| Stanford Scientists Map the Brain in $100M Research Project Patch.com "We can study particles smaller than an atom, but we still haven't unlocked the mystery of the three pounds of matter that sits between our ears." The challenge of filling this knowledge gap is significant: The BRAIN initiative has the ... "We applaud ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minister of Scientific Research Warns - 30 Percent of Lands of Delta ... AllAfrica.com Dr. Nadia Zachary, the Minister of Scientific Research on 31/03/2013, said that scientific studiesindicate that climate change and sea level rise and global warming will lead to a lot of damage in the cities and agricultural areas and beaches ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Minister - Egyptian Scientific Studies Oppose Scenarios On Delta Sinking AllAfrica.com Minister of Scientific Research Dr. Nadia Zakhary on Friday 05/04/2013 said that scientific studies and research on the climate change and its impact on Egypt, which rely on Egyptian data, have opposed all foreign scenarios which said that the Delta is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Zealand commits to scientific research cooperation with Australia Global Times New Zealand would contribute 5 million AU dollars (5.24 million US dollars) over four years towards the operating costs of the Australian Synchrotron, which provides scientists with an intense light that can be used to study the structure and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wisconsin scientist accused of stealing cancer drug and research data to study ... Washington Post Zhejiang University has had previous problems with theft. He Haibo, an associate professor in its College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was fired in 2009 after it was discovered he had published papers with data stolen from a professor when he was a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sequester Will Force Universities To Scale Back Scientific Research Huffington Post Researchers and university officials worry the lost funding will slow or halt research on everything from cancer treatments to contaminated soil and water. They also fear it will dissuade young scholars from pursuing scientific careers. “It will be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medical College of Wisconsin researcher accused of stealing cancer research ... Greenfield Daily Reporter ... research to pass off as his own in China. Prosecutors said he hoped to study the compound and other materials at Zhejiang University, one of several Chinese schools that have been troubled by plagiarism, fraud and academic misconduct. ... He Haibo ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Panel to Review EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Research Study AOL Energy The 31-member Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory Panel will review and provide scientific research on the EPA's Congressionally-mandated draft report on the potential impacts of fracturing on drinking water. Hydraulic fracturing has unlocked ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| French Scientist Invites Public Into Research Realm New York Times “It takes months for kids to understand what research is, why your results need to be reproducible and why your work needs to be precise.” At present the students report their observations via the Twitter handle @classeAnsour. Dr. Taddei's own ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| More Scientific Evidence Linking Fracking and Earthquakes Huffington Post The study focused its research on seismic activity in Oklahoma over the past two years and concluded that a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Prague on Nov. 5, 2011, was "induced" by the injection wells. Two subsequent earthquakes, including a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rep. Dingell Keynote Speaker at University of Michigan's InSPIRE Symposium Patch.com “The work being done by these students is truly world class, and it's no surprise that the University of Michigan so often leads the nation in many areas of scientific research and research studies,” Dingell said. “To see these students and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Science and research hit hard by US sequester cuts AFP US government spending on scientific research is to fall from $140 billion to $130.5 billion this year, a nearly seven percent reduction, according to experts at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "The current budget situation for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NASA climate scientist James Hansen, outspoken advocate, to leave government The Hill (blog) He has blended scientific research and, later in his career, activism around climate change, such as getting arrested in protest of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. Hansen told The Washington Post that he's leaving NASA “so that I can spend full ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World Scientific Workshop Concludes at Hashemite University Petra News Agency The workshop included 15 research studies and scientific articles related to the workshop's themes, such as those on the history and philosophy of science; Islam and modern cosmology; Islam, modern biology and the evolution theory; Islam and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Long-time NASA Climate Scientist Retires StudentNewsIE.com Climate change research dominated his studies throughout the 1970s and 1980s leading to a testimony before Congress in 1988. This testimony is notable for bringing about credibility to the idea of human-induced climate change beyond the scientific ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Federal watchdog to study policies that 'muzzle' scientists Macleans.ca Gary Goodyear, the minister of state for science and technology, was not available Monday to defend Conservative practices. His office provided an email stating government scientists “are readily available to share their research with the media and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Program Pointed Students to Mathematics Research LiveScience.com He is also director emeritus and senior advisor of an internationally renowned mathematical sciences research center established in 1989 to solve complex problems in information science and communication technology. Roberts' major research interests ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gender bias found in how scholars review scientific studies Eureka! Science News Knobloch-Westerwick