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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 18, 2011 (2)

Daejon chosen as home to big science project
JoongAng Daily
KoRIA, a 470 billion won particle accelerator, is regarded as crucial for developing the nation's basic science research. Experts say the accelerator can be used in a wide range of studies, such as astrophysics, biology and medical science, ...
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JoongAng Daily
Online graduate course combines fieldwork and technology for science teachers
PRLog.Org (press release)
The course, Environmental Science Education: Summer Ecological Field Studies (EDCI 580), begins May 31 and ends July 8. It is offered entirely online and is designed for educators of children aged 6 - 12. Teachers who complete the course will earn ...
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Students Protest 'Unfair' Allocations of Principals
Voice of San Diego
"If they deserve one principal, so do we," said Shanique Davis, a junior at the School of Science andTechnology on the same campus. "It's not fair. We knew we'd be merging soon. But the IS parents were trying to say they didn't need to merge like ...
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Yeung Center for Collaborative China Studies announces first grants
The JHU Gazette
“The Johns Hopkins–Nanjing Center for Synthetic Genomics”: Jef Boeke, School of Medicine, and Yilu Chen, Nanjing University of Technology. • “Education and Research Partnership in Environmental Engineering, Science and Management”: Edward Bouwer, ...
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Music and Creativity
WebWire (press release)
And those musical experiences that feed the mind may also spark greater proficiency in science andtechnology. "Creativity lies at the heart of the modern economy" he says. The research in this episode was funded by NSF through the American Recovery ...
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Dot Earth: Lester Lave – An Appreciation
New York Times (blog)
Lester's early study laid the methodological foundation for these later studies. As an economist, he had made a major advance at the junction of epidemiology, atmospheric chemistry and public policy. David Keith: Academic energy and environmental ...
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Stanford Bioethics Expert to Speak May 21 at NC Biotechnology Center
NCTechNews (press release)
His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedicaltechnology, the biological basis of moral awareness and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous ...
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End-of-the-Year Report from the Dean
William and Mary News
Joyce has served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, where she directs the Science, Technology, and Society Program and the Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Program. At William and Mary, she helped organize the Mercury ...
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William and Mary News
2011 Washburn University Graduates
Topeka Capital Journal
Laura Manganiello, bachelor of science in nursing, nursing, Topeka, Kan. • Ashley Manis, bachelor of arts, psychology, Topeka, Kan. • Richard Martin, bachelor of arts, religious studies, Topeka, Kan. • Lana Matney, bachelor of business administration, ...
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Researchers examine procedure utilization trends in patients with clinically ...
EurekAlert (press release)
WASHINGTON, DC (May 15, 2011)末New techniques in science and technology allow the medical community to continually improve patient care and experience, but as these new procedures are introduced, physicians must closely consider the relative risks and ...
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National Academies Alarmed About Climate Control: More Hot Gas
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
... which includes The National Academy of Science and the National Research Council among its members, has released its America's Climate Choices study which is the final volume of a series. “The goal of the America's Climate Choices studies is to ...
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ADVA FSP 3000 ENABLES UNPRECEDENTED SERVICES FOR ITALIANRESEARCH AND ...
Reuters (press release)
More than 40000 users are encompassed across LightNet's project partners, including the Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Tartini; the AREA Science & Technology Park; the Consortium GARR (Italian NREN); the International Centre for Theoretical Physics ...
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Babraham Research Campus visited by local MP and MEP to see impact of investment
Cambridge Network
This recent further investment will help to maximise the impact of public investment in bioscienceresearch and strengthen the campus as a cluster for science and innovation in the UK.” Derek Jones, Chief Executive of Babraham Bioscience Technologies, ...
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Waters Welcomes Duke University Proteomics Core Facility into Centers of ...
R & D Magazine
Waters Centers of Innovation Program recognizes and supports the efforts of scientists facilitating breakthroughs in health and life science research, food safety, environmental protection, sports medicine and many other areas. ...
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Driving errors increase with age among older drivers
EurekAlert (press release)
The study was co-authored by Joanne Wood, PhD, a professor of optometry at Queensland University of Technology. Despite the study results, Anstey doesn't believe that driver's licenses should be restricted based on age. "In other research, we have ...
