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Research and Markets: International Wood Products Journal
SunHerald.com
... publishes peer reviewed contributions on all aspects of wood science, engineering andtechnology, its processing and applications. The submission of original research papers, reviews and case studies is welcomed on any topic within this scope. ...
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NASA grant will open new worlds for students at FDLTCC
Pine Journal
FDLTCC was one of only four colleges in the United States to be awarded a grant from NASA, which amounts to some $150000 a year for up to three years to enhance studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). ...
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Gene Mutation Adds Chromosomes in Cancer Cell Lines
MedPage Today
Taken together, the two studies begin to tease out the role that aneuploidy plays in cancer, according to Richard Kolodner, PhD, and colleagues at the University of California San Diego. In an accompanying perspective article, Kolodner and colleagues ...
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A-levels: Brian Cox, China, and the recession
Channel 4 News
More than 40 per cent more students took maths A-level this year than five years ago, but modern languages and general studies are in decline. Channel 4 News looks at why. More students are also opting for science and technology A-levels, ...
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Dominican Republic leader visits USU to discuss science collaboration
The Herald Journal
His talk with USU faculty members and students was meant to discuss strategies to foster scienceand technology research in his country. "We have the longest agreement with USU," said Aybar in a news release. "We have many students come to USU, ...
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RCC embraces the sciences
Westfair Online
His son's department, in contrast, offers green-tech studies, occupational therapy and EMS paramedic studies, linking with neighboring community colleges for a unified and uniform emergency medical studies. As the 2011-12 school year dawns, ...
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Westfair Online
Chevy Volt: Flagship Model Of The Government-Industrial Complex
Forbes
I am a senior fellow in climate studies at the Cato Institute and in research and economic development at George Mason University. I am a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ...
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MCCC Earns 2011 'Top Associate Degree Producer' Title
Patch.com
Degrees offered in this area include associate in applied science, science in biotechnology, biomanufacturing and molecular techniques; technical studies; nuclear engineering technology; and nanofabrication technology. In the category of education, ...
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Berkeley Lab opens advanced biofuels facility
R & D Magazine
“The establishment by EERE of this facility at Berkeley Lab, a DOE Office of Science national laboratory, reflects a new spirit of cooperation between the DOE technology and science programs. Berkeley Lab is proud to play its part. ...
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Government of Canada Supports Community Jobs and Growth
MarketWatch (press release)
On May 30, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced that a total of 35 colleges across Canada would share more than $8 million over one year in ARTI Grants, a brand-new initiative under the CCI Program. ...
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Workshop Strengthens UW-NCAR Partnership
University of Wyoming News
"It's been a good learning experience," says Damao Zhang, a UW Ph.D. student from China who studies atmospheric science. "The NCAR teachers are very good. They know their software and they provide a good guide on how you can learn it, even in just a ...
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University of Wyoming News
Lessons learned from the two worst oils spills in US history
PhysOrg.com
Environmental Science & Technology featured as its cover story the paper titled “Oil biodegradation and bioremediation: A tale of the two worst spills in US history.” One year after the notorious BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and ...
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PhysOrg.com
Girls need positive role models to increase presence in STEM careers
Eastern Iowa Schools
The annual event kicks off the new year by highlighting some of last year's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) successes and inspires for the year to come. Rockwell Collins CEO Clay Jones said the event is really for the students in the...
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Eastern Iowa Schools
Professorial Permutations
Harvard Magazine
The University's professoriate includes more women and minorities, and is larger, more international, and stronger in science, technology, engineering, and math. Effecting these deliberate changes has been a slow process at times. ...
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The US is debating the use of chimps in medical research
ZME Science
“We are more than halfway” to mice that could replace chimps in hepatitis studies, Alexander Ploss of Rockefeller University said. “Whether we have that mouse in two years, five years, 10 years . . . who knows?” Ethics and medical science, ...
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ZME Science
Local college students graduate, receive dean's list honors
Kennebec Journal
Ross Gorham of Gardiner, bachelor of science degree in kinesiology: sport studies; Matthew Moore of Kents Hill, master's degree in environmental education; Katreana Cloutier of Litchfield, bachelor ofscience degree in occupational therapy, cum laude; ...
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Potential Unique Drug Target for Alzheimer's Identified
Medscape
Medscape Medical News asked Nancy Y. Ip, PhD, from The Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology, Clear Water Bay, China, to comment on this new study. "Our group first reported that Cdk5 is S-nitrosylated by nitric oxide,” she noted, ...
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The Venture-Capital University
Harvard Magazine
Harvard also supports thousands of studies, each of which is also a “project”—an analysis of Bach's compositions, an investigation of poor families' expenditures, the mapping of the human genome. Like venture capitalists, research universities have ...
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College Grads And Scholars From Woodbury
Patch.com
Megan Carter graduated from the University of Evansville in Evansville, Ind. with a Bachelor ofScience degree. Kelly Daly graduated from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind., with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. ...
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Geeky Science -The Ultimate Spy tool
OpEdNews
In test studies, the patch was used instead of bulky electrodes to monitor brain, heart and muscle tissue activity and users who had it on their throat operated a voice-activated video game with more than 90 percent accuracy. ...
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HNU ENERGY DEEPENS LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO MAUI'S RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGYPARK
AltEnergyMag (press release)
Based in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, HNU ENERGY is a subsidiary of HNU PHOTONICS, a fully integrated science and technology company, devoted to incubating innovative ideas into state of the art products with commercial, scientific, and military applications ...
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Strong Attendance at Expo West 2010
WholeFoods Magazine Online
Also in this session, Tropp noted that agro-tech giant Monsanto admitted to its first genetically engineered (GE) seed failure in India, implying that the food system cannot be fixed through GE endeavors. Bill Nye The Science Guy in “Cleaning With No ...
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WholeFoods Magazine Online
The myth of mountaintop removal mining
The Guardian
I don't know how they can deny the science. I really don't … I think one of the misconceptions is that many people believe that wind is just outrageously expensive. Truth is, wind power competes very well with natural gas. The technology is getting ...
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Masters of Distraction
Wall Street Journal
Ms. Davidson goes on to discuss a much wider variety of science. She touches on hot topics such as mirror neurons and cross-cultural studies of how children learn categorization. But they often seem cherry-picked, as if she began with a suite of ...
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Work begins on $4 million campus expansion at Rockford Christian
WREX-TV
The school is adding on a 25000 square foot Science, Technology and Humanities Center. The building will also include a multimedia center with green room, additional art studios, and a roof top environmental studies classroom and wind turbines for ...
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Quanterix Digital ELISA Measures Low Abundance Biomarkers of Inflammation in ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Quanterix Corporation is developing its proprietary Single Molecule Array (SiMoA(TM)) technologyfor the in vitro diagnostics and life science research markets. The digital nature of SiMoA yields unprecedented assay performance, stemming from a ...
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