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Heavy-handed UCF should lighten up
Taking Names the Blog - Orlando SentinelToday's paper carried an interesting story about a UCF student who developed a new app to help students register for classes. You can read the piece for yourself. But basically, student Tim Arnold figured out a way to alert students when classes they... -
Hopkins team creates device to screen for anemia
Every year, health organizations spend millions in the developing world attacking the iron-deficiency disorder known as anemia. They pay special attention to pregnant women, a population highly vulnerable to the disease.
Every year, though, 115,000 of...Tags: Engineering, Teaching and Learning, UNICEF, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Anemia
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FastStich team wins $12,500 Collegiate Inventors Competition award
The team who created FastStitch, a surgical tool designed to quickly and cost-effectively close abdominal incisions after surgeries, has won the 2012 Collegiate Inventors Competition. Their first-place award will give the team $12,500, and their faculty...
Tags: Robert Allen
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Crop protection industry gathers for glittering Agrow awards
LONDON - The most glamorous event on the calendar for the global crop protection industry took place at London's Hotel Russell in Russell Square. Some 400 movers and shakers in the industry gathered to celebrate the successes of a sector brimming with...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Ceremonies
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Stanford Ovshinsky dies at 89; inventor founded new field of electronics
Stanford Ovshinsky was not a household name like Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein, but he was often compared to them, for good reason. He invented the nickel-metal hydride battery, which has powered high-tech items such as cellphones, laptop computers...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Economy, Business and Finance, General Electric Company, Detroit Free Press, University of Chicago
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Future of Music 2012: A fight over Internet radio scraps
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were moments Tuesday during the annual Future of Music Summit where the conversation about revenue in the digital music industry sounded like a scrum over crumbs, a desperate fight over an increasingly shrinking pie. "There is...
Tags: Consumers, Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment, Radio
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Early warnings on BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Terrorism, Bioterrorism, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Tularemia
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Showcasing innovation on Nov. 30
If you trail any farmer or rancher around his or her operation, you’ll find “innovation” follows them. What does innovation mean? Really, it’s a fancy word that means things are changed to make something work better. Who doesn&...Tags: Onions, Peppers, Marketing, Turkey (animal), Recipes
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60 years of innovation, evolution in Harrodsburg
This month marks the 60th anniversary of Corning Inc.’s precision glass plant in Harrodsburg. It’s a special occasion not only for the people who work at this storied facility, but for all of us at the company. The plant embodies several...Tags: Corning Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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Flintridge Sacred Heart cheers block scheduling
It used to be that just when things got interesting inside the classroom at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, the bell would ring. But students and teachers at the 80-year-old school on the hill say a new schedule put in place this year is opening up...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Maryland General Assembly, Fort Meade (military base), University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Looking For Tech In All The Right Places
The Hartford CourantWe've listened to endless blather during this campaign season about how tax cuts will create jobs. I think Bruce Carlson has a better idea. He's finding potentially viable products developed by private industries in the state that for some reason have not...Tags: Storrs, Economy, Business and Finance, New Products, Stamford, Agriculture
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Nov 13, 2012
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Nov 8, 2012
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Nov 2, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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Oct 31, 2012
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