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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 18, 2011 (2)

Daejon chosen as home to big science project
JoongAng Daily
KoRIA, a 470 billion won particle accelerator, is regarded as crucial for developing the nation's basic science research. Experts say the accelerator can be used in a wide range of studies, such as astrophysics, biology and medical science, ...
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JoongAng Daily
Online graduate course combines fieldwork and technology for science teachers
PRLog.Org (press release)
The course, Environmental Science Education: Summer Ecological Field Studies (EDCI 580), begins May 31 and ends July 8. It is offered entirely online and is designed for educators of children aged 6 - 12. Teachers who complete the course will earn ...
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Students Protest 'Unfair' Allocations of Principals
Voice of San Diego
"If they deserve one principal, so do we," said Shanique Davis, a junior at the School of Science andTechnology on the same campus. "It's not fair. We knew we'd be merging soon. But the IS parents were trying to say they didn't need to merge like ...
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Yeung Center for Collaborative China Studies announces first grants
The JHU Gazette
“The Johns Hopkins–Nanjing Center for Synthetic Genomics”: Jef Boeke, School of Medicine, and Yilu Chen, Nanjing University of Technology. • “Education and Research Partnership in Environmental Engineering, Science and Management”: Edward Bouwer, ...
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Music and Creativity
WebWire (press release)
And those musical experiences that feed the mind may also spark greater proficiency in science andtechnology. "Creativity lies at the heart of the modern economy" he says. The research in this episode was funded by NSF through the American Recovery ...
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Dot Earth: Lester Lave – An Appreciation
New York Times (blog)
Lester's early study laid the methodological foundation for these later studies. As an economist, he had made a major advance at the junction of epidemiology, atmospheric chemistry and public policy. David Keith: Academic energy and environmental ...
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Stanford Bioethics Expert to Speak May 21 at NC Biotechnology Center
NCTechNews (press release)
His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedicaltechnology, the biological basis of moral awareness and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous ...
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End-of-the-Year Report from the Dean
William and Mary News
Joyce has served as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, where she directs the Science, Technology, and Society Program and the Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Program. At William and Mary, she helped organize the Mercury ...
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William and Mary News
2011 Washburn University Graduates
Topeka Capital Journal
Laura Manganiello, bachelor of science in nursing, nursing, Topeka, Kan. • Ashley Manis, bachelor of arts, psychology, Topeka, Kan. • Richard Martin, bachelor of arts, religious studies, Topeka, Kan. • Lana Matney, bachelor of business administration, ...
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Researchers examine procedure utilization trends in patients with clinically ...
EurekAlert (press release)
WASHINGTON, DC (May 15, 2011)末New techniques in science and technology allow the medical community to continually improve patient care and experience, but as these new procedures are introduced, physicians must closely consider the relative risks and ...
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National Academies Alarmed About Climate Control: More Hot Gas
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
... which includes The National Academy of Science and the National Research Council among its members, has released its America's Climate Choices study which is the final volume of a series. “The goal of the America's Climate Choices studies is to ...
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ADVA FSP 3000 ENABLES UNPRECEDENTED SERVICES FOR ITALIANRESEARCH AND ...
Reuters (press release)
More than 40000 users are encompassed across LightNet's project partners, including the Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Tartini; the AREA Science & Technology Park; the Consortium GARR (Italian NREN); the International Centre for Theoretical Physics ...
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Babraham Research Campus visited by local MP and MEP to see impact of investment
Cambridge Network
This recent further investment will help to maximise the impact of public investment in bioscienceresearch and strengthen the campus as a cluster for science and innovation in the UK.” Derek Jones, Chief Executive of Babraham Bioscience Technologies, ...
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Waters Welcomes Duke University Proteomics Core Facility into Centers of ...
R & D Magazine
Waters Centers of Innovation Program recognizes and supports the efforts of scientists facilitating breakthroughs in health and life science research, food safety, environmental protection, sports medicine and many other areas. ...
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Driving errors increase with age among older drivers
EurekAlert (press release)
The study was co-authored by Joanne Wood, PhD, a professor of optometry at Queensland University of Technology. Despite the study results, Anstey doesn't believe that driver's licenses should be restricted based on age. "In other research, we have ...
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Endicott Offers New Internet Studies Major
RedOrbit
Endicott College is proud to announce that beginning in the Fall of 2011, the School of Communication will offer a major in Internet Studies, one of the first available in the country. Students earning a Bachelor of Science in Internet Studies will ...
