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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Oct 29, 2011


Alzheimer's risk genes reveal new treatment clues
HealthCanal.com
Over the last decade, scientists have been working to identify genes which could influence a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's. Two breakthrough studies co-funded by Alzheimer's Research UK identified nine genes which were associated with ...
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Mbarara University phases out courses
Daily Monitor
By ALFRED TUMUSHABE & John Njoroge (email the author) Panic has gripped teaching and non-teaching staff of the faculty of Development Studies at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) after it emerged the faculty would be phased out in ...
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Researchers Discover Potential Avenues for Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes
A Sweet Life
This study was supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes, the Seventh Framework Program of the European Community, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The environmental factors and molecular mechanisms leading ...
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Father of artificial intelligence dies
Nashua Telegraph
By Elaine Woo In the mid-1950s mathematician John McCarthy issued a call forresearch on “Automata Studies,” but the phrase was so bland that few people understood what he meant. So he came up with a more provocative description of the idea he was ...
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Business and entrepreneurial studies for public schools
Coastweek
GABORONE (Xinhua) -- Botswana is scheduled to present a revised national policy on research, science, technology and innovation ( RSTI ) next month, in another endeavor to diversify Botswana's major sources of revenue. ...
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Pall Kicks Off Educational Series on Single-Use Biopharm Manufacturing Practices
MarketWatch (press release)
Insight on a range of case studies was provided by leading authorities in the areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These included Weibing Ding, Ph.D. (chemistry), and Helene Pora, Ph.D. (biochemistry), from Pall Life Sciences; chemical engineers Peter ...
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Penn State No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars
Penn State Live
Andrea H. Tapia, associate professor of information sciences and technology in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; lecturing and researchgrant to the University of Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica, for a project entitled,...
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17 Collier school administrators advance their learning through UF doctorate ...
Naples Daily News
He has only been to Gainesville three times since the program began. So, what has he learned from his three years of study and research? First, he found that there is little to no data correlating technology and student achievement. ...
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Vehicle-to-Grid Technology: Electric Cars Become Power-Grid Batteries
Scientific American (blog)
People need to have faith in V2G technology and see it as complementing, rather than disrupting, their lifestyles,” Sovacool says. That's a sentiment echoed by Richard Hirsh, a Professor of History, Science and Technology Studies, ...
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Scientific American (blog)
New approach to study depression may lead to new marker for risk
Medical Xpress
The research capitalized on the newest 'deep sequencing' technology that enables Texas Biomed scientists to search through more genetic variables. The GCC has 8000 linked computer processors that are capable of analyzing millions of genetic variables ...
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Stage set for annual convocation at MNNIT
Times of India
The institute has made significant efforts in the past to achieve excellence in undergraduate as well as in postgraduate education and research. The institute has created its own identity among the leading technological institutes of the country. ...
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UGC sanctions advanced centre for Chinese studies at Mahatma Gandhi University
The Hindu
Dr. Raju said the advanced centre for teaching and research will focus on the major areas of political changes, economic growth and social development, institutional innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, Special Economic Zones, urban studies, ...
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Guardian Study Shows Online Enrollment Pays Off
Insurance & Technology (blog)
And, according to research from Guardian Life, many employees everywhere are getting acquainted re-acquainted with their online benefits portals. Guardian recently released a study titled Enrollment and the Web: The New Norm. ...
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Scientists glimpse inside a Peruvian mummy
BBC News
By Daniel Nasaw and Matt Danzico BBC News Magazine, Washington In a small room lined with shelves of skulls, fossils, bones and antique violins, researchers are using advanced computer imaging to study priceless objects, including a mummy from Peru. ...
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BBC News
HIV antibodies being developed
Examiner.com
This study has been published in the October 27 issue of Science Express. Pamela Bjorkman, senior author of the study, has said "NIH45-46 was already one of the most broad and potent of the known anti-HIV antibodies. Our new antibody is now arguably ...
