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Jul 28, 2011

SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 28, 2011


Science research inventory ordered
Malaya
Aquino, in an ambush interview after the opening of the exhibit for the National Science andTechnology Week, said members of the academe conduct so many studies and publish so many papers, the titles of which fill their curriculum vitae, but these are ...
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IDRI Makes Strides in Vaccine Technology, New Study in Science Translational ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The results of these studies are published in Science Translational Medicine today. The researchwas performed by scientists at IDRI in collaboration with researchers at ICGEB, New Delhi, and Imdaptive, Inc., Seattle. They demonstrated that increased ...
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Scientist distances himself from activists
Stock and Land
Rural Press contacted the other co-signatories to the letter, including Dr Michael Antoniou of the King's College London School of Medicine and Dr Vandana Shiva, Professor at the NavdanyaResearch Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology, ...
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Expanding its horizon in engineering research
The Hindu
It involves the application of biological systems found in nature to engineering andtechnology. The research in the chemistry and biomimetics group focuses on mechanistic studies of thermal reactions in solution, and photochemical studies. ...
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The Hindu
Takeda Expands Research With Genedata Expressionist for Mass Spectrometry
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"Recently, we have seen an increase in applications for discovering protein and metabolite biomarkers based on MS technologies, in particular for personalized medicine and drug safetystudies. Genedata Expressionist supports a wide range of ...
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NASA Considers New Uses for $100 Billion Space Station
Space.com
Space Act Agreements also allow private firms and universities to conduct research in areas like vaccine development, gene differentiation, plant studies and advanced propulsion technologies. Earlier this month, NASA formally selected the Center for ...
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Space.com
National Award For Ocean Science and Technology to Dr. Bulusu Lakshmana ...
Press Information Bureau (press release)
In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Ocean Science & Technology, the Ministry of Earth Sciences honours Dr. BL Deekshatulu with National Award in Ocean Science andTechnology for the year 2011. Dr. BLDeekshatulu has distinguished himself ...
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Angara urges investment in science
Manila Bulletin
By MARK ANTHONY N. MANUEL BALER, Aurora, Philippines — Senator Edgardo J. Angara, who hails from this small capital town, reiterated his call for the national government to invest heavily inScience and Technology (S&T) to solve the employment ...
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National Award for Atmospheric Science & Technology to Prof. RN Keshava Murthy
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Keshavamurty was excited towards research on monsoon meteorology which has remained his passion since then. In 1968, he joined the ITM as a senior scientist in the Training Division, which was later converted into the Theoretical Studies Division. ...
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BGI reports rapid open-source genomic analyses accelerated global studies on ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Our goal is to make leading-edge genomics highly accessible to the global research community by leveraging industry's best technology, economies of scale and expert bioinformatics resources. BGI and its affiliates, BGI Americas and BGI Europe, ...
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Government of Canada Supports Research in Toronto and Across Canada
Marketwire (press release)
The announcement was made by the Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Transport), on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), while speaking at the university. "Our government is investing in the ...
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Sigma-Aldrich launches new cell lines for cancer research
Zenopa
The new offerings are part of the company's CompoZr Oncology Disease Model portfolio and utilise Zinc Finger Nuclease technology to create modified epithelial cell lines for use in drug discovery, target validation and mechanistic studies. ...
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STMicroelectronics and the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Supporting the expansion of research in biologically-inspired robots with human-like structures and behavior, ST and the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna are working to extend their understanding of locomotion principles in sensing, ...
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Grant provides 4-H summer program
Times Daily
1, Lauderdale County students age 9-14 will have an opportunity to get a jump on their science andtechnology studies before the school year begins. And they're promised a good time doing it. The Lauderdale County Cooperative Extension office is ...
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EPA considers new call for toxicity testing of BPA
Science News
Moreover, the agency observes on its BPA Action Plan website, because this high-volume commercial chemical “is a reproductive, developmental, and systemic toxicant in animal studies and is weakly estrogenic, there are questions about its potential ...
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Matter-Antimatter Symmetry Confirmed
Science Daily (press release)
The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) uses the results of this experiment as one of several input data to determine the proton-to-electron mass ratio, which in turn influences the values of many other fundamental constants. ...
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Quick Look
Ceylon Daily News
About 100 research scientists and technologists from 14 countries will participate at this three day conference which will be inaugurated by Technology and ResearchMinister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. Senior and young researchers and academics from Sri ...
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Ceylon Daily News
First measurements of HAAs in urine of swimmers and pool workers
EurekAlert (press release)
Reported in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, the study found that HAAs also appeared in the urine of swimming pool workers. Mercedes Gallego and MJ Cardador point out that government regulations in the United States and Europe limit ...
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Texas students to receive state-of-the-art science learning materials