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GoodGuide rates products on ingredients' safety
San Francisco Chronicle
O'Rourke, a UC Berkeley environmental science professor who studies global supply chains, then began to research the rest of his daughter's belongings and found that her shampoo, favorite toys and furniture all included questionable ingredients. ...
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Lay-language summaries of latest research at Acoustical Society meeting now online
EurekAlert (press release)
Reporters attending the meeting or covering the sessions remotely now have access to a wide array of easily approachable summaries covering all aspects of the science of sound. There are no embargoes on these presentations. The following are excerpts ...
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Babies enlisted in brain research
Boston Globe
In other studies, researchers are imaging the brains of babies born prematurely, who are more prone to learning disabilities and other cognitive problems, and the brains of children with Tourette syndrome. In those disorders, as with dyslexia, ...
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Boston Globe
2011 ESF Graduates Plan a Green Future
SUNY-ESF Headlines
He earned a bachelor of science degree in conservation biology Sunday and will return to ESF in the fall to begin graduate studies. McCoy's fellow Centennial year classmates chose him to serve as their speaker at ESF's annual convocation Saturday, ...
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SUNY-ESF Headlines
Scientists looking to burst the superconductivity bubble
EurekAlert (press release)
Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests. In a study published today, Monday, 16 may, in IOP Publishing's journal Superconductor Science and Technology, ...
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ISRO to expand research facilities in critical areas
domain-B
The new capabilities will include a hypersonic wind tunnel which will conduct studies in re-entrytechnologies and a plasma wind tunnel, which will study behaviour of materials at high speed. This facility would be set up at the Vikram Sarabhai Space ...
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WaferGen Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release)
Such statements include statements relating to the expected benefits and advantages of the SmartChip service for gene-expression research, the expected benefits and advantages of the SmartChip technology to other applications, the expected throughput ...
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Studes told to enroll in suggested courses
Sun.Star
... Pharmacy Radiology Technology and Medical Technology; and Information Technology (10%) which includes Information Technology and Computing Studies, Multi Media, Animation, Programming, Computer Science and Information System Management however, ...
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Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners
ProPublica
But the letter to the White House science adviser, signed by five professors at University of California, San Francisco, and one at Arizona State University, points out several flaws in the tests. Studies published in scientific journals in the last ...
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ProPublica
Delano High senior earns prestigious $100000 scholarship
Bakersfield Californian
A Delano High School, Harvard-bound senior -- who came to the United States in the fifth grade not knowing English -- was one of only four students in the United States chosen Monday to receive a $100000 college scholarship to seek science studies. ...
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Bakersfield Californian
Good Chemistry
Emporia Gazette
Today's technology is laborious and expensive, he says, which prevents scientists from setting up critical long-term studies. “Is low-dose exposure a problem?” he asked in our interview. “We can't answer that right now. Generally, I would say no; ...
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Lebanon's girls set to Take back the Tech this summer
Daily Star - Lebanon
Jabbour, who will begin her studies in political science at St. Joseph University in the fall, sees a parallel in the technology sector. “In 'Take Back the Night' marches I took a stand in order to take back the streets, but the technology field is ...
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Daily Star - Lebanon
Common Anti-Inflammatory Coaxes Liver Cancer Cells to Commit Suicide
Newswise (press release)
This research was published in the April 15 issue of the journal Biochemical and BiophysicalResearch Communications. Co-authors of the liver cancer and rhabdomyosarcoma studies include Yan Liu, Aiguo Liu and Suzanne Reed of the Center for Childhood ...
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When is it worth remanufacturing?
PhysOrg.com
The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, is the latest from Gutowski and his students that, as he puts it, “takes what appears to be a simple, straightforward problem and shows that the world is a far more complicated ...
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PhysOrg.com
Reductions in the brain's deep gray matter volumes help explain fetal alcohol ...
EurekAlert (press release)
... Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Alberta Science and Research Authority, AHFMR, and the University Hospital Foundation. This release is supported by the Addiction Technology Transfer ...
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Ag School Seniors: Uncle Sam Sends a Booby Prize for Graduation
PR Newswire (press release)
In that ruling the tax breaks for big business and the foreign employees related to a group of occupations in the so-called STEM fields, of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The portion of the F-1 student visa program used in this ...
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Community News
Emporia Gazette
Madison: Jamie Bernice Raaf, Bachleor of Science in Agriculture. Allen: Kiley Dayl Stinson, Bachleor of Science in Agriculture. Emporia: Anna Christine Binder, Bachleor of Science in Dietetics; Kelsi Marie Coble, Bachleor of Science in Family Studies ...
