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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Aug 11, 2011


Banned chemical levels high in pregnant women
San Francisco Chronicle
UCSF researchers say the results, published online today in the journal Environmental Science &Technology, are probably attributed to California's flammability standards, which led to the introduction of many new chemicals to meet the standards. ...
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MonolithIC 3D Inc. Voices Concern that K-12 Science Framework Produces ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The K-12 Science Framework plays the role of guiding science education in American high schools, and is seen as a vital element in determining American competitiveness in science and technology. These issues came to the fore in a blog-post written by ...
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A journey through a Filipino genome
GMANews.TV
With support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the University of the Philippines, we may be able to do these studies. After several years of planning by scientists in the Philippines and abroad, the Philippine Genome Center will...
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Stats show science, math mean jobs
Detroit Free Press
Dear Leanna: I want to start a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Club at school because students don't get enough of these subjects. How can I convince people that this is a worthy idea? What should I consider before reaching out ...
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NASA Invests in Far-Out Space Tech for Future Missions
Fox News
But it will also likely hold untapped riches for space science and spinoff technologythat could, one day, catapult human and robotic explores beyond our own solar system and outward to other stars. A futuristic spacesuit, plans for a lunar colony and ...
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SHAHEEN SCIENCE EDUCATION KEY TO MAINTAINING AMERICA S COMPETITIVE EDGE
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
Shaheen visited the outdoor laboratory for ecological studies, learned about the facility's role in environmental research and its programs to encourage science education, and discussed her legislation to give high school students greater access to ...
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UCI studies find different reasons for global methane riddle
EurekAlert (press release)
Funding was provided by NASA, the National Science Foundation and the WM Keck Foundation. About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is a top-ranked university dedicated toresearch, scholarship and community service. ...
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Arctic Sea Ice is Historically Extremely Variable
PlanetSave.com
Much concern has been made about the dramatic drop in Arctic sea ice levels over the past decade, but new research out of Denmark suggests that the extent of the Arctic sea ice is extremely variable. The research was published in the journal Science ...
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Climate Change Research Experiences Prove Valuable for K-State, WSU Undergraduates
KSAL
But this summer, six undergraduates are involved in climate change research at Kansas State University and Wichita State University. The opportunity was made possible through a NationalScience Foundation-Kansas Experimental Program to Stimulate ...
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Three Books That Explore the Human Brain
Voice of America
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: His book also discusses the science behind a child's intelligence after birth. He says one of the best things parents can do for their baby has to do with their own relationship.Studies show marriage conflict increases greatly after ...
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Foundation awards school grants
Jena Times
Fifth grade Reading, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science. Approximately 100 students including Special Education. $3744.00. Apple iPod Touch, 8GB - This is cutting edge technologythat will assist students in research and project based ...
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Universities team up for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder research
Jewish Tribune
Dr. Chudley said the FASD research is in its early stages, but if the animal studies go well, the next possibility would be to study it in humans in FASD-affected communities. From there, he anticipates “we might find that people of certain ethnic ...
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The Hi-Tech Agriculture Imperative
The American
Plant science and technology is the vehicle that can take us there. Douglas Nelson is executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of CropLife America. Alexander Rinkus is Media and Digital Communications Manager at CropLife International ...
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Sangamo BioScience: A Real Bargain Below $5
Seeking Alpha
Their Diabetic Neuropathy studies represent the direct injection pharmaceutical approach and their HIV program is admirably proving the cellular modification approach. Gene regulation and Genetic engineering have been bandied about as the next ...
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Waiter, There's a Newfangled Technology in My Soup
People's World
Nanotechnology, put simply, is the science of manipulating materials at tiny atomic levels to enhance or create certain novel properties that can often only be seen with a microscope. In agriculture, one of the applications of nanotechnology involves ...
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Many young people “refuse” to denounce corruption
VietNamNet Bridge
On August 8, the Germany-based Transparency International and the Center for Community Support Development Studies, under the Vietnam Union of Science andTechnology Associations, announced the results of their survey of integrity among Vietnamese ...
