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RatCAP Technology Allows Simultaneous Study Of The Brain And Behavior
Inventorspot
Until now, the only way science had to explore the brain during activity was through positron emission tomography (PET), a very powerful method of scanning that can capture even the molecular processes of the brain. But the problem with PET scans is ...
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S&T research aims to make proteins 'behave badly'
Missouri S&T News and Research
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are trying to get proteins to create the sticky plaque often associated with neurological diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and even Mad Cow. If successful, the study would better equip ...
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New Computer Science Book Explores Performance Analysis
HPCwire
In 2009, Arie Shoshani and Doron Rotem of Berkeley Lab's Scientific Data Management Research Group in CRD also edited book for the CR computational science series called, Scientific Data Management: Challenges, Technology, and Deployment.
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Axe falls on forensics students
The Guardian
Portsmouth has begun working with local police forces to set up the Science and Technology Information Network (Satin), sharing new research, technologies and techniques between academics and practitioners. Students have also been involved in the work, ...
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The Guardian
'Health Bus' Begins First Clinical Research Studies, UK
Medical News Today (press release)
Birmingham Science City is a region-wide partnership of public sector, business and research organisations, which develops and uses science and technology to improve the quality of life and prosperity in the West Midlands and the UK. ...
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Research shows rapid adoption of newer, more expensive prostate cancer treatments
EurekAlert (press release)
BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies, including the Nurses' and Physicians' Health Studies and the Women's Health Initiative. For more information about BWH, please visit www.brighamandwomens.org.
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ISU researchers study promising drug for treating pancreatic cancer
Idaho State Journal
The title of this study is "Development of a Novel Drug to Treat Pancreatic Cancer." Nationally and within Idaho, it is recognized that the intellectual property and technology created through university research is not yet being fully utilized or ...
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What the experts said: Routes into medical research careers
The Guardian
Even if you decide that science isn't for you full stop, studies have shown that people with PhDs in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subject go on to earn higher salaries in non-STEM related jobs than their counterparts ...
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The Guardian
FDA Grants 510(k) Clearance to Life Technologies Stem Cell Growth Medium
PR Newswire (press release)
As an FDA-cleared device, StemPro MSC SFM can potentially expedite the regulatory review process associated with investigational medical studies because it allows the reviewers to focus on the science rather than the manner in which the cells are grown ...
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Journalism award
Leadership Magazine
“This research study has highlighted the importance of events like the Siemens Africa Profile Awards, which foster and reward journalistic contributions within the fields of science and technology,” states Sithem bile Mokaeane, Head of Corporate ...
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Social media savvy: the universities and academics leading the way
The Guardian (blog)
JISC has compiled case studies of best practice for using social media and software such as Second Life. Photograph: REUTERS/Suzanne Miller Debates about digital technology and its place in academia continue. Last year, a Research Information Network ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Students Seek the Right Digital Fit
Education Week News
The senior at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy works at a sneaker store and is fascinated by shoe trends and their influence on pop culture. A classmate, senior Danielle Duncan, also was interested in what was hip, so they paired up to study ...
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Maryland: The state of science
Baltimore Sun
The Maryland State Department of Education in 2007 began awarding grants to local systems to upgrade science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and all 24 systems have received funding. Maryland also embedded STEM throughout our winning ...
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Research teams trying to identify efficient, productive schools
Press Herald
Freshman faculty members have divided into three academies, each with an English, science, social studies and math teacher. Freshmen are assigned to teachers within one academy in an effort to foster greater collaboration and communication among ...
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Research may lead to therapy that delays onset of MS symptoms
R & D Magazine
Shi already has applied for a provisional patent on his research through the Purdue Research Foundation's Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). The OTC also has provided Shi with support through the Trask Innovation Fund, which assists Purdue ...
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R & D Magazine
The path to better – and cheaper – health care
Washington Post (blog)
Studies show that patients tend to want less surgery. In one study, men who had enlarged, not cancerous prostate, were advised to have surgery to ease problems with urination. But when the men were informed about the risks and benefits, including that ...
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Cornell students show their technology chops at Bits On Our Mind expo
Ithaca Journal
"Our biggest challenge going forward is to get more students from other Cornell colleges to submit projects for BOOM, but the potential is limitless as technology becomes integrated into every field of study, from biology to crop science to veterinary ...
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Rolls-Royce details next-generation engine studies
Flightglobal
RR's fan and combustor technology studies are generally applicable to both Advance 2 and 3. However, compressor technology is bespoke, depending on the number of shafts in the engine. Both Advance projects are targeted at delivering a 15-20% reduction ...
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TU Delft among global leaders in terms of cooperation with business sector
Science Business
ScoreboardThis was revealed in the University-Industry Research Cooperation (UIRC) Scoreboard 2011 published this week by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University. CWTS examined the 500 largest research universities ...
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Science Business
PROLOR Biotech Announces Relocation and Expansion of Corporate Offices and R&D ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The new offices are at 7 Golda Meir Street, Weizmann Science Park, Nes Ziona, Israel. PROLOR Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company applying unique technologies, including its patented CTP technology, primarily to develop ...
