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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Aug 18, 2011


Scientists Report Advance in Drug Repurposing
Wall Street Journal
The program, using so-called high-throughput technology, rapidly searched National Institutes of Health public databases that contain the results of thousands of genomicstudies from around the world. To narrow the search, the program focused on 100 ...
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Wall Street Journal
Research and Markets: Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology 2011
SunHerald.com
Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology provides broad international coverage of researchand practice in corrosion processes and corrosion control. Peer-reviewed contributions address all aspects of corrosion engineering and corrosion science; ...
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Feature: Focusing R&D on industry, energy
Philippine Information Agency
Research studies in Eastern Visayas Region is expected to become more relevant to the public in the next five years as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently launched the Eastern Visayas Consortium for Industry and Energy Research ...
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Gender Gap: Where are Women in Tech, Science and Math Jobs?
CIO Insight
There's a scarcity of women pursuing technology careers. In fact, research from the US Commerce Department's Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) reveals that the percentage of females working in the fields of science, technology, ...
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FDA's Plans for Better IT Infrastructure, Data Analytics
Health Data Management
The Food and Drug Administration has released its "Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science," defined as "the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products. ...
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The Edge of Science
The Cutting Edge
but studies of mammalian navigation have been confined to the lab. Unfortunately, labstudies cannot duplicate the large, complex landscapes an animal must navigate in the natural world. The new GPS-based method gives researchers the best of both ...
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The Cutting Edge
Journal Republishes the 1996 Landmark Report That Set the Research Strategy ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Published in The Annals of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, the August 2, 1996 report of the Keystone National Policy Dialogue on the Establishment of Studies to Optimize Medical Management of HIV Infection reflected the possibility that ...
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Superspeed Internet Pipeline Could Speed Innovation
Internet Evolution
"I personally see many of these advances also trickling down into other areas, such as improving our education system," he said. "These days, if you aren't advancing in terms of science andtechnology, you'll be left behind by those who are."
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Science education needs a major overhaul
Post-Bulletin
We must officially abandon the "three R's" — reading, writing and arithmetic — as the pillars of education, because in a world driven by technology and research, science can't be an afterthought. That means elementary and middle-school students need ...
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Crowd-sourced science
iProgrammer
Priority will be given to projects which produce high impact research and serve as case studies for citizen science in new areas of research. So if you have an idea that is being stifled for the lack of manpower to analyze the data think again. ...
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Women Scientists Meet
Yentha
Trivandrum: The Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad and the Kerala Science and TechnologyMuseum organised a Women Scientists Meet at the Kerala Science and Technology Museum Auditorium on Tuesday. The meet paid tribute to the memory of Dr. Anna Mani and ...
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Kaplan University Announces Local Summer 2011 Online Graduates
SCNow
Randall Powell of Coward was awarded a Master of Science degree in Information Technology. Candice Hardy of Darlington was awarded a Associate of Science degree in InterdisciplinaryStudies. Jeanette Pendergrass of Hartsville was awarded a Bachelor's ...
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App developers and school systems work to leverage tablet computing
Mass High Tech
Lee McCanne, director of technology and school libraries for the Weston public school system, started a 7th grade pilot program last year using iPads for English, socialstudies, and science, finding the tablet's long battery life, small size, ...
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Mass High Tech
Serious fun to be had in the science lab
The Border Mail
“There is a concern that there has been a falling off in the interest in science. It has been seen to be a little less glamorous than some of the get-rich-quick studies and careers,” he said. “But with emerging sciences like nano technology and shows ...
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Michael Adams: Indian River State College STEM center will be built to give ...
TCPalm
Indian River State College is at the center of a regional effort to boost interest and achievement inscience, technology, engineering and math. These "STEM" disciplines are at the root of discoveries that lead to business expansion and new jobs. ...
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Northern Mindanao researchers bag awards
Sun.Star
Caluba said the National Research Council of the Philippines, an agency under the Department ofScience and Technology (DOST), is the only National Government agency in the Philippines that promotes funds and implements research in basic sciences, ...
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Major new hub for creative industries
News Wales
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science said: "Interaction between businesses and universities is crucial for driving growth. It enables businesses and organisations to benefit from our world-class research base, gaining new knowledge and ...
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A brief history of the ancient science of sword making
io9
But it's also one of the world's most ancient technologies, connected with breakthroughs in metallurgy that would change the world. There are even some types of ancient swords so strong that modern science still can't determine how they were made. ...
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Greens question the science of gas
The Australian
Senator Brown challenged studies that have estimated that gas - particularly coal-seam gas - produces lower emissions than coal. "One thing we are missing, as Christine Milne has pointed out, (is) a proper estimation of the leakage of methane out of ...
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Queenslanders recognised for excellence in science
My Sunshine Coast (press release) (blog)
Education Minister Cameron Dick said the awards encourage more Queenslanders to pursue careers in science, engineering, technology and innovation, and reward achievements in these sectors. "The winners include students, teachers, school leaders, ...
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A new approach to scratch resistance
MIT News
"There has been an incredible mix of research that is all over the board," he says: Some studieshave found significant benefits from the addition of nanoparticles, while others found little improvement. So, he adds, there is much interest in ...
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Historical dynamics of Sri Lanka and challenges in a post conflict scenario
Ceylon Daily News
However, the existing knowledge and created new knowledge should go hand in hand; therefore both studies to enhance the access to existing knowledge and research for new knowledge need to go ahead simultaneously. Further, there is a need for awareness ...
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Ceylon Daily News
Here we go again!
Consumer Tech
If we fail to do this, our fabled export led economy that welcomes with open arms the finest technology and pharma-chem companies in the world, maybe in jeopardy. Asstudies have shown, we no longer have a world class education system, ...
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Consumer Tech
Will We Be Able to Deflect an Earthbound Asteroid?
Space.com
"A decade out, given the technology it would take to do a deflection, I think we could respond in time," Durda told Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com. David Morrison, interim director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute and an expert ...
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Fading Ability To Taste Iron Raises Health Concerns For People Over Age 50
RedOrbit
The study appears in the ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Andrea Dietrich, Susan Mirlohi, and Susan Duncan and colleagues point out that perception of a metallic flavor in water can help people limit exposure to metals such as iron, ...
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Fish factor: Better fish chilling through nanotechnology
Capital City Weekly
By Laine Welch | Capital City Weekly Keeping fish cold is the key to quality, and new technology is taking chilling to whole new levels. Nanotechnology, for example, is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. The science can ...
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