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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Oct 22, 2011


Final word on cell phones and cancer: Reply hazy, try again
Digitaltrends.com
Participation in medical research studies is almost always voluntary, which means that anybody who doesn't want to participate for any reason — too busy, uncomfortable, or just doesn't like the interviewer's shoes — isn't included. In studies of ...
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Digitaltrends.com
Guest commentary / Edmonds Community College National grants sustain STEMstudies
HeraldNet
We offer undergraduate science research and service-learning projects. We also hold community events, like our Haunted Science Lab (Friday), aimed at increasing interest in science studies. The college's science, technology, engineering and math ...
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With stars in their eyes, fantasies take flight
Sydney Morning Herald
David Neyland, the director of tactical technology at DARPA, who orchestrated the one-year starship study, noted that his agency was founded more than 50 years ago as a response to Sputnik, the Soviet Union's Cold War satellite coup. And the research ...
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DFG establishes 12 new research units
EurekAlert (press release)
Wolfgang Schröder, Aachen University of Technology) A new Research Unit comprised of experts from the fields of construction materials science, solid structure engineering, and mechanics will seek to improve our understanding of key processes occurring ...
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Don't Cut Research: Use It to Cut the Deficit
Huffington Post (blog)
But scientific studies have shown the error of this path. In 2009, a large randomized controlled experiment (the gold standard of research) in several hundred schools found that the promise of extra payments had no effect on student effort or ...
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New Research Study from Tr3s Looks at US-Hispanic Market
World Screen
They also feel that technology is their “Millennial turf” and try to control and dole outtechnology to family members, among other findings. "This research helps us understand the massive changes taking place within the Hispanic adult segments, ...
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Robots to Help Children With Autism
ABC News
Researchers at the Robotics Research Lab at University of Southern California have created studies for children with autism to interact and play with Bandit, a small human-like robot with movable eyebrows and mouth, and motion sensors that allow him to ...
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ABC News
Food Processing Institute in the state soon
E-Pao.net
The syllabus here will be those as prescribed by Central Food Technology ResearchInstitute, Mysore. The syllabus includes categories of General Studies, Basic Courses in Food Science and Technology and Applied Courses in Food Science andTechnology. ...
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The Great Green Energy Crack-Up
Forbes
I am a senior fellow in climate studies at the Cato Institute and in research and economic development at George Mason University. I am a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ...
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AVI BioPharma's RNA-Based Therapeutics for Treatment of Ebola and Marburg ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Data from five cohorts of the AVI-6002 and AVI-6003 studies were evaluated by an independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), which issued recommendations for both studies to progress as planned to the next highest dosing level after no safety ...
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Himachal Pradesh University scientists bags computer memory devicesresearch ...
Hill Post
The central governments department of science and technology has sanctioned Rs 40 lakhs for the research project, he said. Multi-ferroics are a very promising materials for other multifunctional devices and biological applications. Studies on these ...
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Hill Post
Hands, Minds—and Trees—Across the Sea
Michigan Tech News
Kassidy Yatso, a Michigan Tech graduate student who also earned her Bachelor of Science in Applied Ecology and Environmental Science atTech, spent one ATLANTIS semester at the University of Helsinki and the second semester at the Swedish University of ...
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Michigan Tech News
ADI sensor technology aids competitive rowers
New Electronics
Netherlands based Roessingh Research & Development specialises in ambulatory 3d analysis of human motion and is using the Xsens MVN system to study rowing kinematics and associated implications for competitive rowing. The system combines ADI's iMEMs ...
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Study Says Interactive Ads Boost Brand Scores
Broadcasting & Cable
Several of the latest studies involved consumer engagement with ads that include requests for information using interactive TV technology and found that, on average. 18% of adults 18 to 49 said "yes" to interactive officers and confirmed their choice. ...
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Salk Institute Molecular Biologist Inder M. Verma Named PNAS Editor-In-Chief
PR Newswire (press release)
After receiving a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, Verma performed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Nobel laureate David Baltimore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
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UCF, Sanford-Burnham collaborations help build on promise of Lake Nona's ...
