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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology /Mar 11, 2011

Can Arts Education Be a Savior to the Economy?
WOWK
This spurred the educational system to accelerate efforts to recruit and prepare students in courses of studies and careers in what came to be known as STEM, which stands for Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Across the country and in ...
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New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in organic chemistry
EurekAlert (press release)
Their research is published today in the journal Science. "This is one step in measuring and understanding the interactions between light and molecules, which we hope will eventually lead to more efficient conversion of sunlight to electrical and other ...
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“Science Of Time” Symposium Kicks Off Student Research Week
Texas A&M University
Sigma Xi is an international, chapter-based organization dedicated to nurturing the research enterprise in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Unique among scientific honor societies, Sigma Xi has a broad outlook that scans ...
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Texas A&M University
Glaxo Expects More Products From Gene Research
Wall Street Journal
Learn More Glaxo is also carrying out large clinical studies of drugs for heart disease and diabetes that arose from the Human Genome Sciences alliance. Those medicines are at least a few years away from the market, and may still fail in further ...
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Study conducting thin films, metal cylinders, and more with Asylum Research ...
ElectroIQ
The MFP-3D enables top and bottom sample viewing and easy integration with most commercially available inverted optical microscopes. Asylum Research is a technology leader in atomic force and scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM) for both materials and ...
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WPU science students benefit from NSF grant
NorthJersey.com
"We were thrilled to have our renewal accepted." The Stem Grant, as it's known, focuses on four areas of study, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. And with a lack of students focusing their studies in this direction, ...
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Humans Age at Same Rate as Chimps, Gorillas
Discovery News
Despite our advances, humans age and die at the same rate as chimps and other primates, research concludes. Click to enlarge this image. With our clothing, high-rises, technology and more, we humans would seem to be animal kingdom outsiders, ...
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Institute of Human Origins celebrates 30 years of research, discovery
Arizona State University
Written in a newsletter nearly 30 years ago by Donald Johanson, founding director of ASU's Institute of Human Origins, this idea sparked Johanson's lifelong study of anthropology, which he sealed in the history of science in 1974 as the founder of the ...
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US Shale-Drilling Technologies Finding New Homes Abroad
New York Times
And China has authorized studies to determine the size and nature of shale gas reserves there. Experts say China's capacity is likely comparable to initial estimates of shale gas reserves in Europe. One estimate puts European unconventional gas ...
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UTS studies new BIM technology at Frank Gehry's Sydney building
Architecture and Design
"One of the main purposes of this research is to identify the technology adoption processes, organisational transformations and changes to organisational interactions brought about by CATIA DP." "The focus of this high-profile case study is trying to ...
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Architecture and Design

People with diabetes can benefit from noninvasive polarimetric glucose monitor
News-Medical.net
... March issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. "We are very pleased with these promising results and plan to move our research to the next phase of human clinical studies," said Craig Misrach, Chairman and CEO of Freedom Meditech. ...
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AVI BioPharma Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial Results
Marketwire (press release)
Presented data from preclinical investigations that demonstrated the rapid response capability of AVI's influenza drug program at the 2010 Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference and the 48th Annual Meeting of Infectious ...
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World's top 100 universities 2011: their reputations ranked by Times Higher ...
The Guardian (blog)
The list published today by the Times Higher Education, is the first of its kind looking solely at the reputations of institutions for teaching and research. Harvard comes top closely followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) beating both ...
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Janni Aragon
The Mark
Dr. Aragon's research interests include: Gender and Politics, American Politics, Women and Technology, Third Wave Feminisms, and Transnational Feminism. She has been published in New Political Science, Women's Studies Quarterly, and the International ...
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Nestlé to Advance Research into Metabolic Health in China
Nutrition horizon (press release)
Located at the University's School of Life Science and Technology in the city of Xi'an, mainland China, the partnership will extend existing studies between the institution and the Nestlé Research Center into the health benefits of traditional Chinese ...
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$12 Million Donation Funds Yale Brain Tumor Research
Hartford Courant
BY WILLIAM WEIR, bweir@courant.com The Hartford Courant With a $12 million donation, Yale researchers have begun a program using new technology to study the genetic sequences of brain tumors. "We see this as a first step into individualized brain tumor ...
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Mitchell, Pitman finalists for CAS dean
University at Buffalo Reporter
As associate dean, Pitman is responsible for CAS' seven science departments, as well as the college's sponsored research activities. He also served as vice provost for educational technology from 2000-03, was co-chair of the Graduate Group in High ...
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University at Buffalo Reporter
PPD Launches Innovative Technology Portal to Improve Patient
Pharmaceutical Online (press release)
PPD PatientView is a part of PPD ® Adaptive Solutions, the suite of customizable, flexible and integrated technology solutions that PPD deploys to meet each client's needs in advancing their research initiatives. PPD and Microsoft have announced plans ...
