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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jun 17, 2011

Hollywood inspires studies in technology
Columbus Dispatch
The number of computer-science degrees awarded in the United States - which began rising in 2010 - will reach 11000 this year, after plummeting annually since the end of the dot-com bubble in 2004, according to the Computing Research Association, ...
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Caltech scientist awarded $5 million grant for plant research
EurekAlert (press release)
Elliot Meyerowitz, a plant genetics and developmental biology expert at the California Institute ofTechnology (Caltech), has been awarded one of 15 five-year, $5 million grants for fundamental plantscience research. The awards were made by the Howard ...
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College notes for June 16
Appleton Post Crescent
Fremont: Megan Arndt, clinical laboratory science-medical technology, and Kelly Schmidt, socialscience, American studies-working in a global economy. Greenville: Erin Elliott, natural science-LifeScience, biology (cum laude), and Madison Heid, ...
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SPAWAR Commander Participates in Office of Naval Research STEM Forum with Navy ...
DVIDS
Rear Adm. Patrick H. Brady, commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command joined Navy senior leaders at the 2011 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics forum hosted by Office of Naval Research, June 15. Leaders across the Navy, ...
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New Clinical Research Presented at the European Society of Anaesthesiology ...
PR Newswire (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that multiple new clinical research studies presented this week at the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) Annual Congress in Amsterdam add to the ...
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UO chemist is among 2011 DuPont Young Professors
Nanotechnology News (press release)
... and a doctorate in 2008 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Before returning to the UO he completed postdoctoral training at the California Institute of Technology. DuPont, a science-based ...
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Fox Chase Cancer Centre signs research agreement with Life Technologies
pharmabiz.com
Fox Chase Cancer Centre, one of the nation's leading cancer research and treatment institutions, has entered into an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation that will underpin a new programme to provide next-generation sequencing analysis of solid ...
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Researchers engineer the environment for stem cell development to control ...
EurekAlert (press release)
The research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. "Stem cells don't make any decisions in isolation; their decisions are spatially and temporally directed by biochemical and mechanical cues in their ...
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JBEI to partner with Russian Institute on biofuels research
R & D Magazine
Ultimately, the goal is to develop a cost-effective and energy-efficient means of producing biofuels on a commercial scale by advancing biofuel membrane separation technology." Studies have consistently shown that biofuels, especially those derived ...
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Second Group of IUPUI Research Centers Receive Signature Center Designation
IUPUI Newscenter
•Center for Brain Rehabilitation, Advanced Imaging, and Neuroscience: The researchmission of the center is to integrate and further develop neuroimaging and behavioral measurement technologies to provide leading edge integrated interdisciplinary ...
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Innovative Science Project Will Let Canterbury Students Track Ocean Currents ...
Patch.com
PETERSBURG – Kids have the summer off, but many teachers use the break to update skills, learn new technologies – or plan an awesome hands-on project to show students in the fall. Jenna Cummings, who directs Marine Science Studies at Canterbury School ...
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To Keep America Great, Students Must Be Taught to Innovate
U.S. News & World Report
That is why it is increasingly important for students to study science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). History has shown that those who have strong math and science skills will be the innovators of tomorrow. And the United States needs these ...
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Morgan Kaufmann ties up with AMD to publish book for OpenCL developers - 16 ...
Knowledgespeak
Morgan Kaufmann, an imprint of Elsevier Science & Technology Books, has formed a partnership with semiconductor firm AMD to publish a new book for developers, Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL. The book was co-authored by several industry and ...
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Wales: First Minister Launches Marine Science Drive
eGov monitor
The First Minister will attend an event in Cardiff Bay aboard the project's research ship RV Prince Madog. Businesses will have access to the vessel to focus studies on tackling the impact of climate change, such as coastal erosion, flooding, ...
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Research and Markets: On-Demand Briefing: Free Market Research: Leveraging...
Business Wire (press release)
Jon Guice earned a doctorate as a Regents Fellow in the first-ranked science and technology studies program and a master's degree focused on qualitative and quantitative social sciencemethods at the University of California, San Diego. ...
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Traditional crafts meld with futuristic technology
Bangor Daily News
MIT graduate students such as Ward are training Haystack faculty to use thetechnology so instructors and students from all arts and crafts workshops can use it to supplement their studies. Just as the lab is an addition to the network of art studios...
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High Tech Demos at LEEF 2011 to Include Avatars and Voice Controlled Virtual ...
Online PR News (press release)
Attendees at past LEEF events enjoyed presentations of case studies from IBM, DAU, AppliedResearch Associates, Forio, the US Naval Academy, Centrax, Novonics and others who are overcoming challenges and implementing effective solutions with games, ...
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Na-ha-shnee Program Opens Doors for Aspiring Health Care Professionals
WSU Today
The campus features advanced studies and research in health sciences and health professions, the design disciplines, education, social and policy sciences, and science and technology. WSU is one of just 95 public and private research universities with ...
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Special report: Government in cyber fight but can't keep up
Reuters
"We're much better off (technologically) than we were a few years ago, but we have not kept pace with opponents," said Jim Lewis, a cyber expert with the Center for Strategic and InternationalStudies think tank. "The network is so deeply flawed that ...
