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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Sep 26, 2011


Thayer studies granted $2.5 mil.
The Dartmouth
The Ice Research Laboratory is located in Cummings Hall of Thayer. The contract from BOEMRE'sTechnology Assessment and Research program, effective Sept. 21, will fund modeling and experimentation at the Ice Research Laboratory to identify physical ...
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Belly fat linked to development of asthma
Zee News
Researchers followed 23245 adults without asthma, aged 19-55 years from the second Norwegian Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT), for 11 years, according to a statement of Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The participants had their BMI ...
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Zee News
Philippine firms investing in innovation, study says
Inquirer.net
To provide indicators for benchmarking national performance, PIDS said, the Department of Scienceand Technology (DOST) planned for the conduct of the 2009 SIA. The PIDS, NSO and DoST conducted the survey with funding support from the International ...
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After 70 years, Navy's aerospace research lab in Pensacola closes
Pensacola News Journal
Wright-Patterson is headquarters of the Air Force Research Laboratory, a massive organization that controls the Air Force's entire science and technology research budget. Simmons said the move allows better collaboration with other research ...
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Views | Time waits for no one — really
Livemint
Who have said that even though, after many months of studies and cross checks, they have not found any instrumental effect that could explain the finding, they want independent measurements to fully assess the nature of the observation. ...
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Harper Government Announces Major Milestone on the Development of the Canadian ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The development of this facility, which will be a significant hub for Arctic science and technology, is a cornerstone of the Government of Canada's Northern Strategy. "This is a major milestone for construction of the Canadian High Arctic Research ...
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Special report:Ward secondary schools: a lost generation in science education
The Citizen Daily
The Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (Costech), a parastatal organisation in charge of coordinating and promoting research and technology development activities, says the shortage is already affecting many sectors. ...
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With access to a newly available trove of private insurers' claims data, new ...
ModernHealthcare.com
Research by Michael Chernew, an economist at Harvard Medical School who is not involved with the institute, suggested hospital market clout raises prices for privately insured patients. As in priorstudies, research by Chernew and colleagues found ...
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State stem cell initiative transforms local research
North County Times
He arrived last year from Duke University in North Carolina after receiving a $5.9 million Leadership Award from CIRM to support his research, the first scientist to receive the award. Wechsler-Reyastudies the link between stem cells and tumor ...
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BOEMRE awards US$500000 for technical study on Arctic sea ice
Offshore Shipping Online
In addition to conducting the research, Dartmouth College is contributing US$102909 to the cost of the study. Research will begin during the final quarter of 2011 and continue through 2014. This contract is being awarded through BOEMRE's Technology ...
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LENScience students excel at science fair
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Students from the Liggins Institute based LENScience Student-Scientist Mentor programme dominated the prize list at the NIWA Auckland Science and Technology Fair prize giving held at Kings School on 21st September. Programme students picked up 12 of ...
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A few drinks a week could reduce asthma risk
Telegraph.co.uk
Ben Brumpton, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, said: “Asthma can affect people of all sizes, but our study has highlighted both the individual and combined effect of central obesity and overall obesity on asthma development. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
5 graduate students named Siebel Scholars for work in computer science
The Daily Princetonian
“There was the requirement given that the student was approximately going into their last year of graduate studies,” computer science professor Andrew Appel '81 said. “We then selected students for mostly academic excellence and in part research that ...
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Tweet smell of success
Sydney Morning Herald
After completing his bachelor and masters degrees at Melbourne's Monash University, he moved to UNSW to further his studies and research. His attachment to Australia is reflected in his pattern of hiring , the company motto (“work hard, play hard”) and ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
IBM: the innovator you never hear about?
ZDNet Australia
However, IBM continues to do some of the most important work in technology and is rivalled only by Google and Microsoft in the number of engineers and scientists that it hires to do basic research in computer science. Additionally, while Google and ...
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A cure for the common cold?
Philadelphia Inquirer
A: Several new studies may lead to a cure for baldness someday. One study at Yale University is in lab mice, and they've found that multipurpose "stem" cells in the fatty layer of the scalp send signals that trigger hair growth. ...
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'We recognized China's importance early'
China Daily
At the same time, young Chinese men and women account for the largest single group of students in the new class at the King Abdullah University of Science &Technology, our top graduate-level research school, which was built by Saudi Aramco. ...
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China Daily
USM's Pioneer Program attracts Maine's best and brightest
Press Herald
Why is Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen working so hard to revise the science curriculum for K-12 students? The single answer to all these questions is straightforward: Maine needs more college graduates in science, technology, engineering and ...
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Ancient scientists knew 'plane' truth
Deccan Herald
The hand-written Sanskrit manuscript, translated into English by G R Josyer, Founder-Director of International Academy of Sanskrit Research, had concept and development of aviation technology that was quite advanced. A variety of flying machines with ...
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Deccan Herald
Timken invests millions in education
Canton Repository
Once the lab is finished, Timken will transfer $1.9 million in research equipment and its engineered surfaces and lubrication labs at its technology center in Jackson Township to the university. Two Timken researchers will become university employees. ...
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Through the Looking Glass The Study of Оbjects and Events at the Nanoscale ...
Oil and Gas Industry Latest News
However, the nanotechnology revolution in the oil and gas production (consideration of movement properties of nanoscale objects; nanoscale phenomena in oil and gas reservoirs) brings qualitative changes to technology solutions, leading to the belief ...
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INDIA: Second cutting-edge Max Planck Centre opened
University World News
The Max Planck Centre for Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, was opened last year with around UER6 million (US$8 million) in research funding from Germany and EUR2 million from India's Department of Science and Technology ...
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Challenger Center Webcast Featuring Astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris
Space Ref (press release)
... create positive educational experiences that raise students' expectations of success, fosters a long-term interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and inspires students to pursue studies and careers in these areas. ...
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NITK student nets a cool $1.5 lakh pay packet!
Times of India
But the student in him saw Srinivas Balasubramanian, this wiry youth from Chennai, pursue his MTech programme in information technology at NITK, the same place where he did his graduatestudies. This decision saw him hit jackpot when he landed a $1.5 ...
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After husband's death, promising medical device designed by his engineer wife
Pioneer Press
Called CADence, the device still must be studied in a clinical trial. But research thus far has been promising, said Dr. Robert Wilson, a cardiologist at the University of Minnesota. Cardiovascular and currently is conducting a study of the device. ...
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Ravindra Ahuja has refined the complex art of moving goods
Gainesville Sun
But after joining UF in 1998 in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, he was told to bring in money through applied research. He landed grants to do studies for United Airlines and the CSX Corporation rail company, which would later ...
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