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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 10, 2011


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Forbes
Since then, her research primarily focused on the effects of meditation the brain. Tell me about your background. What got you interested in studying meditation? The route that I took on the way towards my study looking at the effects of meditation ...
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GE Launches Company to Enhance Development of Innovative Technology in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The focused goal of RCT is open collaboration to bring Hyperpolarization technology to the worlds' leading researchers and enable their studies to better understand the biochemistry of life," said Jonathan A. Murray, Managing DirectorResearch Circle ...
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Elsevier Security Experts Offer Advice on National Infrastructure, Homeland ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Elsevier Science & Technology Books' security experts are at the forefront of efforts to create thoughtful solutions which are made available in cutting-edge security books. In Terrorism: An Investigator's Handbook, in its fourth edition released ...
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The versatility of science graduates should be celebrated not criticised
The Guardian Blogs (blog)
Yet year on year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) reports that its members are finding it difficult to get enough staff with science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) skills. This year more than two in five employers had trouble. ...
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The Guardian Blogs (blog)
fMRI identifies language-specific areas of brain
Health Imaging & IT
Prior to the MIT study, research using functional MRI (fMRI) was inconclusive. Areas of the brain activated by language also seemed to be activated by music and arithmetic or used for general memory. Still, language seemed to be a prime candidate for ...
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High-Frequency Trading Study Finds Impact on Trading Is Limited
BusinessWeek
The UK government's working paper and 16 studies reflect the “basic fact that markets have changed dramatically over the past decade in terms of the technology employed for order execution and order entry,” he said. High-frequency activity accounted ...
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In the decade since Sept.11, reflections on faith
Austin American-Statesman
I read studies all the time about how people are increasingly leaving organized religion, but for the people who still believe in God and community, information in the form of surveys or polls isn't as comforting in the face of anxiety as the steadying ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Building security and peace after 9/11
Arizona State University
The project is funded by the National Science Foundation and led by Psychology Professor Steven Neuberg. • “Finding Allies: Mapping Counter-Radical Muslim Discourse,” led by Religious Studies Professor Mark Woodward, seeks to identify who are the ...
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Arizona State University
Dating Could Be Leading Our Teenagers to Depression
Huffington Post
If you are a young woman, what related experience might turn you off to science, technology, engineering and math? The answer to the first question is: becoming romantically involved. The answer to the second is: just looking at a few romantic pictures ...
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Insect Host Species Of Famous Tibetan Medicinal Fungus Identified
RedOrbit
It will lay a foundation for further studies of the relationship between the fungus and its hosts, especially their co-evolution (an ongoing research project based on DNA sequence analyses in Prof. Yao's laboratory). Original source: Host insect ...
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RedOrbit
9-11: Upon Further Review
IEEE Spectrum
A big part of the answer to the second question has been technology. Improvements in areas such as communications, sensing, and surveillance have been developed along with policy changes that have allowed them to be implemented—for better or worse, ...
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Young Swinburne researchers receive aid under MyBrain15
The Borneo Post
YOUNG SCIENTISTS: (From left) Kuek, Mueller and Onn in research attire at their laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. KUCHING: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) recently awarded scholarships to two postgraduate students ...
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State receives grant for energy project
DesMoinesRegister.com
The National Science Foundation said Thursday it has given Iowa a $20 million grant to study and promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. The project will be led by Robert Brown, who already heads Iowa State University's renewable energy studies ...
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ePharmaSolutions Deploys Version 2.2 of Its Global 2-Way Text Messaging ...
PR Newswire (press release)
9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ePharmaSolutions announced the deployment of its global 2-way StudyMessaging Solution (SMS) for clinical trial patient recruitment and retention. More than 30% of patients drop out of clinical research studies, ...
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Ideas spark even more ideas
Newcastle Herald
Founding chief executive officer Professor Cyril Renwick began a tradition of offering opportunities for Hunter Valley Research Foundation employees to undertake further studies, as well as providing honours and higher-degree students with projects and ...
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Non-traditional jobs may put you to the test during gloomy economy
Chandler Brownsboro
Peruse the opportunities below for ways to help out science while bringing an upswing to your accessible income. Researchers have noted that numerous types of services and studies require human subjects to test their products and theories before they ...
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Environmental rules: Job killer or job creator?
Salt Lake Tribune
... Resources for the Future, a nonprofit research group on the environment. And the EPA in a paper published this year cited studies showing that the law had been a modest net creator of jobs through industry spending on technology to comply with it. ...
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The slow, certain death of the global warming theory
Enter Stage Right
Recently the Heartland Institute, in concert with the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, and the Science and Environmental Policy Project, published "Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report." It is 430 pages co-authored ...
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HeartWare Completes GLP Studies of Next Generation MVAD® Pump; Data Presented ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The MVAD is based on the same proprietary impeller suspension technology used in the HVAD Pump, with its single moving part held in place through a combination of passive-magnetic and hydrodynamic forces. Like the HVAD Pump, the MVAD Pump is designed ...
