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FBI investigates Unabomber in '82 Tylenol deaths - Yahoo! News


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CHICAGO – The FBI has requested a DNA sample from "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski as part of its investigation into the 1982 deaths of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol from packages that had been tampered with, officials said Thursday. Kaczynski, who pleaded guilty in 1998 to setting 16 explosions that killed three people and is serving a life sentence in federal prison, has declined to voluntarily provide a DNA sample..

SPACE, Astronomy News, May 19, 2011


Ejected planets aplenty in our galaxy
USA Today
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Star Trek's bold adventurers were always encountering planets seemingly set loose in the middle of nowhere throughout space. The show may have been onto something, suggests astronomers - a sky survey has turned up 10 jumbo ...
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USA Today

Portman's 'Thor' Highlights Women in Astronomy
U.S. News & World Report
"Opportunities for women in astronomy are continuing to increase," said Wendy Freedman, who led a Hubble Space Telescope project investigating the age of the universe from 1991-2001, and current director for the Carnegie Observatories—where Edwin ...
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Cosmic ray hunter installed on space station
Reuters
Scientists expect AMS will reshape their understanding of the universe, much the same way that theHubble Space Telescope pioneered new frontiers in astronomy, including the startling discovery that the universe's rate of expansion is speeding up. ...
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At the heart of Comet 103P/Hartley, a new breed of comet?
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomers don't know, but the answer would give them a clearer picture of exactly how comets were born eons ago at the birth of the solar system. Did thin tendrils of dust and ice get drawn slowly inward and pack themselves into a single, ...
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Looking Up: The dumbbell nebula can tell us about our past and future
Naples Daily News
When a particular class of star dies it “puffs off” its outer layers into space. The layers form a concentric pattern around the star as they expand outwards. This round shape resulted in earlyastronomers calling the object a “planetary nebula” (ie ...
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STFC chief criticised on space-saving cuts
Times Higher Education
By Paul Jump The Science and Technology Facilities Council and its chief executive, Keith Mason, have been heavily criticised in a parliamentary report on astronomy and particle physics. The Commons Science and Technology Committee report expresses ...
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ETSU Planetarium reopens after renovation
TriCities.com
By Heather Fries Starting in fall 2011, East Tennessee State University astronomy students will have the luxury of “traveling” around the solar system, “visiting” planets, and studying constellations from their seats in the newly renovated planetarium ...
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WiggleZ galaxy project proves Einstein was right!
UQ News
An Australian-based astronomy team, co-led by Professor Michael Drinkwater from the School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) at The University of Queensland (UQ), has shown that the mysterious 'dark energy' is indeed real and not a mistake in Einstein's ...
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NASA's 'Starry Night of Iceland' photo of the day
Washington Post (blog)
By Melissa Bell In case you think NASA's only good for incredible space shuttle launches, you're missing out on some of the agency's best parts. One of my favorite things NASA does is their simple “Astronomy Picture of the Day” site. It's aptly named. ...
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Frankfort teacher selected 'almost-naut' to join NASA research
Medill Reports: Chicago
Lincoln Way High School teacher Margaret Piper will be flying high as part of NASA'sStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on a research flight scheduled for June 1. A physics, astronomy and meteorology teacher, Piper was one of six ...
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Medill Reports: Chicago

