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Stanford mulling applied-science school in New York; Purdue, MIT to follow?
International Business Times
The campus(es), if and when they take off, would expand the image of New York as a destination for business, arts and fashion studies to one that can rival Boston or the Silicon Valley as far as technology and scientific studies are concerned. ...
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International Business Times
As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science
AFP
After being the world's main source of cheap manufactured goods, China is investing heavily in science and technology. "China hopes to become one of the leading sources of intellectual
property in coming years," said Denis Simon, a professor at Penn ...
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AAAS Symposium: New research facilitates scientific knowledge transfer
PhysOrg.com (press release)
In today's age of computational science, this means higher standards of communication of discoveries — making available the data that generated the results along with the published research paper. Doing this makes the technology behind the finding ...
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ACT-2011, annual Technical Cum Cultural Fest starts at Amity University
Business Standard
PD Bhargava, DG, Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management; Dr. VP Sandlas, DC, Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Research and Studies & Amity Institute of Space Science & Technology; Dr. VK Jain, DG, Amity Institute of Advanced ...
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The World's Information Explosion
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Carl Bialik My print column this week examines a recent paper in Science and other research efforts that attempt to quantify the world's information. The studies generally compile dozens of pieces of data, such as hard-drive production and sales, ...
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Obama Calls for Investments in Education, R&D
Education Week News
Besides touring the semiconductor facility, he learned about programs the company has to encourage studies in science, technology, engineering and math, and get people the skills they need to compete for new high-tech jobs. Intel last year announced a ...
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Slowing Alzheimer's Disease Progression with Increased Brain Enzyme
Scicasts.com
Scicasts Resource Library is a rich science and technology research library providing vital information for scientists, lab/research managers, business professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs and investors. Los Angeles (Scicasts) - According to a study ...
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Exploring Podcasts Creation and Use in Science Policy
Triple Helix Online (blog)
It serves as an additional avenue for students to explore the intersection of science and society. The podcast features student interests with Arizona State University professors, whose research or interests nvolve science, technology, and society. ...
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Scholarship helps shape future of Ariz. science education
Arizona State University
... programs for those interested in advanced study and research activities leading to careers in school leadership, school and educational psychology, education policy, education technology, higher and post-secondary education, and many other fields. ...
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Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years
EurekAlert (press release)
A panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness originating ...
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You will commit a crime in the future
Boston Globe
And while it may call to mind the science-fiction world of “Minority Report,” making judgments about people's potential to be dangerous is in fact an essential — and routine — part of how the American justice system works. It is what parole boards do ...
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Boston Globe
Electromagnetic waves used to detonate landmines
swissinfo.ch
“Colombia has one of the highest mine casualty rates in the world,” Nicolas Mora, a Colombian postgraduate research student at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), told swissinfo.ch. “IEDs are installed by guerrillas to stop the army ...
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Allen Kraft, 87
Iowa City Press Citizen
He continued his graduate studies at Cornell and received an MS in Food Science in 1949. He earned his Ph.D. in Food Technology in 1953 from Iowa State University. His research as a Ph.D. candidate included pioneering work on the effect of light and ...
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Socially conscious growth desparately needed in Egypt
Ahram Online
Ahmed Galal is managing director of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), a regional research institution covering the Arab countries, Iran and Turkey. Before that, Galal was executive director of the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES), ...
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Ahram Online

Add emotion to daily technology
StarPhoenix
Among Murphy's studies is how emotions and personality affect leadership development in both the private and public sectors. "I've always been intrigued by how people interpret and misinterpret emotions at work. Many managing mistakes are made simply ...
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Endosense Completes Enrollment In EFFICAS I Clinical Study
Biomed Middle East
Endosense, a Swiss medical technology company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and accessibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has announced enrollment completion in the EFFICAS I clinical study. ...
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AZ Firefighter: Red Light Camera Program a Sham
CameraFRAUD.com
Simply put, studies that favor photo enforcement can be traced back to the camera companies, insurance industry, or others who gain to make money from the technology, as they are very skilled in how they work the statistics to their favor. ...
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CameraFRAUD.com
Roots research unearths mixed emotions for African-Americans
Medill Reports: Chicago
Studies like the University of South Carolina's have basically determined that African DNA is currently too complex to fully understand, or to trace, according to Burroughs. “They're selling a product, they're making money, but is it science? ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago

Solutions sought for BRAC-related traffic
ArmyTimes.com
A study by the Government Accountability Office in 2009 came to the same conclusions as the National Research Council. Both studies were requested by the defense appropriation committees of Congress, which will play a major role in any efforts to fund ...
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PU invites companies to mega job fair for recruitment
India Education Diary
... a new online platform to assist English language learners as they plan to take the TOEFL test and begin their study abroad journey. The Department of Science & Technology, Government of India has invited applications from first rank holders in Post ...
