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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 10, 2011

Purdue Appoints Tech Dean
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Purdue University is promoting Gary Bertoline to dean of the College of Technology. He serves as associate dean for graduate studies in the college and also as executive director of the Center for Professional Studies and Applied Research. ...
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Arizona State University to host EarthScope National Office
EurekAlert (press release)
Constituents of SESE have a long history of sustained and meaningful science education research and outreach. The ESNO at ASU will also spearhead EarthScope as a national resource for place-based Earthscience teaching at all grade levels. ...
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A tiltable head could improve the ability of undulating robots to navigate ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Funding for this research was provided by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, National Science Foundation and Army Research Laboratory. The study was conducted by Goldman, bioengineering doctoral graduate Ryan Maladen, physics graduate student Yang Ding and ...
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First study of pure uranium metal using Raman Spectroscopy
IBNLive.com
... excitation wavelength) need to be employed in such cases, he said.At present the study, though significant, is in the realm of basic research. Applications of this will be known only when further studiesand analyses are done, he added. PTI LV NSK.
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World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year
Computerworld
"Most of this information is incredibly transient: it is created, used and discarded in a few seconds without ever being seen by a person," said Bohn, a professor of technology management at UC San Diego. The study included estimates of the amount of ...
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Partners with Vascular Magnetics, Inc ...
PR Newswire (press release)
About the QED Program: The University City Science Center's QED Program is a multi-institutional proof-of-concept program that provides business development support for academic researchers developing early-stage life science technologies with high ...
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Microsoft: technology could redirect distracted motorist who is texting
TechFlash
A team of Microsoft Research scientists set out to explore ways to help drivers better manage their attention when they're on the phone. The research paper (pdf, 10 pages) says that on-board computer technologyone day might prompt drivers to focus on ...
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CHI '11: Enhancing the Human Condition
R & D Magazine
Microsoft Researchs goal, he says, is to further the state of the art in computer science and technology. As the realms of human and technology become more and more intertwined, Microsoft Research has focused more and more of our effort at the ...
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iPhone can diagnose stroke: Study
EurekAlert (press release)
The research is published in the May 6th edition of Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study was designed by Dr. Mayank Goyal, and involved the iPhone software technology originally developed by Dr. Ross Mitchell, PhD, and his team at the ...
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Independent Research Demonstrates Ability of Vicor Technologies' PD2i ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc. ( OTCBB : VCRT), today announced the Company has identified 45 published manuscripts detailing independent studies involving the use of its PD2i ® nonlinear algorithm to identify a wide variety of medical ...
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University of Texas at Austin Researchers to Conduct Comprehensive Study of ...
University of Texas at Austin News
AUSTIN, Texas — A research team at The University of Texas at Austin will conduct a comprehensive review of the science, policy and environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing of shale gas, it was announced today. ...
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Biotech Stock News; Q1 Publishing Research Featuring Verisante Technology, Inc ...
Pressitt (press release)
It needs more studies for US approval, but like many other drugs and medical devices, it's a lot more likely to get approval in the United States after Canada and Europe give the official thumbs up. VerisanteTechnology (TSX-V:VRS or OTCQX:VRSEF) is in ...
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Guyana's Ryan Jaipaul: Salutatorian For City Tech Class of 2011
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
“At the time, I was working to pay tuition,” says Jaipaul, who received a Peter F. Vallone Scholarship and a National Science Foundation Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM). “But I thought this opportunity might ...
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A hub for technological Innovations
Express Buzz
In an attempt to translate the benefits of science and technology to various sections of society, the Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology(Cusat), has come up with a new venture, ...
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Bruker Announces 15 Tesla Ultra-High Field Preclinical MRI with CryoProbe ...
Business Wire (press release)
Scientists within the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) will collaborate with Bruker to further develop ultra-high field MRI applications and techniques for innovative molecular imaging studies in cancer biology, ...
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Psychological factors influence gastrointestinal illness and minimal exercise ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Previous research has indicated that physical activity may be a protective factor in the development of colon cancer, but studies have not looked at its impact within different racial and ethnic groups. This study enrolled 982 middle-aged patients at a ...
