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Virtual Reality Tools May Aid Stroke Recovery
WebMD
Pooling data from five studies, researchers found that people who participated in rehabilitation with virtual reality technologies after a stroke had a nearly fivefold greater chance of improving their motor strength compared to those who received ...
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Tufts Engineering Professor Wins NSF Career Award for Thermophotovoltaic Research
PR Newswire (press release)
MEDFORD and SOMERVILLE, Mass., April 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 ...
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UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
UPI.com
Research leader Susan Moeller said technology has changed students' relationships. "Technology provides the social network for young people today and they have spent their entire lives being 'plugged in,'" she said. Students reported doing without was ...
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Human Science
Georgetown University News
The School of Nursing & Health Studies' mission is “to improve the health and well-being of all people.” Part of the Georgetown University Medical Center, NHS is a leader in health care education and research. Its academic departments include Health ...
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Surveys confirm enormous value of science museums, 'free choice' learning
Eureka! Science News
One of the first studies of its type has confirmed that a science museum can strongly influence the public's knowledge and attitudes about science and technology, and to a surprising degree can cut across racial, ethnic, educational and economic ...
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Hutch gets $1M to study link between virus exposure, disease
The Seattle Times
The researchers plan to use technology from Seattle-based Adaptive TCR to be able to sequence tens of millions of antibody genes from each individual. The project combines Robins' works in computational biology and Carlson's studies of parallels ...
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How the Government Shutdown will Effect Clinical Trials and Biomedical Research
MIT Technology Review (blog)
If the federal government does shut down this weekend, clinical trials will stop enrolling new patients and researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have to put their studies on hold. Internal research at the agency involves ...
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Quick-Med Technologies to Present Results of Animal Studies on an Advanced ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Quick-Med's research and development on this project is being supported by a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded by the US Army Medical Research and Material Command. NIMBUS was competitively selected by the US Army to develop a ...
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World's seismologists gather in Memphis to discuss latest earthquake science ...
PhysOrg.com (press release)
This session reports the latest research on these topics: What do 19th century historical accounts and reporting of the 1811-12 sequence tell us about the history and people of the time? Spectacular ground failure in 1811-12 resulted in liquefaction, ...
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Medical Center Opens New Building Dedicated to Advancing Care
University of Rochester Newsroom
The concept of creating a physical home for clinical research at URMC gained momentum in October 2006 when the Medical Center was one of the first institutions in the nation to receive a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National ...
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University of Rochester Newsroom
Space science projects blasting off
TARGETjobs
... has been awarded £1.8 million for astronomers at the Queen's Astrophysics Research Centre to further their studies into the sun, dark matter and new planets. The funding has been awarded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). ...
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National Science Foundation Awards Raytheon a $157 Million Contract for ...
PR Newswire (press release)
US research in the Antarctic ranges from the effects of climate change on the sensitive ecosystem to studies on penguin populations and the geological processes of an active volcano. RPSC has approximately 350 full-time employees and hires up to ...
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Vanderbilt nets $10M for mass spec imaging
Health Imaging & IT
The research resource for imaging mass spectrometry will focus on developing new technologies -- next generation hardware, software and methods -- for direct tissue profiling and imaging using mass spectrometry. New biological applications will include ...
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Anti-Cancer Drug Sensitivity Changes Detected With Biolog Phenotype MicroArrays
Marketwire (press release)
A major advantage of PM technology is its simplicity. Any laboratory can run PM assays and even small differences between cell types can be accurately detected. Furthermore, it is useful in a wide range of studies. In cancer research, PM technology can ...
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Treating Rare Cancers
Newswise (press release)
Dr. Ladanyi's research group is using the latest genome technologies to study several types of sarcomas, both adult and pediatric. According to Dr. Singer, sarcomas serve as excellent models for learning about other tumors and developing targeted ...
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Alzheimer's study sparks global collaboration
Medill Reports: Chicago
The US and European researchers are now working together, combining information and DNA samples used for both studies to further research connections between genes and Alzheimer's through IGAP. Schellenberg came up with the idea of the study three to ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago
Next Step for Darpa's Mind-Controlled Prosthetics: Reliability
Wired News (blog)
No “technology push,” no bleeding-edge scientific studies, the agency says. For this, Darpa wants to establish solid reliability. This endeavor is the latest in a legacy of prosthetic research that reflects the Pentagon's efforts to help injured ...
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New Theory: Titan Shaped By Weather, Not Ice Volcanoes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The Cassini orbiter and several of its instruments were designed, developed and assembled at JPL.
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Boeing, Yale partner on landmark jatropha study
Biofuels Digest
In Seattle, Boeing released research conducted by Yale University's School of Environmental Studies showing significant potential for sustainable aviation fuel based on jatropha-curcas, an oil-producing, non-edible plant. The study shows that, ...
