University of Central Florida
University Award for Excellence in Research: Shin-Tson Wu, College of Optics and Photonics. Wu, an innovator and professor, is a major contributor to the research of liquid crystal displays. His pioneering work helped create technology that is commonly ...
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University of Central Florida
Clinical Trials and Tribulations: The Future of Cancer Research
Medscape
Their involvement in clinical research is completely voluntary to begin with, and then the need to donate their time, and also encourage cost-sharing on the part of their institution to participate in government-funded studies, creates a tremendous ...
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World's Reef Fishes Tussling With Human Overpopulation
RedOrbit
"What remains largely unknown, however, is whether the results of experimental studies reflect what happens in real ecosystems." To fill this unknown, 55 researchers, in a two-year study, collected the necessary data to determine whether biodiversity ...
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ACR Image Metrix' Brenda K. Young Published in Drug Information Journal
Business Wire (press release)
“Examining the two studies, we found that, ultimately, a computer system validation in clinical trials is possible only when a standardized work process has been used to test the technology,” stated Ms. Young. The article states how computer systems ...
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Energy Infrastructure Lacks Advanced Defense From Cyber Attacks
Bloomberg
By Kelly Riddell - Wed Apr 06 12:00:01 GMT 2011 A majority of energy and utility companies don't use “state-of-the art” technology to defend their networks and are exposing critical infrastructure to sophisticated cyber attacks, according to an ...
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Growing Eyeballs
MIT Technology Review
"The ability to replicate organogenesis in the lab could revolutionize stem cell medicine," says Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology. Lanza was not involved in the study. "By understanding the necessary signals and forces ...
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MIT Technology Review
Science fellow launches biofuel project at Tri-County
Journal and Courier
As for her summer research experience, Wilson highly recommends it to fellow teachers in the STEM -- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math -- disciplines. "I hoped it would make myself a better scientist and a better teacher so I jumped on it," ...
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Leading produce company shares $2m food safety investment with industry
Quality Assurance & Food Safety
With such a history of and recognition in innovation and food safety efforts, the sharing of science and research by Chiquita/Fresh Express is simply a representation of the company's culture and way of doing business. “It's an opportunity to again ...
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Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Tufts engineering professor wins NSF Career Award
EurekAlert (press release)
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tom Vandervelde has been awarded an early-career award from the National Science Foundation for promising research on the conversion of heat to electricity. Vandervelde, the John A. and Dorothy ...
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Coffee Addiction May Be Grounded in Genes
U.S. News & World Report
New research suggests that individuals who carry a so-called "high-consumption" variation of either gene appear to drink more coffee, relative to those who carry a "low-consumption" variant. "It's really an incredible story," said study co-author Dr. ...
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Clemson Creative Inquiry forum to showcase student research
Clemson University
The experience the students gain by collecting waste cooking oil and converting it to biodiesel will serve as a foundation for new research on biofuels such as algae oils, cellulosic ethanol and other technologies. A study, led by environmental ...
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Arrowhead Research Increases Ownership in Ablaris to 64%
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“Preclinical studies of Ablaris' technology have demonstrated considerable promise as a novel way to treat the growing problem of obesity,” continued Dr. Anzalone. “While much attention has been given to various anti-obesity therapeutic candidates, ...
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Busy roads linked to early births
CBC.ca
Expectant mothers living close to high traffic areas may be at increased risk of early birth, according to new Australian research. A cohort study by a group from the Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation ...
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Re-Play: It's academic
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Dr Jeffrey Brand, Associate Professor at the Bond University Centre for New Media Research and Education, and author of the Interactive Australia 2007 study released yesterday, believes interactive entertainment is part of an historic culture shift ...
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Engineered Mice Make Better Choices
MIT Technology Review
Previous studies found that blocking adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus prevented animals from discriminating between similar choices—a process called pattern separation. Amar Sahay, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of neuroscientist René Hen at ...
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MIT Technology Review
Research in Jeopardy: Scientists fear funding loss
The Daily Princetonian
McCaul is a member of the House Committee of Science, Space and Technology. “Right now America's global competitiveness is threatened by our record debt and unfriendly business climate. We must cut our excessive debt, eliminate burdensome regulations ...
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New IDC Energy Insights MarketScape Study Evaluates Vendor Solutions in the ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based ...
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Nanopillars yield more precise molecular photography
Stanford University News
The Stanford nanopillar imaging technique is particularly promising in cellular studies for several reasons. First, it is non-invasive – it does not harm the cell that is being observed, a downfall of some earlier technologies. ...
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Mental appetite for drugs and food linked, study says
Yale Daily News
Several recent advancements in brain scanning technology, including improved Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery (fMRI), as well as Positron Emission Technology (PET) scans, greatly facilitated the study by enabling researchers to pinpoint active ...
