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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 11, 2011

Study: iPhone Can Diagnose Stroke
International Business Times
The study was designed by Dr. Mayank Goyal, and used iPhone software technologyoriginally developed by Dr. Ross Mitchell, PhD, and his team at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI). Neuro-radiologists looked at 120 recent consecutive noncontrast ...
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International Business Times
Research and Markets: Functional Manufacturing Technologies and Ceeusro II
Environmental Expert (press release)
This work brings together peer-reviewed papers on innovations and practical suggestions with regard to engineering & technology; materials science and technology in manufacturing including artificial materials, forming, novel-material fabrication, ...
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2011–12 Knight Science Journalism Fellows named
MIT News
The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT has selected 12 journalists from eight countries for its 29th class of fellows. The journalists will study science, health, environment and technology at MIT during the 2011–12 academic year. ...
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DATATRAK Academy Expands to Include Durham Technical Community College
PR Newswire (press release)
The software is used as part of the Clinical Trials Research Associate curriculum, which prepares individuals to assist investigators and clinical researchers in clinical research studies for the development of new drugs, clinical products, ...
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U of W lands new centre for wind turbine technology
Windsor Star
“It will provide us with state of the art measurement equipment which will allow us to conduct experiments,research and studies on the effects of turbine vibration and noise.” “Bruel and Kjaer are leaders in this field,” said Novak. ...
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Microbubble-delivered combination therapy eradicates prostate cancer in vivo
EurekAlert (press release)
Funding for this study was provided in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01 CA097318, R01 CA127641, P01 CA104177, R01 CA149668) and National Foundation for Cancer Research. News directors: Broadcast access to VCU Massey Cancer ...
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Fracking Study May Expose Natural Gas Industry To Regulation
Forbes (blog)
The Energy Department has been funding efforts to clean up that water, and recently announced a breakthrough technology, using a material called Osorb. The methane found by the Duke scientists is not considered a health hazard in drinking water. ...
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Forbes (blog)
Who gets treated where for colonoscopy, and how effective is that treatment?
EurekAlert (press release)
CHICAGO, IL (May 10, 2011) — Research being presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) continues to show the effectiveness of colonoscopy for the prevention and detection of colorectal cancer. However,studies show that patients in lower socioeconomic ...
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Examining the Universities: Towards Local Capacity Development in Africa
UC Berkeley (blog)
At Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) where I volunteered as a visiting lecturer for a year, almost all of the staff in my department were graduates of MUST or Makarere. Indeed, many of them were also pursuing PhDs at Makarere ...
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7-Part Series, Beyond Market Research Numbers; Part 7, Global Focus
AXcess News
This was the second formal meeting of BRIC heads of government and the agenda focused on a range of issues including closer cooperation around energy, food production, trade, investment, science,technology and infrastructure. ...
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Family time, redefined
Columbus Dispatch
Such moments serve as evidence of technology becoming an alien, and alienating, force in the contemporary home - a view that has no shortage of proponents. Prominent among them is Sherry Turkle, a professor of social studies of science and technology ...
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Columbus Dispatch
Bite-Lite's Cloak & Scatter® Technology Fights Mosquitoes
PR Newswire (press release)
These revolutionary candles represent the first significant breakthrough for natural mosquito control, based upon the new "Cloak & Scatter®" technology developed by Bedoukian Research Inc. of Danbury, CT. They have been "Inspired by Nature" and ...
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GSSF: NASA joins Emirati scientists to study desert conditions in UAE
Arabian Aerospace (blog)
Founded in 2007, the Arab Youth Venture Foundation (www.ayvf.org ) is a UAE-based non-profit organisation that creates a variety of programmes aimed at engaging and inspiring Emirati and Arab youth across science/technology, literacy, and art/design.
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ASU, Caltech, UCLA and USC Showcase Top University Startups and Venture-Ready ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
In the last two decades, more than 75 percent of all industrial patents issued in the United States have cited academic research as a key source of new knowledge. Studies have also shown companies spun out of research universities have a far greater ...
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Tekmira Provides Corporate Update and Announces First Quarter 2011 Results
TradersHuddle.com (press release)
In Q3 2010 the Company signed a contract with the US Government to develop TKM-Ebola and have since been incurring significant program costs such as materials and preclinical studies that have been included in research, development, collaborations and ...
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Of minds and machines
PhysOrg.com
The central theme of “Brains, Minds and Machines” — the last of a series of symposia celebrating MIT's 150th anniversary — is that it's time for artificial-intelligence research, cognitive science and neuroscience to get ambitious again. ...
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WSU study to examine fatigue and distraction in police driving
HealthCanal.com
Based on the Riverpoint Campus on the east end of downtown Spokane, WSU Spokane offers advancedstudies and research in health sciences and health professions; the design disciplines; education; social and policy sciences; and science and technology. ...
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People have double the online friends than they do in real life
Globe and Mail
“Users of sites such as Facebook have double the amount of friends online than they do in real life, according to research commissioned by [Britain's] Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The study found that typical users of social networking sites have 121 friends ...
