Saturday, 20 January 2018

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technology of science
Daily update 20 January 2018
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Apple has made a quiet but interesting move in its longer-term strategy around courting more business from enterprises. The company has hired the tech team — at least 18 people, including at least two co-founders, one of whom is the CEO — from Silicon Valley Data Science (SVDS), a startup based ...
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The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday that a long telescopic probe successfully captured images of what is most likely melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors, providing limited but crucial information for its cleanup. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the fishing ...
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Dr. No-Hee Park, dean emeritus and distinguished professor of dentistry and medicine at UCLA, was selected out hundreds of nominees as a "Person of Distinguished Service to Science and Technology" by the Republic of Korea and will be inducted into the country's Hall of Fame in Science and ...
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Donald Trump's presidency has seen seismic shifts in numerous areas of government – and science is no exception. From a rollback of environmental protections to approving space missions, here is a look at the 45th US president's impact on science and technology-related issues.
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(Xinhua/AFP). Trump has not even until now appointed a director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, a job that can link the science community and the Oval Office. The director can also help the president to work out a science strategy. "Since World War II, no American president has ...
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"Cured-in-place pipe or CIPP technology has been around for several decades," Najafi said. "Now, there is some new research showing that when you use steam to seal the repairs in these pipes, it emits styrene, a noxious fume. This project will elevate this new research and look at what's available in ...
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... and the president. The report is generally optimistic, finding significant funding for science and a strong return on that investment in terms of jobs and industries. But it does highlight how the global focus is shifting, with China and South Korea making massive investments in research and technology.
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The NIH is also responsible for distributing scientific grants, and the shutdown would likely affect them in the same ways as the NSF. However, the NIH also maintains a number of medical experiments and clinical trials, all of which will stay active during a shutdown and will be managed by a skeleton ...
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"This is not going to be just coding and software engineering. It's going be all assets and facets of the computer science and technology," he said. "This is an important investment for our future. The disruption of the marketplace, the expansion of that's taking place — we need to have people that have the ...
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Meanwhile, the ranks of tech talent within the administration have shrunk, with top positions like chief technology officer at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, left wide open. Senior advisor and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner did launch the so-called Office of American Innovation, but the ...
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