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

Comp. science, liberal studies may be spared by budget cuts
Western Front
The computer science department, like many departments this year, has been in danger of falling prey to a worst-case scenario of a 7 percent cut to all Western colleges, said Robin Halliday, president of Technology Alliance Group for northwest ...
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ICF International Appoints Ernest J. Moniz to Board of Directors
Business Wire (press release)
His research focuses on energy technology and policy studies. Dr. Moniz holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Boston College, a doctorate in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Athens, ...
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Bridging gender gap in science
The Almanac Online
Why do we not have more gender balance in robotics, applied science research, and computerscience classes dominated by males? Ms. Lamaye, an enrichment specialist in the middle school who teaches science, now finds herself as co-leader of the pilot ...
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New England Reproductive Science Center Laboratory Director Introduces Embryo...
Benzinga
Studies at the Reproductive Science Center of New England have yielded an effective model for flexible day of embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization. Kathryn Go, PhD, Scientific and Laboratory director at the Reproductive Science Center of New ...
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Piracy fight at the next level
Sydney Morning Herald
Schuette said his office is more interested in building technology that can be used forresearch across military platforms than it is in generating groundbreaking anti-piracy policy. But piracy experts welcomed the exercise as a much-needed thought ...
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Sydney Morning Herald

2011 Hurricane Season University of South Carolina Faculty Experts List
PR Newswire (press release)
Chaudhry recently received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead an international research effort on levee breach and dam failure. Chaudhry contact information: 803-777-5400. (News contact: Megan Sexton) How do storms impact ...
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Report Slams Science Agency
Chemical & Engineering News
Research: Science publishes rebuttals to a sensational claim about DNA biochemistry. Congress: Senator alleges wasteful spending at NSF, which the agency and others reject. Synthetic Sensors: New probe fluoresces when it binds to a common bacterial ...
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Cell Phones Giving You Cancer: A History
Village Voice (blog)
3 2011 at 10:24 AM ​Each week, Death by Science combs the dark world of scienceand technology to find out what's most likely to kill you. Often terrifying, sometimes humbling, our discoveries will make you scratch your noggin until you reach brain. ...
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Village Voice (blog)


High-Tech Cooperation
The Moscow Times
The research that we are carrying out is the future of nuclear energy," said Giovanni Iannuzzi, deputy head of the mission at the Italian Embassy. Iannuzzi is talking about a nuclear fusion experiment called "Ignitor," one of the most high-tech ...
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The Moscow Times

Asia's Food Security Conundrum - Analysis
Eurasia Review
Feeding Asia's growing population requires modern agriculture based on the latest science andtechnology. Asian countries should embrace modern farming techniques and invest in R&D to develop sustainable food production systems. By Paul S. Teng, ...
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Shell executive says company faces 'Catch 22' after spending $3.5 billion for ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Recently, the North Slope Borough (NSB) and Shell entered into a multi-year collaborative scienceagreement that will enable impacted North Slope communities to build capacity for scientificresearch and independent review of studies, exploration and ...
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CertiRx goes into medications to show how to spot counterfeit drugs
MedCity News
Mercolino developed the concept for CertiRx's technology while he was an executive at Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) Corporate Office of Science and Technology, the division responsible for external R&D. Mercolino's commercialization experience ...
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Need a Field With Major Job Prospects? Check Out Geoscience
Newswise (press release)
He worked with Gaffney's research group on atmospheric chemistry and also did work with professors in the Department of Earth Science, whose programs encompass geology, paleontology, oceanography, geospatial imaging, and more. ...
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LETTERS TO THE CLASS OF 2011
The MIT Tech
A series of six symposia brought intellectual luminaries from MIT and around the world to debate the futures of science, technology, and research: from economics to cancer, from women's leadership to MIT astronauts, from the future of the web to the ...
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June workshop series to explore future of X-ray science
Nanotechnology News (press release)
The interactive workshops will feature speakers from within and outside Cornell on topics in X-ray microscopy, novel biomolecular studies, ultra-fast science, high-pressure science, materials at the nanometer scale and X-ray correlation spectroscopies ...
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TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF GLOBAL HUNGER AND UNDERNUTRITION: ENHANCING LOCAL ...
MaximsNewsNetwork
Marc van Montagu in 2000, has the mission to contribute to sustainable socio-economic development in low and middle income countries, by enabling access to the latest technologies in plant scienceand by assisting in the design of effective biosafety ...
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Regional and international accolades for Leicester researcher
Loughborough News
Dr Nicolson has been working on the project for two years and has completed two clinical proof-of-concept studies that show great potential for LifeMap. The University of Leicester has patented thetechnology behind LifeMap. ...
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Chicago Park gets new charter school
The Union of Grass Valley
A hands-on approach to learning and a core of mathematics, science and technology will form the basis of a charter program that will open in the fall at Chicago Park School. Chicago Park board members approved the charter school in May, ...
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NOAA, partners to search for ships lost in World War II off North Carolina
NOAA
ONMS is leading the 2011 Battle of the Atlantic expedition survey with support and technical expertise from its Maritime Heritage Program, NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, the Bureau of ...
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NOAA

