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Germany is India's second most important S&T research partner
Education Times
Germany, after the USA, is the most productive partner in collaborative research with India in science and technology (S&T) research. This was revealed in the recently released study, 'Analysis of India's S&T Research Capabilities and International ...
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SRI International Celebrates 65 Years of Innovation
MarketWatch (press release)
SRI also operates major radar research facilities for the National Science Foundation at locations around the globe, from Greenland to the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Longitudinal studies (1978 - present): SRI conducted the first ...
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Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It's Just So Darn Hard)
StarNewsOnline.com
“But we're not doing kids a favor if we're not teaching them good life and study skills.” WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, in Massachusetts, one of the nation's oldest technological schools, has taken the idea of projects to heart. ...
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Krystyn Van Vliet Conducts Research Studies on Material Chemomechanics
Azom.com
"Krystyn Van Vliet, the Paul M. Cook Career Development Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering. Credit: Dominick Reuter" In addition to her experience in farms her period of stay when she was just 13 at ...
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Azom.com
• Multiple scientists point out global warming damages
Reporter-Times
It is a scientific theory based on decades of countless studies, research, measurements and data recording by the world's top scientists from long establishedscientific communities. We need to remember that in science a theory is not a mere whim or ...
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NASA Seeks Space Technology Graduate Fellowship Applicants
MarketWatch (press release)
4, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for the agency's second class of Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications will be accepted from accredited US universities on behalf of graduate students ...
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A Spitting Image of Health How saliva can help doctors diagnose disease
Science News
In a study published in March in the Journal of Proteome Research, Griffin and colleagues used a technology called dynamic range compression, or DRC, to sort through the content of saliva samples collected from women who had breast cancer, ...
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DOH: Just theories till detailed study done
Inquirer.net
He has also urged the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board and the Department of Science and Technology to join in undertaking the research. A check with the EOHO showed that it has yet to finish the study, which was launched about a...
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FAU seeks state aid for science, tech institute
Palm Beach Post
"We're doing just under $50 million in sponsored research now," Stilley said. "We need to be doing $100 million." A science and technology institute makes sense, given FAU's relationship with Scripps and Max Planck, Stilley said. ...
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ASCO Unveils New Vision for Transforming Cancer Research
Medscape
The third is to harness information technology to seamlessly integrate clinical and translational research and patient care. According to ASCO, a new approach to therapeutic development needs to be established — one that is driven by a more thorough ...
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SEA Semester offers travel, research
FSC Southern
At the same time, marine scientists have plummeted into the depths of our own oceans to unlock its evasive secrets. The study of the oceans has become an increasingly interdisciplinary subject because researchers are realizing that it's plays such a ...
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Report Calls for Creation of a Biomedical Research and Patient Data Network ...
Science Daily (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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Could playing videogames make your child more creative?
Daily Mail
Yet, regardless of gender, race or type of game played, greater video game playing was the only technology to be associated with greater creativity. The study appears online in the research journal Computers in Human Behavior. ...
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Daily Mail
Drexel signs partnership with SARI
Drexel University The Triangle Online
The center will be located in one of the buildings of the SARI in the Shanghai PudongScience and Technology Park, which also houses a hospital, dormitories and hotels located within its million-meter perimeter. “[The Drexel-SARI Center] will be a ...
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"Definitive" Global Warming Study Criticized As Fraud
Human Events
It was hailed as the scientific study that ended the global warming debate once and for all – the research that, in the words of its director, 'proved you should not be a sceptic, at least not any longer'. Professor Richard Muller, of Berkeley ...
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World-class industry research at EIBTM
Travel Daily News International
Reed Travel Exhibitions, organisers of EIBTM and the IBTM portfolio will additionally be launching it's first IBTM Global Meetings Industry Research Study. This primaryresearch will provide essential insight into business flows of the meetings and ...
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This section brought to you by Sony VAIO®
DailyTech
Another study conducted by comScore showed that 97.2 percent of US tablet traffic in August 2011 was attributed to both iPads. Now, new reports are saying that Android tablets will take over in 2014. The report, which was released by technology analyst ...
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DailyTech
Young short pulsar shines bright
BBC News
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News The Fermi space telescope has spotted the youngest-ever millisecond pulsar - a fast-spinning cosmic "lighthouse" that is the leftovers from a supernova. It is the first pulsar from a globular ...
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BBC News
HPV home tests for cervical cancer prove effective in study
Cancer Research UK
Dr Munoz and Dr Herrero said: "The experience in Mexico shows what can be achieved when scientific judgment guides public health policy." Hazel Nunn, head of evidence and health information at Cancer ResearchUK, said: "This is an important step ...
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Cancer Research UK
Independent Study Reveals Challenges Facing Utility Trade Conferences
PR.com (press release)
The McDonnell Group completed this research study at cost to support the needs of its utility research program participants and its industry partner sponsors. The McDonnell Group delivers a unique trilogy of energy and technology focused marketing...
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Africa: Climate Change, the Science and Climate Justice - Defining Issues of ...
