News tagged with science faculty
Faculty retention proves a major challenge for universities
Attracting and retaining the world's brightest students is on the mind of every university official. But a new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an understated, even more p ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Women in science? Universities don't make the grade
Despite years of trying to improve the number of women undergraduates in science and engineering, a new study shows most universities are failing. Not only are women lagging behind their male classmates, efforts to close ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Industry support of academic life science research may be dropping
While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with industrial entities, the prevalence of such relationships - particularly direct funding for research ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Universities like women in sciences; women aren't so sure
Women with advanced degrees in math, science and engineering are more likely than men to be chosen for faculty positions and promotions -- when they apply.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing 'big data'
MIT has been selected from among 55 institutions that submitted 157 proposals to host a new Intel research center that will concentrate on what’s come to be called “big data” -- new techniques ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Students design underwater robot that does more than score points
(Phys.org) -- Since he was 12 years old and successfully talked his way onto an underwater robotics club for kids aged 13 and up, Trevor Uptain has been building robots of the kind used by oceanographers and ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Rainforest regeneration in Indonesia slower than expected
Research conducted by Tyas Basuki at University of Twente’s Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) shows that felled tropical rainforest in Indonesia (of the Dipterocarp species) ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Under the influence of magnetic drugs
(Phys.org) -- For more than three decades scientists have been investigating magnetic nanoparticles as a method of drug delivery. Now by combining three metals - iron, gold and platinum - pharmacists at the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 31, 2012 |
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Dyeing easier : New potential for dyeing polyester with chitosan
Najua Tulos and co-researchers of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, studied the potential of chitosan to dye polyester fabric. Produced commercially by removing ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Blanch your weeds
You don't need to spray weedkiller to remove the weeds between your paving stones. Six treatments throughout the summer with either boiling water, steam or flaming will dispatch even the hardiest of unwanted plants. This ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Cosmic calculations: Advance will help astrophysicists explore where stars are born
A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are bo ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Cattle parasite found throughout Australia, study finds
A parasite linked to dogs and responsible for an estimated $30 million loss to the national cattle industry each year is present throughout Australia, a University of Sydney study has revealed.
May 30, 2012 |
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Researchers develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks'
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 30, 2012 |
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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved
Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for ...
May 30, 2012 |
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