Times of India
A collaborative engineering research centre focusing on research problems faced by the industry, was commissioned at the city-based Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) on Monday. The centre has been established as part of the VIT's tripartite ...
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Technology Strategy Board: Nutrition for Life
Science Business
The investment is intended to encourage the development of innovative processes and technologies with an emphasis on providing “healthy” and “safe” food and drink, and will support both feasibility studies and collaborative research & development ...
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Science Business
Biolux Research announces start of key clinical trial for light-accelerated ...
Dentistry IQ
“This study is expected to prove that our technology can be successfully applied to specific phases of the orthodontic treatment plan, and, based on our earlier animal and human feasibility studies, we anticipate both improved control for the ...
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RainDance Forges Separate Pacts with Ambry and Roche to Advance ADME Analysis
Genetic Engineering News
RainDance Technologies will collaborate separately with Ambry Genetics and Roche's 454 Life Sciences to develop and commercialize screening panels to enable simpler and more cost-effective ADME studies. The panel to be developed by RainDance and Ambry ...
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Stay At Home Snapper
Voxy
NIWA would like to thank the recreational fishers who assisted with this research by returning tags from tagged and recaptured snapper. This research was funded by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology, plus the Department of Conservation.
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Gender gap still exists in science, technology, engineering and math
Journal and Courier
At Purdue, the percentage of females who decide to study science, engineering or technology is still much lower than their male peers. For the 2009-2010 fall semester, 37 percent of the undergraduates enrolled in sciences such as chemistry, ...
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Stem cells continue to show promise in MI patients
TheHeart.Org
At CRT 2011, the Cardiovascular Research Technologies conference, director of research at the Minnesota Heart Institute (MHI), Dr Tim Henry, presented the latest data from a variety of ongoing efforts to use adult stem cells to grow new blood vessels ...
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Separate Studies Identify Total of 19 New Risk Loci for Cardiovascular Disease
Genetic Engineering News
The study was led by Xin Tu & Qing K Wang, at the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Institute, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and ...
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Barrow Neurological Institute to study the use of deep-brain stimulation for ...
Arizona Republic
We have a lot of new technologies coming together that allow us to look at the brain in quite a different manner." Barrow Neurological Institute, part of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, will hire a psychiatrist and research staff for the ...
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Canada: BMT to Develop Hybrid Electric Research Ship
Dredging Today
Kim Juniper, Lead Scientist on the project comments: “As a national and international leader in the study of the oceans we are always looking to enhance our research capabilities. With the help of BMT Fleet Technology and its marine engineering ...
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Dredging Today
Energy, Renewable Resources Studies Earns UW Professor Research Award
University of Wyoming News
Hess said Reddy's world-renowned research contributes to the discovery mission of the college. "Reddy researches issues relevant to Wyoming, and several of the resulting discoveries have lead to technology that is transferred throughout the world," ...
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University of Wyoming News
Sareum reveals positive Chk1 programme model study results
Pharmaceutical Business Review
The Chk1 programme is a research collaboration between Sareum and the Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Research Technology aimed at assessing how best to harness Chk1 to create cancer therapeutics. Chk1 plays an important role in controlling a ...
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UK researcher's findings raise flags
Lexington Herald Leader
Within weeks of the two studies being published, word was traveling from highly regarded peer-reviewed journals, Environmental Science & Technology and Nature and Nanotechnology, to more general-interest science blogs like Wired Science. ...
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Lexington Herald Leader
Matt Tirrell to Lead New Molecular Engineering Program
Newswise (press release)
“Research in molecular engineering has the potential to yield extremely significant advances in both basic science and technology, as well as to create innovations in engineering education,” Zimmer said. “Matt Tirrell and the faculty of the new ...
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Various eye-tracking innovations from Tobii showcased at CeBIT
TechShout!
The device can be used in various fields such as Psychology research, Ophthalmology studies, Reading studies, Neuroscience studies and Gaze-contingent paradigms. The Tobii Glasses mobile eye tracker sports a new design and technology which allows ...
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TechShout!
Scripps Research and MIT scientists discover class of potent anti-cancer compounds
EurekAlert (press release)
"But we believed that we could use our new 'substrate-free' screening technology for PME-1; and we knew that we needed to try a large, high-throughput screen, because our small-scale efforts to find PME-1 inhibitors had come up empty." Scripps Research ...
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New blood test for Down's syndrome?
NHS Choices
This is the latest in a number of studies looking at the feasibility of diagnosing this and other genetic disorders from a maternal blood test. Although the techniques described show promise, further research involving a large-scale study will be ...
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New USAID grant: Rebuilding Liberia's universities and infrastructure
R & D Magazine
"The African Studies Center is greatly pleased to help facilitate this collaboration, which highlights the unique approach UM has championed in uniting African studies with science and engineering," said Kelly Askew, UM associate professor of ...
