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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jun 22, 2011 (1)

New Technique Makes Artificial Bones More Natural
HealthNewsDigest.com
By National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (HealthNewsDigest.com) - A new technique for producing artificial bone implants has been developed by Korean researchers. Published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Material ...
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Higher education reform vital: OIC
Gulf Today
Science studies how heavens go, while religion studies how to go to heaven,” he added, quoting thinkers. Following Brooke, Prof Guessoum pointed out that despite this, Islamic cultures have had a long history with science, while he was speaking on...
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Media lab brings boost to social science research
UQ News
The lab will be housed in the School of Political Science and International Studieswhere a key research cluster focused on the political dimensions of images and the role of the media is emerging. The research team hope that the facility will be a ...
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Bats' hairs are 'airspeed sensor'
BBC News
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Experiments showed that bats' brains distinguished between airflow direction when air flowed over them at low speed. However, with the hairs removed, the bats executed fewer tight turns and flew ...
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Battery research gets extra juice with research center
WebWire (press release)
We've just begun to explore the different ways in which we might be able to improve the effectiveness of lithium battery technology" CEES is one of three Argonne-led Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) that were established in 2009 thanks to a ...
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Technology's social impact discussed Thursday in Oak Ridge
Oak Ridger
By Anonymous Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, will speak at a Friends of ORNL Community Lecture on "The Social Impact of Technology" at 6:30 pm Thursday at the American Museum of Science and Energy. ...
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How politicians intimidate global warming scientists
Washington Post (blog)
Yet numerous studies have shown that there are real economic benefits to be gained from addressing global warming head on — developing new industries in green technology, energy production and efficient energy management. Despite this, for many in ...
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Paired Ends
In Sequence
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon Betty Moore Foundation have selected 15 plant scientists to join a new initiative to accelerate basic research in plant science. Rob Martienssen, who leads the plant biology group at Cold Spring Harbor ...
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The Graham Leader
Graham Leader
PebbleGo is an award-winning reading and research database that is specifically designed for young learners. It includes many different reading, science and socialstudies concepts like weather, seasons, Earth science, space, animals, inventors, ...
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SMART scholars visit DC to learn about their new jobs
Air Force Link
The SMART scholarship program is a workforce development program created to address the need to bridge the science, technology, engineering and research gap. "SMART scholars receive full tuition, an annual living allowance and summer internship, ...
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The science of culinary arts
Manila Bulletin
“We're just producing food using modern techniques that have been developed through research in food science to make the product we are serving to the guests better. We're still chefs, we're not scientists. We're using techniques in technology and ...
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Gluten powder may boost pasta quality: Study
FoodNavigator.com
“This study shows an easy and applicable method of improving the quality of pasta made from low protein wheat flour using gluten powder,” said the researchers, led by Mahsa Majzoobi from the department of food science and technology, ...
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GSA launches new open-access journal, G3: Genes| Genomes | Genetics
EurekAlert (press release)
It's a great thing for the genetics and genomics community, and a great thing for science." G3's articles describe useful, well-executed and lucidly-interpreted genetic studies of all kinds, includingresearch that generates datasets such as genome ...
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Time for a new logic to lead change
The Australian
While patenting and licensing activities have steadily increased, most deals are less than $50000, according to the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research's recently released National Survey of Research Commercialisation for 2008 and ...
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OIC/Science: OIC tables promising scientific projects during the meeting of ...
International Islamic News Agency
The OIC research and development projects are being undertaken in partnership between the OIC and a number of Western quarters through scientific diplomacy approach. The Atlas of Islamic World Science and Innovation project is considered to be a ...
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Stem-Cell Gamble
MIT Technology Review
Geron's success in getting the FDA to green-light the trial has already triggered a small explosion of other embryonic-stem-cell studies. Advanced Cell Technology, a smaller competitor in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been cleared to begin two trials ...
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Memory Microchip: No Longer Science Fiction
Ghacks Technology News
These integrated experimental modeling studies show for the first time that with sufficient information about the neural coding of memories, a neural prosthesis capable of real-time identification and manipulation of the encoding process can restore ...
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Many Eager to Use Nano in Food, But Few Admit It
Food Safety News
Judging by the number of fresh graduates and young scientists presenting theirresearch during days of IFT poster sessions, it's obvious that the use of nanomaterials will have an important place in the world of food science.
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Okanagan College Media Release
Castanet.net
The first will kick off at 10:30 am with graduands from diploma and degree programs in EngineeringTechnology, Trades Technology Teacher Education, Arts, Science, Environmental Studies, Computer Information Systems, Media and Cultural Studies, ...
