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BUSINESS News, Aug 18, 2011


Donaldson Expands Testing Capabilities to Support Global Presence
MarketWatch (press release)
"Donaldson has a global network of scientists and engineers working to design next-generation filtration technologies for our Customers around the world," said Jay Ward, Senior Vice President, Engine Products at Donaldson Company. ...
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Russia Is Better Prepared for a Possible Global Downturn
New York Times
In 2008, for example, the Russian stock market was the worst performing of any major stock exchange in the world. The ruble collapsed. And the rich industrialists known as the oligarchs suffered $230 billion in paper losses. ...
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New York Times
Taiwan's NCKU 67th in Global Webometrics Ranking
Business Wire (press release)
TAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taiwan-based National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) ranks the 67 th in the world and the 4 th in Asia, according to the latestWebometrics Ranking of World Universities published in July, 2011. The Webometrics Ranking of ...
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Business Wire (press release)
The water industry must take on the world
Financial Times
In reality, it is the latest in a series of early moves that may yet reshape the global water sector. Yet in the coming era of water shortages and water conflicts, there is urgent need for greater globalintegration in an industry that, for historical ...
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Samsung braces for future uncertainties
AsiaOne
Samsung Group appears to be struggling to weather the latest global economic uncertainties stemming from troubles in some of the world's largest economies, coupled with industry-embedded problems such as declining memory prices. ...
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AsiaOne
Simonsen Mfg. expands global business
Chronicle Times
QUIMBY - Simonsen Manufacturing has exported equipment manufactured here to many areas of theworld over the years, and they recently added a new area. Rich Ravnsborg, head salesman for Simonsen Manufacturing, said that Simonsen's was contacted by an ...
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World stocks lose steam on weak German growth
BusinessWeek
By PAMELA SAMPSON World stock markets lost steam Tuesday after Germany's economic growth came to a near-standstill in the second quarter, adding to fears that the global economy is slowing down. Oil prices hovered near $87 a barrel in Asia. ...
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McKibbin's parting shot misses mark
Sydney Morning Herald
In short, he argued that the central bank's interest rates decisions may be distorted by the dominance of board members drawn from business. While the recent crop have all been "outstanding", Dr McKibbin queried whether such quality would remain a ...
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Insurers may escape capital surcharges from global regulators
Reuters
The FSB and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision set out their plans in July to boost the loss absorbency capacity of the world's largest banks through capital surcharges, but said work on other financial firms, including insurers, was ongoing. ...
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Global retailers revive India plan
Times of India
The American luxury store chain isn't the only one braving an environment roiled by global economic uncertainties . The list of international retailers looking at India as a priority market for businessexpansion include South Korea's Lotte, ...
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EAC can match Japan's clout, says World Bank
Daily Nation
“If each East African country was to adopt the region's best practice for each DoingBusiness indicator, East Africa would rank 18, bringing the community closer to theglobal top performers,” said Ms Sabine Hertveldt, World Bank Senior Private Sector...
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Daily Nation
Vinay Mahajan Joins MF Global as Treasurer
MarketWatch (press release)
MF Global /quotes/zigman/581106/quotes/nls/mf MF -1.24% is one of the world's leading brokers of commodities and listed derivatives. MF Global delivers trading and hedging solutions as a broker-dealer across all major markets for futures and options, ...
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Rick Perry suggests global warming is a hoax
CBS News
This latest revelation that he doesn't believe that global warming even exists is laughable. We don't need another southern yahoo idiot in the White House by Mortarman29_1SG August 17, 2011 7:38 PM EDT by Idaho2010 August 17, 2011 6:22 PM EDT I knew he ...
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Genpact Further Strengthens Services Capabilities in Support of SAP(R ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Genpact is one of 16 SAP partners certified as global providers of application management services. Genpact's services differentiation in support of SAP(R) solutions lies in its Lean and Six Sigmabusiness process acumen, which helps drive continuous ...
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Global Hemostasis Diagnostics Market: US, Europe, Japan--Emerging ...
