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Inflating the Software Report Card
New York Times
“To compare this public relations analysis to a carefully constructed research study is laughable,” said Alex Molnar, professor of education at the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado. “They are selling their wares. ...
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Northeastern develops high-tech homeland security devices
Boston Globe
11 world, domestic security has become one of the fastest-growing areas of study. Scores of research institutes and degree programs - from certificates of study to doctoral degrees - have emerged everywhere from community colleges to universities....
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Boston Globe
Educating Gabriel, 13, an off-the-charts prodigy
The Seattle Times
When he was 9, he galloped through high-school Advanced Placement math and science classes — calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry and biology — scoring a perfect 5 in each subject. When he was 10, he worked on T-cell receptor research at the Fred ...
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Forest Service study promotes wood as a 'green building material,' but not all ...
The Missoulian
As for carbon, the report cited a study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology that found each ton of carbon in lumber used in place of non-wood products reduced greenhouse gas emissions, by 2.1 tons of carbon. Houses with wood-based walls ...
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Bhaskar Ramamurthi: Man of many ideas
Times of India
I've gone through his statement carefully and found that he has said that only 20% IIT graduates are going abroad for higher studies. That number is correct. When I was a student, 40% to 45% students opted for higher studies in engineering. ...
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UI to receive part of grant from FDA
Iowa City Press Citizen
The interest in wanting to finance university-based studies is representative of an important shift, said Jordan Cohen, UI vice president for research and economic development and a member of the NIPTE board of directors. "They are interested in the ...
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Why the last legacy of Steve Jobs is feminine
Toronto Star
The company did not respond to queries about why the program is called Siri, but it's possible its namesake is a non-profit research organization called SRI International, which studies artificial intelligence and had a project on voice-assisted ...
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Long-awaited CSI campus begins to take shape
The Outer Banks Voice
The University's Institute will partner with other state universities that have marinescience programs and will serve as a home to marine science research and education. Its partners include North Carolina State University, UNC at Chapel Hill and...
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The Outer Banks Voice
WB project to raise water level in Kerala Dams
IBNLive.com
атАЬA preliminary study has been conducted at Malampuzha Dam and it was found that there was no need for any changes in the spillway. Similar studies will be conducted in all 31 dams in the state,тАЩтАЩ sources said. The World Bank has already ...
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Tech News: RIM announces contest winners
The Hindu
RIM announces contest winners Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry, announced the winners of the 2011 Adobe Flash Platform Summit Developer Challenge for Best Flash/AIR Mobile App for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. ...
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Guest columnist: Report is too quick to write off biofuels
DesMoinesRegister.com
For reasons not clearly justified, data from the ISU studies related to the capital cost of pyrolysistechnology, one of the most promising approaches to advanced biofuels, was inflated to levels that erased the projected profitability of this ...
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10 years ago, Nobel Prize solidified CU-Boulder as an 'international player'
Daily Camera
Wieman -- now associate director for science in the White House Office of Science andTechnology Policy -- said he hadn't given much thought to the anniversary. "I'm moving on to new accomplishments," he said. The prize funded seed money for a project ...
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A FUN math exhibit? It all adds up Math Midway debuts at Liberty Science Center
The Hudson Reporter
I prefer science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics, because I see all of these as part of a larger whole. Science often deals with important things that are too small or too far away for us to see – for example, subatomic quarks that are ...
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Birla Planetarium in makeover mode
Times of India
Though the planetarium has evolved from a centre of edutainment to an institute of research and higher studies, it now needs to hasten the pace of change. "The planetarium is unique because of its focus not only on edutainment but also on astronomy ...
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NRI scholars keen on joining Presidency faculty
Times of India
300 Indian scholars who have completed their studies in the USA will be present at the meet. Representatives of several other Indian institutes will also be there," said Bose. He also expressed satisfaction over the progress in the implementation of ...
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House subcommittee holds hearing on environmental regulation and its impact on ...
Environmental Expert (press release)
On July 14, 2011, the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, prompted in part by NAS's report, held a hearing to better understand the process behind the development of IRIS assessments, whether EPA plans on ...
