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  • USA Science & Engineering Festival Announces Science Dream Team: Honorary Congressional Host Committee Pledges Support ... Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:32PMWASHINGTON----Over 22 senators and 64 Congressional representatives announced their support for improving U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics education today by joining the USA Science & Engineering Festival Honorary Congressional Host Committee.
  • Keys to the future Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:19PMCentral Georgia Technical College was recently awarded keys to the future for local automotive students as the school was among 20 recognized by Kia Motors with an all-new 2011 Kia Sorento.
  • Cellphones Aid International Groups in War on Poverty Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:23PMWith the proliferation of low-cost phones in remote rural communities and urban slums, “we are asking how that technology can be used to increase social and economic benefits,” said Chris Locke, managing director of development programs at the industry group GSM World.
  • Scientists simulate terror attack on Boston subway Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:59AMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
  • A closer look at ring opening: Electron diffraction studies of photoswitchable molecules Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:39AM(PhysOrg.com) -- We use a switch to turn lights off and on; however, light can also act as a switch itself, for example when molecules change their structure upon irradiation. Photoswitchable molecules are potentially interesting for use in holographic data storage, as molecular switches for nanomachines, or for switching biological functions in the biosciences. In order to tailor these ...
  • AAI Delivers A2PATS Advanced EW Simulator to U.S. Navy Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:14AMHUNT VALLEY, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AAI Corporation has delivered its new Advanced Architecture Phase, Amplitude and Time Simulator to the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division at China Lake, Calif.
  • AAI Delivers A2PATS Advanced EW Simulator to U.S. Navy Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:00AMHUNT VALLEY, Md.----AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it has delivered its new Advanced Architecture Phase, Amplitude and Time Simulator to the U.S.
  • Merge Healthcare Selected by McLeod Regional Medical Center for Comprehensive Cardiology and Radiology IT Solution Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:45AMCHICAGO----Merge Healthcare , a leading health IT solutions provider, today announced a new contract with McLeod Health . This agreement integrates the Merge cardiology workflow solutions with McLeod’s existing Merge radiology solution, allowing McLeod to streamline workflow and improve quality data across their entire cardiovascular service line, while also providing a unified image management ...
  • Efficiency record of 17.6% on flexible CIGS solar cell on plastic developed at EMPA Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:32AMLower thermal budget and roll-to-roll manufacturing of high efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells will pave the way for substantial reduction in production cost of next generation of solar modules produced on large industrial scale in future.
  • Columbus Regional Hospital Joins Nation’s Largest Health Information Exchange Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:11AMCOLUMBUS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nation's largest health information exchange adds new community in Indiana to its statewide network.
  • Columbus Regional Hospital Joins Nation's Largest Health Information Exchange Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:00AMCOLUMBUS, Ind.----Columbus Regional Hospital is bringing the nation’s largest health information exchange to the Columbus, Ind. area to better serve patients. Joining over 65 hospitals, long term care facilities and other healthcare providers, Columbus Regional Hospital is now part of a statewide network that allows physicians to securely access necessary information to make decisions critical ...
  • 'Slow Light' On A Chip Holds Promise For Optical Communications Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:47AMA tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200 in a study reported in Nature Photonics (published online September 5 and in the November print issue). By Tim Stephens
  • World Record Achieved With High-Speed Graphene Transistors Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:21AMGraphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to difficulties in integrating the material into such devices.
  • STEM Education Gets A Creative Classroom Twist Through The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards Program Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:57AMFor the past 19 years, thousands of classrooms across the U.S. and Canada have gotten a creative boost in important STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math education, thanks to the Toshiba/National Science Teachers AssociationExploraVision Awards Program, the world's largest K-12 science and technology competition
  • Microsoft to launch Kinect in Japan in November Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:09AMMicrosoft's long-awaited new Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console will hit the Japanese market on November 20, the company said Wednesday.
  • Airport ‘Naked Image’ Scanners in U.S. May Get Privacy Upgrades Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:01AMHolli Powell, a Phoenix medical- software consultant who flies every week, says she avoids getting into airport security lines that end at what she calls a humiliating full-body scanner.
