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Jul 27, 2011

SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 27, 2011


idoodlesoftware Supplies Custom Educational Game For Virginia Aerospace ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
VASTS is an interactive on-line science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning experience, highlighted by a seven-day residential summer academy at NASA Langley ResearchCenter in Hampton, Virginia. Students selected to participate in the ...
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We Get What We Pay For With Disastrous Climate Science
Forbes (blog)
This doesn't count about $79 billion more spent for related climate change technology research, foreign aid and tax breaks for “green energy.” To suggest that climate science money trickles down from government would be a gross understatement. ...
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Chevron taps NASA for deep-water technology partnership
FuelFix (blog)
“This alliance is an opportunity to bridge public- and private-sector technology andresearch to discover oil and natural gas volumes that are found in deep remote reservoirs. In many ways, the research is akin to deep space exploration, ...
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FuelFix (blog)
Purdue Calumet Receives Boost For Submarine Simulation
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
The project also enables students to incorporate social studies and language arts as they develop global workforce skills. This is the third grant Purdue Calumet's Center for Science and TechnologyEducation has received from the Office of Naval ...
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Go8 backs impact measure trial
The Australian
The participation of the research-intensive Go8s is a boost after a similar ATN effort in the dumpedresearch quality framework was rebuffed by Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr. He had previously dismissed impact as ...
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From bone metastases to water supply
EurekAlert (press release)
All Clinical Research Units bring together the clinical, applied research and basic research fields. And through its Humanities Centres for Advanced Studies, the DFG supports outstanding studies in important research fields in the humanities and social ...
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SuperField 3 Selected by Aquatic Science in Australia
GISuser.com (press release)
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, is pleased to announce the latest sales achievement in Australia, where Aquatic Science selected SuperField 3 through Cody Corporation, SuperGeo's exclusive ...
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Back to the Future? Back to the drawing board
Geeks are Sexy Technology News
There have been studies of photons, the particle which is the basis of light, in which a group of photons appear to travel faster than the speed of light. However, Professor Shengwang Du of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ...
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Geeks are Sexy Technology News
TRC nod for 53 projects
Oman Daily Observer
The Open Research Grants Programme is helping in developing a skilled workforce that can meet the competitive challenges of the 21st century. Science andtechnology play an important role in our everyday lives and many of life's decisions depend on ...
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Oman Daily Observer
NASA and International Partners Discuss New Uses for Space Station
PR Newswire (press release)
Scientists have gained insight to the fields of fundamental life and materials science from researchconducted in the Kibo laboratory. - With the return of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli in May, ESA successfully concluded a focal ...
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Wednesday Nite @ the Lab Land Use Change
University of Wisconsin-Madison
... Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Forest Ecology and Management. WN@TL runs every Wednesday night, 50 times a year, and the topics cover the full range of science, engineering and technology research at UW-Madison, ...
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TKL Research Continues to Strengthen Corporate Excellence
Business Wire (press release)
TKL Research provides comprehensive clinical trial management services for Phase I-IV clinicalresearch studies, including an inpatient Phase I facility and outpatient specialized research clinics while delivering to our clients a competitive edge with ...
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Prof Khaliq new GCU VC
The Nation, Pakistan
“If we intend to keep hope alive in the current abyss of gloom and doom, it is the responsibility of the academia to enlighten the nation through research in the domain social science as well as science and technology”, he added. ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
Race for Solar
The Cutting Edge
They develop system technologies such as power grids and energy storage systems and research new ways to increase energy efficiency. There are also additional teams of scientists from the Building Innovation and Traffic and Transport Alliances, ...
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The Cutting Edge
Israeli experiment lands with final shuttle
Canadian Jewish News
American astronaut Sandy Magnus working on the middeck of Atlantis last week to secure all the life science experiments conducted in space during the shuttle's final mission. [Fisher Institute for Strategic Air and Space Studies photo]. ...
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Canadian Jewish News
The Science Behind Dreaming
Scientific American
The Italian research team used this technology to measure the participant's brain waves during various sleep-stages. (There are five stages of sleep; most dreaming and our most intense dreams occur during the REM stage.) The students were woken at ...
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Scientific American
Father of cryonics movement frozen for the future
msnbc.com
The bone graft surgery that spared his legs inspired his optimism about the future prospects of preserving life through technology, a Cryonics Institute statement said. His son said Ettinger also was inspired by science-fiction writings about ...