Will the real alarmist please stand up? (3)
Record-Searchlight (blog)
Developing clean energy technologies will provide economic opportunities and ensure future energy supplies." But Ambrose says "no." He wants us to ignore the science and just keep calmly and carefully looking until it is too late. ...
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Risk meets reward: Taking Mac innovation to market
Hamilton Spectator
“This science is very expensive,” said Bhatia. He says typically university-based researchers developtechnology and then return to expensive research to solve the next problem. “But at McMaster there is a different approach. We are focused on clinical ...
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Summer fun to beat the boredom battle
Porterville Recorder
The Science Math and Resource Technology mobile science lab will offer third- through sixth-graders an opportunity to mesh in science experiments, peek into microscopes and launch rockets into the air. The lab, which focuses on life, earth, ...
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WCC Offers Basic Studies Review for Graduating High School Seniors
Patch.com
It's called the pre-college Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) initiative and runs from 9 am -4 pm daily June 27-July 1. The cost is $25. The goal is to help strengthen the writing and math skills of first-time college students, ...
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FDA warns women about mammography 'alternative'
DOTmed.com
Both the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging have issued statements saying they don't support using the device even as an adjunct to mammography, saying that theresearch on the technology -- mostly decades old -- hasn't ...
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KP governor calls for reforms in society
Pakistan Daily Times
The governor awarded gold medals and conferred degrees to 297 bachelors of science (BS), 9 masters of science (MS) and 13 PhD graduates. “The present world is moving at a staggering pace in the field of science and technology. ...
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Students ship out to study Andaman
Bangkok Post
The project is a collaboration between Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, the Phuket Marine Biological Centre and Walailak University's school of science and the university's science and technology education park. Walailak University is in ...
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Bangkok Post

ARNewsline Report 1764 -- Jun3 3 2011:
eHam.net
The proposal should include study topics related to space technology, space exploration or spaceresearch, as well as amateur radio, radio science and wireless communications technology. Also, the educator must describe the instructional activities and ...
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Data Supporting Utility of the PAM50 Assay for Breast Cancer Gene Expression ...
Business Wire (press release)
SEATTLE & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced that researchers will present additional evidence for ...
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McCaul unveils cybersecurity bill
Brenham Banner Press
“It's been more than a year since the House passed this bill by an overwhelming margin,” said Lipinski, the Research and Science Education Subcommittee ranking member, who introduced the act in the 111th Congress. “Since then, the problem of cybercrime ...
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Engineered Liver May Shed Light on Effects of Chemicals in the Environment
Newswise (press release)
One of these researchers is Padma Rajagopalan, director of the Virginia Tech Institute of CriticalTechnology and Applied Science's Center for Systems Biology of Engineered Tissues. She is a past recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award ...
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The IDB and technological innovation in Argentina - IDB
Between 2005 and 2010, the Science and Technology Research Fund (FONCYT), ... of a newresearch institution for studies of innovation. Search News >> ...
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The Hindu : FEATURES / EDUCATION PLUS : Be dynamic, management ...
The first year students of M.Sc. Computer Communication of the School of Computer Studies, RVS College of Arts and Science, visited AES Technologies India ...
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Gulf of Mexico ecosystems one year after the Deepwater Horizon
Science and technology news ... Presently his research focuses on the use of science in ecosystem management. He was a panel member of the National ...
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Genetics and society; science and technology studies - Latest news ...
ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... A US-based researchgroup has recently announced development of a preconception genetic ...
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Unravelling Molecular Mystery of Blood Clotting | Scicasts ...
Resource Library. Free Sci-Tech white papers & downloads ... Life Sciences Research - Bioresearch & Disease Studies ... In the new study, Morrissey's lab engineered nanodiscs with high concentrations of PS and PE, and conducted ...
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National Institute of Science , Technology and Development Studies ...
at National Institute of Science , Technology and Development Studies ( NISTADS) , India ...status updates; new papers; new research interests ...
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The Hindu : Education Plus : Be dynamic, management students told
Gandhian Studies Center and the Department of Home Science Extension ... In his speech, he insisted on the importance of Information Technology and its ... More than 90 research papers were presented in the seminar. ... News News Update ...
www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/.../2011053050450200.htm

Frequently Asked Questions | The Oxford e-Social Science Project ...
OeSS has established the social science of digital research as a focus of ... the appropriate design of research technologies, institutions and practices. ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Jun 04, 2011

