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December 2011
| Dr. Aleksei Gershun receives ASTM's Award of Merit. published: December 07, 2011 |
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| December
7, 2011 - Committee D15 on Engine Coolants has presented Aleksei
Gershun, Ph.D., technical fellow at Prestone Products Corp. with Award
of Merit, ASTM's highest organizational recognition for individual
contributions to standards activities. A member of ASTM since 1996,
Gershun has authored or co-authored several engine coolant articles
published as ASTM Special Technical Papers. He has 20+ years of
experience in research, manufacturing, and distribution of coolants,
lubricants, and lubricant additives.
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| Top Cyber Scientist Dr. Erik Mettala Joins eCrypt's Board of Directors published: December 07, 2011 |
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| BOULDER,
COLORADO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/07/11 -- Email security leader eCrypt
Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:ECRY) welcomes Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dr.
Erik Mettala to their Board of Directors.
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| Parish Tots Win Awards For ‘Bots published: December, 2011 |
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| Congrats
are in order for Parish Episcopal’s sixth-grade team of Kelly Autrey,
Matthew Bransky, Anderson Corley, Charles Finch, Nathan Liddell, and
Bailey Robinson. The bunch won first place this weekend at the FIRST
LEGO League competition at St. Phillips School and Community Center.
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| Nanobots: Where Science Fiction Meets Medicine published: December, 2011 |
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| Robots
conjure up thoughts of C3PO, or the “Lost in Space” machine warning
“Danger, Will Robinson!”—or maybe that Roomba buzzing around your living
room. In terms of cutting-edge health care, however, think smaller:
nanobots. At one micron in diameter, they are tiny—for comparison, a
human hair is about 100 microns in diameter—but their potential in
health care is limited only by imagination.to track how cancerous cells
damaged by radiation work to repair themselves.
UTA has announced it plans begin offering a bachelor of science degree
in biomedical engineering. Visit uta.edu. full story |
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