SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 18, 2011

American Space Research: An Also-Ran? Huffington Post For a generation, this country led the way in both space exploration and astronomy. So it's clearly a wrench to see America -- whose cultural soul was forged by frontier heroes -- giving up the final frontier. You've read the opinions and you've heard ... See all stories on this topic »

Climate change studies vexed by Vesta Science a Gogo NASA's Dawn space-probe flew by Vesta last Saturday. The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics has published numerical simulations of the long-term evolution of the orbits of Ceres and Vesta, which are the largest bodies in the asteroid belt. ... See all stories on this topic » Science a Gogo

Searching for a cancer treatment in the stars Columbus Dispatch Ohio State University researchers think their work with huge regions of space might lead to a way to kill the smallest cancer cells. After studying how different elements absorb and emit radiation in stars and around black holes, OSU astronomers are ... See all stories on this topic » Columbus Dispatch

This Week On The Space Show Space Fellowship After a career as a project leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory that included research and development of astronomy projects, space missions, satellite instrumentation, optics, novel electrodynamic detection techniques, high power lasers, ... See all stories on this topic »

Interactive space exhibit at SSU a learning experience Ironton Tribune PORTSMOUTH — An innovative new interactive exhibit is on display at Shawnee State University — the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, “Astronomy's New Messengers: Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Amazing Meeting: Skeptic Podcasts TidBITS It opened with a panel discussion on the future of space exploration, moderated by Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer), with Bill Nye (The Science Guy), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Director of the Hayden Planetarium), Pamela Gay (Astronomy Cast), and Lawrence ... See all stories on this topic »

Could the sun save us from global warming? Salon As astronomy author Bob Berman's new book reveals, storms like these are actually a common byproduct of the Sun's 11-year cycle of pulsing, dimming and brightening. "The Sun's Heartbeat," which takes its title from this phenomenon, offers a compelling... See all stories on this topic » Salon

On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought" Huffington Post (blog) Consider now how the evolving notions of a flat earth, Copernican astronomy and Einsteinian physics have subsequently changed how mankind sees its place in the cosmos, continuously updating the past explanations with something superior. ... See all stories on this topic »

Curiosities: What is the biggest astronomical telescope in Wisconsin? Wisconsin State Journal In addition to observatories run by universities, Lattis says that Wisconsin is fortunate to have other telescopes, some as large as 25 inches, located around the state at private observatories operated by astronomy clubs. See all stories on this topic »

Spectrum-R reaches designed orbit through Zenith-3M with Fregat-SB upper stage AVIONEWS (WAPA) - Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos unveils on its website that the spacetelescope Spectrum-R (also known as Spektr-R or Radioastron) was successfully launched and has already reached the designated orbit at an altitude of about 340000 km. ... See all stories on this topic »

Point Loma Nazarene University Now Accepting Applications for 2011 Kyoto Prize ... MarketWatch (press release) In "Basic Sciences" -- Dr. Rashid Sunyaev, 68, an astrophysicist and contributor to high-energyastronomy who proposed the theory that fluctuations in cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) may be used to explore the expanding universe. ... See all stories on this topic »

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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 18, 2011

Snead State Community College announces 2011 spring graduates Gadsden Times ... of Science in communication studies/speech; Tiffany Diane Smith, Associate of Science in elementary education; Samuel Ray Tarvin, Associate of Applied Science in electronic engineeringtechnology, certificate in electronic engineering technology; ... See all stories on this topic »

30 universities and educational institutions in UAE embrace Amricon's Smart ... AME Info The Emirates College of Technology is among the first universities to implement this system." Dr. Mohamed Gedi, Dean of Admissions at Ajman University of Science and Technology, said: "It is imperative that the Smart chip solution is circulated among ... See all stories on this topic »

Genetics institute to terminate central research function Bangor Daily News Unlike the bench research performed using mice at The Jackson Laboratory and zebra fish at UMaine, or clinical trials of new drugs and technologies that use human subjects, MIHGH was to specialize in “translational” studies that bridge the two. ... See all stories on this topic » Bangor Daily News

China's defence industry offers lessons to India Business Standard Earlier, the Chinese defence industry was separated, Soviet style, between research and development (R&D) and manufacturing units. When the R&D developed a product, the defence industrial ministry — called the Commission for Science, Technology and ... See all stories on this topic »

