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Help requested: Please take a survey on science blogging for my graduate research

kas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:47 +0000

Hi science bloggers - If you can spare 10-12 minutes, would you take my survey about the needs and habits of science bloggers? If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you.

Universities of Science and Technology

Yujiang-Wu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:10 +0000

Most people believe that university is the cradle of science and technology. A lot of new universities have names like:
"University of Science and Technology"

Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:41 +0000

North Grafton, Mass., November 19, 2009 -- The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year by investigators at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:32 +0000

RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 20, 2009) -- Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth and progression to metastasis.

New method to measure snow, vegetation moisture with GPS may benefit farmers, meteorologists

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:20 +0000

A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers.

UCSB physicists move 1 step closer to quantum computing

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:40 +0000

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. The work is published online today on the Science Express Web site.

UAB researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:34 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and immune disorders.

Delft breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

BJS — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:31 +0000

With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ethanol, less acetate and elimination of the major by-product glycerol' This week the invention was published in the scientific journal Applied and Environmental Microbiolog