Halesowen chemistry student earns top marks for competition essay

Source: Halesowen News

CHEMICAL conundrums proved a walkover for Halesowen sixth former Kate Danks, whose essay was shortlisted for the 2012 Academy Excellence Awards. The Windsor High School year 13 student is now in line for a £1,000 first prize and a work placement at ...
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England-Belgium friendly to trial goal-line technology

Source: China Daily

England's home friendly against Belgium at Wembley next month will be used to test the Hawk-Eye goal-line technology system, world governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Independent testers from EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Ma ...
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Science: The Art of the Appropriate Approximation

Source: Quantam Diaries

There is this myth that science is exact. It is captured nicely in this quote from an old detective story: In the sciences we must be exact—not approximately so, but absolutely so. We must know. It isn’t like carpentry. A carpenter may make a trivial mis ...
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Prosthetic foot made in Mississauga earns gold award

Source: The Mississauga News

A prosthetic foot that's manufactured in Mississauga using materials from a company in Meadowvale was recently honoured at the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA). The Rhythm Foot is billed as an affordable and ...
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Salmonella Found in Sushi Tuna Leaves 316 Ill in 26 States

Source: environmental-expert.com

“Nakaochi Scrape,” also known as frozen raw yellowfin tuna, was the cause of the salmonella outbreak that has left many ill. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Salmonella has infected 3 ...
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Texas State lands $3.1 million grant for materials research

Source: Newstreamz San Marcos

The National Science Foundation has awarded Texas State University $3.1 million for research and education in materials science and to form a partnership with the prestigious Research Triangle institutions i ...
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Research and Markets: Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metal Alloys and Compounds - 2011: Volume 1372. MRS Proceedings

Source: Business Wire

This Materials Research Society Proceedings contains papers presented at Symposium 3 'Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals, Alloys and Compounds' of the XX International Materials Research Congress. This event is intended ...
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Nanoparticle Research with the NanoLog

Source: environmental-expert.com

Increased interest in research and applications of nanoparticles requires rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of nanoparticle samples. The development of the NanoLog spectrofluorometer and associated Nanosizer softw ...
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The World’s Most Sensitive Spectrofluorometers

Source: environmental-expert.com

HORIBA Jobin Yvon manufactures a large range of fluorescence spectrofluorometers, including bench top models that make steady-state measurement to advance modular systems that can also measure fluorescence anisotropies and ...
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