Prfire (press release)
Middle and High School science is the bedrock for college studies in science, technology and engineering. Science teachers, who do their utmost to motivate students, will find that difficult task so much easier with this software. ...
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Landmark Stryker Trial Establishes Coiling as Safe and Effective Treatment for ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Stryker is very encouraged by the results of the MAPS Trial, and we believe that it has the potential to influence the design of future studies and spur the advancement of new, innovative technologiesthat can enhance the clinical outcomes of patients ...
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Superintendent's Report: Technology, Achievement Areas for District Improvement
Patch.com
Part of the plan includes staff development, so teachers can use the technology effectively. Another facet of the plan includes incorporating a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program into the middle school, modeled after the high school's ...
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Biomaterial Could Let Doctors 'Sculpt' Delicate Facial Features
MIT Technology Review
"We have metals and plastics for your bone," says Jennifer Elisseeff, a TR35 winner in 2002 and one of the researchers on a paper published in Science Translational Medicine that describes the work. But surgeons lack good replacements for things like...
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MIT Technology Review
Scientific solution for Earthquakes
indiablooms
Earthquakes appear as a no-go area for research solutions in some aspects of science. Studiesshow that earthquakes originates tens of kilometres below sea level, this presents the question: where do we start from if we have to? There are technologies ...
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Malunggay seeds, good source of high-quality edible oil
Philippine Information Agency
LOS BANOS, Laguna, July 27 (PIA) -- In a study conducted by Rosemarie Dumag, Science Research Specialist II, and Dr. Trinidad P. Trinidad, Scientist II, of the Food and Nutrition ResearchInstitute of the Department of Science and Technology ...
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Elan Corporation plc UK Regulatory Announcement: Half-yearly Report
Business Wire (press release)
Both of these important initiatives will allow us to advance our science and therapeutics in a flexible, cost efficient manner and further combine outstanding science with a business model that allows for flexibility, scale and operating leverage. ...
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Salem College and Academy plans for growth
Winston-Salem Journal
Expanding to that piece of land would bring Salem into the Piedmont Triad Research Park, something Dane Kuppinger, a science professor at Salem and director of the school's environmentalstudies program, said could help students land better internships ...
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Modeling Plant Metabolism To Optimize Oil Production
Oil and Gas Online
This work was supported by the DOE Office of Science. One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, ...
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Local author: Catholic doctrine on AIDS is good science, too
Catholic San Francisco
Studies by epidemiologists from Harvard's School of Public Health and UC San Francisco support the pope's statement that promoting condoms can do more harm than good, said Hanley. “Condom sales in Botswana increased from 1 million in 1993 to 3 million ...
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Extreme weather: the new normal
Aljazeera.net
"Certainly the frequency of La Nina and El Nino events have increased in recent decades, andstudies are currently being undertaken to see whether our warming world is making them become more frequent or more intens," she added. ...
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Spaceflights From Desert Depend on New Jobs
Bloomberg
“It'll be a linchpin not just for jobs but science education and technology companies to come to the area.” He predicted “worldwide attention” for the first launch, and said he hopes to be among the first travelers, though he hasn't reserved a ticket ...
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Tsunami glow theory put to test to better predict waves
Maui News
A colleague in France, Philippe Lognonne, heard about the big earthquake in Japan on March 11 and quickly alerted Makela to tune the Cornell All-Sky Imager at Science City to look for the glow. Makela could do that remotely, and the detector, ...
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Amore Pacific creates beauty with herbal medicine
The Korea Herald
In April, the company also signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore's Agency forScience Technology and Research to study a new generation of anti-aging products in the coming two years. By Lee Ji-yoon (jylee@heraldm.com)
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Census of Marine Life Scientific Steering Committee awarded 2011 International ...
PhysOrg.com (press release)
October 2002 technology, and the "Oceans Present" research element is established.. June 2004 (NRICs) that serve to strengthen the global reach of the Census in support of marine biodiversity research. November 2002 An Education & Outreach initiative ...
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PhysOrg.com (press release)
Salt Pinches Back
Food Processing
After decades of research and thousands of studies, science has not been able to establish a definitive connection between intake of dietary sodium by healthy persons and increased disease risk. (Lately, scientific "opinion" has begun swinging in the ...
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Laramide Reports Exceptional Westmoreland Metallurgy Results and Commences ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Very high recoveries of uranium were achieved with the use of a conventional metallurgical processing route and the positive results of the ion exchange loading studies will merit further study as they introduce the possibility of a meaningful ...
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TechAmerica Foundation Unveils U.S. Cloud Computing Roadmap
Sacramento Bee
By embracing the cloud, government can demonstrate, through example, the unprecedented opportunity this transformational technology offers to improve government performance and reduce IT costs." Michael Nelson, Visiting Professor, Internet Studies, ...
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Fats encourage overeating | Science News for Kids
By Stephen Ornes
Piomelli, who led the new study, is a pharmacologist at the University of California, Irvine and the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy. A pharmacologist studies how different drugs work. Theresearch by Piomelli and his ...
Science News for Kids

LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Jun 28, 2011

Eight lessons of the Arab spring
Financial Times
Bahrain's revolt was all but crushed by force, Libya and Yemen are stuck in a stubborn stalemate and Syria's regime is on a relentless military campaign to put down the protest movement. Thousands of lives have already been lost; more could die before ...
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Britain recognises Libya rebels 'Syrian forces kill 11 in vengeance raid'
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Saudi authorities have freed 44 Shi'ite protesters who called for an end to human rights violations in the country and protested against Saudi Arabia's intervention inBahrain, activists said on Wednesday. Activists in the oil-producing Eastern ...
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Arab World Asked to Give as Africans Starve
The Media Line
“No humanitarian aid has been reported from Arab donors to Egypt, Syria, Libyaand Bahrain.” “Unfortunately, we don't know the true extent of humanitarian aid from Arab donors because not all contributions are captured,” Smith said. ...
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PA's Abbas urges Arab Spring-like resistance in support of UN bid
Ha'aretz
Popular protests this year have toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and have challenged others in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Bahrain. Abbas listed Palestinian grievances including the expansion of Jewish settlements and the construction of the security ...
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Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest
Browse · Search · News/Activism · Topics · Post Article ... There were reports of army and police raids in several Syrian towns and cities from the ... Bahrain'smain opposition group Wefaq says it is pulling out of a national ... Libya Muammar Gaddafi, Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, Son of former Egyptian President ...
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Arab Uprisings on PBS
Syria , Egypt border and ..... appeasing Arab uprisings that we don ..... comes as... Afghanistan and Libya at a news ..... leaders of Bahrain , Libya , Syria and ...Kill 28 in Yemen Ratko Mladic ..... government protests in the Arab ...
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Tunisian Forces Disperse Protesters « VOA Breaking News
About VOA | Contact VOA News. Thursday, 28 July 2011 ... which led to citizens calling for reforms in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and Libya. ...
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Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - Friday 15 July 2011 | World ...
guardian.co.uk, UK and World news, User comments, Web ... Human Rights Watch has called on the Bahrain government to reinstate more than 2000 workers who .... 2.07pm: There have been protests in Syria, Egypt, Jordan and now also Tunisia. .... Syria, Libya, Yemen, Israel and Middle East unrest - Friday 20 May 2011 ...
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Iceland, Greece, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen, Italy ...
Iceland, Greece, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen, Italy, Portugal, Spain,… syndicated by Anonymous News Canada is licensed under a Creative Commons ...
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Middle East
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The Arab Spring from Iran's perspective | Aspenia online
The Arab Spring has significantly affected only six countries so far – Tunisia,Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria – albeit in very different ways. ...
www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia.../arab-spring-iran’s-perspective
BBC News - Luxury car market booming in UAE
The strong growth in most of the Gulf contrasts with other areas of the Arab world, where uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen have ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14274569
News about Algeria: Business, Investment, and Trade Weekly – Issue ...
Egyptian cultural week kicks off in Algeria – Ahram Online – english.ahram.org. eg... so far: Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Lebanon, more… ...ideologues who came to rule Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Algeria and Yemen ...
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LATEST World News, Jul 28, 2011