Dean of new UWM freshwater school won't just dip his toe in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel He earned additional science degrees at the University of Sydney, married an Australian, and has since earned dual citizenship. He has held a succession of water research jobs and currently heads a technology incubator called the Environmental ... See all stories on this topic »

Antiretroviral prevention methods` not in competition` with each other aidsmap WHO and UNAIDS are working with CONRAD and the South African Ministry of Science andTechnology, two of the sponsors of the satellite meeting, to plan for introduction of tenofovir gel, and WHO will develop guidance on use of the microbicide so that it ... See all stories on this topic »

Envoy's vision: From science to diplomacy The Korea Herald “I plan to put a lot of emphasis on developing science and technology cooperation,” said PolandAmbassador Krzysztof Ignacy Majka during his first interview with the local English press. As a former scientist, Majka sees a lot of potential in fostering ... See all stories on this topic »

Climate data spark battle in Congress Houston Chronicle Fortunately for Texas and the nation, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco last month submitted a request to create a NOAA Climate Services program to a full hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The proposed legislation would ... See all stories on this topic »

Gov't 'least important' in innovation Sun.Star The 2009 Innovation Survey was presented to stakeholders at a forum Friday by PIDS supervisingresearch specialist Francis Mark Quimba. The pilot study picked firms in food processing and manufacturing, electronics and information technology services ... See all stories on this topic »

The Google Effect: Man 'Symbiotic' with Computers International Business Times People who believed the data would be saved were less likely to remember, according to the study published online by the journal Science. "The results of four studiessuggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

We always improve our systems fromwhatever we learn, says ISRO Chairman Hindu Business Line The science is exciting, challenging, drives technology development in terms of instruments and capability to reach there. That is a must. That will keep us going. The international community has a renewed interest in Moon and now we are there. ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

Five Reasons Why We Should Embrace Migrants Wall Street Journal (blog) According to Robert Putnam, immigrants have made up more than three times as many Nobel Laureates, National Academy of Science members and Academy Award film directors as have native-born Americans. Migrants have been founders of firms like Google, ... See all stories on this topic »

Autism summit offers latest answers Daily Pilot Panelists include Dr. Wendy Goldberg, professor of psychology and social behavior and education at UCI; Dr. Connie Kasari, professor of psychological studies in education and psychiatry at UCLA; Alison Singer, president of the Autism ScienceFoundation ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Pilot

Pa. wind turbines deadly to bats, costly to farmers Pittsburgh Post Gazette Technology is being developed on sound generators that would deter the creatures from getting too close with a high-pitched noise only heard by bats. Some studiessuggest that a slowdown in blade speed would reduce mortality. But new technologyis ... See all stories on this topic » Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Youth leader in environment gets new laptop Jamaica Observer She excitedly told Career & Education that the new Acer 15.6-inch laptop will help her daughter in conducting research and other assignments at the University of Technology, where she will begin her tertiary education this September. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ruth C. Corson phillyBurbs.com A graduate of Pfeiffer College, she received a Master of Science degree in Educational Technologyfrom Lehigh University, and completed post-graduate studies at Temple University, Trenton State College, and Widener University. ... See all stories on this topic »

Lavery Library redefines librarian role at St. John Fisher College Rochester Democrat and Chronicle It wasn't until well into her undergraduate studies that she discovered there was even a major in library science. Price never looked back after that. She earned a master in library science from SUNY Buffalo, as well as a master of arts in secondary ... See all stories on this topic »

Tresses and distresses Jerusalem Post Clinical studies are being conducted on a drug used for psoriasis.” Prof. Amos Gilhar, head of the skin research lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, told The Jerusalem Post at the conference about his ... See all stories on this topic »

The Job at Hand... Can the Women Deliver? THISDAY Live The university system would have to be restructured from the bottom up to employ the best qualified academics, engage in research, and must be adequately equipped to ensure that students are conversant with state-of-the-art global technologies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Achievements & Announcements Huntington Herald Dispatch She earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science and will pursue a master's degree at Wake Forest University in the fall. She was awarded a Graduate Assistant Position in Exercise Science Research. Amy Desauguste of Huntington earned her Master of ... See all stories on this topic »

College graduates on parade SILive.com Esposito plans to pursue a career in information technology. Lauren E. Whalen of New Dorpgraduated magna cum laude from SUNY New Paltz. Ms. Whalen, the daughter of Stephanie and Thomas Whalen, received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood ... See all stories on this topic »

