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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 12, 2011


Humans Are Hardwired to Respond to Animals, Says Study
Treehugger
In fact, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and UCLA say that the region of the human brain which dictates emotions, both positive and negative, is more responsive to the sight of animals than anyone every expected ...
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Fast-Paced Cartoons Such as SpongeBob May Harm Kids' Brains, Study Finds
Bloomberg
“Technology is great, but we also want to explore how does that impact our kids,” said Brown, who wasn't an author of today's study, in a Sept. 9 telephone interview. “If in fact there is some impact from chilling out, watching a fun show on immediate ...
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Masood stresses need for research in institutions
Pakistan Observer
Addressing as the chief guest at the 7th Convocation of the Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology at Convention Centre, Islamabad on Saturday, the Governor while mentioning the advancement achieved by China in the fields of economy ...
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RS disruption costs students their degrees
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Frequent disruptions and non-functioning of Parliament has cost more than 80 students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) in Pune and Kolkata dear. IISERs were to be made part of the National ...
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Tertiary study boost with Ballance scholarships
Voxy
Mr Catto says education is the key to building capacity and innovative thinking in the fields ofscience and technology as well as ensuring the wider agriculture sector remains competitive. "It's been identified there are holes in these sectors that ...
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Silence Therapeutics and InteRNA Technologies Sign Collaboration to Develop ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Silence and InteRNA will undertake in vitro and in vivo studies of the candidate drugs developed under the agreement and select lead candidates for further evaluation. Silence is eligible to receive upfront fees as well as staged research payments. ...
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Curricula ignore the potential of technology
Financial Times
What proportion of today's MBA programmes fully explore the potential of thesetechnologies by engaging faculty from engineering and computer science to lecture on the latest developments in technology? If business schools fail to educate tomorrow's ...
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Financial Times
Interdisciplinary Water Resources seminar
Colorado State University News (press release)
Speaker Bio: In his graduate studies, under Professor B. George Barisas at Colorado State University's Department of Chemistry, Russell Young designed and built luminescence based laser/optical research tools for the study of cellular membrane dynamics ...
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Colorado State University News (press release)
Science &Technology
News & Observer
AP FILE PHOTO GPS collars and other technologies are giving us some grizzly details: The bear population is growing - and on the move in the Western grasslands.Studies of the seeminglyobvious are widespread. But "duh" research serves a purpose. ...
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News & Observer
Microsoft Releases National Survey Findings on How to Inspire the Next ...
IEWY News
In his State of the Union address in January 2011, President Obama said, “Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial to America's success. But if we want to win the future — if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and ...
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Availing scholarships from Swiss govt
Times of India
These scholarships provide graduates from all fields with the opportunity to pursue postgraduatestudies or research in Switzerland at a public funded university or recognised institution. Scholarships are provided for a nine-month academic year. ...
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WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care
MarketWatch (press release)
Imagine having the ability to take in all the information around a patient's medical care -- symptoms, findings, patient interviews and diagnostic studies. Then, imagine using Watson analytic capabilities to consider all of the prior cases, ...
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Austin-based company hopes new technology can spawn boom in algae production
Austin American-Statesman
AlgEternal Technologies LLC is near completion of a commercial facility at UT's JJ Pickle Research Campus. The facility, which had its ribbon-cutting last week, is a collaboration among AlgEternal, UT's Center for Electromechanics and the university's...
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Austin American-Statesman
Paramount Industries Presents Replica of USS United States Created with 3D ...
PR Web (press release)
During the event, Mayor Nutter spoke about the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Research studies show a strong correlation between STEM education and competitiveness and economic prosperity. Science,technology ...
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PR Web (press release)
Space future
Pueblo Chieftain
Young minds are like sponges, and to interest youngsters in space studies is to foster a desire to further study math, science, engineering and technology. The university already offers a master's in education, but now this program will help teachers ...
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Diamyd Medical: Diamyd Awarded Three Million Dollar Grant and Expands the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Chemotherapeutics are invaluable tools in the fight against cancer," says Dr. David Fink, a long-term collaborator doing research with Diamyd Medical's NTDDS technology. "Unfortunately, they also produce serious side effects, such as peripheral ...
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UQ researchers shine at Women in Technology awards
UQ News
The Rising Star Award went to Ms Olivia Wright from the School of Human Movement Studies, while Kelly Brooks from the UQ Diamantina Institute represented student research by winning the PhD Career Start Award. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) ...
