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Jeopardy! Winnings Spur IBM and Scripps Research Institute Collaboration to Fight Against Malaria

By Guest PostNovember 18, 2011Science, Technologyafrica, alex l perryman, asia, clean water techniques, critical to human health, drug resistant strains, economic distress, go fight against malaria, hiv, human competitors, ibm, jeopardy game, malaria, mike pique, multi drug resistant aids, plasmodium falciparum, renewable energy materials, ruth huey, sargis dallakyan, scripps research institute, south america, stefano forli, subhash sinha, supercomputer of the people, watson computing system, world community grid, world health organization

*Project to use 2 million PCs to crunch numbers, compress 100 years of research into just one*

LA JOLLA, CA and ARMONK, NY – IBM’s Watson computing system broke new ground earlier this year when it defeated two celebrated human competitors on the Jeopardy! game show. Now, The Scripps Research Institute is hoping to do something equally novel but more critical to human health with part of the prize money from that tournament: Find a cure for drug-resistant malaria. And it’s asking for the public’s help.

To that end, Scripps Research and IBM are encouraging anyone in the world with a personal computer to join World Community Grid, a sort of “supercomputer of the people” that will crunch numbers and perform simulations for “GO Fight Against Malaria”—the project that Scripps Research and IBM have launched at https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org. (more…)

UA Physician: Diet and Lifestyle Key to Preventing Diabetes

By Guest PostNovember 18, 2011Healthamericans, big benefits, breast cancer and aids, carbohydrate intake, craig stump, diabetes, dietary and physical activity, endocrine specialist, high caloric foods, highly processed carbohydrates, ice cream, obesity, pre diabetic, simple behavior changes, stamina, type 2 diabetes, university of arizona college of medicine tucson, weight loss, white bread, white noodles, white potatoes, white rice

*Dr. Craig Stump, interim director of the Diabetes Research Program at the UA College of Medicine–Tucson, suggests simple behavior changes that can add up to big benefits.*

Diabetes kills more people each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined, and 79 million Americans are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Diabetes Association. (more…)

Microsoft IT Academy Provides Critical Technology Skills and Changes the Life of One Young Student

By Guest PostNovember 18, 2011Technology21st century workplace, digital literacy, information technology, jennifer tyndall, Microsoft, microsoft certification tests, microsoft it academy, microsoft it academy classes, microsoft news center, microsoft office applications, microsoft onenote, miranda hill, mnc, north carolina student, software program, teacher, university of carolina at pembroke, with it skills

*Roundtable Q&A: North Carolina student Miranda Hill and former teacher Jennifer Tyndall discuss their experiences with the Microsoft IT Academy and winning recognition in a global competition.*

REDMOND, Wash. — The 21st-century workplace is driven by information technology, and in today’s competitive job market, employers are seeking candidates who can hit the ground running with IT skills in place.

The Microsoft IT Academy provides a complete IT education solution to help students gain the skills they need to be successful in college and career. The program helps drive employability, digital literacy and 21st-century workforce development for students. At the same time, educational institutions are provided with the structure for a program that has the instant recognition and credibility of the Microsoft brand. (more…)

Yale Engineers Invent Novel Way to Sort Microparticles – By Size

By Guest PostNovember 18, 2011Scienceayse rezzan kose, complex fluids based on size, concentrating synthetic microscopic, diagnostic, eric gershon, ferro-microfluidic cytometer, high-throughput cytometers, highly efficient technique for separating, hur koser, isolating rare liquid-borne pathogens, magnetic nanoparticles, microparticles into separate, monitoring tumor cells in bloodstreams, next-generation nanocytometer, pharmaceutical applications, rapidly assessing blood cell counts, rapidly isolate, rare bacteria for environmental testing, significant clinical, sorting, yale university

Engineers at Yale University have developed a new, highly efficient technique for separating, sorting, and concentrating synthetic microscopic particles within complex fluids based on size.

The new technique suggests the possibility of significant clinical, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical applications, such as isolating rare liquid-borne pathogens, monitoring tumor cells in bloodstreams, and rapidly assessing blood cell counts, for example. (more…)

NASA Probe Data Show Liquid Water Evidence on Europa

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2011Scienceatmosphere, body of liquid water, britney schmidt, chaos terrains, don blankenship, europa, galileo images, galileo spacecraft, global saltwater ocean, global subsurface, jovian system, jupiter, jupiter moon, mary voytek, nasa planetary mission, north american great lakes, potential habitat for life, solar system, space shuttle atlantis, university of texas

PASADENA, Calif. — Data from a NASA planetary mission have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water, equal in volume to the North American Great Lakes, beneath the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

The data suggest there is significant exchange between Europa’s icy shell and the ocean beneath. This information could bolster arguments that Europa’s global subsurface ocean represents a potential habitat for life elsewhere in our solar system. The findings are published in the scientific journal Nature. (more…)

W3C Announces First Draft of Standard for Online Privacy

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2011Technologyadobe systems, advertisers, alcatel lucent, aleecia m mcdonald, apple inc, bluecava, browser vendors, content providers, deutsche telekom ag, do not track, Facebook, individual privacy, leiden university, matthias schunter, mozilla foundation, print media, privacy on the web, search engines, social networking widgets, tracking protection working group, tv commercials, w3c, web business models, web site owners

*Do Not Track Approach Balances User Preferences with Personalized Web Experiences*

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – 17 Nov 2011: To address rising concerns about privacy on the Web, W3C has published two first drafts for standards that allow users to express preferences about online tracking:

Tracking Preference Expression (DNT), which defines mechanisms for users to express cross-site tracking preferences and for sites to indicate whether they honor these preferences.
Tracking Compliance and Scope, which defines the meaning of a “Do Not Track” preference and sets out practices for websites to comply with this preference.

These documents are the early work of a broad set of stakeholders in the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group, including browser vendors, content providers, advertisers, search engines, and experts in policy, privacy, and consumer protection. W3C invites review of these early drafts, which are starting points of work to come. W3C expects them to become standards by mid-2012. (more…)

Gamburtsev Mountains Enigma Unraveled in Interior East Antarctica

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2011Nature, Scienceantarctic rift system, east antarctic, east antarctic rift, gamburtsev high elevation, gamburtsev subglacial mountains, gamburtsevs, ice penetrating radars, ice sheet

The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet – a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 – is finally solved. The remarkably long geological history explains the formation of the mountain range in the least explored frontier on Earth and where the Antarctic Ice Sheet first formed. The findings are published this week in the journal Nature. (more…)

Statistical Models Inspired from Facebook could help endangered Animals, UF Researchers say

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2011Scienceendangered animals, habitat movement, habitat restoration, invasive species, statistical models

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some endangered animals may live in smaller habitats than scientists realize, leading to inflated estimates of their ability to survive, according to a new University of Florida study. (more…)

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