| 
Results for scientists engineers. Search took 0.62 seconds.
More stormy weather
in Sox First, on July 15, 2009
...
Scientists are now warning we are in for some extreme weather over the next 12 months with the global "El Niño" exacerbating the impact of global warming. Expect more droughts, floods ...
Genetic Test for Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos
in Next Nine Months, on July 13, 2009
...eld 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, scientists report of having developed a test for embryos that could detect not only diseases caused ...
Vaccine for Ear Infections
in The Parenting Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...it's a primary cause for emergency room visits. Soon, though, there may be a way around this.
Scientists have developed a pain-free vaccination strategy that works against ear infections .
The ...
20 Cholesterol Regulating Genes Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...g to new treatments for heart disease and other cholesterol-related diseases.
Of the 20 genes the scientists identified as involved in regulating cholesterol levels and uptake, 12 were previously unk...
Novel Delivery of Vaccine Against Otitis Media
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 4, 2009
... © boltron- Scientists have developed a pain-free vaccination strategy that works against otitis media , or ear infection, reported to be the most frequently diagnosed illness in children less th...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...
Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMo...
GM Stands For... General Mess. But PT Cruiser Cruises On
in carzz.org, on July 1, 2009
...ges. Whatever you may think of General Motors management, there were always brilliant designers and engineers on staff who were capable of developing a world-class compact had they been given a chance...
Genome-Wide Karyomapping for Detecting Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 30, 2009
...the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, scientists report of an embryo test that can screen for cystic fibrosis as well as aneuploidy. Accord...
Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
... Comcast, Time Warner Team Up To Control TV On The Internet
• AT&T: iPhone Coverage Getting Better, Faster Soon
• Military Command Is Created for Cyber Security
• Methodist University Hospit...
ASUS 与 Disney 联手打造儿童用 NetBook
in Wangtam, on June 18, 2009
当前经济衰退中，许多玩具公司避免推出高价产品， Disney 却逆势而行，打算在假期销售旺季来临前推出售价 350 美元的儿童 netBook 。
这款 netBook "Disney Netpal"将于7月底起在美国和加拿大的 Toys "R" US 店铺和 Amazon 销售。
美泰和孩之宝(Hasbro)等玩具公司以及 Toys "R" US 等零售商则认为，因失业率上升、楼市低迷及信贷紧缩影响到父母的消费能力，因此价格便宜的玩具会更受欢迎。
Disney 表示，这是该公司首次在北美推出笔记本电脑，五年前该公司曾试图...
Internet Gets Reinvented June 16th Thanks to Opera
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...9;s a tease. If you haven't already heard, the Internet gets reinvented on June 16th thanks the engineers over at Opera . Not content to just sit around and announce blazing fast browsers like Op...
Drug pushing Eli Lilly
in Sox First, on June 13, 2009
...heir names on medical journals. Bloomberg reports: "Lilly employees compiled a guide to hiring scientists to write favorable articles, complained to journal editors when publication was delayed a...
Antioxidant Vitamins Against Women's Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on June 8, 2009
... © DRB62
American scientists have validated in their studies that increased intake of antioxidant vitamins protect women against cancer.
for every 1,000 microgram increase per 1,000 kcal o...
New HIV Microbicide Can Be Produced in Transgenic Plants
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 29, 2009
... © Sully Pixel Scientists have developed a new anti-HIV drug as well as a possible means of producing the drug in large quantities using transgenic plants.
In the research paper, Ma and colleagu...
P[acman]-Generated Gene Libraries for Drosophila melanogaster
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...n Venken (http://flypush.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu/lab/koenv/index.html) in Bellen's laboratory- allows scientists to study large chunks of DNA in living flies. The vector - officially P/phiC31 artificial...
Dana-Farber Researchers Create DNA Origami
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 22, 2009
Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a technique for folding sheets of DNA, like origami, into multilayered objects. The research was published in the May 21 issue of Nature .
"This is something that nature is very good at - making many complex machines with...
How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
in Wangtam, on May 18, 2009
...• How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
• Why Twitter's Engineers Hate the @replies feature
• Live, from Champaign!
