Study says agriculture research and development faces challenges
Ghana News Agency
The survey was conducted by IFPRI's Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative in collaboration with more than 370 agricultural research agencies under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ...
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Research links another gene to ADHD
NHS Choices
The study was carried out by researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and other research centres in South Korea. It was funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Korea, the National Research Foundation of ...
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Artificial Pancreas More Effective at Night
Medscape
To determine whether the findings could be extended to adults, the researchers designed 2 sequential, open-label, randomized controlled crossover, single-center studies set in a clinical research facility. Participants included 24 adults (10 men, ...
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Scientist 'Explorers' Create Gene Map of the Brain
Medscape
April 18, 2011 — The Allen Institute for Brain Science, founded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, has unveiled the world's first comprehensive gene map of the human brain. The unique map will help scientists explore and research neurologic diseases ...
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No more science please, I've already made up my mind
San Francisco Chronicle
We live in a society saturated by science, and every year we hear alarming reports that unless we educate more scientists, America will lose its position as number 1 in research and technology (some experts believe we've slid out of first place ...
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Connecticut College senior wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
TheDay.com
As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...
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HBCU: Morgan State University Receives $28.5 Million NASA Grant
The Root
The grant, will allow the Baltimore HBCU to conduct research supporting NASA's Earth and space science projects. It is the largest in Morgan's 144-year history and will help the HBCU play an integral part in the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and ...
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Nova Southeastern facility researches coral reef health and preservation
R & D Magazine
The new facility will be home to the nation's first-ever Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystem Science Research. Through this project, the school plans to create state-of-the-art science facilities and expand significantly by creating 22 new ...
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R & D Magazine
Department of Energy Spending Cuts: A Guide to Trimming President Obama's 2012 ...
Heritage.org
Unique and distinguished science programs at universities will attract bright students and professors, and will also encourage alumni and other philanthropists to donate to these programs. For instance, United Technologies Research Center, ...
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Windsor Students Exhibit At State Tech Expo
Hartford Courant
... of how Social Studies teachers throughout Windsor are integrating technology into frequent opportunities for project- based learning. The products produced by our students demonstrate their ability to effectively research historical websites, ...
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Research Report on Proteomics Technologies
AZoRobotics
By Andy Choi Reportlinker.com has introduced a new market research report titled Proteomics – Technologies, Markets and Companies that describes and studies the proteomic technologies, which play a key role in molecular diagnostics, drug discovery and ...
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SK school district students are making scientific discoveries
Statesman Journal
But everyone from science and technology firms to President Obama has launched initiatives to boost those numbers and encourage more students to enter the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Studies show the younger you start the ...
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Stem cell research may help our understanding of schizophrenia
BioNews
The research, published in Nature, offers scientists a novel way to study the causes of schizophrenia and the effects of medication on patients. The team from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California found that transformed neurons from ...
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Study: Paperless clinical trials offer advantages
FierceBiotech IT
By mid-year, plans call for the study to advance to Phase III and include researchers from universities and academic cancer research centers. We'll see whether this effort leads to significant changes in the way certain information is documented and ...
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Another food-safety scare; expert calls study 'inconsequential'
Dairy Herd Management
Is there any surprise to the livestock and meat science world that the study was supported through a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming? The Pew Charitable Trust believes that ...
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Govt moves to boost academic research
Ninemsn
An academic skills shortfall has left Australia below other developed countries and the government says measures are needed to encourage the nation's brightest to undertake postdoctoral studies and pursue research careers. Innovation Minister Kim Carr ...
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New Textbooks, New Research
Patch.com
This year, eight proposals were submitted and eight were approved. Technology education made up three of the eight, while two were world language. The others were language arts (writing and grammar), social studies, and family consumer sciences. ...
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CHOP study: Most teen crashes caused by driving error
The Mercury
“This research gets us one step closer to understanding why teens crash and what we can do to help prevent future crashes,” said Cindy Garretson, director of auto technology research at State Farm. “Strong graduated driver licensing laws, ...
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Montero and Mintek Sign Agreement to Advance Rare Earth Process Research and ...
Marketwire (press release)
In order to advance the metallurgical and hydro metallurgical studies being performed at the Johannesburg-based research centre, Montero set up an internal research group to evaluate historical REE extractive methodologies, their practicalities, ...
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State may study how NH cut dropouts
Boston Globe
Shawn Wright, 19, (right) a former high school dropout, worked in a baking class at Manchester School of Technology with teacher and chef James Tabor. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff) By James Vaznis MANCHESTER, NH — As Massachusetts considers raising its ...
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Boston Globe
New cellphone brain impact study has expert advising users to take care
al.com (blog)
"Numerous experts and government health and safety organizations around the world have reviewed the existing database of studies and ongoing research and concluded that (radio frequency) products meeting established safety guidelines pose no known ...
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New pollutants detected in peregrine falcon eggs
EurekAlert (press release)
In nature these compounds are "bioaccumulating and bioconcentrating" all along the food chain, as evidenced by the research published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal. The international research team for this study was led by Begoña ...
