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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Dec 04, 2011


[CITIZEN]Citizen Scientists
Wall Street Journal
Scientific research wasn't always considered the domain of professionals. In the 1700s and 1800s, most people practicing science made a living in other fields. The classic example is Benjamin Franklin, who was a printer, publisher and public official ...
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Wall Street Journal
Scientists' Elusive Goal: Reproducing Study Results
Wall Street Journal
2 issue to the problem of scientific replication. Reproducibility is the foundation of all modern research, the standard by which scientific claims are evaluated. In the US alone, biomedical research is a $100-billion-year enterprise. ...
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Wall Street Journal
UTPA professor uses crowdfunding for scientific research
The Pan American
WEIRD SCIENCE - Biology professor Zen Faulkes holds a marbled crayfi sh, one of many being tested in Faulkes' study of female crayfish cloning. Zen Faulkes' funding for scientific research is multiplying faster than the self-cloning crayfish he is ...
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Experts Say Social Sciences Are 'Left Behind'
Education Week News
In a study released at the forum and commissioned by the National Academy of Sciences, of which the NRC is a part, researchers at the University of Michigan, working with the Consortium for PolicyResearch in Education, analyze the social and ...
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The Scientist's Life Science Salary Survey 2011 - Results Announced
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Scientist has informed and entertained life science professionals around the world for over 25 years. We provide print and online coverage of the latest developments in the life sciences including trends in research, new technology, news, ...
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Science Exchange's Marketplace For Research Facilities Gets A $1.5 Million Boost
TechCrunch
I really like Science Exchange, largely because it could actually speed up the pace ofscientific research. It launched in August, offering scientists a centralized platform for accessing experimental service providers worldwide (or, if you're more ...
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TechCrunch
Grant funds advanced scientific research at MU
Columbia Daily Tribune
By Janese Silvey The University of Missouri has received a $3 million grant to train up-and-comingscientists and engineers to incorporate neutron-scattering methods into their research. The funding is from the National Science Foundation's Integrative ...
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Climate change insight gleaned from Yellowstone wolves
The Guardian
"We now have the tools to determine how wolves would react to climate change," said Tim Coulson, a professor of life sciences at Imperial College London, who led thestudy. "With any luck, in the future we can apply the methods developed from the ...
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The Guardian
Most dire global warming forecasts unlikely, study finds
Washington Post (blog)
By Andrew Freedman New research takes some of the most dire global warming projections off the table. A study published last week in the journal Science concludes that the more extreme climate change scenarios, which involve temperature increases of up ...
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Washington Post (blog)
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 shouldstudy solar radiation management?" Ribeiro went on: "Solar radiation management ...
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The Guardian
Biosecurity Board Assessing Studies on Altered Bird Flu Virus
Global Security Newswire
The biosecurity board can request but not order that the studies not be published. Ebright, despite his opposition to the research, said "you cannot post hoc suppress work that was done and completed in a nonclassified context. The scientific community ...
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MU research chief wants 'cold fusion' puzzle solved
Columbia Daily Tribune
We need to slow down and do careful scientific inquiry.” Duncan is proposing the federal government offer a competitive grant that would let university researchers more thoroughly study excess heat phenomena. MU likely would vie for such funding, ...
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Scientific fact vs. public fears on water issues
CBC.ca
Donald Siegel holds the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship of EarthSciences at Syracuse University. He Chairs the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council (NRC) of the United States National Academy of Sciences. ...
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CBC.ca
Scientist surrenders in Reno research theft case
San Jose Mercury News
"It's being worked out between the two sides," he told the newspaper. "Judy is a committed dedicated scientist known all over the world. Her only concern is the patients and the science." Mikovits formerly worked at the National Cancer Institute. ...
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Scientists cope as climate debate gets personal
CBS News
There is no other known forcing that could be causing it. After decades of research by many thousands of scientists from all over the world, no one can come up with another explanation. Not one that stands up to scientific scrutiny. ...
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Scientists Concerned About New Bird Flu Vaccine Research
WTMA
The NSABB does not have the power to prevent publication of scientific findings, but it can request that journals not publish certain studies. One member of the NSABB contacted by ABC News didn't want to comment on Fouchier's research, saying he wants ...
