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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 23, 2011

New Plan Outlines Ocean Research in 2030
Laboratory Equipment
Since the release of the Commission's report, federal agencies have been working together through the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST), which has the mandate to identify research priorities, ...
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Novarica Rated as Leading Analyst Firm in Independent Study
Insurance News Net (press release)
Novarica, a research and advisory firm that serves insurer IT and operational executives, was ranked highest in “information provided for solution and software selection,” and tied for first in “information provided for technology trends” and ...
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Research Frontiers Magazine in Your Pocket
Newswise (press release)
“We're continuing to expand our use of this technology,” said Melissa Lutz Blouin, editor of Research Frontiers and director of science and research communications at the University of Arkansas. “Readers can go beyond the magazine and watch videos or ...
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Obama science adviser warns China could surpass US
Pasadena Star-News
By Beige Luciano-Adams, Staff Writer PASADENA - President Obama's top science adviser warned a gathering at Caltech that tighter budgets for scientific research could give China an edge in developing emerging technologies. In a wide-ranging speech at ...
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UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
UPI.com
The study was based on data from US medical claims and from the UK General Practice Research Database. "These findings support more recent studies that suggest that drospirenone oral contraceptives are not as safe as levonorgestrel oral contraceptives ...
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Cigarroa named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bizjournals.com
Members of the academy contribute to studies of science and technology policy, global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and education. The academy was founded in 1780 and includes Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners, ...
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Green economy, emerging jobs are focus at CSUS
Stamford Plus Magazine
The proposed Center would create an organizational umbrella to coordinate all university and regional groups, including to: 1) prioritize and address common goals, 2) initiate future research studies, 3) sponsor student internships and graduate ...
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FMU professors recognized for teaching, research and service
SCNow
He earned the BE degree in engineering from Anna University, the MBA degree from Delhi University, and the MS degree in computer science and the Ph.D. degree in information technology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research has ...
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Association for Faculty Women honors six for achievement
WSU Today
Her research combines optics and neuroscience to develop brain imaging technologies with high spatial and temporal resolution. By analyzing the scattering of light through neural tissue, her studies are opening the door to new noninvasive techniques ...
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Gene Therapy Shows Potential to Restore Sight to the Blind
Bioscience Technology
Horsager and Boyden, together with Ben Matteo, co-founded Eos Neuroscience Inc., to help translate this technology into the clinic. Horsager serves as the chief science officer and has an equity interest in the company. “This is a massive collaborative ...
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President of KERI, Lyu Tae-hwan Receives Order of Science and Technology Merit
Korea IT Times (press release)
President Lyu was able to obtain not only the most advanced technology, but customer satisfaction and in creating optimum atmosphere for institutional studies. Especially in September of 2008, President Lyu was reappointed as the president of KERI. ...
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Israeli scientists develop artificial, cancer-sniffing nose
National Post (blog)
The NA-NOSE will need to be tested before it can be used as an actual diagnostic tool. Several large-scale studies are to be funded by a group of research councils, companies and universities. But, Mr. Haick said the initial results are promising.
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NEWSFLASH: ERP is Hard to Use, IFS North America Study Reveals
SYS-CON Media (press release)
“While this view of enterprise software is sobering for the market, we have been passionate about incorporating intuitive usability into our software for quite a few years and have been carefully studying the science of computer-human interaction,” IFS ...
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The Path to Business Intelligence Applications for Midsize Businesses
CFO.com Magazine
In his role as vice president and research director of CFO Research Services, Sam Knox is responsible for designing and conducting research studies on corporate finance, performance management, information technology, and strategic decision making. ...
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Research day
McDonough Voice
Students completed their research with the help of WIU faculty mentors from their major's department. Many students decided to focus not only on studies that impact the state of Illinois but regional residents as well. There were multiple presentations ...