• Game Web 2.Over?
• Longer Queries Driving Down Ad Impression...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...39;s unlikely that economists didn't realize their model was flawed. Economists and financial engineers are exceedingly bright people. What's more likely is that they simply didn't think i...
Anti-Inflammatory Constituents of Ginseng Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 16, 2009
... © centralasian Scientists have identified immunologically active components in ginseng, an herb used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine.
Allan Lau led a team of researchers from the...
Yahoo 推出一个 Twitter 克隆站：MEME
in Wangtam, on May 15, 2009
...ientists after it identified the meme as a fragment of culture or behavior that is replicated in the brain brain in a manner similar to what happens to genes in biology.
It is clear that the term &qu...
Fujitsu Ups the Ante on Data Security
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 8, 2009
...aptop was stolen with gigs of sensitive data on them; why can't laptops be remotely wiped? The engineers at Fujitsu must have been wondering the same thing, because they have developed a solution ...
Carotenoids Against Metabolic Syndrome
in Daily Diabetic, on April 27, 2009
...inked to increased risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
In a new study by Dutch scientists , middle-aged and elderly men with highest average intake of all carotenoids had a 58 per ...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...who does not know they are unreliable?-but that their delusions should be supported and promoted by scientists of the rank and caliber of economists might easily shake our confidence in the reliabilit...
EagleTec USB Nano Flash Drive Saves More Than Data
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 23, 2009
...ne off of a table by the power cable, and he also broke a flash drive off inside of a USB port. The engineers at EagleTec must have kids too, because they have developed a kid-proof USB drive. The Eag...
Climate change flood warning
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...has warned of more extreme weather events including regular flooding and one of Australia's top scientists has warned that the world has only six years to act to avoid the damaging impact of the...
UB Researchers Develop Nanotech Addiction Treatment
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 11, 2009
... at the University at Buffalo have developed a new nanotech treatment for drug addiction.
"Scientists in UB's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and UB's Department o...
Banana Briquettes
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 8, 2009
© choyaw99 Researchers have developed a method of converting banana crop waste into briquettes as a source of fuel.
First, the banana skins and leaves are mashed to a pulp in a hand-operated domestic meat mincer. This pulp is mixed with sawdust to create a mouldable material - in Rwanda it wo...
Why Skilled Immigrants to the US Are Going Home
in Global Mobility Report, on March 30, 2009
... truth is that it is at east as much about how we will meet the demand for doctors, researchers and engineers - and how we will compete in a global economy.
© smellyknee
...
Low-Sugar Vegetable Juice For Diabetics, Coming Soon
in Daily Diabetic, on March 27, 2009
...vlxyz
A low -calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice for diabetics have been developed by Chinese scientists . The said vegetable juice uses lactic acid-producing bacteria (LAB) - a known probiotics ...
Foundation for NIH Facilitated Partnership Announced Availability of Alzheimer’s Genome Biomarker Data
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 20, 2009
...er data for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is ready to be shared with scientists world-wide for further analysis. Such were the announcement of the Foundation for the Na...
Bioremediation of Chromium-Contaminated Waste with Acetic Acid
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 13, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 3765679 Scientists have discovered that the addition of dilute acetic acid or vinegar can help jumpstart bioremediation of chromium-contaminated industrial ...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...se. Two years ago, it was 38%.
What's bringing this on? Particularly at a time like this when scientists are meeting in Copenhagen to lay the foundations for some sort of global accord on the cl...
Gene Therapy for Obesity
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 10, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 7126655 Scientists may have found a promising new treatment for obesity using gene therapy . They have discovered that a particular gene called BDNF , can ...
Bush-era Bans on Stem Cell Research, Lifted By President Obama
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 9, 2009
...ience in America.
Promoting science isn't just about providing resources. It is about letting scientists ... do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us...
Will Real-Time Change Facebook User Behavior?
in Wangtam, on March 9, 2009
• Will Real-Time Change Facebook User Behavior?