ScienceCity ends year with Space Shuttle Display
Eastern Arizona Courier
In one session on astronomy, the Arizona Science Center brought its StarLab, an inflatable planetarium, for participants to learn about constellations. Another allowed the children to role play as medical students trying to diagnose their patients' ...
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Blivit Report No. 2: Garden Eels, Climate Jets, and Cold Lonely Planets
Gather.com
In the blivet realm of astronomy, It seems that astronomers have found super-Jupiters wandering alone about the galaxy. They aren't orbiting stars, accompanied by other planets or otherwise any part of a solar system; they are alone... and there seems ...
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Nanosatellite to hunt down aliens
Hindustan Times
... of bread that will undertake one of the biggest tasks in astronomy: to find ''Exoplanets'' beyond our solar system, which could support life like Earth. It is slated to launch in 2012. Seamus Tuohy, director of space systems at Draper Laboratory, ...
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Kochi to get planetarium
Deccan Chronicle
By Shainu Mohan Students and academicians interested in astronomy in Kochi have got something to cheer up for. The district administration has gone forward with the plan to construct a planetarium in the city soon. At present there are only two ...
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Bechtel Environmental Classroom Designed to Earn World's Toughest Green ...
Smith College Grécourt Gate
The lumber for the building will be obtained on site, by recycling used local lumber or by acquiring newly harvested lumber certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Smith purchased the tract in the 1970s as an observatory site for the astronomy ...
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Motion Control Technology – the Future is Here
Gamasutra (blog)
Over the last few months, new uses have emerged for motion-controlled applications which stem from the Kinect technology - now used in diverse areas such as teaching astronomy, navigation assistance for the visually impaired, even moving robots and ...
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Plans shape up for a revolutionary new observatory to explore black holes and ...
Interactions.org (press release)
A new era in astronomy will come a step closer when scientists from across Europe present their design study today for an advanced observatory capable of making precision measurements ofgravitational waves - minute ripples in the fabric of spacetime ...
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Future is something interesting to anticipate
Niagarathisweek.com
Dr. Sagan was Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Cornell University in New York State, and also a consultant to NASA. You might expect that he would have a lot of the answers that von Daniken and others look for. He believed in life on other ...
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Metaphysical Headphones & Dead Sounds: Lone Pigeon Interviewed
The Quietus
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HEALTH News, May 19, 2011 (2)

Secondhand Stress: The Dangers & What You Can Do To Combat It
CBS New York Wed, 18 May 2011 21:34 PM PDT
Experts say it is an ailment as contagious as a common cold, but with much more serious health consequences.

Drinking coffee may cut prostate cancer risk
Albany Times Union Wed, 18 May 2011 21:31 PM PDT
Drinking coffee may cut prostate cancer risk Lorelei Mucci of theHarvard School of Public Health and colleagues analyzed data collected from 47,911 U.S. men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, a large, ongoing examination of a variety of healthissues for men.

Social marketing in public health conference adds emphasis on environmental issues
EurekAlert! Wed, 18 May 2011 21:28 PM PDT
( University of South Florida (USF Health) ) To better meet the growing demand for social marketing, this year's conference has expanded its roster of leaders in the field and added an emphasis on social marketing and the environment.

New report on health reform implementation: How to ensure access to coverage is maintained
EurekAlert! Wed, 18 May 2011 21:28 PM PDT
Modifications to current policies could help ensure that healthinsurance coverage and subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act remain stable even through major life changes, according to a newCommonwealth Fund report. At least 34 million people will gain new coverage under the law, and it will be important to ensure that changes in income and job transitions don't cause abrupt changes ...

Cochise County now offering adult vaccinations for whooping cough
Douglas Dispatch Wed, 18 May 2011 21:28 PM PDT
The Cochise County Health Department has been awarded more than 7000 doses of the vaccine T-Dap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) by the Ameri-Cares organization. The county will be offering adults (18 and older) these vaccinations free of charge during the adult immunization clinics at local health departments.

Cholera : WaterAid calls to improve access to sanitation
Sunday Observer Wed, 18 May 2011 21:27 PM PDT
International development agency - WaterAid Ă¢ requests the world leaders to ensure that sanitation and water are prioritised in a resolution on controlling and preventing cholera , which is due to be discussed and approved at the World Health Assembly.

Anticipating cuts, Health board trims program
Salem News Wed, 18 May 2011 21:25 PM PDT
LISBON Ă¢ Anticipated state budget cuts forced the Columbiana CountyHealth Department to layoff one of five Help Me Grow service coordinators.