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Researchers Prove Violent Video Games Change Your Brain
Tom's Guide
"These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning," said Yang Wang, assistant research professor in the IU Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. "These effects may translate into behavioral ...
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Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions, according ...
HealthCanal.com
Scientific identity – Study participants wish to expose their children to all sources of knowledge (including religion) and allow them to make their own choices about a religious identity. Spousal influence – Study participants are involved in a ...
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MD Anderson expands its game
Houston Chronicle
DePinho also said MD Anderson is in "the very final stages" of recruiting its first member of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most distinguished organization of scientists. The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, ...
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Algae helps explains Antarctic ice sheet formation
Christian Science Monitor
"The research supports a clear correspondence between carbon dioxide and climate change," Pagani told OurAmazingPlanet. "This is not a great surprise to those of us who study the history of Earth's climate, but given the politicization of science these ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Research revealing spatial map of human genome earns top prize for young life ...
EurekAlert (press release)
"All four winners have made important contributions that advance our knowledge of cell biology at the molecular level," said Kieran Murphy, President and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences. "As part of our wider undertaking to support research that ...
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AIDS study in mice suggests hope for prevention; doctors now want to test it ...
LubbockOnline.com
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK — As scientists struggle to find a vaccine to prevent infection with the AIDS virus, a study in mice suggests hope for a new approach — one that doctors now want to test in people. ...
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OHSU study breaks new ground in understanding drug-induced deafness
HealthCanal.com
That's because Steyger — a research scientist with the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University — is deaf. Now Steyger has published groundbreakingresearch that is as personal as it gets. The study gives scientists new ...
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Empowering Patients to Participate in Clinical Trials
Voice of San Diego
While this reluctance is not limited to the African American community, the widespread concerns about involvement in research may originate here: if one group's rights can be compromised in thescientific arena, can anyone really feel truly protected? ...
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Army Research Laboratory and Battelle Hold Workshop for Girls, Women in STEM
MarketWatch (press release)
It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $6.5 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 22000 employees in ...
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The Study on System Shortage Behind Scientific Misconduct and the ...
By rain
It frightenned the whole academic circles, many peoper begin to pay attention to the problem of behavior norm and morals in scientific study , at the same time, systemize the construction ofresearch morals have been the focus.Face to the ...
Economics Papers,Economics Term...
Reproducing Study Results - Office of Medical and Scientific Justice
By admin
Scientists' Elusive Goal: Reproducing Study Results. Two years ago, a group of Boston ... to the problem of scientific replication. Reproducibility is the foundation of all modern research, the standard by which scientific claims are evaluated. ...
Office of Medical and Scientific Justice
Poultry scientists use new technology to study chicken body ...
By jfriedrich
ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This research, published in the August 2011 issue of Poultry Science, supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security. ...
ASAS Taking Stock
More damning revelations about Burzynski's “research” | Blag Hag
By Jen
Yesterday I picked apart the Burzynski clinic's list of “scientific studies supporting antineoplasonresearch since 2006.” Unsurprisingly, a majority of these citations were just abstracts of conference presentations lacking peer review, and a ...
Blag Hag
Enviornmental Science News - » Scientific Research of Carleton ...
By ccms_editor
Scientific Research of Carleton Professor Contributes to the Theatre … In a tale which centers on landscape, environmental elements and scientific research, it was absolutely fundamental for Singer, an award winning and highly acclaimed writer, to insure that her details were both accurate and authentic. ... Geography and Environmental Studies ...
Enviornmental Science News
UCLA scientists engineer blood stem cells to fight melanoma ...
By iCELL News
The study appeared Nov. 28 in the early online edition of the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers used a T-cell receptor — cloned by other scientistsfrom a cancer patient — that seeks out an antigen expressed by a certain type of melanoma. ... One of the nation's largest comprehensive cancer centers, the Jonsson Center is dedicated to promotingresearch and translating basic science into leading-edge clinical studies. In July 2011 ...
