SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology.Jun 23, 2011

Graduating seniors receive awards for theses, research and arts projects Stanford University News Katherine Hyder; environmental science and technology; "To intensify or not to intensify: The future of Brazil's beef industry," Walter Falcon, food security and the environment/economics; Roz Naylor, food security and the environment; ... See all stories on this topic »

Quality education critical for growth gulfnews.com The importance of science and technology in the Islamic world cannot be overstated. Not only is investing in research and development studies in these fields paramount for the region's overall advancement, it also sets the standards for generations to ... See all stories on this topic »

PCC adds a new degree in technology Pratt Tribune By Gale Rose A new technology degree has been added to the curriculum at Pratt Community College. The PCC Board of Trustees approved the Associate of Applied Science in Technology Studies at their monthly Board meeting Monday night. ... See all stories on this topic »

Researchers clarify properties of 'confined' water within single-walled carbon ... EurekAlert (press release) The team, from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Nagoya University, Japan Science and TechnologyAgency, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, describes their findings in the American Institute of Physics' Journal of ... See all stories on this topic »

Advocates, 150 Children With Type 1 Diabetes Urge FDA to Enable Critical ... PR Newswire (press release) The artificial pancreas is a transformational technology and one that is urgently needed by patients. Numerous published, peer reviewed studies conducted in hospital settings have shown that even early versions of an artificial pancreas can ... See all stories on this topic »

Nanotechnology is Entering a New Legal Frontier SEOLawFirm.com Legal Newsroom Research and studies are just being produced that show the good and bad side of nanotechnology. Kaiku's referenced cancer trials are an obvious benefit to society. But other studies show nanotechnology's more disastrous side. ... See all stories on this topic » SEOLawFirm.com Legal Newsroom

FDA Okays First Autologous Filler for Smile Lines Medscape According to the company, creating azficel-T involves a patented technology whereby fibroblasts are extracted from behind the patient's ear and sent to the Fibrocell Science laboratory, where they are multiplied for about 3 months and then frozen until ... See all stories on this topic »

12 faculty members transfer to emeritus status Princeton University His undergraduate studies of symbolic anthropology, historical ethnography and Southeast Asia, among other topics, helped guide his future academic work. He earned his doctorate in social anthropology from the University of Chicago. Boon's researchand ... See all stories on this topic » Princeton University

Study Shows Strong Future Demand for Affymetrix Microarrays MarketWatch (press release) The study focused on awareness, adoption plans, usage, and preferences for 15 technologies and 30 applications, and surveyed more than 300 life science researchers from six end-user segments: academic institutions/medical centers, pharmaceuticals, ... See all stories on this topic »

Electrical water detection EurekAlert (press release) Details of the approach are outlined in the International Journal of Hydrology Science andTechnology this month. PD Sreedevi, Dewashish Kumar and Shakeel Ahmed National GeophysicalResearch Institute in Hyderabad, India, explain how electrical ... See all stories on this topic »

New technique makes artificial bones more natural PhysOrg.com Published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Material (STAM), the technique combines two methods to approximate both types of bone tissue. By mimicking natural bone, it is hoped the implant material will better complement the natural ... See all stories on this topic » PhysOrg.com

Foundation in science The Sun Daily ... studies in Medicine, Dentistry and other health-science related programmes. The FIS is an effective one-year programme that provides students with quality education and in-depth exposure to various science subjects and Information Technology. ... See all stories on this topic »

Interesting, not just advanced classes may best promote interest in STEM careers Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-- A new study published in the journal Science Education finds that pushing high school students into more advanced courses in the STEM fields -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- does not have the greatest impact on ... See all stories on this topic »

The problem with shock warnings Salon But the studies looking at cell phones and cancer are hard to do methodolically. That makes concrete conclusions (though not precautions) hard to draw. The science is still in it's infancy. I use the classic white headphones with my iPhone but much ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Butterfly Workshop Makes for Engaging Science Lessons Patch.com In the workshop, teachers learn about science, world cultures, social studies, language arts, visual and performing arts, mathematics, technology and research through activities built around the story of the Monarch Butterfly. ... See all stories on this topic »

Top Energy Advisors Join the SBC Energy Institute WebWire (press release) Prior to joining the IAEA, he served as Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science andTechnology (Cairo) and as the UNESCO Representative in Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. From 1976 to 1986 he was the Director General of the Kuwait Institute for ... See all stories on this topic »

UNH launches joint Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems Lab with Chinese Academy EurekAlert (press release) The new laboratory, called the CAAS-UNH Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Agro-EcosystemsResearch, will conduct academic exchanges and cooperate in science and technology research. The two institutions have collaborated in the past through the efforts ... See all stories on this topic »

Singularity University Summer Program Year 3: Helping Billions of People With ... Singularity Hub Now in its third year, Singularity University's Summer Graduate Studies Program (GSP) has begun. For ten weeks (June 18th – August 27th) students from all over the globe will gather in the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley to hear lectures... See all stories on this topic » Singularity Hub

Researchers to Use a High-Tech Translator to Converse With Dolphins Singularity Hub Through studies with mirrors dolphins were shown to be self-aware, a trait previously restricted to–according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science–the great apes, elephants, magpies, and humans. So they're smart. ... See all stories on this topic » Singularity Hub

