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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Mar 30, 2011


NASA Awards Earth and Space Science Studies Cooperative Agreement
PR Newswire (press release)
The Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Studies and Investigations cooperative agreement has a total value of $95.8 million, which will be annually funded up to $20 million. This agreement runs from May 11 through May 10, 2016, ...
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Stakeholders dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation
Ghana News Agency
Dr George Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, (STEPRI) of CSIR, said the policy dialogue had the overall goal of harnessing input from all stakeholders to guide the formulation or reformulation or review of policies, ...
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Weird Science: Saffron Helps Your Sex Life
LA Weekly (blog)
... plenty of substances make them horny: nutmeg, cloves, garlic, ginger and ambergris. The results of the study will appear in the journal Food ResearchInternational, a journal of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology(CIFST).
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LA Weekly (blog)
Data fudge slur on CSIR
Calcutta Telegraph
The CAT, an agency that adjudicates disputes on the service conditions of government officials, has observed that the National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (Nistads) appears to have misrepresented information about its ...
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Present at Scientific Conferences
Sacramento Bee
... the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery mechanism or develop viable DNA vaccines, the adequacy of our capital resources, ...
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Agilent Technologies and National University of Singapore Sign Research ...
Business Wire (press release)
“This collaboration will further strengthen Agilent's worldwide leadership in the field of metabolomics, which is a key strategic initiative for our company,” said Rudolf Grimm, Ph.D., Agilent's director ofscience and technology and collaborations ...
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Moderate sleep and less stress may help with weight loss
EurekAlert (press release)
These studies are part of ongoing research at Kaiser Permanente to better understand weight loss and the key factors to maintaining optimum weight. Another Kaiser Permanente Center for HealthResearch study last year found that the more people logged ...
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Reportlinker Adds Global Waste-to-Energy Market by Geography, Technology ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The report studies the waste to energy market only for municipal solid waste (MSW), and excludes hazardous metal and other wastes. The research also does not cover the waste water treatment market. While only a few international companies are currently ...
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Lexmark promotes advances in educational achievement through community ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The company's corporate philanthropic focus is on education, with a specific emphasis on science,technology, engineering and math – the foundational studies that technology and engineering-based companies like Lexmark are built upon. ...
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The Learning Worlds Institute Announces The Art of Science Learning ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Working groups formed at the conferences will subsequently develop an online knowledge base forscience educators working in all forums and media; a research agenda for future quantitative impactstudies; and a workforce development report with ...
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Study shows parenting styles affect alcohol abuse
The Baylor Lariat
The study tested 81 college students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and San Diego State University. The students that participated completed a survey that asked the parenting styles of both their mothers and fathers, ...
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NASA Announces 2011 Carl Sagan Fellows
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The fellowship also aims to support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists in conducting independent research broadly related to the science goals of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program. Previous Sagan Fellows have contributed significant ...
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Top 11 Algae Biofuel and Biochemical Trends From 2011-2020
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
By Will Thurmond, Emerging Markets Online and author, Algae 2020 Texas, USA – The following article is an excerpt from a technology, investment, and market study titled Algae 2020, Vol 2 (2011 update) from market research firm Emerging Markets Online. ...
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US Steelmaking and New Carbon-Reducing Technology – Part Two
MetalMiner
US DOE Office of Fossil Energy research from 2007 put the cost of capture at $150 per ton of carbon using today's technology. These costs, according to other studies, would level out over the next two or three decades. ...
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MetalMiner
Morningstar: Pick Funds that Regard Investors as Partners
Registered Rep.
“The results of this study show a very strong correlation between good stewardship of capital and a positive investor experience,” said Laura Pavlenko Lutton, editorial director of fund research at Morningstar (NasdaqGS: MORN) and one of the authors of ...
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CyberLaw Course Teaches Virtual Justice
University of Central Florida
“Today, judges are taking laws that were created for old technology and figuring out how to apply them to the latest technology,” said Pamela Kirby, associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Health and Public Affairs. ...
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Study on anchovies and their survival.
Cordis News
Furthermore, she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science andtechnology for the general public based on the author's PhD thesis. The text she wrote regarding herresearch is entitled Antxoaren gorabeherak ulertu nahian ...
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Research from CIGNA Supports Potential Association between Treated Gum Disease ...
Business Wire (press release)
These results are part of ongoing studies at CIGNA. CIGNA is an industry leader in providing integrated medical and dental plans to address the emerging association between periodontal disease and chronic medical conditions and between periodontal ...
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NewCardio Announces Financial Results for Its 2010 Fourth Quarter and Full Year
PR Newswire (press release)
This approach ensures that we will continue to build on our core strengths of science, technologyand operations in establishing the foundation that will be required to support the strategic development of our 3D platform technology. ...
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New 'nanodrug' breaks down barriers to attack breast cancer cells from the ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Studies using a mouse model show this highly targeted approach, using combinations of drugs, to be more effective than standard treatment methods. This research targeted HER2-positive breast cancer – a type that, due to a genetic mutation, ...