  • Floods: animal-transmitted diseases a threat Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:08PMTHIS is apropos of a news item (Aug 18) that expressed concern over the looming threat of an outbreak of zoonotic diseases in the wake of floods. Zoonotic diseases are transmitted in a variety of ways, and affect people seriously.
  • The forest paradox during heatwaves Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 1:32PMComparatively speaking, forests initially have a weaker cooling effect during heatwaves than open grassland. This is revealed in a study that could help refine models for weather and climate forecasts. Moreover, it also provides fresh arguments for the debate on reforestation in the context of climate change.
  • NASA's Magnetospheric Mission Passes Major Milestone Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 1:31PM(PhysOrg.com) -- The universe is still an arcane place that scientists know very little about, but a new NASA Solar Terrestrial Probe mission is going to shed light on one especially mysterious event called magnetic reconnection. It occurs when magnetic lines of force cross, cancel, and reconnect releasing magnetic energy in the form of heat and charged-particle kinetic energy.
  • Electronic nose sniffs out bacteria Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:17AMEarly treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.
  • Swarming spacecraft to self-destruct for greater good Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:56AMFuture space probes that work in cooperative swarms must sacrifice themselves if they begin to fail and risk damaging their comrades, says NASA
  • 'Slow Light' on a Chip Holds Promise for Optical Communications Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 2:27AMThe ability to control light pulses on an integrated chip-based platform is a major step toward the realization of all-optical quantum communication networks, with potentially vast improvements in ultra-low-power performance.
  • Kirkland microscopes can examine matter one atom at a time Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:10AMA Kirkland company is pushing the scientific frontier by building electron microscopes capable of seeing and identifying every atom in thin sheets of material.
  • Nextek hopes to spark electronics revolution Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:14PMA small Detroit company will launch a product this week that it hopes will lead to $4 million in revenue in the next year and eventually change the way offices and electronic devices are powered.
  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 4 September 2010 Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:37PMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - crew rest day
  • 'Slow light' on a chip holds promise for optical communications Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:22PMA tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200.
  • OhioHealth, Grady open medical campus Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:16PMOn Sept. 7, with the opening of a laboratory services facility, the first phase of the 105-acre Delaware Medical Campus for OhioHealth and Grady Memorial Hospital will be up and running.
  • UCLA Chemists, Engineers Achieve World Record With High-Speed Graphene Transistors Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:23PMGraphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to difficulties in integrating the material into such devices. In a paper published Sept. 1 in the journal Nature, a group of UCLA researchers demonstrate how they have overcome some of these ...
  • Pets ordinance bill Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:46PMIntroduced by the Council President at the request of the Mayor:   ORDINANCE 2010-527 [substitute] AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES (ACPS); AMENDING CHAPTER 111 (SPECIAL REVENUE AND TRUST ACCOUNTS), PART 4 (ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND CODE REGULATION), SECTIONS 111.450 (SPAY AND NEUTER REBATE TRUST FUND) AND 111.455 (ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TRAINING AND VETERINARY ...
  • Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:23PMTheoretical physicists have created a new model that helps define the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator magnets. The model was created to explore the inner workings of ferromagnetic compounds that are related to high-temperature superconductors.
  • Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:02AM(PhysOrg.com) -- The modern world -- with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power -- can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link between electricity and magnetism. But while engineers have harnessed electromagnetic forces on a global scale, physicists still struggle to describe the dance between electrons that creates magnetic fields.
  • Magnetism's subatomic roots Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:01AM( Rice University ) Theoretical physicists from Rice University have created a new model that helps define the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator magnets. The model, which is detailed in a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was created to explore the inner workings of ferromagnetic compounds that are ...
  • 10 French High-Tech Organizations to Present Latest Technologies, Services at SEMICON Taiwan Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:00AMGRENOBLE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ten semiconductor equipment and service providers will be presenting at SEMICON Taiwan - French Pavilion, Hall 1, Booth 1320 from September 8-10.
  • GeckoSystems Releases Statistics Further Substantiating Naked Shorting Activities Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:00AMCONYERS, GA--(Marketwire - September 3, 2010) - GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : GCKO ) revealed today further analyses depicting the level of naked shorting of GCKO stock. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and ServiceT."