conducted the study with Carroll Glynn, professor, and Michael Huge,research associate, both in the School of Communication at Ohio State. Their results appear online in the journal Science Communication and will be published in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brain Scans Predict Who's Likely To Be A Repeat Offender NPR In research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists found brain scans can predict with startling accuracy the likelihood that criminals will run afoul of the law again. The results require serious legal and ethical ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Did you hear something? Mice can cough, study finds NBCNews.com The findings suggest the rodents could be used in research to fight coughing in humans. Rodents make ideal lab animals because they grow quickly, reproduce in large numbers and are small enough to house easily, allowing scientists to form experiments ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deadly new bird flu vindicates controversial research Times of India And according to Ab Osterhaus, a world leading flu researcher who is head of viroscience of the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, studies his team and another in the United States have been doing are the best way to find out. "At the moment we ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NIO-CSIR study debunks Brazilian report on methane production from Indian dams Times of India PANAJI: A new national institute of oceanography (NIO) and council of scientific and industrialresearch (CSIR) study has debunked research by a Brazilian institute that dams in India contribute an estimated 33.5 million tonnes of methane per annum. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Study demonstrates effects of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 inhibitors in primary tumor ... Medical Xpress These data add to a growing body of scientific research demonstrating the significant promise of targeting mutant IDH1 and IDH2 enzymes as novel approaches to treating cancer. "These papers represent the first publications to show the effects of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Carnegie Clinician Scientist Symposium welcomes four new research fellows Bizcommunity.com Scientific clinical research is vital for contributing to the improvement of the health of the people of South Africa and these fellowships have enabled young clinicians with an interest in research to obtain a PhD. ... issues facing South Africa today ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scientists research a sleep aid without typical side effects Richmond Times Dispatch Past studies successfully induced sleep by inhibiting orexin, but had not looked into its effects on cognition. The researchers developed a new orexin-inhibiting compound called DORA-22 and confirmed that it could induce sleep in rats and rhesus ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Citizen scientists stretch their wings and research dollars Denver Post The Bees' Needs is just one of hundreds or more citizen-science projects nationwide involving hundreds of thousands of Americans in real research. If scientists design straightforward projects and involve ordinary people with backyards or a laptop ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Scientists Close In on a Blueprint for AIDS Vaccine Wall Street Journal Researchers said Wednesday they have mapped an “arms race” in the human body between the AIDS virus and powerful antibodies that fight it off—the latest of several recent scientific advances accelerating the pursuit of a vaccine. In a study published ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Local scientists on brain mapping dream team reflect on challenges, opportunity Boston.com (blog) In September 2011, a group of “nano” people focused on engineering materials at the smallest scales and “neuro” folks who study the black box of the brain gathered at Chicheley Hall outside London for a meeting. It was something of a scientific mixer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jack the Ripper Doesn't Teach Global Competence: Why We Need to Rethink ... Huffington Post A 2010 study by the Human Sciences Research Council concluded that "short-term volunteer projects can do more harm than good." As the Guardian's Ian Birrell explains,. Wealthy tourists prevent local workers from getting much-needed jobs, especially ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Two Schools Win 50 Computers in Science Competition AllAfrica.com "During the competitions, about 300 students from different secondary schools took part and practically explored their scientific knowledge through research and special studies," he said. According to Dr Kamugisha, the project is continuous as it ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scripps Research Institute Scientists Identify First Potentially Effective ... HealthCanal.com The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is one of the world's largest independent, not-for-profit organizations focusing on research in the biomedical sciences. TSRI is internationally recognized for its contributions to science and health, including its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Music as medicine has huge potential, study suggests CBC.ca ... is recognition that people need to have control over what they are listening to." The study was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the SocialSciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. See all stories on this topic » |
| How do we mourn the animals used in scientific research? By Annalee Newitz ... all their fears, discomfort and pain over the decades. The surreal scene manages to capture the real feelings of many people who work with lab animals, as they try to reconcile their scientific goals with using living creatures in their work. io9 |
| Sequester Cuts to Science Slow Biomedical Research: Scientific ... Sequester Cuts to Science Slow Biomedical Research. Scientists have begun curtailing cancer experiments and other studies while looking for other sources of ... www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sequester-cuts... |
| Sequester Will Force Universities to Scale Back Scientific Research Sequester Will Force Universities to Scale Back Scientific Research .... pointing to a 2010 National Academies of Sciences study that showed the U.S. has begun ... www.pewstates.org/.../sequester-will-force-universities-to-scale... |
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