy and materials science at Ohio State University and the University of Virginia… and also .... For example, one development in progress is the creation of an “Institute for Studies in Science and Law,” which would bring together ideas for needed research, researchers, who could carry out the research, and funding for the research. ...
BulletPath - http://www.bulletpath.com/
WikiLeaks: Issues of Technology, Free Speech, and National ...
By editor
Evansville's 'Good News' Source! We provide positive news articles, current events, and local politics for Evansville and the Tri-state area. ... She held a 2009-10 fellowship with the Society for New Communications Research, a global think tank focusing on advanced studies of media research and education. Her research on social media has been published in two books and several academic ...
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The Global Digital Post: Recapturing the Future!
It is refreshing that students understand the vital importance of manufacturing and technology in global leadership. The students believe we can and we will recapture the future for the United States in trade, manufacturing, education and jobs. ... He holds a Ph.D. degree in organizational development, founded the Public Policy Institute at WCU in 1999, and has held the position of associate dean of research and graduate studies at the university. ...
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6 Twitter Handles Every Social Media Professional Should Follow
By hessh
The social media world moves fast and there's an insane amount of best practices , latest news, studies, reports, case studies, metrics etc. that go along with it. For those who make social media their profession (or part of it), ... for case studies (“Southwest Airlines Social Media Strategy – Lessons for All Organizations http://goo.gl/fb/XZQ6I #sm”), stats and infograhics (“65 Terrific Social Media Infographics http://goo.gl/fb/5TV6L #sm”), new technology and platforms ...
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Research News and Events at York » Archive » Popular Empire series ...
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Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that ...
Research News and Events at York - http://research.news.yorku.ca/
Veterinary Researcher Studies Neglected Tropical Diseases in Humans
Newswise - Richard Martin, DVM, PhD, a biomedical sciences professor at Iowa ... provide daily news, including top stories, Home and Garden, Technology, ...
newsblaze.com/story/2011012810250500002.../topstory.html
Preclinical Studies Show Encapsulated Cancer Cells Slow or Stop ...
Press Release Source: Metromedia Bio-Science LLC On Tuesday January 25, 2011, ... In contrast, our unique macrobead technology delivers an integrated cell ... care with research into new and better ways to prevent and treat disease. ...
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From Training Ethical Scientists to Developing Anticancer Drugs ...
AAAS, world's largest society for general science, names Pitt professors as Fellows in ... his distinguished contributions to the social study of science and technology, ... His research interests are related to designing, synthesizing, ...
www.news.pitt.edu/news/AAAS-Fellows-2011
Gulf grows between research practice and participant preferences ...
Science News: Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity ... The authors of the article, "Research Practices and Participant Preferences: ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Gulf-grows-between-research-practice-an...
Metromedia Bio-Science LLC</b> Release: Preclinical Studies Show ...
Metromedia Bio-Science LLC, in conjunction with The Rogosin Institute, utilizes the novel cell encapsulation technology to conduct research into the ...
www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId=208605
Green Technology and Environmental Science News: Amoebas in ...
From: Janet Raloff, Science News Published January 31, 2011 08:57 AM ... Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory in Cincinnati. ... of New South Wales in Sydney analyze data from 26 studies conducted in 18 countries . ...
www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/42295
ARPA-E Grant will Fund NC State Research On Smart Grid Technologies
Video Case Studies · Research Services ... 27 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A new grant from the U.S. ... grid technologies, and is home to the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research ...
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2011/01/28/5273553.htm

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