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ORNL energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
EurekAlert (press release)
Other developers of this technology, which is funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program, are Nickolay Lavrik, Thirumalesh Bannuru, Salwa Mostafa, Slo Rajic and Panos Datskos. UT-Battelle manages ORNL for DOE's Office of Science ...
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Heads or tails?
EurekAlert (press release)
The study is published in the May 13 issue of the journal Science. Petersen, a former postdoctoral fellow in Reddien's lab, is the first author. Reddien, associate professor of biology at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, ...
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Archives of Otolaryngology
FULL TEXT | WEB OF SCIENCE | PUBMED 12. Therasse P, Arbuck SG, Eisenhauer EA; et al. New guidelines to evaluate the response to treatment in solid tumors: European Organization forResearch and Treatment of Cancer, National Cancer Institute of the ...
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Sporadic mutations identified in children with autism spectrum disorders
EurekAlert (press release)
O'Roak's fellowship at the UW, as well as part of the research itself, was supported by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the US government. O'Roak said, "I came to the UW with the specific plan to use the latest genomic technology to ...
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Cardium Presents First Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Reports on Near-Term ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Research and development costs for the three months ended March 31, 2011 totaled $492000 and general and administrative expenses were $1.3 million, compared to $520000 and $961000, respectively, for the same period last year. ...
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UW-Waukesha Seeking Approval for New Bachelor's Degree Program
Patch.com
It also offers a bachelors of science in information in science and technology. The classes are taught completely at UW-Waukesha. A bachelor of liberal studies is also offered through a collaborative program with UW-Oshkosh. ...
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NJ, Boston firms seek insulin-injection options
Boston Globe
MoMelan, of Cambridge, added KLP Enterprises and Life Science Angels to its list of investors, which includes LaunchCapital and Mass Medical Angels. The company will use the Series A money to further develop its device and conduct clinical studies, ...
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Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. Announces ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
$4000. A senior at High-Tech High School in North Bergen, Ms. Santos will attend Seton Hall University. She plans to pursue studies in political science and a pre-law track in the fall of 2011. Paola Severino, Union City. $4000. ...
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How can a colorblind animal change its colors to blend into the background?
EurekAlert (press release)
Our work presented in this paper takes the field a step closer to quantifying camouflage effectiveness," says J. Kenneth Wickiser, Asst. Prof. in the Department of Chemistry and LifeScience at the US Military Academy in West Point. ...
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School Board posts job openings, reconfigures department heads
Seacoastonline.com
Under the new model, the high school and middle school will separate and the areas of math, socialstudies, English and science at each of the buildings and a K-12 technology department head would be created. Only the international languages department ...
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UCSD offers roadmap for coping with climate change
San Diego Union Tribune
Technology policy has become a poor cousin of serious efforts to slow global warming. Nearly everyone agrees that massive innovation is needed. Oddly, very few studies actually examine the question that matters most for policy; how to design a big push ...
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Green Technology and Environmental Science News: Extensive Methane ...
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Researchers see bias in Taser studies - Science & Technology News ...
Breaking science news and updates from around the world. ... SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- U.S.researchers say studies into the safety of Taser stun gun devices ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 18, 2011

Engineering a trend in schools
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In the west and south metro areas, and nationwide, schools are embracing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs to prepare students for the jobs of the future. At the Richfield STEM school, Jerjuan Blevins,11, ...
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Students Inspired by Ecological Research
U.S. News & World Report
Johnson, a senior at North Carolina University, conducted her experiments at La Selva Biological Station as part of a special training program in ecological research run by the Organization for Tropical Studies, a consortium of about 60 universities ...
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Senate Passes Academic Research Information Access Act
NewsLI
ARIA would allow New York to become a national leader by making cutting edge research in support of science, technology, engineering and medicine available to the widest audience, while providing necessary budget relief for institutions of higher ...
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Increase in Carcinogens Downstream of Oil Sands Linked to Mining
Reuters
PAH concentrations in Athabasca River sediments located downstream of oil sands projects increased 41 percent between 1999-2009, according to the study, published earlier this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. ...
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Riding for research
Coff's Coast Advocate
Born and bred in Coffs Harbour, Ms Mackinnon is now based in Brisbane where she studies MedicalScience at the Queensland University of Technology and said the annual Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer aims to raise vital funds for cancer research. ...