• Only 1/3 of Americans Can Name The 3 Branches of Government
• 20 cool things to do with your iPhone
• Israeli start-up Delver acquired by Sears
• Why We All Benefit From Big Brands Being in Social Media
• What is Mobile Video's Future?...
Climate change battle lost?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
...es of reaching a global accord on climate change are sinking fast, according to two leading climate scientists. The Times reports that Professor Kevin Anderson, director of the Tyndall Centre for Cl...
200,000 Rice Mutants Available for Study
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 6, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4796039 Scientists are organizing a repository of genetically modified rice plants in the hope of understanding the function of the approximately 57,000 ge...
Biomarkers for Severity of Chikungunya Fever Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 5, 2009
... 10 patients who developed the disease during Singapore's CHIKF outbreak in January 2008, the scientists found that the levels of three specific biological factors, namely interleukin-1 beta, (...
Pollution-Related Asthma May Start in the Womb
in Allergies, on February 27, 2009
...the CCCEH birth cohort of mothers and children living in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx, UC scientists analyzed umbilical cord white blood cell samples from 56 children for epigenetic alterati...
New Raspberry Variety: Moutere Red Raspberry
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...rm size, bright red berries, suitable for consumption as early season high-grade fresh berries. The scientists note that high yields of large attractive fruit can be produced in fertile soils with goo...
Cinnamon May Improve Blood Sugar Levels
in Daily Diabetic, on February 21, 2009
...y may improve people's control of blood glucose levels. Such were the findings of Scandinavian scientists .
Ingesting the spice led to reductions in blood insulin levels, the hormone responsibl...
Researchers Announce Significant Advance in Nanoscale Storage
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 20, 2009
...
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a method to arrange nanoscale elements precisely over large surfaces, which co...
Passive Tags to work on power pulled out of thin air?
in The RFID Weblog, on February 19, 2009
...
This is what scientists from University of Washington and Intel intend to achieve in the near future - passive tags which would work on power derived from air. If I talk in near technical terms t...
Genetic Sequencing of Cold Virus
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 19, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 195814 Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses , which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about ...
RHAMM Protein Removes Wrinkles
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 13, 2009
... Scientists have discovered that a protein which plays a role in cancers and tissue repair may also hold potential in removing skin wrinkles. The protein, called RHAMM, for Receptor for Hyaluronan ...
Using Biotechnology in Cultural Heritage Conservation
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 10, 2009
...nservation Forum held this week in Caracas, Venezuela, curators will be collaborating with biotech scientists to find ways to restore and prevent the decay of art and cultural artefacts using biotech...
Internal threats alive and well
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2009
... thousands of IT jobs on the chopping block and staff loyalty at an all-time low. How many agitated engineers are polishing up their own "deadman" logic bombs right now, either guarding agai...
Biomaterials Asia 2009
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 1, 2009
... Airport Hotel, Hong Kong
This event, with keynote speakers drawn from the world's best scientists, will provide an unparalleled opportunity for researchers, technologists and clinicians i...
The Exercise That Cuts Diabetes Risk: Brief, Rigorous
in Daily Diabetic, on January 30, 2009
...cess sugars and fight diabetes. Such were the findings reported at the BMC Endocrine Disorders by scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
They found that insulin sensitivity...
Nanosensor for Skin Based Glucose Monitoring
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 30, 2009
...ecule fluoresce. The level of fluorescence increases with the concentration of the chemical target. Scientists can swap in different recognition molecules to measure different targets, including chlor...
Green Tea Against Breast Cancer
in Well Woman Blog, on January 29, 2009
...n reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer by 12 percent .
Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, scientists report that the "modest" reduction was observed for regular tea drinkers, compa...
Obama Welcomed By Scientific Community
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 25, 2009
Scientists the world over are celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama and see it as the end of the stifling Bush administration policies.
During the Bush administration scientific findings that didn't agree with his theocratic views were held up or discredited without scientific evidence.
...
Hypertable project has a new sponsor!
in Googlestack, on January 23, 2009
...ording to a Compete.com scentury
, and what's more Baidu is going to throw Hypertable at their engineers and the whole infrastructure will be operating under the control of Hypertable. Neat! This...
