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Climate scientists study equatorial storms between Indian and Pacific Oceans
R & D Magazine
CINDY is an overarching international effort and is being led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. "The Madden-Julian Oscillation has a huge impact all over the globe," said UM's Chidong Zhang, DYNAMO's chief scientist. ...
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R & D Magazine
Recommended: Silly science prizes highlight beer-loving bugs, pee pressure
msnbc.com
Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. Researcher Peter Snyder explains the serious point behind his seemingly silly study of full bladders, pain and decision making. ...
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Science for Pre-School sector
News On Sunday
Through these illustrations, the aim was to kindle the imagination of the tiny tots forscience and technology. To recall, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology have both come up with several ...
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Will the Real Digital Native Please Stand Up?
Campus Technology
Project Tomorrow is a nonprofit focused on improving science, math, and technology in K-12 schools. The group's Speak Up National Research Project polls K-12 students, teachers, parents, and administrators on their thoughts about and use of technology ...
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Circadian Files IND With FDA for VGX-100 for the Treatment of Cancer Patients ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We expect to commence our first in man Phase I studies as soon as possible after FDA review. We also expect to see results from the study in the second half of 2012," stated Robert Klupacs, CEO of Circadian Technologies Limited. ...
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G-Zero Therapeutics Awarded $3.6M in NIH Advanced Technology Small Business ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"This funding will continue to allow G-Zero's scientists to rapidly progress lead candidates through IND-enabling studies", said Jay Strum, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer. "We are very encouraged by NIAID's recognition of CDK4/6 inhibitors as promising ...
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Present at Scientific Conferences
Sacramento Bee
... results from an animal study may not be indicative of results achievable in humanstudies), the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery ...
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NATO includes engineering research in conference
Mississippi State Newsroom
Lakiesha N. Williams, an assistant professor of biological engineering at the university, will address NATO's Research and TechnologyOrganization during a Monday-Wednesday [Oct. 3-5] defense meeting in Halifax, Canada. Organized by NATO'S Human ...
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Mississippi State Newsroom
Columbia to Award 2011 Horwitz Prize to Biologists for their Ground-Breaking ...
Newswise (press release)
Columbia to Award the 2011 Horwitz Prize to Biologists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young, for their Ground-Breaking Studies on the Molecular Basis of Circadian Rhythms Newswise — NEW YORK (September 30, 2011)―Columbia University ...
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Energy development agreement wins conservation award
Carlsbad Current Argus
The Permian Basin Memorandum of Agreement will use geographic information system (GIS) technology to protect cultural resources, according to a news release from the Historic Preservation Division. It will support archaeological research while allowing ...
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Decoding Our Chatter
Wall Street Journal
Dozens of new scholarly studies over the past 18 months by computer-network analysts and sociologists have plumbed the public torrents of data made available by Twitter through special links with the company's computer servers. This research has ...
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Wall Street Journal
UH-Clear Lake celebrates first graduates of new child care program
Your Houston News
The university also offers a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Healthcare Services through its School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Technology through the School of Science and...
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New Orleans opens life sciences development center
Forbes
In addition to putting up $300000 of his own money, he's received a $150000 grant from the National Science Foundation and is eligible for additional grants the closer histechnology gets to the marketplace. His goal is to get DNA profiles that can't ...
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WallStreet Research(TM) Hosts Southern California Investment Forum in Newport ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We have lined up several newly discovered companies from the region, including Voice Assist /quotes/zigman/622394 VSST +23.08% , a cloud-based speech recognitiontechnology leader from Lake Forest, CA, Highland Business Services /quotes/zigman/4206301 ...
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Developing Nations Working Toward China's Space Success
International Business Times
Both countries have opened space agencies and are planning to develop space technologies such as satellites. Nigeria created National SpaceResearch and Development Agency (NASRDA) in 1999 for the development of space science and technology that would ...
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International Business Times
School of Education honors 2011 Distinguished Alumni
UNCG University News
She was elected to the American Library Association Council in 2010, and invited to join the board of the Library and Information Technology Association in 2011. Williamson, nominated by Cathy Tomon, received his Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades ...
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Satellite data plus conservation equals better crop yields
SciDev.net
"For a method to succeed remote sensing should be accompanied by ground truthing," said Rajeshwari Raina, agricultural scientist at the New Delhi-based National Institute ofScience Technology and Development Studies. "This can help in application of ...
