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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 15, 2011


Toyota Teams Up for Safety Studies
Wall Street Journal
Joining with universities represents a shift in the way Toyota conducts its research. Previously, most of the company's work had been proprietary; the new studies will be published and made available to other auto makers, Toyota officials said at a ...
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Research University Group Aims to Strengthen STEM Teaching
Inside Higher Ed
The Association of American Universities on Wednesday announced a five-year effort to improve the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, focused on the 61 US and Canadian research ...
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CUNY research boosted by Sloan Foundation
Baruch College The Ticker
The grant was bestowed during CUNY's Decade of Science, during which the university develops itsresearch in its STEM program, which prioritizes study in CUNY's science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments. ...
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Magid on Tech: Parents using old-fashioned tools to keep children safe online
San Jose Mercury News
FOSI commissioned Hart Research Associates to interview 702 parents of children from 8 to 17 years old. The study, which has a margin of error of 3.7 percent, found that "nearly all parents surveyed (96 percent) say they have had a conversation with ...
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L'Oréal Thailand announced four female researchers for 9th "For Women in ...
The Nation
Dr Uracha Ruktanonchai (Rungsardthong) from the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) also a fellowship recipient in the Material Science category said, "The main objective of this research is to study encapsulation technology to assist in ...
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NASA Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The study was co-funded by the California Institute of Technology's Keck Institute for Space Studies and KISR. The Kuwaiti Police Air Force provided technical support for the flight tests. JPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of ...
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rewiring the Brain to Regain Control After Stroke
LiveScience.com
Editor's Note: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the federal agency charged with funding basic research and education across all fields of science and engineering. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or ...
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Students Report Lower Levels of Learning in High-Tech Classrooms
The Epoch Times
The findings are consistent with what other studies in the field suggest, according to Mark Bullen, dean of the Learning & Teaching Centre at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, who has conducted extensive research into e-learning. ...
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Music, science historians coming to MSU Sept. 16
Mississippi State Newsroom
Hui, an assistant professor, said that, while many of the participants focus on the history of scienceor mathematics, several others have extensive knowledge in musicology and media studies.Research papers discussed at the workshop will appear in an ...
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Govt plans to recover costs from IIT students
India Today
The IIT Council also agreed to replace the joint entrance examination (JEE) for admission to the IITs and other engineering tests with one omnibus entrance examination by 2013 as proposed by the high-powered committee headed by scienceand technology ...
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India Today
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Completes PENNVAX™-B HIV Vaccine Phase I Study ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery mechanism or develop viable DNA vaccines, the adequacy of our capital resources, ...
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What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market?
Knowledge@Wharton
"There is clearly a patent-hoarding mentality in technology -- and in mobile communications, specifically," says Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of legalstudies and business ethics at Wharton. "The game is to amass as many patents as you can. ...
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Jefferies Adds to Asia Equity Research
Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
He received a MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BS from the University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Guo joins Jefferies from HSBC, where she was a Consumer Equity Research Analyst covering greater China. ...
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CSUB nabs one of its largest-ever grants
Bakersfield Californian
BY JORGE BARRIENTOS Californian staff writer Cal State Bakersfield has received yet another national grant, this time a $5 million one that will launch a new science and technology researchcenter, groom future scientists and focus on improving the ...
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Georgia Tech Joins Global Thought Leaders in World Economic Forum
Media Newswire (press release)
Besides holding meetings, the World Economic Forum produces a series of research reports and engages its members in sector-specific initiatives. Georgia Tech faculty members have been asked to be academic partners on three studies for the forum. ...
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Carroll schools work to align with state core standards
Carroll County Times
In the area of career and technology education, the school system is in the process of transitioning the current agriscience completer program to the Curriculum for Agricultural Science and Education, which is a four-course completer program that ...
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Scientist honored for dead-zone research
Daily Comet
In 2000, she led one of six research teams documenting the Gulf dead zone for the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the White House Office of Science and Technology, and provided information for a 2008 assessment. ...
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Living in a mini world
Times of India
A group of civil engineering students from BMS College of Engineering was awarded the best project of the year by Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, IISc. The project, 'Somestudies on development of previous concrete' , was developed ...
