PR Newswire (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has won the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology Impact Award for 2010 for taking its academic research to the front lines of ...
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Bits: Study Shows Multitasking's Toll on Memory
New York Times (blog)
“Technology provides so much more of an interference than what we did here,” said the researcher, Dr. Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco. Indeed, the paper argues that studies like this are becoming ...
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Prestigious award funds research on the mysteries of charged droplets
UC Davis
William Ristenpart, an assistant professor who has appointments in both the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, uses high-speed video and a high-resolution electrochemical ...
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Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems
New York Times
Mark D. Whitley, a senior vice president of engineering and technology with Range Resources, a gas drilling company with operations in several regions of the country, said that the losses suggested by Mr. Howarth's study were simply too high. ...
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Busting the Bulb: Solid State Lighting and Energy Efficiency
San Jose Mercury News
He is a nationally recognized authority on lighting Technology and luminaire design; lighting and technology research and development in photometry, computer rendering for lighting, brightness and glare research, lens and reflector optics, ...
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FAU Experts on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Newswise (press release)
Dalgleish studies and develops optics and imaging systems to characterize the undersea environment and advance communications. • Lee Frey is a research associate at Harbor Branch in the ocean engineering and technology program. ...
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SC State names Wright Transportation Center executive director
The Times and Democrat
Wright previously served as professor emeritus and research engineer in the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture at Florida A&M University (FAMU). For much of his career, Wright was employed at FAMU, where he held several ...
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Students Conduct Language Science Research in Global Internships
Gant Daily
Funding for the research internships comes from a $2.8 million National Science Foundation grant through its Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) program. Under this program, an international team of researchers at 10 ...
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Peridot Technologies Introducing Innovative Ultrasound Reporting, Image ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
AP sources: Intel chiefs aim to rebuild trust 04.11.11 Peridot Technologies announces the release of Sonovision 2.0 which is cost effective and innovative ultrasound imaging and workstation software for studies acquisition, study management and ...
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Do Girls And Science Mix?
Patch.com
"Among first-year college students, women are much less likely than men to say that they intend to major in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM)," the study said. "By graduation, men outnumber women in nearly every science and engineering ...
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Alma College begins major in new media studies
The Morning Sun
But now, in part because of demand, students can now major in a study that includes all the latest in media digital information and technology. “In the rapidly changing media landscape, a new media studies major not only has a certain allure, ...
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CSC Teams with BioSignia to Offer Life Insurers, Reinsurers Predictive ...
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced it has signed an alliance agreement with BioSignia, a privately held science and technology company located in Research Triangle Park, NC, to offer North American life insurers and reinsurers Mortality ...
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US federal government: cloud first, but 'cloud' needs to be defined
ZDNet (blog)
Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. Joe is co-author, along with 16 leading industry leaders and thinkers, of the SOA Manifesto, which outlines the values and ...
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Research and Markets: Pharma Sales Force Innovations: Technology, Training and ...
Business Wire (press release)
Using ExpertViews interviews with leading thinkers from around the world, the 30-page report offers an overview of innovations in sale rep training as well as case studies for what worksand what does not. In addition, the tightly-written report ...
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Jarvis: Great potential in clean water idea
Windsor Star
Windsor was one of the pioneers of ozone purification for municipal drinking water and did some of the early studies on emerging chemicals of concern being found in the Great Lakes. There are water research institutes at the University of Michigan, ...
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Your Addiction to Coffee May Be Genetic
myfoxny.com
The research could also explain why chocolate is more irresistible to some than others, reported The Daily Mail. The study involved meta-analysis of data from five studies involving 47341 US participants of European descent. ...
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myfoxny.com
GMOs Linked to Organ Disruption in 13 Scientific Studies
Eat. Drink. Better.
Again, there's very simply a lack of research on the matter (or if the research was conducted by private companies, it hasn't been revealed.) The 90-day-long tests are insufficient to evaluate chronic toxicity, and the signs highlighted in the kidneys ...
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Eat. Drink. Better.
AAAS Science Website Great For Students & Teachers Hypothetically
DigitalJournal.com
The website, part of the Project 2061, is a result of over a decade of research aimed at the advancement of math, science and technology literacy. The site assessment.aaas.org contains more than 600 multiple-choice questions which assess key ideas ...
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DigitalJournal.com
How Useful Is Personalized Search?
MIT Technology Review
"At the end of the day, the tradeoff is not good," says Martin Feuz, a researcher at the Centre for Cultural Studies at the University of London, who was involved with the work. "We're giving up too much [personal] information and not getting ...
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MIT Technology Review
The Evolving Library: Redesign Supports New Teaching, Learning Styles
American Libraries
Results indicate that libraries need a makeover if they are to meet the needs of 21 st- century work styles and technologies. After speaking with students, librarians, and professors and conducting student focus groups, the research team spent two ...
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Newly formed Institute for Food Safety and Health Opens at IIT
Quality Assurance & Food Safety
In recent years, NCFST's research portfolio and facilities have expanded to include human clinical nutrition studies, health promoting foods research, a virology program, and the FDA-commissioned and certified Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory and ...