Honored to live in this boom time for science, research, says scientist Peking University News Major neuroscience research programs are located in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University, University ofScience and Technology of China, many medical universities and institutes, and many more ... See all stories on this topic » Peking University News

10th INTERNATIONAL BIO FORUM & BIO EXPO JAPAN Exhibitor Profiles SYS-CON Media (press release) We exhibit our system "BIOPRISM" that aims for being a useful IT platform for life scienceresearches and bio-banks. Research samples and clinical information can be managed in association with each other. Personal information can be protected by ... See all stories on this topic »

Department of Energy Projects Win 36 R&D 100 Awards for 2011 Energy.gov (blog) These awards highlight some of the successes made by the Department's national laboratories intechnology transfer, moving basic research results into commercial products. This year, scientists and engineers from 13 DOE National Laboratories and ... See all stories on this topic »

Recommendations on Cell Phone Use and Cancer Risk Medscape June 21, 2011 — The evidence is limited when it comes to cell phones and cancer risk, but specialists say common-sense measures can come into play until the science catches up withtechnology. The issue is back in the news after the World Health ... See all stories on this topic »

Uthe awarded scholarship from Hedrick Gallatin North Missourian Missouri S&T is one of four campuses in the University of Missouri System and one of the nation's top technological research universities. Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla, announces the names of ... See all stories on this topic »

Brookhaven Lab wins 2 R&D 100 Awards for imaging devices used in scientific ... PhysOrg.com (press release) Typically, these are innovations that transform basic science into useful products. The awards will be presented on October 13, in Orlando, Florida. Brookhaven is one of 13 DOE labs, sites, and facilities that have won a total of 36 R&D 100 Awards this ... See all stories on this topic »

GEORGIA TECH SAVANNAH KICKS OFF THE SAVANNAH ENGINEERING ACADEMY Creative Coast Initiative "This is a great opportunity to get youth and teachers excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM),” says Miriam Hodesh, community relations specialist for Gulfstream. “The students involved with the Savannah Engineering ... See all stories on this topic »

Huawei supports UCC's IT Department with computers GhanaWeb Cape Coast, June 21, GNA - Huawei Technologies Ghana, a computer firm, has donated 15 laptop computers hooked to the internet to boost the University of Cape Coast's (UCC) InformationTechnology Department toward= s the training of computer science ... See all stories on this topic »

Bringing Mobile Fun and Learning to the Classroom; Britannica iOS Apps a Hit ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Schools today are using the Apple iPad and other iOS devices in growing numbers, and the Britannica Kids app series gives them a range of high-quality curriculum-correlated titles for those devices in science, social studies, history and geography. ... See all stories on this topic »

Maitland City Talk Winter Park/Maitland Observer This intensive course of instruction includes courses in law, behavioral science, forensic science, understanding terrorism/terrorist mindsets, leadership development, communication and health/fitness. Attendees participate in a wide range of ... See all stories on this topic »

Indian University Announces Diploma in Knowledge Management TMC Net One has to secure a minimum of 55 per cent marks in any of the following graduation streams: Engineering/Technology, Medicine, Postgraduates in Science and Applied Sciences. Candidates chosen for the admission will be evaluated based on performance in ... See all stories on this topic »

Next generation gene therapy EurekAlert (press release) In the present study, published in Science Translational Medicine this week, the Penn team compared the safety and efficiency of delivery in an animal model of two different types of AAVs - AAV2, which was used in the human trials for LCA, and AAV8, ... See all stories on this topic »

QSTP helping with Rome city projects Gulf Times The Rome City Council, Hospital Sant'Andrea and University La Sapienza have identified three projects to implement in Rome in collaboration with the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and have begun defining the protocols. ... See all stories on this topic »

King's and Sigma combine to identify genes LabnewsOnline Researchers from the Division of Cancer Studies at King's College London have developed new technology to identify and validate microRNA – miRNA – in researchand clinical diagnostics. The technology – which has been patented by King's Business – will ... See all stories on this topic » LabnewsOnline

ACT Announces First Patients Enrolled in Two Clinical Trials Using Embryonic ... VAdvert Press Center (press release) “Initiating these two clinical trials represents an important milestone for embryonic stem cellresearch,” said Robert Lanza, MD, chief scientific officer of ACT. “After a decade of extensiveresearch and preclinical studies, it is very satisfying to ... See all stories on this topic »

Serology studies could inform pandemic flu plans EurekAlert (press release) Funding: This project was supported by: the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Disease, Food and Health Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR (PHE-21); the RAPIDD program from Fogarty International Centre with the Science & Technology ... See all stories on this topic »

BHS announces Circle of Ten The Hudson Reporter He is a member of the Science Club (for which he also served as president), Math Club, ScienceLeague, Chess Club, and Table Tennis Club. Samy has also participated in the Proyecto Scienceprogram and the ACS Project SEED summer research program. ... See all stories on this topic »

Oxford BioMedica Announces Ocular Programme Update PR Newswire (press release) "We are delighted to see Oxford BioMedica's lentiviral gene therapy products successfully moving into human studies,"said Stephen Rose, Ph.D., chief research officer of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, a US non-profit organisation that provided early ... See all stories on this topic »

Virtual school plan praised Omaha World-Herald Dave Heineman proposed a $20 million virtual high school that would focus on science, technology, engineering and math courses, making them available to students in more remote areas and to struggling urban youth. It would be affiliated with the ... See all stories on this topic »

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