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New research by government scientists connects earthquakes to injection wells
Plain Dealer
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fresh researchfrom government scientists suggests that a sharp jump in small earthquakes across the Midwest is almost certainly a result of manmade causes. The studyfound a six-fold increase in ...
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Overcoming climate change denial (3)
Record-Searchlight (blog)
They passed The Global Change Research Act of 1990. None of them were interested in perpetuating a hoax. They were responding to a legitimatescientific concern, like the ozone hole, acid rain or lung cancer. Whenscience discovers a problem, ...
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill researchers look into effects on wildlife, ways to ...
NOLA.com
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences in March found corals on those reefs were dead, and that "fingerprinting" of oily material on them matched the BP oil. A January study published in Geophysical Research Papers ...
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NOLA.com
In hydrofracking debate, can science be bought?
Ithaca Journal
In several cases, those on both sides of the argument over hydraulic fracturing have moved quickly to downplay or discredit scientific studies based on the source of their funding. And when it comes to three studies in particular, the gas industry ...
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Researchers Track Emperor Penguins From Space
RedOrbit
The scientists were also quite pleased to discover a healthy and thriving population of penguins. Geographer Peter Fretwell at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) was the lead author of this study. Speaking to the UK's Natural Environment Research Counsel ...
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RedOrbit
Word-spotting baboons leave scientists spell-bound
The Malaysian Insider
They learned to distinguish scores of words, identifying them with an accuracy of 75 per cent, according to the study led by Jonathan Grainger at the Cognitive Research Laboratory at France's Aix-Marseille University. There were 500 real words and 7832 ...
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The Malaysian Insider
NC Museum of Natural Sciences to open 80000-square-foot Nature Research Center
Fayetteville Observer
By Victor Ayala Since 1879, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceshas furnished the state with an extensive catalogue of its own natural history and accumulated scientific knowledge. On Friday, the museum will open its newest wing, ...
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National Science Foundation studies emperor penguins in fight against global ...
The State Column
A study funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) have sought to tie the population of emperor penguins to global warming. Using a technique known as pen-sharpening, scientists used high resolution satellite images to differentiate between ...
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Doubts linger about space station's science potential
Sun-Sentinel
But then — as now — some questioned the station's future as a center ofscience. They note much of the research done aboard the station deals with surviving the space environment, from studies of spaceflight's effect on human muscles to developing ...
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Science Philanthropist, Jeffrey Epstein, Organizes a Global Doomsday Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
To address this concern, the Jeffrey Epstein Foundation, which funds science research, is organizing a second world conference called Coping with Future Catastrophes to be held most likely in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The first conference took ...
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Gel to boost male fertility being developed by scientists
TODAYonline
Now research into a key aspect of male fertility - how sperm cells swim - has enabled scientists at the University of Birmingham to identify potential new treatments that can "supercharge" men's reproductive cells. The scientistshave discovered ...
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Urgent research needed to determine most effective follow-up care for lung ...
EurekAlert (press release)
DENVER – Scientist say there is an urgent need for research into all aspects of follow-up care in lung cancer. The study presented in the May 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic ...
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'Modern Research Techniques in Ecology' to begin tomorrow
Pakistan Daily Times
Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), Pakistan Science Foundation in collaboration with Department of Animal Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad and Snow Leopard Foundation, Pakistan has organised this workshop to build capacity of ...
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Arsenic exposure doubles stem cells' cancer risk: study
Indian Express
Cells that are made cancerous by arsenic, send out signals that in turn make healthy stem cells become malignant, a new study has claimed. Michael Waalkes and his colleagues at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research ...
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Indian Express
USCA's Garriet Smith receives Governor's Award
Aiken Standard
The SC Academy of Science recognized Smith's efforts during a ceremony at USCA's Etherredge Center on Saturday. Smith is the winner of the 2012 Governor's Award for Excellence in Scientific Research at a predominantly undergraduate institution.
