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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Nov 16, 2011


Sleep Disorder Linked to Fibromyalgia Risk
Medscape
... according to a groundbreaking new study. Paul J. Mork, DPhil, and Tom IL Nilsen, DPhil, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, report online November 14 in Arthritis & Rheumatism that fibromyalgia risk was 5-fold ...
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa Increases ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa. It undertakes directed research and development for ...
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BGI unveils significant new global research collaborations at ICG-6
EurekAlert (press release)
Rapid progress in genome science and a glimpse into its potential applications have spurred observers to predict that biology will be the foremost science of the 21st century. Technology and resources generated by genomics research are already having ...
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Study: Even the Cleanest Wastewater Contributes to More Super Bacteria
EP Magazine
The study is published in the most recent issue of "Environmental Science andTechnology," a journal of the American Chemical Society. The research was part of a unique class project in a graduate-level civil engineering class at the University of ...
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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
In addition, I was part of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for the scoping of and initial work on the 1997 major PCAST study on Federal EnergyResearch and Development for the Challenges of the 21st Century, led by John Holdren, ...
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University of Glasgow researchers set to study effects of weight loss surgery
HealthCanal.com
The University's BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre has received £2.1m from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme to study the clinical outcomes of bariatric surgery conducted in Scotland over ...
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Veterinarian won nobel for immunology research
American Veterinary Medical Association
He continues his studies in immunology today at St. Jude and the University of Melbourne. "Biological science over the last decade has been enormously exciting because of the tremendous advances in molecular science and molecular technology," Dr. ...
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American Veterinary Medical Association
First woman wins top science award
Radio New Zealand
The Royal Society says Professor Winterbourn is internationally recognised as a leading authority on free radical research whose work has opened the door for groundbreaking studies into diseases. It says she's an inspiration to young women ...
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Stem cell pioneer halts spinal cord research
CTV.ca
"The whole area of stem cell research is certainly taking off. There are a number of other studies that are underway in the US and internationally looking at the application of stem cells to treat a number of disorders including blindness and spinal ...
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CTV.ca
Summit Business Media's AdvisorOne and ActiFi Launch Breakthrough Advisor ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Summit's studies and our reports are used each day by advisors and firms looking to take the guesswork out of purchase decisions. We expect that the Practice Management Research Study will be used in the same manner by firms and individuals looking ...
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Orbiting Solar Power Plants 'Technically Feasible' Within 30 Years: Study
RedOrbit
Orbiting solar power plants that harness the sun's energy from space and beam it to Earth could be economically viable within three decades based on technologies currently being tested, according to a new study byscientists with the International ...
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RedOrbit
Science and technology top on Uganda's development plan
New Vision
The council coordinates efforts geared towards realising national aspirations through judicious use of science, technology and innovation. The council has engaged in strategic pilot projects, policy studies and nation-wide stakeholder consultations on ...
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New Vision
'Small' talk improves kids' spatial skills
Futurity: Research News
“In view of findings that show spatial thinking is an important predictor of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) achievement and careers, it is important to explore the kinds of early inputs that are related to spatial thinking,” ...
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New material can enhance energy, computer, lighting technologies
Arizona State University
The lab's erbium research is supported by the US Army Research Office and US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Details about the new compound are reported in the Optical Materials Express on the website of the Optical Society of America. ...
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New EPA Inspector General Report: One More Reason to Reject Climate-Change ...
Heritage.org
The EPA stated that the summarized studies were reviewed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the US Climate Change Science Program/US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and the National Research Council (NRC), that the data ...
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American Water Celebrates 30 Years of Research and Innovation
MarketWatch (press release)
Other notable accomplishments have been studies to control microbial contaminants in drinking water, advanced water treatment technology and infrastructure, and wastewater reuse and desalination. The Innovation & Environmental Stewardship team consists ...
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Europe Bans Airport X-Ray Body Scanners Amid Cancer Concerns
LiveScience.com
Scientific studies have concluded that a small number of cancer cases — somewhere between six and 100, depending on the study — will result from scanning hundreds of millions of passengers per year. That is, for every year that the X-ray scanners are ...
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Breast Cancer Fund's Scary Thanksgiving Study Is A Turkey
Forbes
But believing something doesn't make it true – not only because this “study” fails the test of the FDA's research – or the European Union's Food Safety Authority – on this issue, but because it ignores basic scientific principles. ...
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Acorda Therapeutics Announces Preclinical Data on GGF2 in Heart Failure ...
MarketWatch (press release)
These data were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011 being held in Orlando, Florida. "These data extend previous preclinical studyfindings that GGF2 improves heart function in preclinical models of heart failure," said ...
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Significant Insider Trading at Micron, Sirius, MF GLOBAL, MannKind, Boston ...
Sacramento Bee
He added 484.5 million senior convertible securities to his Micron Technology (MU) position, bringing the total stake to a value of around $477.6 million. Academic studieshave shown that insiders traditionally make higher investment returns than ...
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Second Saudi Green Buildings Forum promotes research in techniques of ...
AME Info
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology won the Saudi Green Buildings Forum Award for the use of existing technology. When it was opened in September 2009, the University of King Abdullah was the first platinum building (LEED) in the Kingdom ...
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Governor calls for 'disaster' fishing aid
Gloucester Daily Times
... new disaster declaration request is built on new research — a "break-even" studyconducted jointly by the School of Marine Science and Technology at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, NOAA Fisheries and the state Division of Marine Fisheries,...
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Ancient landslide blocked California river
Futurity: Research News
The new research explains emerging evidence from other studies that show a dramatic decrease in the amount of sediment deposited from the river in the ocean just off shore at about the same time period, says lead author Benjamin H. Mackey, ...
