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UK for sending its students to study science, tech in India'
Zee News
Lynes said students from UK can take up studies in the fields of science and technology, software development, microbiology that are the areas of strength in India. He further said the British Council is working towards developing a Global Alumni ...
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According to Dr. Zsuzsanna Vegh-Goyarts Clinical and Research Technologies ...
PR Web (press release)
Many research studies show promise for further enhance sensitivity and specificity of blood cancer testing. In 2009, researchers at Senior Scientific, LLC, and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center created a magnetic marrow biopsy needle ...
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The United States and Brazil: An Education Partnership for the 21st Century
US Department of State (press release)
They agreed to strengthen educational exchanges, particularly between research and higher education institutions in the Science, Technology, Environment, and Math (STEM) fields. Both presidents believe that the prosperity of a country is significantly ...
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New study on wind energy and solar power in Hawaii
REVE
According to a latest research the Hawaii's future wind farm and solar energy projects can easily provide energy for about 25% of the state. According to a latest study the electric grid of Oahu is expected to feasibly and reliably manages about 500 MW ...
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User First Founder Leslie Chacon to Offer Expert Insight on Eye Tracking at ...
RedOrbit
Everyone knows placement in advertising matters, but now eye tracking technology is shedding new light on how and why. User First, LLC, an industry-leading provider of eye tracking research, is pleased to announce founder Leslie Chacon will be speaking ...
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Educators: Computers are tools, not a replacement for teaching, especially for ...
MLive.com
And while studies show that 95 percent of upper and middle class families have computers, studies show that only 54 percent of poor families have them. Neuman spoke about the dangers of relying too heavily on technology, and realizing that students ...
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MLive.com
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology launching B.Sc. degree program in ...
Daily Commercial News
“Like any other BSc this program is well aligned with post-graduate studies in construction management, engineering management or project management,” Arain said. Applications for SAIT's Bachelor of Science in Construction Project Management are now ...
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Novel Factors Controlling Cell Communication And Metastasis Of Melanoma Tumors
Medical News Today (press release)
The novel cell screening method used in the study also clarifies the process behind tumor metastasis and may allow the identification of biomarkers for other aggressive cancers. The findings now appear online in Cancer Research. ...
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French company will ensure safety of ANAS's scientific computer network
TMC Net
It will carry out research and analytical studies and cooperation in this field with international organizations. The establishment of such a structure in Azerbaijan is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Cybercrime. ...
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Nintendo's 3-D game device could strain young eyes
Kansas City Star
The 36000-member association signed a partnership with the 3D@Home Consortium, a group of more than 45 companies, to share data and jointly promote vision health using 3-D technology. Studies have shown that no matter the age, when an individual ...
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Kansas City Star
Fero Industries' Sucanon trials reach final stage in Middle East
pharmabiz.com
In 2001, UoT established their advanced Science and Technology Park, making it the premier facility for scientific, applied, and developmental research in the Middle East. The Middle East has one of the largest and fastest growing diabetic populations ...
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Experts: Kids have smart phones, allow them to be used in class
MLive.com
The secondary students now have their own e-mail address and can use their own iPods, smart phones and other technology as the district goes wi-fi. It's common in colleges, but this is among the first K-12s in the area to do so. ...
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MLive.com
Right-Wing Media Respond To Japanese Nuclear Crisis By Attacking Renewable Energy
Media Matters for America
In a statement, Dr. Debra Lew, the study's project manager, said: "If key changes can be made to standard operating procedures, our research shows that large amounts of wind and solar can be incorporated onto the grid without a lot of backup generation ...
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Should you build a solar greenhouse indoors?
allvoices
Read the complete study and abstract on the ASHS HortTechnology electronic journal web site. Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, ...
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The persistent fear base of authoritarianism
Aljazeera.net
Johann Chacko is an MA candidate in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona and Research Assistant in SISMEC. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
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Managing the VoIP smorgasbord
Telecom Reseller (press release)
by Sue Bradshaw , Technology Writer, Integrated Research If you've got more than one IPT platform from more than one vendor you may well be using a different tool to manage each of them. This means that you can't correlate metrics across different ...
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Flu in the 21st Century
Huffington Post (blog)
Further research must prove the efficacy of DNA based vaccines in human studies before researchers proceed to scale up this prevention method. 8. Developing a "universal" vaccine. This approach, the "Holy Grail" of vaccine development, involves the ...
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David Brooks: Turns out it really helps to cheer for the home team
Houston Chronicle
A large body of research suggests it's best to motivate groups, not individuals. Organize your people into a group; reward everybody when the group achieves its goals. Susan Helper, Morris Kleiner and Yingchun Wang confirm this insight in a working ...
