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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 23, 2011

Sigma® Life Science Launches Genetically Modified Human Cell Lines for Breast ...
PR Newswire (press release)
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company committed to Enabling Science to Improve the Quality of Life. Its chemical and biochemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and ...
See all stories on this topic »Some swear by 'toning' footwear, but don't cancel gym membership just yet
Vancouver Sun
By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune July 22, 2011 Studies on FitFlops, which use Microwobbleboard technology in the midsole, have found they reduce foot pressure by an average of 25 per cent and can absorb 22 per cent more shock in the lower legs. ...
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Our grand challenge (and opportunity): translating clinical studies into ...
Forbes (blog)
This is the basic principle of science, and how essentially all science happens. The problem, of course, is putting Humpty Dumpty back together; while tenure committees and the Nobel Prize selection committee are typically enamored of captivating ...
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Forbes (blog)
Poor Peer Review Cited In Retracted DNA Study
NPR
In an email, Science editor-in-chief Bruce Alberts points out that research papers are built on a wide variety of new, highly complex technologies. Finding a team of reviewers with all of the needed expertise is tricky. And how many reviewers are ...
See all stories on this topic »PNoy to pitch for sci-tech at Expo Science 2011
ABS CBN News
Research is also ongoing to help solve the fishkill and red tide phenomena. Liboro said the Aquinoadministration is giving much-needed support and attention to the field of science and technologyand its potential impact on the country's growth. ...
See all stories on this topic »Making AIDS History
Huffington Post
Just this month, findings from two other studies confirmed that this drug combination used as PrEP was also effective in preventing HIV infection in heterosexual couples. Moreover, advances from groundbreaking research released in May found that early ...
See all stories on this topic »HHS Unveils Plan to Tighten Human Subjects Rules
Science Now
New recommendations include requiring that people give explicit consent about the use of their or their child's blood and tissues in research, and that certain privately funded studies abide by federal guidelines protecting human subjects. ...
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Next Mars rover will land in 96-mile-wide crater
The Associated Press
Past studies from orbiting spacecraft show the mineral signatures of clays and sulfate salts, which form in the presence of water, concentrated in older layers near the bottom of the mountain. "Both of those are key classes of minerals that tell us ...
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The Associated Press
Science Posters Given a New Life Online
Miller-McCune.com
“They are an entire website, blog or Powerpoint put together on one page by people who are actively involved in research. They're a succinct representation of the most current information available.” Science posters are produced in great numbers. ...
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Miller-McCune.com
NASA Selects Four Universities for 2012 X-Hab Innovation Challenge
PR Newswire (press release)
The 2012 X-Hab challenge will look at volume, geometry and habitability of a deep space habitat andtechnologies for plant growth and geo-science sample handling. The challenge is a participatory exploration effort designed to encourage studies in ...
See all stories on this topic »Membaers of Parliament's absenteeism slowing down House business
Daily Monitor
The new Chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology, Denis Obua (NRM, Ajuri) has vowed to revive the once perceived 'dead' committee to make relevant in the House. “Before we interact with any stakeholder, we are going to study how issues of ...
See all stories on this topic »Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Cloud Computing — Zach Nelson ...
Forbes (blog)
Many studies show that a vast majority of IT resources and investments have historically been spent on maintaining legacy technology, and that does little to advance your own business. Cloud computing frees IT to make your own business better, ...
See all stories on this topic »The Master's as the New Bachelor's
New York Times
And there could be many more, says Patricia J. Bishop, vice provost and dean of graduate studies at the University of Central Florida. “Who knows when we'll be done?” While many new master's are in so-called STEM areas — science, technology, ...
See all stories on this topic »U.Va. Honors Graduates of Apprenticeship Program
University of Virginia
"We provide education, research and health care. That's what we do. We don't do it directly ourselves but we enable it, we make it possible." He told the employees they will need to continue to hone their skills to keep up with ever-changing technology ...
See all stories on this topic »Studying towards stability
Public Service
With the increasing power of social networking and digital communication, technology may transform how findings from research are incorporated into practice, thus expanding access to effective treatment, an issue in wealthy as well as developing ...
See all stories on this topic »National Press Club Announces Feldman Fellowship Winner
PR Newswire (press release)
She will use the award toward studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Graduate Program in Science Writing this fall. McBride, a natural-science blogger and freelance artist, was one of eight students chosen for the prestigious program ...
See all stories on this topic »Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department Adds Faculty
Printing Impressions (press release)
She serves on the executive committee of PRIMIR (Print Industries Market Research Organization, a division of NPES) and has chaired market research studies on global trends in packaging. She is leading a study titled “Packaging: Evaluation of Vertical ...
See all stories on this topic »PCARRD turns-over AFNR projects to Zampen SUCs
Zamboanga Today Online
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) under the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) funds, held a Project Turn-Over and Sustainability Evaluation Program in five SUCs in ...
See all stories on this topic »OVERNIGHT TECH: AT&T/T-Mobile facing headwinds
The Hill (blog)
House Science Committee approves cybersecurity bill: The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011 on Thursday, which would increase the amount of funding for cybersecurity education, research ...
See all stories on this topic »Harmony charter system expands in Northwest Austin
Community Impact Newspaper
Harmony's mission is to promote math, science and technology, but curriculum at the new campus will emphasize the United States Constitution, American foreign policy and current events with advanced placement classes for high school students. ...
See all stories on this topic »Science and Native Traditions Merge to Monitor Water Quality in Salish Sea
United States Geological Survey (press release)
Blending USGS scientific technology and Coast Salish canoe traditions results in the ability to gather environmental information in locations not available to standard scientific research vessels and where data are needed to assess conditions facing ...
See all stories on this topic »Tenure Across Borders
Inside Higher Ed
Similar melding of disciplines by the same computer scientist, Milind Tambe of the engineering, computer science and industrial and systems engineering departments, has resulted in funding from the US Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary Research ...
See all stories on this topic »Thermo Rewards Prof's Innovation
Lab Manager Magazine
“Until now, MS studies measured proteins based on the average of millions of cells, completely missing the variations between individual cells that can have substantial consequences in signaling cell growth, proliferation and differentiation, ...
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'We want more students from north India'
Rediff
A scholar and researcher, published widely in scholarly journals in the US, GK earned a doctoral degree in Management Science Marketing and Industrial Organisation Economics from MIT and since then has been associated with teaching, ...
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Rediff
Okanagan College Media Release
Castanet.net
Claude Desmarais, founder of the project and Reichwald Professor in Germanic Studies with the Department of Critical Studies, says the idea is to tie research and teaching to the garden. That connection is being made with three different program areas ...
See all stories on this topic »Ruling: Online Ads Sufficient in Hiring Non-US Residents as Academics
Inside Higher Ed
Patricia A. Carney, associate director for population studies at the Knight Cancer Institute of theOregon Health and Science University. Scott A. Carnicom, associate dean of the honors college atMiddle Tennessee State University. ...
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