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Feb 14, 2011

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Science and Technology Authority seeks to fuel the startups
Pioneer Press
But it is middle-of-the-pack in exports of technology manufacturing and services as well as federal research and development activity, and most tellingly, ...
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Partnership, technology help Washington School prepare magnet program
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
We still command significant market share in terms of innovation, research, and development in science and engineering," he said. But, "we are not producing ...
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No seeds, no independent research
Los Angeles Times
This is not how science should operate. Agricultural companies are still the gatekeepers, choosing who gets to do research and what topics are studied. ...
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Varsities should transform Africa
The Citizen Daily
Today, Africa only has a handful of research and development institutions, and research in science, technology and biomedicine is nearly non-existent — for ...
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Hydropower's promise stalled by regulatory agencies
Memphis Commercial Appeal
It starts with the "pre-application phase" when the developer applies for a preliminary permit and starts consulting with agencies on how to design studies ...
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Enemy of disease, friend of Israel
Jerusalem Post
“THE UK and Israel are both global superpowers when it comes to science and research. We both have disproportionate numbers of Nobel Prize winners, ...
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Journal editor strives to increase disease awareness
Houston Chronicle
Prior to his talk, the editor of arguably the world's most influential medical journal spoke with science writer Eric Berger about the changing nature of ...
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Ambika Soni launches Panjab varsity Radio Station
Punjab Newsline
Prof RC Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University while welcoming the minister informed of the origin and development of the School of Communication Studies ...
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Tracking Tijuana's trash with trash
San Diego Union Tribune
I do not think that is the right approach,” said study leader Oscar Romo, who teaches urban studies and planning at the University of California San Diego ...
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Sunday announcements
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune
Students in the Academy of Business program at Sentinel Career and Technology Center participated in the regional Business Professionals of America ...
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Antioxidants might impair female fertility
Jerusalem Post
Much of Dekel's research has focused on fertility; her previous results are already helping some women become pregnant. Ironically, the new study has ...
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GLOBAL: New director for developing world academy
University World News
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame appointed Murenzi as Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research in 2001, and in 2006 he became ...
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University World News
A living lab for sustainability
TODAYonline
Presently, NTU also offers minors in Environmental Management and Environmental and Urban Studies. The minor in Environmental Management is designed to ...
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The human brain is a thing of wonder
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The recent invention of remarkable technology for research into the workings of the brain has enabled neuroscientists to explore the most miraculous of all ...
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Challenge Update #1--Walt
Record-Searchlight (blog)
This is just the very first step of science as you know. Once you make a claim you should be able to find hundreds of studies that support it, right? ...
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Bersin & Associates Announces the 2011 Learning Leaders® Winners and ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Bersin & Associates' 2011 Learning Leaders were selected from hundreds of applications spanning technology, financial services, healthcare, ...
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OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY MEETS OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY STORAGE.
Green Energy News
Early adopters too have only earliest versions of the technology to work with. Late adopters, on the other hand, learn from the mistakes of early adopters ...
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Biopolymer Research Institute looks for ways to improve quality and value of ...
LubbockOnline.com
Over the last 10 years, West Texas cotton has experienced a dramatic transformation through new transgenic cotton varieties and advanced technology, ...
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Paying for Grad School
MarketWatch
For instance, the National Science Foundation (nsf.gov) offers grants for those pursuing degrees in the fields of science, technology and math. ...
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A California Resource Worth Protecting: The UC System's Global Writers
History News Network
... based in UCI's Women's Studies Department who has written insightfully on issues of science and technology for publications such as Asia Times Online. ...
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GLOBAL: How universities play a regional role: OECD
University World News
But the regional government wants to change its image to one of high technology. "Are study programmes aligned with regional needs and opportunities? ...
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University World News
AFRICA: Centres of excellence develop future leaders
University World News
South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor said she hoped the German programme would help tackle the brain drain, with African ...
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University World News
Stem Cell Market Booming in the US
PRLog.Org (press release)
... US stem cell market in our research report. Our study also reveals that the market is expected to register significant growth in its technology areas. ...
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Student success includes engagement, involvement
Edmonton Journal
Science student Kelcey King experienced life overseas when she participated in the MacEwan Study Abroad program. She completed a semester at the Athlone ...
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To reduce kids' risk of nearsightedness, send them outside
Los Angeles Times
Studies show that children who spend more time outdoors are less at risk for developing myopia. Studies suggest that children who spend more time outdoors ...
