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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 15, 2011


NSF funds MSU summer undergraduate research
Mississippi State Newsroom
The ultimate goal of the summer training is to increase the number of students pursuing graduate studies in the so-called STEM areas--science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Historically, fewer students study these areas in college compared ...
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Mississippi State Newsroom
Illumina Selected as a Preferred Service Provider for Cancer Research UK
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Fiona Hemsley, head of strategic projects at Cancer Research UK, said: "We're now entering a 'golden era' for cancer research and the ICGC projects we've announced today epitomize this new wave of genetics studies. The technology from Illumina will ...
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Chandigarh Tribune
Studies have found that bone cells called osteoblasts bond to titanium coated with nanotubes better than to regular titanium and there will be lesser chances of ball and socket of a surgically implanted artificial hip joint to get loose. ...
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Chandigarh Tribune
Fairfax Students Make VTech Dean's List
Patch.com
Ivan F. Bustamante, Byrd Drive, senior majoring in architecture in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. Alexandra H. Deburr, Warwick Avenue, sophomore majoring in biological sciences in the College of Science. Carleigh R. Fagre, Ashton Oaks ...
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The Web Is Your New Memory
IEEE Spectrum
A study published in today's Science suggests that the Internet has changed how we remember facts. The study shows that the Web has become a sort of external hard drive for factual information. So instead of remembering specific details, ...
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Philadelphia Model for Museum/Library Collaborations Grows by Leaps and Bounds
PR Newswire (press release)
Disseminate effective resources and strategies for connecting science and literacy to expansion sites nationwide. The Franklin Institute has a well-regarded portfolio of educational programs andresearch studies. A key element of the LEAP into Science ...
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Biologists Report Hijacking E. Coli's Genetic Code
New York Times
“It is a major technical breakthrough which has great promise for scientific breakthroughs to follow,” said Dr. Gerald J. Joyce, a biologist who studies the origin of life at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego. “This is really macho molecular ...
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Making Science Girl Friendly Pays Gender Dividends
Miller-McCune.com
While women now constitute a sizable majority of US college students — they received more than 57 percent of bachelor's degrees in 2008 — females earned fewer than 35 percent of degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics awarded that ...
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Miller-McCune.com
Research matters: 'Students should think hard about key skills before ...
The Independent
People with hard-edged science and maths qualifications are particularly sought after. But those with skills such as translating research into plain language are also much in demand. Such skills are needed to allow the UK to apply its new ideas and ...
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Nancy Cook-Monroe: Science fans take over Witte
San Antonio Express
"We are very proud of TPR's ongoing focus on the environment and of San Antonio's accomplishments in science and technology," said Janet Grojean, TPR's director of corporate and community outreach. "Thus we were pleased that they chose to shine a ...
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University of York degree results - Day 2
The Press, York
Master of Science (by research) in Computer Science: Touqeer Ahmad, Nitya Subramaniam. Master of Science in Information Technology: Teniade Agbeke Orimalade. Master of Science in Safety Critical Systems Engineering: Colin John Barnett, Gareth Christian ...
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Clara woman part of shuttle flight history
Offaly Express
Watching the historic launch of the final flight of the 30 year space shuttle programme live at Limerick Institue of Technology was Michelle McKeon-Bennett Head Dept. Applied Science LIT. LIT post-graduate student Gerard Newsham's research project was ...
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Offaly Express
Freeman Powder Rheometer Crucial to Development of Pharmaceutical Drug Products
Azom.com
The RCPE is a unique internationally operating European research institute in the area of pharmaceutical process and product development, and a focal point for rational andscience-based development of novel pharmaceutical drug products, ...
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Azom.com
Bachelor's Degrees 07/14/11
Leader-Telegram
River Falls: Andrew Braun, construction; Lauren Davison, human development and family studies; Andre Drinkwine, information and communications technology; Brian Giebel, business administration; Ryan Gilbertson, applied science; Margo Hanson, ...
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Robots: Utopian or dystopian?
Irish Times
“Many of the technologies designed to assist humanity are just that: assisting. People don't want to feel controlled. We do user studies on these kinds of issues all the time.” Current robotics research has delivered many positive outputs, ...
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Irish Times
[Viewpoint] BRICs may soon outpace Korea
JoongAng Daily
They were proud that they were studying engineering and that technology studies were the most popular back home because they can lead to a brighter future for individuals and their countries. Jon Perera, Microsoft's general manager of academic programs ...
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For-Profit Owners Sell Lots of Stock
Inside Higher Ed
WASHINGTON -- The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a subcommittee's bill that would increase spending on the National Science Foundation's research by $43 million with funds reallocated from the agency's education and equipment ...
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A Man and a Blog to Watch
Pajamas Media
If you're an astrophysicist, you might be in Houston (or, you might have been at NASA), or at a university with an astrophysics program, or you might be doing astrophysical research. Thisscience is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics ...
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In the smallest places
Industrial Fuels and Power
The BURD panel held in London was chaired by Dr Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal ScienceAdvisor to the Government of India. Over GBP7m from Research Councils UK, with additional resources from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in India, ...
