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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Dec 01, 2011


Geoengineering techniques need more study, says science coalition
The Guardian
Some 72% of the 3105 participants in the UK, US and Canada said they somewhat or strongly supported general research when asked: "Do you think scientists should study solar radiation management?" Ribeiro went on: "Solar radiation management ...
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The Guardian
Science in the Military
ScienceCareers.org
“We believe a well-rounded science and technology curriculum is based on a broad spectrum of study, including fields not traditionally linked with the military,” Marks says. In return for Army, Navy, or Air Force funding, graduates from the military ...
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House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
Political decision-makers should never dictate what scientific studies should conclude, and they should base policy on a thorough review of all relevantresearch and the provisions of the relevant statutes. But some disputes over the "politicization" ...
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US Oncology Research Affiliated Physician to Present Findings From Innovative ...
Sacramento Bee
McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corporation, empowers the community patient care delivery system to advance the science, technology and quality of care. Through innovative clinical, research, business and operational solutions, ...
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US Oncology Research Affiliated Physician to Present Findings From Innovative ...
PR Newswire (press release)
McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corporation, empowers the community patient care delivery system to advance the science, technology and quality of care. Through innovative clinical, research, business and operational solutions, ...
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Forgetting history: State shouldn't leave social studies behind
Baltimore Sun
Invited to participate in these meetings were principals, along with representatives from English/language arts, mathematics, and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Notably absent were history and social studiesteachers. ...
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Brave new world of genomics
Malaya
"The PGC will use the knowledge of genomics in revolutionizing agriculture, health, and researches," she said "Research will play a key role in advancing science." Genomics involve studies on the entire hereditary information of an organism embedded in ...
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Malaya
Bruker Announces Partnership with GRAST at Chungnam National University in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... Science and Technology), and many other fusion fields of study. Bruker Corporation /quotes/zigman/90713/quotes/nls/brkr BRKR +3.83% is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, ...
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UT professors object to creation institute's inclusion in charity list
Austin American-Statesman
The organization's listing in a brochure distributed to state employees offers the following description: "Science strongly supports the Bible's authority and accuracy. With scientific research, education programs, and media presentations, ...
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NJIT's Louis Lanzerotti to be honored as AGU's 2011 William Bowie Medalist
EurekAlert (press release)
Lanzerotti has spent four and one-half decades contributing to research that includes studies of space plasmas and geophysics, and engineering problems related to the impact of atmospheric and space processes on terrestrialtechnologies, ...
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Professors receive state grant
Daily O'Collegian
Eleven researchers across Oklahoma have been awarded about $1.9 million toward their studies to help Oklahoma grow economically. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology has paired with Oklahoma to fund perspective research ...
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Changes and challenges: Physics in India
PhysicsToday.org
A surge of big projects is perhaps the most visible sign of scientific growth in India. Participation in CERN for two decades “has played a key role in glamorizingscience and technology in India,” says Archana Sharma, who works on the compact muon ...
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The study-abroad route less traveled: A year in Russia
UC Los Angeles
She came back, spent another year at UCLA working toward her major in politicalscience. She took more classes in Russian. She picked up a $20000 scholarship and is now spending a full year in Russia, studying and doing research. ...
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Filipinos hungry for gene research
Malaya
Without the sequencing technology, research could take a decade, he added. "Genomic studies in agriculture are very exciting, especially the development of human resources to do the research," he said. "The results will be used ultimately by breeders. ...
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McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Addresses Growing Demand for a...
PR Newswire (press release)
Several European countries have also established technical education initiatives to improve their citizens' vocational qualifications, and studies of their on-the-job training programs have shown them to be more effective than classroom instruction....
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Singularity University Appoints Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Since its founding in 2009, SU has hosted students and industry leaders from 40 countries at its campus at NASA-Ames Research Park, Calif. SU offers both graduate studies and executive programs focused on the impact and incubation of exponentially ...