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New Twist on Student Grades Ignites Controversy
Huffington Post
The year progressed with students completing social studies projects, science experiments,technology-based projects, etc. The end of the second trimester was upon us before we knew it. Report cards were sent home at the end of the grading period. ...
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Among the Elite: Two Kansas State Doctoral Students Among Top 20 Graduate ...
Newswise (press release)
As GSAS fellows, Jasuja and Mohanty will travel to Grenoble, France, from June 20 to 26 to attend the “Graphene Fundamental and Applications” session, which is conducted by worldwide leaders in carbon science and technology. ...
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Advocates, Children with Type 1 Diabetes Testify in Senate Hearing for JDRF's ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The testimonies will also emphasize the importance of continued medical research to advance promising science that will help improve the lives of the millions of Americans living with type 1 diabetes today. To that end, they will highlight the strong ...
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IRRI Bulletin
IRRI news (press release)
All applications and supporting information must be submitted by The Science Award goes to one individual each year, based on outstanding achievements in research, extension, or education which focus on efficient and effective management of plant ...
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25 Great Physicians in Ohio
Becker's ASC Review
In addition to his work with athletes, Dr. Kaeding also conducts research on topics such as stress fractures, ACL reconstruction and clinical outcome studies. He is a founding member of the Multi-center Orthopaedic Outcomes Network, an NIH funded ...
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Sewage Epidemiology Not Just a Pipe Dream
Smithsonian (blog)
In the Norwegian study, published online in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, Christopher Harman, Malcolm Reid and Kevin Thomas placed chemical samplers in a wastewater treatment plant and, over the course of a year, looked for cocaine, ...
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SHU Graduate Kelly Leather Wins Fulbright Scholarship
TheDay.com
Leather will be continuing the work of Dr. Bob McCloud, whose research on technology in the Albanian public school system was funded by a World Bank grant. He originally visited greater Albania as a two-time Fulbright Scholar in Kosovo. ...
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Gender imbalance tilting the world toward men | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-06-21
Philadelphia Inquirer
In this country, studies show, some Asian immigrants select for boys even as they earn more money and become US citizens. Wealthier, native-born Americans also are selecting for gender - through new technologies in artificial insemination and in vitro ...
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US State Department awards Fulbright Scholarship to Virginia Tech alumna
Media Newswire (press release)
... history, human development, interdisciplinary studies, music, philosophy, political science, ROTC, science and technology in society, sociology, teaching and learning, and theatre arts. Virginia Tech, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, ...
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Caltech Students Win National and International Prizes
Media Newswire (press release)
Each spring, the National Science Foundation awards approximately 1000 Graduate Fellowships and Minority Graduate Fellowships to students at or near the beginning of their graduate studies inscience, mathematics, or engineering. ...
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Engineering is Elementary for Delaware students
Newsworks.org
By Shirley Min About 100 elementary school children from the Seaford School District will be the first in Delaware to take part in Engineering is Elementary, a six-week Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM-focused program. ...
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The Measured Life
MIT Technology Review
Bianchi, who studies a number of sleep disorders and is developing his own home sleep-tracking tool, says an individualized approach to the study of sleep may help shed light on its complexities. "I have become skeptical of sleep science and clinical...
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Call for United Action Against Climate Change
Energy Bangla
They said this at a roundtable titled 'current science and technology landscape of climate change and environmental security in the Asia-Pacific region,' organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies at a hotel in the capital. ...
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Asantehene Calls For Dialogue On Funding Higher Education
Modern Ghana
Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who was speaking at the 45th congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi Monday, said Ghana could not always look elsewhere for answers to challenges facing tertiary education. ...
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Rising Replikin Counts In E. Coli In Germany Since 2005 Preceded Current E ...
Science 2.0 (press release)
Scientists Drs. Samuel and Elenore Bogoch of BioRadar UK Ltd. announced that retrospectivestudies indicate that an increase in Replikin Counts of the EHEC lethal strains of E. Coli preceded the current E. Coli outbreak. These EHEC strains of E. Coli ...
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Governor's School kicks off Summer Science Program
SCNow
... their typical classroom setting," said Randall La Cross, vice president of outreach and researchfor GSSM. "Through programs like SSP, we hope to inspire students to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ...
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Digging for permafrost in the Last Frontier
Grist Magazine
Seth Shulman has worked for more than 25 years as a writer and editor specializing in issues inscience, technology and the environment. A graduate of Harvard University, he has written five books and hundreds of articles for magazines including ...
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Today: SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jun 13, 2011
Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) education engages classrooms in real-time exploration science and engineering during field tests through ...
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Science News Daily || Researcher Studies Chemical Reactions in ...
Science News Daily. Daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news ...Researcher Studies Chemical Reactions in Concrete at Nanoscale Levels ...
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