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University of British Columbia

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Type: Organization

Name: University of British Columbia

Nationality: Canada

First reported 58 mins ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 1 reports

Reports from University of British Columbia Advance Knowledge in Medical Genetics

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- New research on Medical Genetics is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Vancouver, Canada, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Most persons with Down ... [Published NewsRX - 58 mins ago]

Entities: Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Down Syndrome, Wiley-Blackwell (publisher), Admission

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

New York University

Learn About Overfishing With This Interactive Web Aquarium

The human race has had a profound effect on the planet. Unfortunately, it hasn't always been positive. One of the overlooked issues we've caused is overfishing. By fishing too much, we have diminished the population of fish in a way that, according to ... [Published Mashable - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Interactive, New York University, American Association for the Advancement of Sci..., Telecommunication

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

University of California Berkeley

Password Strength Testers Work For Important Accounts

msm1267 writes "Many popular online services have started to deploy password strength meters, visual gauges that are often color-coded and indicate whether the password you've chosen is weak or strong based on the website's policy.See more: http://bl ... [Published Blodic.us - 16 hours ago]

Entities: University of California Berkeley, University of British Columbia, Microsoft Corporation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Fisheries Science, Conservation and Management

Assistant Professor at the Fisheries Centre, UBC (Vancouver)The Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in Fisheries Science, Conservation and Management. ... [Published Molecular Systems Biology - May 17 2013]

Entities: Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Species

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

University of British Columbia

Fish have been moving toward colder waters for four decades: study

The author of the study, William Cheung, considers marine animals move to cooler zones. (Photo Credit: University of British Columbia) Global fish stocks have been migrating towards cooler, deeper waters for the past four decades due to climate change. ... [Published Fish Information & Services - May 17 2013]

Entities: Species, William Cheung, University of British Columbia, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

New Genomics Data Have Been Reported by Researchers at University of British Columbia

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Business Week -- Researchers detail new data in Genomics. According to news reporting originating from Vancouver, Canada, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The microsporidian Encephalitozoon ... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

Entities: University of British Columbia, Genomics, intracellular, BusinessWeek, Genome

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Investigators from University of British Columbia Zero in on Social Science

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Vaccine Weekly -- Researchers detail new data in Social Science. According to news originating from Vancouver, Canada, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "A unique contribution of the fundamental ... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

Entities: University of British Columbia, Mechanic, Mortality, Vancouver, Vaccine

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Green vs. Brown: Election results speak volumes about B.C. priorities

Political experts say the bottom line of the provincial election was “green” versus “brown,” and the results speak volumes about the priorities of British Columbians.On Wednesday, a panel of election experts at the University of British Columbia analyzed ... [Published Metronews - May 16 2013]

Entities: Kathryn Harrison, Richard Johnston, Christy Clark, Elections

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Give Workers More Vacation--But Only if You Do This Too

| Inc. magazineIf you want to reward your people, time off will work better than more money. But you can't stop there.clippedConnect with Evernote:Please Login to Connect Your Account with EvernoteMoney can't buy love or, apparently, better job perfo ... [Published inc.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Workers, Evernote, The Boston Consulting Group, University of British Columbia

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Weak, Easy-to-Remember Passwords a Familiar Crutch for Users

Many popular online services have started to deploy password strength meters, visual gauges that are often color-coded and indicate whether the password you’ve chosen is weak or strong based on the website’s policy. The effectiveness of these meters ... [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - May 16 2013]

Entities: University of British Columbia, University of California Berkeley, Encumbrance, Microsoft Corporation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Fishy temperature proxy

From the University of British Columbia ‘Fish thermometer’ reveals long-standing, global impact of climate change Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according ... [Published Watts Up With That? - May 16 2013]

Entities: University of British Columbia, Global Warming/Climate Change, Species

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Manton/Fenneman

Janis Shiller is pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of her daughter, Erin Rebecca Manton, to James (Jamie) Daniel Arnold Fenneman. He is the son of David and Sally Fenneman. Erin is the granddaughter of Jean and the late Verdis Shiller ... [Published Pleasanton Express - May 16 2013]

Entities: Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Quotes

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "As survival among persons with DS continues to improve, these findings are likely to be useful for health care planning, although the potential utility may be different for different health care systems."

Reports from University of British Columbia Advance Knowledge in Medical Genetics [Published NewsRX - 58 mins ago]

...They had no positive effect on wellbeing at all and, if anything, the correlation was negative. "Online friends have zero or negative correlations with subjective wellbeing" they said

Real-life friendship makes more dollars, sense and wellbeing [Published WA Today - 2 hours ago]

Password Strength Testers Work For Important Accounts [Published Blodic.us - 16 hours ago]

...said Christensen, who presented the research findings at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in Washington. "By removing the large, predatory species from the ocean, small forage fish have been left to thrive."

Learn About Overfishing With This Interactive Web Aquarium [Published Mashable - 16 hours ago]

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Cognitive enhancement in the future: electric b... [Published SharpBrains - May 17 2013] Electrical Brain Stimulation Helps People Learn Math Faster (Wired): “…scientists stimulated volunteers’ brains with mild electric current while they learned new arithmetic operations based on made-up symbols. People who received brain stimulation ...
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Weak, Easy-to-Remember Passwords a Familiar Cru... [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - May 16 2013] Many popular online services have started to deploy password strength meters, visual gauges that are often color-coded and indicate whether the password you’ve chosen is weak or strong based on the website’s policy. The effectiveness of these meters ...
Fishy temperature proxy [Published Watts Up With That? - May 16 2013] From the University of British Columbia ‘Fish thermometer’ reveals long-standing, global impact of climate change Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according ...
May 16 News: Fish Are Fleeing Climate-Warmed Wa... [Published Think Progress - May 16 2013] (Credit: TANAKA Juuyoh/Flickr) For more than 30 years, ocean fish and mammals have migrated away from warming equatorial waters and toward the poles, providing more evidence climate change has already had broad global consequences. [ Washington Post ...

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