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UH Hilo TCBES graduate program receives $2 million
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
“We continue to engage our students in rigorous research studies as a means to broaden their experience in the sciences and technology so their educations are relevant to the global society we live in and will prepare them for the many challenges and ...
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Diabetes Breakthrough Stalled in Safety Debate
Fox News
While US researchers have been allowed to test artificial pancreas systems in carefully supervised hospital studies, they need to be tested outside of the clinic in real-world settings to see how well they work. That has forced many to seek research ...
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Research environment thrives at Marquette
Marquette Tribune
The correlation between research designed for the good of society and the Jesuit mission of the university inspired Robert Peoples, associate professor of biomedical sciences at Marquette, in his ownresearch. Robert Peoples studies the effects of ...
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Marquette Tribune
The art and science of communications intelligence
The Hindu
India itself was using some Echelon-like signals intelligencetechnologies by this time. The United States had begun to supply the Research and Analysis Wing's Aviation Research Centre equipment to spy on China's nuclear programme and naval assets from ...
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The Hindu
Empowering Patients to Participate in Clinical Trials
Voice of San Diego
The rich racial and ethnic diversity of the San Diego community also makes it possible to attract patients with diverse backgrounds to research studies. This makes San Diego an even more important contributor to clinical trials because if a drug is not ...
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Mediocrity, ignorance impeding US STEM education
Mass High Tech
Courtesy of a 10th grade social studies class outside Denver, Colo., the answer is … England in 1900. America's response to improving its overall education system in general, and how we teach math andscience in specific, needs a dramatic ...
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Mass High Tech
NJIT Researchers Publish News of Success With Robots as Learning Tool
ECNmag.com
“In recent years, considerable effort has been made to increase student interest and competency in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and using robotics as a teaching tool has been particularly successful,” said lead ...
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Scientists Use qPCR to Better Identify Pathogens That Attack Coral Reefs
FishChannel.com
Scientists, led by PhD candidate Joseph Pollock of the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, have devised a diagnostic system for identifying the pathogens in a diseased coral. That technology, called quantitative-PCR (qPCR or quantitative ...
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InVivo Therapeutics Executes Deal for New, World-Class Global Corporate ...
TradersHuddle.com (press release)
Said Reynolds, “In 2005, we started on a mission to engage multiple disciplines ofscience to treat spinal cord injuries. Now we have the facility to fully support our teams and to conduct our human studies.” The ability to expand to additional space ...
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IQE plc : IQE and Penn State University present joint paper at the IEDM ...
Reuters (press release)
NSF ranks PSU-EE at University Park 3rd nationally in total science and engineering research expenditures. The department has major thrusts in communications and networking, control systems, electromagnetics, electronic materials and devices, ...
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Successful STEM Training: It's in the Blood
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
These students go on to become doctors, nurses, physician's assistants, physical therapists, pharmacists, research scientists, and professors. From its earliest success as a teachers' college, UNCP decided to expand its STEM offerings to help the ...
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Having the Heart for Veterinary Cardiology
VetPracticeNews.com
Most of his studies and research have been in Italy, his home country, but he now resides in the US and is an associate professor of cardiology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. “People should know that cardiovascular disease ...
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VetPracticeNews.com
ISLAMIC STATES: Higher education network approved
University World News
The Higher Education Network (THEN) was approved during an executive committee meeting held in Baku from 23-26 November of the Islamabad-based OIC committee on science and technology(COMSTECH). Funding for THEN will be sought from the Islamic ...
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University World News
University of Delaware marine chemist named AAAS Fellow
University of Delaware
Luther and the other new fellows will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology during the AAAS Fellows Forum at the association's annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Feb. 18, 2012. University of Delaware-trained ...
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University of Delaware
Scientists in Sulawesi Discover New Species Hidden in Mountains
Jakarta Globe
“Out of 80-odd different species of yeasts that we've isolated, 37 of them are new toscience,” said Kyria Boundy-Mills, a curator at the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection at UC Davis. Although studies are still in their infant stages, scientists are ...
