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Academy of Health Sciences and Biomedical Science Partnership
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) — As the saying goes, children are our future. Southeast Health is partnering with Dothan City Schools to expose high schoolers to jobs in the medical field. The biggest lesson here – early exposure to the medical field is good for students and provides more pathways to success Dothan City Schools Director …
NUST’s Science and Technology Park now open for business | Pakistan
NUST’s Science and Technology Park now open for business ISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Park, developed by National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, has opened doors to its first resident companies. Fully university hosted and integrated across a 50-acre site, the park aims to enhance and increase research and development, promote linkages between …
Points jump for science, technology and engineering
Points for degrees in science, technology and engineering have jumped as students flock towards courses with strong job prospects. Overall, the number of courses commanding in excess of 500 CAO points has climbed to a new high. One course – UCD’s economic & finance at 601 points – is the first to exceed the 600- …
New Zealanders warned about the consumption of ‘sexy pavement lichen’ | World news
Botanists in New Zealand are warning the public not to consume lichen growing on footpaths and shady rocks throughout the country, after misleading stories about its stimulatory properties spread rapidly online. The University of Otago lichenologist Dr Allison Knight dubbed a common species of local lichen “sexy pavement lichen” after discovering it was being promoted …
Ebola now curable after trials of drugs in DRC, say scientists | World news
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly reduced the death rate. ZMapp, used during the massive Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, has been dropped …
SubioMed™ Selects Moticon Science Smart Sensing Technology for Design and Development Phase
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SubioMed, Inc. (“SubioMed” or the “Company”), a pioneer in the invention and development of biomechanics technology addressing critical elements of gait and balance, today announced that it has selected Moticon SCIENCE sensing insole technology for foot and ankle biomechanic work. Moticon recently released its new sensor insole generation …
UNH researcher talks about NASA grant, earth-science mission | Science & Technology
DURHAM — An associate research professor from the University of New Hampshire who is leading a $107.9 million mission for NASA says identifying and tracking harmful and nuisance organisms that live in the Gulf of Mexico will benefit people in that region. Joseph Salisbury works at the Ocean Process Analysis Lab inside Morse Hall at …
Repairing the world: Coppell volunteer desires to educate girls in science, technology | Coppell Gazette
Long-time resident Andrea Solka has spent much her time giving back to the community she calls home. Solka co-leads the Girls Inspired Greatly About the World of Technology (GIGAWOT) summer camp and encourages young girls to get involved with the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. In addition, she’s a member of the Coppell …
The five: chimeras created by science | Technology
Human-monkey Last week, researchers led by Spanish scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte announced they had created the first human-monkey chimera embryos in China. The purpose of the experiment is to investigate ways of using animals to grow human organs for transplants. The organs could be genetically matched by taking the recipient’s cells and reprogramming them …
‘Science fiction has conquered the world’
THE MAN WHO CREATED THE WORLD OF GAME OF THRONES ON SNOBBERY, FANDOM AND WHY DUBLIN’S WORLDCON NEXT WEEK WILL BE LIKE A FAMILY REUNION George RR Martin has only missed one World Science Fiction Convention, aka Worldcon, in three decades. “I came to my first one in ’71 in Boston, Massachusetts, with eight stories in …