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Los Angeles Times
Needleless IV Connectors Connected To Bloodstream Infections
Biomed Middle East
Ironically, that needleless technology is now implicated as a cause of potentially deadly bloodstream infections. Studies have shown higher bloodstream ...
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Can Facebook help overcome shyness?
Washington Post
The studies, with such titles as "The Influence of Shyness on the Use of Facebook" and "Shyness and Online Social Networking Services," grapple with an ...
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Ehricke champions mankind's 'potential' in space
Alamogordo Daily News
21st Century Science and Technology magazine published the "optimistic tale of the future" for the first time in its spring 2003 issue. ...
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ACROSS OUR CLASSROOMS
SalemNews.net
The 16 students come from diverse fields including business, computer science and all parts of the engineering spectrum. When the program commenced on Jan. ...
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NORWAY: Foreign students flock to free universities
University World News
The Minister for Research and Higher Education, Tora Aasland, has promised to look at what the government can do to support the sector, including the ...
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University World News
» NAPE tackles decline in geo-science studies - Vanguard (Nigeria)
These include opportunities for sabbatical assignment, development of a Geo- science Centre of Learning, seismic acquisition opportunity for internship, and authorizing data release for student research and a host of others. ...
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Today: NORTH AFRICA Latest News
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NEWS from USA, Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas, Middle East, Turkiye, Technology ... the Honda NSX, the development known as the Acura NSX sports car whose production ended in late ... Latest NEWS. PlayStation Portable Go Price Cut Comes to ... Some 41 years later, a North African youth with a computer-science ... the wave of democratic transitions that swept Southern Europe (Greece, ... Many of the activists receive their news from Al Jazeera and are avid ... of the ...
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NIH grants, overall funding attacked in GOP budget cuts - MedCity News
By Merrill Goozner
It was part of a broad assault on science funding that was announced by appropriations chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., who also called for large cuts at the National Science Foundation, the White House Office of Science, the National Oceanic ... If creating jobs is his goal, Rogers might want to take a look at a new study that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that publicly-funded research is a far more important contributor to the creation of new ...
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Drake and Scull Saudi Arabia awarded SR2bn Saudi Aramco project in ...
Drake & Scull Construction Saudi Arabia (DSC KSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC in the Kingdom, has been awarded King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research. ... In 2009, DSI PJSC expanded its operations by acquiring two companies, in line with the company's growth strategy: 'Passavant-Roediger', a German global developer of wastewater, water and sludge treatment technologies with a presence in 13 countries across Europe, MENA and ...
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LED products billed as eco-friendly contain toxic metals, study ...
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We find the low-intensity red LEDs exhibit significant cancer and noncancer potentials due to the high content of arsenic and lead, the team wrote in the January 2011 issue of Environmental Science & Technology, referring to the holiday ... About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service . Led by Chancellor Michael Drake since 2005, UCI is among the most dynamic campuses in ...
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Diet Soda may raise odds of Vascular Events | News Digest
By News_Digest
In separate research using 2657 participants also in the Manhattan study, scientists found that high salt intake, independent of the hypertension it causes, was linked to a dramatically increased risk of ischemic strokes (when a blood vessel blockage cuts off blood ... The association has strict policies to prevent these relationships from influencing science content. Revenues from pharmaceutical and device corporations are available at www.heart.org/ corporatefunding . ...
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Dozens of Scientists Send Letter to Congress: Learn the Truth that ...
By Guest
These are just two recent compilations of scientific research among many we could cite. Do the 678 scientific studies referenced in the CO2 Science document , or the thousands of studies cited in the NIPCC report, provide real-world evidence (as opposed to theoretical ... Thomas Sheahen, Western Technology Incorporated James Spann, Chief Meteorologist, ABC 33/40 – Birmingham Andrew Spurlock, Starfire Engineering and Technologies, Inc. Leighton Steward, PlantsNeedCO2.org ...
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User innovation and co-creation are taking over the world ...
By Frank Piller
Both articles also show why the new "Open Source Hardware" definition is so important: It will become the intellectual underpinning of user innovators using the new fabbing technologies to produce -- and distribute -- the next wave of .... GERMAN book on customer integration in early stages of the innovation process (case studies) (****). E. Prandelli et al.: Collaborating with Customers to Innovate Great summary of the previous research of the authors in the field. ...