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Nanotechnology and religion
Nanowerk LLC
A third study compared the US and twelve EU nations ("Religious beliefs and public attitudes toward nanotechnology in Europe and the United States"). All had comparable levels of science and technology, and each had a rating on a scale from religious ...
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Global commission charts pathway for achieving food security in face of ...
EurekAlert (press release)
"Agriculture and food security tend to fall between the cracks of global policy making," explained the Kenyan Commissioner Professor Judi Wakhungu, Executive Director of the African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS). The Commission points out the ...
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Out of the Classroom and Into the World
Patch.com
Typically, the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and medicine—are so structured that undergraduates thought they couldn't take their education beyond campus grounds. That's changing, said Carolina Robinson, study abroad coordinator in the ...
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Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. Congratulates Dr. Alvaro Morales on his ...
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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UCSF Automated Pharmacy Wins 2011 Popular Science “Best of What's New” Award
UCSF News Services
Studies have shown that technology, including barcoding and computerized provider order entry, as well as changes in hospital processes for medication management, can help reduce errors. In addition, the new pharmacy offers a rich training ground for ...
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UCSF News Services
Russian Institute of Nutrition-Nutrilite Health Institute Collaboration ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... treatment and prevention, clinical and translational research, manufacturing practices and regulatory science, and emerging technologies in the field of health care. "The Nutrilite Health Institute has conducted a number of assessment studies to...
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The Mouse Trap: Can One Lab Animal Cure Every Disease?<br>
Slate Magazine
"I began to realize that the 'control' animals used for research studiesthroughout the world are couch potatoes," he tells me. It's been shown that mice living under standard laboratory conditions eat more and grow bigger than their country cousins. ...
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Slate Magazine
Study: Even the Cleanest Wastewater Contributes to More Super ...
The study is published in the most recent issue of "Environmental Science andTechnology," a journal of the American Chemical Society. The research was part of a unique class project in a graduate-level civil engineering class at the ...
Environmental Protection News
Research Tracks Impact Of Air Pollution On Climate - Science News ...
The study, which was led by University of Maryland Professor of Atmospheric and ...Science Foundation and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. ...
www.redorbit.com/news/science/.../research.../index.html
New study finds that even the cleanest wastewater contributes to ...
Get science news via ... The study also suggests that standard wastewater treatmenttechnologies ... levels of bacteria are normally much higher than in the water studiedin this research. ... The study is published in the most recent issue of EnvironmentalScience and Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society. ...
esciencenews.com/.../new.study.finds.even.cleanest.wastewater...
NASA Researchers Aim to Reel In Tractor Beam Tech
Any science fiction fan or Trekkie knows what tractor beams are -- those beams that pull ... Search ECT News Network ... The studies could lead to technology able to clear the space around Earth of debris that endangers spaceflight missions. ...
www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/73668.html
Advanced Cell Technology | Speaking of Research
Improving understanding about Animal Research / Animal Testing ... medical science, and it is an emerging field that owes a lot to animal studies performed by ... In September of this year embryonic stem cells were in the news again with the ...
speakingofresearch.com/tag/advanced-cell-technology/
Frontier settlers had breeding boost - Technology & Science - CBC ...
CBC News Technology & Science ... By Emily Chung, CBC News ... the study led by Claudia Moreau, a researcher at Sainte-Justine Hospital at the University of ...
www.cbc.ca/.../technology-frontier-pioneers-quebec-children...
Universities, industry team up for 'greener' electronics
PHYSorg Science News Wire : Universities, industry team up for 'greener' ... link the fields of information technology, telecommunications, electronic systems and ...associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research, and the James R. Birle ...
www.physorg.com/.../universities-industry-team-up-for-green...
The Campaign for UC Davis: Philanthropy News
Graduate School of Management Dean Steven Currall and technology management ...social science, humanities and legal researchers across the university. ...
campaign.ucdavis.edu/news/id/10073
Research shows 'weak evidence' - Science News SciGuru.com
Research commissioned by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme ...The findings of the study indicate that there is 'weak evidence' to support ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Research-shows-weak-evidence-benefit-e...
HIV study identifies key cellular defence ... - Bioscience Technology
Daily news and top headlines for life science research professionals ... (TEM)technology increase the power of this imaging tool for the study of cell biology. ...
www.biosciencetechnology.com/.../sections-international-news...
New professors signal fresh ambitions for science policy research at ...
News of the appointments follows hot on the heels of the UK Government's stated ... a three-year study of the changing landscape for science and innovation in Asia, Latin ...SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research is a world- leading ...
www.sussex.ac.uk/research/news?id=10477
Virginia Tech to Lead NSF-funded Amphibian Microbe Study ...
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A group of scientists led by Virginia Tech will use funding from the National Science Foundation to study the microbes living ...
www.genomeweb.com/.../virginia-tech-lead-nsf-funded-amphi...
SEK 73 million in science and technology research funding - Faculty ...
The Swedish Research Council has reached the decision to grant SEK 73 ... to 27new research projects within the natural sciences and technology at UmeÃ¥ University. ... Richard Bindler, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science ...
www.medfak.umu.se/...//sek-73-million-in-science-and-techno...
Sci-Tech Today | Study Links Autism to Brain Growth Problems
In recent years, mounting scientific evidence has proved that concerns about a link ...For the autism study, he used the same technology being applied to examine ... Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, in a news release. ...
www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Study-Links.../story.xhtml?...
A Decline in Dead Zones: Study Shows Efforts to Heal Chesapeake ...
Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Research · Global Research: Johns Hopkins Around the World · Johns ... Return to News Releases ... University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Media Contact: Amy Pelsinsky ...
releases.jhu.edu/.../a-decline-in-dead-zones-study-shows-effort...
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