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

?New appointments to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ...
TMC Net
... and the Counter Terrorism Science and Technology Centre Oversight Board. Professor Robert Winston Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of FertilityStudies at Imperial College, runs a research programme in the ...
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Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too.
History News Network
Blood Work has been acclaimed for engaging writing and careful research. A Publisher's Weekly starred review praised Dr. Tucker for “a marvelous job of chronicling the 17th-century controversy pitting science against religion and shows how much of the ...
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Genetic link found for depression but 'cure' still a long way off
The National
"I didn't expect that we would get a signal this strong," says Gerome Breen, lead author of the UK study and lecturer at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre at King's College. "Usually in studies in depression we've got ...
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The National

Faces of pioneer VCs of new federal varsities
Nigeria Daily Independent
He did his NYSC as an Assistant Lecturer and Resident Veterinarian in the Department of AnimalScience, Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST), Port Harcourt. After national service, he was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer at the ...
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Biotech Firm Synedgen Announces Research Results of New Antibacterial Wound...
RedOrbit
The Synedgen technology could be even more useful for chronically infected wounds, removing persistent biofilms and improving outcomes for patients with very few effective options.” remarked Townsend. Further preclinical studies in vivo are slated for ...
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Sangamo's Inevitable Acquisition/Merger
Seeking Alpha
Sangamo has licensed intellectual property directed to the design, selection and use of ZFPs and ZFP TFs for gene regulation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johnson & Johnson, The Scripps Research Institute, Harvard University and Johns ...
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Is it worth it? Yes, say local college graduates
San Diego Union Tribune
Staight, 28, graduates from the University of California San Diego in June with degrees in management science and linguistics. He hopes to work in international business, particularly with companies involved in technology or infrastructure projects in ...
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The dance of the cells: A minuet or a mosh?
EurekAlert (press release)
Support for the study was provided by the European Research Council, the Spanish Ministry ofScience and Innovation and the National Institutes of Health. "Collective Cell Guidance by Cooperative Intercellular Forces," Dhananjay T. Tambe, ...
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Aust well placed for China growth: Rudd
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia is a world leader in green building technologies and systems and China is a world leader in developing ecocities. "The synergies are clear," Mr Rudd told Guangdong University of ForeignStudies. It is estimated that environmental damage costs ...
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Makeover turns school into a model of change
The Age
A new relationship was recently formed with Scotch College, whereby staff and VCE students from both schools meet and collaborate on their studies. Professor Ramon Lewis, of La Trobe University, has also visited the school to explain his research on ...
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The Age

Twenty-five Domain Group students graduate in IT
DI-VE
The degrees were conferred by the University of Hertfordshire Project Manager, Professor Jill Hewitt, who serves as Professor of Interactive Systems, Head of the School of Computer Science and Director of Systems Usability. Professor Hewitt's research ...
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Manmohan aims to rescript India's relations with Africa
Livemint
In neighbouring Mozambique, JSW Steel Ltd has acquired coal mining assets and Jaguar Overseas Ltd is constructing a science and technology park in Maluana, 60km from capital Maputo. The project is expected to be completed by next year but Mozambican ...
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: Apollo Hospitals signs an MoU with University College of London
Financial Express
... offers a joint scholarship to students wishing to pursue a Masters programme at the University in the broad field of development studies, with special focus on developmental economics, public health or science-technology-society studies. ...
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Iran officially opens transgenic mice research center
Iranian Students News Agency
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran officially opened transgenic mice research center after initial months-long activities in a bid to expand studies on the domain. The project has been pursued since 2009 and it has been working since late 2010 during which three kinds ...
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Diverse support given to earthquake victims
The Daily Yomiuri
Its 125 research labs for studies in medicine and other fields are prepared to accept about 350 students, mainly graduate students. The university already has taken in about 10 graduate students from Tohoku University, whose research facilities were ...
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Stillwater district considering switch to middle schools
Pioneer Press
But a review by the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota found that moving sixth-graders could have a negative impact on student achievement. Most studies show elementary students get significantly ...
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A tip of the cap to some creative people
South Bend Tribune
To see his stuff, go to www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/windgate.php. Penn High School senior Michael Schrager recently received the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Dean's List Award at the National Robotics...
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South Bend Tribune