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Experts look at 'Friending Facebook' in American culture
Arizona State University
Green is the project manager for the Media Industries Project at the Carsey-Wolf Center at UCSB, and was previously on faculty with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Comparative Media Studies Program. The IHR Social Media Research Cluster is ...
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How blogging helped me find my research voice
The Guardian (blog)
Hey, I like technology: so I've used that to my advantage and employed tools that I feel comfortable with and keep me motivated. The sight of a Twitter comment or blog response kicks me into action. It would be strange to conduct a study on identity ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Genome expert calls on Arab world to invest in research
GulfNews
"The governments should have the will to put money into research," Dr Edison Liu said. "They should give scientists and clinicians the opportunity to explore these new technologies." Dr Liu was speaking to Gulf News yesterday after the opening of the ...
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IDC Manufacturing Insights Announces New PLM Software Application MarketScape ...
Business Wire (press release)
The studies utilize a rigorous scoring methodology that produces a definitive assessment of each vendor's current market capabilities and strategies for competing in the future. For additional information about the new research initiatives, ...
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India Passes China as World's Top Arms Importer, Sipri Says
Bloomberg
“India's defense procurement and deployment are very much determined by China's increasingly assertive policy and conduct,” said Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. ...
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National Research Council awards grant to National Pharma
Pharmaceutical Business Review
The company said that $30000 grant has been awarded to Globe Laboratories, the licensor of the technology for this year and can be increased upon completion of preliminary feasibility studies. National Pharma has signed an agreement with Globe Labs on ...
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Ahmedabad Janmarg BRTS catches US-based Transportation Research Board's eye
Daily News & Analysis
The primary objective of the study is to learn how public transport systems in several cities that have implemented innovative technologies and strategies to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission, enhance the quality of life, shift travel ...
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Ghost of Comanche Haunts Army Helicopter Leaders as They Push for New Models
National Defense Magazine
The result of that study is expected this year. Bogosian said the other big unknown, aside from science and technology investments, is the role unmanned aircraft will play. “The wild card is the prevalence of unmanned aircraft and how they are going to ...
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Schools Use Digital Tools to Customize Education
Education Week News
Anecdotal evidence of the success of this approach is building, though research on using technology to personalize instruction is still struggling to catch up with practice. Experts caution that personalization doesn't always mean catering to each and ...
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'Free' way to innovation
The Hindu
Why is it that four years of technological training does not breed the kind of innovation that comes out of the IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) or the IISc. (Indian Institute of Science)? Universities, that have for long harped on ...
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The Hindu
International Tobacco Science Research and Education Organization ...
By Michael Siegel
"to foster scientific medical studies and any ethically and legally permissible effort to prevent tobacco-abuse, tobacco-addiction, and tobacco-induced and/or - worsened diseases in humans; and to facilitate communication and ... This is especially problematic since there is no objective evidence that Filligent's technology results in safer cigarettes. Filligent, in fact, may be part of the fraudulent activities that the cigarette companies were found guilty of because it ...
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco... - http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/
Science News Daily || Researchers map 'fly tree of life'
Calling it the "new periodic table for flies," researchers at North Carolina State University and collaborators across the globe have mapped the evolutionary history of flies, providing a framework for further comparative studies on the ...
Science News Daily - http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/
Wert-Berater, Inc. is a provider of Market Studies in Seattle ...
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New Findings May Protect Neurons in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, ALS ...
By Teacha Hamilton
San Antonio, TX (Scicasts) - Cell biologists from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio pondering the death of neurons ― brain cells ― have discovered that by eliminating one. ... "This research shows, for the first time , that in the absence of caspase-2 neurons increase autophagy to survive," said study co-author Dr. Marisa Lopez-Cruzan, investigator in the cellular and structural biology department at the Health Science Center. ...
Life Sciences Research News - http://scicasts.com/lifesciences/blog
Study puts notch on the jagged edge of lung cancer metastasis ...
By News
The first crucial research step was to identify and study non-small cell lung cancer cells prone to metastasizing. Jonathan Kurie, M.D., is a professor in MD Anderson's Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology. ...
Science Codex - Science news,... - http://www.sciencecodex.com/
Research News and Events at York » Archive » New partnership ...
By eamw
The partnership will realize important benefits to the research communities at both institutions and for the general public, says York Professor Michael Siu ( right), associate vice-president research, science & technology, ... Ritvo will work with Southlake clinicians to extend current intervention studies that use Blackberry smartphones and innovative software applications to help patients reduce health risks by way of healthy exercise, diet and improved medication ...
Research News and Events at York - http://research.news.yorku.ca/
ECSME friendship Program building partnerships with Saudi school ...
By brettptomashek
The Program is recruiting a coordinator for each of the educational districts, recruiting science and mathematics supervisors with research skills for the implementation of research technology and the organization of activities provided by the ECSME. ... The center has implemented a number of research studies on science and mathematics education in seven friendly educational districts, with a number of these districts participating in PhET Interactive Simulations Program, ...