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Are you a budding entrepreneur? Apply for a seed grant now
Brandeis University
The seed grants will support research designed to step up the licensing and commercial potential of Brandeis technology. Projects may range from a new mobile app to initiating animal studies of a potential drug compound, to building a prototype of a ...
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Research and Markets: Digital Video Distribution in Broadband, Television ...
Business Wire (press release)
Provides an A to Z of digital video distribution featuring technology, business, research, products and case studies. Features research topics exploring P2P Streaming, Digital Video Distribution over Disruption-Tolerant Networks and Scalable Video on ...
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Breaking ICU Study: New, Noninvasive Alternative in Aortic Pressure Monitoring
Marketwire (press release)
... major medical centers and research institutions, in physicians' offices and in clinical trials with leading pharmaceutical companies. The company's technology has been featured in over 400 peer-reviewed studies published in major medical journals. ...
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Study: Aerial Bombing Ineffective for US In Vietnam Conflict
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Matthew Kocher, political science, Yale University, said. He added that the research and use of instrumental variables by the group is unique in studies of aerial bombing. The scholars found that bombing of Vietnamese civilian populations by the US was ...
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The Role of Patients, Clinicians, and Payers in Comparative EffectivenessResearch
Cancer Network
By CancerNetwork Editors | March 29, 2011 Speaking at the ACCC last Friday, Sean Tunis, founder and director of the Center for Medical Technology Policy, gave a basic primer on what he sees as the primary goal of comparative effectiveness research, ...
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AECOM and University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) Continue ...
Business Wire (press release)
For the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, AECOM economists and technical experts analyzed social and economic impacts of nanotechnology in the health & medicine, energy, water and food sectors. ...
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New FDA Approved Medtronic ICD Only Shocks Heart When Necessary
Medical News Today
Based on studies, 98% of patients with SmartShock Technology will be free of inappropriate shocks one year after implant and 92% will be free of inappropriate shocks five years after implant. Pacemakers and ICDs are different in some respects. ...
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CardiaLen receives significant financing from Broadview Ventures
PRLog.Org (press release)
We are thankful for Broadview Ventures financing, and look forward to the successful completion ofstudies in atrial fibrillation utilizing this low-energy cardioversion technology,” said Bob Calcaterra, CEO of CardiaLen. ...
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Harvard Researchers Fight Fire with Electric Wand
DailyTech
While the research is still in its early stages, Cademartiri notes that this technologyhas already shown greater benefit over water because it causes less damage to people's property. In addition, the wand allows firefighters to work from safer ...
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DailyTech
GVSU to acquire offshore wind data-collecting buoy
Grand Haven Tribune
The research will provide information for the future development of offshore wind energy technology. In June 2010, the project secured $3.1 million in grants and research funds, including a $1.36 million energy-efficiency grant from the Michigan Public ...
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Profile of Candidates: Dr Baharul Islam—Man with UN assignment
TwoCircles.net
He was part of the UNDP deputed faculty establishing the Kigali Institute of Science, Technology & Management (KIST) in post-genocide Rwanda in 2000. In 2002-2003, Dr Islam was seconded to the Addis Ababa University on a UNDP capacity building program ...
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New Method of Studying Brain Activity Developed | Scicasts ...
By Teacha Hamilton
Aguirre's unique marriage of advanced mathematics with the latest neuroimaging techniques promises to both open up new areas of research and improve current experimental designs in the study of the brain. .... Stay on top of the essential trends and best practices within your sector through fresh daily news, exclusive reports and industry resources from world-leading sources. ...
Life Sciences Research News - http://scicasts.com/lifesciences/blog
Stakeholders dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation : Ghana ...
By ekow
The dialogue was jointly organised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and TMT Energy consult limited and supported by African Technology Policy Studies Network. ... Dr George Essegbey, Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, (STEPRI) of CSIR, said the policy dialogue had the overall goal of harnessing input from all stakeholders to guide the formulation or reformulation or review of policies, strategies and programmes in the ...
Ghana Business News - http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/
AECOM and University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB ...
By ardi
AECOM and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Bren School of EnvironmentalScience and Management are continuing their research collaboration with new bench-scale testing of nanomaterials and other new products for use in ... of Nanotechnology, will direct the research at UCSB, in coordination with Prof. Hunter Lenihan. Prof. Keller states that “there is great potential in using nZVI and related technologies to solve a wide range of contamination issues. ...
Mining Top News - http://www.miningtopnews.com/
Berkeley Lab Researchers Make First Perovskite-based Superlens for ...
By lcyarris
“Spectral studies of the lateral and vertical distributions of evanescent waves around the image plane of our lens show that we have achieved an imaging resolution of one micrometer, about one-fourteenth of the working wavelength.” .... It is a world leader in improving our lives through teamscience, advanced computing, and innovative technology. Visit our Website at www.lbl.gov. Additional Information. For more information on the research of Ramamoorthy Ramesh, ...