GLOBAL: The answer to why people blog
University World News
Melbourne psychologist James Baker has been studying bloggers for the past five years, beginning with a research project for his masters degree and now culminating in a PhD at Swinburne University of Technology. With his supervisor Dr Susan Moore, ...
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Connections is the theme as 452 graduate as members of the 'Centennial Class'
Connecticut College
You have earned recognition through fellowships from Goldwater, Fulbright and the National ScienceFoundation, among others. You have shared your talents with the world through study abroad, internships and special research projects. ...
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Nashville People in Business
The Tennessean
46 and Concept Technology landed No. 55. The National Association of Home Builders recognized Nashville-based Lend Lease by awarding the company the National Green Building Award for Project of the Year for its Zero Energy Homes project at Fort ...
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Weekly News Roundup: General Dynamics (NYSE:GD)
StocksandShares.TV
The Electric Boat unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD ) will also conduct research and development studies on technology areas including manufacturing, maintainability, survivability, hydrodynamics, acoustics, and materials.
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Apocalypse not now
Edmonton Journal
You can't argue with science." Interestingly, the study's authors found Nordic countries have already achieved something close to domestic parity. They suggest the trend is in part due to the fact those nations offer more generous child care services ...
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Dish Networking: MIT Startup Matches TV With Social Conversation
AdAge.com
Mr. Roy directs the Cognitive Machines group at MIT Media Lab, where he studies how children learn language. He presented his research in a widely viewed TED talk earlier this year, in which he showed how he recorded every moment of his family's life ...
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AdAge.com

Paralyzed Man Stands and Takes Steps After Spinal Implant
Mobile Magazine
However, if the effect could be replicated in further studies, individuals with spinal-cord injuries could potentially use a portable stimulation unit equipped with a walker, and stand independently, maintain balance and even take some steps. ...
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Mobile Magazine

Hicks: Her cream of the crop
DesMoinesRegister.com
JOHN GAPS III/THE REGISTER Research associate Wenyan Wu scans the skin of researchassociate James Calland during moisturizer testing inside a lab at Des Moines' Kemin Industries last week. / JOHN GAPS III/THE REGISTER Kemin President Chris Nelson ...
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Who's news
Appleton Post Crescent
He holds a bachelor's degree in architectural studies from UW-Milwaukee. Erin Buenzli has been promoted to director of wellness and recreation. She had been Lawrence's head athletic trainer since 2000. She holds a bachelor's degree in health promotion ...
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LED fueling Thermal Tech expansion
North Bay Business Journal
According to Erica Corral, Ph.D and assistant professor at the University of Arizona who conducts research on ultra-high temperature ceramics and composites for use in hypersonic vehicles, Thermal Technology's machine is especially advantageous. ...
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North Bay Business Journal

Swissray Sells Another DR System to a Large Orthopedic Practice in Florida
PR-USA.net (press release)
As the pioneer and technology leader in the field of Digital Radiography, Swissray continues toresearch, develop and manufacturer their technologically advanced systems in Switzerland. Swissray has received from Frost & Sullivan the "Single Detector ...
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The way we were
BusinessWorld Online
... employed or the sample universes selected by the international research organizations, the perception will persist that the Philippines is not globally competitive -- we are way below the mean, in most internationally acclaimed economic studies. ...
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Video Conferencing Week in Review
TMC Net
Here are some of the exciting happenings from the video conferencing world from the past week, as detailed on the Video Conferencing community on TMCnet, your one-stop resource for news, events, case studies, and all the latest information to ensure ...
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Value of Saudi contracts reaches SR49.7bn in Q1
Arab News
A contract for SR2 billion was awarded by Saudi Aramco to UAE-based Drake & Scull International for the right to build commercial buildings for the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies Research Center (KAPSARC). The types of buildings to be constructed ...
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State website to monitor health insurance increases
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Keith Rodgers, a former assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina who most recently worked at a Delaware company as a senior research analyst managing drug safety, epidemiology and health care outcomes research studies, ...
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Movers & Shakers from the May 23, 2011 issue
Worcester Business Journal
Cosco will research and design marketing strategies for high-tech, health care, energy and financial services sectors. He previously worked as a team leader in the computer hardware industry at Asian Atlantic Industries Inc. in Stratham, NH, ...
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Spaulding Clinical Honored at BizTech Conference
PR-USA.net (press release)
Spaulding Clinical Research, LLC is a Clinical Pharmacology Research Unit and Cardiac Core Lab that offers a full range of global services from study design through study execution/conduct, data management, statistical analysis, and clinical ...
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TEDxBayArea June 2011
San Jose Mercury News
--Dr. Garry Neil, Corporate VP for Science & Technology, Johnson & Johnson " Capturing New Markets reveals critical patterns underlying why some new ventures become big businesses, and others do not. The journey to creating new markets can be full of ...
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DNA diviners: Valuable service or dangerous novelty?
healthzone.ca
“There are these probes on the chip that can detect which (SNP) version someone has at that location in the genome,” says Shirley Wu, the company's science content manager. Relying on published academic studies, the company then weights the risks or ...
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Release of “Trademark Licensing Contract in the Jordanian Legislation” Book by ...
ag-IP-news Agency
Al-Salamat told ag-IP-news Agency that this book, which has been recently published by the Deanship of Academic Research (DAR) at the University of Jordan and falls in 202 pages, discusses aspects of licensing contracts to use the multi-trademark ...
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Green Technology and Environmental Science News: Andean ...
Green Technology and Environmental Science News. ... Previous research had set the maximum expected earthquake size to be magnitude 7.5 (Richter), based on ...
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