Mahan Rykiel Adds Business Development Director, Landscape Architects Citybizlist Real Estate Blake Anderson received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Communication Science and Rhetorical Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He spent a summer studying at Peking University in Beijing studying how the ... See all stories on this topic » Citybizlist Real Estate

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Look for a triumphant return in the fall Peninsula Daily Lee Shore Boats is also building a 22-foot work boat/tender for RV Sikuliag, a 25- foot researchvessel that is currently under construction at the Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis. The ship will be owned by the National Science Foundation, ... See all stories on this topic »

New school change orders now amount to $888317 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader ... technology education; and Ruth Skammer, wellness. The following middle school faculty members were appointed as secondary associate department chairpersons: Robin Moore, science; Kathleen Dolan, mathematics; Cynthia Finarelli, social studies; ... See all stories on this topic »

Praise for Lackham studends Wiltshire Times ... animal care, science and management, countryside and environment, motorsports engineering, land-based technology and engineering, construction, plant and agricultural machinery, horticulture, floristry and foundation studies were all honoured. ... See all stories on this topic »

Preventing terrorism South Asia Mail EurekAlert! highlighted an article in The Journal of Management & Social Science suggesting that transcendental meditation was a scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. It is the latest of many studies which have shown the positive ... See all stories on this topic »

First Adenovirus Cross Species Monkey-Human Jump Confirmed by UCSF MedIndia Findings appear in the July 14 issue of PLoS Pathogens, a weekly journal of the Public Library of Science, and can be found at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat. Adenoviruses naturally infect many animals, including humans, monkeys and rodents,... See all stories on this topic » MedIndia

Neighbor Notes vt.Buzz (blog) Gillian Mann, a junior majoring in political science at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Susan Taylor-Mann and Steven Mann of Burlington. Elizabeth Tobey, a first-year ... See all stories on this topic »

Chandra Embuldeniya, founder Vice Chancellor of Uva to bid farewell Asian Tribune The degree programs are unique to this university and cover valuable resource areas such as tea, latex, palm, minerals, aquatics, exports, entrepreneurship, management, science & technology, computer science, information technology, tourism, ... See all stories on this topic »

Born Outlaws? A Criminally Feeble Proposition Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) Meanwhile, follow-up studies of noninstitutionalized XYY men failed to corroborate claims that they are prone to violence. A 1993 report by the National ResearchCouncil, "Understanding and Preventing Violence," concluded that there is no correlation ... See all stories on this topic » Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

ImmuneTech Allergy Diagnostic Test Ideal for Corporate and Community Health ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Studies have shown that allergic disease is a key driver of presenteesim, absenteeism and direct medical costs. Allergies have a tremendous impact on productivity and the bottom line. Companies are starting to look at health as an investment and are ... See all stories on this topic »

Ractopamine Almost Shoved Down the Throats of 70% of World's Pork Consumers... NewsWithViews.com [5] The Chinese Government has spent many millions of Yuan in studies of the health effects of ractopamine and, convinced of its health risks, has banned both its import and export.[6] As a further nail in ractopamine's coffin, EFSA and its member ... See all stories on this topic »

In motorcyclist's death, a cautionary tale Tampabay.com However, several studies have shown that rider inexperience is one of the top factors in fatal motorcycle accidents. According to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, riders of sport motorcycles like the one Schnetzer was driving ... See all stories on this topic » Tampabay.com

Community Bulletin Board Napa Valley Register Explore the rich history of the Orient, as we experiment with desert science, taste foods of the desert and discover how art and mathematics meet in the zillij designs found in the mosaics and carpets of the Middle East. $240. 9 am The Young School, ... See all stories on this topic »

Researchers provide means of monitoring cellular interactions EurekAlert (press release) This innovation addresses needs in both science and medicine by providing the ability to further understand complex cell biology, track transplanted cells, and develop effective therapeutics. These findings are published in the July 17 issue of Nature ... See all stories on this topic »

Advance allows for earlier HIV diagnosis ScienceBlog.com (blog) The results are intriguing, and we hope to do further studies that could demonstrate the ability to get confirmed incidence data.” Dr. Constantine noted: “The SMARTube technology has a high potential to be used for epidemiologic purposes where ... See all stories on this topic »

Genetics and society; science and technology studies - Latest news ... ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... An Egenis PhD student has been awarded funding to continue his reseach at the Université ... www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/news/.../title,24871,en.ht..

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