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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology , Apr 14, 2011


Two Georgia Tech Savannah Graduate Students Receive Prestigious NSF Fellowships
Newswise (press release)
Their research studies will have a significant impact on civil engineering challenges for coastal regions.” The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the world's premier research universities. ...
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Three Baylor Students Win National Science Foundation Graduate Research ...
Baylor University
Three Baylor students - Greg Bond, George Montanez and Eduardo Torrealba - have been accepted into the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which supports graduate students in science, technology, engineering and ...
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Scientific Website Features Research On Inflammation, Oral And Systemic ...
Dentistry Today
Antioxidants are a promising technology for addressing inflammation in the oral tissues, and several research studies are underway. Two scholarly review articles published in 2011, have surveyed the field of research studies regarding antioxidants and ...
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Community-Wide Programs to Encourage Exercise Might Fall Short
Health Behavior News Service
“When we looked at the available research, we observed that research studies that had been conducted didn't universally work,” said Philip RA Baker, Ph.D., an adjunct public health professor from Queensland University of Technology, in Australia. ...
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Lab of Ornithology's March Migration Madness
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
The Lab uses its bio-acoustic technology beyond the bird world, contributing to marine acoustic research as well as terrestrial studies with stations all over the world. At its marine stations, one concentration is understanding the effect of noise ...
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TÜBİTAK to intensify R&D, innovation in energy
Today's Zaman
In this file photo PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and TÜBİTAK President Nükhet Yetiş are seen during a Council for Science and Technology meeting last year. The fact that Turkey's energy portfolio depends heavily on fossil fuel imports and that it uses its ...
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Today's Zaman
Technology helps diagnose soldiers
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
The two-pronged approach involves developing technology for use by combat medics and for general use within the hospital setting. The first method of research aims to create technology that enables a combat medic or emergency medical technician on a ...
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University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
Yellowstone Supervolcano bigger than previously thought
North Denver News
Funding came from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion, which Zhdanov heads. The new study says nothing about the chances of another cataclysmic caldera (giant crater) eruption at ...
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Elsevier launches new online research tool, Methods Navigator - 13 Apr 2011
Knowledgespeak
Clinical research charities, research professionals and patient representatives are also participating in the development of the UKCTG. Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report titled 'Forecast: Media Tablets by Open ...
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Brain Size and Shrinkage Predicts Alzheimer's Disease in Study
Bloomberg
“These are preliminary results that are not ready to be applied outside of research studies right now, but we are optimistic that this marker will be useful in the future.” The volunteers were about 75 years old when they were scanned. ...
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Came close to getting married four times: Tata
Business Standard (blog)
Financial services companies rely on research to understand technologies and to track the dynamics of the market and the main players. However, other services companies may survive very satisfactorily with little or no R&D cost, other than the ...
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FBI requests WVU students for data study
The Daily Athenaeum
"In 45 minutes, they are participating in a project that could have a huge impact on how identification technology is used in the future," said Jeremy Dawson, research assistant professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical ...
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Altered Statesman
Good Times
He frequently serves as guest editor of the tri-annual newsletter from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a local psychedelic research organization that recently published the second edition of “Mavericks of the Mind” ...
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Five Idaho State University faculty members honored as Outstanding Researchers
Idaho State University
Mark McBeth is a professor of political science. Building on his doctoral research, in the 1990s he published influential studies of rural environmental attitudes, showing that, contrary to the accepted theory, rural residents are concerned about the ...
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Idaho State University
Muscle protein study could shape cardiac disease research
Medill Reports: Chicago
Previous studies have failed to achieve this level of detail, according to Tom Irving (no relation to Malcom), a biophysicist at Illinois Institute of Technology. “These guys are exquisite experimentalists,” he said. “They're the best in the business. ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago
Did you hear the one about the biologist who had twins?
KVAL
Cain is a senior lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College, London. His research interests include the history of evolutionary studies, the history of American science, and the history of natural history. ...
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KVAL
Giant fire-bellied toad's brain brims with powerful germ-fighters
EurekAlert (press release)
Ren Lai and colleagues point out that scientists know little about the germ-fighting proteins in amphibian brains, despite many studies showing that amphibians synthesize and secrete a remarkably diverse array of antimicrobial substances in their skin. ...
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IBioLaunch™ Technology Versatility Confirmed In Peer-Reviewed Scientific ...