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msnbc.com
USC in the News 7/26/2011
USC News
Science News quoted Caleb Finch of the USC Davis School about research showing that chimpanzee brains don't shrink in old age, as human brains do. Voice of America interviewed Clayton Dube of the USC US-China Institute about rising tensions in the ...
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Williams College: Academics First
iBerkshires.com
While this position is not necessarily linked to any career aspirations, the Environmental Sciencemajor has found it to be a valuable experience. “The Caretaker position is run by the Center for the Environmental Studies,” notes Baecher. ...
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SHIMADZU CORP.: National Cancer Center (NCC) and Shimadzu Corporation Conc..
4-traders (press release)
Established in 1962, the NCC is the leading Japanese medical institution for cancer treatment andresearch, and has a wealth of experience in terms of clinical studies. In discussing his hopes for collaborative research, Chief Director Kayama of the ...
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10 Spine Surgeons Performing Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacements
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine (press release)
He has participated in several studies about total disc replacement surgery, including the FDA Charite trial and a comparison of the clinical outcomes for lumbar artificial disc replacement and fusion procedures. In addition to his journal articles, ...
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Cornell helps Welch's perfect its purple juice
R & D Magazine
Welch's is one of many companies partnering with food science. The PepsiCo Foundation and Kraft Foods have for years been major sponsors of the Food Science Summer Scholar program, which brings elite undergrads to Cornell for 10 weeks of research and ...
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Adjust requirements to boost physics, science
News & Observer
... but it also requires four rather than three years of social studies, so there will be less room in students' schedules for science. Perhaps students should also be required to take four years ofscience, engineering, technology or computing. ...
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UM Regents Briefed on Depression Center
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
She noted that Stephen Forrest, UM's vice president for research, made that same point at a recent media roundtable panel sponsored by The Science Coalition in Washington, DC. It's also reflected in the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership that UM is ...
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The Ann Arbor Chronicle
Nutri-Health Supplements Adds Sleep Wave - A Natural Sleep Support Formula ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
According to Lee, a major factor in Sleep Wave's effectiveness originates in studies which have shown that certain botanicals that promote sleep are more effective when taken together. And, recent advances in research and technology allow natural ...
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Biofuel may be produced from microalgae
FIS
This project is co-financed by several companies interested in finding energy alternatives, by paying wages and equipment for investigations, and the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), which provides funds elsewhere. ...
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FIS
High-Throughput Screen Finds Compounds that Regulate Cancer Cell Invasion
HealthCanal.com
These findings will appear online July 26 in Science Signaling. “Previous studies by our group and others have demonstrated that we might be able to target invadopodia to prevent cancer cell invasiveness,” said Dr. Courtneidge, professor and director ...
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Assistant professors get interim placement, research grant
The Express Tribune
Among the new universities brought on board this year are mostly young DEIs ( degree awarding institutes) such as Khan Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan; Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta;...
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The Express Tribune
New MFA Programs Focus on Art in the Public Realm
Huffington Post (blog)
For its part, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a Master of Science in Visual Studiesprogram, "focusing on the development of artistic practices that challenge traditional genres as well as the limits of the gallery/museum context. ...
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Storing quantum information permanently
Nanowerk LLC
However, he also stresses that it is early days yet for the research. Imamoglu, Renner and their teams are involved in the Swiss research organisation Quantum Science and Technology (QSIT), which was nominated as a National Centre of Competence in ...
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Canadian University of Dubai launches Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication ...
AME Info
Established in 2006, the Canadian University of Dubai consists of the School of Business, School of Architectural Studies and Interior Design, School of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, and School of Environment and Health. ...
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Saving (and studying) one of Nigeria's last montane forests
Mongabay.com
One of the forests we visited on the Mambilla Plateau was Ngel Nyaki Forest, and I couldn't help thinking that it would be a perfect site for field research." In 2004 Chapman returned with students to undertake the first studies in the Ngel Nyaki ...
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Mongabay.com
MEDIWATCH : Half Yearly Report
4-traders (press release)
Opportunities are being explored for additional cancer markers to be added to the PSAwatch platform to increase the utilisation of the platforms technology. Clinical trials currently underway includestudies in France and Germany. ...
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Textile Museum to Move to New GW Venue
DCist.com
... and Center for National Capital Area Studies which describe the history and development of Washington, DC The university also plans to construct a 20000-square-foot facility at their Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Loudoun County, ...