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ONR develops capability to understand effects of underwater pressure on divers
EurekAlert (press release)
The ONR Undersea Medicine Program is a National Naval Responsibility, a science and technology research area the Department of the Navy has deemed critically important to maintaining naval superiority.
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Faculty Faces - Dr. Stella Capek
Hendrix College Events and News
Though her father was a college philosophy professor who specialized in the philosophy of science, Capek thought she was better suited to go into research, but she soon began to imagine a life as a teacher. Raised in a humanities-focused tradition, ...
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Economic Astronomy: Gender Gaps in Lifetime Earnings
ScienceBlogs (blog)
There are two recent studies of gender disparities in science and technology (referred to by the faintly awful acronym "STEM") getting a lot of play over the last few days. As is often the case with social-science results, the data they have aren't ...
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Science lab rolls out in Soweto
Joburg
It is a countrywide celebration of science that involves various stakeholders and role players, who conduct science activities. The laboratory will be rotated around schools in Soweto to help learners with their science studies. ...
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'Healthy' Foods You Should Never, Ever Eat
Food Consumer
... are two types of research regarding GM food -- independent science and corporate science. It's not hard to decide which one to trust. Jeffrey Smith, featured in the video above, is the executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, ...
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18 students selected as Wells Scholars at Indiana University
Indiana University
Her interest in becoming a medical scientist was stimulated by a summer internship with the Indiana Institute for Medical Research. She plans to major in biochemistry and Spanish and participate in the Science, Technology, and Research Scholars (STARS) ...
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PLDT: Proposed IP policy to harm Internet services
ABS CBN News
Under the draft circular, all ISPs shall be required to connect with the IP exchange of the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) with respect to their domestic Internet traffic. ...
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Fading ability to taste iron raises health concerns for people over age 50
HealthCanal.com
... Virginia Tech associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a colleague of Dietrich's. Sinha is directing two new research projects to develop a National Pipeline Infrastructure Database. Studies also suggest that older people who ...
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Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A
EurekAlert (press release)
That's the conclusion of a new study in the ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Kurunthachalam Kannan and Chunyang Liao point out that manufacturers use BPA to make polycarbonate plastics used in some consumer products, including water ...
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Reflections of the Realized Imagination
Science 2.0 (blog)
Michael Martinez has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, an Associate of Sciencedegree in Data Processing Technology, and a few certifications... Imagine you are living within a bubble. Your bubble stretches in any direction but you are ...
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India's Science Express Blazing A Knowledge Trail: World's Largest Classroom ...
Washington Bangla Radio
This iconic mobile exhibition in science, technology & environment domain is now a household name. It is called 'Science Express' Science Express was born when the world famous 'Science Tunnel', a thematic science exhibition devised by Noble laureates ...
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Meet Ilryong Moon
Vienna/Oakton Connection
... graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Moon immigrated to the United States from Korea as a teenager. He attended TC Williams High School and has a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. ...
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Education must spread beyond school
Financial Times
Other initiatives, such as Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Science and Technology Centre, have been launched to nurture an affinity fortechnology and science. There is irrefutable evidence that ...
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College graduates
Blue Springs Examiner
Lee's Summit – Jeffrey M. Clark, bachelor of science in technology; Bradley S. Jochems, bachelor of science in business administration; Kyle J. Loseke, bachelor of science in technology and Justin P. Pfeifer, bachelor of science in technology. ...
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Livingston Teacher Recharges At NJIT
Patch.com
Classes for FEMME, a program for 109 girls (ages 8 through 15) which is now in its 30th year, ended with the completion of science projects encompassing areas from physics principles to tie-dyeing t-shirts. Experienced science and technology teachers, ...
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Harriman's Story Receives Professional License
ECNmag.com
He has spent a great deal of time performing feasibility studies to determine the viability and payback of sustainable technologies, as well as designing a variety of systems that focus on energy efficiency. In addition, Story has experience developing ...