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Guarded Optimism For Healthcare IT
InformationWeek
How many studies that have questioned the benefits of health IT never were published because of the tendency of research journals to favor positive studies? Thus my initial comment: I remain guardedly optimistic. A year from now, I may look back at and ...
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Council on Competitiveness Showcases Power of High Performance Computing at AAI
PR Newswire (press release)
"This case study clearly demonstrates the significant opportunity and value that HPC offers to companies such as AAI to boost research and maintain a competitive leadership position in the global marketplace," said Council Senior Vice President Dr. ...
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Australian scientific collaboration set to break world's reliance on fish for ...
Biofortified
Today (Tuesday 12 April) three Australian organisations announced a $50 million dollar research collaboration which will use leading edge gene technology to develop and commercialise vegetable oil which will contain the same high quality, ...
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Screen-size appetite fuels a three-fold tablet device buying frenzy
Courier Mail
Queensland University of Technology students Amy Moores and Melissa Lowe said the iPad was the perfect tool for their studies. "I have a laptop, but it sometimes gets too heavy to carry," Ms Moores, a 20-year-old dietetics and nutrition student said.
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Banking in the Future: Customers Want More Bank for Their Bucks
Business Wire (press release)
The report is the latest in a series of studies, prepared by Emergent Research in partnership with Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) that explore trends that will affect consumers, businesses and those who serve them. “Banking has dramatically changed more in ...
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Aileron Therapeutics Appoints Experienced Drug Developer, Anthony M. Manning ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“In particular, having overseen the advancement of nearly a dozen investigational new drugs in his career, Tony brings an impressive track record to Aileron as we advance our novel Stapled Peptides into IND-enabling and then clinical studies. ...
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Opinion: The tragedy of health and medical budget cuts
Australian Life Scientist
Every day I am exposed to new studies and clinical trials that offer the hope of curing some of our most intractable diseases. Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, HIV, malaria – the list goes on. There are thousands of researchers here in ...
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Observing Nature to Help Make Sense of a Complex World
PhysOrg.com (press release)
Sagarin also studies environmental policy, philosophy and history and is documenting the transformation in science back toward primarily observational, rather than experimental, methods of learning. In addition, his Natural Security Project examines ...
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India-Australia workshop on energy efficiency
DailyIndia.com
Its activities include programmes on issues of technology policy and overall development for the benefit of society, and promotes research projects, pilot studies, engineering education, fellowships, scholarships, awards and other benefactions. ...
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Spaulding Clinical Welcomes Dr. Aziz Karim, Clinical Pharmacokinetic Consultant
PR Newswire (press release)
Spaulding Clinical Research, LLC (www.spauldingclinical.com) is a Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit and Cardiac Core Lab that offers a full range of global services from study design through study execution/conduct, data management, ...
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Patient Outreach to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Patients With an ...
Archives of Internal Medicine
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No.190 (prepared by the RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under contract 2902007100561). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2010. ...
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NCSU Libraries News » NCSU Libraries Fellows 2011-2013
By Michelle Clark
While pursuing his studies he has served as research assistant to the Carolina Digital Library and Archive, as well as lab assistant in IT Services at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS). He founded the Carolina Digital ...
NCSU Libraries News - http://news.lib.ncsu.edu/
Electric Yellowstone
By e! Science News - Earth & Climate
“It's like comparing ultrasound and MRI in the human body; they are different imaging technologies,” says geophysics Professor Michael Zhdanov, principal author of the new study and an expert on measuring magnetic and electrical fields on ... “It's a totally new and different way of imaging and looking at the volcanic roots of Yellowstone,” says study co-author Robert B. Smith, professor emeritus and research professor of geophysics and a coordinating scientist of the ...
World Weather Post - http://www.worldweatherpost.com/
Concerned scientists offer to help government with oversight of ...
By Mike
Janelle Weaver, Science-News.org Contributor We're surrounded by harmful chemicals, but how much do we really know about their effect on the body? ... “ This [research] is going to provide an enormous amount of insight into what BPA actually does, and it's going to be a complement to the long-standing practice of very careful, thorough toxicological studies,” says Scott Hawley, a geneticist at ...
Science News - http://science-news.org/
New Technique Set to Untangle The Complexity of The Brain ...
By Teacha Hamilton
A new area of research is emerging in the neuroscience known as 'connectomics'. With parallels to genomics, which maps the our genetic make-up, connectomics aims to map the brain's connections (known as 'synapses'). By mapping these connections – and hence how ... "The brain is an immensely complex organ and understanding its inner workings is one of science's ultimate goals," says Dr. John Williams, Head of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Wellcome Trust. ...
Life Sciences Research News - http://scicasts.com/lifesciences/blog
UW will lead new $4.9 million study of - eCALS - News for Faculty ...
By rdmitche
“Although this country produces lots and lots of food, excessive amounts of food , there are still areas in big cities where people go hungry at times,” says Ventura, a professor of environmental studies and soil science, in a Capital Times story announcing the grant. ... “This is an exciting project that brings together the research and education capacity of the university with on-the- ground knowledge of community groups such as Growing Power,” explains Ventura. ...
eCALS - http://ecals.cals.wisc.edu/
Call for Papers: Advanced Challenges and Research Trends in Cloud ...
