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Research: Video games help with creativity in boys and girls
USA Today
"We are the first to look at creativity and technology use, finding that no other technologies except video games was positively related to creativity." The researchers' previous work, like this study supported by grants from the National Science ...
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Hepregen Corporation and Partners Present Findings at Key Research Meeting
MarketWatch (press release)
The long term stability and biochemical fidelity of HepatoPac allow for transporter, metabolism and toxicity studies that mimic in vivo situations. A whitepaper on thetechnology is available at: http://www.hepregen.com/events . ...
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Substance in red wine shows promise in first human study
Washington Post (blog)
But the benefits for people have never been shown and the potential risk of high doses for long periods remains unknown and some scientists have questioned the validity of some of the early research. In the new study, Schrauwen gave 150 milligrams or a ...
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Humanities Researchers and Digital Technologies: Building Infrastructures for ...
Science Daily (press release)
2, 2011) — Europe's leading scientists have pledged to embrace and expand the role oftechnology in the Humanities. In a Science Policy Briefing released November 2 by the European Science Foundation (ESF), they argue that without Research ...
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The misguided priorities of Pakistani academics
DAWN.com
With a nation of only 33 million people, Canada spends over C$300 per capita annually in science and technology research. In order to match Canada's per capita spending on research in science and technology, Pakistan would need to spend over $55 ...
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DAWN.com

Are we born to multi-task?
The Province
In a technology-driven world, we've all become expert multi-taskers, or so we think. Some scientists believe human beings have actually evolved over time to be better at dealing with multiple demands. Mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, Iphysicist, ...
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TSA to Study X-Ray Body-Scanner Health Risks, Pistole Says
BusinessWeek
While the TSA has said that the scanners are safe, based on external health studies, the agency has never conducted its own research, Pistole said, in response to senators' questions. A report published yesterday by ProPublica questioned theresearch ...
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Penn State No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars
Media Newswire (press release)
Andrea H. Tapia, associate professor of information sciences and technology in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; lecturing and research grant to the University of Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica, for a project entitled, ...
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Deep Web Technologies' Explorit Featured in Charleston Advisor
Sacramento Bee
Serving Stanford University, Fortune 500 companies, the Science.gov Alliance, the US Department of Energy, the Defense Technical Information Center, Scitopia.org, WorldwideScience.org and a wide variety of other customers, partners and researchand ...
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Domainex Awarded Technology Strategy Board Funding to Support its Research ...
PharmaLive.com (press release)
The funding of this proposal will allow Domainex to recruit a number of scientists, preserving highly-skilled drug discovery jobs in the UK. Given recent trends in the pharmaceutical industry it is very likely that the future of drug research in this ...
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Report calls for creation of a biomedical research and patient data network ...
EurekAlert (press release)
They are independent, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under an 1863 congressional charter. Panel members, who serve pro bono as volunteers, are chosen by the Academies for each study based on their ...
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Director, IDA Cost Analysis and Research Division
FINS
The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a not-for profit corporation that operates three Federally Funded Research Centers (FFRDCs), two serving the Department of Defense and one serving the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive ...
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Training new experts to help the disabled improve their lives
Arizona State University
In early 2012 the universities will begin awarding up to 30 doctoral students fellowships to pursue studies and work experience in multiple fields – from technologydevelopment to public policy making – that contribute to efforts to assist individuals ...
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Alnylam's VaxiRNA(TM) platform applies RNAi technology to improve the manufacturing processes for vaccines; GlaxoSmithKline is a collaborator in this effort. Alnylam scientists and collaborators have published their research on RNAi therapeutics in ...
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Top China expert joins ASU academic leadership
Arizona State University
He also was made an honorary citizen of the city of Dalian in NE China, where he also serves as "science and technology adviser" to the mayor of Dalian municipality. Denis Simon holds a master's degree in Asian studies (1975) and a doctorate in ...
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Study reveals details of alternative splicing circuitry that promotes cancer's ...
EurekAlert (press release)
CSHL is ranked number one in the world by Thomson Reuters for impact of itsresearch in molecular biology and genetics. The Laboratory has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL's multidisciplinary scientific community is more than 350 ...
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Infrastructure funding strengthens national research capability
UQ News
The LIEF funding complements Australian Research Council Discovery Projects 2012 funding of $870000 to Professor Hugenholtz for a study towards providing a complete view of life on earth via single cell genomics. This project includes targeted ...
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About The MarketPlace Firm, Research and Data Analysis
Virtual Press Office (press release)
We offer services that are developed and deployed based on trends and studies with internal clients as well as the external population. Stephanie M. Clark has been an independent marketing consultant for the past 15 years and specializes in developing ...
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New SEAS program develops next generation of innovators
Penn Current
Rakesh Vohra, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and Jon Kleinberg, a professor of computer science at Cornell will address the research side. Vohra studies the mechanisms by which prices of social systems are set, ...
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Penn Current

