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

Study Finds Cell-Phone Signals Disrupt Bee Colonies
NewsFactor Network
The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has said "research studies have not shown a consistent link between cell-phone use and cancer." It cited a large, 2010 international study, which found that "cell-phone users have no ...
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Republicans, Texans blast planned EPA study of hydraulic fracturing
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall, the chairman of the House Science, Space and TechnologyCommittee that was studying the issue today, questioned EPA's objectivity in launching the probe. Hydraulic fracturing taps gas from shale rock deposits, a practice aimed ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Safety: Report Questions Studies on Stun Guns
New York Times
In contrast, just over half of the independent studies found that Tasers were either not harmful or unlikely to be harmful. Twenty-six percent concluded they were not harmful at all. “When you look at the research, you find out a lot of the articles ...
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A study in green building on campus
MIT News
... describing such innovative technology as chilled beams for heating and cooling, a heat wheel for energy recovery, and automated window shades, and found “some people nervous and uneasy about being on the leading edge.” She had to “research, ...
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MIT News
UNH senior receives prestigious research fellowship from National Science ...
Foster's Daily Democrat
DURHAM — A University of New Hampshire senior has won a prestigious research fellowship from the National Science Foundation to pursue graduate studies in space physics research. Joshua Stawarz of Kittery, Maine, will receive three years of support ...
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Research skills help engineering student win Ford Fellowship
Arizona State University
Supported by the National Science Foundation, the program's goal is to encourage and assist American citizens in seeking careers as professors of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students are mentored as they pursue education in those ...
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Sharing Musical Instruments Means Sharing Germs
PR Newswire (press release)
"As early as 1957, research showed that wind instruments could hold germs and anecdotal evidence suggests that people who play wind instruments have recurring sore throats and airway inflammation. There are surprisingly few studies, however, ...
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Research and Markets: Next Generation Sequencing 2011: Opportunities, Trends ...
Business Wire (press release)
The study reviews the technologies that these new NGS machines use and what kinds of applications and research projects that the scientists are doing. The report discusses governmentresearch grants and private initiatives. The report studies NGS ...
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DOST-Caraga enjoins researchers to come-up with health-related studies
Philippine Information Agency
by Robert E. Roperos BUTUAN CITY, May 13 (PIA) – Citing the need to develop researches that focuses on health, Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Caraga Asst. Regional Director for Technical Operations Dominga Mallonga today enjoined ...
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PHL software piracy losses up to $270M
GMANews.TV
This is the eighth study of global software piracy to be conducted by the BSA in partnership withresearch firm IDC, using a methodology that incorporates 182 discrete data inputs for 116 countries and regions around the world. This year's study also ...
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Board of Trustees meets; President Spanier's remarks
Penn State Live
Hank Foley, Rod Erickson and I, along with our key college deans and lead faculty, are considering changes to our research organization to better highlight our science and engineering capabilities within a more visible energy institute. ...
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Invest Victoria Announces Partnership Between Melbourne's Globally Renowned ...
PR Newswire (press release)
IBES is a research and development venture that focuses on the full range of applications andtechnologies relating to next-generation broadband. It combines the University of Melbourne's world-leading research in broadband technologies and ...
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Africa's Sea Turtles Need Passports For Protection
RedOrbit
Studies such as this one highlight the critical importance of international cooperation in managing and protecting long-lived and migratory species such as sea turtles. This work also demonstrates the power of satellite tracking technology to show ...
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Vanderbilt University honors 16 faculty members as emeriti
Vanderbilt University News
His previous positions included the College of Business and Public Administration and Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the National University ...
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Microsoft Research Team Tries to Keep Drivers Focused on the Road
IEWY News
The team's current research shows that technology can do the same in cars, she said. Mediation systems could push important information, like road conditions or traffic, to the driver so they can fully focus on the road. This falls into a broader area ...
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Adherex Reports Recent Developments and First Quarter March 31, 2011 Financial...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/13/11 -- AdherexTechnologies Inc. (TSX: AHX)(PINK SHEETS: ADHXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of eniluracil and 5-fluorouracil, today reported its financial ...
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Tablets Aren't Necessarily Cannibalizing Laptop Sales
PCWorld
If you're confused by these dueling findings of studies, don't worry--so are the research firms conducting them. Just days after releasing the aforementioned study of iPad owners, NPD has released the findings of a similar study of Canadian tablet ...
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Perspective on: The future of fusion
PhysOrg.com
We also wish to expand our activities across the broad frontier of plasma science andtechnology. Within fusion, we wish the lab to continue its leading role in planning the next step in fusion research in the US PPPL should play a key scientific role ...
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PhysOrg.com
Government urged to look again at Liverpool Telescope
Liverpool John Moores University
In a report published today, the Science and Technology Committee warned that the UK's prominence in astronomy and particle physics, and its ability to attract and inspire the next generation of scientists in these areas, could be at risk if reduced ...
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Washington People: Phillip Tarr
Washington University Record
“With the right environment and collaborators, you learn a lot from your patients, and the best science is built on real problems and powerful technology,” Tarr says. “That lesson has stuck with me, and I'm trying to apply it here. ...