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Sanofi-aventis and Regeneron Report Top-line Results from Phase III Study with ...
PR Newswire (press release)
(3) Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Vitry, France, sanofi-aventis Oncology is translating science into effective cancer therapeutics to address unmet medical needs for patients with cancer. Starting with a deep understanding of the mechanisms by ...
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U. considers energy science concentration
The Brown Daily Herald
Seminars on energy science are held about every week for interested students, Weber said. Though the School of Engineering and the Center for Environmental Studies also offer courses in energy science, demand for more classes remains strong. ...
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Towards encouraging research on Natural History
Nigeria Daily Independent
He added, “it is a fundamental function of any good university to participate in research that studies species and measures the short and long term effect of human activity on the environment as well as to train young scientists in the disciplines ...
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CriticalSorb nasal drug delivery technology shows excellent local tolerability ...
pharmabiz.com
Critical Pharmaceuticals announces the results of a long-term preclinical study that confirms the excellent local tolerability of its unique and proprietary CriticalSorb nasal drug delivery technology. The emerging biotechnology company is now ...
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Trying to Quit Smoking? Try Annoying Text Messages
Mobiledia
By Doug Rule | Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:43 pm New research finds that frequent annoying text messages can be a cost-effective way to help smokers quit, and suggests how technology may help change other unwanted behaviors as well. Researchers led by a team ...
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Mobiledia

Transcript of an interview with Mark Adams, on Alpine grazing
ABC Online
MA: We've been asked to consider what would be the shape of a six year study but I emphasise again that we're only discussing from a research point of view what we might do by way of getting the appropriate methodologies and techniques sorted out for ...
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NewCardio Study of my3KG Performance in Diagnosis of AMI Selected for ...
PR Newswire (press release)
We look forward to the SAEM presentation, and to completing additional studies with Dr. Smith and his colleagues, as we further develop my3KG." NewCardio's innovative 3-D ECG platform technology dramatically improves the accuracy and significantly ...
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SDSU chemistry professor studies how students learn
Brookings Register
While other chemistry professors are busy in the lab researching biopolymer synthesis, affinity chromatography, polyurethane degradation or post-translational modification, Cartrette's research centers on how students learn about chemistry. ...
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Exenatide Once Monthly Showed Positive Results in Phase 2 Study
PR Newswire (press release)
Exenatide once monthly is based on the same Medisorb® microsphere technology used in BYDUREON. This phase 2, randomized, open-label study included 121 adults with type 2 diabetes who were not achieving adequate glucose control using diet and exercise ...
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Missing DNA Differentiates Us From Chimps | Scicasts - Science and ...
By Teacha Hamilton
Chevy Chase, MD (Scicasts) - A new study carried out by researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute has shown that specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives. ... Life Sciences & Bioresearch Business News. Life Technologies and German Cancer Research Center Forge Partnership · TGen Drug Development and Horizon Discovery Announce New Partnership · Ambry Genetics and RainDance Technologies Announce Partnership ...
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nQuire: Teaching children to think like scientists | Science Codex
By News
Children who are taught how to think like scientists develop a clearer understanding of the subject, a study has shown. The research project led by The University of Nottingham and The Open University says that school children who took ... The study shows that this method of 'personal inquiry' could be used to help children develop the skills needed to weigh information in the media, understand the impact of science and technology on everyday life and help them to make ...
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Asylum Research Introduces Electrochemistry Cell for MFP-3D Atomic ...
(Nanowerk News) Asylum Research, the technology leader in Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopy (SPM/AFM), has announced the new Electrochemistry Cell ( EC Cell) for its MFP-3D™ AFMs. ... The EC Cell accommodates samples (working electrodes) of various sizes, including metal cylinders, flat conducting samples , and even conducting thin films on insulating substrates, and enables studies of deposition, oxidation, corrosion, and mass transfer of metals and other ...
Nanowerk Nanotechnology News - http://www.nanowerk.com/
New Microscope Reveals The Complexity of Eye Circuitry | Scicasts ...
By Teacha Hamilton
According to previous studies by Winfried Denk and his research group, the electrical characteristics of the dendrites, which emerge starlike from the cell bodies of amacrine cells, play a crucial role here. .... Life Sciences & Bioresearch Business News. ProteoNic and Oxford Expression Technologies Join Forces · Life Technologies and German Cancer Research Center Forge Partnership · TGen Drug Development and Horizon Discovery Announce New Partnership · Ambry Genetics and ...
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International collaboration between researchers results in greater ...
The study, "International Stem Cell Collaboration: How Disparate Policies Between the United States and the United Kingdom Impact Research," was authored by Kirstin Matthews, a fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker ...
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Advances in the Design and Regulation of Adaptive Clinical Trials ...
