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UK Research Funding to Reward Economic Benefits
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The UK government is developing a new scheme, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), to assess university research proposals and allocate public funds for research. The scheme is being developed in collaboration ...
Plants' response to fire tested
Sep 24, 2009 |
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A team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device that measures how ...
Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up. While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly ...
Rural roads dangerous for young drivers
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more ...
Stealth Education in 3-D: Rensselaer To Premiere 3-D IMAX Version of Molecules to the MAX
Sep 21, 2009 |
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The Molecularium Project is going to be in your face like never before. A new 3-D IMAX version of the project’s latest movie, Molecules to the MAX, will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Indianapolis at the ...
Uncertain climate regulations -- why corporations still invest
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Firms and corporations frequently need to take investment decisions without knowing if future regulation will support or threaten their investment. This is especially true in energy intensive industries that face high uncertainty ...
Journalists need 'new, collaborative ways to tell stories'
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- User-generated content may make some in the mainstream media 'uneasy' but it allows journalists to 'explore new, collaborative ways to tell stories', according to a paper published by Oxford ...
US chemist leaves Zurich post over doctored data
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Switzerland's top technology institute says a U.S. chemist has resigned as head of research after scientific data were found to have been manipulated.
Probing Question: Is football similar to Roman gladiator games?
Sep 17, 2009 |
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On six more Saturdays between now and mid-November, a caravan of pilgrims will arrive at University Park, Pennsylvania. Many will sport outlandishly colorful attire. Some will appear days beforehand and live ...
The man who could have been Henry VIII
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This year has seen the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession, and the start of the third television series of The Tudors -- yet we might so easily have been celebrating King Arthur I ...
Mechanical and nuclear engineers receive award for top-100 technology product of 2009
Sep 17, 2009 |
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A neutron detector created at Kansas State University has been named one of the top 100 technologies of the year.
Lessons for Obama in study of Bush efforts to 'frame' Iraq war
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Wartime leaders have long sought to sway public opinion by "framing" bad news from the frontlines. They present inconvenient facts in an altered format in order to generate support for their policies. A new study from North ...
Project aids environmental decisions in the face of complicated trade-offs
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Energy shortages, climate change, pollution - some of the world's most pressing problems weigh on the shoulders of some of the world's most hard-pressed people. Michigan State University researchers aim to ...
Via Tiburtina -- an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Via Tiburtina is the name of the ancient road that is still in use, connecting Rome with the town of Tivoli. Architect Hans Bjur, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor Barbro Santillo ...
Bitemark evidence and analysis should be approached with caution, study reports
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have ...