Investor Stemcell
On Mulkay's Critique about the Thesis of Merton's Norms of Science ...
By rain
Economics Papers,Economics Term Paper,Economics Research Paper · Home · Economics papers · Finance · International ... In the ” Some aspects of cultural growth in the natural Sciences,” Mulkay indicate there is no empirical studies that show that the scientists have agreed to comply with all Mertonian norms, in his view that scientists have all agreed to comply with the Mertonian norms shows that it is just a convenient study suppose, not fact. In Mulkay's view, the important ...
Economics Papers,Economics Term...
Say Anything » New Climategate Emails Show Scientists Colluding ...
By Rob Port
Which is a disturbing trend that goes far beyond the climate sciences. Think of how much researchis funded by the government, and how much policy is based on government-funded research. I won't argue that all government-funded ...
Say Anything
Darwiniana » Some Atheist Scientists With Children Embrace ...
By nemo
The study also found that some atheist scientists want their children to know about different religions so their children can make informed decisions about their own religious preferences. “Our researchshows just how tightly ... The research was conducted through interviews with a scientifically selected sample of 275 participants pulled from a survey of 2198 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the natural and social sciences at 21 elite U.S. research universities. Approximately half of the ...
Darwiniana
Social Science PhD Internships at Microsoft Research New England ...
By danah boyd
For these positions, we are looking primarily for social science PhD students (including communications, sociology, anthropology, media studies, information studies, etc.). The Social Media Collective is a collection of scholars at MSRNE who focus on ... While this internship opportunity is not strictly limited to social scientists, preference will be given to social scientists and humanists making socio-technical inquiries. (Note: While other branches of Microsoft Research focus primarily on ...
Social Media Collective
Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions ...
The study also found that some atheist scientists want their children to know about ... in the natural and social sciences at 21 elite U.S. research universities. ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Some-atheist-scientists-children-embrace-...
Pioneering Stem-Cell Therapy Research Halted: Scientific American
Bring Science Home; 1000 Scientists in 1000 Days; Search for Scientists/ Educators; Scientist ...Cell-therapy studies would have taken longer and cost more. ...
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pioneering-stem...
Climategate 2.0: Bias in Scientific Research
Admittedly, the existence of bias in scientific research – which is always ... The former SeniorScientist for Climate Studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2813515/posts
Being a Science Advocate Pays Off…Big Time! « Physics Frontline
Your scientific source for news, analysis and commentary relating to physics, ... However, this statement lies in stark contrast to a recent research study of ...
physicsfrontline.aps.org/.../being-a-science-advocate-pays-off...
Scientific News - Nestlé Research Center - Nestle
Clinical Sciences of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research ... These studies will rely on epigenetics, the biology of understanding how gene function ...
www.research.nestle.com/.../201111EpigenAllianceFINAL.pdf
Institute for Science and International Security › ISIS Reports › Iran ...
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF) ... The actual design of the shock compression devices used in these studies was not ...
isis-online.org/.../vyacheslav-danilenko-background-research-...
Article Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study ...
Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study using “science cafes”. Year Date. Theme. Research Field. Number of. Early-Career. Scientists. No. ...
jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/.../Jcom1004(2011)A02.pdf
Baycrest's amazing Virtual Brain - myScience / science wire
Portal for Research and Innovation in USA ... Humanities and Social Sciences ... for Effective Holiday Charitable Giving; Environmental Sciences - Dec 2 ... First new dining facility in 20 years celebrates its first quarter; Life Sciences - Dec 2 ...
www.myscience.us/.../baycrest_s_amazing_virtual_brain-2011...
Tenure track or tenured position in Cognitive ... - New Scientist Jobs
This research includes experimental studies of cognitive-emotional mind and brain ... of mental faculties, studied in psychology and other behavioral sciences. ...
www.newscientistjobs.com/.../tenure-track-or-tenured-position...
Of emails and scientific research | Planet3.0
You Are Here: Home » Featured, News » Of emails and scientific research .... There is also quite vigorous discussion about numerous scientific studies that ...
planet3.org/2011/11/24/of-emails-and-scientific-research/
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