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New virtual reality research – and a new lab – at Stanford
Stanford University News
Ahn's work is among the latest batch of studies to come from Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Led by Jeremy Bailenson, associate professor of communication, researchers in the lab are trying to better understand how advances in digital media ...
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Is a Robotic Snake the Next Step in Endoscopic Surgery?
Medscape
The field of ergonomics is an area that is ready for the advancements offered by this technology. As Dr. Awad suggested, "there have been studies comparing the ergonomics of laparoscopic surgery vs open [surgery], which is roughly a 5-fold increase in ...
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New partnership aims to boost laser additive manufacturing
OptoIQ
East Granby, CT--Joining Technologies is partnering with Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT; Aachen, Germany) and its Fraunhofer USA subsidiary, Fraunhofer CLT (Center for Laser Technology) to form Joining Technologies Research ...
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Nobel Winner Baruch Blumberg, Viral Genetics Advisor, Dies at 85
PR Newswire (press release)
Dr. Blumberg died after apparently suffering a heart attack while attending a conference at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field near San Jose, California. "We are very sad to hear of Dr. Blumberg's passing, and our condolences go out to his ...
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Returning economy, stocks help colleges land more grants
Dayton Business Journal
The grant, from the National Science Foundation, ranks as the largest grant the Springfield college has received in recent history. Grants are part of the lifeblood of higher education, paying for educational research studies and development. ...
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Innovative model pays off for cancer-fighting firm
Globe and Mail
Rather than make the call himself, he decided to let science make the decision. As the next level of research progressed, the cancer stream just took off and became the primary focus of future development. With the focus identified, Prof. ...
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Globe and Mail
The convergence of biometrics, location and surveillance
O'Reilly Radar
Alex Kilpatrick: Biometrics is the science that studies things that make an individual unique. Interestingly enough, there are lots of things that make an individual unique, especially when examined closely enough. The most common is fingerprints, ...
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Why US is the most preferred destination to study abroad?
Siliconindia.com
By SiliconIndia Bangalore: Students from various countries always want to pursue their studies in the US But why they prefer US as the best destination in the whole world, for higher education in the fields of science, technology and management? ...
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Conference on Hate Studies
US Department of State (press release)
Congratulations on this conference. I am intrigued by hate studies as a discipline – something that didn't exist when I was in school. Thank you for all your thoughtful analyses, research and explanations. What you are doing is important and I hope to ...
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Beaverton School District librarians will not be shushed as they fight for ...
OregonLive.com
At the International School of Beaverton, Rosa Rothenberger helped a social studies teacher find books and materials to create an Asian history class. At Highland Park Middle School, Terri Kuechle teaches students how to focus their online research, ...
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OregonLive.com
KINGSTON — The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has partnered ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Dr. Anderson said that the MoU is timely and will facilitate greater areas of research and development within the country. UTech's Associate Professor for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Paul Ivey, stated that the MoU seeks to put ...
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Holy Cross Science Students Present Research at Regional Symposium ...
By Nikolas Markantonatos
Kunz presented his research in the field of aeroecology, with a focus on developing technology to study the behavior of bats. Renehan, who has been conducting his research alongside Joshua Farrell, Thomas E. D'Ambra associate professor of chemistry, presented his studies of ... Recent News. 04/08/11 Holy Cross Science Students Present Research at Regional Symposium. See more >. 04/07 /11 Sutton Sisters Share Passion for Lacrosse, Reach for Patriot League Title. See more > ...
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Moving Up The Ladder Of Education With East Carolina University ...
Commonly known by its initial letters, ECU, it is a research university. The university is classified into 3 campuses, mentioned as follows: Main Campus Health Sciences Campus West Research Campus. One of the biggest universities in the state in terms of enrollments, ... Business administration and other management studies, elementary education & teaching, nursing, psychology and journalism are some popular courses opted by students, in terms of enrollment numbers. ...
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Science and technology – reporting on the group discussion ...
By Articles Tubes
The round table was in Nairobi, Kenya to 4 December 2009 at and hosted by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS). Manifesto: anewmanifesto.org ACTS www.acts.or.ke. Panel on expansion of the Horizon of Science and Technology Research at AUC: The example of the AUC / KAUST Research Partnership School of Sciences and Engineering Medhat Haroun, dean of natural sciences and engineering school, Ali Hadi, Vice Provost and Director of studies and research Hamza El Dorry ...
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Legally Global: Research Fellow at the United Nations University ...
By Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs...
The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) is recruiting a Research Fellow for the Science and Technology for Sustainable Societies (STSS) Programme. Under the general supervision of the Director of UNU -IAS ...
Legally Global - http://legallyglobal.blogspot.com/
Microbiome Studies: We Are More than the Sum of our Parts ...
By Isobel
Two news articles suggesting this possibility caught my eye this week. The articles both summarized results from the microbiome project–a research effort geared towards developing a deep understanding of how the bacteria that live in ... The Science news article summarizes the results of studies in mice suggesting that introduction of particular bacterial populations can cause obesity and discusses how such studies have led to speculation that weight gain could be also be ...
