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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 07, 2011


Is American Science in Decline?
Boston Globe
Judging by the never-ending stream of studies and discoveries touted by newspapers and magazines, American science is an unstoppable juggernaut. Unfortunately, according to economist, historian, and all-around rabble-rouser Philip Mirowski, ...
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Odds of Baby for Infertile Couples Still Very Low
ABC News
"IVF isn't a perfect technology," said Dr. James Grifo, director of the NYU Fertility Center. He was not connected to any of the studies presented in Stockholm. "We're still limited by nature and most embryos in nature don't make babies," he said. ...
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Genetic Variants Affect Diversity in White Blood Cell Counts
Medscape
July 6, 2011 — Ethnic diversity in white blood cell (WBC) levels is influenced by genetic variants at more than a dozen loci, according to 3 large genomewide association studies (GWAS) published online June 30 by the Public Library of Science. ...
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Shuttle was a versatile tool for science, exploration
Journal and Courier
The shuttles also docked with Russia's Mir space station, where US astronauts have conducted experiments, including studies on bone loss suffered by people living in zero gravity. Purdue has enjoyed a long and storied space shuttle history of its own. ...
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Can RIM recover?
Macleans.ca
His firm has said it is selling half of its RIM shares and Jarislowsky has publicly accused Balsillie of being distracted by his pursuit of NHL hockey teams and political science think tanks. And it's not just Jarislowsky complaining. ...
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EPA Biotech Regulation Bucks The Scientific Consensus
Forbes (blog)
The current proposal is an affront to sound science and responsible policymaking. Its adoption would leave intact unnecessary, costly constraints on the use of the most precise and predictable technology to develop products that are critical to ...
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Forbes (blog)
Biolin Scientific acquires Sophion Bioscience
Reuters (press release)
APC technology is used for studies of ion channels. This is a growing area within pharmaceuticalresearch since the way ion channels function has a major impact on many diseases. Patch clamping technology was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1991 ...
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Social scientist concerned at pressure from business groups.
swissinfo.ch
“Unless you conduct such major studies you cannot come up with useful findings about issues of poverty in society,” he said. By calling for research in the areas of the social sciences and humanities to be geared towards immediate application, ...
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BU MOU with Mexican Research Centre
IBNLive.com
All the programmes are approved by the National Council of Science and Technology. The MOU was signed by BU Vice-Chancellor, Dr C Swaminathan and Dr Jose Pablo Rene Asomoza Y Palicio, Director General, Cinvestav by which Professors, Masters Degree ...
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Cameras cut T-bone crashes
Winnipeg Free Press
Ward Vanlaar, the foundation's vice-president, who is also a statistician and criminologist who holds a doctorate in transportation science, called the results significant, as right-angle collisions are the accidents most likely to result in fatalities ...
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Experiment aboard shuttle Atlantis will test novel therapy to build bone ...
EurekAlert (press release)
"This proof-of-principle study will enhance our understanding of the science behind the sclerostin antibody and arm us with important research to support potential future therapeutic applications in both astronauts and patients suffering from bone loss ...
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You are what you tweet: Tracking public health trends with Twitter
EurekAlert (press release)
Identities of the tweeters were not collected by Dredze, a researcher at the university's Human Language Technology Center of Excellence and an assistant research professor of computerscience, and Paul, a doctoral student. ...
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Can a Pig Heart be Kosher?
Religion Dispatches
[However, given the novelty of the technology, there has not been a clear ruling issued on it from Muslim jurists.]” But jurisprudential issues are not so simple. Given the complexity of this issue, involving stem cell research, animal rights, ...
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A Climate Change Dissenter Who Has Left His Mark on US Policy
New York Times
His career as professor of meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is winding down. The rumpled, bearded, soft-spoken scientist no longer teaches regular classes and looks forward to a quiet retirement a year from now, perhaps at his ...
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Education notes
Lexington Herald Leader
TSA students integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts through co-curricular activities, competitive events and related programs. ■ West Jessamine High School arts students created a commercial for the 2012 Ford Focus through ...
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Okanagan College Media Release
Castanet.net
by UBC Okanagan - Story: 62826 Wisdom Tettey has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus. Tettey holds a bachelor's degree (Honors) in Political Science and Russian ...
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Transferable STEM credits offer easy transition
Willcox Range News
By Derek Jordan/wick communications SIERRA VISTA - In an effort to give students a more defined path toward a four-year degree, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math, the University of Arizona and Cochise College ...
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'Geeky' world of IT loses its appeal as a career choice
Financial Times
It is not misogynistic,” says Alicia Navarro, founder of Skimlinks, an online advertising technologycompany. It was never difficult being one of the rare women on her university computer sciencecourse or at technology companies, she says. ...
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FOROYAA Online - Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) Held Panel ...
Foroyaa online
The media, in all its forms, to be utilized to sensitise women and girls to embrace Science andTechnology. - Both the urban and rural women and girls should benefit from Science andTechnology. - Research has shown that educated and trained women and ...