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Technology for better quality of medicine
El Universal
The establishment of laboratories and research centers, together with a public bank of stem cells will make the difference in 2011 in Venezuela Science has always been among the spoiled ones oftechnology. In the race for life, scientific researchers ...
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Research and Markets: Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells VI: Ceramic ...
SunHerald.com
The Seventh International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC): Materials, Science, andTechnology was held during the 34th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites in Daytona Beach, FL, January 24 to 29, 2010. ...
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Campus honors six with Outstanding Women of Color in Education awards
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Manuela Romero, assistant dean for student diversity and academic services in the College of Engineering, has dedicated her life to increasing educational access for students of color in thescience, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields ...
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A tour around “first church of technology” PARC (the innovative lab that ...
The Business Insider
Victoria studies people to understand their practices, problems, and requirements for futuretechnology, and also designs and analyzes human-centered systems — focusing on user experience. PART THREE: Ubiquitous Computing research (and some historic ...
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21 Reasons Scientists Oppose Body Scanners
CameraFRAUD.com
Scientists in the field of cancer research, imaging, biophysics, biochemistry, and physics sent a second letter to White House science adviser John Holdren on April 28, 2011. The scientist's concerns for the body scanners were more extensive than just ...
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CameraFRAUD.com
NEIT, Realtors partner to offer specialized degree program
Warwick Beacon
Individuals who successfully complete the required coursework will earn an Associate in Sciencedegree in Applied Technical Studies (ATS). The program will be conducted by the college's Office of Teaching and Learning and coordinated by NEIT's Center ...
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Quantum Global Campus flashes creativity at EDGE 2011
Business Standard
EDGE 2011 was incepted with the aim of providing our students a platform for sharing innovative ideas of technology and science along with imbibing cultural values in a fun-filled manner.” Quantum, an institute of academic excellence, is located at ...
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NJIT and UMDNJ license personal tonometer technology for innovative glaucoma ...
EurekAlert (press release)
For more information, please visit http://theincubationfactory.com/ NJIT, New Jersey's science andtechnology university, enrolls more than 8900 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six ...
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Folate producing bacteria could aid fortification: Study
NutraIngredients.com
Lactic acid bacteria that produce high amounts of folate show potential for the production of enriched functional foods, according to new research. The study, published in LWT - Food Science and Technology, suggests that the L. lactis ssp. cremoris may ...
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NutraIngredients.com
A tricky balancing act
The Australian
Universities differ in many ways, including their modes of education delivery, uses of technology, levels of research activity, geographical location, student population and local and industry engagement. Attempts to tailor public funding along these ...
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Alternative Energy Will Fuel A Mining Bloom?
Oakshire Financial
In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser, editor of KaiserResearch Online, explains the science that could exponentially increase the value of overlooked stocks. The Energy Report: Thank you John for agreeing to ...
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Whatcom People: WWU names winter-quarter graduates
Bellingham Herald
Gail Cowan, BA, interdisciplinary; Victor Crosetti, BA, political science; Sean Crotty, BA, generalstudies; Rose Cullinane, BA, interdisciplinary; Frederick Cunliffe, BA, economics; Peerawat Dentananan,BA, business administration; Molly Dermond, BA, ...
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Okanagan College Media Release
Castanet.net
Bichler notes that this conference brings together students, faculty and industry representatives from across Canada to share research in materials science, materials processing, development, characterization and application. ...
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WaferGen to Present Technical Seminar at Harvard Medical School; Introduce ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Harvard Catalyst Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies (HC-LITT) and the Harvard Catalyst Central Laboratory (HCCL) will host the seminar, which is open to the public. The mission of HC-LITT is to provide the Harvard research ...
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Andrew Gooding named director of Marshall's RBA program
HNN Huntingtonnews.net
Andrew Gooding, an instructor in Marshall University's Department of IntegratedScience and Technology since 1999, is the new director of MU's Regents Bachelor of Arts (RBA) program, effective Monday, May 16. Gooding replaces former interim director ...
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6 Technologies That Will Change Education
T.H.E. Journal
"For example, launched in South Africa, Free High School Science Textbooks serves disadvantaged schools by providing royalty-free, open source books written by volunteer experts." On the four- to five-year horizon are two technologies new to the ...
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The prebiotic pioneer: Prof Glenn Gibson
NutraIngredients-usa.com
Since the coining of the term 'prebiotic' in a paper in 1995, Prof Gibson has continued to lead research in the field. Talking to NutraIngredients-USA, Gibson professed his excitement over the potential of new technologies, and metabonomics in ...