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SDSC's Trestles Provides Rapid Turnaround and Enhanced Performance for Diverse ...
HPCwire (blog)
Sperhake plans to publish a detailed review of his numerical studies in those three areas. His most recent research was published in the May 20, 2011 issue of Physical Review D. “Numerical simulations of black-hole binary space times in the framework ...
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HPCwire (blog)
Study uses new stem cell therapy in patients up to 19 days after stroke
HealthCanal.com
The therapy, called ALD-401, consists of stem cells that are identified using Aldagen's proprietarytechnology to isolate cells that express high levels of an enzyme that serve as a marker of stem cells. Studies found that these cells enhance recovery ...
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Career Calling: M Sc in Sericulture and Seribiotechnology
Times of India
G Subramanya, chairman, department of studies sericulture and science, UOM said the researchactivities in India, China and Japan have opened up new avenues to make silkworm a molecular model organism. The silkworm is considered a good bioreactor for ...
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Campus France: Preparing Saudis for an educational journey
Arab News
... in manufacturing, technology, science (space, transportation, medicine, mathematics) and the number of Nobel Prizes and medals that French citizens bring home, demonstrate that France is one of the most dynamic centers of innovation andresearch. ...
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Arab News
Honorable mentions
Foster's Daily Democrat
Sheppard majored in science, technology, and society and anthropology and graduated with the following honors: dean's list, distinction in both majors. She is a graduate of Robert W. Traip Academy. Nicholas R. Tucker of North Berwick, Maine, ...
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Auto industry's claimed fuel economy costs can't be trusted or verified
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
How many studies line-up with the Auto Alliance's exaggerated cost claims, based on analysis by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR)? None. Now, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a new report stating that “internal combustion engines are ...
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Administration Grossly Underestimated Carbon Cost, Says Study
New York Times
The studies are the most recent fodder in the search to estimate the unknown and to put a price on possibility. In 2009, an interagency working group made up of several federal agencies was created to quantify the cost of putting greenhouse gases into ...
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BerGenBio Appoints Former CRCT CEO Foden to Board as BGB324 Lead Oncology ...
TMC Net
Foden was one of the founders of Cancer Research UK and also served as CEO of both CancerResearch Campaign Technology Ltd and Cancer Research Ventures Ltd. She was also an investment director at Merlin Biosciences, advisor on several EU projects and ...
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HeartMath® announces Revitalize You! (TM) - an evidence-based e-learning ...
Benzinga
HeartMath research studies have demonstrated the critical link between emotions, heart function and cognitive performance and the clinical outcomes of the HeartMath approach have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals such as American ...
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Experiments on animals rise again
The Independent
Animal experiments have been increasing for more than 15 years due to the rise in GM technologywhere laboratory mice can be engineered. There has also been a significant increase in the use of tropical zebra fish for embryonic studies and new world ...
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Edward J. Burns Jr.
NorthJersey.com
... order of Phi Delta Theta, he attended Syracuse University and graduated, high honors, with a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University before pursuing post graduate studies in Business Administration at Stevens Institute of Technology. ...
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Polaris Venture Partners Announces First Investments From Its Sixth Fund
Marketwire (press release)
The company is pursuing a novel approach to improving existing drug therapy through technologythat has the potential to dramatically improve the translation of cancer drugs from animal models to human studies. The company's scientific founders include ...
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Regulus Therapeutics Appoints Gregory Hannon, Ph.D. to Scientific Advisory Board
PR Newswire (press release)
David Bartel, Ph.D., professor of biology at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Researchas well as an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and newly elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Bartel studies ...
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Incumbent runs for Chancellor seat
Fredericksburg.com (blog)
Right now, I am working with businesses to create an Innovation Park in Spotsylvania County that can bring together research and technologies that will plant the seeds of innovation and economic growth. I want to make that dream a reality! ...
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Spending summer keeping busy
Litchfield Independent Review
by Andrew Wig Bill King, left, a social studies teacher at Litchfield Middle School, spends his summers painting alongside other Litchfield teachers also looking for something with which to fill the down months. School is out for the summer, ...
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CSIRO GM crop attacked by Greenpeace had "negligible" risk
Australian Life Scientist
“The destroyed trial was a small research trial that had been approved after assessment by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR). The OGTR had assessed the trial to offer no significant threat to human health or the environment.”
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Beauregard implements CORE 4 graduation requirements (7/14)
The American Press (blog)
All high school students in the Louisiana CORE 4 diploma track must take four years of the core curriculum тАФ English, mathematics, science and social studies тАФ as part of the requirements to receive a Louisiana high school diploma. ...
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Emerging Markets Clinical Trials Help Development Teams Meet Patient ...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
The study is part of a series of studies from Cutting Edge Information about managing clinical trials in emerging markets. The studies include strategies and tactics for successful data quality delivery, site management and technology infrastructure ...
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New Research selected by LSE Library: Social science sites of the week
By Heather Dawson
Access over 300 public lectures and conference programmes covering a range of social science topic areas. This is in addition to the YouTube channel And the audio and video page. For further examples of academic iTunes content browse the ... of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, this key research centre is investigating young people's use of technology. ...
New Research selected by LSE Library

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