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Getting kids back on the science bus
Crosscut
An estimated 32500 jobs in the Central Puget Sound region alone were related to those activities in 2009, according to a recent University of Washington study. Research also shows that having a strong cultural life gives regions a strategic advantage ...
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NextGen Aviation Park welcomes newest member
Shore News Today
EGG HARBOR TOWSHIP – The Next Generation Aviation Research and Technology Park announced Robinson Aviation, Inc. as its newest member last week. Based in Oklahoma City, Robinson Aviation (RVA) specializes in air traffic control operations; ...
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Failure at Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Raises Concerns About Safety
Bloomberg
“To cut costs the Russians had to agree to use certain parts supplied by the Germans,” said Bill Horak, chairman of the nuclear science and technology department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, who studies Soviet and Russian- built ...
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The taste of victory
Scienceline
Their “jokes” are no laughing matter; molecular gastronomy, the study of the science behind cooking, is big business. At The Fat Duck in England, currently ranked third best restaurant in the world, a four-hundred dollar dinner begins with a tiny ...
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Hebron establishes scholarships, research grants at MUN, College of the North ...
Newfoundland and Labrador Compass
The Hebron Project Diversity Scholarship Fund will assist students from among these four groups, with a preference for those who are enrolled in engineering, geoscience, environmental science, chemistry and trades and technology studies. ...
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Commodities Rundown, From Au To V
Gold Seek
Sid holds a bachelor of technology degree in electronics engineering from Cochin University of Science & Technology, and an MBA in finance from The University of British Columbia. He is a CFA Charterholder, and has completed studies in exploration and ...
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Covance and Ingenuity enter into NGS research agreement
OutSourcing-Pharma.com
Commenting on the agreement, Tom Turi, vice president of science and technology for Covance's discovery and translational services said he believed the two companies were well placed to make a meaningful contribution to the field. ...
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Yissum and Hadasit License Regenerative Polymeric Membrane Implants to RegeneCure
Business Wire (press release)
The technology was invented by Professor Michael Friedman from the Institute of Drug Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Prof. Rami Mosheiff. MD, Head of Orthopedic Trauma Center, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem. ...
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Scientists Develop New Test For 'Pluripotent' Stem Cells ...
By Teacha Hamilton
"Many scientists are unhappy with the current gold standard for testing for pluripotency, called the teratoma assay," said Scripps Research molecular biologist Jeanne Loring, principal investigator of the study. "The teratoma assay requires animal testing ... A first author of the study, Franz-Josef Mueller, said, "Scientists are making new induced pluripotent stem cell lines at a rapid pace to understand human disease, test new drugs, and develop regenerative therapies. ...
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Scripps Research and MIT scientists discover class of potent anti ...
By News
The research—scheduled for publication in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the week of March 7, 2011—was led by Benjamin F. Cravatt III, professor and chair of the Department of Chemical Physiology at Scripps Research and a member of its Skaggs ... Studies have shown that when PME-1 production is reduced in some kinds of brain cancer cells, the tumor-suppressing activity of PP2A increases, and cancerous growth is slowed or stopped. ...
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Transplanting umbilical cord and menstrual blood-derived stem ...
By bjs
“Saneron is very pleased and excited that our long-standing research partnership with USF has provided to further the technology developed at USF and transferred to Saneron for further development.” ALS. When hUCB transplantation was studied in animal models of ALS, ... Contact, David Eve, PhD. at celltransplantation@ gmail.com or Camillo Ricordi, MD at ricordi@miami.edu. News Release by Randolph Fillmore, Florida Science Communications, www.sciencescribe.net ...
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L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards Names Professor Jill ...
By loreal
New York, N.Y. and Paris, France (March 7, 2011) – Professor Jillian Banfield, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, and of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, ... “By encouraging women in science & technology we hope to change the face of research.” “More than ever, the world needs science and science needs women; it also needs heart and passion,” commented Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, ...
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BMT Fleet Technology to Develop CCG Tsekoa II for University of ...
By Offshore Wind
Kim Juniper, Lead Scientist on the project comments: “As a national and international leader in the study of the oceans we are always looking to enhance our research capabilities. ... The new section will include a science lab and additional berths to accommodate 15 crew and scientists. David Stocks, Vice President – Pacific Region, BMT Fleet Technology explains: “We are very proud to be working alongside the University helping to deliver a ship which is not only fit for ...
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New report helps inform decisions about how science should be ...
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Clinical research has greater societal impact over a 15-20 year timescale, while basic research has greater academic impact, according to a new study from RAND Europe and the Health Economics Research Group (HERG) at Brunel University.
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Ultrasound Wireless Power Technology Even Works Through Steel Walls
By News Account
While wireless Internet has been wonderful, true wireless devices - with no need for batteries - are the real revolution needed in technology to make a more positive environmental scenario for the future. We're getting closer. ... A public ceremony announcing this year's winner will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9 in the auditorium of the Rensselaer Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. For more information on the ceremony visit: ...