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Much yet to be learned about impact of wind projects
The Beacon Herald
He talks about studies in Ontario. What studies? That is the whole point; there have been no studies. The fact that the government has appointed a research chair to study technology and HEALTH -- Dr. Siva Sivoththaman from the University of Waterloo ...
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Kansas Bioscience investments total $2 million
KC Community News
The grant will allow OsteoGeneX to work with Nextar Chempharma Solutions Ltd., an Israeli ContractResearch Organization. The KBA grant will support the studies necessary for successful drug selection and optimization for OsteoGeneX's spinal fusion and ...
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Operation Technology Donates Software to Tennessee University
SmartMeters
Dr. Will Sutton, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UTC, says, “By serving as the region's educational and research hub, UTC offers the business community an extension of its researchoperations in a strategic and relevant way ...
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Joanna Aizenberg Named Director of Kavli Institute
Harvard Crimson
By Amy Guan and Radhika Jain, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS Materials science professor Joanna Aizenberg has been appointed the new director of the interdisciplinary Kavli Institute for Bionanoscience and Technology, the School of Engineering and Applied ...
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College grads find economy improving, but slowly
CNET
Job prospects are most rosy for graduates with degrees in perennially hot fields such as engineering and computer science. "Technical skills will always get picked up first," said Philip Gardner, director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute ...
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CNET
New Studies Support CardioFocus HeartLight™ Endoscopic Ablation System's ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... announced its technology enables a Pulmonary Vein (PV) acute isolation rate of nearly 99%, with approximately 86% of PVs remaining persistently isolated after three months. Additional research also suggests that 65% of patients achieve durable ...
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Does Survey Mode Still Matter?
Huffington Post (blog)
Over the past several years, pollsters have been working to understand the best approach to conducting survey research in a world where no single technology allows them to reach the entire public. Most reputable polling organizations have adapted their ...
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MIT Studies Age And Distracted Driving: What Do Young and Old People Notice?
AutoGuide.com
“I think some form of education is desperately needed in the US when it comes to automotive purchases and automotive technology.” Click the jump to see a video of Reimer's lab and his research. Also note how it took a genius from MIT to find a good use ...
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AutoGuide.com
Nicollette Sheridan accuses Desperate Housewives producer of murdering her ...
Globe and Mail
Elaine Howard Ecklund, lead author of the study and an assistant professor of sociology at the Houston university, said the research shows that spirituality is not solely a pursuit of religious people. 'Spirituality pervades both the religious and ...
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Globe and Mail
Flamel Technologies CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Research and development expenses increased to $7.8 million in the first quarter of 2011. This is driven by cost incurred on pre-clinical studies, which we have conducted in a drive to further strengthen intellectual property on both our technology ...
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Resveratrol shows promise in melanoma research
American Banking News
James Betz, founder of resveratrol specialist firm Biotivia, welcomed these results: “These results confirm those seen in earlier studies. What is important about this study is that is identified the ability of resveratrol to down regulate Akt ...
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Distracted Driving: An Answer Perhaps?
New York Times (blog)
First, it is a big problem, with studies estimating that more than 500000 traffic accidents and 2600 deaths a year are caused by cellphone-distracted drivers. No one has documented the problem as thoroughly as my colleague, Matt Richtel. ...
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Climate Controlled
Walrus Magazine
The report called on the government to push research and urge international bodies to begin formulating rules. “The science of geoengineering is not sufficiently advanced to make the technology predictable, but this of itself is not grounds for ...
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Walrus Magazine
Data center workloads continue to rise
Computerworld
Studies show that IT workloads are rising as technology is added but staffing levels plateau. By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - Data centers continue to be filled with more and more IT systems, but enterprises aren't necessarily hiring more people ...
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IGLOO Software Wins TSIA Award for Innovation in Social Collaboration
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Conducted by John Ragsdale, TSIA vice president of technology research, the tours featured demos from all of the Recognized Innovator finalist companies, including CitrixOnline, Coveo, InQuira and LivePerson. Communities, powered by IGLOO, ...