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Robotic Surgery Put To The Test For Bowel Cancer
Medical News Today (press release)
One of the UK's largest medical, health and bioscience research bases, the University of Leeds delivers world leading research in medical engineering, cancer, cardiovascular studies, epidemiology, molecular genetics, musculoskeletal medicine, ...
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Good sleep ''can help weight loss''
Silentnight Beds
"These results suggest that early evaluation of sleep and stress levels in long-term weight management studies could potentially identify which participants might benefit from additional counselling," said the researchers. ...
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MIT's Koch Institute to use Roche LightCycler 480 System to Help Advance ...
PR Newswire (press release)
It can be used in a broad range of applications in research fields, such as gene expression studies, discovery and analysis of genetic variation, or array data validation. More information is available at www.roche-applied-science.com. ...
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Academic panel okays integrated tech course
Times of India
"We are through with all our initial commitments like setting up of an independent technology department and faculty; establishment of board of studies (BoS) and securing speedy approval for the entire initiative from various statutory bodies of the ...
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VTT003 fabric sets new standard for uniforms
Fibre2fashion.com
Three studies on a novel textile technology presented at the 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America suggest that new personal protection standards in medical apparel are possible. The research was conducted ...
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Health IT benefits becoming more apparent
American Medical News
Unlike similar studies looking at earlier research that often found negative effects of EMRs, they found that 92% of the articles reached positive conclusions (content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/3/464). Of the studies analyzed, ...
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Districts let students learn outside school
Nashua Telegraph
With the assistance of teachers, Perkins been working this semester on a research project in partnership with the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For Perkins, who had exhausted the high ...
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VBL Therapeutics Presents Two Studies on VB-111 at 102nd Annual AACR Meeting
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
The company presented two studies, one demonstrating the safety and specificity of VB-111 and the other demonstrating its promise against glioblastoma, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 102 nd Annual Meeting, taking place this week ...
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Women set to take lead in the clean energy revolution
WAM - Emirates News Agency
The initiative is of particular importance to Masdar Institute, the world's first graduate university focused on research and development of science and technology, which has 37 percent female representation in its student body. ...
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Hiring! Bosch moves in with Akustica on the South Side
Pop City
The Bosch Group is expanding its presence in Pittsburgh, having moved its Research Technology Center (RTC) from the North Side to join Akustica's headquarters in SouthSide Works; both companies are hiring. Pittsburgh-based Akustica, a CMU spinout and ...
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Online learning requires a more clear definition, research shows
Education Today
The fact that e-learning does not have an across-the-board spelling (because of the hyphen use) also makes the research process difficult, said Joi Moore, associate professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies in the MU ...
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Plant disease raises questions on modified crops
Bellingham Herald
Though the science behind Huber's claims is far from settled - and Huber has refused to make public any evidence of his claims - his letter has intensified the battle between those who believe technology is the only way to feed a ballooning global ...
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DHS: Testimony of Mr. Larry Willis, Program Manager for the ...
Testimony of Mr. Larry Willis, Program Manager for the Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, on "Behavioral Science and Security: ... AIR is one of the largest non-profit behavioral science research organizations in North America and has performed numerous validation studies. Two databases were used for this study. The first was designed to include case ...
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Neuros Medical touts pain-blocking device study | Research roundup ...
By MassDevice staff
ICU Medical Inc. (NSDQ:ICUI) announced that three different clinical studies presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) April 1-4 in Dallas showed that the MicroCLAVE neutral ... On-X Life Technologies Inc. (On-X LTI) announced today that preliminary results from a FDA IDE study of the On-X Prosthetic Heart Valve continue to show promise for patients who want relief from taking life-long anticoagulants while ...
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Coffee Addiction May Be Grounded in Genes (HealthDay) | Stock ...
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News: Science News. WEDNESDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) — Genetics may help determine how much caffeine one craves, new research indicates, with differences in two specific genes driving people to consume more — or less — of the world's most popular ... The meta-analysis of the studies, which were conducted between 1984 and 2001, examined average caffeine consumption estimates — if available — for each participant's intake of coffee, tea, coke and other carbonated ...
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Dr. Farid Melgani delivers lecture, praises excellence at KSU ...
By brettptomashek
An international expert in computer science recently commended King Saud University for its ground-breaking research in science and technology during a recent visit to the Kingdom. ... While in Riyadh, Dr. Melgani met with Dr. Ali Al-Ghamidi, KSU Provost for Senior Studies and Dr. Alajlan, in the Provost's office, where discussions included ALISR activities and pattern recognition. ...
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CIT has become a primary venue for researchers and industry practitioners to discuss open problems, new research directions, and real-world case studies on all aspects of computer and information technology. CIT is soliciting original, previously unpublished and high quality papers addressing research challenges and advances spanning over the multidisciplinary aspects of information technology, computing science and computer engineering. The topics of the conference ...