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Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Prof Jumanne Maghembe
IPPmedia
Contributing to the International cooperative Research Conference for Africa (ICRCA) organised by the Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies(MUCCoBS), experts said the rise of both mega firms and internets threaten cooperatives ...
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Moffitt subsidiary M2Gen faces new challenges in fighting cancer
Tampabay.com
That's why more than $35 million in public dollars were invested in M2Gen, a for-profitresearch subsidiary of Moffitt Cancer Center. But five years after its launch, its leaders say it's still too early to judge the results. • A partnership with drug ...
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GITEX Dubai 2011 kicks off tomorrow
Egyptian Gazette
Sponsored by Etisalat and supported by Euromonitor and knowledge partner Telecom Review, day one will include case studies, thought leader presentations and round table discussions, while the second day will feature a panel discussion of operator and ...
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Kenya: Grapples With Rising Cases of Cancer
AllAfrica.com
Studies by the Kenya Medical Research Institute indicate that cancer is the third cause of death after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. The disease has claimed the high and mighty, and the poor in the country. ...
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Where to purchase cheap Citalopram no prescription
The Sheaf
In 2006, her research showed that only 25 per cent of students had cybersex. Shaughnessy explained the hike in the numbers is due to the increasing roles of technology and Internet in modern life, and it is especially visible among students. ...
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Oil economist David Hudson dead at 84
Houston Chronicle
By MIKE TOLSON, HOUSTON CHRONICLE David V. Hudson, an industrial economist in the oil business who devoted his later years to research in solar and renewable energy, died last week of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 84. ...
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Drilling boom: What the jobs are, how to get them
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
She said that building on the college's previous Petroleum Engineering Technology programs, the new Natural Gas Engineering Technology program is a comprehensive associate of applied scienceprogram that includes course work in drilling, ...
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Low GABA Levels Hinder Teens from Experiencing Pleasure
PsychCentral.com
This tends to make adolescent depression more difficult to study when using conventional research tools and methods. However, by focusing on specific symptoms and using various kinds of measuring systems, researchers may be able to discover the ...
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Recycle hearing aid, give chance at a sound life
Herald Zeitung
Studies also confirm that outcomes are significantly improved the earlier hearing loss is detected and treated. Children identified with hearing loss can be fit with amplification as young as 4 weeks old. Research has concluded that children born with ...
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Its not just any degree, it's Monash!
Sunday Times.lk
Some of Monash University's most prominent graduates include Australian Federal Treasurer Mr Peter Costello, Qantas Airways chairman, Ms Margaret Jackson, Singapore Economic Development Board and co-chairman, National Science and Technology Board ...
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Lab Report
Metropolis Magazine
Most importantly, the results can be used to address the needs not only the tech-savvy, but the 30% of the urban poor whose needs are otherwise neglected. CityHome, another MIT Media Lab research project, builds upon another familiar architectural ...
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Metropolis Magazine
Early Detection Saves Lives
Patch.com
“Studies show that screening saves lives. " Garner said that improved mammogram technology and better equipment has ushered in an era of better readings of mammograms, which use less radiation. He also said his department at New York Methodist preforms ...
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State of the Art Lab
hcp.obgyn.net
Much data may exist from mouse and bovine models, for example, however cell number and levels of lipidation may have a profound differential impact thus minimizing the usefulness of such comparativestudies. Hence, data will be collected as has often ...
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SLIIT commences enrolment for Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree programme
Sunday Times.lk
Well noted for working closely with the industries in which it offers educational programmes, Curtin is famed for many of the award-winning research studies it has carried out, which have won accolades unmatched by other Western Australian Universities ...
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Vet tech works with passion
Times and Transcript
Not surprisingly it was a lifelong love of animals that motivated her to begin these studies, and of course she has pets of her own. Karen still has two of her three childhood cats (now aged 15 and 18). The 18-year-old cat she's had since she was just ...
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What's New at Northeast Ohio Medical University (Formerly NEOUCOM)
MD News (press release)
We are a university with a College of Medicine, a College of Pharmacy and a College of Graduate Studies which offers a master of science degree in public health, master and doctoral degrees in integrated pharmaceutical medicine and a certificate in ...