Chile Behind Uruguay Converge on Brazil for World-Best Expanding Retailers
Bloomberg
Uruguay ranked second on the Global Retail Development Index, moving up six spots from last year, while Chile came in third after placing sixth in 2010. These countries trail Brazil, “now one of the developing world's most attractive markets for ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Jul 28, 2011

The OKC Health and Wellness Group Hosts Women's Health Expo and Conference
PR.com (press release)
This free event has over 30 booths, each featuring an expert practitioner in some aspect of women'shealth, wellness, fitness, beauty and skin care. Mayor Mick Cornett's This City Is Going On A Dietcampaign will be represented, along with diet and ...
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Window in Pinellas, July 28
Suncoast News
Other Health Fair features include: information about healthy diets, adult health screenings, healthand wellness information and health related vendors, along with doctors and nurses available to answer questions. The event is sponsored by Citizens ...
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The Pet Parent's Guide to a Heart-Healthy Hound
Huffington Post (blog)
VetCom, a bi-monthly newsletter for the veterinary community, recommends taking advantage ofwellness testing programs in order to evaluate your pet's general health and learn about healthproblems -- including heart disease -- before serious problems ...
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Your Choice for a healthy life
North Liberty Leader
Because of these factors, the business provides health and fitness, or wellness coaching, to clients who want to achieve specific goals. Wellness coaching should not be confused with boot camp-style training which is often strenuous and punitive. ...
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Who Will Own the Brand of Integrative Medicine?
Huffington Post (blog)
But enduring wellness is much more likely if the patient adopts a vital, higher level of health." To that end, InspireHealth helps patients create psychological, spiritual, nutritional and physical change as they undergo their cancer treatment. ...
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The 'Inside' Truth to Better Health
Patch.com
Do you, or anyone you know, have an unresolved health issue? Now that you know the “inside” truth to how your body works and heals, you can help yourself or a loved one. Remember, if you don't make time for wellness, you'll have to make time for ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Jul 28, 2011


Brokerage IRAs, Trader Monitor, SunTrust Settles: Compliance
BusinessWeek
Until then, it doesn't have the new powers created by Dodd-Frank, such as the ability to supervise non-bank financial firms. --With assistance from Phil Milford in Wilmington, Delaware; Carter Dougherty, Susan Decker, Sara Forden, Jesse Hamilton, ...
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Bracing for another round of wealth destruction
CTV.ca
Given the devastating impact of the 2008 financial crisis, when global credit markets froze andstocks crumbled, people are clearly interesting in avoiding another wealth-destroying catastrophe so soon after markets have begun to recover. ...
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THE DISTILLERY: Rates lather
Business Spectator
Now a rate rise will come absent only some form of global financial meltdown before Tuesday. And the warring politicians in the US still failing to agree to lift their debt ceiling would NOT of itself constitute such an event. ...
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Fairfax Market Report including Medusa Mining, Frontier Mining and Firestone ...
Proactive Investors UK
Currency – The Japanese yen is up this morning on the back of safe haven demand increasing as the debt crisis rolls on. • Asian currencies in general have been declining as concerns over global economic growth increase. • The pound is off against the ...
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NBR Transcripts-July 27, 2011-Video
PBS Nightly Business Report
But the fundamental issue is the concern Dean raised versus the fact that we are sailing straight toward a predictable financial crisis that would destroy hundreds of thousands if not millions of jobs. Getting rid of that risk is good for the economy, ...
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Why debt does not go away
Business Times (subscription)
Politically, it was almost criminal; economically, it stoked irresponsible behaviour and it explains thefinancial crisis and the subsequent Great Recession. Debt means that the current generation has encroached upon the next generation's consumption. ...
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Thursday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories ...
FinFacts Ireland
Bank of Ireland named the US and Canadian investors led by Toronto-based insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings who took the 34.9 per cent stake in the bank. The announcement followed the results of the rights issue in which 36.8 per cent of shareholders, ...
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