Alion Science and Technology Corporation, according to the annunciation of Chairman of the National Security Initiative Roger London, has become an industry partner with the American Security Challenge for the purpose of identifying emerging technology firms for contracts or partnering agreements. There is no doubt in it that it is a major leap forward towards betterment and experts feel that it may give render a new dimension to the existing scenario.
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Can there be any precise application of nanotechnology on agriculture ever? Well, a number of acclaimed scientists at the Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih centre, India are hopeful in this regard and according to them, if everything goes well, there may be the generation of interesting results. What has led to the initiation of this project? India has been witnessing serious plights in the domain of agriculture and it is also being realized that chemical fertilizers and pesticides are harmful to the ecology. However something must be done to save the agricultural basis of this vast country. Each of these factors has made the Union ministry of science and technology sanction a fund for the research development programme of agro-enterotoxic nano-particles and its uses.
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Try to be cautious from the next time while you take on aspirin. Never forget to follow the newly released guidelines especially for those who take an aspirin a day to keep at bay a potential heart attack or stroke. The guidelines have been introduced by the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force (USPSTF) and have been customized for age and gender. Let me say something before you embark on. Always remember that the new recommendations are relevant to those only who have never suffered a heart attack or stroke.
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Whatever may be the condition of the global economy on account of the downturn, IBM has become successful in weathering the predicament. This triumphant stance of the company became more evident from the recent statement of IBM CEO Lou Gerstner who stated that the company performed well in light of a tough economy and affirmed emphatically the fact that Big Blue is delivering solid results when other tech companies “have been reporting huge revenue declines and vastly lower profits or losses for the first time in many years.”
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There has been a conjecture both in the US society and among observers for days that the US health care system is failing to satisfy the common citizens and on the contrary is giving rise to strong resentments. Well, though many have also refuted this, the confusion has been continuing. But now it seems that this notion will get an edge owing to a recently released study.
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The world is no more the same where we used to live in once. It has changed a lot even in the last one decade and is changing also with a passing of each day. The challenges are, therefore, getting more complicated and the organizations that deal with science and technology must gear up. All these have made, according to sources and experts, NASA wake up to the reality and host a center for education and R&D at its Ames Research Center in California. Well, there would also be the presence of other partners. University of California at Santa Cruz and Foothill-De Anza Community College District said that they will team up to form University Associates — Silicon Valley LLC to lease 75 acres of land for a collaborative research center at Ames.
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It has been learnt that the Federal Government of Nigeria is firm to expand the scope of science in the length and breadth of the country and for that reason is on the verge of establishing a National Science and Technology Fund for all Research and Development activities. This epoch-making decision was announced by the Minister of Science and Technology Dr Alhassan Bako Zaku at the closing ceremony of the National Council on Science and technology held recently in Enugu. According to his revelation, the governmental structure, after many deliberations, has finally realized the essence of science, Technology and innovation and their true roles in any social development.
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Passive smoking is not any new concept and almost all governments across the world are conscious of it and also steadfast to curb its growth in any way. Reason? The health hazards resulting from both of active and passive smoking, thanks to the investigations and reports of internationally acclaimed groups, have become widely recognized. Do you know that passive drinking is equally dangerous? This practice leads to the growth of health hazards vehemently and endangered infancies as well. A number of studies completed so far reveal that children of these families become easy preys of physical and mental disorders.
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Now it’s the turn of the General Electric Company, or GE, the multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York, to get into the sphere of health care. For that reason, according to the annunciation of both General Electric Co. and Qatar Foundation, they have already signed a memorandum of understanding for the creation of a partnership dealing with a range of health care business and research initiatives. What is the key objective? It has been learnt that both of them have strong intensions to develop and deliver next-generation health care technologies and also to build local research and development capabilities alongside regional and global health care needs.
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