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Oakton receives grant to fund nanotechnology education

Article updated: 5/22/2013 3:49 PM Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotechnology, officials said. The college’s board approved the funding, awarded through NSF’s Advanced Technology Education program, on Tuesday. Oakton, which has campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie, began offering nanotechnology classes in January Continue reading

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Medical school graduate goes from Hampshire to Harvard

By Denise Moran For The Courier-News May 22, 2013 3:48PM Sophia Kamran of Hampshire is shown in New York City near Memorial Sloan-Kettering recently where she will complete her one-year internship. Submitted photo Continue reading

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Sparks fly at awesome chemistry-themed wedding

These newlyweds won’t have any trouble keeping the spark alive. When two chemists decided to tie the knot, they did so in a chemistry-themed wedding, complete with a symbolic “unity reaction” during the ceremony. “We poured a 0.1 M solution of Sodium Hydroxide into a large beaker of water doped with phenolphthalein, an indicator that goes from clear and colorless in acidic pH to bright magenta when the pH goes above 7!” the bride, imgur user cherbearblue, wrote Continue reading

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Coalition For The Advancement Of Medical Research Transfers Mission And Assets To Alliance For Regenerative Medicine

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) announced today it is transferring its mission and its assets to the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM). Continue reading

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Sudan: Anatomy of a Conflict—New Report from Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Harvard Researchers Publish Satellite Imagery-Based History of Conflict in Sudan 2000+ Civilian Structures Appear Intentionally Destroyed; Humanitarian Agencies Targeted May 21, 2013 Cambridge, MA Harvard Humanitarian Initiatives Signal Program on Human Security and Technology (Signal Program) today released an unprecedented study of the ongoing conflict in Sudan based entirely on a fusion of archival satellite imagery and data in the public domain, most often the statements of the armed actors themselves. Sudan: Anatomy of a Conflict found that the scope of the intentional destruction of apparent civilian dwellings and other structures, exceeding more than 2000 burned buildings, is larger than previously known Continue reading

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InSilico Genomics to Use $1.5M in Seed Money to Improve Bioinformatics Infrastructure

Kevin Hrusovsky is resigning his post at PerkinElmer as senior VP and president of the Life Science and Technology division. Continue reading

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West Salem teen takes first in biochemistry at international science fair

West Salem High School senior Savannah Tobin took first place in biochemistry at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix Friday. Continue reading

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2013 Edition of the PCB3063 Genetics Poster Presentation -Health Science Center Libraries – Video




2013 Edition of the PCB3063 Genetics Poster Presentation -Health Science Center Libraries By: UFHSCLibraries Continue reading

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National Computational Chemistry Workshop from May 31

Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 : To keep students abreast of the latest trends and developments in computational chemistry, Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute for Basic Sciences (SRIBS) is organising a four-day national workshop on the subject here. A bevy of distinguished scientists from reputed organisations across the country will speak in the Computational Chemistry workshop scheduled to be held at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM – K), Technopark from May 31 to June 3 Continue reading

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Sucampo to be Added to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SCMP) (SPI) today announced that NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ) will include the company in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ:NBI) effective prior to market open on Monday, May 20, 2013. Continue reading

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Seminar: Engineering Biology and Medicine at Small Scales – Video




Seminar: Engineering Biology and Medicine at Small Scales Dartmouth's Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society. “Engineering Biology and Medicine at Small Scales: From Cell Manipulation, Molecular Screenin… By: ThayerSchool Continue reading

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Anatomy Exhibit Displays 20 Afterlife Travellers

Sounds Good A plastinated body sitting on a stool and poised to begin a game of chess, as another stands examining an anatomical diagram in Vetoshnys exhibit. Lenin’s corpse has been able torest comfortably ina unique way athis mausoleum formore 90 years , but now, he has some equally well-preserved visitors inthe Red Square Area. Continue reading

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Brain anatomy of dyslexia by gender and age

Dyslexia | credits: File copy Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder may have a different brain-based manifestation based on sex. Their study, investigating dyslexia in both males and females, is the first to directly compare brain anatomy of females with and without dyslexia (in children and adults). Continue reading

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DNA profiling technology set up to nab criminals

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Minister of State for Home M. Ramachandran has informed that the government has set up DNA profiling technology at Centre and State levels to nab criminals in the country. “At Central level, 3 Central Forensic Science Laboratories located at Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Kolkata are under the administrative control of the Directorate of Forensic Science Services and 1 Central Forensic Science Laboratory at New Delhi is under the administrative control of Central Bureau of Investigation. Continue reading

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Job Announcement – Space Biology Scientist, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Washington, DC

Global Science & Technology, Inc (GST) a growing high technology company is looking for an experienced Space Biology Scientist for our NASA’s Life and Physical Sciences project. This full-time position will be located at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC Continue reading

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Chemistry: Cori Becker

Laney Vaughn/Old Gold & Black Although her bubbly and extroverted personality may make you think otherwise, there is no doubt that senior Cori Becker puts in her time in the library. As a chemistry scholar at the university, Becker has the brains and she has the winning personality as well. Becker shows that bubbly and exuberant personality to the Wake Forest community through the cornucopia of activities she partakes in at Mother So Dear. Continue reading

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Strategies for Enhancing Nanotechnology Standards Activities Discussed at ANSI-NSP Meeting

Previous | Printer-friendly Strategies for Enhancing Nanotechnology Standards Activities Discussed at ANSI-NSP Meeting New York May 3, 2013 Dr. Continue reading

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Embryology and the Sea Anemone

Embryology is the science of the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage. Continue reading

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Fun with chemistry: Palmetto Ridge teacher has making science fun down to a science

Michelle Hankey thinks science should be cool. Heck, she knows science is cool, but sometimes her high-school-aged students arent so sure. When she needs to do a little convincing, this Palmetto Ridge High School chemistry teacher does something like, oh, say, setting her hands on fire. Continue reading

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Membrane remodeling: Where yoga meets cell biology

Public release date: 30-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Alisa Z Machalek alisa.machalek@nih.gov NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Cells ingest proteins and engulf bacteria by a gymnastic, shape-shifting process called endocytosis. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed how a key protein, dynamin, drives the action Continue reading

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