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Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars
Space Daily
While not dropping its ambitions for Mars research, Russia will instead focus on moon programs over the next few years. "The Academy of Sciencesbelieves the Phobos-Grunt project should be tried all over again," Lev Zelyony, head of the Russian Space ...
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Qatar female students encouraged to take up IT research
gulfnews.com
The participants learned about the important role women can play in developing Qatar's knowledge-based economy by contributing to research efforts in computer science and related fields. The programme featured prominent female computer scientists, ...
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Baboons can learn to spot real words - study
thejournal.ie
This new study also tells us a lot about our distant primate relatives. “They have shown repeatedly amazing cognitive abilities,” said study co-author Joel Fagot, a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.
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Math, science not just for boys
Wooster Daily Record
By KELLEY MOHR WOOSTER-- Nearly 100 aspiring scientists, mathematicians and engineers attended the College of Wooster on Saturday for Expanding Your Horizons, a conference for fifth and sixth grade girls in the tri-county area.
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New Rutgers president promises sweeping changes, and is confident he will succeed
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
(Video by Michael Monday/The Star-Ledger) Watch video He is a director of two global science research firms — Covance in Princeton and VWR International in West Chester, Pa. — that each have assets of more than a billion dollars.
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
For a Raleigh icon, how about a huge globe?
News & Observer
The outside topography map of the Daily Planet globe is nearly complete at the Nature Research Center, the new wing of NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, on Thursday, April 12, 2012. By Josh Shaffer If Raleigh needs an emblem, an icon, ...
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News & Observer
In search for autism's causes, experts see progress
Pioneer Press
Some in the field say they are seeing the beginning of a wave of scientificreports that should strengthen some theories, jettison others and perhaps even herald new drugs. "I do think over the next three to five years we'll be able to paint a much ...
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Human-modified habitats indirectly influence bird-mating patterns, Smithsonian ...
Art Daily
“When humans modify habitats, like in their own backyards or in cities, we are changing the canvas upon which evolution works,” said Pete Marra, one of thestudy's authors and an SCBI research scientist. “This paper provides evidence that evolutionary ...
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UA team works to take agriculture research from lab to farms
Tuscaloosa News
Robert Martinez, a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biological sciencesis shown in the Sobecky Lab in the University of Alabama Science and Engineering Complex Building on Thursday. Martinez is leading research for sustainable agriculture.
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Global Warming Dogma and the New Iron Triangle
American Thinker
The scientific case for disastrous human-caused global warming is very weak. But the case is cloaked in hard-to-understand scientific jargon and thus receives credibility that it doesn't deserve. The International Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, ...
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First-ever Census for Emperor Penguins
Kansas City infoZine
NSF manages the US Antarctic Program through which it coordinates all USscientific research on the southernmost continent and aboard ships in the Southern Ocean as well as related logistics support. Co-author and BAS biologist Phil Trathan noted, ...
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Scientists count penguins by satellite, find twice as many as expected (photos)
Mongabay.com
Graphic courtesy of the British Antarctic Survey, whose scientists were involved in the research. Click image to enlarge. The population of emperor penguins in Antarctica is nearly twice as high as previously estimated according to a new ...
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WEEKENDER: Regina scientist studies the life among Titanic's death
StarPhoenix
Even she marvels at an unlikely career path that has allowed her to gaze firsthand upon renowned shipwrecks at some of the deepest ocean depths and be a part of moviemaking — while conducting scientific studies. After graduating from the University of ...
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Penguin Numbers Doubled in First Species Survey From Space
Environment News Service
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, University of Minnesota/National Science Foundation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Australian Antarctic Division collaborated on the survey, using high-resolution satellite mapping technology.
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Environment News Service
A New Method To Find Longevity Genes
Science 2.0
I was a scientist for many years (immunology/autoimmunity) at Oxford University until I decided to move into scientific journalism and public understanding... Despite much research in the last few decades, the genetic causes of why animals have such ...
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The Tantalizing Promise And Peril Of Nuclear Fusion
Forbes
They are sharing their resources to pay for the scientific and engineering skills needed to bring such a concept to scale. What immediate benefits do those participants get from funding ITER, or from making their own national investments in nuclear ...