AllAfrica.com
There are realities that are defined by present and expected levels of technology and there are challenges that are defined by the political economy of the present socio-economic and political system. In terms of the science, the Inter-Governmental ...
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Eating 'yam' advised for hypertension
Manila Bulletin
The study, funded by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development of Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD-DoST) entitled “Production and Evaluation of PRP-1 (Philippine Rootcrops Protein 1) - a Novel Anti-hypertensive Protein...
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Fiber Network Business Models, Best Practices Presented in New Research Pack ...
Sacramento Bee
For more information on how Pyramid delivers strategic value to service providers andtechnology suppliers in the global broadband and media space, download the Broadband & Media toolkit. Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com) offers practical solutions to the ...
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Protesters constitute 21-member panel for inspecting Kudankulam project
The Hindu
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing 'scientific team' and constituted an 'Expert Panel' with 21 members for inspecting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). “The proposed panel comprises noted ...
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Grants boost biotech sector
The Australian
Industry association AusBiotech's chief executive Anna Lavelle blames skills shortages in the sector on diminishing interest among secondary school students in higher-levelscience studies and difficulties in keeping the best scientists in Australia. ...
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Canadian immigration easier for international PhD students
Workpermit.com
Canada is making it easier for foreign PhD students with two years completed PhDstudy to become permanent residents, Minister of State of Science and TechnologyGary Goodyear announced yesterday. The Department of Immigration aims to accept up to 1000 ...
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Sixth Annual Vanguards in Insurance Practices Voting Is Now Open
MarketWatch (press release)
Insurance Networking News is a trusted source on technology implementation to support insurers' strategic business objectives. Insightful analysis, industry casestudies and news are provided through a magazine, web site and live events . ...
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New Study Indicates Rearview Mirror Is Optimal Display Location for Avoiding ...
India PRwire (press release)
That's the primary conclusion of Exponent, a leading engineering and scientificconsulting company, which recently concluded a two-month study evaluating driver interaction and performance with backup camera systems. These systems typically consist of ...
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Converseon Lead Scientist Dr. Philip Resnik to Keynote Sentiment Analysis ...
PR Web (press release)
Dr. Resnik holds joint appointments in the Department of Linguistics and at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. He received his bachelor's degree in ComputerScience at Harvard in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science at the...
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Author, neuroscientist discusses her research with community
Lehighvalleylive.com (blog)
Using data that shows more men chose paths leading toward careers involving engineering and technology, Eliot said computer science has only recently become gendered. It wasn't until video games started marketing toward males and the “computer geek” ...
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Funding Update: NIH Bioinformatics Grants Awarded Oct. 5 — Nov. 3, 2011
GenomeWeb Daily News
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has hired Kristen Stoops as business development director. Stoops has more than 14 years of business development experience in lifesciences technology companies, including a seven-year tenure with software firm Spotfire ...
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Scientists search for allergy-free sunscreen leads to bacterial substance
CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com
By Andrew McDougall, 04-Nov-2011 Scientists in Sweden have studieda substance that is found in certain bacteria, for possible use as a natural UV filter in sunscreens to reduce the incidence of skin allergy that can sometimes occur. ...
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CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com
Editorial: Regenerative research partnership a great move
Winston-Salem Journal
We're encouraged to see Wake Forest University and North Carolina State University team up to advance the study of regenerative science that one day may allow doctors to repair the horrific injuries suffered by our combat troops — and extend the lives ...
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Corporate income tax study sure to intensify political deficit battle
MinnPost.com
They have collaborated on similar studies for years, including research in the 1980s on corporate tax avoidance that helped pave the way for the historic 1986 tax overhaul. The official federal income tax rate is 35 percent of pretax profits, ...
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MinnPost.com
Carbon capture and storage proposed
Otago Daily Times
The Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies(CO2CRC) is a collaborative research organisation focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS). CO2CRC is a joint venture of Australian and global industries, universities and other ...
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Otago Daily Times
FACT, Coir Board sign MoU for developing technology
Manoramaonline
Kochi: Public Sector Fertilisers and Chemical Travancore Ltd (FACT) and the Coir Board have signed an MoU for conducting research studies to develop a technologyto convert coir pith into value added products like organic fertiliser and filler for ...
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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
Humanities researchers and digital technologies ... - e! Science News
By drawing on a number of case studies, the report demonstrates that digital RIs ...scientists have pledged to embrace and expand the role of technology in the ...
esciencenews.com/.../humanities.researchers.and.digital.techno...
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...
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...
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 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...
Arizona SciTech Festival set for Feb 2012 - Arizona Biosciences News
Top bioscience news, October 10-25: Arizona Science and Technology Festival set to ... Alzheimer's studies in metro Phoenix; Bayer's Maricopa cotton research ...
www.flinn.org/news/1037
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 News Daily || Humanities researchers and digital ...
Daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news ... By drawing on a number of case studies, the report demonstrates that digital RIs offer ...
www.sciencenewsdaily.org/computer.../cluster119992926/
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