Sabattus budget would hold line on taxes, cut one employee
The Lewiston Sun Journal Wed, 18 May 2011 21:24 PM PDT
SABATTUS Ă¢ Town meeting voters will see a proposed municipal budget that buys more planning expertise, scales back town employeesĂ¢health care, cuts one position, aims to attract more volunteer firefighters and attempts to hold down property taxes.

Kenya: Protest as Govt Grapples With HIV Funding Shortages
AllAfrica.com Wed, 18 May 2011 21:24 PM PDT
Hundreds of Kenyan AIDS activists held a protest on 18 May in the capital, Nairobi to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding.

Almost 30% of Urban ERs Closed During Past Two Decades: Study
MedicineNet.com Wed, 18 May 2011 21:23 PM PDT
Title: Almost 30% of Urban ERs Closed During Past Two Decades: Study Category: Health News Created: 5/17/2011 6:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 5/18/2011

SPORTS, Athletics News, May 19, 2011

OHSAA competitive balance referendum: Schools vote down change
News-Herald.com
The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Tuesday the competitive balance referendum proposal to change how schools are assigned to tournament divisions in the team sports of football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball ...
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Last Bethel convocation of year honors 'Champions of Character'
Bethel College News
Finally, Jessica Hunter, Bethel head athletic trainer, presented the 2011 Gerry Sieber Service Award to Megan Fowler, senior athletic training major from La Junta, Colo. Sieber coached men's soccer at Bethel for 13 years and, during that time, ...
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Bethel College News

Gatorade® National Boys Soccer Player of the Year: Luis Rendon
PR Newswire (press release)
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Rendon as the nation's best high school boys soccer player. ...
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Gaston County Middle School title games on Thursday
Gaston Gazette
GASTONIA – Cherryville's Moss Park and Cramerton Middle School's football stadium will be the sites of Thursday's Gaston County Conference middle school baseball and girls soccer championship games as the curtain closes on the 2010-11 athletic school ...
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Rutgers' athletics teams praised for APR scores
Asbury Park Press
... five Rutgers athletics teams for their multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores, marking the fourth straight year that the Scarlet Knights' football, women's tennis and men's cross country programs were lauded by the college sports' governing body. ...
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Conference USA leaders wary of growing influence of professional agents
Orlando Sentinel
UCF is in the midst of an internal review of potential NCAA recruiting violations by its men's basketball and football coaches, who were accused of relying on a runner to help steer high school athletes to the school. UCF Athletic Director Keith ...
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Give us clean programs or give us death
ESPN
It was most famously levied against SMU's football program in 1986 when, while already on probation for major recruiting violations, the Mustangs were found to be paying players through an elaborate subterfuge aided and abetted by athletic department ...
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FRANKLIN TO PART WAYS WITH IUPUI MEN'S SOCCER PROGRAM
IUPUI Jaguars
INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI Athletics Department and longtime Head Men's Soccer Coach Steve Franklin have agreed to part ways, ending his 16-year tenure with the soccer program. Franklin took over the program in 1995 and is IUPUI's all-time winningest ...
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Heart defibrillators donated to area sports groups, and more available through ...
Florida Times-Union
... Mandarin Sports Association; Callahan Youth Soccer Club; Cedar Hills Athletic Association; Northside Athletic Association; North Florida Athletic Association; Jacksonville Junior Volleyball Association; Westside Football League; and First Coast ...
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Dong's Top 10 from Paris
The Dartmouth
Since most domestic European soccer leagues do not have a playoffs system, the champion of the French Football League (Ligue 1) — Lille Metropole — has already been crowned, even though there are still games to be played. The next major sporting ...
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Patapsco High Sports Hall Of Fame To Induct 3rd Class
Patch.com
Lingne then moved to Sparrows Point High School and coached football, boys basketball, tennis and cross country. He has been the athletic director at Sparrows Point High School since 2000. Lingner was been named Baltimore County Basketball Coach of the ...
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Athletic Trainers Getting Their Kicks From World Cup Stint
Patch.com
Gig Harbor pair traveling as trainers for the US women's World Cup soccer team -- and they have certainly seen the sights. By Jennifer Chancellor | Email the author | 6:00am Bruce Snell, of Gig Harbor's Northwest Sports Physical Therapy, ...
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Carr Receives 2011 Empire 8 Male Senior Scholar-Athlete Award
Stevens Institute of Technology
The award winners are selected by a committee comprised of conference Faculty Athletic Representatives. To be eligible, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.75 cumulative grade-point average. Jason Nachman '09 was the last Stevens men's soccer ...
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SIUE experiences growing pains
STLtoday.com
(Bill Brinson photo) Nearly six years since it began exploring the ambitious enterprise, with another year to go before the endeavor lands, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's transition to Division I athletics has been a tapestry of exhilarating flashes, ...
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Chico High girls soccer team wins EAL semifinal
Enterprise-Record
By JEFF LARSON-MediaNews Group CHICO — Surprise, surprise, the Chico High girls soccer team is in an Eastern Athletic League Cup final again. It's the third straight appearance for the Panthers in the sport's final game, a feat accomplished when the ...
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Russell resigns from OBU AD position
Shawnee News Star
By the time the new sports are implemented, OBU will have 21 varsity teams. Along with enlarging the number of varsity sports, the university has built new softball, baseball, softball and soccer fields, a new track additional tennis courts, ...
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East Chapel Hill outlasts Broughton in soccer
News & Observer
BY WE WARNOCK - Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL -- Minutes before the girls' soccer teams from East Chapel Hill and Broughton kicked off their NC High School Athletic Association third-round game, Wildcats coach Mark Kadlecik and veteran Caps coach Izzy ...
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News & Observer