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FASEB REPORT IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE ...
FASEB's report provides recommendations for training basic scientists to conduct translational research studies, facilitating collaborations among basic and ...
www.faseb.org/.../FASEB-REPORT-IDENTIFIES-OPPORTU...
Research Study Manager / Clinical Research ... - New Scientist Jobs
Research Study Manager / Clinical Research / Surrey / £40k. Employer. Cranleigh Scientific. Posted. Friday, April 13, 2012. Ref. 2650. Contact. Sally Emmett ...
jobs.newscientist.com/.../research-study-manager-clinical-resea...
Cognitive Scientists Scramble To Study StarCraft - Tested
Why does it have to be the next bastion for scientific study? ... StarCraft doesn't mean the game automatically has profound implications on cognitiveresearch.
www.tested.com/.../43826-cognitive-scientists-scramble-to-stu...
War Crimes: Suppressing Scientific Study of Cannabis is a Shocking ...
There has been a virtual ban on scientific research on marijuana since the La Guardia Committee report came out in 1944. In this scientific study, commissioned ...
www.beckleyfoundation.org/.../war-crimes-suppressing-scienti...
UCSF Project Yields Major Resource for Scientific Research | www ...
UCSF Project Yields Major Resource for Scientific Research ... the ultimate way to study them is to knock them out in an organism like the mouse or the fruit fly.
www.ucsf.edu/.../ucsf-project-yields-major-resource-scientific-...
Life Technologies Scientists Publish Research Study Demonstrating ...
Life Technologies Scientists Publish Research Study Demonstrating Utility of... was published on April 5 in PLOS, the Public Library of Science(www.plos.org).
www.lifetechnologies.com/.../life-technologies-scientists-publis...
Scientifically Speaking: Collaborating for Scientific Good
Today, scientists are simply using the corner pieces of previous scientific ...and four other human clinical studies involving USANA products and joint health, ...
whatsupusana.com/.../scientifically-speaking-collaborating-for...
New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Between Pesticides and ...
New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Between Pesticides and Colony ...Three new studies released in the past two weeks, including one today by Harvard ...
www.centerforfoodsafety.org/.../new-scientific-research-streng...
The Science Exchange Blog – The Need for Reproducibility in ...
However, in the case of academic preclinical research, reproducibility (or more... discrepancies in published preclinical studies across scientific disciplines.
blog.scienceexchange.com/.../the-need-for-reproducibility-in-...
Estrogen and Lung Cancer Linked: Study By Scientists At Fox ...
This study opens up new avenues for lung cancer treatment, claims lead author, Jing ... Priya Menon, Scientific Media Editor at Curetalk, writes aboutresearch in ...
trialx.com/.../estrogen-and-lung-cancer-linked-study-by-scient...
Scientists Identify Five Significant Genetic Associations for ...
Game Used to Change How Scientists Study Disease Outbreaks ... onlineresearch, 23andMe is making crowd-sourced science a reality,” stated 23andMe CEO ...
scicasts.com/.../4223-scientists-identify-five-significant-genetic...
Quantifying the Advantage of Looking Forward : Scientific Reports ...
Recent years have witnessed a revolution in the social sciences. ... A particularly fruitful area of research has focused on the analysis of Internet user search ... In this study, we present a cross-country analysis of search engine queries, and ...
www.nature.com/uidfinder/10.1038/srep00350
Science Has Been Corrupted: Union of Concerned Scientists Claims ...
scientific information has threatened the federal scientific enterprise in recent years. ... Studies are designed and rules for running research projects are ...
gaia-health.com/.../science-has-been-corrupted-union-of-conc...
In the Heat for a Moment: The Male Giant ... - Scientific American
A three-year study documenting the male panda's cyclic reproductive behaviors ... Science in Action Award; Bring Science Home; 1000 Scientistsin 1000 Days; Search for ... Image: Zhang Zhihe, Chengdu Research Center for Panda Breeding ...
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=male-panda-sex..
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