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Women are still resistant to careers in science and technology
Guelph Mercury
Studies have also found that — not surprisingly — a diverse workforce mirroring the make-up of an organization's customer base is better equipped to address the needs of those customers. And in disciplines such as science and technology that are so ...
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Florida Atlantic University asks state for $6 million to create Institute for ...
TCPalm
By Eric Pfahler JUPITER — Florida Atlantic University has asked the state for $6 million to create the Institute for Science and Technology. The Institute would work with Port St. Lucie based-Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and the ...
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Cal Poly Pomona student up for avocado challenge
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Max Johnson, a graduate student at the Pomona-based university's College of Agriculture, is looking for men from 18 to 40 years old to be part of a research study that will examine if a daily consumption of one Hass avocado - for eight weeks - will ...
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New technologies eyed for Sanriku fisheries
The Daily Yomiuri
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry will appropriate funds for theresearch projects in the government's third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011 and plans to continue its studies of the situation over next 10 years. ...
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QF to host research forum
Gulf Times
Plenary sessions for the 2011 Annual Research Forum will be centred on 'Globalisation inResearch' and 'Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology', with parallel sessions falling into the following sections – biomedicine, energy, environment, ...
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University study finds students with Apple's iPad perform better than peers
Apple Insider
The university's iPad-specific research results are "uniformly positive," as noted by TUAW after a preview of the data. One study found that "students who annotated text on their iPads scored 25% higher on questions regarding information transfer than ...
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Research sheds light on heart disease
Culpeper Star Exponent
Researchers plan additional studies using new 3D ultrasound technology. "This disease was first described in the 1960s. What we knew about the disease in the 1960s was about the same as what we knew up until a few years ago," Dr. Borgarelli said. ...
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Lake Michigan research platform ready to be shipped to Muskegon
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
By Dave Alexander | Muskegon Chronicle Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy CenterThe AXYS Technology research platform currently sits in Vancouver, Canada awaiting transport to Muskegon. MUSKEGON — The Lake Michigan research buoy to be shipped ...
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CM invites Chinese investment to MP
Daily Pioneer
The company is regarded as the biggest stemcell bank and has carved out a distinguished identity for itself in the world during the last ten years. The Chief Minister was impressed with scientificstudies and high-tech medical research there and ...
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Rutgers, UCLA Awarded $2 Million to Develop Smart Technology that Reduces ...
News from Rutgers
Iftode, a principal investigator on the three-year, $1.94 million collaborative grant, said the researchis both a computer science challenge – collecting and sharing data over Wi-Fi or 3G wireless networks between thousands of sensors and vehicles ...
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Homeland Security official visits campus
UW Badger Herald
UW political science professor Barry Burden said linking international students to the economy was a strength of Napolitano’s speech. “The economy is the number one issue for most Americans right now,†Burden said. “I thought that was a ...
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Mother's milk best for growing babies
HealthCanal.com
Deakin PhD student Meagan Gillespie and research fellow Dr Tamsyn Crowley, along with colleagues from the University's Institute for Technology Research and Innovation and CSIRO Livestock Industries, have studied the genes behind pigeon 'milk' ...
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Embryo testing stokes concern over designer babies
Montreal Gazette
But we need the studies to show us.” While Holzer said society needs to decide on thetechnology's moral boundaries, “I think that the era of manipulating genes to create the perfect baby is still something imaginary for now.”
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ANN ARBOR: Author Jim Ottaviani pens graphic novel about quantum physicist
Heritage Newspapers
By Sheila Pursglove, Special Writer It seems an odd mix - comics about science. Far removed from the dull grade school books many of us suffered through. But Ann Arbor resident Jim Ottaviani has brought science to life in graphic novels and comic books ...
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Sangamo BioSciences Announces Presentation of Groundbreaking Clinical Data ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"The data obtained in our treatment interruption studies are very exciting and represent significant progress toward a 'functional cure' for HIV/AIDS," said Carl June, MD, Director of TranslationalResearch at the Abramson Family Cancer Research ...
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Harrisburg University to offer New Certified Government Chief Information ...
openPR (press release)
(openPR) - Beginning October 2011, a new certification program for government Chief Information Officers (CIOs) will be offered at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology to specifically address the unique challenges of public sector IT ...
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WWF Freshwater Director, Dr. Li Lifeng, Talks To Asian Scientist Magazine
Asian Scientist Magazine
According to National Science and Technology Development Plan for Environmental Protection during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, the Chinese government will invest 22 billion Chinese yuan (about US$3.45 billion). In addition to investment ...
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Asian Scientist Magazine
“Rolls-Royce” of x-ray machines honoured
swissinfo.ch
Venki Ramakrishnan shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”. A lot of his research was done at the SLS. The light produced ranges from infrared to hard x-rays, which can penetrate solid ...
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CHUM Golf Classic raises $2M
Montreal Gazette
Montreal-based Lundbeck Canada, a subsidiary of the international research-based pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S, has donated $2.7 million to fund a Canada-wide research study into the biological markers for depression. ...
