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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Dec 08, 2011


Third Red Sea Expedition Underway at KAUST
MarketWatch (press release)
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, December 6, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The third Red Sea Expedition of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is almost complete, having set sail from the University on September 15. This 81-day research ...
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Study says women lag in US STEM degrees
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Bayer's study suggests universities, as the "gatekeepers" that weed out students and confer STEM degrees, have an obligation to better support and retain women and minorities who pursue undergraduate science and technology degrees. ...
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The UK life-sciences industry
The Guardian
Medical technology companies are amongst those that have benefitted from the upturn, with twice as many med-tech studies being delivered in 2010/11 as in the previous three years taken together. Lucy Pollock is the Marketing Manager for clinical trials ...
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The Guardian
Homoeopathy is Scientific NanoMedicine: Study
ZME Science
This gains significance with the LHMI offering collaborative research with the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs) for basic research as was expressed before the President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil at Rashtrapathi Bhavan after ...
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ZME Science
Agilent Technologies Expands Capabilities of 6000ILM AFM for Micro- and ...
Laser Focus world
Agilent Technologies offers high-precision, modular AFM solutions for research, industry and education. Exceptional worldwide support is provided by experienced application scientists and technical service personnel. Agilent's leading-edge R&D ...
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Sigma® Life Science Announces Gene Knockout Rat Models for Cardiovascular ...
PR Newswire (press release)
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company committed to Enabling Science to Improve the Quality of Life. Its chemical and biochemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and ...
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Agilent Technologies and Monash University Sunway Campus Boost Talent and ...
spectroscopyNOW.com
This partnership, the first of its kind for Agilent with a university in Malaysia, will help Malaysia assert itself as a leading center for life sciences research and development in Southeast Asia. Under the agreement, a center of excellence known as ...
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Jordan centre to support tech research and innovation
SciDev.Net
He added that the centre must also push for networking between local and international scientific research experts, form links with industry and transfer successful technology to the region. Fahd A. Batayneh, an expert in internet governance capacity ...
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Gov't boosts genome-based research
Manila Bulletin
By FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Science and Technology(DoST) Sunday assured full commitment to the advancement of genome-based research in the country to boost and revolutionize health, drug discovery, forensics, ...
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Oregon research center will help referee Medtronic bone growth controversy
OregonLive.com
By Nick Budnick, The Oregonian Allegations of questionable safety leveled at a national medicaltechnology firm will be settled with the help of the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center based at Oregon Health and Science University. ...
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Office of Navy Research: From Science Fiction to
MarineLink
His counterparts are the director of research (discovery and invention) and director of transition. The Office of Innovation promotes, fosters, and develops innovative science, technology, processes and policies that support the Department of the Navy. ...
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Social science: Open up online research
Nature.com
The US model is becoming the global norm, as IRBs elsewhere begin to review studies being done in the social sciences and humanities. The time and expense of intensive ethics review of online socialscience puts the brakes on such work: both slowing ...
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Five PNNL scientists elected AAAS fellows
Chem.Info
She has an international reputation for using proteomics — the study of the structure and function of proteins — to identify biomarkers that can provide early detection of cancer and other diseases. Rodland's research is focused on understanding the ...
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Multi-Pronged UK Strategy to Invest $566M in Life Sciences
GenomeWeb Daily News
ELIXIR will help us maximize the outputs and impact of the UK's world-leading life science researchbase." The £130m in funding for stratified medicines will be added to current investments by the Medical Research Council and the Technology Strategy ...
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Capps Introduces Bill to Research Links Between Ocean Resources, Human Health
Noozhawk
Amend the Oceans and Human Health Act to expand the interagency oceans and human healthresearch program to include coasts and the Great Lakes. » Direct the president, through the National Science and Technology Council, to continue coordinating a ...
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US High School Students Shine in Prestigious Science Competition
Voice of America
“I worked with third-grade students after school for a science project, and it is really cool to see them and hope that they will one day go into science studies in high school. So I think it is about gettingscience into the minds of kids at a young ...