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The Multi-task evolution
Montreal Gazette
Scientists such as Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Canada Research Chair in neuroscience at McGill University, believe we are hard-wired to multi-task. "Imagine having to pay attention to several predators all around you in the savannah. ...
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Gates Foundation donates $4.17 million to UCI
OC Metro
"The work done by the IMTFI is an excellent example of the important role both applied and theoretical research play in advancing new fields of study," said Barbara Dosher, UCI social sciences dean. Every year, the Institute issues a call for proposals ...
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Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics Grants Exclusive U.S. License for ...
Bradenton Herald
The agreement includes a collaborative research initiative, which supports Tissue Regeneration Therapeutics' international leadership in the field of mesenchymal stem cell technology. TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - JE Davies, President and CEO ...
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All systems "go" for Plants in Space
Examiner.com
NSBRI is a NASA funded consortium that aims its studies at solving health risks related to long-duration spaceflights. More than 60 institutions conduct the instituesscience through technology and education projects.
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Walgreen guides provide real-time solutions, referrals to customers
Chicago Sun-Times
It is also part of another trend: Technology is helping people take their medications when they should, as drugstores and doctors tackle a problem that costs $290 billion a year in otherwise avoidable medical spending, studies show....
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Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for Equine ...
Sacramento Bee
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. is a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of proprietary and innovative products for human and animal health markets ...
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China enters the Arctic equation
Vancouver Sun
"After the Northwest Passage is opened up, it will become a new 'axial sea route' between Atlantic and Pacific," Li wrote in a 2009 article published in a journal of the China Association for Science and Technology. "Whoever has control over the Arctic ...
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Research and Markets: Smart Metering: World 2011 - Offer of Two Detailed Reports
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Case studies of smart metering projects by the leading energy groups in Europe. In-depth market profiles of nineteen countries in Europe. Status updates on the development of smart grid and communication technology. Updated profiles of the key players ...
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Power of Progressive Economics: The Clinton Years
Center For American Progress
Some of these investments included: Federal funding for scientific research. Under President Clinton Congress increased funding for the National Science Foundation by more than 30 percent, boosting university-based research and investments to train the ...
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Center For American Progress
RIP Howard Wolpe
Climate Science Watch
On the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Mr. Wolpe chaired the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight for two years (1991-1992), holding dozens of hearings. He took on Bush Administration energy research investments, mismanagement at ...
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Climate Science Watch
Q&A: Talking RIM, security and Windows 8 with ABI Research's Jeff Orr
TabTimes
We've seen early case studies of deployment in education, health and retail… Healthcare and education tend to come up on any newtechnology. The reality is that education adoption only occurs when there is a funding source identified to make this ...
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TabTimes
From the Cave to the Kennel
Wall Street Journal
More than that: Along with a cascade of other new scientificfindings, it could totally rewrite the story of man and dog and what they mean to each other. For decades, the story told by science has been that today's dogs are the offspring of scavenger ...
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Wall Street Journal
AMU team inspects sites for Maharashtra campus
TwoCircles.net
... Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and former Vice Chancellor, University of Calicut, Prof. Jawaid Akhtar, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies andResearch, Prof. Ekram Husain, Principal, Zakir Husain College of Engineering andTechnology and Prof. ...
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Research Reports for E TRADE, People's United Financial, Linear, YRC Worldwide ...
Sacramento Bee
Based on PSI's studies, top traded stocks with significant insider trading activities usually outperform those without insider trade activities. (Read full report by clicking the link below, you may need to copy and paste the full link to your browser. ...
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Eye-Tracking Study Finds iPhone, iPad Draw More Attention Than Android Devices
Forbes
The study, which took place on Oct. 20, involved 200 respondents across the US All were observed online via their computers' webcams. A separate market research firm recruited the testers. After the participants agreed to participate and turned on ...