Sacramento Bee
The report explores business and technological trends in world's seven major markets; provides estimates of the test volume, instrument placements and installed base, as well as sales and market shares of leading competitors; compares features of major ...
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Amazon Business Best Sellers Offer Steve Jobs, Economic Outlook
International Business Times
"It explains how brands must be true to their essence and be reinvented to remain relevant in this radically-changed, information-rich, and Internet-oriented world." Rath is the global practice leader for Gallup and leads the company's workplace ...
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International Business Times
Citi Clears First Trades on New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) with BlackRock
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Aug 17, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi, a global leader in central clearing, announced today that it has begun clearing trades on New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC), a joint venture of The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation and NYSE ...
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Kraft stacks the deck with Oreo Triple Double
Chicago Tribune
It's the latest twist on the nearly 100-year-old iconic Oreo, the world's best-selling cookie, with more than $1.5 billion in annual sales, according to Kraft. The company said Oreo sales were up 22 percent during the first half of 2011, compared with ...
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Morgan Stanley Lowers Global Growth Forecast
Bloomberg
“Recent policy errors, especially Europe's slow and insufficient response to the sovereign crisis and the drama around lifting the US debt ceiling, have weighed down on financial markets and erodedbusiness and consumer confidence. ...
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International Institute for Learning's Newest 30-Day Deal: PDU PowerPack™ 1
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The PDU PowerPack™ 1 will enable project managers to earn 20 PDUs at their own pace in a convenient, on-demand package of 20 one-hour webinars such as: Global Project Management, Agile Planning and Estimating, Business Analysis, Lean Six Sigma, ...
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Akoo Joins Leading Media and Technology Companies in Global Digital Data ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Membership of DDEX is open to any organization with a business interest in the digital media content supply chain. Akoo is a global media and technology innovator. The Company's flagship television network integrates TV, mobile, social and local to ...
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A global pandemic explodes in new thriller 'Contagion'
Manila Bulletin
A business meeting begins with a round of handshakes. A man coughs on a crowded bus… One contact. One instant. And a lethal virus is transmitted, in Warner Bros.' new global thriller “Contagion.” When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to ...
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GES Global Network's Largest Presence Ever at the International Paris Air Show
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Today the show represents the world's largest venue for the industry. This year's show included more than 2000 exhibitors, 138000 trade visitors and close to 200000 public visitors during the final three days. Global Experience Specialists, Inc. (GES), ...
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Yum! Brands Directs First $1 Million of World Hunger Relief Funds to Help ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Brands /quotes/zigman/303422/quotes/nls/yum YUM +0.61% , the world's largest restaurant company and parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, announced today that it is directing the first $1 million from its World Hunger Relief global effort to provide ...
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LexisNexis Launches Lexis Advance for Law Schools BETA
MarketWatch (press release)
"We've worked closely with law school faculty and students, and we understand the social, mobile and global world students live in, how they access and use content today, and their need for access to world class research technology," said Bob Romeo, ...
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SHL Group Chooses Epicor for Global ERP Implementation
Marketwire (press release)
LIVERMORE, CA and STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwire - Aug 17, 2011) - Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced that the world's largest ...
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Hospira Expands Board of Directors
PR Newswire (press release)
Dempsey, 59, spent more than two decades at Abbott Laboratories, most recently serving as executive vice president, Global Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for the company's $14 billion global pharmaceutical business, representing more than ...
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MMA Creates a Global Analytics Center of Excellence in Bangalore, India
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“The merger of SMA and MMA positioned the companies to produce the highest quality predictive insights to help our clients address the latest business challenges,” said Pat Cummings, CEO of MMA. “Now the integration of SCAnalytics has led to the ...
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GetThere Introduces Rules-Based Travel Policy Engine
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
GetThere is the world's leading online business travel and collaboration solution, surpassing $9 billion in annual bookings. GetThere's proven technology and unparalleled global service infrastructure helps corporations collectively save millions in ...
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SINA Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, SINA's limited operating history, thecurrent global financial and credit market crisis and its impact on the Chinese economy, the uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's ...