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Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt in University IP Strategy
Blogging Innovation (blog)
Thanks to the Internet and new business models, the past few decades have brought about profound changes in the way innovative research and technologies are generated, managed and shared. Universities, however, are buffered from these winds of change. ...
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Blogging Innovation (blog)
Who's studying Internet addiction under the category of cyberpsychology?
allvoices
In the Sacramento and Davis regional areas, UC Davis studies cyberpsychology. See the website, Mental Health Organizations And Events UNIVYCALIJ to UNIVCALILZ. Sacramentans also can check out the websites of various research teams at the University of ...
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Business WATCH
Winnipeg Free Press
MONTREAL -- Rolls-Royce Canada is investing $225 million, including a $30-million loan from the Quebec government, to develop new technologies for its industrial power generation turbines. The research and development funding over five years will focus ...
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Plutonium fuel could be used at Hanford power plant
Seattle Times
"It makes sense for us to study the technology to see if it's feasible." But officials wanted to keep their studies quiet. "I assume this info will stay between PNNL and DOE NNSA," said a December 2009 e-mail released last year to the environmental ...
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World Sparrow Day on March 20
Daijiworld.com
Studies and research reveal that the population of house sparrows has declined worldwide. It has disappeared from about a third of the global land space. It has totally vanished from many parts of India as well. According to a study by an ...
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Daijiworld.com
Principal to parents: Get your middle school kids off Facebook
MLive.com
Instead of learning how to prepare spreadsheets, students today are studying research methods, social media and how the be a better consumer of social media. One the positive side, Joe Kahne of Mills College in Oakland, Calif. said that his studies ...
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MLive.com
Biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma probably discovered
HealthJockey.com
Such studies are likely to provide important insights into the metastatic process for other cancers.” If experts are to be believed, then the cell-to-cell communication process is important for tumors metastasis. The research findings reportedly ...
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HealthJockey.com
Cold war at Jaitapur: Villagers worry over mode of living
Business Today
But the involvement with technology ends here. Almost every boy in this area, after finishing school, would rather take to the sea than go for higher studies. These men have been fishing for generations. Their main catch comprises mackerel, prawn, ...
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Business Today
BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc. Releases Feminese Comfort Creme for Vaginal Dryness
PR.com (press release)
BioRegenerative Sciences' clinical studies of Feminese Comfort Creme demonstrated that the pain and irritation associated with dry vagina syndrome was reduced or eliminated in a matter of days following topical application. ...
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Medical: MedicalConspiracies- Japan's Nuclear Disaster: Part of ...
By Medical
2000 - Experimental artificial blood is transfused into research subjects across the United States without their consent. Later studies show that the artificial blood causes a significant increase in the risk of heart attacks and death. ... Researchers in Scotland say we may be facing the same health risks as asbestos. Yet industry is rapidly embracing this risky technology with little oversight. ( New York Times, Project Censored, Science News) ...
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March 19, 2011
By ellegood
The University of Toronto is hoping to cash in on the growing demand for micro- space technology by selling more of the small satellites it makes at its flight laboratory. The mini-satellites — the size of a suitcase or even smaller — have already been sold to countries like ... The researchers' claim of catching the stars in the act is “not just plausible; it's compelling,” says Robert Williams of the Space Telescope Science Institute, who was not involved in the study. ...
FLORIDA SPACErePORT - http://spacereport.blogspot.com/
Inderscience news: Special issue: Gaining from partnership ...
By Ian
Exploring technology licensing in the South African manufacturing industry; Business and technology incubators in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina: from feasibility studies to evaluation of performance – case study of Business Incubator Zrenjanin; Acquiring external technology ... Partnership strategy with MNCs in China; Factors influencing NPD process type: analysis of leading Croatian enterprises; Management of technology transfer: an overview of Thailand Science Park ...
Inderscience news - http://inderscience.blogspot.com/
Analysis Confirms Diabetes Drug May Harm the Heart | The Financial ...
By admin
In the new analysis, researchers looked at the results of 16 studies that involved 810000 users of Avandia or Actos (pioglitazone), a similar diabetes medication. The findings appear online March 17 in the BMJ. The researchers found a ...
The Financial Daily - http://thefinancialdaily.com/
Women in Business, Jobs, Women Entrepreneurs, Women in the News ...
By Alice Krause
St Mary's College Women in Science Students Speak about their Research March 26, 2011. Celebrating-logo Saint Mary's College is holding events on Saturday, March 26 titled “Celebrating the Education of Women in Science. ...
Women in Business, Jobs, Women... - http://www.newsonwomen.com/news_on_women/
Scientists a step closer to treatment of virulent hospital infection
"We have found that relatively simple antibodies can interfere with the disease- causing toxins from C. difficile," says paper co-author Dr. Kenneth Ng, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Calgary and ... It is this simpler structure that allows us to make modifications and perform many detailed studies that are not easily done with other types of antibodies," says Ng. The research is part of a paper published in the print issue of the ...