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DCist.com
Palatine, Bensenville, St. Charles schools get tech grants
Chicago Daily Herald
Superintendent Donald Schlomann said Richmond students, who will receive 40 minutes additional instruction each day with emphasis on foreign language and science using technology, will use the iPads to learn from more of a global perspective. ...
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Were the Japanese Engineers Who Built Fukushima Incompetent?
Energy Collective
How come the intellectual lightweights in that luddite (and still somehow oppressively bourgeois) hellhole Greenpeace aren't publishing all kinds of speculative science fiction like scare stories about the ado River system, or worse, Three Gorges, ...
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Biogen Idec and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Present Data on Long-Lasting ...
National Post (registration)
Prophylactic treatment with infusions three times per week or every other day to maintain a sufficient circulating level of coagulation factor is being increasingly used, and long-term studies demonstrate that such regimens increase the patient's life ...
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Austria : Institute for Advanced Studies on Science Fellowship ...
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2012/2013 The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between sciencetechnology and society as well as technology assessment and research into the ...
International Scholarship Updates

LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Jul 27, 2011


Nation must promote democracy in Middle East
TriCities.com
In the wake of democratic movement in Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Bahrain, President Obama pledged billions of dollars to Arab nations to promote democracy. No matter what help we provide the above countries, this gesture may be another foreign ...
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Worldwide Travel Caution
Kansas City infoZine
In the past, terrorists have targeted oil processing facilities in both Saudi Arabia andYemen. The events of the last few months in many countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, have resulted in civil unrest and ...
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Abbas urges Palestinian protest to support UN bid
Reuters
Israel is concerned that September could serve as a platform for protests inspired by Arab uprisings this year which have toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and have challenged others in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Bahrain. A military commander said last ...
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In 'Worldwide Caution' State Dept. cites 'credible' Al Qaida attack info
World Tribune
Other Middle East countries believed targeted by Al Qaida included Algeria, Lebanon and Yemen. The State Department said Americans could also be under threat in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and Syria. "US citizens are warned that demonstrations intended to be ...
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Blogs2 new results for LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen news
The Arab Spring: How Long Will It Last? « Jonathan Fryer
By jonathanfryer
Last night I spoke to the South Somerset Peace Group in Ilminster about the so-called Arab Spring, highlighting in particular what has been happening in Tunisia,LibyaEgyptSyriaBahrain and Yemen — each of which is quite unique, ...
Jonathan Fryer
Misperceptions of the Arab Spring | New Middle East News
By admin
Any opposition to the existing regimes — whether in BahrainLibyaSyriaEgypt, Tunisia, Morocco — was hurriedly classified as part of the democratic camp, with very little analysis of their specific ideologies or nuances. ... Offshoots of Al-Qaeda have been found on the front lines fighting alongside Libya's Benghazi-based rebels against Qaddafi's forces, while Yemen, the region's least governable country, has recently seen countless Islamic militant takeovers in the ...
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Browse · Search · News/Activism · Topics · Post Article ... There were reports of army and police raids in several Syrian towns and cities from the ... Bahrain'smain opposition group Wefaq says it is pulling out of a national ... Libya Muammar Gaddafi, Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh, Son of former Egyptian President ...
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BBC News - Arab Spring: Unfinished business for protesters
Ruler overthrown: Tunisia and Egypt; Uprising in progress: Libya, Syria andYemen; Major protests and clampdown: Bahrain; Stirrings of dissent: Jordan, ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14153583
Arab Uprisings on PBS
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Tear Gas, Gunfire Used to Break Up Tunisian Clashes ... - VOA News
Tear Gas, Gunfire Used to Break Up Tunisian Clashes. VOA News ... led to citizens calling for reforms in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen Jordan and Libya. ...
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Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - Friday 15 July 2011 | World ...
guardian.co.uk, UK and World news, User comments, Web ... Human Rights Watch has called on the Bahrain government to reinstate more than 2000 workers who .... 2.07pm: There have been protests in Syria, Egypt, Jordan and now also Tunisia. .... Syria, Libya, Yemen, Israel and Middle East unrest - Friday 20 May 2011 ...
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Tunisian Forces Disperse Protesters | Humanitarian News
Humanitarian News. News that Matters. Search this site: ... Fighting in Libya - Protests in Egypt, Tunesia, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain ...
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The Arab Spring from Iran's perspective | Aspenia online
The Arab Spring has significantly affected only six countries so far – Tunisia,Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria – albeit in very different ways. ...
www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia.../arab-spring-iran’s-perspective