Repella, Campriani Win Red Brown Cup
West Virginia University Mountaineers
The Red Brown Cup, awarded by the WVU Athletic Council to the top male and female student-athletes, acknowledges the pair's athletic, academic and civic achievements. The award is given in memory of Robert “Red” Brown, former WVU coach and athletic ...
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West Virginia University Mountaineers

Competitive Balance Referendum loses by narrow vote
SportsInk.com
How Ohio high schools are assigned to tournament divisions in the team sports of football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball will remain unchanged. A statewide vote of high school principals was revealed on Tuesday and a Competitive ...
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What's Happening
San Jose Mercury News
For boys ages 7-14 and girls ages 5-14. www.wcyfmarauders.com Walnut Creek Youth Athletic Association -- WCYAA Flag Football registration is open, games 9 am-3 pm Saturdays Aug.-Nov. For boys and girls grades 3-8. Foothill Middle School, 2775 Cedro ...
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Millennium ousts Elliot from girls soccer playoffs
Lodi News-Sentinel
Elliot, the No. 3 seed from the Central California Athletic Alliance, upset Trinity Prep 3-1 last week in the opening round to earn the matchup against CCAA champion and league rival Millennium. Posted in Sports on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:00 am. ...
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RIIL looking to more frequent realignments
Providence Journal
It can decimate a program,” said Tom Marcello, athletics director at Ponaganset High and a member of the RIIAAA committee. Teams subject to realignment would include baseball, basketball, softball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, ...
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Football, soccer sign ups
South Washington County Bulletin
The St. Paul Park Athletic Association will register kids for fall football and soccer teams from 6 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, May 18, at the Heritage Park Building, 14th and Laurel avenues in St. Paul Park. Football is for kids in grades three to six ...
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Sports Calendar
Chattanooga Times Free Press
TSSAA-SETFOA tournament: May 21, Champions Club at Hampton Creek, 1 pm; state athletic association & football officials group raising money for 2-3 scholarships for high school players; 4-person teams, $75 per player; $100 hole sponsorships. ...
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Rainy day fun: Foothill girls win soccer game to advance
Record-Searchlight
PALO CEDRO — The Cougars weren't going to let Tuesday's rain stop them from advancing to their second straight Eastern Athletic League Cup championship. The Foothill High girls soccer team got an early goal from senior Jean Mutch and held on with a ...
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South Sports and Recreation: Thirteen Boca High student-athletes sign letters ...
Palm Beach Post
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 19, 2011

