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Ph.D. students get clinical training, focus on translational research
08/14/2006
Five students in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Ph.D. program in molecular medicine have recently won awards for their research. The training program is one of the first in the country to provide clinical training to doctoral students who are studying the biology of cells and molecules.
Experts challenge popular belief that today's children are 'over-scheduled'
08/12/2006
Leading child development experts are challenging the popular notion that today's children are "over-scheduled" as a result of the hurried and stressful lives from participating in too many organized activities. The study's authors claim that here is scant support for the over-scheduling hypothesis and considerable support for the notion that organized activities contribute to positive youth development.
New CD-ROM distills HIV/AIDS information for developing world
08/11/2006
The Center for HIV Information at the University of California, San Francisco, is releasing a free CD-ROM containing more than 40 selected chapters from the HIV InSite Knowledge Base.
UCSB announces $2.75 million NSF grant
08/11/2006
The College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara has received a $2.75 million Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) award from the National Science Foundation to partner with Jackson State University (JSU), in Jackson, Mississippi. The five-year grant is designed to accomplish two distinct but related goals: to develop and apply new materials research in organic semiconductors and optical nanosystems; and to focus on the education, training and mentoring of minority students and postdoctoral fellows.
Danish expedition ship tracked by Envisat satellite
08/11/2006
The Danish ship Vædderen has embarked from Copenhagen on its science expedition trip, Galathea 3. As part of the 'Satellite Eye for Galathea 3' project, ESA's Envisat satellite will acquire data along the ship's sailing route throughout its eight-month voyage.
The 'Good Life' elusive for middle class working couples with children
08/11/2006
In research to be presented at the American Sociological Association's annual meeting, Phyllis Moen, McKnight presidential chair in sociology at the University of Minnesota, says that middle class couples who both work struggle to compete in job environments designed for single earners with no family responsibilities. According to Moen, couples still are operating under outdated work policies and practices and institutional and organizational rules designed for a one earner, one homemaker model.
Insect 'noses' the key to cybernose collaboration
08/10/2006
A new $4 million collaboration announced today will help scientists in their efforts to produce a new generation of electronic nose, the 'cybernose'.
Computer scientists lay out vision for a 'science of the Web'
08/10/2006
Researchers need a clear agenda to harness the rapidly evolving potential of the World Wide Web, according to an article in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal, Science. Calling for the creation of an interdisciplinary "science of the Web," a group of computer scientists suggests the need for new approaches to tap the full richness of this powerful tool, while ensuring that it develops in a way that benefits society as a whole.
AAAS book explores evolution and Christianity's response
08/09/2006
In an unusual undertaking for a science society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has produced a new book that discusses evolution and the rich diversity of Christian responses to the theory along with the quest for common ground on what has become a contentious issue in many school districts across the nation.
NJIT offers new certificate to fight digital and physical terrorism
08/09/2006
This fall, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will offer to companies and government agencies a practical, hands-on and sophisticated six-course (18-credit) certificate program designed to combat digital and physical terrorism. Classes may be available at the workplace or through distance learning.
Stevens Systems Engineering Dept. to launch annual publication
08/08/2006
Based on the success of the global Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), founded by Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California, Stevens' Systems Engineering Department will publish selected case studies in an annual publication primarily focused on graduate and doctoral research papers.
Get to know your world
08/08/2006
This fall the Marian Koshland Science Museum invites you to explore the connection between brain health and staying sharp, admire the beauty of phenomena revealed by microscopes, and discover lost crops of ancient communities.
Do college sports enhance future earnings?
08/08/2006
Do student athletes financially outperform their non-athlete counterparts after they graduate from college -- or do the earnings of college athletes lag behind? According to Binghamton University researchers in a new study published in the Journal of Human Resources, both views are supported by data. Former athletes working in business, military or manual labor occupations fare better wage-wise than non-athletes in those occupations, the researchers found. However, former athletes who teach in high schools, and perhaps work as coaches, lag behind non-athletes.
Carnegie Mellon develops curriculum for LEGO® MINDSTORM® robot-building set
08/08/2006
Educators at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy say robotics could become an even more powerful teaching tool with curriculum they developed for the new version of LEGO Education's popular MINDSTORMS robot-building set.
Laccetti and Agere Systems technical expert to present at prestigious Oxford Round Table
08/07/2006
Silvio Laccetti, a professor in Stevens Institute of Technology's Humanities and Social Sciences Department, and Chris Hamilton, a member of the executive vice president's technical staff with Agere Systems and a Stevens alumnus, will unveil a new global technology leadership paradigm, "Technogenesis Leadership Curriculum," at the Oxford Round Table.
Snakes' virtual glasses, leopard spots and all-optical transistors
08/07/2006
Virtual lenses for infrared snake sight, how the leopard gets (and changes) its spots, a major breakthrough in optical micro-circuitry, and the advantages of multiple choice testing in college.
Infants, as early as six months, do see errors in arithmetic
08/07/2006
Using advanced brain sensor technology developed at the University of Oregon, researchers have confirmed often-debated findings from 1992 that showed infants as young as six months know when an arithmetic solution is wrong.
BIDMC's Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center receives American College of Surgeons accreditation
08/02/2006
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Carl J. Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center has been formally accredited as a Level 1 facility by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the first in Boston and New England -- and one of only six inaugural certified centers in the United States -- to provide simulation-based skills training to health care students and professionals from all medical and surgical disciplines.
Institute of Ecosystem Studies director and scientist honored by the Botanical Society of America
07/31/2006
The Botanical Society of America (BSA) has honored Institute of Ecosystem Studies President and Director Dr. Gene E. Likens and Senior Staff Scientist Dr. Steward T.A. Pickett with Centennial Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate the contributions that the researchers have made to plant sciences. They will be conferred this week at the society's annual meeting in Chico, California.