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Washington University Record
BioStorage Technologies, Inc. Brings Together Industry Leaders to Discuss ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... for the management of biomarkers and genomic testing in clinical studies. Recent advances in molecular technology and genomic discoveries, coupled with the growth in clinical research, have increased the need for properly preserved biospecimens. ...
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Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Class of 2011
PRLog.Org (press release)
The diploma of The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, or an official transcript, is the testimony to graduation. Founded in 2001 to address Central Pennsylvania's need for 1123634262 increased opportunities for study leading to careers in ...
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Online learning: The necessity and promise
Washington Post (blog)
In light of this small corpus, caution is required in generalizing to the K–12 population because the results are derived for the most part from studies in other settings (eg, medical training, higher education).” Clearly, more research is urgently ...
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Two professors elected to the American Philosophical Society
UC Davis
Navrotsky's research addresses the fundamental question of why a chemical compound forms a particular structure at a given temperature and pressure. That “why” question has taken her intostudies of the deep Earth, other planets, and the behavior and ...
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Panel on Nuclear Waste Disposal to Propose Above-Ground Storage
New York Times
Instead, it will recommend more research, the members said. “Neither the technology nor the economics are ready to compel us to make a decision on that at this point,” said Phillip A. Sharp, an Indiana Democrat on the commission. ...
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LAURELS: 'One of the greatest zoologists of our time'
UC Davis
The American Ceramic Society announced that it will present the Kingery award on Oct. 17 in Columbus, Ohio, during the society's annual meeting, held in conjunction with the Materials Scienceand Technology Conference and Exhibition. ...
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NRC Committee Urges Action On Climate Change
North American Windpower
Options on how to respond to climate change are analyzed in a new report, which is the final volume in America's Climate Choices, a series of studies requested by Congress. The committee that authored the report includes scientists, engineer, ...
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Hitler's Mind Control Experiments and How They Influenced Modern Propaganda
Subversify
When STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) researchers discovered that higher mathematics improved all brain functions, the institute began working closely with the educational field to improve higher learning in students. ...
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Subversify
Notre Dame students win gold
insideTORONTO.com
Staff photo/JOANNA LAVOIE Several student teams from Notre Dame recently earned top honours at the All-Toronto Science and Technology Fair held in early April. Winners include Chanelle Mitchell - gold in psychology/chemistry; Klarizze Montemayor and ...
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How to Clean Up Space Junk: DARPA's Orbital Catcher's Mitt
Space.com
One of the latest looks at the orbital debris quandary was completed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Released with little fanfare a few months ago, it was dubbed "The Catcher's Mitt Study" – to assess the debris problem and ...
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Space.com
Just A Clever Comma?
Outlook
The ministers of agriculture, science and technology and HRD had opposed Jairam's decision even then. Prof PM Bhargava, biotechnology expert and SC nominee in the GEAC, concedes, “It appears there is pressure on the GEAC to lift the moratorium. ...
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Ocean Spray and Artemis team up for cranberry supplements
NutraIngredients.com
Although studies conducted to date point towards very positive results, moreresearch is needed before there are grounds for trying to get health claims. Ocean Spray's Ingredients Technology Group has forged a new partnership with Artemis International ...
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NutraIngredients.com
Jan Marini Skin Research Releases New Non-Hydroquinone Solutions to Address...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Jan Marini Skin Research (JMSR; JanMarini.com), a leading provider of professional skin care and aesthetic solutions, announced the shipment of four new technologies to address the appearance of photo-aging and hyperpigmentation. ...
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ALPCO Diagnostics' Partnership with Electra-Box Diagnostica AB Looks to the ...
PR.com (press release)
Salem, NH, May 13, 2011 --(PR.com)-- It is a long-standing tradition in the scientificresearch community for researchers to engage in international collaborative studies. By working together, they have access to resources, technologies, ...
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PR.com (press release)
Agilent Technologies Announces Winner of Third Annual Early Career Professor Award
Process & Control Today
His many significant contributions prior to joining Northwestern include research in cell-free biology during his doctoral studies at Stanford University; systems biologyresearch at the Technical University of Denmark; and investigation into synthetic ...
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Process & Control Today
Local Opthamologist Attends American Telemedicine Association 2011 Conference
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
... Health and remote medical technologies. ATA 2011 was a premier forum for the latest peer-reviewed research, clinical outcomes, case studies and business models related to telemedicine and telehealth. The meeting contained over 260 presentations, ...
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New Research Reveals Promising Vaccine Approach for HIV | Scicasts ...
Beaverton, OR (Scicasts) - Research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University's ... financenews from the vast and fast-growing science and technology marketplace. ... CASE STUDY: ELN Drives Collaborative Research between Partners ...
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Study: Old age affects wild animals, too - Science & Technology ...
May 10, 2011 ARCHIVES | Science & Technology | NEWS · Tweet. VIGO, Spain (UPI) - - Newresearch contradicts the assumption wild animals die from predation, ...
www.arcamax.com/technology/technews/s-883428


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