  • 10 French High-Tech Organizations to Present Latest Technologies, Services at SEMICON Taiwan Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:54AMGRENOBLE, France----SEMI Europe Grenoble Office announced today that 10 semiconductor equipment and solution providers will present their latest technologies at SEMICON Taiwan, Sept. 8-10, in the French Pavilion.
  • Quantum Key Security 'Blinded' By New Attack Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:38PMA Norwegian team claims it has come up with a new way to hack quantum key encryption (QKD) systems that would allow an attacker to intercept a key without being detected.
  • IceCube Neutrino Observatory Nears Completion Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:32PMCOLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In December 2010, IceCube -- the world's first kilometer-scale neutrino observatory, which is located beneath the Antarctic ice -- will finally be completed after two decades of planning. In an article in the AIP's Review of Scientific Instruments, Francis Halzen, the principal investigator of the IceCube project, and his colleague Spencer ...
  • IceCube Neutrino Observatory Nears Completion Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:26PMIn December 2010, IceCube -- the world's first kilometer-scale neutrino observatory, located beneath the Antarctic ice -- will finally be completed after two decades of planning. In an article in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, Francis Halzen, the principal investigator of the IceCube project, and his colleague Spencer Klein of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provide a ...
  • The Death of the Bush Fool Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:43AMBy talking like a fool for his entire life and eliminating anyone who has questioned such talk, GHW Bush has assumed the kingship of those who became the godless Israelites by behaving like they were "God on earth", defending the rule of the Bush fools.
  • Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:28AMThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the proposed 2011 update), including rules implementing key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act).
  • Quantum key security 'blinded' by new attack Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:26AMSneaky laser attack fools detector A Norwegian team claims it has come up with a new way to hack quantum key encryption (QKD) systems that would allow an attacker to intercept a key without being detected.
  • S.S. Seward Institute junior attends Alfred University science institute Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:40AMALFREDJacob Weber of the Village of Florida attended the 2010 Summer Institute in Science and Engineering at Alfred University from June 27 to July 1.
  • 4Cs shrinks classroom to laptop size Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:04PMAs a new semester begins on Sept. 7, Cape Cod Community College and the far-flung schools of the University of Maine might not seem to have a lot in common at first.
  • Physicists spends summer with US Air Force program Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:42PMBy: Riordan Scalzitti-Sanders Contributing writer and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; Murray State physics professor John Crofton was awarded the United States Air Force Fellowship this summer for his and nbsp; work done in conjunction with their researchers. and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;This program w...
  • Industry anticipates MUMPS decision on VA's VistA modernization Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:49PMIndustry members have strong opinions on whether the Veterans Affairs Department should retain VistA's existing computer language is it becomes modernized
  • A versatile, clean and efficient way to enhance widespread application of carbon nanotubes Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:53PM(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a versatile, practical and efficient method for activating sites on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and subsequently binding a wide range of molecules to them. This new method will enable large-scale manufacture of modified CNTs.
  • Abilene Christian University to Advance the Future of Books, Student Engagement in Year Three of its Mobile-Learning ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 2:46PMABILENE, Texas----With a fall 2010 freshman class of digital natives and a campus fully saturated with iOS devices, Abilene Christian University’s mobile-learning initiative, Connected, enters its third year with dozens of real-world projects designed to find new ways to learn, work and collaborate in the digital age.
  • Thomson Reuters Expands CareNotes® Patient Education System to Support 15 Languages Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:47AMThomson Reuters has expanded its Micromedex CareNotes patient education system to include coverage in 15 languages. Â CareNotes have always been available in English and Spanish, but starting today customers will have access to a core set of CareNotes and DrugNotes in Arabic, Chinese , Chinese , French , German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese , Russian, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
  • Unusual feed supplement could ease greenhouse gassy cows Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:38AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases, could be decreased by an unusual feed supplement developed by a Penn State dairy scientist.
  • Scientist seeing clearly the effects of pyrocumulonimbus Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:38AMWildfires can wreak widespread havoc and devastation, affecting environmental assets lives, property and livelihoods. Meteorologist Mike Fromm of the Naval Research Laboratory, in collaboration with several national and international laboratories, is now discovering that changes in the frequency of occurrence and intensity of wildfires has substantial consequences for a variety of important ...