Arab Spring: Four Leaders Struggling to Stay in Power
PBS NewsHour
The leaders of Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen are facing challenges to
their authority from within -- from flash protests in Bahrain to a
large-scale rebellion in Libya -- and their governments are cracking down
on the opposition in different ways. ...
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/world/jan-june11/leaders_06-03.html>
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The Determination of the Arab Revolutions
CounterPunch
Like Tunisia and Egypt before them, in each of the cases in Yemen, Libya,
Syria, or Bahrain, the initial brutal response of the security forces had
an adverse effect and did not stop the protests. In fact, the increasing
casualties in the streets ...
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Factbox: Protests in Middle East and North Africa
Reuters
On April 21 Assad lifted Syria's 48-year state of emergency and abolished a
hated state security court. A day later however, security forces and gunmen
loyal to Assad killed at least 100 people when they fired at protesters. *
LIBYA: -- A meeting in ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-mideast-protests-idUSTRE75277A20110603>
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Latest developments in Arab world's unrest
The Associated Press
Iman el-Obeidi was deported Thursday from Qatar where she had sought refuge
and was flown against her will to Benghazi, the Libyan rebels' de facto
capital. ___ BAHRAIN Bahraini police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at
protesters marching toward the ...
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Time to rein in the Mideast arms trade
The Hill (blog)
From Libya to Syria, and Bahrain to Yemen, imported weaponry has been used
to put down nascent pro-democracy movements. Tracing how those weapons got
there and figuring out how best to prevent irresponsible exports to the
region going forward should be ...
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Green Light for Bahrain's Formula One Is Setback for Democracy Activists
The Atlantic
Since protests began in the Arab world, though the US has pushed for regime
change in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and to a lesser degree Syria, it has not
only declined to do so in Bahrain, but has continued to anchor the
strategically crucial Fifth Fleet in ...
<http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/06/green-light-for-bahrains-formula-one-is-setback-for-democracy-activists/239898/>
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Ideas Bank (Wired UK)
Over the last few months, it's been hard to read news stories about
Tunisia, Egypt -- and later Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen -- without
finding ...
<http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/07/ideas-bank>

Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and Middle East - One News Page [UK] World
Syria Yemen Libya and Middle East unrest (news article) ... by BBC News 2
days ago - Middle East. Round up Today in Bahrain Egypt Libya Syria (news
article) ...
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“Syria, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain, Egypt, etc.... Aren't all these our good
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Stock, Economic and Financial Crisis, Jun 04, 2011

Springtime at the IMF
CounterPunch
A photograph from South Korea during the 1997 Asian financial crisis captured the prevailing mood about the International Monetary Fund: a white collar worker held up a sign that read, “I'M Fired.” The habits of “sound money” and “austerity” had become ...
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Jun 04, 2011 (1)

FACTBOX-Coming events in euro zone debt crisis
Reuters
June 7 - Debt agency sets amount of 6-month T-bills to be auctioned June 14. -- June 24 - Summit ofEU heads of state and government in Brussels. -- Ireland has drawn down a third of the 67.5 billioneuros in loans from the EU and the IMF. ...
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Jun 04, 2011 (2)

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Greece
Reuters
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, June 4 (Reuters) - A year after it turned to the EU and the IMF for a bailout, Greece is struggling to meet targets and convince its lenders it deserves extra funding to buy it more time to resolve its debt crisis. ...
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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, Jun04, 2011

Idiocracy, Re-Visited
CounterPunch
Why are sports players and pop singers worshiped, while scientists are simply treated as employees, their discoveries and inventions taken and owned by their corporate masters? Who are the "rock star" biochemists, curing diseases? ...
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Non-school going children can participate in NIF contest
IBNLive.com
The NIF organises contests among children every year for new ideas, inventions and innovations with the help of Honey Bee Network volunteers. Gupta, who along with his associates of the NIF, visited several villages in Jharkhand from May 27 till today, ...
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Challenge Bibendum debuts several green sports cars
Bigmouthmedia News
"Speed has always pushed the automotive world to new discoveries, and it's exciting to be on the cutting edge," he said. "Developing electric cars for racing brings racing back to what it used to be - when innovation was happening by the seat of our ...
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Newsvine - Useful Inventions and Discoveries for the Couch Potato ...
In our last article, Potato Chips and Popcorn were Native-American discoveries leading to the invention or creation of the ''Couch Potato'' AKA ''Davenport ...
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Images Of New Discoveries Inventions Related To Biology ...
Scientific Achievements: New Inventions And Discoveries In the world of science and ... NewInventions & Discoveries in the 19th Century | eHow.com ...
www.seansumido.com/.../images-of-new-discoveries-invention...


Ancient egypt scientific inventions
Then the Egypt Science; Environmental News; Technology; Lifestyle. ... Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries the Ancient World ...
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Do Creationists deny all of these inventions/discoveries, as they ...
Do Creationists deny all of these inventions/discoveries, as they came before the beginning of their universe? 5th millennium BC ...
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A Greek Default is Bad – But a Greek Bailout Much Worse - Money Morning

BY KERRI SHANNON, Associate Editor, Money Morning
Many investors continue to favor a Greek bailout to prevent the Eurozone's first sovereign default - but they are rooting for the wrong solution.

Greece has requested another loan from its European neighbors to cover next year's $43 billion (30 billion euros) shortfall as yields on 10-year Greek bonds have climbed over 16%."