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Tuanku Nur Zahirah Launches UMT Research Vessel
Bernama
These facilities will assist local and foreign researchers and UMT students taking up courses in ocean science, marine biology, nautical science, maritime transportation and maritime technology. Aziz said the RV Discovery's maiden journey will be held ...
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Defining progress in cancer research
Montreal Gazette
Would that the insurance companies had instead invested that money in clinicalresearch. A decade and thousands of women later, careful randomized clinical studies, mostly done in Canada, including at McGill University-affiliated teaching hospitals, ...
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Surfactant Delivery With CPAP Avoids Mechanical Ventilation
Medscape
The study was supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology, University of Lübeck, and Chiesi Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Herting has received travel grants, speaking fees, and/or has been on advisory boards for companies in the field of ...
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Multi-sector Collaboration Brings Better Technology to Trauma Victims
PR Newswire (press release)
30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A collaboration among a medical device innovator, the US Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR), the nonprofit National Trauma Institute and the State of Texas enters its final phase as the FDA-approved Wireless ...
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Safeway Launches Annual Breast Cancer Research Fundraising Campaign
MarketWatch (press release)
... the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, and the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. Athena's goal is to revolutionize the course of care by designing and implementing new approaches to research, technology and health care delivery. ...
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The end of American atom smashing
RT
They add that almost half of the universities in America that have conducted research in the country have moved their studies away from Fermilab and over to Europe. And even with a large staff as of now, earlier this year Fermilab asked 100 employees ...
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RT
University of Arizona gets fund to study GM cotton
Fibre2fashion.com
“These grants will help inform sound, science-based decisions.” Other research grants will study pollen flow in perennial grasses intended for biofuel use and examine the flow of pollen between genetically-engineered alfalfa and conventional and ...
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Kerr releases portfolio of scientific research featuring SonicFill composite ...
Dentistry IQ
“We're very excited to share this impressive collection of data showcasing the many benefits of our SonicFill technology,” said Leo Pranitis, Kerr's Vice President of Global Marketing and Innovation. “These supporting third party clinical studies ...
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New recruit
TbNewsWatch.com
And an important component of my research program is that we're going to do studieswith the Aboriginal population, who have a very high incidences of chronic pulmonary disease.” Albert said that includes everything from asthma to cystic fibrosis. ...
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The Leading POS and Auto ID Industry Research Companies Part 2
Point of Sale
They have various research studies on store automation equipment such as POS terminal software, hardware, printers, kiosks and self-checkout machines. They studyways to improve the user experience, ensure profitability and solve problems that stores...
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Nine new professors at the ETH Zurich
ETH Life
Martin Vechev (*1977), currently a researcher at the IBM TJ WatsonResearch Center in Hawthorne, USA, as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Computer Science. Martin Vechev is an internationally recognised expert in the development of parallel ...
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ETH Life
Could Cell Phones Benefit Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries?
Triple Pundit
Expanding the use of mobile technology for women will help raise living standards, leading to more prosperity for them, their families and their countries.” “Our researchshows that technology can be transformative for women, if we engage them in the ...
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New threat to your car: a ticked-off geek
Fox Business
Research funded by the US National Science Foundation and conducted by the University of California San Diego and the University of Washington found that a cybercriminal with a laptop could access the internal network of two 2009 autos "to take over a ...
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Challenges of making Telugu language Internet friendly
The Hindu
Peri Bhaskara Rao of the Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, an Institution of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and chairman of the first Telugu Internet Conference outlined several problems in making Telugu a ...
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$600000 granted for evacuation research
The Statesman
When the project is complete, it will secure USU's position as a leading researchinstitution for disabilities studies, Michael said. "This work will advance USU's leadership, nationally, in the area of equitable design for persons with disabilities. ...
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New AgriLife Research germplasm, irrigation management make a difference in ...
Southwest Farm Press
... Research photo by Kay Ledbetter) Germplasm and stay-greentechnology utilized by Texas AgriLife Research corn breeders could make growing corn on limited water a greater possibility in the near future, according to AgriLife Research studies. ...
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Southwest Farm Press
Clear Lake High graduate wins 2 fellowships
Your Houston News
Clear Lake High graduate Brandon Clifford, son of Rich and Nancy Clifford of Clear Lake, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2011 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation Prize, a $50000 Research and Travel Fellowship. ...
