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- Smiths Detection to Launch a Portable Diagnostic System for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Avian Flu
- BOSTON -- Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces it is to launch a portable detection system that will enable veterinarians to carry out on-site diagnosis of animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth and avian flu. This new technology means vets will be able to diagnose...
- Research articles 2007-10-13
- A Science Posse
- Brandeis University chemist Irving Epstein was recently awarded a fouryear, $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to encourage more minorities to study science and medicine. Epstein's plan is based on a successful Posse Foundation program that has been providing groups of inner-city students with full-scholarships to Brandeis,...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Out of aphasia a poet emerges.(Brief article)
- On Feb. 22, I spoke extempotraneously to 30 budding speech-language pathologists at the Massachusetts General Hospital-Institute of Health Professions, Boston. I composed this poem to honor this vital profession. I recalled my stroke as "Round One." My efforts were devoted to "finding another voice" and my...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- A waste of time?
- A Newton, Massachusetts, head librarian demanded the FBI obtain a warrant before searching the public library's computers to track down a threat e-mailed to Brandeis University, reports The Boston Globe. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan criticized the decision. "Getting a warrant is very time-consuming," said Sullivan. "You have to collect...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Parrot Becomes the First Bird to Comprehend Zero
- WALTHAM, Massachusetts ENS — --> A Brandeis University researcher has shown that an African grey parrot with brain the size of a walnut understands a numerical concept akin to zero – an abstract notion that most humans do not understand until age three or four, and that can challenge learning...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Stratasys Rapid Prototyping System Used in Brandeis University's Evolution Project
- Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 18, 2000 Stratasys announced that its rapid prototyping system was used by Brandeis University scientists when they recently programmed a computer to follow the laws of evolution and design a basic robot. After the program allowed the robot design to evolve through 600...
- Research articles 2000-10-18
- Stratasys Rapid Prototyping System Used in Brandeis University's Evolution Project
- Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 18, 2000 Stratasys announced that its rapid prototyping system was used by Brandeis University scientists when they recently programmed a computer to follow the laws of evolution and design a basic robot. After the program allowed the robot design to evolve through 600...
- Research articles 2000-10-19
- Technology (research).
- A computer programmed to follow the rules of evolution has for the first time designed and manufactured simple, mobile robots, the Associated Press reported August 50. Brandeis University computer scientists Jordan Pollack and Hod Lipson in Waltham, Massachusetts, programmed a computer to use bars, actuators, ball...
- Research articles 2000-10-09
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- Cutting Back Without Layoffs
- Is there a way to downsize costs but still keep morale up? Yes, says Matt Richtel in the New York Times. Richtel recently wrote about how many companies are seeking alternatives to layoffs -- basically by cutting labor costs but hanging on to the labor. Instead of...
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
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