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Journalists' use of technology greatly influences public opinion
newjerseynewsroom.com
Hundreds of research studies have found that when news organizations placed attention on an issue, it resulted in increased attention from the public, as well as from government leaders whose actions and decisions determine public policy. ...
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Critical infrastructure 'unprepared' for cyberattacks
CSO
The joint research from McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) looked at the threats to the likes of power grids, oil, gas and water. The survey of 200 IT security executives in the critical infrastructure field across 14 ...
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Electric dreams: the charge ahead
Sydney Morning Herald
The key for both technologies to become mainstream is a sales pitch that focuses on the hip pocket. A social researcher, Mark McCrindle, of McCrindle Research, says his studies have shown while most people are concerned about the environment, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
BioWatch: Flu vaccine developer Novavax parts ways with CEO
Gazette.net Montgomery County Sports
Preclinical studies showed the candidate saved rabbits and monkeys from anthrax infections. The project, developed with Bristol-Meyers Squibb, is supported by the National Institutes of Health and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. ...
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Oracle Software Supporting Moffitt's Personalized Medicine Ambitions
Bio-IT World
Early this fall, trial investigators at Moffitt will be able to tap the informatics system to identify patients that would meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for research studies, says Hulse. It is the logical starting point for the partnership, ...
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US Naval Professor to Speak About Fraud Schemes on the Internet
Tangerine
Brightman is also the director for applied research and analysis at the Naval War College. He is highly regarded for his non-traditional approach to teaching complex subjects such as criminology, corruption control, social science research methods, ...
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Commentary: The good, the bad and the not-so-ugly
CattleNetwork.com
He also is one of five team leaders for a $20 million project under the auspices of the National Science Foundation's Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The goal of the project is to evaluate renewable energy research in ...
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MCLA Alumnus Outlines Ways To Succeed
iBerkshires.com
If you want to continue to be a researcher after undergrad, the most likely path is graduate school," Gaesser, who now studies cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University, said. "Your education is a double-edged sword." Being a small state school has ...
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Microwave Device Offers Long-Term Treatment for Hyperhidrosis
Internal Medicine News Digital Network
Disclosures: The studies were sponsored by Miramar Labs. Dr. Lupin disclosed that he received a research grant for the study and travel expenses from Miramar, and also received honoraria and travel expenses from Allergan. Dr. Kilmer disclosed that she ...
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Internal Medicine News Digital Network
California College San Diego to Offer Master of Science in Healthcare ...
Online PR News (press release)
Offering associate's, associate's in occupational studies, bachelor's, and master's degree programs in business, information technology, and healthcare, California College San Diego (CCSD) has trained graduates for new careers since 1978. ...
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UMass geologist Chris Condit is a man with his eye on Mars
Amherst Bulletin
The exercise was termed Desert Research and Technology Studies, or Desert RATS for short, and saw a support team spend two weeks following astronauts as they trundled about the Arizona desert in a pair of Mars rovers, practicing how to live and work on ...
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Mahyco confident of Bt brinjal getting approval
Daily News & Analysis
“As per the bio-safety guidelines by the Ministry of Science and Technology, all the safety tests have been completed. The expert committee I and II asked for further testing which was also completed,” said Zehr. However, some experts feel there should ...
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Scientists Find Genes Responsible for Human Obesity in Pigs
Arirang News
Korea's National Institute of Animal Science develops technology to improve genes in livestock, and works to develop biopharmaceuticals and organs using transgenic animals. In a joint research project with Seoul National University, the institute ...
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Mauritius to offer postgraduate medical courses soon
News On Sunday
By Premita Leelachand This was announced by the Minister of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Dr Rajesh Jeetah, at the SSR Medical College in Belle Rive, on Monday. He was present for the inauguration of a newly constructed girls' ...
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AJR: Radiologists dangerously uninvolved in healthcare policy
Health Imaging & IT
The authors cited the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy's definition of health services research, defining it as “the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, ...