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Endicott Offers New Internet Studies Major
RedOrbit
Endicott College is proud to announce that beginning in the Fall of 2011, the School of Communication will offer a major in Internet Studies, one of the first available in the country. Students earning a Bachelor of Science in Internet Studies will ...
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GoodGuide rates products on ingredients' safety
San Francisco Chronicle
O'Rourke, a UC Berkeley environmental science professor who studies global supply chains, then began to research the rest of his daughter's belongings and found that her shampoo, favorite toys and furniture all included questionable ingredients. ...
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Lay-language summaries of latest research at Acoustical Society meeting now online
EurekAlert (press release)
Reporters attending the meeting or covering the sessions remotely now have access to a wide array of easily approachable summaries covering all aspects of the science of sound. There are no embargoes on these presentations. The following are excerpts ...
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Babies enlisted in brain research
Boston Globe
In other studies, researchers are imaging the brains of babies born prematurely, who are more prone to learning disabilities and other cognitive problems, and the brains of children with Tourette syndrome. In those disorders, as with dyslexia, ...
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Boston Globe
2011 ESF Graduates Plan a Green Future
SUNY-ESF Headlines
He earned a bachelor of science degree in conservation biology Sunday and will return to ESF in the fall to begin graduate studies. McCoy's fellow Centennial year classmates chose him to serve as their speaker at ESF's annual convocation Saturday, ...
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SUNY-ESF Headlines
Scientists looking to burst the superconductivity bubble
EurekAlert (press release)
Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests. In a study published today, Monday, 16 may, in IOP Publishing's journal Superconductor Science and Technology, ...
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ISRO to expand research facilities in critical areas
domain-B
The new capabilities will include a hypersonic wind tunnel which will conduct studies in re-entrytechnologies and a plasma wind tunnel, which will study behaviour of materials at high speed. This facility would be set up at the Vikram Sarabhai Space ...
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WaferGen Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release)
Such statements include statements relating to the expected benefits and advantages of the SmartChip service for gene-expression research, the expected benefits and advantages of the SmartChip technology to other applications, the expected throughput ...
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Studes told to enroll in suggested courses
Sun.Star
... Pharmacy Radiology Technology and Medical Technology; and Information Technology (10%) which includes Information Technology and Computing Studies, Multi Media, Animation, Programming, Computer Science and Information System Management however, ...
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Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners
ProPublica
But the letter to the White House science adviser, signed by five professors at University of California, San Francisco, and one at Arizona State University, points out several flaws in the tests. Studies published in scientific journals in the last ...
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ProPublica
Delano High senior earns prestigious $100000 scholarship
Bakersfield Californian
A Delano High School, Harvard-bound senior -- who came to the United States in the fifth grade not knowing English -- was one of only four students in the United States chosen Monday to receive a $100000 college scholarship to seek science studies. ...
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Bakersfield Californian
Good Chemistry
Emporia Gazette
Today's technology is laborious and expensive, he says, which prevents scientists from setting up critical long-term studies. “Is low-dose exposure a problem?” he asked in our interview. “We can't answer that right now. Generally, I would say no; ...
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Lebanon's girls set to Take back the Tech this summer
Daily Star - Lebanon
Jabbour, who will begin her studies in political science at St. Joseph University in the fall, sees a parallel in the technology sector. “In 'Take Back the Night' marches I took a stand in order to take back the streets, but the technology field is ...
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Daily Star - Lebanon
Common Anti-Inflammatory Coaxes Liver Cancer Cells to Commit Suicide
Newswise (press release)
This research was published in the April 15 issue of the journal Biochemical and BiophysicalResearch Communications. Co-authors of the liver cancer and rhabdomyosarcoma studies include Yan Liu, Aiguo Liu and Suzanne Reed of the Center for Childhood ...
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When is it worth remanufacturing?
PhysOrg.com
The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, is the latest from Gutowski and his students that, as he puts it, “takes what appears to be a simple, straightforward problem and shows that the world is a far more complicated ...
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PhysOrg.com
Reductions in the brain's deep gray matter volumes help explain fetal alcohol ...