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NutraIngredients-usa.com
Power from the desert is a realistic option for Africa and Europe
German Aerospace Centre
At DLR, this broad research area is being covered with energy systems analysis. Feasibility studiesindicate that obtaining energy from the desert is a realistic option for Africa and Europe. It should be mentioned that many of the conference ...
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Eight Out Of China's Top Nine Government Officials Are Scientists
Singularity Hub
What does the scientific prominence atop China's ruling body say, if anything, about the role of science and technology in China's ability to compete against the US and the world in terms of innovation and economic might? Quick, name a scientist member...
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Singularity Hub
Students Develop Android Phone App for UMaine Navigation
TMC Net
... about computer technologies and become interested in pursuing studies in computing," Zhu says. The latest annual survey by the Computing Research Association also shows that the enrollment of new students in fall 2009 from the computer science, ...
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Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate
Chem.Info
By Science Daily Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Salinity -- the concentration of salt -- on the ocean surface is a key missing puzzle piece in satellite studies of Earth that will improve our understanding of how the ocean and atmosphere are coupled and work in ...
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Questions raised about studies of Taser safety - Technology ...
Although many studies have shown over the years that Taser guns used by law ... much of the current Taser-related safety research may be biased because of ties to .... Good News for Life On Earth: Ozone Hole Shrinking · Tech & science ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../questions-raised-about-studies-taser-s...
Maastricht University | Technology and society studies - Academia.edu
status updates; new papers; new research interests ... Art and Science, Science AndTechnology Studies (Science And Technology Studies), ...
unimaas.academia.edu/.../Technology_and_society_studies
New Research Reveals Promising Vaccine Approach for HIV | Scicasts ...
Beaverton, OR (Scicasts) - Research conducted at Oregon Health & Science ... news from the vast and fast-growing science and technology marketplace. ... Bioinformatics in Molecular Parasitology - A case study on malaria vaccine research ...
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Genetics and society; science and technology studies - News - ESRC ...
The benefits of partnership between academic research departments and the R&D ... Professor Roderick Hunt, Visiting Professor in Biological Sciences at the ...
www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/news/title,24694,en.html
Faculty, staff from HAN University, Netherlands to visit this week ...
Minnesota State University, Mankato Media Relations Office News Release [5-17-11 ] ...Technology, Graduate Studies & Research, Social & Behavioral Sciences ...
www.mnsu.edu/news/read/?id=1305653201&paper...
Faculty Listing, Department of Communication Studies, UNCG
This line of research developed from his analysis of how science intersects with .... Jovanovic, S., DeGooyer, D. & Reno, D. News talks: Critical .... drinking: Developing an Immediate ResponseTechnology Model for health promotion. ...
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Technology Strategy Board to invest £5M into web - Science ...
News & Analysis: ICT | Investment |. Related News ... Some research estimates that added value services using the Internet of Things could reach £200 ... in short-term feasibility studies, researchand development projects and pilots. ...
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Science and technology studies Topics at DuckDuckGo
Science and technology studies (STS) is the study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation, ...
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University World News: INDIA: Science and research spending to double
The Indian government has said it will double its spending on science and technology research and development over the next five years, in a bid to keep up ...
www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story...mode...
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tirunelveli News : Students enjoy at ...
This flagship venture of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) ...have enjoyed learning about cutting-edge research in science, ...
www.hindu.com/2011/05/07/stories/2011050755610900.htm
Grant: Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in ...
The overall goal is to develop the potential of Virtual Reality technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and ...
https://grants.catalyst.harvard.edu/grants/spring/viewGrant?...
Project MUSE - Technology and Culture - Popularizing Science and ...
Papanelopoulou, Faidra, 1978- Popularizing science and technology in the European ... Perdiguero, Enrique. Science news -- Europe, Western -- History. .... and Engineering Studies and a member of several international research networks. ...
muse.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and.../52.2.diogo.html


LIBYA, Egypt, Syria,. Bahrain, Yemen News, May 18, 2011 (2)

Philippine VP forecasts higher Filipino worker deployment overseas
AHN | All Headline News
During the first quarter, the Philippine government also temporarily
suspended deployment of OFWs to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Yemen and
Bahrain. Manila instead redeployed the workers to other Middle Eastern
nations, particularly Qatar. ...
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Middle Eastern Makeover
Iranian
Nearly 100 years later, with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and
Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia, and the ongoing struggle in Yemen,
Syria, Libya and Bahrain, all states in the region – or involved in the
region – have been forced to ...