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82 percent water sources 'unsafe'
The News International
The Science and Technology Ministry's Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources' (PCRWR) report, prepared after a five-year study, noted that water-related diseases cause annual losses of at least Rs25 billion and that 250000 children in Pakistan ...
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UH, Hawaii Will Lose If PBRC Is Closed
Honolulu Civil Beat
We are writing to correct factual errors made by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE), Dr. Gary Ostrander, regarding the closure of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC), the only basic biological science Organized ...
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The Society for New Communications Research Joins with the Public Relations ...
Benzinga
The Excellence in New Communications Awards case studies to be presented at this year's conference include: "Collaboration and Co-Creation: The Role of Community and Social Technology in Emergencies," presented by Gloria Huang, social media strategist, ...
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Dow and Oak Ridge work on cool roofs
Plastics News
William Jackson, global research and development leader for Dow Building and Construction, said the research could result in “an entirely new polymer technology for elastomeric roof coatings.” The Energy department estimates that replacing or ...
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AP IMPACT: Asia nuclear reactors face tsunami risk
The Associated Press
Unlike Japan, sand deposit studies have just begun there and have not yet yielded evidence of ancient tsunamis. More research is needed along the coast and in the Philippines — which would have been within reach of the same waves. ...
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SiliconPV: Q-Cells Presents New Solar Cell Technology
Solar Novus Today
The international representatives of companies and institutes will present their studies and research results at their stands, at presentations and during panel discussions. The conference will emphasise Germany's role in technological innovation ...
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Lasers Help Map Hard-to-Reach Spider Habitat
Wired News (blog)
“This is a highly innovative study,” wrote Greg Asner, a researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford who wasn't involved in the study. “I think it's a great example of the power of 3-D remote sensing for ecological research. ...
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Biomarker Panel May Detect Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
Medscape
"Efforts to detect tumors early can really give the greatest benefit of all the research approaches and efforts that we have made in our ongoing fight against cancer." The researchers who are developing these technologies have a better understanding of ...
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Industry Sponsors Support Major Research Initiatives for 2011 Global Spa Summit
PR Web (press release)
“This new Evidence-Based Medicine Portal, aggregating the growing number of studies proving many spa and wellness offerings have real, clinically-proven benefits, will provide both consumers and the industry with an accessible, go-to new resource ...
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'Private vehicles occupy 80% of the road space'
Hindustan Times
Over the last year, Rakesh Kumar, director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has been part of two important studies focusing on air quality as well transport for the city. The studies recommended the need for ...
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Glick Vigil at Lawlor Events Center Mon. Night
KTVN
His first senior administrative position was dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., in the mid-1980s. An early adopter of technology, Dr. Glick was nationally recognized as an academic leader who ...
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Why Is It So Hard to Travel to Mars?
Space.com
According to the authors of this report, historical studies have shown that aerocapture is a fairly low-risk technology. However, many of those studies were based on small payloads most appropriate for robotic missions. [Giant Leaps: Top Milestones of ...
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Space.com
Global dimming: technological fix or folly?
IBTimes
Space mirrors are science fiction, but plans to transform the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere through a programme of stratospheric aerosol injections are all too real. If we have learned anything from the last two decades of climate ...
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Doctors cite ease of use in rapid adoption of tablet computers
American Medical News
Waegemann said various studies have found that between 60% and 80% of health information technology users in hospitals are unhappy with their computer systems, finding them too cumbersome or slow to use. Various analysts say tablet computer purchases ...
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2011 WISH BOOK: Whatcom County charity wishes
Bellingham Herald
Age-appropriate kindergarten subscription for Scholastics weekly social studies program to teach critical skills including reading, math, and science ($280). 2. Environmentally friendly bamboo building blocks for kindergartners to design ...
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The Confusion of Science & Medical Research (Part II) - Acronym ...
By a.r.e.
After all, medical advice comes from science research studies. Maybe it's scientists who can't make up their minds? In this post I'll explain why people puzzle when they complain that doctors/scientists "can't make up their minds" ( and ... From that -- what I'll call a 'proof of concept' -- technology advanced to machines that could keep patients oxygenated during heart surgery. As you can imagine, the first "heart surgeries" were messy business, and as in every field of ...
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Weird Science – The Changing Face of Computer Engineering ...
By research
Despite increased female presence in other science fields like biology, chemistry and math, men still dominate computer science fields. According to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, though women held 58% of professional ... Computer science classes at Georgetown are usually around 40 students, the same size as the average upper level Social Science, Theology, Philosophy or History course. According to the department website, there are about 50-60 ...
Research Online - http://webapp.und.edu/dept/our/research_online/
New link between mother's pregnancy diet and offspring's chances ...
By News
An international study, led by University of Southampton researchers and including teams from New Zealand and Singapore, has shown for the first time that during pregnancy, a mother's diet can alter the function of her child's DNA . ... Research team member Sir Peter Gluckman FRS of the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland and the Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences comments: "This study provides the most compelling evidence yet that just focusing on ...
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