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Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Felice was featured on CNN's “Young People Who Rock,” and Latinos in InformationScience Technology honored him with the “Rising Star Award.” Felice served as a strategist for the CEO of Jackson Health System and as a member of the University of...
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Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Text for Tommy appeal: Burns' kids reveal they never thought cancer fight ...
Scottish Daily Record
“This will involve high throughput studies of many millions of pieces of information from individual patients and will thus need a large investment in new technology and the development of new methods to study tissues. ...
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HUPO 2011 Sees Shift in Focus from Basic Research to Questions of Biological ...
Proteo Monitor
Thus far, Aebersold noted, the HPP's work has largely confined itself to the proteins described in the UniProt database, many of which have been derived from genome-sequencing studies. Now, he said, the organization needs to move to develop a better ...
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The program encourage robust communication
Coastweek
It is funded by the Swiss government and receives support from Global Forum for Agriculture Research (GFAR). YPARD recently partnered with the Nairobi based Africa Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) to implement a training program on geographic...
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Coastweek
Eagle to Build Genetics Cloud
Bio-IT World
The £500000 project is part-funded by the UK's national innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board. “By storing genetic data in the 'cloud' indefinitely, we can use it for research studies and also to help clinicians to decide if medical ...
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Confirmit Goes Mobile With Techneos Systems
Destination CRM
By Sandra Levy To gain a foothold in the mobile engagement market, Confirmit, a global software provider of customer and employee feedback and market research, has acquired Vancouver, Canada-based Techneos Systems, a technology company specializing in ...
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Destination CRM
When 'smart' technology is anything but
Globe and Mail
“Clearly, consumers are interested in having new technology in their vehicles, but auto makers must ensure that the technology is ready for prime time,” said David Sargent, vice-president of global vehicle research at JD Power and Associates, ...
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Globe and Mail
In search of the next big attack, long after 9/11
The Associated Press
Scientists did just that with the polio virus in 2003, and hundreds or thousands may be able to do it with smallpox or other bioterrorism agents now, said Amy Smithson, a senior fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The march of science, ...
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The Associated Press
'Get Your Gown On' Campaign Targets Prostate Cancer
MarketWatch (press release)
Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials offers access to Phase I studies of new investigational therapies for treating prostate cancer and other cancers. The nonprofit Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare established its ...
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Consumers ready, but merchants see complications with mobile payments
Retail Customer Experience
A study conducted by Visa's UK group released last week found consumers like the convenience of contactless payment cards, often viewed as a precursor technology to mobile payments. More importantly for mobile payments, the survey found 53 percent of ...
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More Patients Collect Prescriptions In Integrated Healthcare Systems
InformationWeek (blog)
Dr. Marsha Raebel, the study's lead author, told InformationWeek Healthcare that technology can play a significant role in assisting pharmacy employees and patients to improve adherence to medications for diabetes, lipid problems, and high blood ...
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Bovie Medical shareholders sue over management's alleged misdeeds
Mass Device
"Y. Citronowicz studies at a religious school in London, England and currently does no work for the company," according to court documents. The shareholders, represented by plaintiffs Bruce Arbit and Curt Coulter, also allege that the defendants are ...
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Researchers Want to Introduce Breath Analysis into Clinical Pathology ...
DARKDaily.com - Laboratory News
Scientists in multiple research laboratories are developing cost-effective, non-invasive diagnostic test technologies based on breath specimens from patients. Researchers say that breath analysis can provide critical information in real time and ...
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DARKDaily.com - Laboratory News
Around Town Briefs 09/10/11
Leader-Telegram
Kang Vang, applied science, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, UW-Madison Center for Biology Education. Sarah Vauk, retail merchandising and management, store management intern, Buckle, Kearney, Neb. Huiyu Zhang, hotel restaurant and tourism ...
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Holly Ensign-Barstow, Samuel Globus
New York Times
He graduated from Wesleyan and has two master's degrees, one in the history of science andtechnology from Oxford, the other in biotechnology from Columbia. His mother is the curator of exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. ...
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MediaPost's 4th Annual Future of Media Forum to Be Held During Advertising ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This year's forum will be hosted and sponsored by the NYU School of Continuing and ProfessionalStudies (NYU-SCPS) through the Master's Program in Graphic Communications Management andTechnology and held at the NYU Kimmel Center to coincide with ...
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YPARD Mapping Training in Africa Science News - YPARD | YPARD
YPARD Mapping Training in Africa Science News ... Ann Kingiri, the Director of Research, Africa Centre for Technology Studies, hailed the vital role of modern ...
ypard.net/apps/news/item/715/
Venus scientists see research 'bias' - Science & Technology News ...
Breaking science news and updates from around the world. ... Research grants allocated to Venusstudies have made up just 2 percent of NASA's ...
www.arcamax.com/technology/technews/s-942395
Culture Drives Gender Gap in Spatial Abilities, Study Finds ...
To find out, study author Moshe Hoffman, a postdoctoral researcher at the ... Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../culture-drives-gender-gap-spatial-abi...

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