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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 13, 2011


Study: Nighttime LED light increases risk of cancer
Jerusalem Post
“White” artificial light is emitted at wavelengths of between 440 and 500 nanometers, according to the international team of astronomers, physicists and biologists from ISTIL - Light Pollution Science andTechnology Institute in Italy, the US National ...
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SpongeBob study: Do fast-paced cartoons impair kids' thinking?
Christian Science Monitor
A 1977 study published in the journal Educational Technology Research and Development compared the cognitive effects of fast-paced versus slow-paced "Sesame Street" episodes and found no difference between the two. But a 2004 study in the journal ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Building a science culture: Yale sciences compete with the humanities
Yale Daily News
Janaskie attended the Research Science Institute, a summer program held at MIT where 80 of the most accomplished science, math, engineering and technology students in the world further theirstudies. Though she examined science at Yale thoroughly ...
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BC Conference Looks at Motivating High Schoolers to Study, Work in Math ...
Boston College Chronicle
Advancing Research on Youth Motivation in STEM, held Sept. 9-11, was organized by the Newton, Mass.-based Education Development Center, and focused on the findings of researchers in the National Science Foundation program Innovative Technology ...
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Summer work experience at Innovative Technology
openPR (press release)
Charlotte Pickering (Blue Coat School) is currently studying Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Science at A-Level. Charlotte worked with Mathematicians from theResearch & Development Department at Innovative Technology, to put her studiesinto ...
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openPR (press release)
MedNet Solutions Launches the iMedNet CRO Partner Program
PR Newswire (press release)
At the core of the program is iMedNet EDC, MedNet's recently released cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) eClinical solution that allows non-technical clinical research personnel to quickly and easily set up and maintain their own EDC studies. ...
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Chemistry year: GCU hosts research poster show
The Express Tribune
The competition was held to highlight the quality of research carried out in Pakistan in chemistry. Students from the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU); the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST); and the Quaid-i-Azam ...
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The Express Tribune
Insulin spray aided memory in Alzheimer's study
Reuters
Obviously, like any other study, it has to be replicated and independently confirmed. If that happens, then there will be a lot of interest in moving in this direction," Dr. Sam Gandy of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in New York ...
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A win-win partnership for museum training & research
Loughborough News
Dr Ross Parry, also from the School of Museum Studies, who is leading the programme with the Collections Trust said: 'This new scholarship follows a number of collaborative research projects and Knowledge Exchange ventures with the Collections Trust. ...
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"Hello, My Name Is..."
MarketWatch (press release)
To accomplish this, DARPA is funding the NoNameSite.com CS-STEM program to create compelling activities and opportunities for middle and high school students to apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that will increase in ...
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Pressure for positive results puts science under threat, study shows
EurekAlert (press release)
Dr Daniele Fanelli of the University's Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, who led the study, said: "Either journals are rejecting more negative results, or scientists are producing more positives. ...
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Strategy Analytics Announces Further Digital Consumer Analyst Team Expansion
MarketWatch (press release)
Unique to the industry analyst sector, this research service draws upon ethnographic studies of consumers in their own homes in order to develop compelling new insights and lessons for media,technology and service provider participants. ...
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Understanding and Reporting Visual Acuity Measurements in Publications of ...
Archives of Ophthalmology
Ferris FL III, Bailey I. Standardizing the measurement of visual acuity for clinical research studies: guidelines from the Eye Care Technology Forum. Ophthalmology. 1996;103(1):181-182. WEB OFSCIENCE | PUBMED 4. Williams MA, Moutray TN, Jackson AJ. ...
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InVivo Therapeutics Promotes Lauren Mitarotondo to Vice President, Operations ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... technology in connection with spinal cord injuries; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research and development, clinicalstudies and future product commercialization; and, ...
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Horse Feed Mineral Research Wins NRC Award
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A 16-year-old Kerikeri High School student's study into iodine levels in horse feeds and supplements has earned her this year's Northland Regional Council 'Excellence Award' at the Top Energy Far North Science and Technology Fair. ...
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A Light Bulb Moment in the Brain
Miller-McCune.com
Koch, a professor of cognitive and behavioral biology at the California Institute ofTechnology, focuses his research on the neural bases of consciousness. “Optogenetics means that the word 'science' in neuroscience is finally being realized....
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Miller-McCune.com
An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer
New York Times
The research, they say, has far to go; the treatment is still experimental, not available outside of studies. But scientists say the treatment that helped Mr. Ludwig, described recently in The New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational ...
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New York Times
Semiconductor Research Corporation Awards Seven Contracts for Industry-Guided ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This clearly exemplifies that ATIC's strategy of funding relevant research is beginning to bear fruit." Since the launch of joint efforts between SRC and ATIC in 2010, highlights of the collaboration have included workshops and studies that are ...