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Research News and Events at York » Archive » Glendon Romanian ...
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Valentin Naumescu, consul-general of Romania in Toronto, first contacted Glendon's French studies Professor Dorin Uritescu and Professor Françoise Mougeon, Glendon's associate principal academic & research, who then guided the project to a successful start-up. ... Back row: York information technology Professor Radu Campeanu; McRoberts; Baconschi; Romanian ambassador to Canada Elena Stefoi; Adrian Papahagi, cabinet adviser to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
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Arrowhead Research Increases Ownership in Nanomedicine Company Ablaris
(Nanowerk News) Arrowhead Research Corporation, a nanomedicine company with development programs in oncology, obesity and regenerative medicine, today announced that majority-owned subsidiary Ablaris Therapeutics, Inc. has completed a second ... "Preclinical studies of Ablaris' technology have demonstrated considerable promise as a novel way to treat the growing problem of obesity," continued Dr. Anzalone. "While much attention has been given to various anti-obesity ...
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The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope // News // Notre Dame ...
By Jay Walljasper
On his trip last December, Peter Garnavich spent three nights at the VATT before shifting his research to the LBT. “On large telescopes you get small amounts of time, but with the VATT you can get a lot of time — and that's exactly what you ... My hope is to see if there are any interesting or peculiar stars in it, which would become targets for follow-up studies.” Stott's work continues a long tradition of Jesuit astronomers, who not only run the Vatican observatories in ...
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OCTRI funding opportunity for discovery proteomics, due April 25 ...
By Christina Elmore
The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) is now accepting letters of intent to apply for pilot project funding for “discovery proteomics.” This opportunity is designed to facilitate novel, collaborative studies that ... Welcome to the Research News Blog. OHSU Research News is your portal to information about all things research at Oregon Health & Science University. Visit often for updates on events, discoveries, and important funding information. ...
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Out of Africa Comes Excellence | Grad News Forum
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Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, is a long way from Hanover, New Hampshire, but because of the world-class research collaboration between Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), ... Their work has expanded our understanding of this understudied area of HIV research. With studies on the immune potential of human semen currently a priority area in HIV pathogenesis research under the National Institutes of Health, ...
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India China Institute | ICI Fellow Victoria Marshall to Speak at ...
By India China Institute
She is a member of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Urban Design Working Group, a Long Term Ecological Research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation. She has taught at University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Harvard University, ... The lecture and the 'Intersections: New Approaches to Science and Technology in 20th Century China and India' workshop are kindly supported by the SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster, Situating Science and the following York ...
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The nuclear misdirection : Class M
By James Hrynyshyn none@example.com
The US federal government spends between 5 and 20 billion dollars a year on new energy sources (depending if we count basic science and engineering research) that could replace fossil fuels and nuclear. Why would we be spending all that money every single ... Rock solid evidence that there is a great deal of lies and misdirection at the heart of anti-nuclear hysteria, evidence to be found in the best peer reviewed studies and journals. ... Science News from NYTimes.com » ...
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2011 DUCURS conference to showcase a record number of ...
By Brianne
De Paula will speak about the challenges faced by science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators and researchers with a focus on research- rich curricula. De Paula's research centers on photosynthesis and nanotechnology . ... He has maintained research interests in neuroscience collaborating in studies of primate vision and mechanisms of transmitter release and lives in Boston. Presenting sponsor is Metro Waste Authority, with additional sponsorship from Kemin ...
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Oregon Wave Power Continues to Develop (USA) >> Offshore Wind
By Offshore Wind
Wave energy development in Oregon added a new company to the research mix recently as Texas-based Neptune Wave Power announced it is testing its technology at Oregon State University's (OSU) Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. ... In addition to the ongoing testing of the Neptune wave energy technology, OSU said it also has a range of related projects going on. These include studies under way in advanced wave forecasting, device and array optimization, device reliability ...
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Human Taste Cells Regenerate in a Dish | Neuroscience News
By Neuroscience News
For this reason, scientists thought that it was not possible to isolate and grow these cells in culture, which limited the scope of studies to understand how human taste cells function. “It had become engrained in the ... Dr. Breslin is also faculty at Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The research was funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, the National Science Foundation, and Givaudan Inc . ...
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Museum Anthropology: Hot Science, Global Citizens
By Museum Anthropology Editors
This symposium presents the research findings of the Australian Research Council international Linkage project, Hot Science, Global Citizens: the agency of the museum sector in climate change interventions along with other leading research ... Professor Mike Hulme School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK Elaine Heumann Gurian International Museum Consultant Dr Emlyn Koster CEO Liberty Science Center, USA Professor David Karoly Climate scientist and ...
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USRA Selected to Lead Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and ...
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