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SCIENCE News, Discoveries, Inventions, Technology, Jun 26, 2011

Fossil Studies Show Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded
Voice of America
“It you were to walk up to a living sauropod and put your hand on its side, its temperature would be very similar to your own,” said John Eiler, a professor of geology and geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and co-author ...
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UI supercomputer speeds up research
Iowa City Press Citizen
"This is an essential development tool," said Howes, who studies turbulence in solar winds. "Myresearch centers very highly around high performance computer simulations. Use of super-computing resources is essential." Located in the basement of the ...
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Four scholars complete PhD on HEC scholarship
Pakistan Observer
... University of Science and Technology”. Dr. Irfan Ullah completed his studies from Middlesex University, London under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Loo. He completed his research “Semantic Multimedia Modelling and Interpretation for Annotation. ...
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Teen scientists help park research
Daily Inter Lake
GigaPan technology creates extremely high-resolution photos that have been helpful in tracking changes in landscapes. Scientists are hopeful GigaPan might also be useful in wildlife studies, particularly involving mountain goats, Belt said. ...
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DoST graduate scholarship qualifiers known
Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) has given graduate scholarship grants to 323 qualifiers for its Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resources Development Program (ASTHRDP) and Engineering Research and ...
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Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao
Peninsula On-line
“Anything that is going on in Sidra research centre will definitely benefit the interconnected world. Bloomsbury is publishing these research studies and they available on the internet. Clearly, these are things that can benefit the world across ...
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The dark science of the traffic jam: Ever wondered why you're stuck in one ...
Daily Mail
By Adam Luck The technology required to keep our cars on the road - and actually moving - could hardly be more complex (as the six ever more close-up traffic images of Birmingham's motorways below reveal). But is the jam as we know it about to ...
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Diversifying technology's leaders
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Decades after it was first noted, a deficit of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and math -- the so-called STEM disciplines -- continues to vex educators. A 2010 Carnegie Corp. study revealed that blacks, Hispanics and Native ...
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Uganda Education News: Government promises to continue science promotion
UGPulse.com
The government has promised to continue promoting the study of sciences in schools and increase resource allocation and human resource development towards developing science and technologyin the country. The development follows the World Bank report ...
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John Galt was a Hack! U Minn's Metal Turns Heat into Electricity
Gas 2.0 (blog)
“Multiferroic” is the buzz-word in a series of studies done by researchers at the University of Minnesota, who claim that they've mixed a new alloy which is able to convert heat directly into electricity. “This research … presents an entirely new ...
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Tiny Syracuse high school boasts a nearly 77 percent graduation rate, far...
Syracuse.com
Students decide at the end of ninth grade whether they want to be part of the school of engineering or school of human behavior science. Within the schools, students pick from a range of programs — for instance, electronic media, automotive technology ...
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Federal Contracts Awarded to Companies in California (June 25)
TMC Net
CDW Government LLC, Vernon Hills, Ill.; Iron Bow Technologies LLC, Chantilly, Va.; Mercom Inc., Pawleys Island, SC; Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., and ScientificResearch Corp., Atlanta, shared in the award amount. ...
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RMSC and its partners stimulate young minds
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Free visits to the Rochester Museum & Science Center expose thousands of children to the fun ofscience and technology, and might spark interests in related careers. PROVIDED PHOTO Our community continually faces challenges. The economy's recovery is ...
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Sullivan studies regional weather
Norman Transcript
She also directed an interactive science center in Columbus, Ohio. While in Norman, Sullivan toldThe Transcript that she observed the wide-ranging weather-studying capabilities of the National Weather Center and NOAA's National Weather Service weather ...
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'Safety myth' left Japan ripe for nuclear crisis
NDTV.com
"That's why the safety myth wasn't just an empty slogan," said Mr. Yoshikawa, now the director general of the Center for Research and Development Strategy at the JapanScience and Technology Agency. "It was a kind of mind-set that rejected progress ...
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Advances in Monitoring Equipment Will Help Communities Keep Tabs on Polluters
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
The advances in exposure science, however, don't just involve biomonitoring. Microsensor and nanosensor technologies, the development of new direct-reading instruments, Smartphone-connected technologies, and advances in portability, availability, ...
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Summer School Offers Students Enrichment, Adventures
Patch.com
The program aims to reinforce concepts in math, language arts, science and social studies. The five-week program is being held at Westhoff Elementary School for students going into the first throughfifth grades. The Summer Middle School Enrichment ...
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Film about health effects of wireless technology to be shown Sunday in Warren
Danbury News Times
A question and answer period afterward will feature: B. Blake Levitt, an award-winning sciencejournalist and author, who has been researching the biological effects of non-ionizing radiation since the late 1970s. Whitney North Seymour Jr., ...
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Hires and Promotions (June 25, 2011)
In-Forum
Eberle graduated from North Dakota State University with a degree in political science and international studies He previously worked as an intern for Sen. Kent Conrad, DN.D. Jason Magstadt has joined The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead as a graphic designer. ...
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11 new degree courses in MCAST's 2011/2012 prospectus
Malta Independent Online
The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology's 2011/2012 prospectus offers 155 different full-time courses. Through the new degree courses, all of MCAST's 10 institutes are now offering students the possibility to continue their studies at degree ...
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Billy Malang, WIPO Gold Medal for Best Invention Recipient and Award-winning ...
Asianjournal.com
He received an award and P1 million for inventions from former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and was part of the inaugural class elected into the Filipino Inventors Hall of Fame by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). ...
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Role of judiciary vital for redressal of people's grieviences: CJP
Associated Press of Pakistan
He said the research oriented studies are lacking in our institutions and proposed that researchcentres may also be established in the judicial academies. The Chief Justice, SHC, Justice Mushir Alam highlighted the role, aims and objectives of the ...
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'I was always making stuff': Engineer finds niche as founder of Vector Magnetics
Ithaca Journal
Arthur's contributions to relief well technology, from which defective wells can be sealed, is gleaned from years of curiosity, studies and homespun instrumentation. He and his colleagues continue to help engineer coal, gas and oil projects based upon ...
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UA Student Robotic Rover Team Among Best in Nation
UA News (press release)
FIRST is the acronym created by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science andTechnology, a nonprofit created by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders. FIRST attracts thousands of students from around the ...
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Londonderry student takes study to Elephant Festival
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
ERIN Lennox took her studies into the science of elephants all the way to Thailand and Laos to attend the annual Elephant Festival in Paklay. Ms Lennox, of Londonderry, is in the final year of a Bachelor of Equine Science at Charles Sturt University's ...
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Beautiful game higher fitness levels: a look into the future
Sunday's Zaman
For each player, the studies required a separate observer, who tracked the player's movements and spoke into a recorder to catalogue findings. Most recently, newer technology using multiple synchronized cameras linked to computers have enabled the ...
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