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65 Years Later, Scientist Recalls Top Secret Work on Manhattan Project
Fox News
After World War II ended, in the winter of 1946, he continued his graduate studies at the University of Illinois. Carter received his master's degree in physics and returned to Los Alamos to continue the research. “I intended to get a Ph. D. and teach ...
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Glendale looks at microfiltration to reduce chromium-6 levels
desalination.biz
Further, for the state of California to establish an MCL, it is necessary to understand the limits and cost of removal for the various technologies. Glendale has already prepared the scope of the research needed to study the effectiveness of ...
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desalination.biz

TRUSTEES: LifeWay leadership reports progress amid challenges
BP News
"The economy is still in a deep hole," Rhyne said, quoting Ben Bernanke, but added that statistics and studies lead LifeWay leaders to be cautiously optimistic about economic challenges facing churches and individuals who purchase LifeWay products and ...
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UFOs, Myths, Conspiracies and Realities: A Book Review
UFODigest
From that starting point he describes a sort of Odyssey through the halls of government, through the military research and technology organizations and other organizations as he searched for “the” government, military or civilian organization that, ...
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Push is on for Monterey County business startups
The Salinas Californian
With California State University, Monterey Bay, the Defense Language Institute and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the competition will include a $1000 prize for the best student business plan. And with hospitality and tourism key ...
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Maptek looks to the future for mining technology
SteelGuru
Using real case studies is an ideal approach for hands-on learning, and the latest technology makes for easy visualization of the results. Maptek provides for two scholarships annually at the South Dakota School of Mines and sponsored the establishment ...
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Unemployment Among Graduates and the Responsibility of our Universities
Sri Lanka Guardian
Researchers in Sri Lanka have become an 'endangered species' according to a recent report published by the Ministry of Technology & Research in Sri Lanka. This report revealed that Sri Lanka has only 287 researchers per million which is less than the ...
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My View: It pays to invest in public broadcasting
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Various research studies on programs such as "Sesame Street," "Between the Lions," "SuperWhy!" and "Word World indicate that children who watch these programs show marked improvement on key literacy skills. WFSU plays an active role in connecting these ...
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Michaelle Jean Among Honorary Degree Recipients
Canada Views
After helping to establish the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology in 1997, he served as deputy minister to support research and technology application. Meek will be named an Honorary Fellow of the University during the ceremony for OVC and the ...
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New Johns Hopkins Institute Studies Environment, Energy ...
By dblo
February 17, 2011 Tags: climate change, energy research, environmental engineering, Public Health, sustainability. Posted in Engineering, Environment, Institutional News, Natural Sciences, Public Health, Technology ...
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Government of Canada Supports Promising Medical Research at the ...
By admin
Research in this field is exploring how to repair and replace damaged cells in the human body, including damaged heart, brain, muscle and nerve cells. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), ... These renovations, which will help ensure that medical researchers at the university have access to the latest information, will create new meeting spaces for collaborative research, a refurbished study space, new computer labs and a number of new ...
Business & Finance News and Press... - http://stockmarketsreview.com/pressrelease/
Climate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 ...
By NLN
A panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness ... In several studies funded by NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative, findings shed light on how complex interactions and climate change alterations in sea, land and sky make ocean and freshwater environments more susceptible to ...
Machines Like Us - Science news... - http://machineslikeus.com/
Science Centric | News | Scheduled deliveries raise risks for ...
The study included 485 women who delivered their first child between January and December of 2007 at the University of Rochester Medical Centre. The major strength of this study is that, unlike most prior studies, researchers reviewed each mother's and baby's medical ... Science Centric delivers breaking news about the latest scientific discoveries in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology and palaeontology, biology, environment, astronomy, health, and technology. ...
Science Centric | News - http://www.sciencecentric.com/
Weight loss improves knee pain from common arthritic condition ...
By News
There are few studies that have investigated the role of isolated weight loss in the absence of additional arthritis treatment on those individuals with radiographically confirmed OA. Further research still needs to be performed to ...
Science Codex - Culture - http://www.sciencecodex.com/taxonomy/term/4/all
The effects of hypertext glosses on L2 vocabulary acquisition: a ...
By Callier Library
These news items are gleaned from over 600 sources on the Internet and are provided as a service to our patrons. The University of Texas at Dallas does not guarantee the veracity, reliability or completeness of any information ... In addition, it aims to synthesize characteristics of studies, technology use, and research methods from empirical research studies for a comprehensible and insightful review of the effect of hypertext glosses on L2 vocabulary acquisition. ...
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Large study of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair reveals some ...
By News
The study also surprisingly revealed that the rotator cuff has the ability to heal even when early imaging studies have found a defect at the site of repair. The research will be presented at the upcoming American Shoulder and Elbow ...
Science Codex - Tech - http://www.sciencecodex.com/taxonomy/term/5/all
The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ...