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ECN transfers research activities to HyET - Dutch Daily News
By Dutch Daily News
In this strategy, ECN focuses on strengthening the main activities for which it has obtained a strong (inter)national position: wind energy, solar energy, biomass, sustainable process and heat technology and policy studies. ...
Dutch Daily News - http://www.dutchdailynews.com/
A*STAR Offers PJI Contract Innovative, Eco-Friendly Nanocoating ...
(Nanowerk News) The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and PJI Contract Pte Ltd announced today the opening of a production facility to manufacture Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) solution, an eco-friendly nano-coating ...
Nanowerk Nanotechnology News - http://www.nanowerk.com/
Renewable Energy 2011
By admin
Renewable Energy 2011 Renewable energy news, case studies, research, analysis and technology exhibition for government, finance, utility and technology alternative energy professionals. indemnity take a look here at ...
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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Recruitment April ...
By pankajm
Category: PHYSICS / MATERIALS SCIENCE Qualification: Solid State Phase transformations, Superconductivity, Structure and dynamics of soft condensed matter, Band structure studies, Accelerators based Irradiation induc edphenomena , Low-dimensional ... Thin films technology and Theoretical physics METALLURGY / MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY: Solid State Phase transformations, Materials development and characterization, Phase equilibria, Creep, Fatigue, Texture and Fracture studies, ...
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CEHD News: The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare ...
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has developed, in collaboration with faculty members, a series of online learning modules, designed to present the latest practice-relevant child welfare research from top ...
CEHD News - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cehd/insideout/
Robots: Robotic Arts « Robots – The Podcast for News and Views on ...
By Robots Podcast
At UQAM in Canada, he trained as a mechanical engineer (specialised in buildings ' structure) and roboticist, and also followed graduate studies in project management to acquire the necessary tools to work in such a multidisciplinary ... The most prominent of his projects includes the flying cube project dubbed ' SAILS', which is an art/science/technology, research-stimulating platform initiated by Nicolas Reeves, director of the NXI Gestatio Laboratory at the design school ...
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The Mermaid's Tale: A healthy change for health research....or ...
By Ken Weiss
that hunger for the grants and the overhead which gives their administrators sustenance, to journals and news media who need 24/7 stories to sell, to the biotech industry that feeds on technology-glamorized research, to doctors who ... to social scientists and epidemiologists who do endless studies to evaluate and re-evaluate the health care system, to politicians who can preen themselves by playing the fear card ("I support research to help your health, so vote for me! ...
The Mermaid's Tale - http://ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/
Only actual and fresh news » Blog Archive » Research Roundup: The ...
By admin
Every Friday, Jennifer Evans compiles this selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs: Health Affairs: The $17.1 Billion Problem: The Annual Cost Of Measurable Medical Errors – The estimated total cost of measurable ...
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Music, Politics and Agency
By rikowski
MUSIC, POLITICS AND AGENCY A one-day conference presented by: Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University Media Industries Research Centre, University of Leeds ... Her research interests include the punk subculture and women's engagement with music technology. Her book The Lost Women of Rock Music will appear revised in paperback in January 2012 and a double CD of archive material by her punk-pop band is due ...
All that is Solid for Glenn Rikowski - http://rikowski.wordpress.com/
The science behind scientific inquiry | Articles Online Max
By Articles Max
Experimental studies are characterized by a random distribution of subjects with specific exposures. Health research experiences are called: (1). Randomize controlled trials (2) clinical trials or intervention studies ...
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Stetson University Launches Summer Pre-Law Institute For Undergrad ...
By Press Release
Dr. Rebecca B. Watts, assistant professor of communication studies at Stetson University, earned her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Her research interests center on the application of rhetorical theory and criticism to public culture. ... Dr. David L. Hill, associate professor of political science at Stetson University, teaches courses in the areas of American politics and research methodology. His research focus is in political behavior with a specific interest in the ...
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Morgan State Receives Major NASA Grant to Study - Morgan State ...
Research seeks answers in many critical areas such as climate change. ... Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Studies and Investigations. ... Latest News. 04.06.11. Morgan State Receives Major NASA Grant to Study Earth Sciences ...
www.morgan.edu/About.../MSU_Receives_NASA_Grant.html
NASA Awards Earth and Space Science Studies Cooperative Agreement ...
The Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Studies and Investigations ... Related news. Bechtel Corporation Selects Brainware Distiller for ...
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Collaborative Study Yields TB Drug Leads | Science & Technology ...
Chemical & Engineering News. Serving the chemical, life sciences and ... In the study, Johns Hopkins researchers first identified metabolic enzymes that ...
pubs.acs.org/cen/science/89/8914scic8.html
USRA Selected to Lead Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and ...
San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Peter Delevett column ... Selected to Lead Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Studies and Investigations ...
www.istockanalyst.com/.../usra-selected-to-lead-goddard-earth...


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