By admin
Dose-ranging and seamless trials are explored through case studies of important adaptive trials. Regulation by the FDA and EMA is covered in detail. The report also reviews logistical and technological aspects of adaptive designs as well ... Ground-breaking research using adaptive designs with biomarkers is currently shaping the future of research in the field of oncology. The highly collaborative I SPY2 study may deliver changes to the field on a number of levels such as ...
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Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier ...
By Rozanne Larsen
Evaluate the study's limitations. (For example: Do the results conflict with those of other reliable studies? Are there weaknesses in the study's data or research design?) Read the issue-related ABC News article “Will Women Lose Ground in ... Study by the Council on Foreign Relations on issues of technology research and development among major countries More... Areawide Suppression of European Corn Borer with Bt Maize Reaps Savings to Non-Bt Maize Growers. plant- science ...
Journalist's Resource - http://content.hks.harvard.edu/journalistsresource/
Dr. Mark Braun Named Provost and Dean of the College - Posted on ...
By Marketing and Communication
His research interests include technology policy making, gender and mass media organizations, and communication studies pedagogy. His 1994 book, AM Stereo and the FCC: A Marketplace Shibboleth, is an analysis of federal regulatory ...
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Health, medical, and science updates, fitness, wellness, nutrition ...
By Stone Hearth News
Two studies published by an interdisciplinary team of Hong Kong researchers in the current special issue of Cell Transplantation (20:1), now freely available on-line, link the regrowth of key adult brain cells (neurogenesis) in two critical areas of the brain to both the benefits of exercise as a stress ..... Addicted to breaking health, medical, or science news? Get 2x daily e-mail updates - from this site. * required. Email Address: * Email Marketing by VerticalResponse ...
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Technology Review identifies Top 18 Indian innovators under 35 ...
By admin
For the India TR35 list, the value of the 200 nominees' work was assessed by a 24-person jury of eminent researchers, technologists from diverse areas based on the likely impact of the work on industry and society, as well as its ... Aloknath De, Director and Country Manager, ST-Ericsson India, and Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; Ambuj D. Sagar, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, ...
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New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in ...
By bjs
Jen holds the Boeing-Johnson Chair at the University of Washington, where he is a professor of materials science and engineering and of chemistry. The theoretical aspects of the study were led by Kendall Houk, a UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry who holds the Saul ... This dynamic research setting has enhanced understanding of phenomena at the nanoscale and promises to produce important discoveries in health, energy, the environment and information technology. ...
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The 'Net Generation' and the Myth of Research « Educational ...
By admin
In any case, he referred the audience to a written version of the study, “ Digital Learners in Higher Education: Generation Is Not the Issue” by Bullen, Morgan, and Qayyum (Canadian Journal of Learning Technology, 30 Sep. ..... Nancy Willard: "It sure does not help us in transitioning to Web 2.0 if the news is that cyberbullying is at an epidemic level. But it isn't. And my approach will demonstrate the positive norms of students, which should also translate to greater ...
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Sigma Life Science adds 1400 cell lines to its U.S. portfolio of ...
Due to high costs and the great amount of time required for research and development, drug developers prefer to use cell-based assays in cell signaling studies, cancer research and other areas in order to correct issues that may arise, ...
European Pharmaceutical Review » News - http://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/
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Scientific Research on Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation Programme: Collected ... These studies have been published in 160 peer-reviewed scientific ...
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Panel told no guarantee against unethical research - Technology ...
BREAKING NEWS: Wis. GOP to vote at 7 p.m. ET to strip union bargaining rights, ... Next story in Science There's a reason they call them mother hens . ... — Examine federally funded international studies to make sure research is being ...
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NCI Considering Nutrigenetics Studies | GenomeWeb Daily News ...
In the RFI from NCI's Nutritional Science Research Group, the institute points out that ... SuperNova Dx Takes Aim at MDx Applications with LCD Technology ...
www.genomeweb.com/nci-considering-nutrigenetics-studies
New lupus drug results from Scripps Research technology | Science ...
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Singing Mice -- the Ongoing Debate Of Nature Vs. Nurture - News ...
In the first study, researchers from Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine ... Project'' (K.O.) from Japan Science and Technology Corporation. ...
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Stem cell research without animal experiments
Science News: No laboratory animals, better results and lower costs ñ researchers from ... New MIT technology allows high-speed study of zebrafish larvae, ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Stem-cell-research-without-animal-experi...
Report: International collaboration between researchers results in ...
The study, "International Stem Cell Collaboration: How Disparate Policies Between the ... a fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute . ... ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. ...
www.sciencenewsline.com/medicine/201103101300036.html
New Study from Thomson Reuters Examines the Resurgence in ...
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NASA Office of the Chief Technologist Early Stage Innovation ...
Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development (ST) ... is releasing a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for initial studies of ... News from Moon Today. - NASA Makes Use of Historic Test Site for New Robotic ...
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