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GE, Coke Among Industry Leaders Launching Water Risk Mapping Project
GreenBiz.com
The tool wouldn't be the first in the marketplace -- the World Business Council for Sustainable Development unveiled its own Global Water Tool in 2007 to help organizations assess water use and availability. The Aqueduct Alliance tool will also layer ...
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GreenBiz.com
Asian stock markets down amid economic pessimism
MiamiHerald.com
By PAMELA SAMPSON AP Business Writer BANGKOK -- Asian stocks sank Thursday after an uneven day on Wall Street added to pessimism about the global economic outlook and Japan announced that exports had fallen for the fifth straight month in July. ...
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Nagarro Makes 2011 "Global Services 100" List
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
... as one of the world's top outsourcing firms." "The global services industry has gone clearly beyond the paradigm of 'more work at lesser cost'. Companies are routinely seeking businessoutcomes, and in some cases, new forms of business value. ...
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Trianz Achieves Highest IBM Accreditation for Tivoli Deployments
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Global Consulting and Turnkey Execution Services firm Trianz has won the AAA accreditation for its capabilities on IBM's Tivoli platform in North America. This is the highest level of accreditation awarded by IBM and certifies Trianz as an IBM Business ...
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AT&T Connects IHG Across the Oceans, Saving Time and Enabling Immediate ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Using the AT&T world-class network, AT&T Telepresence Solution offers an "in-person" meeting experience with the ease of pushing a button. The business-to-business multipoint meet-me bridging capability allows businesses to transparently meet with ...
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Taleo to Host Financial Analyst Session at Taleo World 2011 in San Francisco
MarketWatch (press release)
DUBLIN, CA, Aug 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Taleo Corporation /quotes/zigman/98181/quotes/nls/tleo TLEO -2.81% , the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, announced today that it will host a financial analyst session at Taleo ...
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RFMD(R) to Celebrate 20 Years of RF Product and Technology Leadership by ...
MarketWatch (press release)
RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in operating results, risks associated with the impact of global macroeconomic and credit conditions on our business and the business of our suppliers and ...
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Tennant Company Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
MarketWatch (press release)
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 17, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Directors of Tennant Company /quotes/zigman/243017/quotes/nls/tnc TNC +5.53% today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents per share payable September 15, 2011, to shareholders of record at ...
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MZ Ilios Appoints Michael Del Grosso as Senior Vice President, Business ...
PR Newswire (press release)
MZ Group is the world's largest independent global investor relations and corporate communications firm, providing innovative, customized services to domestic and multinational companies through a unique, fully integrated "one-stop-shop" business model ...
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Campaigner(R) Provides Prep Course on Back to School Marketing
MarketWatch (press release)
About j2 Global Communications Founded in 1995, j2 Global Communications, Inc. provides outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services to individuals and businesses around the world. With offices in eight cities worldwide, j2 Global's ...
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Miami's Football Scandal Clouds the Progress of a School and a City
TIME
"UM and FIU have significantly increased the breadth and depth of their research capabilities," says Jerry Haar, an associate business dean at FIU and director of its Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, "especially in knowledge-intensive industries ...
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Business Briefs
Charleston Post Courier
But economic growth is weak around the world, and some economists worry that a second recession may be coming. That could hurt companies' earnings in the future. --The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.28 points to 11410.21. ...
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World faces substantial headwinds: Swan | WA Business News
By dan.wilkie
Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned of "very substantial headwinds" facing the global economy but said people should be confident about the strength in Australia's economic fundamentals.
WA Business News - Latest News
Global research reveals corporate cybercrime tops boardroom agenda ...
High profile corporate cybercrime is putting information security on boardroom agendas around theworld, a global survey reveals today. The need for increased measures to protect against corporate...... more BSI Group news. According to the research, which analyses responses from 645businesses, risk of corporate data leaks is a key concern. Two thirds (64%) of the surveyedbusinesses that have implemented ISO 27001 cited this as the most important driving force behind ...
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Fox Business - Latest News - World Bank chief: Governments should ...