Toxic flame retardants found in many foam baby products
UC Berkeley
... according to a new study appearing today (Wednesday, May 18) in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Arlene Blum, whose research contributed to the removal of TDCPP or chlorinated Tris from children's pajamas in ...
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UC Berkeley
Meet the Class of 2011: An Overview of Rensselaer's 205th Commencement
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Of special note, the arrays installed on the ECAV roof include one fixed and one tracking array, both of which are being used for class studies and research on campus. The Institute plans to expand the ECAV areas to 14000 square feet for future ...
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Music Sparks Science Creativity
Laboratory Equipment
We get emails all the time, 'I was afraid to sing but now it makes me want to sing all the time'," says Chordia. And those musical experiences that feed the mind may also spark greater proficiency in science and technology. ...
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Scholarships for USA, Japan and Turkey
Hindustan Times
The term varies fr The scholarships offered at the undergraduate level are spread across various fields of study such as social science and humanities, natural science, engineering, Japanese language and culture, education, technology, fashion and home ...
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The School of Gaming, Part 1: Welcome to Ludoland
TechNewsWorld
By Ned Madden Over 100 colleges and universities in North America now offer some form of video game studies. That's up from fewer than a dozen four years ago. The craft of video game creation goes well beyond the computer science needed to write code ...
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Do you notice you feel better when you walk barefoot on the Earth?
Your Olive Branch
Research has shown that walking barefoot on the Earth or connecting to the Earth with an Earthing system actually stabilizes the internal electrical milieu of your body and is therefore beneficial. Until large-scale studies and mechanistic ...
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Your Olive Branch
Four win Fulbright awards
Connecticut College
During her Fulbright fellowship, Bakanas hopes to earn a Master of Science by Research from the University of Leed's School of Computing. She is considering a career in academia or a future in the music technology business. Hogstrom will be conducting ...
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Connecticut College
Science teacher says goodbye to Holyoke JH
Holyoke Enterprise
Another of his favorite projects included the integrated units where science, math, English and social studies all worked together on one large venture. Students probably still remember the day Roth set off his stink bombs, and this science teacher ...
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Youth digest
Columbus Telegram
Columbus - Dustin Groteluschen, associate in applied sciences electrical construction and control; Cody Larsen, associate in applied sciences electromechanical technology; Joshua Maurer, associate in science; Stephanie McLaughlin, associate in arts; ...
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Scientists Discover Switch To Speed Up Stem Cell Production To Facilitate ...
Medical News Today (press release)
A team of scientists from Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have shown how proteins involved in controlling genes work together to carry out their functions in stem cells and demonstrated ...
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Affymetrix Releases New Applied Research Arrays Designed with Scientific Leaders
TradersHuddle.com
In addition, Affymetrix offers more than 30 other arrays for environmental, food, and infectious disease studies in cartridge, strip, and plate formats for different throughput needs. “We are keeping pace with the genomic technology needs of consortia, ...
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'Molecular fingerprinting' will improve monitoring of surgical patients ...
PhysOrg.com
"The patient screening paradigm is based on many years of basic science research in our computational medicine unit at Imperial. We believe that we're now ready to translate that science into most areas of hospital patient care. ...
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Fruit Flies Shake Off Silver Nanoparticles
Chemical & Engineering News
Very few studies have looked at the chronic toxicity of nanoparticles of any type, including silver nanomaterials, comments Wen-Xiong Wang of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, who did not participate in the new work. ...
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Our View: Window of opportunity on SMAST in New Bedford may be closed
SouthCoastToday.com
The UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology, built and opened in 1996, has developed a reputation for being more than an ivory tower of marine studies. The value it's brought to New Bedford is undeniable. The school's survey of Georges ...
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University of Utah Names New Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
Newswise (press release)
In 2007, Lee was appointed NYU Langone Medical Center's inaugural vice dean for science, and she has since overseen the development and implementation of an ambitious research strategic plan, launched six new centers of excellence in translational and ...