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Internet Crime Fighters To Gather in Kuala Lumpur
NewsFactor Network
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22, 2011 -- World leaders from business, technology, law enforcement, communications and research sectors are gathering in Kuala Lumpur, next week to plan the next stages in the critical war on cybercrime. ...
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Calling all candidates for Concordia
ECNmag.com
Antarctica is one of the most interesting places on Earth for scientific research. Studies in glaciology, atmospheric sciences, astronomy, Earth sciences, technology, human biology and medicine all benefit from the isolated and extreme environment in ...
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ECNmag.com
Announcement - Clontech Laboratories, Inc. Releases the iDimerize™ Cell ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Clontech Laboratories, Inc ., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science research reagents under the Clontech and Takara brands. Key products include high-performance qPCR and PCR ...
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Fox Falsely Claims It Has "Confirmed" That "Feds Ordered Not To Arrest Illegals"
Media Matters for America
The decrease in the flow of illegal immigrants reported by Pew is supported by new studies from Wayne Cornelius, co-director of the migration research center at the University of California, San Diego. In 2009, the center found that potential migrants ...
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BME Professor Omenetto wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Tufts Daily
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation this month recognized Professor of Biomedical Engineering Fiorenzo Omenetto for his innovative research on the uses of silk technology in the biomedical field. The Foundation awarded this year's Guggenheim ...
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In Honor of Earth Day, Luminant Celebrates Environmental Successes
Business Wire (press release)
In addition to the work of Luminant's environmental professionals, its unique Environmental Research Program has fully funded over 100 completed scientific studies by graduate students from various Texas universities on a full range of environmental ...
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May 2: Register For Smart Grid Demand Response Webinar
Energy Collective
Pattyhas previously conducted smart grid research at Georgia Institute of Technology, and served as the State Director for the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club. Patty has an IT background and worked on B2B projects with Hewlett Packard and Compaq ...
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Los Alamos scientists propose new theory for development of turbulent magnetic ...
Nanotechwire.com
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, ...
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N.J. DEP chief takes on changing agency culture
NorthJersey.com
We're cooperating with US Fish and Wildlife Service and several university studies to try and understand the causes of this and if there is a way to prevent it or treat it. So far our scientists just don't know. We're doing additional research but we ...
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DailyFeats COO Morley Ivers to Speak at Stanford's Mobile Health 2011
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Influenced by the research of BJ Fogg, founder of the Mobile Health conference and of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, DailyFeats -- www.dailyfeats.com -- is an online and mobile platform for positive action. Its purpose is to help you do good ...
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Furious over gas prices? Look in the mirror
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
But they will likely conclude what 30 something other studies already concluded- there there is no collusion in gas prices. Incidentally we have enormous stores of natural gas- several hundred years worth. But is Obama talking about a changeover to ...
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Masimo touts carbon monoxide screening study | Research roundup ...
By MassDevice staff
Lexington International LLC announced that it has successfully completed 2 clinical studies of the HairMax LaserComb proving the efficacy and safety of 3 new devices for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (hereditary hair loss). ... Harvest Technologies enrolls first patient in heart failure stem cell treatment study. Harvest Technologies Corp. announced that the first twelve patients of its sixty patient Heart Failure trial have been enrolled at Medanta- the Medicity ...
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USRA Selected to Lead Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and ...
USRA Selected to Lead Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Studies and Investigations PR Newswire COLUMBIA, Md., April 4, 2011 COLUMBIA, ...
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Worm studies shed light on human cancers | CrazyChucks Science and ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in the worm is shedding light on a protein ... Science News · Researchers now one step closer to controlled engineering of ... Worm studies shed light on human cancers - PhysOrg · Optogenetic technology ...
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Study shows technology might cause college students to be less ...
Top College News Subscribe to the Newsletter ... But according to recent research, it's less in how the technology works, and more in how it's used. ... professor at Western Kentucky University and the study's primary investigator. ...
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