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Research Presented at ENT Rhinology Conference Adds to the Clinical Evidence ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MINNEAPOLIS, Sep 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Entellus Medical, a Minnesota-based medicaltechnology company, announced today that results of two clinical research studies presented at the annual American Rhinologic Society meeting in San Francisco ...
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Research partners claim they're making leaps and bounds towards understanding ...
Vancouver Sun
She said the group is the only recipient of funding from Autism Canada because it is the firstresearch that gives parents real hope that a cure is possible, and it's the first time she said she feels the scientists are listening. The National Science ...
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Research and Markets: 98-367: Security Fundamentals
Business Wire (press release)
Students who are beginning studies in technology need a strong foundation in the basics before moving on to more advanced technology courses and certification programs. The MicrosoftTechnology Associate (MTA) is a new and innovative certification ...
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Cognition research aims to reduce medical errors
EurekAlert (press release)
While there have been advances in performance research related to health care, recent studiesshow medical errors remain a significant challenge to the health care system, they said. Collectively, the studies address threats to patient safety due to ...
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Fort Worth Group Attacks Air Study
KERA
DALLAS, TX (KERA) - A group of gas drilling critics calls Fort Worth's recent air qualitystudy flawed, manipulative and misleading. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports the city stands behind the research, but also says more work remains to be done. ...
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KERA
Brookhaven Lab and Meadowbrook Partners Inc. become a mentor-protege team
PhysOrg.com (press release)
"So far, we've tested control rooms in six nuclear reactors," said Paul Kalb, division head for Environmental Research and Technology at Brookhaven Lab, "but there is a wider market for this type of testing using PFT tracers, and not just for nuclear ...
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GE launches new company to spur IT development
Healthcare IT News
NISKAYUNA, NY – GE has launched a new entity, Research Circle Technology, to accelerate and enhance the development of metabolic imaging and other technology. The mission of RCT, which was created under GE's Technology Ventures business, ...
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Diamond planets, climate change and the scientific method
The Conversation
Following the publication of our finding in the journal Science, our research received amazing attention from the world's media. The diamond planet was featured in Time Magazine, the BBC and China Daily, to name but a few. ...
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The Conversation
Five Critical Things to Know About Employee Assessment Technology
Talent Management Tech
The study, consisting of data on 3248 employees, documented 43 percent employee turnover reduction in managerial positions after implementing assessment technology. Look for assessmenttechnology with proven employee retention improvement. ...
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Aryans were original settlers of India: BHU VC
Times of India
Therefore, we have to adopt new technology otherwise we will be followers only," he said. The university is best suited for trans-national research because it has almost all the subjects ofscience and technology. The vice-chancellor suggested to have ...
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute studies air quality in Santiago de Chile
EurekAlert (press release)
This research, focusing on atmospheric fine particles, applies new technology used in Finland, which has been installed at the measurement stations to conduct real-time monitoring of the amounts and chemical composition of particles in the air. ...
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EPRI awarded $1.5MM to deploy, test advanced hydropower technology
PennEnergy- Energy News (press release)
The award is part of a $17 million DOE and US Department of Interior (DOI) competitive process forresearch and development projects to advance hydropower technology. The DOE award requires industry cost share which will bring total project funding to ...
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NovaBay Pharmaceuticals' Reports Positive Results in Sinus Infection Study
MarketWatch (press release)
The study, titled "Efficacy of NVC-422 Against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in a Sheep Model of Sinusitis," was conducted by Professor PJ Wormald and his research team from the University of Adelaide in Australia in collaboration with researchers at ...
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Ford Partners With Bug Labs To Develop Open Source Platform For In-Car Innovatin'
TechCrunch
According to K. Venkatesh Prasad, the senior technical leader for Ford Research and Innovation, OpenXC is designed to create a platform that is completely open to the developer community, allowing engineers and hackers to offer cool in-car solutions to ...
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Vet-Stem CEO Chairs Veterinary Stem Cell Section at MSC 2011 at Case Western ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Conzemius presented cutting edge data from ongoing research and clinical studies of adipose-derived stem cells in canine osteoarthritis. The third presenter was Dr. Mark Martinelli, a board-certified equine surgeon at California Equine Orthopedics. ...
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Unheralded Boom in Retail WFM Deployments
RIS News (blog)
The data is found in the just released report called “WFM on the Fast Track,” which is an RIS exclusive custom research study. This large group of retailers has a medium level of pain, which hurts but is not quite unbearable. ...
