SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 22, 2011

Researchers: Experiments in Space Result in Benefits on Earth Voice of America So Collins and her research team sent an experiment up on the final mission of the space shuttle Atlantis in order to study the way bacteria act in microgravity. It is just one of more than 2000science experiments that have been conducted on the space ... See all stories on this topic »

Cars and Kultur are 'keys' to research fellowship for Virginia Tech graduate Media Newswire (press release) (Media-Newswire.com) - BLACKSBURG, Va., July 19, 2011 – Tory Smith, a 2011 Virginia Techgraduate from Raleigh, NC, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate ResearchFellowship. Smith, who majored in mechanical engineering in the ... See all stories on this topic »

BU researchers retract genetic study of longevity Boston Globe (blog) “Although the authors remain confident about their findings, Science has concluded on the basis of peer-review that a paper built on the corrected data would not meet the journal's standards for genome-wide association studies,” the statement said. ... See all stories on this topic »

BHU aims for global recognition Times of India ... high research attainments that include 17 UGC Special Assistance Programmes (Centres of Advanced Studies -8, and Departmental Research Support 9), 10 DST-FIST (Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology) programmes and 12 other programmes. ... See all stories on this topic »

ACT Obtains Exclusive License for Hemangioblast Technology in North America PR Newswire (press release) In September of last year, Dr. Lanza and Kwang-Soo Kim, Ph.D. (Harvard University/McLean Hospital and CHA Stem Cell Institute), won a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Opportunity Award for research in "Translating Basic Science ... See all stories on this topic »

CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT PASSES COMMITTEE The Cypress Times The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act will help ensure we have the highly skilled people and the cutting-edge research and technologies we need to protect not only our critical infrastructure and federal and military computer networks, but also the general ... See all stories on this topic »

Spring 2011 and Summer I Graduates Listed UA Fort Smith News ... Associate of Applied Science and Associate of General Studies degrees, as well as Technical Certificates and Certificates of Proficiency. Alma: Sommer Alexander, AAS, Surgical Technology; Chanlee Bottoms, BS, Organizational Leadership; Lisa Buzby, ... See all stories on this topic » UA Fort Smith News

Biotech Valuation Part 1: Science, Patents, and Management Seeking Alpha With respect to efficacy, I had written previously addressing the topic of why Phase 3 trials fail, in which many studies demonstrated that most compounds in late stage development (Phase 3) failed for efficacy, and that targeting a novel pathway for ... See all stories on this topic »

Thailand hosts world computer-science competition The Nation Its aim was to capture students' attention with the competition and encourage them to develop an interest in science and computer studies. Among other things, it hopes to increase the number of students applying to be Thailand's representatives at ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation

The internet is becoming our auxilliary brain The National "The results of [our] studies suggest," they continue, "that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers and that when people expect to have future access to information, they have lower rates of recall of the ... See all stories on this topic » The National

Benign or cancerous? Gene test predicts cancer potential in pancreatic cysts Science Daily (press release) Further studies on a larger number of patients must be done before the gene-based test can be widely offered. However, Vogelstein says that the technology for developing a gene-based test in this case is relatively straightforward because "the mutation ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists uncover role gene plays in small cell lung cancer Cancer Research UK Further studies revealed that NFIB is involved in controlling how quickly small cell lung cancer cells divide, and that blocking its action could slow the growth of tumours. Oliver Childs, senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK, ... See all stories on this topic » Cancer Research UK

Consider these five questions before you tackle large-scale data SearchCIO.com To go back and "re-operate" on the data requires technology that captures a snapshot of that raw data. Large research studies, reports and opinionated blogs abound on the topic of Big Data. Here are links to analyst resources related to this story: ... See all stories on this topic »

Re-Inventing America's Urban Water Infrastructure Water World Recognizing the critical importance of this issue, the National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/) has selected a partnership of four US universities to form an EngineeringResearch Center (ERC) to address this challenge by developing new, ... See all stories on this topic »

UK. IMarEST conference focuses on Arctic Shipping & Offshore Technology BYM News (press release) It is set against this background that the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology(IMarEST) will stage the IMarEST Arctic Shipping and Offshore Technology Forum 2011, including the 1st Annual IMarEST ClassNK Lecture. ... See all stories on this topic »

Don't squabble over science office for Louisiana's coastal restoration: An ... NOLA.com State officials said that the corps wouldn't give Louisiana veto power over the Louisiana Coastal Area Science & Technology Office's budget or its studies or allow the state to audit its spending. The agency also insisted on keeping the office at its ... See all stories on this topic » NOLA.com