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Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease
Archives of Neurology
Background Numerous studies have investigated risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD). However, at a recent National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference, an independent panel found insufficient evidence to support the association of ...
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Research and Markets: OECD Report - The Impacts of Nanotechnology on Companies ...
Business Wire (press release)
Nanotechnology has its origin in the converging abilities of physics, chemistry and materials science. Its purpose is the manipulation of atoms and molecules in order to create new properties of materials and systems for a wide variety of applications ...
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New studies paint rosy picture for 3D TV, passive shutter glasses
myce.com
If so, recent studies suggesting a coming home entertainment boom for the technology may not surprise you. But for everyone else hesitant to adopt another type of TV so soon after going HD, two new reports by two different firms are predicting you'll ...
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Businesses Lack Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks and DNS Failures, New Research ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Using proprietary technology, ThousandEyes, a company that provides application performance analytics, calculated the minimum availability, maximum availability, and average availability of the Alexa 1000 websites in the first quarter of 2011 to ...
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A Report to the Commission of 125 and the University of Texas Community
University of Texas at Austin News
We are also leading initiatives to increase the number of Texas students who are prepared for a researchuniversity's type of education. The School of Undergraduate Studies and the Provost's Office are working with Texas A&M and high schools across the ...
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US vs. China on Small Businesses
Smartmoney.com
In 2006, China declared it would become a science-driven economy, and it's been ratcheting up research-and-development spending ever since. China's goal is to spend 2.2 percent of its GDP on R&D by 2015, according to its latest five-year plan. ...
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Smartmoney.com
Researchers pay more attention to HPV as a source of mouth, throat cancers
The Canadian Press
Franco said research into HPV-related oral cancer really only began in the 1990s and the technique to identify viral DNA is relatively new, meaning outside of specific studies, statistics on the overall increase have been difficult to compile. ...
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MIR Acquisition Seals $7M in Series A Financing
Private Equity Hub (press release)
The company specializes in the in vivo preclinical imaging of small animals, technology used by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies. Ann Arbor-based MIR Acquisition, Inc, d/b/a Molecular Imaging Research, Inc (MIR), ...
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Leading Cancer Research Organization ...
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com. Wyse Technology is the global leader in ...
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Oregon's Anti-BPA Packaging Legislation May Jeopardize Public Health
Oregon Catalyst
Moreover, risks to humans are probably much lower than these estimates suggest because humans metabolize BPA faster and better than do the rodents used in BPA studies. ENDOCRINE SCIENCE. Scientific research identifies BPA as “weakly estrogenic. ...
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Education notes
Arizona Daily Star
Students will also have personal mentorship by university faculty in their field of study, funding for international study and research, and other benefits. The Arizona winners were chosen from a pool of 580 applicants. A crossing guard at Sewell ...
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Oncolytic viruses effectively target and kill pancreatic cancer stem cells
EurekAlert (press release)
"What we learned is that oncolytic viruses have been engineered to selectively target cancer cells and have a low toxicity profile in animal studies," said Dr. Wong. "Targeting the cancer stem cell may enhance our ability to eradicate tumors and ...
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iPhone can diagnose stroke: Study - ScienceNewsline
May 9, 2011 − Released by University of Calgary ( Web | News ). Calgary, AB - New research from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine shows that doctors can make a stroke diagnosis using an iPhone application with the same accuracy as ... The research is published in the May 6th edition of Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study was designed by Dr. Mayank Goyal, and involved the iPhone software technology originally developed by Dr. Ross Mitchell, PhD, ...
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PSATRI, Agilent Technologies agree to research cooperation | King ...
National Plan for Science and Technology · Royal Family ... Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies and ScientificResearch Ali Al-Ghamdi and Agilent Technologies vice ... Recent News. PSATRI, Agilent Technologiesagree to research cooperation ...
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Africa Science News Service - New Study: Understanding Rainfall ...
“The perceived risks have led to decades of under investment in research and infrastructure that have increased ... Science News · Information Technology ...
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