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Pell grants do and don't lead to increases in higher education tuition
03-06-2007 · EurekAlert!A comprehensive University of Oregon study of tuition patterns over eight years at 1,554 U.S. colleges and universities has found evidence both for and against claims that increases in the amounts of federal Pell grants drive up the cost of higher education.
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- Not finishing high school may lead to memory problems
10-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
People who don't finish high school are at a higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease compared to people with more education, regardless of lifestyle choices and characteristics such as income, occupation, physical activity and smoking, according to a study published in the Oct. 2, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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- Hybrid school buses hit the road; Iowa State researchers test their performance
01-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education helped the Nevada and Sigourney school districts put two of the country's first hybrid school buses on the road this month. The buses use an electric motor at street speeds; their V-8 diesel engines kick in at higher speeds. Iowa State researchers will study and evaluate the buses' performance over three years.
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- Fuel cell development bolstered by ORNL, Julich agreement
07-10-2007 · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
An agreement between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Research Centre Julich in Germany could ultimately lead to lower cost, higher performance fuel cells for transportation and portable power applications.
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- Member of School for Health team made National Teaching Fellow
07-02-2007 · University of Bath
The Higher Education Academy has selected Tim Bilham from the School for Health as one of fifty National Teaching Fellows for 2007.
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- Local schools invited to find out about foundation degrees
09-03-2007 · University of Bath
Local teachers and careers staff can find out about vocationally-focused higher education on offer in the region, in an event organised by the University of Bath in Swindon on Thursday 13 September.
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- £1.2 million grant could lead to “designer” drugs
07-03-2007 · University of Bath
Scientists from the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology at the University of Bath have been awarded £1.2 million to help better understand how the cells in our body communicate using “molecular messengers”.
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- MIT a winner in inaugural climate change grants
07-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced today that it awarded the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) a $500,000 grant for a project analyzing policies relevant to U.S. climate policy design.
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- Leaders at MIT explore 'enertech' future
12-15-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts governor-elect Deval Patrick joined more than 80 representatives of industry, finance, government, higher education and nonprofits from around the region at the first Massachusetts Energy Summit at MIT Dec. 13.
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- Less education may lead to delayed awareness of Alzheimer's onset
01-23-2008 · EurekAlert!
A review of epidemiological data has found evidence that people who spend fewer years in school may experience a slight but statistically significant delay in the realization that they're having cognitive problems that could be Alzheimer's disease.
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- Higher doses of radiation for prostate cancer do not decrease sexual function
10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
Recent advances in the delivery of radiation therapy for prostate cancer are fueling a new trend of providing higher radiation doses over shorter periods of time. But does the daily increase in radiation lead to more sexual dysfunction than the conventional dose? New research by physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center says it does not.
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