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UPES to conduct conference on 'Emerging Interfaces of Physical ...
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 07, 2011 – It is going to host a three day international conference on 'Emerging Interfaces of Physical Sciences and Technology' at its Dehradun campus. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies or UPES is ...
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All that tech is hurting your sleep, researchers say | The Daily ...
Researchers say using technology an hour before bed makes it difficult to fall asleep. ... “This study reveals that light-emitting screens are in heavy use within the pivotal hour before sleep.” When it comes to television before bed, age is a distinguishing factor. The National Sleep Foundation said that 67 percent of baby boomers watch TV every night or nearly every night an hour before they ...
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Innovative Ways Being Developed to Prevent Malaria | Stop Press News
By Morgan
Although they do not expect this technology to affect the environment any differently than the wild-type strain, the study authors plan to test ways to contain the transgenic fungi in the field. ... News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www. niaid.nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. ...
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The Council for Biotechnology Information » Ag biotech news not to ...
By CBI
Joe deVries, head of crop research at the Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) says that previously African farmers had low yields for crops such as sorghum and cassava, but the adoption of biotech sorghum has tripled yields and genetic ... Professor Juma is founder of the African Centre for Technology Studies, the first African NGO dedicated to promoting science and technology methods for sustainable development, and he currently directs the Agricultural Innovation ...
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Somatosphere: Welcome New Contributors
By Aaron Seaman
Four new contributors will be working on the Web Roundups. The Web Roundups feature will be a monthly posting to provide commentary on specific issues related to medicine, science and health in contemporary society. ... She is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UCSD. Her ethnographic research examines the cultural implications and lived experiences of globalized biosciences - namely, assisted reproductive technologies and genetic sciences ...
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13 New Heart-disease-associated Gene Sites Identified | Scicasts ...
Life Sciences Research - Bioresearch & Disease Studies .... Life Sciences & Bioresearch Business News. Life Technologies and German Cancer Research Center ...
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New Report Helps Inform Decisions about How Science Should Be ...
Each of the case studies, on which the research for the project is based, was developed ... AU, The Centre for Science & Technology Studies (CWTS), NL, ...
www.rand.org/news/press/2011/03/07.html
Disney's lab studies people - Entertainment News, Technology News ...
Technology News from the entertainment source: Variety. ... Texas, which uses hard science to figure out what works, and, maybe more important, why it works. ... says the lab has done a tremendous amount of research around on-air ...
www.variety.com/article/VR1118033334
Comm Professor Studies Rhetoric and Ethics in Science
Why do you think it's important to study the discourse of science? Whether the topic is climate change, new computer technologies or biological research, ...
www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=13222
Binge Eaters' Dopamine Levels Spike at Sight, Smell of Food
News Archives BNL. News Resources ... In the current study, the researchers suspected that binge-eating obese subjects would show ... biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. ...
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Zotero workshop March 10, 2011 | University Library Blog
International Women's Day Event: Women's Studies Institute Professor to Speak at ... Jason Puckett is Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies. .... Research Studies Research Support Services Science News Social Software ...
homer.gsu.edu/blogs/.../zotero-workshop-march-10-2011/
USD: CAS: Political Science: News and Events
University of San Diego - College of Arts and Sciences ... USD; College of Arts and Sciences; Departments; Programs & Centers; Graduate Studies; Majors ...
www.sandiego.edu/cas/polisci/news_detail.php/?_focus...
CfP: Semantic Web Journal special issue - Kaleidoscope | Latest news
A number of case studies from universities and research communities already demonstrate ... Jan Brase, German National Library of Science and Technology ...
www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/.../2011-03-03day-0-read411-disp...
Brain jog - brain exercises research - Science.ie
PhD student leads research into how effective brain exercise games really are. ... Latest News. Free app studies whether brain exercises work ...
www.science.ie/science.../free-app-brain-exercises-study.html
NHGRI Outlines a Path Toward the Implementation of Genomic ...
"Once again, technology — sequencing in particular — has advanced much more than we ... Tufts University Studies Personalized Medicine in the Classroom .... Science. In the New England Journal of Medicine, Canadian researchers describe ...
www.genomeweb.com/nhgri-outlines-path-toward-implement...
UO researcher studies key brain regions, text messaging in smoking ...
Their paper - published this month in Psychological Science, a journal of .... UO neuroscientist Helen Neville sat down with the Science News to talk ... Alaska Airlines magazine looks at technology transfer, including efforts at the UO ...
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GT | Newsroom - EPA Awards Clean Air Research Center Grant to ...
Holly Korschun, Emory Health Science News, hkorsch@emory.edu, 404-727-3990 ... Technology and Emory to create one of four national Clean Air Research Centers ... Researchers will study two birth cohorts to assess whether air pollution ...
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