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MD News (press release)
Oil Ministry signs deal on advanced exploration for oil, gas fields
Islamic Republic News Agency
The National Iranian Continental Shelf Oil Company and Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry will accomplish the project in cooperation with Poland AGH University of Science and Technology, WSI Corporation, Petro Star corporation, ...
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Islamic Republic News Agency
Egypt: A nation's voice, and arts, recaptured
Bennington Banner
Then she was awarded a post-doctoral research grant in 2007 at City University in New York (CUNY). Currently, she is teaching Arabic Studies at Williams, teaching various levels of Arabic language, contemporary Arab culture, and introduction to ...
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We must teach our children how to treat others
Greenville News
By Troy Terry Dr. Troy Terry is director of Graduate Studies at Furman University. He was a South Carolina public school teacher, assistant principal and principal for 18 years. Email: troy.terry@ Recently, we've witnessed the worst of social media ...
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Get more than 'Letters' from your MBA
Sunday Times.lk
Speaking to Education Times (ET), a much sought after opinion leader on MBAstudies, Mr Ravi Jayawardene said 'it's easy to get the letters 'MBA', but many find it difficult to live up to an MBA when it comes to performance. Today there are many MBAs ...
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Sunday Times.lk
Good Chemistry at Bayer
Barron's
At 16, he was admitted to a prestigious tennis academy in The Hague, where he could train full-time while finishing his studies. Circumstances intervened. His mother died, and with his two sisters away at college, his father asked him to defer his ...
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Santa Fe educators, parents and students wrestle with dangers, benefits of ...
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Albuquerque-based clinical psychologist Emily D. Moore, who studies and lectures on the pros and cons of youth Internet use, said the district's policy seems appropriate for now. But she also believes that inevitably, teachers and students will be ...
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HISTORY OF PERU SERIES – Part 10: The Big Picture
Andean Airmail & PERUVIAN TIMES
Towards the end of the period political states had formed to the extent that two of them, Tiawanaku and Wari —probably in alliance and enjoying advances in metal technology(tin-bronze), food production and storage, political organization, ...
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International news of the week
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi/atlanta October 08, 2011, 14:28 IST Geneva: President Pratibha Patil visited the prestigious France-based European Organisation for Nuclear Research, commonly known as CERN, where she patted Indian scientists for their contributions to ...
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The Death of Steve Jobs, the Atrocities of the No-Iron Shirt, and Man-Cave ...
Slate Magazine
Steve Jobs is certainly not the first to suggest a link between LSD and creativity, butresearch about a possible correlation is still not totally clear. Studies have shown the hallucinogen might help make naturally creative people more creative, ...
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Slate Magazine
Top US universities look to recruit fresh local talent
Sunday Times.lk
The Council of international Schools, through its two-day visit to Sri Lanka, looked to promote the US with its superior higher education as an attractive destination for furtherstudies as opposed to Sri Lanka's traditional options of the UK and ...
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Sunday Times.lk
MagIndustries Announces Changes to Board of Directors
Stock Markets Review
... (Academic & Program) for the World Air Transport Research Society since 2006. Mr. JIANG holds a bachelor degree in engineering from Zhejiang University and a master of business administration from Science & Technology University of South China. ...
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Check your platter to check breast cancer
Daily News & Analysis
“Breast cancer has a multimodality treatment and in each front we are adding new technology. Breast cancer forms the most important part of cancer research and the treatment is done through systematic therapy, where we are adding newer targeted agents ...
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The danger of safer equipment
ESPN
Studies show that bicyclists ride faster and feel less threatened when they have helmets on; more experienced boaters are less likely to wear life jackets than novices and, when they do, are more likely to drink alcohol; children running on an obstacle ...
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Cancer survivor comes full circle — on foot
TheDay.com
"I don't think people really know how much of a need there is to raise funds for brain tumor researchand detection technology," says Gottlieb. Given that only 1 out of 3 adults diagnosed with malignant brain tumor today will be alive in five years, ...
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Grilled Chicken, That Temperamental Star
StarNewsOnline.com
“There are a ton of studies that show this. You lose brain share of your customers, and it is expensive to get revenues up again. If I stopped advertising, Sizzler's revenue would be down, minimally, 10 to 15 percent for the year. ...
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