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Blockbuster Anti-Cancer Technology
Daily Reckoning - American Edition
By Patrick Cox 09/14/11 Marco Island, Florida – The science story with the biggest buzz recently was probably the successful treatment of three leukemia patients by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania. While the leukemia research is ...
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The Disinformation Campaign Against Homeopathy
Huffington Post (blog)
The homeopathy deniers ignore or downplay the substantial body of evidence from basic science and clinical research, from outcome studies, from cost-effectiveness studies and from epidemiological evidence, and only quote from those studies that verify ...
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The Unmet Promise of Education Technology
Education Week News (blog)
... which find that the higher the quality of the research (eg random assignment of large samples), the lower the estimate of CAI effects. In a nation that worships technology and spends billions ontechnology in schools, the study should have been a ...
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Wondrous healing light therapy
Heber Springs Sun-Times
With continuing studies and research doctors are examining how this special lighting technologyhelps hard-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic skin ulcers, serious burns, and severe oral sores caused by chemotherapy and radiation. ...
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Toyota teams with universities for research on safety issues
Torque News
The basic series of research projects by Toyota and the educational institutions will help in the better understanding of many key safety matters for drivers and pedestrians. The studies will help find ways to reduce driver distractions, ...
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EDC's new research roundtable debuts
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Florida, she noted, attracts $2 billion a year in research dollars that help fuel the scientific studiesgenerating new ideas and products. They run the risk, however, of languishing in the so-called "valley of death" for new ventures if additional ...
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Laughing Cliché Confirmed; Lazily Living Longer
The Atlantic Wire
Today in Research: who cares about lazy mice, why laughter is good for you, what eye goop is made of, and another explanation for science's errors. Why should we care that hibernating mice live longer? Because we want to live longer too. A new study...
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The Atlantic Wire
Lights Out, Game On
Lexington Dispatch
“It evolved to Blu-Tek, because what we were really after is a cooler sleep surface, and in our consumer research, 'blue' seems to hit on the cool-support technology.” His target is women 25 to 35, a new market for an industry that has been mostly ...
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With device's aid, the paralyzed take steps anew
Boston Globe
The robotic technology, developed by a California company called Berkeley Bionics, is undergoing investigational studies at Spaulding and nine other rehabilitation centers. The device is completely external, initially with steps triggered by pushing a ...
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Boston Globe
Styrene in the Crosshairs: Competing Standards Confuse Public, Regulators
STATS
In reaching its risk classification decision on styrene, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reviewed these studies and found them unpersuasive, as those workers were exposed to multiple chemicals. Consequently, IARC declined to ...
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Viamet Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Program with Novel ...
MarketWatch (press release)
VT-1161 is a novel small molecule discovered by Viamet Pharmaceuticals using its proprietary Metallophile(R) Technology. VT-1161 has been shown in preclinical studies to potently inhibit a wide range of fungal pathogens causing human disease, ...
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Personnel Profile: Scott McNealy
Capitol Weekly
The conference is sponsored by the Telework Research Network, whose most recent study argues that the state government in California could save “$800 million in increased productivity and $500 million in absenteeism and turnover costs” by rolling out ...
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: Environmental experts to visit as School of Forestry and Environmental ...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Sep 14, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Four individuals with expertise in the areas of greening the economy, climate change, engineering and finance have joined the faculty for the fall semester at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies ...
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Video Games May Help Stroke Rehabilitation
Medscape
However, he said, he was impressed with the results of studies showing the benefits of virtual reality on activities of daily living. This research is supported by various sources and presented at scientific and professional meetings. ...
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Skipping Pluripotency
Scientist
Flickr, GE Healthcare The discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) in 2006 opened the door to promising research and therapeutic techniques, such as the generation of disease models and the potential to replace cells damaged by ...
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Scientist
With Emerging Technology Partners' Steven Frank on Board, Intrexon Completes ...
Citybizlist (press release)
Thomas D. Reed, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Reed is a molecular geneticist with over twenty years of experience in recombinant DNA technology. He has developed sophisticated transgenic model systems for studying the role of gene ...
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NCAR coral expert wins prestigious Heinz Award
UCAR
She also studies the effects of rising ocean temperatures on marine ecosystems, including biologically diverse coral reefs. “Dr. Kleypas's dedication to uncovering the devastating impact acidification has on coral reefs and her decades-long research ...