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Ohio State to unveil new majors, programs and facilities this fall
Media Newswire (press release)
The conference will take place Oct. 6-7 at the Blackwell Inn. SEE: medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/Pages/News.aspx Ohio State engineering prominent as Columbus hosts national Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference & Exhibition – Oct. 18-19. ...
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Researchers sequence dark matter of life
EurekAlert (press release)
"This part of life was completely inaccessible at the genomic level," said Pavel Pevzner, a computerscience professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego and a pioneer of algorithms for modern DNA sequencing technology. ...
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Hard day at the office?
Nigerian Tribune
Studies also point to an increased likelihood of type II diabetes, male infertility, sleep disorders and musculoskeletal disorders among those with the extreme physical, mental and emotional fatigue. Unfortunately, a new research into “occupational ...
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Humans are still evolving, profs say
Yale Daily News
said professor Richard G. Bribiescas, director of undergraduate studies of anthropology and one of four panelists at the discussion. “At the end of the lecture, I always thought, 'Well, there's got to be more.'” The event began with a screening of the ...
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Greece: looking for a bright side
Financial Times
Diamantopoulou says: “We hope the legislation will encourage universities to expand graduate studies in business, technology and science, and attract Greek academics who have made careers abroad.” The law should also make life easier for private ...
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The Inquiry
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
The brief write ups with special focus on the issues currently the society is confronted with that need mass awareness like female feticide ,women in Kashmir , feminist studies, differently able students, open book exam system, inculcation of values ...
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World Bank cites benefits of educating women
Financial Times
The bank cites studies showing that allowing women the same access as men to fertiliser and other farming inputs could increase production by 11-16 per cent in Malawi and 17 per cent in Ghana. The UN estimates that equalising inputs between men and ...
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Vision for a new Nalanda
The Hindu
The institution was Buddhist in terms of its foundation, but Nalanda's teaching andresearch were not confined to Buddhist studies. Indeed it was well-known also for what it offered in secular subjects such as health care, linguistics, and astronomy. ...
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Guerrero receives doctorate degree
Cleveland Daily Banner
by Special to the Banner Carmen Guerrero, assistant professor of Spanish at Lee University, recently received her doctorate in Colombian literature studies at the University of Florida. Guerrero joined Lee's Department of English and Modern Foreign ...
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'US, EU have gobbled India's emission pie'
Times of India
The paper has been authored by Professor T Jayaraman, chairperson of the Centre for Science, School of Habitat Studies, Technology and Society at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences along with his colleagues Tejal Kanitkar and Mario D'Souza, ...
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Preceptors look at Memorial Health System
Abilene Recorder Chronicle
Shah studies health care from an information technology perspective. Shah, of Washington, is a project officer for Washington state, Oregon, Hawaii, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and Guam in the State Health Information ...
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ACM Global Central Lab launches dry-vapor liquid nitrogen solution in ...
pharmabiz.com
ACM Global Central Lab offers a flexible approach and a focus on precision to keep clinical research studies on schedule. ACM's services extend to more than 60 countries with all tests conducted and managed from central lab facilities with seamless ...
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Corruption in academics and UPA's inaction- A case of AMU
TwoCircles.net
Kapil Sibal, the distinguished lawyer, is being projected as a highly efficient minister that he can handle large number of ministries including Telecom, Science & Technology, and HRD. All replacements are, almost indispensably, made by him. ...
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JAMA editor takes reins in a new communication age
American Medical News
There are other challenges for JAMA, like the NIH requirement that studies from NIH-fundedresearch be offered free in the public domain. This offers a major threat to paid publications like JAMA -- unless we can find a creative and effective solution. ...
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Yorkshire group spearheads bedsores care drive
Yorkshire Post
She has been forced to postpone university studies as it became impractical for her to work and it has also affected her social and family life. She said she had never been told about the risks but joining the Pressure Ulcer Research Service User ...
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Why Zambia's Elections Will Be All About China
TIME
"We are discontent with the political and economic situation," confirms Charles Muchimba, researchdirector of the Mineworkers' Union of Zambia. While Chinese investors have reaped massive profits, workers have borne the brunt of Zambia's free-market ...
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Real estate transactions
Houston Chronicle
The Houston office serves as the headquarters of the information technology consulting firm's Texas business operations and its Oil & Gas Solutions consulting practice. OFFICE: WhiteHat Security has leased 7257 square feet in the Decorative Center ...
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After doctors' strike, Israelis take stock of health care system's woes
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Chernichovsky also chairs the health policy program at the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. “We have an excellent system with a lot of good manpower, but we're losing ground in its funding and organization,” he said. ...
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News & Events - College of Science and Technology
College of Humanities and Behavioral Studies · College of Science and ... (SEM) is the newest addition in the biology departments' research technology “quiver. ...
https://www.radford.edu/content/csat/.../microscopy.html

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