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China announces science funding program

11 years ago from UPI

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- China's science ministry has announced a 50 percent increase in research funding but some scientists say the money is spread too thinly.

Cut price latrine on design award shortlist

11 years ago from SciDev

Two inventions aimed at providing better latrines and safer drinking water in Cambodia are among 60 competing for the INDEX awards.

Harvard increases financial aid to low-income students

11 years ago from Harvard Science

Harvard College will expand its investment in undergraduate financial aid this year by more than $10 million, providing a record $166 million in need-based scholarships to undergraduates. Beginning in the fall of 2012,...

YouTube expands movie rental service to Canada

11 years ago from Physorg

Video-sharing site YouTube, which has been adding professional content in a bid to generate revenue, announced Thursday it has begun renting movies online in Canada.

New study findings reveal US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate'

11 years ago from Physorg

A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are...

RIT conducts flood mapping of New York's hard hit Schoharie County

11 years ago from Physorg

The New York State Office of Emergency Management is using imagery of the widespread flooding in Schoharie County captured by Rochester Institute of Technology and Kucera International Inc.

Green Blog: The Trials of Keeping Trails Hiker-Ready

11 years ago from NY Times Science

People who think that trails were created by hikers' footsteps could use this primer on building trails to last in the Sierra Nevada backcountry.

Online activity grows in a similar pattern to those of real-life networks

11 years ago from Science Daily

The Internet has given rise to its own sorting devices. Among these, tagging consists of assigning user-chosen keywords to a piece of information (such as a digital image) to facilitate...

The Higgs will be open access

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

George Monbiot is right, but how did particle physics escape?I read George Monbiot's piece on the high social, intellectual and financial cost of the academic publishing business with a familiar sense of outrage,...

Hospitals encouraged to consider value-added service of hospital-based radiology groups

11 years ago from Science Daily

Hospital executives should consider the value-added services of hospital-based radiology groups before allowing radiology departments to be taken over by teleradiologists or other specialists, according to a new article.

At Ed School, it’s easy being green

11 years ago from Harvard Science

This is one of a series of occasional stories on the measures that Schools at Harvard are taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The gleaming, 200-watt, photovoltaic panels crowning Gutman Library — which...

Caribbean Pirate Life: Tobacco, Ale … and Fine Pottery

11 years ago from Live Science

Turns out, the real pirates of the Caribbean preferred 'fine dining.'

Mossavar-Rahmani Center welcomes new fellows

11 years ago from Harvard Science

The former head of Israel’s National Budget Department and a Director of McKinsey & Company are among the incoming senior fellows being welcomed this fall at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government...

‘Dazzling’ fall fellows invade Shorenstein Center

11 years ago from Harvard Science

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, located at Harvard Kennedy School, has announced its fall fellows. “This semester’s group of fellows is truly dazzling, with superb...

In Farmers' Almanac, folksy meets the future

11 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The Farmers' Almanac has a hole punched in the corner, made for hanging it on a hook in the outhouse "library" in the olden days. These days,...

Hulu launches in Japan in first foray outside US

11 years ago from Physorg

US online video service Hulu.com has begun streaming movies and television shows in Japan in its first expansion outside the United States.

Future iPhone concept: Laser keyboard and holographic display

11 years ago from CBSNews - Science

An animation firm offers a compelling concept where the iPhone could serve as a PC replacement

Korean researchers making progress on 3D OLED screens

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the recent rise in popularity of 3D movies at the theater, consumers quite naturally have begun to wonder about what’s being done to bring such technology to...

Columbus State Secures Another STEM Education Grant, This One for $1.2 Million

11 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Columbus State University will receive nearly $1.2 million to help recruit, develop and graduate more high school science and mathematics teachers over the next five years. The funds complement a...

American Journal of Nursing Named 2011 Recipient of the Nursing Media Award for Print by the Honor Society of Nursing

11 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is pleased to announce that the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the...

Calling the ‘summer dogs’

11 years ago from Harvard Science

Collier Winters ’12 speaks with a low Oklahoma accent. He has long, white-blond hair and facial scruff, along with the rugged Southern looks to make a girl scream. He might make a...

‘Playing it Safe’ on campus

11 years ago from Harvard Science

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) is committed to assisting all members of the Harvard community in providing for their own safety and security. Harvard’s annual security report, prepared in...

Tornado's impact on Tuscaloosa real estate described in UA study

11 years ago from Physorg

A comprehensive real estate report on the short-term impact and an analysis of the April 27 tornado that ravaged the Tuscaloosa area is now available from the Alabama Center for...

Langley's bell UH-1H huey helicopter returns

11 years ago from Physorg

NASA Langley's Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter returned to the Center Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, after a five-year long stint supporting space shuttle operations at Kennedy Space Center. The KSC work...

Experienced Entrepreneur and Educator Picked to Lead University of Utah Technology Commercialization Office

11 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

The University of Utah (the U) selected Bryan Ritchie to be the next director of its Technology Commercialization Office (TCO.) Ritchie joins the U from James Madison College, a residential...

Shaw cancels cellular network plans

11 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Shaw Communications Inc. has cancelled its plans to build a national wireless network.

LG ties up with Philips, Sharp for smart TV apps

11 years ago from Physorg

South Korea's LG Electronics said Thursday it has tied up with Dutch giant Philips and Japan's Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.

Science must embrace the humanities to regain its Victorian glory | Timothy Stanley

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Google boss Eric Schmidt is right to call for the UK to reintegrate science and art, but it's harder than he realisesLast weekend, Google chief Eric Schmidt told an audience in Edinburgh...