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Forbes
Open Access Africa: Spreading Knowledge, Increasing Collaboration
Global Voices Online
But if research about diseases like Malaria continues to remain behind pay walls, Open Access proponents ask, what good is it? All over Africa, financial models from the world of print keep scientists, students and policy makers separated from new ...
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FASEB Comments on Proposal to Revise Human Subjects Protections Regulations
Insurance News Net (press release)
Below we provide specific recommendations for improving the consent process for these and other studies. * There may be types of behavioral and social science research, beyond those that employ survey methodology, that involve only minimal risk ...
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EWEA cites new report as proof positive sector not major user of rare earth metals
Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
The Institute for Energy and Transport of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission conducted its study to assess whether there could be any potential bottlenecks to the deployment of low-carbon energy technologies in the EU due to the ...
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"Independent" Analysis of Flat Tax Questionable
Texas Tribune
But interviews, company literature and a visit to the firm's cramped office in Brooklyn suggest the research falls well short of a rigorous or independent economic analysis. Neither the campaign nor the consulting firm would elaborate on how the study ...
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Today's medical technology helps to diagnose and treat
Valencia County News Bulletin
With more than two decades in the medical field, Fresquez-Chavez has seen medical technology and devices change. "There is so much research being done and things change rapidly," Fresquez-Chavez said. "These changes try to make the job a little easier ...
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Valencia County News Bulletin
Techlink Entertainment launches advisory board
Cape Breton Post
SYDNEY — Techlink Entertainment which produces responsible gamblingtechnology says it is launching a new research advisory board. The responsible gambling research advisory board will include some of the best gambling experts in the world and will ...
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Your 10 questions with Prof Tan Sri Ghauth Jasmon
Malaysia Star
David Teh, Malacca Having good scientific English is, of course, very important in international research. Besides sourcing for the most current information through journals and scientific writings, the ability to communicate with our international ...
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Malaysia Star
Scientists develop technology revolutionizing single-cell studies
Scientists develop technology revolutionizing single-cell studies ... Researchersat the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in collaboration with scientists at the J. ...
manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=4754
How technology is changing science news | ScienceWriters (www ...
How technology is changing science news ... people are turning to the Internet as their primary source for science news; a 2006 Pew Research Center study(the ...
www.nasw.org/how-technology-changing-science-news
allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Science and technology - New research ...
Science and technology - New research results presented ... They listened to experts' reports on five studies carried out by the technical commissions. Besides...
allafrica.com/stories/201110190838.html
Michigan Tech Researchers to Study Atmospheric Aerosols at PICO ...
Michigan Technological University ... Michigan Tech News ... Now, two majorresearch projects in a different area of atmospheric science will take advantage of...
www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2011/october/story48109.html
Alien abductions may be vivid dreams: study - Technology & science ...
In a sleep study by the Out-Of-Body Experience Research Center in Los Angeles, 20 volunteers were ... More science news from MSNBC Tech & Science ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../alien-abductions-may-be-vivid-drea...
Study identifies molecules used by certain species of seaweed to ...
Get science news via ... Georgia Tech scientist Douglas Rasher prepares small coral colonies for seaweed-coral competition ... In the 2010 study, the researchersdetermined that seaweed harmed coral only when their surfaces touched. ...
esciencenews.com/.../study.identifies.molecules.used.certain.sp...
Cellphone study finds no cancer risk - Technology & Science - CBC ...
CBC News Technology & Science. Major StoriesIn The News ... The study was paid for by the government's Danish Strategic Research Council. "Our study ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../10/.../health-cellphone-cancer-study.html
Science Saturday: Roddenberry Research Center + Skeptic-Funded ...
Take a break and read about this week's science news! ... Roddenbery's new stem cell research center, the results of a skeptic-funded climate change study,.... We need this country to begin innovating again, developing better tech and then...
trekmovie.com/.../science-saturday-roddenberry-research-cent...

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