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Ancestors' relics displayed at Joseon archive
The Korea Herald
The institute received 10 billion won from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for a five-year research project based on the materials of Jangseogak. By Claire Lee (dyc@heraldm.com)
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For Mexicans Looking North, a New Calculus Favors Home
New York Times
The Technological Institute of Arandas, where Angel studies engineering, is now one of 13 sciencecampuses created in Jalisco since 2000 — a major reason professionals in the state, with a bachelor's degree or higher, also more than doubled to 821983 ...
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Regional energy forum opens in Amman
Petra News Agency
The forum is organized by The Arab Institute for Security Studies (ACSIS), in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Energy Research Programme - Higher Council for Science andTechnology. The forum , which was inaugurated by Minister of ...
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UNL grad to work in Turkey on Fulbright
Lincoln Journal Star
Cori Curtis of Milford majored in international studies and political science and is UNL's eighth Fulbright since this spring. Curtis credits a class he took as a freshman for sparking his interest in Turkey. The communication studies course features a ...
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Wave energy test project launched
Times of Malta
A project which aims to convert wave energy into electricity was officially launched this morning at the Malta Council for Science and Technology in Bighi. The project, by the private company Dexawave Energy Malta, a consortium between Dexawave Denmark ...
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Developing Bone Graft Materials from Corals and Coral Sands
Azom.com
Chou, who undertook his undergraduate, honours and PhD studies at UTS, says his success as a researcher in the field of biomaterials has been driven by something bigger than just an interest in science. "My mother suffers from osteoporosis, ...
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Is PRP a Passing Trend or the Future of Sports Medicine?: 4 Physician Responses
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine (press release)
Companies will have to help pay for the studies — which is the problem in orthopedic and sports medicine research to begin with. If you feel like what you are doing is the right thing and there's enough science behind it in a non-academic setting, ...
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Virginia Space Grant Consortium To Use Krucible for STEM Education
T.H.E. Journal
"Krucible has already been integrated into our summer academy curriculum and it is now being embedded in our 2012 online course as well," said Amber Agee-DeHart, Virginia Aerospace Scienceand Technology Scholars program manager. ...
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Technology and Inequality
Project Syndicate
Indeed, computer-grading of essays is a surging science, with some studies showing that computer evaluations are fairer, more consistent, and more informative than those of an average teacher, if not necessarily of an outstanding one. ...
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The Courtauld Institute of Art Expands into the Arts of Asia with New Research ...
Art Daily
However, after the Second World War and the development of the School of Oriental and AfricanStudies (SOAS), it began to concentrate solely on the Western tradition. Mariet Westermann, Vice President, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, stated: “In our time, ...
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Sweet Home plans double periods for core subjects in middle school
Buffalo News
Students will flip daily between one and two 37-minute periods in math, science, social studies and English, according to Kelly Corcoran, an eighth-grade science teacher and committee member. “There will be more time for them to really engage, ...
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Thank this doc for the episiotomy you won't have
parentcentral.ca
And in the past three months alone, he has published (with colleagues) four major birth-relatedstudies. What drives his research is his concern about mothers and babies. He is alarmed by the rising maternal mortality rate (the result of increased ...
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Toyota given the green light
Cambridge Times
Ontario Minister for Training Colleges and Universities John Milloy, left, TMMC chair Ray Tanguay, centre, and Cambridge MP and Minister for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear pose for the cameras following Tuesday's funding announcement at Toyota's ...
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Do cops need a warrant to plant a GPS tracker in your car?
ExtremeTech
By Bill Howard on July 6, 2011 at 12:20 pm Technology makes it easier to be a police officer on stakeout: Plant a GPS tracker under the bad guy's car and you know his, or her, every move. The cops can make a doughnut run without worrying Al Capone Jr. ...
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2010-2011 Season of Exploring Critical Issues to Rerun This Summer
Media Newswire (press release)
Joining Dr. Scott are panelists: Dr. Ellen Kowalski, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Human Performance Science, Adelphi University; Dr. Robert Otto, Professor and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory, Adelphi University; ...
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Former professor Jones forms left-wing Tea Party
The Daily Princetonian
During the 2010-11 academic year, Jones served as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and the Wilson School's Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy. Jones' movement launched earlier this ...
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Can Anyone Create a Hacker-proof Cyberspace?
Knowledge@Wharton
"As the Internet becomes central to more peoples' lives, security becomes increasingly important," says Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach. New wireless and mobile applications add to the volume of information that can ...
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The EFSA is doing traceback of E. coli contaminated fenugreek seeds imported ...
Biofortified
It had never been subject to peer-review which is the standard ethical process for primary investigational studies. Again unfortunately, the scientist writing the letter reported in the SMH failed to note that the Austrian study that they cited has in ...
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MIT studies aircraft collision system - Science & Technology News ...
Breaking science news and updates from around the world. ... The FAA has asked Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers to create an algorithm for ...
https://www.arcamax.com/technology/technews/s-912014

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