College
hideCollege (Latin: collegium) is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals. Originally, it meant a group of persons living together, under a common set of rules (con- = "together" + leg- = "law" or lego = "I choose"); indeed, some colleges call their members "fellows". The precise usage of the term varies among the English-speaking countries. In the United States, for example, the terms 'college' and 'university' may be regarded as loosely interchangeable, whereas in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, a 'college' is usually an institution between school and university level (although constituent schools within universities are also known as 'colleges').
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New cannabis-like drugs could block pain without affecting brain, says study
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 12, 2008 |
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A new type of drug could alleviate pain in a similar way to cannabis without affecting the brain, according to a new study published in the journal Pain on Monday 15 September.
Lung inflammation from influenza could be turned off with new discovery
Jul 28, 2008 |
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A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Immunology.
Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the ...
Latest Electoral College forecast shows McCain ahead by as many as 27 votes
Sep 17, 2008 |
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A new approach to determining which candidate will win the most electoral votes in the U.S. Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research will be presented ...
Inner workings of photosynthesis revealed by powerful new laser technique
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Instant pictures showing how the sun's energy moves inside plants have been taken for the first time, according to research out tomorrow (Friday 6 February) in Physical Review Letters.
Nearly a century later, new findings support Warburg theory of cancer
Jan 12, 2009 |
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German scientist Otto H. Warburg's theory on the origin of cancer earned him the Nobel Prize in 1931, but the biochemical basis for his theory remained elusive.
Common mutations linked to common obesity in Europeans
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered two common genetic mutations in people of European ancestry, which affect the production of several hormones controlling our appetite. The mutations have a significant effect on ...
Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk
Oct 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male ...
A large waist can almost double your risk of premature death, study
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Having a large waistline can almost double your risk of dying prematurely even if your body mass index is within the 'normal' range, according to a new study of over 350,000 people across Europe, published today in the New En ...
The pseudogap persists as material superconducts
Jan 27, 2009 |
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For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to unravel the many mysteries of superconductivity, where materials conduct electricity with zero resistance.
Textbook for one of most-taught community college courses available free
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Rice University's Connexions, one of the most-visited online sites for open-educational resources, today announced it is making a popular textbook available free this fall for one of the country's most-attended transfer-level ...
Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutral atoms--having no net electric charge--usually don't act very dramatically around a magnetic field. But by “dressing them up” with light, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative ...
Antibiotic combination defeats extensively drug-resistant TB
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A combination of two FDA-approved drugs, already approved for fighting other bacterial infections, shows potential for treating extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the most deadly form of the ...
Study shows how college major and religious faith affect each other
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- College students who major in the social sciences and humanities are likely to become less religious, while those majoring in education are likely to become more religious.
New synthetic form of protein holds promise to stop cancer spread
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have a pending patent on a new synthetic form of a protein involved in certain types of cancers and immune system diseases.
