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| Clemson researcher receives grant to study engineering enrollment of women, minorities Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Clemson University) Clemson University assistant professor of engineering and science education Julie Martin Trenor has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to study social factors that influence under-represented students' decisions to enter engineering fields. |
| The use of cover crops in vineyards can help control the yield and quality of grapes and wine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Elhuyar Fundazioa) Correct management of soil and irrigation is a vital factor in modern viticulture, due to the influence of the water balance of the vineyard on wine quality and the environmental impact of agricultural practices on vineyard soils. |
| National Science Foundation award will help K-State professor's research to thwart cyber attacks Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Kansas State University) A Kansas State University professor's research on thwarting cyber attacks is getting a boost from a National Science Foundation award for young faculty. |
| Securities analysts' reports new technology slow adoption, warns study in INFORMS journal Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) The reluctance of securities analysts to recommend investment in veteran companies using new techniques to grapple with radical technological change may be harming these companies as they struggle to compete, according to a new study in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. |
| Improved patient care with telemonitoring Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Telemonitoring may reduce the mortality of patients with heart failure by 20 percent. Silke Schmidt et al. present their study results in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International. |
| CEIT-IK4 designs tool for operations on people with severe or profound auditory loss Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Elhuyar Fundazioa) A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological center and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the surgery. This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a hundred are carried out in this hospital annually. |
| InDevR ampliPHOX colormetric detection technology in beta site-testing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Colorado at Boulder) InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, announced that its ampliPHOX Colorimetric Detection Technology is being beta site tested in anticipation of an upcoming product launch. The original intellectual property was licensed from the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
| Researchers characterize stem cell function Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University researchers are the first to fully characterize a special type of stem cell, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that exist in circulating blood, to see if they can behave as endothelial cells in the body when cultured on a bioengineered surface. |
| Tropical Storm Tomas calls for alerts in south Pacific Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) System 97P was looking pretty impressive on NASA satellite imagery early today, March 11, and by 10 a.m. ET, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Tomas. |
| 3 FASTSAT instruments pass tests Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth. Known as MINI-ME, PISA and TTI, these instruments recently passed a series of important final tests to prove their readiness for spaceflight. |
| Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday. |
| Second only south Atlantic tropical storm: 90Q, moving away from Brazil Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm 90Q is the second known tropical cyclone to form in the cooler South Atlantic Ocean, and two NASA satellites confirm it is now moving away from Brazil's coast. The first tropical cyclone ever seen in recorded history in the Southern Atlantic was called "Catarina" in 2004. |
| U of Minnesota researcher discovers how electricity moves through cells Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Minnesota) Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could provide insights to minimize energy loss in other systems, from nanoscale devices to moving electricity around the country. |
| Hubert's remnants still raining on southern Madagascar Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Hubert may not be a tropical storm now that it has made landfall in southeastern Madagascar, but it's still a formidable and large storm system. NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that there are still some very high, strong thunderstorms in Hubert's remnants as it continues to bring rains and gusty winds to southeast and south-central Madagascar. |
| Carnegie Mellon research provides insight into brain's decision-making process Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Carnegie Mellon University) Replaying recent events in the area of the brain called the hippocampus may have less to do with creating long-term memories, as scientists have suspected, than with an active decision-making process, suggests a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Minnesota Medical School. |
| Keynote speakers to focus on translating regenerative medicine science to the clinic Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) What regenerative medicine therapies are being applied to patients today? What hurdles stand between stem cell therapies and real treatments in the clinic? Keynote speakers at the upcoming inaugural Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum will discuss these topics as well as provide an update on various national and regional stem cell initiatives. The forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem, is an annual event to focus on fulfilling the promise of regenerative medicine, including best practices and business models. |
| Effort aims to spike breast cancer with new approach Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes. |
| Who does what on Wikipedia? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Arizona) The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student. |
| PartTec to market SNS-developed neutron detector system Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. |
| Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel. |
| Back to the future for computers: A return to the 1980s? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Optical Society of America) A presentation by Google at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference in San Diego on March 24 will examine the technologies that will emerge in the next three to four years to power warehouse-scale computing data centers, upon which companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and many more are increasingly relying. |
| National license for Springer eBooks signed in Germany Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Springer) The German National Library of Science and Technology and the German National Library of Medicine have signed an extensive and ground-breaking agreement for access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. |
| New imaging technology brings trace chemicals into focus Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Arizona State University) Arizona State University scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important in such areas as national security, human health and the environment. Tao's team was able to detect and identify tiny particles of the explosive trinitrotoluene or TNT -- each weighing less than a billionth of a gram -- on the ridges and canals of a fingerprint. |
| Shari'a as discourse Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Copenhagen) This volume exposes some of the various issues raised in relation to Muslim communities in Europe by putting the intellectual and legal traditions into dialogue. It brings together a number of scholars to provide a valuable reference for all those interested in exploring how Muslims and non-Muslims view Shari'a law |
| Networking initiative to support interdisciplinary research Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(European Space Agency) Specialists from various Earth system science disciplines recently gathered to address a major question: what will our environment look like in the future? |
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