PAREXEL Achieves 100th Asian Ethnobridging Study Milestone PR Newswire (press release) The goal of these studies is to assist PAREXEL clients in saving time and development costs in their global early phase programs. "PAREXEL created the ethnobridging study concept, which was built on decades of experience in the science and practice of ... See all stories on this topic »

Review of BBC Science Coverage Finds Room for Improvement Science AAAS But Roger Pielke Jr. of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research in Boulder, ado, who has performed studies of broader media coverage of climate change, was critical of the report, noting its reliance on one author. ... See all stories on this topic »

SOLAR MIL : Science meets practical experience: Solar Millennium AG supports ... 4-traders (press release) Erlangen, 21 July 2011 Fresh ideas were required when more than 60 students of Applied MediaStudies presented their PR concepts at the Ilmenau University of Technology at the end of the summer semester. The four ordering parties also included Solar ... See all stories on this topic »

Professor Bertil Andersson Climbs from Provost to President of NTU ScandAsia.com On site at NTU, their endowed Institute of Advanced Studies is the platform where they have a very strong relationship with Nobel laureates the world over, promoting science and technology at the highest level. The research institute has attracted no ... See all stories on this topic »

Seaweed ingredients may improve quality and safety of foods: Review FoodNavigator.com Published in Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, it outlines the potential uses of seaweed and seaweed extracts in the production of foods. The authors explore the potential for using the natural marine products as anti-microbial and ... See all stories on this topic »

Rutgers–Camden Chemist Earns Grant to Study Photocatalysis News from Rutgers Samokhvalov is the recipient of the Cottrell Science Award from the Research Corporation forScience Advancement. The foundation provides funding for innovative scientific research and the development of academic scientists. ... See all stories on this topic »

Smartphone making your eyes tired? EurekAlert (press release) "Discomfort associated with viewing Stereo 3D is a major problem that may limit the use oftechnology," says Banks. "We hope that our findings will inspire more research in this area." The team of investigators suggests future studies focus on a larger ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientist of the Week: Margreet Vissers Laboratory Equipment Q: What are the future implications of your research and findings? A: For our vitamin Cstudies, we aimed to determine the effectiveness of vitamin C uptake into body stores and to measure how this reflected dietary intake. ... See all stories on this topic » Laboratory Equipment

DeLegge Medical Partners with e-Zassi to Fuel Product Development Benzinga For additional information about the broad range of services provided by the Tech Accelerator, contact Elizabeth Rigstad, Business Development Manager, Elizabeth@DeLeggeMedical.com. e-Zassi is the first web-based life science business intelligence ... See all stories on this topic »

Complete, instant food for hunger, calamities Malaya Montevirgen, a Senior Science Research Specialist at ITDI, is the lead researcher in a study that applied simple dehydration technologies for selected crops to process vegetables into ready-to-use food. The EFR can be stockpiled then used in food ... See all stories on this topic »

Surprising Health Benefits Of Garlic And Onions Huffington Post Butt MS, Sultan MT, Butt MS, Iqbal J. National Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 Sep;109(9):893-902. "Allium vegetables and organosulfur compounds: do they help ... See all stories on this topic »

ONR-funded STEM program offers peek into world of real 'CSI' PhysOrg.com (press release) ... through a program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Southern Methodist University's (SMU) CSI Summer Camp, which began this week, is another opportunity for ONR to introduce middle school students to science, technology, ... See all stories on this topic » PhysOrg.com (press release)

Philips Sonicare Launches Two Revolutionary New Oral Health Care Products ... Dentistry IQ The number one dental professional recommended power toothbrush brand, Philips Sonicare, is leveraging years of science-based research to expand its product portfolio beyond power toothbrushing for the first time. Last night, Sonicare unveiled its new ... See all stories on this topic »

Haleakala telescope hearing wraps up Maui News But Frankel alleged Coleman has self-interest, since he is slated to be co-principal investigator if a proposed $20 million grant to the University of Maui College department of Hawaiian studies is given by the National Science Foundation as part of ... See all stories on this topic »

Cyclist Crosses America For Brain Injury Awareness Sidney Sun Telegraph Since his time in the hospital, Markgraf returned to his studies at Drexel University, graduating with a degree in secondary science education in 2010. He shares his enthusiasm for science andtechnology through a robotics curriculum, which allows his ... See all stories on this topic »