Orlando Sentinel
The collaborative science would help put Orlando on the map as a biomedical researchmecca. That was the hope and the promise anyway. Now the realities of that vision are bearing fruit. Two newly published studies, products of separate collaborations ...
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Of mice and medicine: In defence of animal experiments
The Independent
It is clearly intended to be a reprimand to the scientists passing through the door into one of the world's leading research centres on hearing and deafness. Not that there are any experiments on dogs going on in the Institute, but then facts are not ...
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BLUEINGREEN TECHNOLGY USED TO MAINTAIN CAMPUS POND AWARD WINNING PROCESS DOES ...
Water World
It will also offer local high school biology classes access to a high dissolved oxygen water body for comparative studies. For more information about the Arkansas Researchand Technology Park visit uark.edu/ua/artp/ For more information about ...
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Largest cell phone study yet - the contents of this box do not cause cancer
Daily Maverick
It's the fastest growing of the planet's giant industries, a trillion-plus dollar business that reaches three out of every four people alive, and a technology that's changed the way we work, play and communicate. Now, based on the findings of an ...
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Why computer voices are mostly female
CNN International
Research suggests this preference starts as early as the womb, Nass said. He cites astudy in which fetuses were found to react to the sound of their mother's voice but not to other female voices. The fetuses showed no distinct reaction to their ...
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MDIS to launch course for cyber cops
AsiaOne
The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is collaborating with Nottingham Trent University (School of Science andTechnology) to start the first computer forensics course in South-east Asia. The Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer ...
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AsiaOne
Trio of Studies Support Use of PET/CT Scans as Prostate Cancer Staging Tool
MarketWatch (press release)
About Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, researchand education for people from all walks of life. For more information, visit www.mayoclinic.com and www.mayoclinic.org/news .
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National Biofuels Study Committee Issues Report
Newswise (press release)
“At least we framed the dialogue,” says committee member Kathleen Halvorsen, a professor with a dual appointment in social sciences and forest resources/environmentalscience at Michigan Technological University. Halvorsen studies the relationships ...
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Smart grid innovation: Small businesses in the lead
Smart Grid News
A research report from the US Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy says small businesses are heading up the country's charge toward greentechnology innovation. The SBA study was intended to define differences in patent activity of ...
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Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professorship in Middle East Studies
Oman Daily Observer
The College of William and Mary is a renowned public research university founded in 1693 by a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, the monarchs for whom this prestigious university was named. Located in Williamsburg Virginia, ...
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Oman Daily Observer
November 2011 Geology highlights: New research posted Oct. 5
PhysOrg.com (press release)
Katsuhiko Suzuki et al., Institute for Research on Earth Evolution (IFREE), Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan; doi: 10.1130/G32044.1. Osmium (Os) isotopes are a potential tracer of ...
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Top international researchers lauded
Sun.Star
The conference, held in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) and the Department of Science and Technology (Dost) in Western Visayas, attracted more than 200 participants from higher learning institutions all over the country and ...
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Data From Phase 2 Clinical Studies of Telotristat Etiprate in Patients With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... irritable bowel syndrome, carcinoid syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, all of which were discovered by Lexicon's research team. Lexicon has used its proprietary gene knockout technology to identify more than 100 promising drug targets. ...
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What technology would the levy buy?
Chaska Herald
The system is one technology tool with research indicating its use helps students perform better. Multiple studies across the country as far back as 1993 indicate elementary and middle school students perform better on tests in audio-enhanced ...
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Nanotech Stocks to Watch: AONE, MMM, ABB, ACCL
InvestorIdeas.com (press release)
The research applications for MesoProp include studies of polymers, surfactants and continuous phases which are fundamental to the development of surface coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, cements, composite materials, gels, and laminates. ...