Berkeley Lab News Center - http://newscenter.lbl.gov/
China to overtake US on science, UK study finds | ZME Science
By Mihai Andrei
Chinese museum of science of technology. The trend seemed to suggest that China will become the dominant scientific power by 2020, but according to this study published by the Royal Society, UK's leading science authority, ... It should be underlined that this does not mean that America will have a scientific decline, just that China will rise up to the challenge; this can also bring other goodnews, with countries like Japan and France for example being more likely to ...
ZME Science - http://www.zmescience.com/
Chembio Awarded Phase II NIH Grant for Rapid TB Test ...
By BO News Network
The Phase I studies demonstrated the feasibility of developing a rapid and accurate test for tuberculosis with required diagnostic performance characteristics (sensitivity > 80%, specificity > 95%). ... Dr. Steven G. Reed, IDRI's Founder and Head of Research and Development, indicated, “We at IDRI see this Phase II funding as validation that our proprietary reagents, combined with Chembio's DPP® technology, can contribute to more effective management of tuberculosis — and...
Technology Blog Online - http://www.technologybo.com/
On the Menu: Taking a Bite Out of Invasive Species (LiveScience ...
By Yahoo! News: Science News
News: Science News. The first recipe posted on Invasivore.org was a simple one: Fettuccine coated in butter, garlic and dotted by chewy morsels of Chinese mystery snail. It inaugurated a grand goal: Staunch the spread of invasive species using knives, ... Barnes and the third site founder, Andy Deines, work with invasives as part of their doctoral research, meanwhile, Sim, also a doctoral student, studies the genetics of speciation, or the formation of new species. ...
Rocket News - http://www.rocketnews.com/
CEHD News: Registration now open for CASCW 2011 Spring Conference!
By Scotty Daniels
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota will present its 12th Annual FREE Child Welfare conference, "Social Media, Smart Phones, and Safety: How Technology is Changing Child Welfare ...
CEHD News - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/
Proteins Find Their Way With Address Label and Guide | Health ...
By Health
The technology they used is called x-ray crystallography. The group has shown the basic structure of the SRP in several previous studies SRP. Thanks to these studies, they were now able to directly compare the SRP structure with and without ... The scientists who carried out the study are part of Umeå University's strong research environment "biological chemistry" and the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, UCMR. Funding for the research project is provided by the Swedish ...
Health Medicine Daily News - http://www.healthmagdaily.com/
Uncle Bugs: China 'to overtake US on science' in two years
By Uncle Bugs
The report stresses that American research output will not decline in absolute terms and raises the possibility of countries like Japan and France rising to meet the Chinese challenge. ... Dr Cong Cao, associate professor at Nottingham University's School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, agrees with the assessment that the quantity of China's science is yet not matched by its quality. ...
Uncle Bugs - http://uncle-bugs.blogspot.com/
Nuclear Power - Not Now, Not Ever Permaculture Research Institute
By Ernest Partridge
Finally, these and other considerations lead to the conclusion that nuclear power is not economically viable and sustainable without massive government subsidies that are unavailable to its competingtechnologies. ..... At the time, I was a Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The defense team asked me to testify as to the “ reasonableness” of the protesters' belief that the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors ...
Permaculture Research Institute - http://permaculture.org.au/
Advances in Imaging Biomarkers: Innovative technologies as well as ...
By admin
Dallas, TX: ReportsandReports make known it Advances in Imaging Biomarkers: Innovativetechnologies, applications in R&D as good as clinical practice, as good as informatics as good as regulatory mandate potency Market Research Report in a Store. .... Reports as good as Reports comprises an online living room of 10000 reports, in-depth marketplace investigate studies of over 5000 micro markets, as good as twenty-five attention specific websites. ...
International News Media - http://www.cubananews.com/
Top 11 Algae Biofuel and Biochemical Trends From 2011-2020 ...
The following article is an excerpt from a technology, investment, and market study titled Algae 2020, Vol 2 (2011 update) from market research firm Emerging Markets Online. The excerpt provides a summary of findings and highlights 11 ... This article was written by Will Thurmond, CEO of marketresearch firm Emerging Markets Online, keynote speaker, author of Algae 2020 Vol 2 (February 2011) and Biodiesel 2020 studies, and market trends columnist for Biofuels Digest and ...
Renewable Energy News - RenewableEner... - http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home
Submissions for Australasian Journal of Educational Technology ...
By Edita Kaye
Both research articles reporting on empirical studies as well as theoretical/ conceptual papers that engage deeply with pertinent questions and issues from a pedagogical, social, cultural, philosophical and/or ethical standpoint will be ...
Association of Virtual Worlds - http://www.associationofvirtualworlds.com/
From Cotton Candy to Rock: New Evidence About Beginnings of the ...
By admin
In the future, the team will focus further studies on how the earliest asteroids were built. Thisresearch was funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Source: The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ...
Science Magazine News - http://www.sciencemagnews.com/
What is University? : Dynamics of Cats
Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science andscience policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats. .... This is not to be confused with professional studies, like law, engineering, medicine etc., nor with vocational studies, which is what a lot of people think is the primary activity of universities. ...
Dynamics of Cats - http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/
NASA Awards Earth and Space Science Studies Cooperative Agreement ...
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