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9/11: Have We Overlooked the Most Effective Way to Prevent Terrorism and War?
Huffington Post (blog)
Numerous scientific research studies on the TM technique show that during transcendence, the brain becomes highly coherent 1 , leading to improved mental performance 2 , reduced stress 3 and more harmonious behavior outside of meditation 4 -- along ...
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QUT students set to study in Europe
Bayside Bulletin
THEY may be serious about completing their university studies on time but that hasn't stopped Queensland University of Technology students Olivia Pratt, of Thornlands, and Cameron Leafe, of Capalaba, from heading overseas for six months. ...
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More Adults Using Location Services on Mobile Phones [Study]
Bostinnovation
Many of the statistics found from earlier studies remain true. Younger users still dominate the market, as 18-49 year olds are more apt to experiment with the technology compared to those over the age of 50. The Pew Internet study also found that ...
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Stem cell transplant tumor risk may be reduced by Scripps Research method
North County Times (blog)
The method works both with pluripotent cells derived from human embryos and induced pluripotent stem cells, made from human skin cells. The study was published Sept. 8 in the journal CellResearch as an open article. The entire article is free to read ...
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Circadian Technologies appoints Dr Ian Leitch to clinical trials management team
Proactive Investors Australia
Australian drug developer Circadian Technologies (ASX:CIR, OTCQX:CKDXY) has added depth to its clinical development team, appointing Dr Ian Leitch to the newly created position of director – Clinical Research. With Circadian moving into the clinical...
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Admissions in MS, M.Phil degree pogramme
Pakistan Observer
Hyderabad—The Acting Dean Research and Graduates Studies University of Sindh Saturday announced that admission forms for admissions to MS and M.Phil degree programme will be issued from September 19, 2011. He further announced that the University of ...
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This is where old fridges go to die. Violently.
Herald Sun
The centre also includes a research and division lab, which studies how to better recycle old products and how to make new products which are easier to recycle. When PETEC began processing flatscreen TVs in 2009, it was able to recover 60 per cent of ...
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Lawmakers show it's never too late to learn
New Straits Times
Kamalanathan said he was waiting for the university to approve the draft of his thesis so that he could continue his research, a process that could take up to 1½ years. Devamany (Prime Minister's Department), Datuk Fadhillah Yusof (Science, Technology ...
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State-of-the-art Ghost Town Soon to Rise at New Mexico
Empowered News
The area will also be used to facilitate future research and advanced studies of some state universities, military installations and federal labs. Posted by George on Sep 11 2011. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, ...
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Empowered News
Share and share alike: social media vie for attention
Financial Times
Recent figures from Gartner, the technology consulting company, and GlobalWebIndex, a continuous study of the habits of 100000 internet users around the world, both found early signs of Facebook fatigue. GlobalWebIndex's researchsuggested that ...
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Financial Times
Materials Views Interviews: Paolo Samorì
Materials Views
Supramolecular science is rapidly evolving from structures to functions, thus expanding fromscience to technology. Laying the foundation for such a transition is very challenging and requires tackling the topic from the viewpoint of chemists, ...
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Build your own curriculum
Times of India
Coming to further choices, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Hyderabad, has introduced elective courses in theatre, journalism and HR, for the second, third and fourth years, respectively, of the degree programme, starting January 2011. ...
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Homeland (In)security
Lebanon Express
In the early morning hours of Aug. 31, a column of electric-blue military vehicles, bristling with high-tech equipment, rolled into Corvallis. The unmarked trucks and vans rolled to a halt outside an Oregon State University research lab, the suspected ...
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Back to the classroom
Sydney Morning Herald
After finishing her course a few months ago, McCaffrie is in the process of becoming a registered legal studies and history teacher in either government or Catholic secondary schools. ''A lot of what I learnt as a lawyer is also applicable,'' she says. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
EPA Got It Wrong, Obama Got It Right on Setting New Limits on Ozone: View
Bloomberg
The EPA cites a review by the National Research Council that said ozone exposure is “likely” to “contribute” to premature death. But the review of studies doesn't establish causality with certainty. Rather, it leans on human tests showing ill effects ...
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EVOLV HDS : Evolva announces interim results for first six months of 2011
4-traders (press release)
The project for the US Army Research Office (ARO) focuses on finding molecules that inhibit Burkholderia pseudomallei – a Gram-negative bacterium that causes Melioidosis, an endemic disease in Southeast Asia. In the year to date, MIC studies have been ...