French Scientists Say Cleaner Air Could Be Causing Global Warming
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 18, 2009
...e is caused by humans or is it a naturally occurring event whose time has come again.
Not only can scientists not agree on the cause and now, to further confuse the issue, French scientists say that ...
Turning Up The Heat On Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 9, 2009
...ational golf industry in North America. My comments were based on a climate study done by leading scientists and meteorologists using computer models.
It painted a grim picture of drought and heat ...
American Scientists Use Quantum Mechanics To Levitate Tiny Object
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 7, 2009
...In a quiet, but excited manner, an announcement was made earlier today in Chicago by scientists working under the direction of Federico Capasso, an applied physicist at Harvard University.
Althou...
Moissanite Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 1, 2009
...rizona . These natural Moissanite crystals were too scarce and tiny to set into jewelry. For years, scientists tried in vain to re-create these rare and extraordinarily brilliant crystals. Only recent...
Open-source alternatives to BigTable
in Googlestack, on December 22, 2008
...munity of supporters and contributors coming from the Hadoop project (which is also backed by Yahoo engineers). This is, however, not the only difference. In fact there are many more. During my experi...
Liquid Wood Suitable for Toy Manufacture
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 21, 2008
...re left out in the rain or if children suck them. With the aid of suitable additives, the TECNARO scientists were able to modify the bio-plastic in such a way that it survives contact with water and s...
RFID to bring back Australian Rainforests to shape
in The RFID Weblog, on December 16, 2008
...
We simply cannot survive if we don't care about our environment and Australian scientists know about it therefore they are making an effort to ensure that the endangered rainforests of Austra...
Brain Enzyme Regulates Appetite and Weight Gain
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 14, 2008
... Scientists have determined that an enzyme in the brain called p70 S6 Kinase 1 or S6K may play a role in preventing weight gain and obesity. The researchers injected rats with special viruses t...
Cell Phone Jamming Key Fob for Punishes Kids so You Don't Have To
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 12, 2008
... socket. The same goes for making sure your child doesn't use his/her cell phone while driving. Engineers at the University of Utah do not agree with me.
Those witty engineers,have developed a ke...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...l
Writing C++ programs for even simple task was not quick and easy, and so it happened that the engineers at Google invented Sawzall. A language for quick and easy MapReduce task specification. Pr...
That's About As Useful as a Solar Powered Flashlight
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 11, 2008
...e solar-charged, and the battery would need to last at least one 8-12 hours. I bet that is what the engineers behind the Hybrid Solar Flash Light were thinking too.
The Hybrid Solar Flash Light is a ...
Compound In Broccoli May Inhibit Tobacco Smoke-Related Lung Cancer
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 8, 2008
...auliflower) may inhibit lung cancer from tobacco smoke. Such were the findings of a mice study by scientists from the University of Minnesota.
Indeed, mice fed the highest amount of I3C had 88 per...
How Broccoli Compound Fights Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 6, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 3214889 UC Berkley scientists have identified a compound found in broccoli which may be responsible for its anti-cancer properties. The compound, indole-3...
100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer
in Wangtam, on December 4, 2008
...Cuts Take The Company Away From Its Engineers (GOOG)
• The Periodic Table of the Elements, Standard Form
• Driver Backup! 2
• 雪村前天离婚昨天结婚
• .Tel Them Where to Find You
• Twitter CEO: The reve...
Canada's Tories Look at Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on December 3, 2008
... that would get fast track service: university professors, pipefitters, medical specialists, mining engineers, nurses, and chefs. (You can find a more complete list here .)
The plan is controversial...
The Slowdown's Effect on Indian Hiring
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 28, 2008
...es from problems. These immunization tactics comes in the form of reduced hiring of entry-level engineers and looking at second-tier cities with lower labor costs.
Of course, the unknown variable...
Genetically Modified Anthocyanin-Rich Tomatoes
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 27, 2008
...re Biotechnology , doi:10.1038/nbt.1506.
Note: Two years ago, I reported on the work of a group of scientists from Oregon State University also working on purple tomatoes ....