EurekAlert (press release)
... Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Alberta Science and Research Authority, AHFMR, and the University Hospital Foundation. This release is supported by the Addiction Technology Transfer ...
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Ag School Seniors: Uncle Sam Sends a Booby Prize for Graduation
PR Newswire (press release)
In that ruling the tax breaks for big business and the foreign employees related to a group of occupations in the so-called STEM fields, of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The portion of the F-1 student visa program used in this ...
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Community News
Emporia Gazette
Madison: Jamie Bernice Raaf, Bachleor of Science in Agriculture. Allen: Kiley Dayl Stinson, Bachleor of Science in Agriculture. Emporia: Anna Christine Binder, Bachleor of Science in Dietetics; Kelsi Marie Coble, Bachleor of Science in Family Studies ...
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ORNL energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
EurekAlert (press release)
Other developers of this technology, which is funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program, are Nickolay Lavrik, Thirumalesh Bannuru, Salwa Mostafa, Slo Rajic and Panos Datskos. UT-Battelle manages ORNL for DOE's Office of Science ...
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Heads or tails?
EurekAlert (press release)
The study is published in the May 13 issue of the journal Science. Petersen, a former postdoctoral fellow in Reddien's lab, is the first author. Reddien, associate professor of biology at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, ...
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Archives of Otolaryngology
FULL TEXT | WEB OF SCIENCE | PUBMED 12. Therasse P, Arbuck SG, Eisenhauer EA; et al. New guidelines to evaluate the response to treatment in solid tumors: European Organization forResearch and Treatment of Cancer, National Cancer Institute of the ...
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Sporadic mutations identified in children with autism spectrum disorders
EurekAlert (press release)
O'Roak's fellowship at the UW, as well as part of the research itself, was supported by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the US government. O'Roak said, "I came to the UW with the specific plan to use the latest genomic technology to ...
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Cardium Presents First Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Reports on Near-Term ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Research and development costs for the three months ended March 31, 2011 totaled $492000 and general and administrative expenses were $1.3 million, compared to $520000 and $961000, respectively, for the same period last year. ...
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UW-Waukesha Seeking Approval for New Bachelor's Degree Program
Patch.com
It also offers a bachelors of science in information in science and technology. The classes are taught completely at UW-Waukesha. A bachelor of liberal studies is also offered through a collaborative program with UW-Oshkosh. ...
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NJ, Boston firms seek insulin-injection options
Boston Globe
MoMelan, of Cambridge, added KLP Enterprises and Life Science Angels to its list of investors, which includes LaunchCapital and Mass Medical Angels. The company will use the Series A money to further develop its device and conduct clinical studies, ...
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Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. Announces ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
$4000. A senior at High-Tech High School in North Bergen, Ms. Santos will attend Seton Hall University. She plans to pursue studies in political science and a pre-law track in the fall of 2011. Paola Severino, Union City. $4000. ...
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How can a colorblind animal change its colors to blend into the background?
EurekAlert (press release)
Our work presented in this paper takes the field a step closer to quantifying camouflage effectiveness," says J. Kenneth Wickiser, Asst. Prof. in the Department of Chemistry and LifeScience at the US Military Academy in West Point. ...
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School Board posts job openings, reconfigures department heads
Seacoastonline.com
Under the new model, the high school and middle school will separate and the areas of math, socialstudies, English and science at each of the buildings and a K-12 technology department head would be created. Only the international languages department ...
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UCSD offers roadmap for coping with climate change
San Diego Union Tribune
Technology policy has become a poor cousin of serious efforts to slow global warming. Nearly everyone agrees that massive innovation is needed. Oddly, very few studies actually examine the question that matters most for policy; how to design a big push ...
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Memristor new research provides big leap forward for tech | ZME ...
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Green Technology and Environmental Science News: Extensive Methane ...
ENN: Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment ... BU's Center for Environmental and Energy Studies (CEES), and his research partners will present ...
www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/42702
Researchers see bias in Taser studies - Science & Technology News ...
Breaking science news and updates from around the world. ... SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- U.S.researchers say studies into the safety of Taser stun gun devices ...
https://www.arcamax.com/technology/technews/s-882656

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