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Top-grade stem cells seen boosting research trials
Chicago Tribune
The UK Stem Cell bank already has more than 90 research grade stem cell lines for use in laboratory studies, but as yet has no clinical grade xeno-free lines for use in human trials. "In the future, patients hoping for the benefit of regenerative ...
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Science in the Military
ScienceCareers.org
“We believe a well-rounded science and technology curriculum is based on a broad spectrum ofstudy, 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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EU seeks billions for energy research
UPI.com
The sum is part of a $108 billion science research and development budget that represents an increase and renewed commitment to EU-funded scientific spending at a time of financial turmoil in the eurozone. Clean energy technology is one of six ...
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Scientists identify strategies to conquer lifestyle and genetic factors ...
EurekAlert (press release)
The results of clinical studies of probiotics as infant food supplements to prevent allergic disease have been mixed. The committee recommends that the term probiotic be employed with caution, and that further research be done to understand the ...
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Scientists recall hair-raising research
WBEZ (blog)
But for brevity's sake, I'm including a few highlights here: Albert Colman works in the geophysical sciences department at the University of Chicago, and he studiesextremophiles – that is, organisms who like extreme conditions, such as boiling hot, ...
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WBEZ (blog)
Research helps lift undergrads
ReporterNews.com
According to an ACU news release, student researchers were divided into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics category or an arts, humanities and social sciences category. Jones' other research projects include working with Dr. Qiang Xu, ...
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Study: BPA Is in Wide Variety of Paper Products
WebMD
The study is published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Researchers say that because only a fraction of that is absorbed through the skin, most people probably pick up far less BPA handling paper than they do from their diets. ...
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Fellowship - a free pass for your own research
ETH Life
In doing so, it focuses on combining science, technology and humanitarian fields that affect societal aspects. Kuenzler's scientific roots lie in law, which he studied at the University of Zurich. He subsequently obtained a Master's in the subject from ...
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ETH Life
The US's Education Bubble
Gold Seek
In order to be competitive in those fields, however, a nation must invest in so-called "STEM" studies(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). During the latter half of the 20 th century, as more and more US high-schoolers opted to at least start ...
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New Climate Change Studies Published As UN Talks Persist
RedOrbit
As UN officials plan out their talks, new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience provides a new analysis of factors driving the Earth's warming since 1950. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich are using ...
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RedOrbit
Setting smart Internet policy requires data we don't have, aren't getting
Ars Technica
By John Timmer | Published December 2, 2011 2:31 PM In addition to publishing original research,Science runs a series of Policy Forums that examine the interface between research and governance. This week's focuses on Internet regulations. ...
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Commerce Committee Hearing Reviews the Science of Forensics; MU Professor ...
WTRF
Both Marshall and West Virginia University have highly regarded forensic science programs, Rockefeller said. He said increased attention on the field will lead to job growth and a stronger emphasis across the state toward high-tech studies. ...
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Job Opening: Research Administrator, Okinawa Institute of Science ...
By Leah
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? Helping students who have to say "now what?" Skip to content. Top; About. About us ... The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) will become a model for change in education and research with the best international graduate students, working side by side with world-class faculty in modern well-equipped laboratories. Beautifully situated on the island of Okinawa, OIST relies on a cross-disciplinary ...
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Study: Plunge In Greenhouse Gases Caused Antarctic Glaciation ...
By Juliana Chan
Published today in the journal Science, the international study by researchers from the U.S., Hong Kong, Sweden, and Australia, is the first multidisciplinary research of its kind to show that C02 could dramatically alter global climate. It confirms ...
Asian Scientist Magazine | Asian...
Study identifies mechanisms cells use to remove ... - Science Codex
By News
The research was supported by the Georgia Cancer Coalition, National Science Foundation and Georgia Tech Integrative BioSystems Institute. Storici and Georgia ... Tech/Gary Meek). Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Research News ...