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Dr. Lorien Abroms and Alere Wellbeing Present Webinar on the Use of New ...
PR Web (press release)
Alere Wellbeing has contributed to more than 100 published research studies and maintains collaboration with the American Cancer Society® and an active research program funded by the Centers for Disease Control, American Legacy Foundation, ...
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Recently Asked Questions
Education Times
You may pursue post graduate degree programs in Biology, Bio technology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Food and technology, Environment sciences , para medical fields like pathology, Clinicalresearch, Genetics etc. The large majority of Bio Science ...
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As it's revealed civil servants waste hours on the internet, one addict admits ...
Daily Mail
That's because studies have found the internet is as addictive as smoking or alcohol. The more we use it, the more we feel we need it. In a trial in April, one guinea pig described going 24 hours without being online as 'like having a hand chopped off' ...
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Daily Mail
Michigan State University sees ample A's in recent years
Lansing State Journal
The mean response of MSU students participating in last year's National Survey of Student Engagement put their study time somewhere shy of 16 hours per week. As students put less time into their studies, Babcock said, it's important to ask whether ...
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Thailand: Famous for beaches, cuisine and ... robots?
CNNGo.com
After completing her studies in Washington state, Thavida returned to Bangkok, the city of her birth. She now reminds students in her two-year Master's program not to believe in metaphysical forces over science. "I will have to scold students like, ...
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CNNGo.com
Count on Konica Minolta for an Industry-Leading Performance at Graph Expo 2011
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... Vice President Technology and Research, Printing Industries of America (PIA) Will promote the Konica Minolta/PIA partnership, and present two PIA studies highlighting successful applications of the bizhub PRESS C8000 and bizhub PRESS C70hc. Will ...
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Disaster in Knoxville is not a matter of 'if' but 'when'
Tennessee Journalist
Both Button and Gaffin see the need for conducting long term research studies to gain a better understanding of weather patterns and disasters in addition to implementing policies that focus on recovery and utilizing new technology catered to regions ...
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Tennessee Journalist
Commonly Used Drug Could Prevent Arthritis
Ivanhoe
At this time, researchers don't know if dexamethasone could actually reverse previous cartilage damage, but plan to test this theory, and also the drug's potential protective effects, in future studies. SOURCES: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
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Vodafone announces new investment in customer relationship management
Malta Independent Online
“We are pleased to say that our efforts have been rewarded and confirmed through independent German research technology agency P3 Communications GmBH,” he said. Vodafone Malta introduced its new Chief Technological Officer, Andrew de la Torre. ...
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Meet The Woman Who Makes Deerfield Library Tick
Patch.com
She expects that expanding technology will drive many changes that are difficult to envision today. “Computerized research will continue to expand. Content will be more virtual (electronically-accessible) and be more convenient to download from the ...
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Ten Years After: The Economic Impacts of 9/11
Go Banking Rates
The 9/11 attacks reduced annual GDP between $35 billion and $109 billion, or 0.5 and 1 percent, the research team determined. Previous studies estimated losses as high as $500 billion, or 5 percent, of annual GDP. In conducting the research, ...
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Go Banking Rates
Increased demand for mobile workforce is amplifying enterprise mobility adoption
openPR (press release)
Case studies section of the report comprises of a collection of major real life examples of enterprise mobility adoption across key verticals. It also features a strategic recommendation, derived after a thorough research of the enterprise mobility ...
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Interactive Spanish videogames at Instituto Cervantes
Philippine Star
As one of the founders of Arsgames, a site dedicated to the studies and art of videogames, Escribano is constantly uploading content on the web to disseminate the results of his research. He is a PhD candidate at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid ...
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Holyoke mayoral candidate Alex Morse: Charismatic newcomer with leadership ...
MassLive.com
Morse – calling himself “the only candidate raised in the digital age” – has tried to position himself as the obvious choice to lead as the computing center takes off and, supporters say, makes Holyoke a hub of high-tech research. ...
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MassLive.com
Social Science - Science, Technology & Engineering Careers ...
By GenoXan
The Hub brings together a large team of researchers (70+) working in and across the disciplines of computer science, communications engineering, human geography, sociology, transport studies, health sciences and environmental science. ...
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Govt increases financing for postgraduate science studies - IPP Media
Students will be registered at the Nelson Mandela Institute of Science and Technology, which is specifically designated to provide training on research and ...
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