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Philippines: 'Panama' disease manageable, DoST says
FreshPlaza
Experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) Friday disclosed that the dreaded “Panama” disease (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense) which is now affecting hectares of banana plantations in Mindanao can be managed. ...
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Excel at ICT use: PM
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Indian research organisation Centre for Development and MediaStudies (CSDMS) is the key organiser of the event. Bangladesh Computer Council and the Ministry for Science and Information and Communication Technology are sponsoring the event. ...
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Bangladesh News 24 hours
DSI Appoints CEO
Private Equity Hub (press release)
Data Sciences International has appointed Bert Harman to the position of chief executive officer. Harman will be responsible for managing DSI as it enters a phase of growth and increasing market penetration for DSI technologies. ...
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When it comes to hurricanes, climate change effects may be 'a wash'
PhysOrg.com
Some studies have suggested that rising sea temperatures could perhaps double the number of storms in the future. The IPCC's official, more cautious position reflects both scientific consensus and new research into historic hurricane patterns, ...
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Not all cellular reprogramming is created equal
EurekAlert (press release)
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Rudolf Jaenisch's primary affiliation is with Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, where his laboratory is located and all his ...
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UMD GVPT E-News: U.S Department of Homeland Security Summer ...
By advising
Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological/lifesciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management, socialsciences ... Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, Sandia, Savannah River; DHS laboratories: Transportation Security Laboratory; Other research facilities, including Air Force Research Laboratory, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, National Institute of Standards andTechnology ...
UMD GVPT E-News
TAMHSC News & Information—IBT celebrates 25th anniversary
By Scott Maier
(HOUSTON)— The Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Institute of Biosciences and Technology in Houston hosted a 25th anniversary celebration Nov.... The evening included an opening welcome by David Carlson, Ph.D., vice president for research and dean of the TAMHSC-School of Graduate Studies, and a video presentation of the TAMHSC-Institute of Biosciences and Technologyintroduced by Russ Gibbs, D.Min., CFRE, vice president for institutional advancement ...
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Facebook shrinks 6 degrees of separation to 4.74 - Technology ...
CBC News Technology & Science ... Today, there are 4.74, the studies found.... of two studies released online late Monday by Facebook, researchers at the ...
www.cbc.ca/.../technology-facebook-six-degrees-separation.ht...
Pitt discoveries in quantum physics could change ... - e! Science News
... change technology as we know it, according to a study published in the Nov.... Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have made advances in better ...
esciencenews.com/.../pitt.discoveries.quantum.physics.could.c...
NIMH · Neurons Grown from Skin Cells May Hold Clues to Autism
Back to: NIMH Home » Science News » Science News from 2011 ... "Unlike animal research, the cutting-edge technology employed in this study makes it ...
www.nimh.nih.gov/.../neurons-grown-from-skin-cells-may-ho...
First dogs came from East Asia, genetic study confirms - Science Daily
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science ... Institute of Technology say their genetic studies provide “very strong evidence” that wolves...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111123132937.htm
Chemical Weapon in Spider Silk Repels Ant Attack: New Study
Study Identifies Molecules Used by Certain Species of Seaweed to Harm Corals Georgia Institute of Technology Research News Scientists for the first time have...
www.sciencenewsline.com/biology/.../2011112309270011.ht...
Graphene: the future in a pencil trace - Research - University of ...
Research at Cambridge; Schools, Faculties & Departments ... Psychology, Sociology and International Studies · Politics and International Studies ... and Lancaster are leading the technology roadmap, today unveiled an exhibition andnew ... their vision, objectives, and expected impact on science, technology and society. ...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/.../graphene-the-future-in-a-pencil-tr...
Fox Foundation to Fund Parkinson's Drug Candidate Studies ...
Your support will help Science Business continue to provide science news for business ... NIH Unveils Web Site to Expedite Lab Technology Transfer | # Science ... for CVT-301 clinical studies through proof-of-concept, which is planned to be ...
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