Archive for June, 2008

 

G8 science ministers deem science, technology key to sustainable development (People’s Daily)

June 16th, 2008

Science and technology ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) on Sunday stressed that science and technology is an important key to sustainable development worldwide. And it is of great importance to promote science and technology c …

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Step Organises Camp To Boost Interest In Science (BruDirect.com)

June 16th, 2008

Bandar Seri Begawan - In A bid to enhance students’ interest and awareness in science, the Science, Technology and-Environment Partnership Centre (Step) of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd is organising a Science Camp at Masin Secondary School.

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Stem cell science still growing (TVNZ)

June 16th, 2008

Political controversy may have slowed the pace of stem cell science, but the field is still promising enough to attract many talented researchers, stem cell experts said on Saturday.

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G8 science ministers push cooperation (Moldova.org)

June 16th, 2008

Science and technology ministers from the Group of Eight Sunday agreed at a meeting in Japan their countries and others should work together on global issues.The ministers, who held a one-day conference in Okinawa, said they would promote cooperation among the G8 nations and developing countries on climate change issues, as well as on technological [...]

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Canada, India launch joint technology, science initiatives (AFP via Yahoo! News)

June 16th, 2008

Canada and India on Sunday launched ten 17-million-dollar joint initiatives as part of a 2005 scientific and technological cooperation agreement.

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Signs on science (Express India)

June 16th, 2008

Science education has been in a crisis in India for a while now. So, it is to be dearly hoped that a government proposal-scholarships of Rs 5,000 per annum to be granted to a maximum of one million students.

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Owen Hembry: Farming looks to science for future health (The New Zealand Herald)

June 16th, 2008

AgResearch chief executive Andrew West says farmers have always been great supporters of science but they need it now more than ever.

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MHS students winners at science meet (The Milpitas Post)

June 16th, 2008

Milpitas High School students Wesley Leung and Ivy Nguyen were named Grand Prize Alternate winners in the biological sciences section of the 2008 Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championships, held in San Jose in March, and represented Santa Clara County at the California State Science Fair, held May 19-20 in Los Angeles.

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‘Fusion’ of science with language arts (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)

June 16th, 2008

Angie Heidinger, science teacher at Yulee Middle School, was looking for a way to get students thinking about science in new ways. She wanted to combine science with language arts skills.

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Science/tech school in the works (Arizona Daily Sun)

June 16th, 2008

Flagstaff Unified School District is looking to partner with local biotech firms, businesses and Northern Arizona University to create a high school that focuses on science, engineering and math.

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