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Globe and Mail
Jan Marini Skin Research Releases New Non-Hydroquinone Solutions to Address ...
PR Newswire (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jan Marini Skin Research (JMSR; JanMarini.com), a leading provider of professional skin care and aesthetic solutions, announced the shipment of four newtechnologies to address the appearance of ...
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Nortel RIP?
CanadianBusiness.com
Some of its R&D was in China — as in so many industries, a necessity to lower costs and compete with rising Chinese firms such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. — and it had big research facilities in six other countries. Its tattered reputation ...
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Microsoft Research Team Tries to Keep Drivers Focused on the Road
IEWY News
Technology might someday succeed in an area where laws, public service campaigns, and common sense have generally failed: getting drivers to stop gabbing and focus on the road. Using a driving simulator, the Microsoft Research study found that a ...
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BHSU hires new provost
Black Hills Pioneer
This work has included standards and policy development for technology and science education, accreditation guideline development and implementation, and professional development for secondary level STEM education. He has received federal funding for a ...
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TU Delft to be the first Dutch university with a branch in China
Science Business
In the first phase of collaboration, the TU Delft branch will appoint a number of PhD students, who will receive diplomas from TU Delft upon completing their studies. The candidates, who will focus on research into improved LED lighting, ...
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Science Business
Laurier University launches technology Masters program
ITWorld Canada
Although Ryerson University and other schools have graduate programs in technology management, Noori said Laurier may be the first in Canada to offer a Masters of Science in this area. “But we don't want to scare off the audience to think they need ...
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MetaMetrics Welcoming Dr. Jill Fitzgerald as Distinguished Research Scientist
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Fitzgerald earned a doctorate in research and evaluation in reading from State University of New York at Buffalo and a master's of science in elementary education from State University College of New York at Cortland. She holds a bachelor's of arts in ...
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Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2011
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
The Company anticipates that data from these clinical studies will become available during the fourth quarter, 2011. Novo Nordisk is using Emisphere's Eligen ® Technology to develop and commercialize oral formulations of Novo Nordisk's insulins and ...
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UW patents process to capture, hold flue gas CO2
Wyoming Business Report
When Reddy's early work was published in both the Journal of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Science and Technology Journal, it laid the groundwork for mineral carbonation studies by other scientists, engineers and researchers. ...
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Fargo researchers using nano technology to grow replacement bones
Minnesota Public Radio
North Dakota State University scientist Kalpana Katti, who studies materials at the molecular level, hopes to solve a significant challenge of bone engineering by creating a three-dimensional mesh for bone cells to grown on. "Your body cannot create ...
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Minnesota Public Radio
Secularism should foster harmony: US prof at Amity Symposium
Business Standard
This kind of symposium provides opportunities to build partnerships between countries in educational and cultural aspects with due advancement in science and technology, where internet works wonder in bringing people closer. ...
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Jobs galore for MSU's biostatisticians
Times of India
"This calls for a better understanding of life science and mathematical science subjects in order to take up the challenges of research and development in the area of health sciences. Through our course we hope to meet the demand of trained ...
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Kansas agency hands out $2 million in grants to high-tech businesses
Kansas City Star
•$428070 to Immunogenetix Therapeutics Inc. of Lenexa for pre-clinical studies of a DNA therapeutic HIV vaccine. •$424895 for Pinnacle Technology Inc. of Lawrence over three years. The company specializes in wireless, Web-enabled biosensors for drug ...
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Myriad Genetics Licenses Novel Technology From Chronix Biomedical
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
It is currently conducting studies in other cancers as well as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chronix is headquartered in San Jose, California and has research facilities in Germany and South Dakota. Please visit Chronix's website at ...
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A successful seminar brings SET-DEV project to its end
Cordis News
He added that the notion of values and the notion of ethical consideration and policy frame is a legal requirement of the EU, and “this has to impact in all domains, including the science, technology policy domains”. The audience participated largely ...
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Welcome to the department of bellybutton studies
io9
"Because of this work, we had the technology to do it, so we sampled the buttons of everybody in our lab to make a holiday postcard." Andrea Lucky, a collaborator on the project, brings her research background in tropical rainforests and ants to the ...
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Independent Investigator Initiates Phase 1 Study of Biodel's Ultra-Rapid ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... commercialize and achieve market acceptance for product candidates developed using our VIAdel™technology; the progress or success of our research, development and clinical programs and the initiation and completion of our clinical trials; ...
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Science and Technology News Article - Rhode Island News | My ...
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Include indigenous communities in genomics research | CrazyChucks ...
Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops - PhysOrg ... Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement · PhysOrg ... Sound research at Acoustical Society meeting · e!Science News - Yesterday; 5Vote! ...
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Lehigh University:: Engineering & Applied Science: News Story: 3546
According to Zhao, she pursued her doctoral studies in the U.S. to access advanced technologies and engage in a first-rate university research environment . ...
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