Media Tip Sheet: ado State University Experts Available to Discuss ... ado State University News (press release) Doesken's 36 years of professional experience in weather research, climate studies, data acquisition, analysis and archiving provides him the expertise to address a wide variety of climate-related questions. He can also talk about the statewide ... See all stories on this topic »

New syllabus out for assistants' recruitment test Indian Express The General Studies paper, for 200 marks, will now include Computer Technology for 50 marks and Right to Information Act for 30 marks. These subjects will replace Economics, Science andTechnology and Agriculture in the old syllabus. ... See all stories on this topic »

Edwards Lifesciences Reports Strong Second Quarter Sales and Reaffirms Full ... MarketWatch (press release) Research and development (R&D) expenses for the quarter grew 28.3 percent to $64.9 million, or 15.1 percent of sales. This increase was primarily the result of additional investments in clinicalstudies and development efforts pertaining to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook becomes phonebook for predators stalking America's kids HULIQ Facebook and social media – for many sick people such as Levi Aron – “is a story of emotional dislocation, and of risks taken unknowingly,” states Turkle who is the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ

FAA team in Egg Harbor Township is figuring out how unmanned drones can ... Press of Atlantic City The work being done at the tech center could be extremely relevant to South Jersey's economy. Educational institutions, airports, the tech center and the NextGen Aviation Research andTechnology Park that is planned on the tech center's grounds make ... See all stories on this topic »

Anne Khademian named director of School of Public and International Affairs Media Newswire (press release) Khademian served on the advisory board for the Center for Technology Security and to support a partnership with the Center for Public Administration and Policy in developing a distinctive researchand educational focus on homeland and national security ... See all stories on this topic »

Wright ready to step up as PCHS principal Troy Messenger “The building and technology program offers courses including architecture, construction, manufacturing and carpentry. The health science technology program is conducted in conjunction with Troy Regional Medical Center. “This program teaches students ... See all stories on this topic » Troy Messenger

A-VIEW wins award at World Education Summit IBNLive.com The event was organised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in association with the Centre of Science Development and Media Studies and Elets Technomedia. The World Education Awards have been instituted for giving recognition to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Google This: The Internet Is Changing Our Brains - But So What? Singularity Hub It'll be interesting to see what other technology-induced cognitive quirks are revealed through studies like the Columbia one. I, for one, will be watching with anticipation, not apprehension. Come to think of it, maybe something new has already come ... See all stories on this topic » Singularity Hub

Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high ... EurekAlert (press release) The teen sleuths also demonstrated new-to-science genetic variation between broad-leaf teas from exported from India versus small-leaf teas exported from China. Guided by DNA "barcoding" experts at The Rockefeller University, an ethno-botanist at Tufts ... See all stories on this topic »

Cedars-Sinai Movement Disorders Expert on International Task Force for ... Newswise (press release) According to studies cited by the task force, the procedure provides sustained benefit for patients with dystonia for up to three years and evidence grows that positive outcomes may extend up to 10 years. Tagliati said DBS therapy is not effective in ... See all stories on this topic »

Tom Minnery's lies are commonplace in religious right data AlterNet (blog) And we're not just talking about studies regarding households, either.When groups like Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, or the National Organization for Marriage aren't busy scaring people with how the gay community wants to “recruit ... See all stories on this topic »

Adam Sonfield discusses birth control coverage under new health-care law. Washington Post He also writes a quarterly Washington Watch column for Contraceptive Technology Update. Mr. Sonfield earned an AB with honors in social studies from Harvard University and a Master of Public Policy, focusing in health policy, at Georgetown University. ... See all stories on this topic »

Girl Scouts Venture into Engineering with Week Long Camp Patch.com The camp's urriculum is part of what the Scouts refer to as STEM, an acronym for Science,Technology, Engineering and Math. The STEM initiative is designed to encourage young girls to enter fields that women are currently under represented in. ... See all stories on this topic »

How much deception is there in social ... - Decision Science News By dan Decision Science News was recently at a cocktail party and mentioned that the percentage ofstudies in a top social psychology journal that employed deception was 80%. Coarsely, deception in psychological research usually means telling falsehoods ... Utilizing a new technology called “the internet”, DSN found the 80% figure cited in two articles Ortmann & Hertwig, 1997 and Taylor and Shepperd, 1996. We didn't just make it up! However, these articles didn't do the counting ... Decision Science News

Genetics and society; science and technology studies - ESRC Egenis ... ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... of NIPD among scientists, bio-ethicists, social scientists and health policy researchers. ... www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/news/.../title,24926,en.ht...

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