The research and development company Eggington Mckillip INC, which did most of the work on creating this new technology, will get a huge payoff as it auctions its products off to gaming technology industry heavy weights. ... Although the gaming technology news was received well by most, their was some concern at the local 359 labor union. Many organized labor groups become weary with new technological advances, since this tends to spell the end for human labor, ...
The Science and Technology of... - http://www.persmaitb.com/
Placebo Outperforms Drug in Oxford Study | Psych Central News
By Traci Pedersen
In the new study, researchers sought to take these ideas further by observing what would happen if a participant's expectations were manipulated and how this might influence his or her response to an active drug. ... The study is published in Science Translational Medicine and was funded by the Medical Research Council and German research funders. Source: University of Oxford ...
Psych Central News - http://psychcentral.com/news/
Job - Scientist Sr. - Formulation, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ...
By CareerTopJobs
Surveys the scientific literature and performs patent search to remain current with recent developments in generic pharmaceutical research and regulatory arena and novel drug delivery systems. • Plans bioequivalence studies on drug ...
CareerTopJobs - Biotechnology... - http://www.careertopjobs.com/job-most-recent.aspx
Discover why the LBS applications covered in this report will ...
Filter News. Country ... This report is multi-dimensional, providing the audience with technology and business insights, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and case-studies providing oversight of strategy and implementation. ... Market Opportunity : iPad Applications http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp? id=167994&rt=Market ... iPad Research Compendium http://www.bharatbook.com/ detail.asp?id=167996&rt=iPad-Research-Compendium.html. Bharat Book Bureau ...
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NetworkVip.net » Uncategorized » IPv6 and Europe
By admin
Euro6IX still studies and builds various network grade that Internet of future generation needs worldwide. The infrastructure of Euro6IX will include different network grades ' Regional pure IPv6 exchanger, pan-European key network, ... 6NET is a 3 – year long European project, its purpose is to prove that utilizes new IPv6 technology to satisfy the sustainable development of Internet. It also wants to let research institution and industrial circle of Europe play a ...
NetworkVip.net - http://networkvip.net/
@1: Artificial Intelligence – At a High End Approach | Tech ...
By admin
The AI is a branch of computer science, aims to create an intelligent machine. This word was coined by John McCarthy in 1956 and defines it as "science and technology to produce intelligent machines." Optimism has a very hot object ... Mid-20th century studies and research in AI has been on the main flow of informationDevelopment. Only a few scientists began research on the construction of intelligent machines on a neurology. They began their research on a new ...
Tech Intelligent - http://www.how2walk.co.cc/
Saudi Arabia's internet users spend around $3bn in 2010 on buying ...
more Research and Studies news. A new major survey of the internet users in Saudi Arabia was concluded by the Arab Advisors Group in January 2011. The survey revealed that around 39% of adult internet users in Saudi Arabia buy products and ... Arab Advisors Group provides reliable research, analysis and forecasts of Arab communications, media, technology and financial markets. Arab Advisors Group Strategic Research Services (Media and Telecoms) are annual subscriptions. ...
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New Johns Hopkins Institute Studies Environment, Energy ...
Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Research · Global Research: .... Johns Hopkins University news releases can be found on the World Wide Web at ...
releases.jhu.edu/2011/02/17/sustainability-instutute/
Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU | LinkedIn
The Centre also aims at undertaking research assignments on science, technology and ... intellectual property rights; gender relations in science and technology ; ... Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU mentioned in the News ...
www.linkedin.com/.../centre-for-studies-in-science-policy-jnu
Scripps Research Study Presents Surprising View of Brain - News ...
In the new study, Mueller and colleagues focused on a protein called reelin. .... on basic biomedical science, drug discovery, and technology development. ...
www.scripps.edu/news/press/20110209.html
Six faculty from engineering, chemistry and genome sciences ...
UW engineers and chemists have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships, prestigious awards ... Politics and Government, Science, Social Science, Technology ...
www.washington.edu/.../three-uw-engineering-faculty-awarde...
Faculty member to present keynote at international conference ...
8.02.2011 - As technology advances almost daily and people utilize ... Feb 18 - Researchers study how disordered proteins spread from cell to cell, potentially spreading disease . ... Feb 18 - U.S. will no longer dominate science and research, study finds ... Mobile phones 'to revolutionise news coverage' - 01.02 ...
www.myscience.cc/.../faculty_member_to_present_keynote_at...
eRoundup for 2/18/11 -- ACTSI
ACTSI Pilot Grant Recipient: Dr. Shuming Nie in the News ... His speech will focus on the challenges facing clinical studies. ... Engineering and Science and sponsored by the ACTSI's Translational Technologies & Resources (TTR) program. ...
www.actsi.org/news/2011/eRoundup_21711.html
Space Technology Research Fellowships
Tweets that mention Space Technology Research Fellowships -- Topsy.com .... Robot Explorers; Robot Guy; Rymden i Dag; Science News; SciTech Journal ...
www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=16858

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