Fox Business. DOW up 213.88 | NAS up 47.22 | S&P up 25.68 (Data as of 2011-08-15 4:02 EDT).World Bank chief: Governments should deal with global debt woes ...
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Analysis: World economy wobbles as markets ... - Recent Business News
By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - The message from ...Recent Business News Business News , Fincance News, Market News, ...
https://www.ourbusinessnews.com/analysis-world-economy-w...
Warning for NZ as global stocks fall - Business - NZ Herald News
Global stock prices have hurtled lower overnight as anxiety overtook investors ... the globalmarkets, an unexpectedly sharp disruption in developed world financial .... Get the latest travelnews, holidays, destinations and information ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3...
Alliance Global Group doubles net income - Business - GMA News ...
Alliance Global Group Inc., the holding firm of Andrew Tan, doubled its earnings in the ... SONA: UST largest human cross, pasok sa Guinness World Records ...
www8.gmanews.tv/.../alliance-global-group-doubles-net-inco...
Global fears hit Gulf stocks - One News Page Business
Global fears hit Gulf stocks: JEDDAH: Gulf stocks tumbled to new lows on Tuesday , led by bourses in Qatar and the UAE, as fears of a new global.. Business on One News Page on Tuesday, 9 August 2011. ... Sports Latest. Sports. World News ...
www.onenewspage.com/.../Global-fears-hit-Gulf-stocks.htm
Vietnam ships more rice as global demand grows | Vietnam Business News
Vietnam ships more rice as global demand grows. ... Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, is expected to offer higher prices to its farmers, prompting many buyers to ... Recent articles. Exporters plagued by container thefts ...
vietnambusiness.asia/vietnam-ships-more-rice-as-global-dema...

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


Scientists Report Advance in Drug Repurposing
Wall Street Journal
The program, using so-called high-throughput technology, rapidly searched National Institutes of Health public databases that contain the results of thousands of genomicstudies from around the world. To narrow the search, the program focused on 100 ...
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Wall Street Journal
Research and Markets: Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology 2011
SunHerald.com
Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology provides broad international coverage of researchand practice in corrosion processes and corrosion control. Peer-reviewed contributions address all aspects of corrosion engineering and corrosion science; ...
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Feature: Focusing R&D on industry, energy
Philippine Information Agency
Research studies in Eastern Visayas Region is expected to become more relevant to the public in the next five years as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently launched the Eastern Visayas Consortium for Industry and Energy Research ...
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Gender Gap: Where are Women in Tech, Science and Math Jobs?
CIO Insight
There's a scarcity of women pursuing technology careers. In fact, research from the US Commerce Department's Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) reveals that the percentage of females working in the fields of science, technology, ...
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FDA's Plans for Better IT Infrastructure, Data Analytics
Health Data Management
The Food and Drug Administration has released its "Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science," defined as "the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products. ...
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The Edge of Science
The Cutting Edge
but studies of mammalian navigation have been confined to the lab. Unfortunately, labstudies cannot duplicate the large, complex landscapes an animal must navigate in the natural world. The new GPS-based method gives researchers the best of both ...
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The Cutting Edge
Journal Republishes the 1996 Landmark Report That Set the Research Strategy ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Published in The Annals of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, the August 2, 1996 report of the Keystone National Policy Dialogue on the Establishment of Studies to Optimize Medical Management of HIV Infection reflected the possibility that ...
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Superspeed Internet Pipeline Could Speed Innovation
Internet Evolution
"I personally see many of these advances also trickling down into other areas, such as improving our education system," he said. "These days, if you aren't advancing in terms of science andtechnology, you'll be left behind by those who are."
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Science education needs a major overhaul
Post-Bulletin
We must officially abandon the "three R's" — reading, writing and arithmetic — as the pillars of education, because in a world driven by technology and research, science can't be an afterthought. That means elementary and middle-school students need ...
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Crowd-sourced science
iProgrammer
Priority will be given to projects which produce high impact research and serve as case studies for citizen science in new areas of research. So if you have an idea that is being stifled for the lack of manpower to analyze the data think again. ...