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Amazon's Top Reviewers: Who They Are And What They Do (STUDY)
Huffington Post
A new study, led by Trevor Pinch of Cornell University's Department of Science and Technology Studies, examines 166 of the top 1000 classic reviewers of books, music and movies and dissects their reviewing methods, as well as Amazon's ranking system ...
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Changing the conventional facade of drug discovery research
Express Pharma
Dr Suguna Nandgaonkar and Dr Ankasha Tejam, Business Consultants, Healthcare & Life Science Practice, Infosys Consulting focus on aligning conventional drug discovery to Lean Six Sigma methodology, which facilitates streamlining process metrics issues,...
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Is Politics Partly Guided By Our Genes?
Discover Magazine (blog)
And here is the abstract: The assumption that the transmission of social behaviors and political preferences is purely cultural has been challenged repeatedly over the last 40 years by the combined evidence of large studies of adult twins and their ...
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Workforce development in high gear: Gwinnett Tech graduates record number
Gwinnett Business Journal
Among this year's graduates were 31 students comprising Gwinnett Tech's first class of associated degree nurses. This inaugural class of nursing graduates began theirstudies in September 2009. GTC has the county's only RN program. ...
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Is the smartphone killing the PC?
gulfnews.com
All the things you can now do with a smartphone would have seemed like sciencefiction only a decade ago: translate signs, translate words, take voice input and search the web, recognise a face, add another layer to reality showing you the quickest way ...
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Stem cell experts debate effects of media coverage on research: Does research ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
TORONTO, June 16, 2011 /CNW/ - Two internationally renowned stem cell experts will speak today at the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education on the complicated relationship between science and journalism. They will be exploring issues of ...
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Where have all the dodos gone?
PhysOrg.com
I realized then that what I really wanted to do was science journalism. Along the way, I seem to have ended up being a scientist instead. My experience in broadcast journalism has no doubt helped me as a scientist, by teaching me both how to pitch ...
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Founded on science, world cooperation in Antarctica a model for meeting ...
EurekAlert (press release)
"Science is free of such time-bound blinders and therefore is fundamental to environment-related diplomacy at a global scale," says Dr. Zakri, who co-chairs as well the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT). ...
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Myanmar nukes? Defector's tale stokes suspicions
Lake Wylie Pilot
AP Photo - This undated image provided by the Democratic Voice of Burma shows Sai Thein Win inside No.2 Science and Technological Equipment Development Workshop, Myaing Township, Magwe division in western Myanmar, one of the two factories where the ...
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Face of Defense: Air Force Officer Seeks New Challenges
Department of Defense
By Air Force 1st Lt. Scott Ghiringhelli MONTEREY, Calif., June 16, 2011 – After completing his reserve officers' training and earning a bachelor and master of sciencein aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force 1st...
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<B>N Chandra Mohan:</B> Bt brinjal and its discontents
Business Standard
NGOs, however, remain opposed to the introduction of Bt technology in food crops. So, too, are some scientists who want more studies to assess the safety of such Bt food crops. Bt brinjal has been embargoed and the prospects of it being introduced soon ...
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Group decides fate of medical care, item by item
The Seattle Times
Critics of ABA therapy, which uses one-on-one instruction, repetition and rewards, say studies don't show that it's effective. Most insurers don't cover it, and critics argue it can be given by unlicensed practitioners. But many parents insist it has ...
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VSU Expands Online Degree Programs at Undergraduate and Graduate Levels
Valdosta State University
The online Master of Arts in Literature and Language is designed for students with distance and time constraints, particularly public school teachers who want to expand their content knowledge in areas of contemporary English studies, ...
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For HIV/TB patients, hope floats on Tamil Nadu shores
Mumbai Mirror
If completed successfully, the “wonder drug” will be available for human use. Kumar said it could take up to six years for the drug to be available for human use. The project has been supported by funding from the Department of Science and Technology, ...
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Harford County Public Library Kicks Off Summer Reading Program, One World Many...
The Dagger
The LEAP Sponsorship Program is made possible by contributions and leadership from NMTC and offers businesses interested in supporting STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) learning an opportunity to sponsor the LEAP kits for the Library. ...
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Trio of studies reveals attitudes of women ... - Science Daily
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs ...Obstetricians and Family Physicians on Use of Technology in Childbirth ...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613103815.htm
Speculative design & Science and Technology Studies
Science and Technology Studies (STS) and areas within design research, have for some time now been sharing a growing mutual interest. ...
www.dkds.dk/nyheder/Seminar16062011
Genetics and society; science and technology studies - Latest news ...
ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... Philosophers of sciencefrom around the world will gather in Exeter next week for an ...
www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/news/.../title,24782,en.ht...
Best of ASCO Features Two Studies Led by US Oncology Research ...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 15, 2011 /- Two clinical trial studies authored by physicians ...community patient care delivery system to advance the science, technology and quality of care. ...Page 1 of 1. Industry News; Regulatory News ...
mdtmag.com/.../device-sectors-radiology-best-of-asco-features...
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