AndhraNews.net - News & Feature Updates - http://www.andhranews.net/
Retention Revisited: Can Staying Back Move Students Forward?
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In a new study, Early Grade Retention and Student Success: Evidence from Los Angeles, released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), researchers reassessed the ability of retention to help failing students reach proficiency ... problems associated with retained students and, though they concede that there may be some initial gains that occur, "the consistent trend across many research studies is that achievement gains decline within 2-3 years of retention. ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/
Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant | The Daily ...
The trace amounts of iodine were found in Tokyo's water on Friday, the first day since the government ordered nationwide daily sampling due to the nuclear crisis , the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said. ...
The Daily Caller - Breaking News,... - http://dailycaller.com/
Mathias Poulsen » Blog Archive » I kill people
By Mathias Poulsen
If the bulk of misguided research and bloated, superficial news stories were to be trusted, I should be a raving lunatic, killing every person I encounter in the street, stealing their cars and doing drive-by shootings all the time. Could this be me? ... The biggest problem with media-effects research is that it attempts to decontextualize violence. Poverty, neighborhood instability, unemployment, and even family violence fall by the wayside in most of these studies. ...
Mathias Poulsen - http://www.mathiaspoulsen.com/
Babies Have Mental Health Issues Too - Science 2.0
By News Account
News Staff. Infants and toddlers can suffer serious mental health disorders, yet are unlikely to receive treatment that could prevent lasting developmental problems, according to an analysis in American Psychologist. Contrary to traditional beliefs that ... The paper also examines the impact of poverty and points out that previous studies have revealed that "one in five children in poverty has a diagnosable mental health disorder." Among the researchers' recommendations: ...
Science 2.0 - http://www.science20.com/
Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds Info & Reviews
By book-lib.com
For birdwatchers and anyone else ornithologically inclined, this is it. -- Macleans 12/08/2003. Global in scope... one of the most visually stimulating and informative books ever compiled on avian life. -- Science News 10/25/2003 ... Originally, most detailed studies had been conducted in Europe and in North America, where the majority of birds live in simple, monogamous pairs. In contrast, many of the species in the tropics live in "extended families" where six or more ...
Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds - http://www.book-lib.com/
Psychology of Pain: Health Special: Chronic Pain - TIME
By Gary
A strategy that lays bare the multitude of body systems involved in maintaining a world of chronic hurt also presents a multitude of treatment opportunities for science to exploit. Brain-imaging studies and research in genetic and molecular biology, for example, suggest that a brain in chronic pain looks and acts differently from a normal brain and that the phenomenon can even run both ways: haywire circuits cause the brain to register persistent pain, which in turn leads ...
Psychology of Pain - http://psychologyofpain.blogspot.com/
"Ukraine Infrastructure Report Q2 2011" is now available at Fast ...
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Construction - Latest News - http://www.prlog.org/cat-construction/
Science Technology and Society - Colby College
Paul Josephson (history), who has researched nuclear power plants and safety ... Four new books discuss geoengineering, including Fixing the Sky: The Checkered ... for an independent study as part of the Undergraduate Research Symposium. ... Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology in ...
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New study proves the brain has 3 layers of working memory - The ...
In an initial study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found .... A new review of the literature on the development of the human mind indirectly ... A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the ...
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NEW JERSEY SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK. s. ... ( http://www.mcgraw-hill. co.uk ); Science and Technology for Children (STC); At the time this guide was written, .... In Chapter 5, a social science research agenda for the HFC is . ...
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Harper Government Supports Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...
Researchers can look forward to using new technologies and working with international teams on social sciences and humanities studies, ...
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Science and Technology News Article - Hampton Roads News | My ...
Science and Tech Article Detail Page. ... Studies of atomic bomb survivors have found higher rates of cancer. ... The International Agency for Research on Cancer also commissioned a study of more than 400000 ... More Science & Tech News ...
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According to Dr. Zsuzsanna Vegh-Goyarts Clinical and Research ...
Many research studies show promise for further enhance sensitivity and specificity of blood cancer testing. ... LLC, and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center created a ... In the study, the technology enhanced the ability to rapidly quantify ... Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook ...
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Douglas Rednour | University Library Blog
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In addition to winning in the technology track this year, University of Michigan ... is a pioneer in the field of management science and analytical-decision making. ... faculty and practitioners with groundbreaking research from the ...
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QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science Website: News. ... Cummins Turbo Technologies sponsors research in the Energy Group ... The work is broadly based on gas-turbine performance studies initiated by Professor Alexander ...
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Her current research studies the immune systems of cattle, goats, and sheep to help ... engineering from Tianjin University of Technology and Education in China, ... School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. # # #. View All News ...
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