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Government of Canada Supports Businesses in the Niagara Region
Marketwire (press release)
The scope includes conducting market and scientific research on the appropriate standards for disinfectant and anti-bacterial claims, conducting product testing and comparative studies with user groups and doing a competitive analysis. ...
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Could Al Qaeda launch drone terror attacks on America?
Alaska Dispatch
Thanks to the development of highly accurate GPS flight systems, even kit-built airplanes could be rigged with explosives and sent hundreds of miles at low altitude, below radar, and crashed into a target, several UAV threat studies have found. ...
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Navy cuts 'may do long-term damage to morale'
Telegraph.co.uk
Dr Lee Willett, a senior research fellow in maritime studies, says morale and Britain's profile as a world leader in naval technology could be damaged by spending cuts in the long-term. A total of around 1020 Navy personnel will be told they are being ...
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Health Site Medify Reveals Some Surprising Finds
Forbes
Research studies on Alzheimer's go back to 1985. Surprising find: The University Hospital of Copenhagen has studied the most Alzheimer's patients—more than 1 million. I though it was odd that Medify had not included under “New Research Studies” the ...
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AP Whitewashes EPA's Lawless Failure to Follow Review Protocol in GHG Finding ...
NewsBusters (blog)
In our opinion, the TSD (Technical Support Document) was a highly influential scientific assessment because EPA weighed the strength of the available science by its choices of information, data, studies, and conclusions included in and excluded from ...
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Your dreams: Coming soon to YouTube?
spectroscopyNOW.com
The next step toward this science fiction future of electronic mind reading will be to determine how the brain works in a natural situation as opposed to the video presentation and scanning conditions used in the experiment. Ultimately, the technology ...
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Hamilton: Energy double standard stacks deck against green power
Toronto Star
That, in a nutshell, is how conservatives on both sides of the border – from Hudak to the Tea Party – judge green energy technologies. They consider deployment of suchtechnologies pointless. More resources should instead be focused on research and ...
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Is WiFi a safety issue in schools?
Brockville Recorder and Times
He said the board closely monitors the Health Canada and WHO studies on wireless, as well as monitoring the effects of wireless technology on student health the same way it does with other elements found in its schools. "If we're to say we have kids ...
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The Eagle Eye: Point- Counterpoint: Is Google making us dumb?
my.hsj.org
Studies have even shown this. Scientist put one person at a computer with Google as his resource to research the given subject and another person with a variety of books on the given subject as his resource. Afterwards, both took the same test and the ...
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Aggie engineer named president of the University of Guanajuato
Texas A&M University
... national science and technology prize for agriculture. Prior to being named president of the University of Guanajuato Cabrera served as provost (secretario general) of that institution, and before that as director of research and graduate studies. ...
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People in the News
GenomeWeb Daily News
The long-term goal of her research is to uncover the genetic and molecular dissection of the social and communication deficits underlying autism in order to improve understanding, prediction, and treatment. Twin studies shed light on the origins of ...
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News | Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
He helped build the interdisciplinary research programmes of the Institute for the Studyof Science, Technology and Innovation. His sustained efforts, particularly ...
www.stis.ed.ac.uk/.../dr_stewart_russell,_6th_august_1955_-_...
Science Social Network Compiles Latest News, Studies -- Campus ...
The science resource site Sciencia.org has now become a crowdsourced social network that synthesizes the latest scientific news, studies, and resources from journals, books,... FREE subscription to Campus Technology in print or digital format ... DIRECT Pilot Promises To Boost Researcher Collaboration · U Texas Austin ...
campustechnology.com/articles/2011/09/26/sciencia.aspx
North Carolina Biotech Center Grants Link Science to Marketplace ...
News: North Carolina Biotech Center Grants Link Science to Marketplace ... ResearchTriangle Park, N.C. -- Technology transfer officials at three University of North ... The grants fund research studies that are designed to achieve commercial ...
www.researchtriangle.org/.../north-carolina-biotech-center-gra...
Science and Technology Directory (Studies, Technology Studies ...
Includes Science and Technology Studies, Mathematics, Careers, Girls, Scientific , ...Explores the ethical dimension of scientific research and technology: ethical ... News, publications, conferences, and case studies about using technology in ...
www.mattered.org/society/issues/science_and.../directory.htm
Virginia Tech doctoral student awarded prestigious Social Science ...
Damion Blake, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech awarded SSRC fellowship forresearch fieldwork to study the Jamaican dons in garrison communities.
www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/09/092211-clahs-blake.html

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