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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 08, 2011


560 researchers warn of being forced overseas
BRAIN DRAIN: Phd  student Dave Herman has been involved in cutting edge  research but will probably need to continue his work overseas.
Stuff.co.nz
Researchers say there is a lack of post-doctoral opportunities, as since the disestablishment of Foundation for Research Science and Technology fellowships, only the Rutherford Discovery Fellowships exist. The letter was initiated by Melanie Massaro, ...
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Study by Janice Gobert Cited in Science Magazine and its Weekly Podcast
WPI News
26, 2011, issue of Science reviewing research that explores whether encouraging students to draw helps them learn science. When asked to point to studies that have been especially effective at identifying the advantages of drawing in science education,...
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WPI News
Job figures cast doubt on Whitehall's push for science degrees
The Guardian
The government has protected the funding of places on science, technology, engineering and maths degrees, while spending on other courses has been cut. The Council for Industry and Higher Education told ministers in 2009 that it could not "stress too ...
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The Guardian
How the Cleverbot computer chats like a human
msnbc.com
Believe it or not, gay birds are quite a research topic ... not that there's anything wrong with that. Geoff MacFarlane, a biologist at the University of Newcastle in Australia, and colleagues reviewed studies of 93 bird species and suggested that ...
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msnbc.com
iCardiac Joins the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium
PR Web (press release)
iCardiac's services are supported by the COMPAS technology platform which maximizes the precision and decreases the cost of cardiac safety assessment from First-in-Human studies to Phase III studies. This suite of tools, which complies with the FDA's ...
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Kern Family's $20 Million Gift Will Jump Start Mayo Clinic Center for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Kern family's gift will be used to hire staff, build space and finance startup needs of the Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. The center will use in-depth medical record studies, informatics, epidemiology, health sciences research and ...
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Future of entire STEM disciplines in question
Times Higher Education
A report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England shows that the growth in international students taking up postgraduate places in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects is far outstripping that among their UK counterparts. ...
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Times Higher Education
Indian Institute of Science allays fears over Huawei tie-up
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has assured the communications ministry that its upcoming telecom lab in Bangalore does not pose any security threat despite its tie-up with China's telecom gear-maker Huawei Technologies. ...
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PCST confers awards to scientists
DAWN.com
The University of Sindh's spokesman informed here on Tuesday that Pakistan Council for Science and Technology under its research evaluation programme regularly evaluates the quality and quantum of international level research of Pakistan scientists. ...
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DAWN.com
Understanding Neuromarketing in Social Video Commerce
Video Commerce Consortium
In my earlier “Psychology of Online Video” article, I featured behavior science experts explaining how online video influences our shopping habits by setting off our brains and triggering consumer purchases. Here I delve further into behavior studies ...
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Video Commerce Consortium
Ruth Hanft, GWU professor
Washington Post
Over the years, she conducted national studies on health-care expenditures and did extensive policyresearch into Medicare, Medicaid and medical education. Dr. Hanft entered the senior executive service during the Carter administration, when she served ...
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor Featured in New Book ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
A new book designed to interest young people in science features Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor Mariana Figueiro Light: Energy You Can See includes a section detailing Figueiro's research on how light impacts our body's daily...
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Student improvement sought through technology, program upgrades
Metrowny.com
Expanding LEAD 21, described as an acronym for the program of Literacy, Equity, Acceleration and Differentiation- is another of the district's goals, which addresses subject material communication in grades K-5 in literature, social studies and science ...
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Shorter University welcomes 22 new full-time faculty members
Rome News Tribune
He earned a doctoral degree in philosophy, a Master of Divinity in Biblical Languages and a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Kellett's experience includes work as a project coordinator and research ...
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Gentris Corporation Announces Changes to Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
Founded in 2001, Gentris is located in Research Triangle Park, NC, where it provides support for all phases of clinical studies and genomic biomarker programs. The Company works with academic and industry leaders to translate innovations in ...
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Newsmakers | South Strand
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Jordan Johnson of Pawleys Island (pictured below), a graduate of Horry County Schools' Academy for Arts, Science and Technology, near Myrtle Beach, has begun her college studies on a four-year scholarship to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. ...
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Sport Science
The Independent
Sport science with management is particularly popular and Birmingham even offers a course in applied golf management studies. Study options: Three years, or four years if studied with a language, as part of a sandwich degree or at a Scottish university ...
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LabCorp partners with Murdock at Research Campus
Salisbury Post
In LabCorp's newest venture in Kannapolis, assays developed at the Murdock Research Institute for contracted research will be transferred to LabCorp Clinical Trials laboratories worldwide to support global clinical studies. The agreement also provides ...
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A 'New Idea': Application of Vedic Defence Technology in Peacekeeping Missions
Weekly Blitz
These studies have been scrutinized and published in respected peer-reviewed journals such as Social Indicators Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Mind and Behavior, and Journal of Crime and Justice. The coherence-creating effects of ...
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Weekly Blitz
9/11 spawned big changes on campus
Prospectus
Department of Homeland Security's undersecretary for science and technology. The department has spent nearly $4 billion on scientific research in the last five years, with hundreds of millions more pouring into colleges from other state and federal ...
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Environment physicist gets Ateneo top job
Philippine Star
Little did Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ, know at the time that this would come in handy someday, just like his winning the 2000 National Outstanding Young Scientist award from the National Academy ofScience and Technology (NAST). ...
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New Study Reveals Which Degrees Offer the Best Overall Job Potential
MarketWatch (press release)
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science 7. Bachelor's Degree in Databases 8. Master's Degree in Operations Research 9. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Networks 10. Bachelor's Degree in Nursing "We found a strong demand for degrees in technology, computers, ...
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Study shows that vehicle-to-vehicle navigation systems really do work
PhysOrg.com
However, there has been some debate on whether or not these high-tech systems actually work – that is, whether or not they minimize the overall average travel time of all vehicles in a traffic network. Some studies during the past several decades have ...
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PhysOrg.com
GCU opens MS/MPhil admissions
The Nation, Pakistan
This year, the university is offering admissions to MS/M Phil in 22 disciplines including Botany, Environmental Science, Bio-technology, Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Economics, ...
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Fugro-Jason Grants 12 Licenses for Jason Suite to University of Malaya
MarketWatch (press release)
Each year, the Department accepts 40 to 60 undergraduates for three-year Bachelor of Sciencedegrees in Geology and Applied Geology. The Department has been actively engaged in postgraduate research, with more than 15 local and foreign postgraduate ...
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Ten years after 9/11, infrastructure interdependence still a challenge in US
PhysOrg.com
A systems engineer who studies the deep interconnectedness of seemingly independent events or entities, Wallace was looking for the story behind the newspaper stories. A few months later theresearch team returned to Ground Zero, ...
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