TheStreet.com (press release)
By Business Wire 04/13/11 - 08:30 AM EDT iBio, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IBIO) today announced release of results from a series of scientific studies of the breadth of product applicability of its iBioLaunch™ technology. The results were published in a ...
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Oral Bioavailability of Octreotide Using Aegis' Intravail ® Formulation ...
Marketwire (press release)
This study highlights the extension of the use of Intravail® beyond earlier published studies describing non-invasive delivery of peptides via metered nasal spray delivery where Intravail® has been shown to be highly effective for non-invasive delivery ...
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Vivisection Or Death: Part III, No Other Options
Opposing Views
However, it is disingenuous, and routine, when she seeks to justify her experiments in terms of advances in medical care while in reality she is doing basic science research and hence advancing science in general. One final thought on the no other ...
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How Smarter Parking Technology Will Reduce Traffic Congestion
Mashable
Between 8% and 74% of traffic in congested downtown areas is caused by people cruising for parking, according to a report by UCLA professor Donald Shoup who synthesized studies from 70 years of research on the subject. The paper indicates that drivers ...
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GM Crops Found To Disrupt Animals' Livers & Kidneys By Research Review
Treehugger
... pay attention: A new paper published in Environmental Sciences Europe (h/t Institute for Responsible Technology reviews 19 studies of mammals fed GM soybean and corn as well as raw data from another one on rats and finds some disturbing results. ...
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Treehugger
Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lakes
Eureka! Science News
... of a paper scheduled for publication in the April 15 edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology. "We're talking about massive, ecosystem-wide changes." Evans is a research fellow at the UM School of Natural Resources and Environment. ...
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Eureka! Science News
One in four households goes without healthy food
HealthCanal.com
Australia may be considered the lucky country, but many households face "food insecurity" or the limited ability to access adequate amounts of nutritional-appropriate foods, according to new research by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). ...
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Interact's Insights Seminars
Bizcommunity.com
Using technology to improve on traditional research methodologies. New viable platforms for research were identified as well as real case studies to demonstrate how their practical application works. Using technology to enhance customer centricity and ...
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Celsion Announces Issuance of US Patent Covering ThermoDox ® Technologies
Marketwire (press release)
Additional information on the Company's ThermoDox® clinical studies may be found at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Primary liver cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer and ranks as the fifth most common solid tumor cancer. ...
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Pico-Tesla Reports Promising Results from Pilot Study of Magneceutical ...
Business Wire (press release)
This was a small study, but given the results, it certainly warrants a larger study, as this is a difficult disease and the current options for treatment are problematic,” said Miguel Trevino, MD, Medical Director, Innovative Research of West Florida, ...
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Male-dominated Field of Science Explained
University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Takeuchi is a SUNY Distinguished Professor at UB in the engineering and chemistry departments and serves as co-director of the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). Takeuchi's message focused on participation and ...
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Iran Announces Supply of Home-Produced N. Fuel to Tehran Research Reactor
Fars News Agency
The Iranian parliament rejected the deal after technical studies showed that it would only take two to three months for any country to further enrich the nuclear stockpile and turn it into nuclear metal rods for the Tehran Research Reactor, ...
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Fars News Agency
National Environmental Policy Act; Sounding Rockets Program; Poker Flat ...
Space Ref (press release)
Recent Earth science-based missions have furthered the understanding of ozone depleting substances in the upper atmosphere. Such studies are critical for the continual refinement of theories and research on the topics of ozone depletion, global warming ...
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Reading a woman's signals for intimacy
Medill Reports: Chicago
Earlier studies reported that a woman's voice does alter, and this change occurs when she is ovulating. Men recognize the change and respond, studies concluded. Though more research is needed, the new study suggests that non-verbal cues may be the real ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago
New Clinical Studies Reinforce the LAP-BAND® System is a Safe and Effective ...
PR Newswire (press release)
These two new studies support that the advanced product technology of the LAP-BAND® AP System, combined with surgical technique and patient aftercare result in positive clinical outcomes. The LAP-BAND® System has an 18-year safety and effectiveness ...
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David C. Owen Joins Consensus Research Group as Managing Consultant
PR.com (press release)
Owen will play a key role in the planning, design and analysis of public policy research studies on behalf of Consensus clients in the investment community, NGO and academic institutions, health care, information technology, real estate development and ...
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Locally Developed Cancer Fighting Drug Moves One Step Closer To Clinical Trial
Medical News Today (press release)
The research has been generously supported by two major funders over the years: the Terry Fox Research Institute; and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Important safety studies were also completed with the support of Canada's Centre ...
