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The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.http://www.eurekalert.org en-usCopyright 2011 by the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceThu, 13 Oct 2011 14:25:52 EDTEurekAlert!http://www.eurekalert.org/images/logo.gifhttp://www.eurekalert.org The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.60webmaster@eurekalert.org (EurekAlert!)(<i>University at Buffalo</i>) A coalition of regional partners has received $9.8 million from the National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused initiative that aims to change how science is taught in Buffalo Public Schools.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uab-mp101311.php Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uab-mp101311.php(<i>Virginia Tech</i>) A knowledge mining and authorship network visualization resource allows someone who is not an expert in data mining to make sense of massive amounts of data and find potential collaborators across fields. A new NSF project will use it to advance STEM, identify gaps in research funding, and more.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/vt-kmr101311.php Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/vt-kmr101311.php(<i>University of Washington</i>) A new University of Washington study found college students -- only weeks away from final exams and in the library -- tend to pare use of electronics. It's their way to manage technology that permeates their lives.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uow-csl101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uow-csl101211.php(<i>Concordia University</i>) Seven Concordia University professors have received new funding to advance research in fields ranging from linguistics to cancer. Following the recommendation of a peer committee, Canada Research Chairs were awarded to the following professors who are considered leaders in their field.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/cu-rfs101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/cu-rfs101211.php(<i>American Educational Research Association</i>) New research findings reported in the October 2011 issue of Educational Researcher highlight differences between LGBTQ- and straight-identified youth in health outcomes and educational equity. The peer-reviewed scholarly journal is one of six published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/aera-ers101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/aera-ers101211.php(<i>UT Southwestern Medical Center</i>) UT Southwestern Medical Center and the faculty of health sciences of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, signed a five-year affiliation agreement today.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/usmc-usa101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/usmc-usa101211.php(<i>University of Missouri-Columbia</i>) Preliminary employment studies indicate that the autism population may earn less and be employed at a lower rate compared to other people with disabilities. Now, an autism expert at the University of Missouri is identifying employment resources that are available for people with autism and steps employers can take to improve the workplace and hiring process for this population.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-ria101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-ria101211.php(<i>University of Louisville</i>) Building on the success of Louisville's response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, Ruth Carrico, Ph.D., plans to use a $250,000 one-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create an emergency countermeasure staffing plan that utilizes nursing, pharmacy and public health students.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uol-hss101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uol-hss101211.php(<i>University of Missouri-Columbia</i>) University of Missouri statisticians have been awarded a $2.85 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation and the US Census Bureau to develop new data analysis and modeling methodologies for the American Community Survey.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-mst101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-mst101211.php(<i>Naval Research Laboratory</i>) Biological analysis systems that rely on labels can be costly, labor intensive, and depend upon prior knowledge of the target in question. Researchers at NRL have developed a system that can detect optical pressure differences between populations or classes of cells.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/nrl-nsd101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/nrl-nsd101211.php(<i>Elsevier</i>) Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that it is contributing an additional 950 electronic books to Research4Life, a public-private partnership working to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals by providing developing world access to critical scientific research.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/e-eo9101211.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/e-eo9101211.php(<i>Autism Speaks</i>) Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, has awarded 10 new research grants totaling $1,782,934 in funding over the next 3 years. The selected studies will evaluate the effectiveness of a broad array of promising behavioral and medical treatments for core symptoms and associated medical issues in children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorders, focused on underserved populations including nonverbal children, preschool students in minority communities and working adults with autism.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/as-asa101111.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/as-asa101111.php(<i>Rice University</i>) Rice University "swarm" robotics pioneer James McLurkin has created a new multi-robot systems platform that is sophisticated enough for cutting-edge research and inexpensive enough for K-12 classrooms. McLurkin plans to make the "R-one" robots available in kit form next year. Students can program each R-one individually or use them collectively in multi-robot swarms.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-afo101111.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-afo101111.php(<i>Rice University</i>) Motor vehicles and industry are primary producers of ammonia in Houston's atmosphere, and cars and trucks appear to boost their output during the winter, according to a new study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Houston.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-ago101111.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-ago101111.php(<i>University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center</i>) An analysis by University of Cincinnati faculty members shows that a multiple-choice testing program coupled with a novel year-long clinical experience helps internal medicine residents improve their scores on the Internal Medicine In-Training Exam.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoca-ntp101111.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoca-ntp101111.php(<i>Wiley-Blackwell</i>) Whistleblowing incidents can have a serious, long-term impact on people's emotional well-being and colleagues and employers have a responsibility to support those involved, says a new study. Alcohol problems, nightmares, paranoid behavior at work and overwhelming distress were just some of the problems reported by whistleblowers and those they reported. However, the authors also stress the important role that whistleblowing has played in large-scale inquiries that have led to improvements in healthcare safety and quality.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/w-gsi101111.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/w-gsi101111.php(<i>Malaysian Industry&#8209;Government Group for High Technology</i>) Assigning environment-related legal cases to specialized tribunals, courts and judges is among the ideas being aired as experts convene in Malaysia for a two-day United Nations conference on the relationship between the world's law, justice and governance systems and sustainable development.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/migf-scf100511.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/migf-scf100511.php(<i>Wiley-Blackwell</i>) Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons Inc., is pleased to announce a new partnership beginning in fall 2011 with the International Reading Association to publish its three journals, The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/w-wpw101011.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/w-wpw101011.php(<i>Elsevier</i>) Elsevier, the word-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the Progress in Nuclear Energy and Education Conference, to be held in London March 20-22, 2012.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/e-eop101011.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/e-eop101011.php(<i>Kansas State University</i>) Psychologists looked at the extent to which children attribute fault to peers with undesirable characteristics, and how they anticipate interacting with these peers. They found that obese and aggressive peers are disliked and blamed for having these faults.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ksu-kma101011.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ksu-kma101011.php(<i>University of California - Santa Barbara</i>) The Dow Chemical Company has awarded UC Santa Barbara up to $15 million to establish a collaborative research initiative that will help shape the future of technology in areas that will benefit society. The Dow Materials Institute at UCSB will educate future scientists and engineers and advance the discovery of revolutionary new materials with applications that range from novel polymers to next-generation microelectronics.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoc--ua101011.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoc--ua101011.php(<i>University of Missouri-Columbia</i>) University of Missouri officials announced today a five-year agreement with K.S.R. Educational Institutions of India that will promote advanced research and training in nanomedicine and nanotechnology.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-msa101011.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-msa101011.php(<i>Stanford School of Engineering</i>) In a two-month summer course on high-performance computing, promising undergrads compete to create innovative applications. This summer's winner developed a touchscreen Braille writer that stands to revolutionize how the blind negotiate an unseen world by replacing devices costing up to 10 times more.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ssoe-sec100711.php Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ssoe-sec100711.php(<i>Ontario Genomics Institute</i>) The Ontario Genomics Institute has announced that Jacqueline Ross, who teaches biotechnology at Thornlea Secondary School, is the recipient of its 2011 Genomics Teaching Prize. The annual prize recognizes the Ontario secondary school teacher whose teaching best exemplifies OGI's commitment to preparing Ontario's students for their future roles.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ogi-mta100711.php Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ogi-mta100711.php(<i>Rice University</i>) Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-ror100711.php Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-ror100711.php

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