Science Codex - Science news,...
Research in Centre for Studies in Science Policy: CfPs: 8th ...
By Anup Kumar Das
COLLNET is a global interdisciplinary research network of scholars who are concerned to studyaspects of collaboration in science and in technology (see COLLNET web site at: http://www.collnet.de/). This network of interdisciplinary scholars ...
Research in Centre for Studies...
Compilation of centers and research groups working on ...
By Esteban
Institute for the Study of ScienceTechnology and Innovation (ISSTI) (link to website) at ResearchCentre for Social Science, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh (UK). The ISSTI has been formed to bring together the ...
Esteban Romero
Study identifies mechanisms cells use to remove bits of RNA from ...
The research was supported by the Georgia Cancer Coalition, National Science Foundation and Georgia Tech Integrative BioSystems Institute. Storici and ... Thanks to Georgia Institute ofTechnology Research News for this article. This press ...
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Changing Taste and Technology in Iron Age Satricum - NICA
By Eloe
In addressing these themes, an important role is attributed to scientific research. Trying to develop a sensitivity for the hard sciences has brought me on the path of ScienceTechnology and SocietyStudies, often referred to as 'STS'. ...
Netherlands Institute for Cultural...
Third Red Sea Expedition Underway at KAUST ... - PPI News Agency
By webadmin
The third Red Sea Expedition of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST) is almost complete, having set sail from the University on September 15. This 81-day research voyage is the debut expedition for the new Director ...
Pakistan Press International
British MS Study Among Recent Stem Cell Research Successes ...
British MS Study Among Recent Stem Cell Research Successes ... the treatment of heart disease and inflammatory conditions, the news agency reporters added ...
www.redorbit.com/news/science/.../british.../index.html
Researchers seek to improve identification of palm prints | Science ...
Daily science, technology news, research and topics. ... US students, study finds · Using social networking to tap collective intelligence of online study groups ...
techsciencenews.com/.../researchers-seek-to-improve-identifica...
Full Professor of Science and Technology Studies (W3) - Faculty of ...
... record in Science and Technology Studies, candidates must cover, in research and teaching,... Latest job opportunities, career tips and news in life sciences. ...
www.academics.com/.../full_professor_of_science_and_techn...
RESEARCH at the University of Science and Technology of China
Corresponding research results were published in "Science", "Nature" series, ... in the University ofScience and Technology of China (USTC) pioneered studies of ... and "Top Ten News of Chinese basic research in 2008" by the academicians ...
en.ustc.edu.cn/research/201112/t20111205_125740.html
Teen Sex May Affect Brain Development, Study Suggests ...
New research shows sex during the adolescent years could affect mood and ... Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../teen-sex-may-affect-brain-developm...
American named King Gustaf Visiting Professor of Environmental ...
UmeÃ¥ Studies in Science, Technology and Environment (USSTE) is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research group at UmeÃ¥ University, formally ...
www.umu.se/.../american-named-king-gustaf-visiting-professo...
Lilly, Med Centers to Study Type 2 Diabetes Obstacles | Science ...
Eli Lilly and Company is conducting a study to better understand real-world obstacles that ... Your support will help Science Business continue to provide science news for ... NHGRI to FundResearch on Rare Diseases, Medical Care | #Science .... Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America · Association of ...
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Gene expression study made easy: Just sequence all of it | Science ...
The technology to obtain such a “transcriptome” has become accessible enough that full-scale sequencing is ... In a new study, published in the journal Genomics, Morrow led a research group that has for the first time ... Science news source: ...
www.sciguru.com/.../Gene-expression-study-made-easy-Just-s...
MIT Energy Initiative | Future of the Electric Grid
MIT News Office: ... While the previous studies have focused on particular technologies and energy supply, ... Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT ... Research Director Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Energy Initiative ...
web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/the-electric-grid-2011.shtml
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