King Saud University - News Portal - http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/
Study sheds new light on the causes of chronic liver cirrhosis
"This study is a key first step in our efforts to unravel the biological complexity of primary biliary cirrhosis and further research building on these results is already underway," he added. ... of primary biliary cirrhosis, this study is exciting because it provides new and meaningful insight into the biological origins of this condition," said George Mells, from the Academic Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Cambridge and a first author on the study. ...
AndhraNews.net - News & Feature Updates - http://www.andhranews.net/
Library tech receives grant to present paper in Spain | Newsroom ...
By student
The Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science will provide a $1000 cash award for Mundt to attend her first international conference in Bilbao, Spain. ... She also purchases library materials for anthropology, Basque studies, social work and sociology. “I was interested in how the Knowledge Center used technology for research and information,” she said. “The Knowledge Center is different from traditional libraries – a blend of ...
Newsroom for Journalists, University... - http://newsroom.unr.edu/
Report: Internet usage transforming news industry - Technology ...
Local, network and cable television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research organization that evaluates and studies the performance of the ...
Bradenton.com: Homepage - http://www.bradenton.com/homepage/index.rss
Heritage Foundation asserts our air would have magically cleaned ...
By Guest
But they neglected a critical protocol followed in good science: EPA's work was exhaustively peer-reviewed. Its report was evaluated by preeminent academics and institutions (see details below); Heritage's critique lacked any external ... 66 references, including numerous peer-reviewed articles in top journals, research papers from top scholars at preeminent universities, studies from prestigious non-partisan research institutes (e.g. National Academies, Brookings, ...
Climate Progress - http://climateprogress.org/
Trapping a rainbow: Researchers slow broadband light waves with ...
The research required the ability to engineer a metallic surface to produce nanoscale periodic gratings with varying groove depths. This alters the optical properties of the nanopatterned metallic surface, called Surface Dispersion ... The study was conducted by Bartoli, Qiaoqiang Gan, Yongkang Gao and Yujie J. Ding of the Center for Optical Technologies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lehigh University; and Kyle Wagner and Dmitri V. Vezenov of ...
Nanowerk Nanotechnology News - http://www.nanowerk.com/
Breastfed babies 'grow up to be more intelligent' | Science ...
By Tanushree
London, Mar 14 : Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, suggests a new study. The most comprehensive British study of breastfeeding to date has shown that it continues to have an effect on a child's mental ability right through secondary school. ... News at your tips ... Share/Bookmark. Posted by Tanushree on Mar 14th, 2011 and filed under Science / Technology. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. ...
India Talkies - http://www.indiatalkies.com/
The Medical Quack: Life Technologies Stem Cell Growth Medium ...
By The Medical Quack
Life Technologies customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics . ... "Anytime a research-related tool receives prior clearance from the FDA it has the potential to accelerate the field's move to the clinic and that is CIRM's goal, so this clearance is good news for our mission and good news for patients," said ...
The Medical Quack - http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/
Tech companies pitch in on earthquake response | The Daily Caller ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last week's earthquake in Japan. Google Inc. has an online. ... Craigslist challenges study from rival that says 330 crimes, 12 deaths were linked to its site · Toyota recalls 2.2 million U.S. models for carpet, mat flaws · WikiLeaks says Madoff almost ripped off Qaddafi ...
The Daily Caller - Breaking News,... - http://dailycaller.com/
Bridging the gap: the role of DOD in clean energy ...
By Laura B.
Abstract: The Department of Defense (DOD) has a unique opportunity to be a leader in bridging the gap between research and development (R&D) and commercial clean energy technologies. ... explored the role of R&D in meeting DOD needs with regard to energy issues, defined measures of “Technology Readiness and Commercialization, outlined the role of installations as “living laboratories,” and provided several case studies of energy-related studies done at Army installations. ...
Environmental News Bits - http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/enb/
Emerald Materials Science and Engineering Journals
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology ... Publishing international research and case studies on innovative technology and novel ...
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Nanotech Research Mimics Enzymes in Directing Chemical Reactions ...
Controlling exactly how molecules combine in order to study the resulting ... Other Science & Technology News. Nanotech Research Mimics Enzymes in Directing ...
www.nano.org.uk/news/1312/
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION FURTHERS INTERNATIONAL R&D ...
UML Home > Press Room > Press Releases > Patrick-Murray Furthers International ... Israeli and UMass Lowell researchers to investigate advanced materials ... the high level of research and technological studies at Shenkar College. ... UMass Lowell, with a national reputation in science, engineering and technology, ...
www.uml.edu/Media/.../Patrick-Murray_Furthers_Intern.html
Blood Research - Studies from Texas A&M University Health Science ...
NewsRx is the leading source of news and information on Blood Research. ... Studies from Texas A&M University Health Science Center, University Health ... Findings in Blood Research · Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, ...
www.newsrx.com/health-articles/2404423.html


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