Candrive study tracks senior drivers to help determine who should be on road
Winnipeg Free Press
In fact, the driving records of the participants for the three years prior to starting the program made up part of the research material studied by the scientists. "Interestingly, their crash rate is exactly the same as you would expect in the overall ...
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This Homecoming, Step Into UA Science
UA News (press release)
Speaker: Bruce Wright, associate vice president, University ResearchParks. Nov. 4, 9 am at UA Tech Park, Suite 1750, 9070 S. Rita Road (transportation provided from Old Main, 1200 E. University Blvd). Visitors will tour the UA Tech Park to see how ...
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UA News (press release)

Standards stall students' use of e-books
iTWire
The 2011 Global student E-book Survey will be released on Friday at a conference in the US by ebrary, which supplies e-books and research technologies to libraries. The organisation conducted a similar survey in 2008 and has found that in the last ...
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Lung Cancer Research Foundation to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
MarketWatch (press release)
The LCRF seeks to help advance lung cancer research and to help those whose lives have been affected by this disease. The mission of LCRF is to support nationalresearch studies and activities focused on better treatments, screening, and prevention of ...
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Companies Collaborate to Provide Innovative Synthetic Process for Cancer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Founded in 2000, SCYNEXIS is located in Research Triangle Park, NC SCYNEXIS is registered with both the FDA and DEA. To learn more, please visit www.scynexis.com . About PharmaDirections PharmaDirections offers the highest level of scientific and ...
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New Youth Culture Study by Label Networks Reveals Economy's Latest Impact, DIY ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... the influences of technology and changes in communication, and where specific strategies will be most effective.” Comparing results over the past 11 years, and having the background from creating consumer research studies from Europe, China, ...
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Weather is getting more extreme, report says
TheNewsTribune.com
Scientists expect future hurricanes and other tropical cyclones to have stronger winds, but they won't increase in number and could decrease. Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel, who studies climate's effects on ...
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TheNewsTribune.com

Malaysia Accedes To 1959 Antarctic Treaty
Bernama
These include 24 research studies in biological and physical sciences, under the supervision of the Malaysian Antarctic Research Program (MARP), a task force set up by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation for research in Antarctica. ...
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Research and Markets: Computed Tomography: Fundamentals, System Technology...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The enclosed CD-ROM again offers copies of all figures in the book and attractive casestudies, including many examples from the most recent 64-slice acquisitions, and interactive exercises for image viewing and manipulation. This book is intended for ...
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$2 Million needed to complete new science building
Hilltop Views
Mabee Foundation will award the university a $1 million grant for the construction of the John Brooks William Natural Sciences and Technology Center South Building, provided that they raise $2.1 million by Jan. 12, said Joe DeMedeiros, associate vice ...
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CEL- SCI Corporation Updates Phase III Clinical Activities for Investigational ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Notable highlights include: -- Arrangements have been completed with leading clinical investigators and institutions from 8 countries on 3 continents to conduct the study. So far thirty five (35) clinical centers have met all legal, regulatory, ...
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School carbon emissions are on the rise
HeatingandVentilation.net
New research finds typical CO 2 emissions from schools in England are rising, despite reductions to their heating demands, because of an increase in electricity consumption. The studyfound that the new academies, which are schools funded directly by ...
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HeatingandVentilation.net

