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Study identifies genes linked to Alzheimer's in African Americans
One complaint leveled against genome studies is that they don't survey a broad enough swath of humankind. Though many projects have searched DNA collected from people of European descent -- hoping to ferret out which changes in what parts of the genome...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Science, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Manufacturing and Engineering, Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Google Inc.
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Wanna lose weight? Manage your stress.
HealthScientists are aware that stress can affect your immune system, raise your blood pressure and kill your brain cells. If this is not enough to catch your attention, consider this: stress can make you fat. Stress can not only cause you to eat more, it can... -
Virginia Tech's College of Engineering unveils life-size robotic jellyfish
Researchers at Virginia Tech College of Engineering have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man as part of a U.S. Navy-funded project. The jellyfish, nicknamed “Cyro,” is 5 foot 7 inches in...
Tags: Providence College, Education, Virginia Tech, U.S. Navy, University of California, Los Angeles
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Stanford and edX to improve online learning platform
Stanford University and edX, the online education group that is providing free classes worldwide, are announcing a new collaboration to expand and improve edX’s underlying platform and allow open access to it. The move, to be formally announced...Tags: Harvard University, Colleges and Universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Education, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Your child's brain on math: Don't bother?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help them master crucial skills, but a new study released on Monday suggests that for some kids even that is a lost cause. According to...Tags: Teachers, Education, MRI (imaging), Research, Science and Technology
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Hopkins announces $4.5 billion fundraising goal
Johns Hopkins announced Saturday a $4.5 billion fundraising goal — among the largest in the country — to help the university and health system address some of the world's most challenging issues, including water scarcity, education quality and...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Boston College, Finance, Political Fundraising, Financial Aid
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iPads in school: a toy or a tool?
At Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences in Granada Hills, every student has an iPad. That's 1,200 iPads, and if L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy can figure out how to pay for 660,000 more of them, every student in the district will have a tablet in the next...
Tags: Science and Technology, Students, Teachers, School Examinations, Human Interest
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Task force calls for routine HIV testing for all adults
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. panel is calling for HIV screening for all Americans aged 15 to 65, regardless of whether they are considered to be at high risk, a change that may help lift some of the stigma associated with HIV testing. The...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Abbott Laboratories
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Hopkins names new provost
The Johns Hopkins University has named Robert C. Lieberman, an interim dean at Columbia University and an expert on American politics, to its No. 2 academic spot: provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. He will take the post July 1,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Education, Columbia University
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Video: See a cell reach out and touch its neighbor
Using specialized imaging techniques and customized microscopes to watch single embryonic chick cells in real time, scientists at Stanford University and UC San Francisco found that the developing cells reach out to one another to communicate -- extending...
Tags: Science and Technology, Biology
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Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research,...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Sweden
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