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UCAR
New Orleans charters see reading, math scores rise faster than traditional schools
NOLA.com
View full sizeTed Jackson, The Times-Picayune archiveThese students at AbramsonScience and Technology Charter School were photographed Aug. 10. New Schools for New Orleans, in conjunction with the state's Recovery School District, is doling out $33.6 ...
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NOLA.com
E-commerce changing India's art mart: Saffronart CEO
Economic Times
Studies cite tha the Indian art market is estimated at over Rs.2000 crore (Rs.20 billion). Saffronart is offering a niche collection of modern and contemporary art for its autumn online auction Sep 21-22. The collection featuring 70 lots by 32 ...
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Pharmaceutical trials firm quadrupling space in University of Miami life ...
Miami Today
By Anne-Margaret Swary The University of Miami's Life Science & Technology Park has passed 60% occupancy and announced a significant new tenant ahead of its Sept. 20 ribbon-cutting. Advance Pharma CR signed a 12-year lease for 20000 square feet on the ...
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Youth embrace marriage and reject infidelity; Cheaters! study fails
Examiner.com
Study, based on a reality TV show, is that studies can be manipulated. This is the reason I cling to the validated statistics of the The Marriage Project at the University of Virginia based on data funded by the National Science Foundation. ...
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VistaGen Therapeutics Provides Investor Update on Corporate Activities and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are using our stem cell technology platform, Human Clinical Trials in a Test Tube(TM), for both drug rescue and cell therapy. Our CNS drug development efforts are currently focused on clinicalstudies of AV-101 for neuropathic pain. ...
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Insulin given nasally shows promise for Alzheimer's, finds study
eMaxHealth
Research suggests insulin, delivered nasally, provides brain cells with nourishment that might keep Alzheimer's from progressing and even improve symptoms. Insulin dysregulation, say the study authors, contributes to memory loss associated with ...
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eMaxHealth
Good News for Rural Stroke Patients: Telestroke Care is Cost-Effective
MarketWatch (press release)
Mayo Clinic was the first medical center in Arizona to do pioneering clinical research to studytelemedicine as a means of serving patients with stroke in non-urban settings, and today serves as the "hub" in a network of 10 "spoke" centers. ...
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BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY IN WEIGHT LOSS ARRIVES IN INDIA
Online PR News (press release)
USA based Erchonia Inc, the patent company will also be introducing a similar LASER technologyfor acne treatment, scar removal and fungus treatment in the Indian subcontinent”, concludes Dr. Chaturvedi who also runs an Anti-Aging Research Centre in ...
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NASA 039 s Kepler telescope spots 039 invisible 039 planet duo
Moneycontrol.com
The method, essentially studies the differences in the brightness of a star resulting out of a planet's movement across itself. When viewed from a telescope, Kepler's in this case, some light is blocked, which is inferred to be the passage of a planet. ...
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FSOkx Announces 2nd Annual Business Process Management and Technology ...
Sacramento Bee
The BPM and Technology Innovation Forum and Expo provides an ideal platform for networking and knowledge exchange in an interactive and exclusive environment. A variety of session formats, including panel discussions, case studies, and keynotes led by ...
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PYLE: Obama's employment policy alter egos
Washington Times
s, work-force-development organization to help promote studies in green technology. Three-quarters of its first 100 graduates could not find work despite the Obama administration's statements that green jobs would be the next “employment boom. ...
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Washington Times
Fifth Largest School District in America Chooses HMH Fuse(TM): Algebra 1 App ...
MarketWatch (press release)
To support CCSD's goals in measuring the technology's impact on learning, HMH has hired an independent research firm to measure pilot students' performance and attitudes toward Algebra over the 2011-12 school year. The study will also look at pilot ...
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2 New Publications Provide a Cloud Computing Standards ...
Aston University in Birmgham, UK, is involved in a £1.2m research project which is set to investigate the possibilities of next generation 'cloud' technologies for large scale and complex IT systems. Engineers from Aston's Computer Science ...
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SPICE Project announced at British Science Festival - Research ...
Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could ... This will allow the engineers to study how the hose and balloon behave over ... Send the news item "SPICE Project announced at British Science Festival" to a ...
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