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War crimes prosecutor seeks the arrest of Khadafy
Boston Globe
Regimes in Egypt and Tunisia — which eventually were overthrown — were
accused of human rights violations in their efforts to end street
demonstrations. Similar charges have been leveled at the rulers of Bahrain,
Yemen, and Syria. ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2011/05/17/war_crimes_prosecutor_seeks_the_arrest_of_khadafy/>
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Monarchies seek strength in unlikely alliance
Financial Times
So far, it is the republics, particularly those that have fancied
themselves as monarchies, that have proved most vulnerable to popular
uprisings, with the revolutionary fire ignited in Tunisia striking most
strongly in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria. ...
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'Arab spring breaks some famous myths'
Kuwait Times
"The Arab spring is now in full bloom, continuing the struggle of people
from the rest of the region including Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Libya. We have
to await for the short and long term outcome," he added. According to Dr
Vatandoust, the Arab spring is ...
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Arab Spring Transforming Into Violent Summer
Voice of America
Protests continue across Yemen, as demonstrators keep up their demands for
President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. In Bahrain, with the help of
foreign troops, the government has crushed demonstrations by the mainly
Shi'ite Muslim majority, ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria,. Bahrain, Yemen News, May 18, 2011

Syrian, Libyan Responses to Protests 'Shocking,' UN Rights Chief Says
Bloomberg
The suppression of pro-democracy rallies that began in March followed
revolts that ousted longtime leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and threaten
governments in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain. Syria has so far ignored requests
to grant access for a Human Rights ...
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Arab Spring Stalls: Middle East Leaders Muster Counter-Revolution
Spiegel Online
By Alexander Smoltczyk and Volkhard Windfuhr AP Burning churches in Cairo,
dead and wounded in Syria, Libya and Yemen, and a deathly silence in
Bahrain: The Arab protest movement has come to a standstill, and the kings,
emirs and sultans are rallying ...
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Starting anew for returning OFWs
Philippine Star
Dubbed as the “Arab spring,” violent protests erupted in Tunisia which
started a domino effect among countries which include Algeria, Bahrain,
Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Libya. As a response, the government issued
repatriation orders, which allowed for ...
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Commentary: Time for Israel to reach out
Kansas City Star
... they are fanning violence in Syria, Yemen and Libya. Meanwhile, Saudi
Arabia is leading a counter revolutionary push to protect the Arab
monarchies in Bahrain, Morocco and elsewhere, and to support the old status
quo elites in Egypt and Tunisia. ...
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The Arab Spring: In Retrospect
Bull Magazine
From Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen, the citizens of Arab and Islamic
nations throughout the region have risen against their governments. This
widespread demand for democratic rule across the Middle East could mark a
turning point for a region ...
<http://www.thebullmagazine.net/revolution/the-arab-spring-in-retrospect-1.2228218>
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LIBYA: Human rights lawyer on Kadafi warrant impact on Arab Spring
Los Angeles Times
We have called on the ICC to make a referral on Syria, to refer the
situation to the prosecutor. Q: Why Syria and not other countries in the
region, such as Bahrain, Yemen or Egypt? A: When the military is really
turning on civilians in a systematic ...
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Mubarak pleads for amnesty, wife hands over assets … freed
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
The unrest was inspired by Arab world revolts that ousted rulers in Egypt
and Tunisia. Bahrain's parliament voted Tuesday to accept the resignations
of the remaining seven Shiite opposition MPs, who had walked out along with
11 others in February in ...
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Syrian protesters call for nationwide strike today
Detroit Free Press
BAHRAIN: Nine police officers were injured Tuesday after being hit by a car
during a clash with protest suspects, authorities said, in a sign that a
military-led crackdown has failed to quell months of unrest. EGYPT: Egypt's
Justice Ministry ordered ...
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Libya: enough is enough
The Guardian
For all the haste we have seen on Libya, we see no such urgency, for
example, in the case of Syria, Yemen or Bahrain. It appears to many
observers that Libya is being singled out for political rather than human
rights reasons. ...
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Kerry's star rises with global conflicts
CNN International
Over the past few months, Kerry has tackled uprisings in Egypt, Syria,
Bahrain, Yemen and Libya. Over the weekend, Kerry was in Afghanistan and
Pakistan. The trip was planned before the US raid that killed terror
mastermind Osama bin Laden at his ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/17/john.kerry.star/>
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