NASA Drops a Hundred Grand on Tractor Beam Research
Gizmodo
Now—finally—NASA's investing real cash money to spur the development of Zero Pointtechnology. NASA is funding studies on three specific laser-based technologies. The most well known is the "optical tweezer" method which employs a hollow laser beam ...
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news In detail
Knowledgespeak
Additionally, SciVerse ScienceDirect contains an expanding library of online major reference works, handbooks, book series and over 10000 eBooks in all fields of scienceseamlessly interlinked with primary research referenced in journal articles. ...
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Beam me up Scotty – NASA researches tractor beam technology ...
By Tibi Puiu
Trekkies might rejoice at the news that NASA has recently decided to fund a researchgroup employed to study how tractor beam technology might become applicable in space exploration missions. The agency has awarded a $100000 initial ...
ZME Science
The Study of Science and Technology Intermediary Service System ...
By rain
After giving the concept defined for the science and technology intermediary service system ,this paper introduces its characteristics, classification and important role briefly, and the comparatively studies important experience of the foreign ...
Economics Papers,Economics Term...
Medical Device Innovation: Georgia ... - Georgia Tech Research News
By abby
Results of a 400-person clinical study conducted at Emory's Wesley Woods Center demonstrated that the DETECT test had accuracy similar to that of the pen-and-paper test. “We envision the DETECT test ... This project is supported by the NationalScience Foundation, Korean Institute for the Advancement of Technology, Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute, Health Systems Institute, and the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Emory. Neuropsychological exams are ...
Georgia Tech Research News
Study: Excessive Praise On Poor Performance May Cause Depression
By Wendy Yang
... could hurt? In a new study, researchers challenge the popular notion that self-enhancement and providing positive performance feedback to low performers is beneficial to emotional health. ... New research from the American Psychological Association published in the October issue of Emotion shows that people who convince themselves they have performed well can become depressed when they realize their low results did not coincide with their high self-assessment. Conversely ...
Asian Scientist Magazine | Asian...
Scientists develop technology revolutionizing single-cell studies
Scientists develop technology revolutionizing single-cell studies ... Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in collaboration with scientists at the J. ...
manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=4754
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...
Beam me up Scotty – NASA researches tractor beam technology ...
Trekkies might rejoice at the news that NASA has recently decided to fund a researchgroup employed to study how tractor beam technology might become. ... “Though a mainstay in science fiction, and Star Trek in particular, laser-based ...
www.zmescience.com/research/nasa-tractor-beam-technology/
Science and Technology - Science and Technology News
Special Issue Highlights Environment Canada Research on Border Air Quality. By: S&T... study, presenting research that contributes significantly to our scientific ...
www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n...1...
Cellphone study finds no cancer risk - Technology & Science - CBC ...
CBC News Technology & Science. Major StoriesIn The News. Population: 7 ... Thestudy was paid for by the government's Danish Strategic Research Council. ...
www.cbc.ca/news/.../10/.../health-cellphone-cancer-study.html
Research links water disinfection byproducts to ... - e! Science News
This study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests a possible... Their research will also help the water treatment community develop new ...
esciencenews.com/.../research.links.water.disinfection.byprodu...
New York City College of Technology - Social Science - News
New York City College of Technology - the college of technology of The City ... The Social Science Lecture Series is proud to announce upcoming lectures for the ... for the integration of laboratory research and technology into the psychology ...
https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/academics/deptsites/.../news.asp...
Science Saturday: Roddenberry Research Center + Skeptic-Funded ...
Take a break and read about this week's science news! ... Roddenbery's new stem cellresearch 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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