Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Society and Environment


Environmental Almanac: Take a walk on the wild side (of campus)
Rob Kanter is a lecturer with the University of Illinois School of Earth, Society, and Environment. Environmental Almanac is supported in part by the UI ...
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Proper balance can benefit economy, environment
The economy versus the environment seemed to be the gist of Susanna Fuller's presentation at the Bras d'Or Stewardship Society's summer general ...
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Materials Science



Sci-News.com
Scientists Develop Transparent Solar Concentrator
Now Dr Lunt and his colleagues at Michigan State University have developed transparent luminescent materials that use small organic molecules to ...
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7 New Materials That Could Change How Our Buildings Act
The gap between material science and actual construction is very far and very wide. It can take decades to move a breakthrough in engineering from a ...
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Armed with Science
Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long
“Our goal is to use material science and electric chemistry to really bring new capabilities into particularly electric chemical power sources that are very ...
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Science News for Students
Invisible plastic 'ink' foils counterfeiters
She's a materials science graduate student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She worked on the new design with other researchers there and ...
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OhGizmo!
NC State students develop nail polish to battle date rape
Students in the Materials Science & Engineering department at North Carolina State University teamed up to invent a nail polish that changes color ...
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Subra Suresh Elected to Battelle Board of Directors
A materials scientist, he is the co-author of more than 240 journal articles, registered 21 patents and written three widely used materials science books.
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Phys.Org
A single diamond crystal does the job
(Phys.org) —X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a technique used in many areas of science, from biology to materials science,that allows ...
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Tilted acoustic tweezers separate cells gently
Other researchers were Zhangli Peng, former postdoctoral fellow, materials science and engineering, and Michela Geri, graduate student, mechanical ...
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Phys.Org
Creation of a highly efficient technique to develop low-friction materials
... Materials Unit (Unit Director: Toyohiro Chikyow),International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NationalInstitute for Materials Science (NIMS; ...
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Asian Studies


Cornell Chronicle
Thai expert publishes book of essays
That Anderson, the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government and Asian Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences ...
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PhD Research



Bioscience Technology
Researchers develop new integrated approach to pinpoint genetic "drivers" of cancer
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have ... by Michael Gatza, PhD, lead author and post-doctoral research associate; Grace ...
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Medical Xpress
Researchers Discover Protein's Ability to Inhibit HIV Release
Now, the MU researchers have found that the same protein possesses a ... In addition to Liu and Li, researchers include Eric Freed, PhD, senior ...
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AsiaOne
Getting a PhD abroad doesn't ensure a job
HANOI - People who earn a PhD - doctorate of philosophy - abroad on State ... Research activities at Vietnamese colleges are growing and in need of ...
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Ph.D Admission at KGMU, Lucknow
Application form can be availed from Research Cell or download from ... KGMU-PhD Program A/c 1038401? payable at Lucknow) in person/post to ...
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Education Fund


Don Quijote Education Fund Benefits Local Students
Valparaiso High School student Madeline Blaney and recent VHS graduate Nicole Pniak were the 2014 recipients of the Don Quijote Education Fund ...
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spyghana.com
EF Donates to Western Nananom Education Fund.
The unyielding commitment of the Edusei Foundation and its founder Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei to place youth education and development at the ...
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The fund was launched in April to help Kentucky educators create a culture of innovation by investigating, testing and scaling new tools and practices.


This year, CIC awarded nearly $1.5 million in scholarships from its UPS Educational Endowment Fund to private institutions of higher learning across ...



Quad-Cities Online
Art education grant funding announced
Grants from the fund further the education of local children and art instructors, foster greater appreciation of the visual arts, and help enhance the ...
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Berea teacher bequeaths scholarship fund to Ohio Wesleyan University
A family statement about the scholarship fund said, "Nancy would like others to have the same opportunity she did in receiving a quality education ...
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Aftermarket university foundation supports scholarship fund
“Last year 10 deserving recipients received a total of $8,000 from the CAWA memorial scholarship fund to further their automotive educational pursuits ...
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Rockwell money to fund Gardner arts, not athletics
The councilors voted informally Monday night to change the language proposed for creating a Williams-Rockwell Educational Gift Fund to more clearly ...
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Call for increased investment in higher education funding
Call for increased investment in higher education funding ... in particular higher education," said Linda Teeter of Michigan Citizen Education Fund.
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