The Register (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Iberian insect intelligence to plan 'actual strategy' Spanish computer researchers and army officers say they have developed an algorithm based on the behaviour of ant colonies which can plot "the best path" through battlefields for manoeuvring troops. The general-ware has apparently been tested in a "mini-simulator" developed by modifying the computer game Panzer General .…...
The Register (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
'Perfectly good nerve endings' plugged in once again Boffins in Israel and the EU have fitted a Swedish man with a robotic hand which has a two-way hookup to the nerves in his arm: not only can he operate the hand as if it were his own, he can feel with it too.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
Edinburgh University professors Gerald Lincoln and David Baird say Rudolph cannot be a male because female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas. Males shed theirs before mid-December. Prof Lincoln said: "Rudolph classically is this red-nosed reindeer who is around at Christmas. "We picture him in the snow with his antlers, but if you know anything about nature you discover that things...
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vogue UK reports that Courteney Cox and David Arquette have partnered with Satya to create a collection of butterfly themed jewelry to benefit the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. Courtney Cox and Daivd Arquette learned about EB because the son of their close friends was born with it. "There is a beautiful child named Brendon, the son of one of our dear friends, Andrea Pett...
Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH (Indian Council of Medical Research) Sector – 8, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110077 The following positions under World Bank and other Projects, based in Delhi are to be filled up on purely ad hoc, temporary and on contractual basis on a consolidated salary, co-terminus with the project. Post 1: Consultant (One): Rs. 30,000/- p.m .consolidated. Essential...
Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NARI Pune) (Indian Council of Medical Research) Plot No. 73, ‘G’ Block, MIDC, Bhosari, PUNE – 411 026 Application are invited upto 10 th November 2009 for the following non-institutional temporary posts under IVCMT & BASANT Project . to be conducted at National AIDS Research Institute. Research Scientist -I @ Rs. 18,160/- Essential Eligibility...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Thanks for giving us a better understanding of how your union sees this election. You're right; there are challenges ahead of us. - promoted from the diaries by Rosi. Everyone knows that Governor Corzine and Loretta Weinberg lost the race for Governor and Lt. Governor on Tuesday. Ultimately, it is the residents of New Jersey who were losers, too. Because, we may have also lost any opportunity to advance...
HBS Working Knowledge (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Published: November 5, 2009 Author: Michel Anteby (Editor's Note: In a recent issue , Economic Sociology: The European Electronic Newsletter tackled the controversial issue of "commodification of the body." Harvard Business School professor Michel Anteby contributed the following essay that discusses issues around establishing a market for cadavers. Anteby's current research examines the...
Massachusetts Liberal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Mayor for Life Tom Menino wants you to believe he is refreshed and energized as he stares at the start of his fifth term -- brimming with new idea to tackle the problems of education, public safety and city administration. Of course this same new vision suggests the e-mail controversy surrounding top aide Michael Kineavy was simply a tempest in a teapot that will disappear now that the election is...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
THE GOVERNMENT has introduced a plan to streamline and refocus health research as a way to improve patient treatments, but also feed into the “smart economy”.
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Rani Suleman recently finished her summer internship with the University of Western Ontario’s non-profit organization management program. She spent about 3 months in Oyugis, Kenya working with local women’s group on building a sustainable yogurt production business. The partners involved in this project are the World Bank, Western Heads East, Kenyan Medical Research Institute [...]
The Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
HUNTER New England Health stroke specialist Chris Levi has has been named this year's Hunter Medical Research Institute Researcher of the Year.
New World Notes (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The United States Army is funding a Second Life project to develop a virtual environment therapeutic space for amputees, through the auspices of Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) of the US Army's Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)...
Global Issues That Affect Everyone (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Pharmaceutical companies have long been criticized for their effects on developing countries. For example, they have lobbied hard against poorer countries producing or using generic drugs, even in emergency situations, which is legitimate under WTO rules. For many years, they have also been criticized for donating drugs that are inappropriate or out of date. While a lot of drug donation is certainly...
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Back in November of 2006, Missourians agonized over the issue of fetal stem cell research . After much debate, voters passed an amendment to protect such research, ignorant of or unconcerned about the fact that the founders of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Jim and Virginia Stowers , had contributed $30 million to the campaign. Things have remained fairly quiet since the passage of the...
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neilsamsung | 02/10/2009
Sacramento offers a variety of investment options to a prospective Sacramento investor. Residential real estate housing ranges from low-income properties to multi-million dollar estate s and is known to have had some of the best appreciation rates in the state. Sacramento has also seen marked advances in commercial real estate with the construction of new high-rise buildings, expansion of employment...
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