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Virginia Awards More Than $2.7M to Improve Science, Math
NBC Washington
STEM -- the hottest acronym since ROFL -- stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the supposed main food groups of education that President Obama says are "essential to America's success." Virginia's Department of Education put ...
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State Senate passes Academic Research Information Access Act
Penfield Post
... and electronic materials to implement a collaborative information infrastructure that will expand access to cutting-edge research," said Alesi, saying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) studies will benefit most from this move. ...
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SEMINARS, ETC.: Chancellor's Colloquium features US science envoy
UC Davis
CAPES supports many programs to improve quality in higher education, and to promote Brazilian research in science and technology. Brown bag organizers said GuimarĂ£es will present the main activities of CAPES and show the increasing importance of ...
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UC Davis
SAGE's Latest Knockout: $95000 Lab Rats
Fast Company
At press time, SAGE was preparing to announce the first successful effort to produce a knockout rabbit, an animal widely used for ocular and cardiovascular research. Pigs, used in studies on skin conditions and cystic fibrosis, are another potential ...
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Fast Company
Nahyan honors Zayed University Executive Masters Program graduates
WAM - Emirates News Agency
He also emphasized the importance of Zayed University in human development as well as "its dedicated work to prepare qualified resources and support the advancement of knowledge, education, scientific research and general support in providing the best ...
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Forcing through
BusinessWorld Online
The six commissioners also presumably feel more knowledgeable about information technology issues than the top IT experts in the country (including the dissenting Mr. Lagman). Ateneo computer science professor Dr. Pablo Manalastas, for example, ...
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Specialists Weigh Common Social Studies Standards
Education Week News
The combination of recent budget crunches that led to cutbacks in nontested areas; federal officials' rhetoric about the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math, known as the STEM subjects; and the exclusion of social studies from the ...
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Graduation at UNK brings degrees for 572 students
York News-Times
Kelley Lehmer of Aurora, Bachelor of Science in Family Studies, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi; Christopher Olson of Aurora, Bachelor of Science in Public Administration; Danielle Dose of Hampton, Bachelor of Arts in Education, Elementary Education, ...
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What They Are Really Typing
Inside Higher Ed
In a more recent study, a working draft of which was posted on the Social Science Research Network website last month, St. John's University law professor Jeff Sovern spied on students the old-fashioned way: by hiring people to peek over their ...
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Obama Administration Lets More Foreign Students Stay in US for Jobs, Raising ...
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Several years ago, the George W. Bush administration allowed certain students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to stay an additional 17 months -- for a total of 29 months. The announcement last week by the Obama administration ...
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Science given more weight as draft curriculum is launched
Times of Malta
These areas will include languages, mathematics, science, religious education (that may include Catholic classes or ethics' education), citizenship education, technology, arts and health. All learning areas will include elements of e-learning, ...
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STRATEGY FOR DISCOVERY AT THE EXPLORATION FRONTIER
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The agency supports university students in their advanced studies, promotes and supports discovery research, and fosters innovation by encouraging Canadian companies to participate and invest in postsecondary research projects. NSERC researchers are on ...
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Tricia Thibodeau '13 Awarded NOAA Scholarship
Bowdoin News
The internship between the first and second years of the award provides the Scholars with hands-on training experience in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, management and education activities. “During my summer internship, ...
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Wound therapy startup SironRX on its way to $3M series A investment
MedCity News
SironRx, built on technology pioneered at Cleveland Clinic, plans to use the funding to begin human trials, which could start around the end of the year, said CEO Rahul Aras, former director of life science commercialization with Cleveland Clinic ...
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The civic economy as a solution to crisis
PublicServiceEurope.com