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Downside To Valentine's Day Flowers - UK Demand Is 'Bleeding ...
By News Account
Dr. David Harper, of the Department of Biology has been working at Lake Naivasha in Kenya as part of ongoing research and projects on the ecosystem of lakes there and has called on UK supermarkets to show more concern about the health of the natural ... which he says cares about environmentally sustainable Kenyan roses because they recycle some of their profits to fund sustainability projects at the lake - like feasibility studies led by Harper, which they finance. ...
Science 2.0 - http://www.science20.com/
Weekly Climate and Energy News | Watts Up With That?
By Anthony Watts
For an interesting interview with new head of the House Science Committee's panel on basic science research and education, 56 year old freshman Representative Mo Brooks, please see Article # 3 below. ..... Tropical Atlantic sees weaker trade winds and more rainfall: study. By Staff Writers, Physorg.com, Feb 6, 2011 [H/t Toshio Fujita] http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-tropical- atlanti… Arctic climate variation under ancient greenhouse conditions ...
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Research must focus on sustainability: Experts | Yahind.com
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“Research works should be properly targeted and study priorities must be identified,” said Saha, who is also the director of the School of Management Sciences under Bengal Engineering and Science University in Shibpur in West Bengal. ...
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By Newton
A Pew Research study in 2010 shows that 47 percent of adult drivers admit to texting while driving compared to 34 percent of teenagers. These findings and others convinced Oprah Winfrey to conduct a nationwide campaign in 2010 to persuade ... Secretary Ray LaHood, a strong advocate of measures to reduce accidents caused by distracted drivers, met with Ford and Chrysler CEOs on January 25, 2011, to discuss automotive safety technology related to driving distractions. ...
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Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring lowers rate of infant mortality
Recent News. Young kids prefer to share prizes after working together · Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring lowers rate of infant mortality · New research looks at getting stroke patients back on their feet · Free web-based ordering of home test kits for ... "There was some criticism within the obstetric community that fetal heart rate monitoring was quickly accepted technology without proof that it was effective," said Suneet P. Chauhan, one of the study's authors. ...
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TopEngineeringColleges.co.in Announces Priceless Resource on Top ...
Technology ... The World Wide Web is of course the best resource to do a bit of innate research about the top engineering colleges. The team behind TopEngineeringColleges always endeavors to assist the student's community in India on how to ... civil, chemical, computer science, electrical, electronics & telecommunication engineering, projects, jobs, community groups, engineering forums, blogs and articles to helps students in their engineering admission & studies. ...
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Nevada Sen. Ensign seeks to revive career | The Daily Caller ...
When not in Congress, he has been zipping across Nevada since as least October, meeting with restaurateurs on the Las Vegas Strip, dishing with business owners in rural northern Nevada and touring a technology center in Reno, ... During a brief 2009 news conference, Ensign revealed he had engaged in a nine-month affair with a staffer. Cindy Hampton's husband also worked for Ensign and was a good friend from Nevada. “If there was ever anything that I could take back in my ...
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Equity in Sports Act Collections Open for Research in the Women's ...
Moving Image Studies program hosts Rendering the Visible Conference → ... mark ups of the bill, copies of numerous news articles and editorials, ...
homer.gsu.edu/.../equity-in-sports-act-collections-open-for-res...
Drexel University | News | Drexel Establishes Nation's First ...
But not much has been done to study mobility as a social science until now. Drexel University recently opened the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy ... She is also co-editor with John Urry of Mobile Technologies of the City ...
www.drexel.edu/.../drexel-establishes-nation’s-first-mobilities-...
Philips and Eindhoven University of Technology measure and ...
In pre-clinical studies using their local drug delivery proof-of-concept system ... News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter. ... The Leiden Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) ranked TU/e number 1 ...
www.newscenter.philips.com/main/.../20110207-mri-hifu.wpd
Campus News, University of Maryland - The University of Maryland
Department of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies ... Her landmark research of a primitive vertebrate as a model for more complex locomotion ... He is also co-principal investigator for a new National Science Foundation, or NSF, .... Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) ...
www.umd.edu/campus_news/dst2711.cfm
Science's burden: storing terabytes of research data for decades ...
... Lifestyle; Offbeat; Politics; Science; Sports; Technology; World News ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6936328.ece ... Tell that to the people that give you grant money for the studies or the university ...
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