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State grant partners Morrisville State, LaFayette school district to encourage ...
Syracuse.com
LaFayette, NY -- Morrisville State College and the LaFayette school district have been awarded a $600000 state grant that will give 80 students special opportunities in math,science and technology, along with the chance to earn college credits. ...
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Polishing its reputation for experimental lit, MIT to host the Electronic ...
MIT News
ELO is coming to MIT with the support of MIT's world-renowned Comparative Media Studies (CMS) program. CMS, which has an undergraduate major, a graduate program and several large-scaleresearch projects, is committed to the art of thinking across media ...
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FDA Looks to Multiple Sources, Including EMA Guidelines, in Developing ...
Patent Docs
This factor is significant to the basic science research community, including university researchlabs, which could be in a position to secure funding from biosimilar applicant companies that need to establish the safety profile of new manufacturing ...
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The current state of Dokdo education
Asian Correspondent
The Ministry of Science, Education, and Technology (교육과학기술부) is supporting 62 elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide, including Seojeong Elementary, as “Dokdo Base Schools”. Recently Japan has made several provocations regarding Dokdo, ...
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Minnesota Vikings Percy Harvin Joins Shock Doctor® Team
PR Newswire (press release)
10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Minneapolis-based Shock Doctor® – the authentic market leader and creators of innovative, unique performance-driven sports protection and the undisputed leader in mouthguard technology – announced today that Minnesota Vikings ...
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The Herrick Chronicles: Birds and fighter jets
Palm Beach Post (blog)
The Air Force people at the Pentagon wanted the highest levels of government decision making to be aware of the importance of these technologies and they asked me to brief President Reagan's Defense Science Board (a group of elite scientists who were...
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Palm Beach Post (blog)
Eastern Michigan University recruitment efforts in China see results as number ...
Media Newswire (press release)
Other COT efforts include the development of a Master's of Science in Technology Studies in cooperation with Zhejiang University of Media & Communications ( ZUMC )-Hangzhou. Another positive outcome of the growing relationship with ZUMC is the upcoming ...
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Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. 2011 Award Recipients
Bergen NOW
$4000. A graduate of the 2011 class of High-Tech High School in North Bergen, Ms. Santos will attend Seton Hall University. She plans to pursue studies in political science and a pre-law track in the fall of 2011. Paola Severino, Union City. $4000. ...
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Students Are Cool; Learning is Cool in Peekskill Summer School
Patch.com
The Summer School Academy for grades six through eight offered instruction in English, math, socialstudies, science, and reading for about 100 students. This grant-funded program is part of LEAP, the District's initiative for after-school and summer ...
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Comprehensive Care for Chronic Pain
MD News (press release)
He performed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University at ado Health Science Center, followed by a fellowship in orthopedic spine surgery at the Institute for Spinal Disorders at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. ...
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Community Pride - Aug. 10
Your Houston News
Lamar University conferred degrees on the following Liberty residents during commencement ceremonies on May 14: Michelle Janice Lynn Cantu, bachelor's, general studies; Fletcher Ethan DuBose, bachelor's, nursing; Sarah Denise Whitehead, bachelor's, ...
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The Division of International Studies at UW-Madison » Blog Archive ...
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From 2001 to 2003, he was vice-president for Information Technology of Applied Science andTechnology Research Institute (ASTRI). Since 2005, he has been the chairman of the ResearchGrants Council in Hong Kong. Professor Chin studied ...
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Montreal heart studies 'withdrawn' - CBC: Technology & Science | e ...
Science news archive · Contact. Updated by artificial intelligence Wed, ... in federal researchgrants after two of his heart studies were retracted. ...
esciencenews.com/sources/.../montreal.heart.studies.withdrawn
research concentrations
UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. UCL Home · sts · research ... Our Newsand Calendar items are available for RSS feeds. ...
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