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Women Scientists Meet
Yentha
Trivandrum: The Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad and the Kerala Science and TechnologyMuseum organised a Women Scientists Meet at the Kerala Science and Technology Museum Auditorium on Tuesday. The meet paid tribute to the memory of Dr. Anna Mani and ...
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Kaplan University Announces Local Summer 2011 Online Graduates
SCNow
Randall Powell of Coward was awarded a Master of Science degree in Information Technology. Candice Hardy of Darlington was awarded a Associate of Science degree in InterdisciplinaryStudies. Jeanette Pendergrass of Hartsville was awarded a Bachelor's ...
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App developers and school systems work to leverage tablet computing
Mass High Tech
Lee McCanne, director of technology and school libraries for the Weston public school system, started a 7th grade pilot program last year using iPads for English, socialstudies, and science, finding the tablet's long battery life, small size, ...
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Mass High Tech
Serious fun to be had in the science lab
The Border Mail
“There is a concern that there has been a falling off in the interest in science. It has been seen to be a little less glamorous than some of the get-rich-quick studies and careers,” he said. “But with emerging sciences like nano technology and shows ...
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Michael Adams: Indian River State College STEM center will be built to give ...
TCPalm
Indian River State College is at the center of a regional effort to boost interest and achievement inscience, technology, engineering and math. These "STEM" disciplines are at the root of discoveries that lead to business expansion and new jobs. ...
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Northern Mindanao researchers bag awards
Sun.Star
Caluba said the National Research Council of the Philippines, an agency under the Department ofScience and Technology (DOST), is the only National Government agency in the Philippines that promotes funds and implements research in basic sciences, ...
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Major new hub for creative industries
News Wales
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science said: "Interaction between businesses and universities is crucial for driving growth. It enables businesses and organisations to benefit from our world-class research base, gaining new knowledge and ...
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A brief history of the ancient science of sword making
io9
But it's also one of the world's most ancient technologies, connected with breakthroughs in metallurgy that would change the world. There are even some types of ancient swords so strong that modern science still can't determine how they were made. ...
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Greens question the science of gas
The Australian
Senator Brown challenged studies that have estimated that gas - particularly coal-seam gas - produces lower emissions than coal. "One thing we are missing, as Christine Milne has pointed out, (is) a proper estimation of the leakage of methane out of ...
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Queenslanders recognised for excellence in science
My Sunshine Coast (press release) (blog)
Education Minister Cameron Dick said the awards encourage more Queenslanders to pursue careers in science, engineering, technology and innovation, and reward achievements in these sectors. "The winners include students, teachers, school leaders, ...
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A new approach to scratch resistance
MIT News
"There has been an incredible mix of research that is all over the board," he says: Some studieshave found significant benefits from the addition of nanoparticles, while others found little improvement. So, he adds, there is much interest in ...
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Historical dynamics of Sri Lanka and challenges in a post conflict scenario
Ceylon Daily News
However, the existing knowledge and created new knowledge should go hand in hand; therefore both studies to enhance the access to existing knowledge and research for new knowledge need to go ahead simultaneously. Further, there is a need for awareness ...
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Ceylon Daily News
Here we go again!
Consumer Tech
If we fail to do this, our fabled export led economy that welcomes with open arms the finest technology and pharma-chem companies in the world, maybe in jeopardy. Asstudies have shown, we no longer have a world class education system, ...
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Consumer Tech
Will We Be Able to Deflect an Earthbound Asteroid?
Space.com
"A decade out, given the technology it would take to do a deflection, I think we could respond in time," Durda told Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com. David Morrison, interim director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute and an expert ...
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Fading Ability To Taste Iron Raises Health Concerns For People Over Age 50
RedOrbit
The study appears in the ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Andrea Dietrich, Susan Mirlohi, and Susan Duncan and colleagues point out that perception of a metallic flavor in water can help people limit exposure to metals such as iron, ...
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Fish factor: Better fish chilling through nanotechnology
Capital City Weekly
By Laine Welch | Capital City Weekly Keeping fish cold is the key to quality, and new technology is taking chilling to whole new levels. Nanotechnology, for example, is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. The science can ...
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