By Ian
The issue aims to provide a forum for researchers to share and exchange cloud and grid computing-related research, technologies, experience, and lessons for building clouds of interoperability and coordination capabilities and services. ... Virtualisation technologies; Service-oriented computing; Management of clouds; Security issues in cloud and grid computing; Fault tolerance, reliability of applications and services running on the cloud; Case studies of the cloud and ...
Inderscience news - http://inderscience.blogspot.com/
New Studies Underway to Restore Paralyzed Vocal Cords | Wheelchair ...
By Destiny
The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development awarded Leonessa with a fund of $480000 to be able to further his research. Leonessa says, “The NSF does fund high-risk projects because when these projects do succeed ...
Wheelchair Accessibility Blog... - http://www.amsvans.com/blog/
Berkeley Lab Researchers Report Tandem Catalysis in Nanocrystal ...
By lcyarris
In a development that holds intriguing possibilities for the future of industrial catalysis, as well as for such promising clean green energy technologies as artificial photosynthesis, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy ... of this research Peidong Yang, a chemist who holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division, and the University of California Berkeley's Chemistry Department and Department of Materials Science and Engineering. ...
Berkeley Lab News Center - http://newscenter.lbl.gov/
University research programs -- help make commercialization ...
By Laurie Orlov
Despite a then-slumping economy since October 2008 when that was written, there are still plenty of research programs that live on (see MIT AgeLab), studies have been done to prove efficacy and effectiveness of technologies to help people ... of 'stakeholder capitalism' where corporations are incented to address more than profit, this new hybrid corporate structure might accelerate time to market for new and needed technology that is rooted in sound research and analysis. ...
Aging In Place Technology Watch - http://www.ageinplacetech.com/
Approximately 1 in 50 researchers falsifies or modifies data in ...
By Mihai Andrei
Approximately 1 in 50 researchers falsifies or modifies data in studies · Keep religion out of science class ! New US Navy high-energy laser blasts ship [video ] · Study unexpectedly supports the science behind global warming ...
ZME Science - http://www.zmescience.com/
SFU Graduate Studies » Blog Archive » External Award: MEXT ...
By Gladys We
News from and about graduate studies at Simon Fraser University. « Alumni profile: Masa Iwase ... The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) invites graduate students to apply to the 2012 MEXT Research Student Scholarship. The scholarship is open to university graduates, born on or after April 2, 1977, who wish to study as Research or Masters students at a ...
SFU Graduate Studies - http://blogs.sfu.ca/departments/gradstudies/
Multitasking Takes Toll on Memory, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
By By MATT RICHTEL
That's the implication of a study being published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a respected journal. The research shows that multitasking takes a significantly greater toll on the working memory of older people. .... Bits offers a steady stream of news and analysis on the technology industry throughout the day from New York Times writers and freelancers. We cover start-ups, tech leaders like Google and Apple, enterprise technology, ...
Bits - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
Research News and Events at York » Archive » CIHR-funded nursing ...
By eamw
The researchers systematically screened more than 50000 articles on existing studies of acute care for elders interventions, and included 63 different studies in either a narrative or meta-analysis. York nursing Professor Mary Fox, ...
Research News and Events at York - http://research.news.yorku.ca/
Space Studies Colloquium Series Concludes on April 18th | Research ...
By tdomf_00d6a
The Spring 2011 Space Studies Colloquium Series focuses on the general theme. ... About the Speaker: Dr. Douglas D. McLennan has been at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for over 23 years and has been instrumental in the development and management of Earth Science, Earth Observatory and Planetary missions. Dr. McLennan began his career managing the development of the six instruments and ...
Research Online - http://webapp.und.edu/dept/our/research_online/
Important Funding for Nanomedicine Research To Improve Diagnosis ...
By admin
Toronto, Ontario, March 16, 2011 – Seven new research projects on regenerative medicine and nanomedicine received million in funding. The studies, co-funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Space Agency ... Research on nanomedicine and regenerative medicine is designed to prevent disease and improve human health. Nanomedicine delivers medical technologies that detect or function at the molecular level to diagnose and treat disease, ...
Today News - http://todaynews.ca/
BioVeda Health and Wellness Center of Bethlehem, PA Announces Its ...
By BO News Network
BioVeda Health and Wellness Center of Bethlehem, PA Announces Its Grand Opening. by BO News Network on April 11, 2011 ... BioVeda Technologies, the manufacturer of the BAX 3000, is planning clinical studies to further document the affects of this therapy and the relationship to childhood neurological disorders. ...
Disease Symptoms Blog Online - http://www.symptomsbo.com/
Study probes if bear hormones deter osteoporosis - dailytribune.com
(AP) — A Michigan Technological University researcher is using a $1 million grant from National Institutes of Health to see if a bear hormone holds promise for treating osteoporosis in humans. ... National News Videos ... A blog about politics, faith, science and technology, physical fitness, and life. ...
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