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Small Businesses Lead the Way in Green Technology Innovation
Kansas City infoZine
A recent focus on “green” jobs, businesses, and technology led to this study of a subset of these innovative patent holders. The report and research summary is available at http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/7540/28811 .
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Take a new look at your local library
Ledger Independent
Patrons can also access the library's website, www.masoncountylibrary.com to check the availability of a title and place it on hold, conduct research for their child's socialstudies class, research medical information, access newspapers and trade ...
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European studies on risks of hepatocellular carcinoma
EurekAlert (press release)
They write, "We have shown that hepatocellular carcinoma, one of the most lethal human cancers, is largely amenable to primary prevention with existing knowledge andtechnology," noting that "although chronic infection with HBV and/or HCV was the ...
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Q. and A. | How Facebook Use Correlates With Student Outcomes
New York Times (blog)
Other studies about Facebook and teenagers have found correlations to depression and substance abuse. What are your thoughts on thosestudies and on other research you have seen about social networking and young people? I really can't speak to the ...
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New York Times (blog)
Government of Canada Supports Partnerships Between Mohawk College and Local ...
Marketwire (press release)
As a result of this project, Anoven will soon secure the production of higher volumes of devices, which they will be able to supply to health science partners. http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/ideaworks/case-studies/applied-anoven.html Basadur Applied ...
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Power to the pageant
Washington Post (blog)
Although beauty pageants may arguably be seen as an anachronism that continues to objectify women by emphasizing superficial characteristics, her platform to encourage math, science, and technology education reflects the substantive side of pageantry. ...
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Pact signed between IAST, Trent University : Kaieteur News
By KNews
The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) and Trent University (Canada) of Applied Science signed a letter of intent to develop opportunities in the areas of researchand development and for the training of graduate students. Dr. Steven E. Franklin, Trent... their research on local initiatives. This would greatly reduce their costs of a graduate degree while maintaining the rigorous academic standards set by the School of GraduateStudies at Trent University, said Dr Narine. ...
Kaieteur News
The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ...
“Basically, we're looking at new ideas within the gaming technology realm of thought that have never really been put in writing before,” concluded Ruth Freemantle, a researchteam member and student at Treleven Lippa University, “and this is what makes the release such an exciting ... With that said, it is important to realize the importance of Dr. Valenzuela Blackett's studies, because it sheds new light on gaming technology ideas that have long been thought to be stagnant and moot. ...
The Science and Technology of...
allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Science and technology - New research ...
Science and technology - New research results presented ... and techniques in housing technology in Cameroon with Yaounde as a case study; and the search ...
allafrica.com/stories/201110190838.html
GW Research Team Receives Nearly $3 Million to Study Inclusive ...
GW Research Team Receives Nearly $3 Million to Study Inclusive Science, ...Science Foundation (NSF) to study high schools that focus on Science, Technology,... feed to receive updates and notifications about University news and events. ...
www.gwu.edu/.../gwresearchteamreceivesnearly3milliontostud...
Study finds 'dengue genes' (Science Alert)
The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, offers clues to how the body responds to ...
www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20111710-22732.html
Growing Schizophrenic Brain Cells In A Dish Helps Neuroscientists ...
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Kavli Institute for ....Stay up to date on the latest news of the future of science and technology from ...
www.popsci.com/.../growing-‘diseases-dish’-help-neuroscienti...
Science News Daily || New technologies challenge old ideas about ...
Daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news ... New assessments by researchers using the latest high-tech tools to study the diets of early...
www.sciencenewsdaily.org/archaeology.../cluster117536032/
New Technologies Challenge Old Ideas About Early Hominid Diets ...
New assessments by researchers using the latest high-tech tools to study the diets ...at the University of Arkansas, was published in the Oct. 14 issue of Science. ...
www.redorbit.com/.../new-technologies-challenge-old-ideas-a...
News | Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, All School Sites ... An interdisciplinary programme of social-science research designed to improve fire safety and ...
www.stis.ed.ac.uk/news/2011/better_fire_safety

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