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Amunix Signs Research Collaboration With Biogen Idec for Next Generation Long ...
Marketwire (press release)
The partnership will combine Amunix's protein half-life engineering expertise, based on its proprietary XTEN technology, and Biogen Idec's broad range of capabilities in research, manufacturing and clinical development of recombinant blood factors for ...
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No shoes needed: Barefoot running research starting to reveal benefits
Yahoo! Sports
Science is now explaining why barefoot running is a great idea and feels good as well. Researchers at the Skeletal Biology Lab at Harvard University have been exploring the dynamics of barefoot running, and they're beginning to suspect that shoeless ...
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Professor Kevin Howley
DePauw University
Much of Howley's research examines independent media that tries to insulate itself from market pressures and government interference of the sort that undermines high-caliber journalism. His work has appeared in Journal of Radio Studies, ...
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DePauw University
Shale gas is not a credible 'new green message'
The Guardian
There are no health reports, no scienfitic studies, and no peer review data of any kind. The entire website is an amatuer NIMBY project full of baseless accusations. One crappy Youtube video isn't science. If it was the Climate Change Deniers would be ...
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IBM, Caltrans and UC Berkeley Aim to Help Commuters Avoid Congested Roadways ...
PR Newswire (press release)
In a technology advance that will ultimately help drivers around the world avoid rush hour traffic jams, IBM Research has developed a new predictive modeling tool that will allow drivers to quickly access personalized travel recommendations to help ...
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Dramatic Business Climate of Semiconductor Industry and Supply Chain Discussed ...
Business Wire (press release)
... via technology roadmaps in end-use markets. The organization was founded in 1994 by a group of semiconductor industry experts. Semico offers custom consulting, portfolio packages, individual market research studies and premier industry conferences.
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New evidence that chronic ulcerative stomatitis is an autoimmune disease
EurekAlert (press release)
"In previous studies, we identified that CUS patients had specific autoantibodies –antibodies produced by an immune response to the body's own tissue – but we weren't sure whether these autoantibodies were contributing to CUS or part of a benign ...
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Economics 101: Long Material, Short Certified Idiots
The Market Oracle
Paul S. Samuelson (1915-2009), the economist who propelled MIT to the forefront of economic studies after World War II, was interviewed by the Atlantic in 2008: "The 1980s trained Macroeconomists - like... Ben Bernanke and so forth -- became a very ...
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TC at AERA 2011
TC Columbia University
Her research was cited for its "impact, relevance to diversity, and contribution to teacher education" and for adding "exemplary innovations in research on diversity;" TC's EdLab Team is participating in seven presentations on the use of technology and ...
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IDC Predicts Smart Systems Microprocessor Cores to Double to Over 12 Billion ...
Marketwire (press release)
The IDC report will be the first in a series of quantitative studies that size and forecast the adoption of technologies, including programmable microprocessors, systems on a chip (SoCs), high-level embedded OSes, and pervasive connectivity ...
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Online Learning: The Pros And Cons Of K-12 Computer Courses
Huffington Post
The Department of Education's review of online learning studies' main finding was that: "Few rigorous research studies of the effectiveness of online learning for K-12 students have been published. A systematic search of the research literature from ...
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Bibliography of Major and Minor Publications discussing Library ...
By Bhushan
Doctoral research in Library and Information Science in India”, by Satija, M.P. DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, V 18(1), January 1998. “The Relevance of Ph.D Research: A case Study of LIS” by Ramansu Lahiri, University News, ...
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Scripps Research scientists identify mechanism of long-term memory ...
Using advanced imaging technology, scientists from the Florida campus of ... These two studies are the newest in a series of six studies on the topic ... Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! ...
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Harrisburg University - Consumer Insights Research Laboratory ...
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology ... News and Events » News » Consumer Insights Research Laboratory Seeks Participants for Studies ...
www.harrisburgu.com/news/article.php?id=775&cid...
Green Technology and Environmental Science News: Yellowstone ...
... and research professor of geophysics and a coordinating scientist of the Yellowstone ... In the new study, images of the Yellowstone plume's electrical ... Seismic and ground-deformation studies previously showed the top of the ...
www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/42579
News and events
His main research areas are innovation and science policy and modes of ... on public and private internationalisation strategies in science and technology, ... Jakob has studied at the University of Mannheim, Germany and Dartmouth ...
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