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Silence and InteRNA Partner to Develop AtuPlex-Formulated Anticancer miRNAs
Genetic Engineering News
The firms will partner on in vitro and in vivo studies and selection of candidates for further development. Silence is eligible for up-front fees and staged research payments. Silence is focused on the discovery, development, and delivery of RNA ...
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Gale and Library Media Connection Announce Winners of the 2011 TEAMS Award
Sacramento Bee
The 2011 winners are Winter Park Elementary School in Wilmington, North Carolina; Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Jefferson, Louisiana; and Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The TEAMS Award was created to recognize the ...
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Microscope Hats Peer Inside Mice Brains
Discovery News
The technology is described in the latest issue of the journal Nature Methods. Before the 2008 microscope, optical studies on mice brains usually required the animals to be held in place or walk on a moving platform keeping their heads still. ...
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Getting Patients to Care About Their Care
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Laura Landro A new campaign, Care About Your Care, aims to get consumers fired up about the growing body of research that shows that health care in the US is uneven at best and wasteful at worst. Studies in recent years have concluded that Americans ...
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Kitware Awarded $300000 in National Institutes of Health Research Grants to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
... initially be used for time-lapse studies of neuroplasticity in well-defined neural circuits, it will also be useful for slide imaging. Kitware, Inc. is a leader in the creation and support of open source software and state-of-the-art technology, ...
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Dr. Mark Freedman to Join Opexa's Scientific Advisory Board
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Freedman has published extensively and his research includes the area of molecular neurochemistry, cellular immunology and clinical studies in MS. In addition, he has over 25 years of experience in the management of patients with MS and has been ...
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'Trojan Horse' particle sneaks chemotherapy in to kill ovarian cancer cells
EurekAlert (press release)
The study will be published next week in the journal, Biomaterials. Dr Davidson Ateh, who worked on the research at Queen Mary, University of London and set up the start-up company, BioMoti, that will develop the technology for clinical use said "It's ...
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Preparing for the Workplace of the Future at the 2011 Content & Collaboration ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Siteworx consultants will be on hand to discuss case studies of its Web content management, enterprise search, mobile strategy and content strategy practice areas. The Forum is organized by Forrester Research, Inc., an independent research company ...
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Bladder Cancer: Time for a Rethink?
Cancer Network
Comparisons of large surgical[9] and radiotherapy[10] series suggest very similar long-term survival rates, and population-based studies do not appear to show any survival differences linked to mode of treatment.[11] Moreover, most large surgical ...
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International genome consortium discovers new genes that control blood pressure
National Institutes of Health (press release)
In one of the largest genomics studies ever, an international research consortium that includes the National Institutes of Health has identified 29 genetic variations across 28 regions of the human genome that influence blood pressure. ...
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New York City Department of Education Shows 3478-Percent Return on Investment
MarketWatch (press release)
The complete case study is currently available to Nucleus Research subscribers and can be accessed at http://nucleusresearch.com/research/roi-case-studies/roi-case-study-cybershift-nyc-department-of-education/ . For more information about SumTotal, ...
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You can call this assistant Dr. Watson
Indianapolis Star
Studies show that doctors deliver the appropriate care only about half the time, Beer said. Watson will suggest the most likely diagnosis and treatment options for a patient. But will Watson have the final word? What if a doctor who treats a patient ...
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Bruker Announces Agreement to Acquire CETR
MarketWatch (press release)
CETR instruments have been successfully utilized in numerous academic labs for fundamental materials research and have been responsible for important breakthroughs in studies of thin films, as well as in numerous factories and plants for quality ...
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More PhDs, more competition: Pressure for positive ... - Science Codex
By News
... new analysis suggests. A study by the University of Edinburgh examined more than 4600 scientific research papers published between 1990. ... More PhDs, more competition: Pressure for positive results puts science under threat. Posted On: ... Dr Daniele Fanelli of the University's Institute for the Study of ScienceTechnology and Innovation, who led the study, said: "Either journals are rejecting more negative results, or scientists are producing more positives. It is most likely a ...
Science Codex - Science news,...
NSF invests $20 million in Iowa's renewable energy and energy ...
By Iowa State News Service
AMES, Iowa – The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million, five-year grant to build Iowa's research capacity in renewable energy. ... Hiring five new faculty members to improve energyresearch at Regent universities; Improving Iowa's information technologies for energy studies; engaging Iowans in energy issues; transferring campus energy inventions to private companies. “This project is a unique opportunity for ... Crime and Courts Breaking crime and courts news ...
TheGazette
Pressure For Positive Results Puts Science Under Threat - Science ...
Scientific research may be in decline across the globe because of growing ... of the University's Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, ...
www.redorbit.com/.../pressure-for-positive-results-puts-science...

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