Last week NESTA – the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, which promotes innovation as a solution to society's challenges – launched a collection of case studies of initiatives across the world already showing us how to achieve that ...
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Transdisciplinary anthropology thrives at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Faculty size has nearly doubled, with 75 percent being anthropologists and others representing a diversity of fields, such as economics, science and technology studies and epidemiology. Overall enrollments have risen significantly, as have graduate ...
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Israeli Doctoral Students to Receive Prestigious Fellowships
Arutz Sheva
After working two years in New York, Puder returned to Israel to complete his doctoral studies. Today, he is conducting fruitful research at the Einstein Institute and takes part in their project to instruct math teachers from elementary schools across ...
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From the Ford "sci lab"
PR Newswire (press release)
... Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to study how wireless health technologies can be used to track an individual's fitness and health status and help identify potential risks and challenges. "Studies show wireless health empowers ...
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Dedication, hard work must for success in UPSC
Assam Tribune
Dhar revealed that she made extra efforts in general studies papers as it contained diverse areas ranging from History to mathematical abilities and the Current Affairs, Economics, Geography, and Science and Technology. On being coached in New Delhi ...
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STEM education a hands-on program
Ahwatukee Foothills News
Ganesh has partnered with Kyrene to advance his educational outreach program and enhance students' learning through what is called STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education by using real-world, hands-on experiences. ...
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Cardium (Amex: CXM) Reports on Near-term Milestones
BiotechStockTrader.com
The key ingredient of Alena is a custom-formulated white bean extract (Phase 2®), which represents the first carbohydrate blocker shown in multiple studies to slow or delay the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates and to help control blood glucose ...
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Evidence-based practices: A question of morality?
CorrectionsOne
EBP is as much a matter of morality as it is of science. As professionals in the field of public safety, we have an active, ethical responsibility to use what research tells us, not only to pursue our trade, but also to do good and to prevent harm. ...
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On-line Teaching and Training Modules are First for Medical Students
Newswise (press release)
Additionally, studies show a striking lack of sensitivity from the medical community toward obese and overweight patients,” said John Spangler, MD, MPH, professor of Family and Community Medicine. “This new curriculum will address patient-doctor ...
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Mother fights Wi-Fi
The Barrie Advance
Tony Madden said council isn't qualified to make a decision on wireless technology and must rely on the federal government for guidance. "We are not experts in that field, and so we have to rely on the science of the day," he said. ...
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES ITS EMERGING EXPLORERS FOR 2011
Media Newswire (press release)
Her research focuses on simultaneously achieving global food security and mitigating climate change. She designs, implements and evaluates technologies for poverty alleviation and agricultural adaptation, and studies the links between energy poverty ...
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Academic Awards Presented At East Catholic High School
Hartford Courant
The following students received awards on May 17: Nicholas Benoit, The Xerox Institute of Technology Award; Darcy Cogswell, The Holy Cross College Book Award; Jami Cogswell, The Smith College Book Award; Tegan Crean, The Frederick Douglass & Susan B. ...
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Federal Telemedicine News: NIH Issues P
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The overall goal is to develop the potential of VR technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and obesity. In addition, the objective is to develop practical tools for clinical and public ...
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Researchers home in on genetic signature of ... - Science Codex
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Until lately, the identification of gene targets for EAC had been limited by too few tissue samples and the inability of technology to provide a finely detailed map of gene mutations. ... Prior studies on EAC had shown an extra copy of a DNA sequence in the 7q21 chromosome region. However, Godfrey and colleagues believe they are the first to map the region with fine enough resolution to identify six genes within the core of the amplified region, and to compare them to ...
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TNO will deliver technology that makes conducting studies in ...
Dr. Babs Fabriek, scientist at TNO involved in this project: “TNO will deliver the technology that makes conducting these studies in infants feasible”. ...
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