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In Memoriam: Robert A. Ludwig (1948-2015) - University News & Events - UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz
Following his undergraduate education in chemistry at the University of Michigan, he did his graduate studies in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, where he pursued his doctoral research with Bill Summers on regulation of ...
Hall Fletcher Elementary moves forward with year-round school | Mountain Xpress - Mountain Xpress
Mountain Xpress
Still, year-round school is more common in the South than in any other region of the country, according to a 2014 report by the Congressional Research Service. Several Henderson County elementary schools go year-round, and the Wake County School System ...
Columbine Shooter's Mother Sue Klebold to Hold 1st TV Interview - ABC News - ABC News
ABC News
ABC News
Sue Klebold's book proceeds will go toward research and to charitable foundations focusing on mental health issues. After the Columbine massacre, parents, mental health experts and law enforcement agencies clamored to ... Journals kept by Klebold, who ...
Quality runs deep in Solon schools - Cleveland Jewish News: Special Sections - Cleveland Jewish News
Cleveland Jewish News
Cleveland Jewish News
Solon teachers have worked hard to align our Solon curriculum to the new rigorous academic content standards while simultaneously embracing and implementing research-based best teaching practices in their classrooms. The roots of a quality ...
Cheminformatics: Computing target complexity : Nature Chemistry : Nature ... - Nature.com
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Nature.com
Pharmaceutical research and development, for example, requires the rapid synthesis of new drug candidates for testing. De novo design systems can relatively easily produce a virtual library of structures, but real ... It was recognized that this task ...
Cheminformatics: Computing target complexity : Nature Chemistry : Nature ... - Nature.com
Nature.com
Nature.com
Pharmaceutical research and development, for example, requires the rapid synthesis of new drug candidates for testing. ... The reasons for this are manifold, among them: the complexity of the task, unfamiliarity of organic chemists with computers in ...
Humans are underrated - Fortune
Fortune
Fortune
Hubert Dreyfus of MIT, in a 1972 book called What Computers Can't Do, saw little hope that computers could make significant further progress in playing chess beyond the mediocre level then achieved, but IBM's IBM -1.22% Deep Blue beat world champion ...
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Humans are underrated - Fortune
Fortune
Fortune
But researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are training a robot to identify and cut away cancerous tissue—not like today's surgical robots, which are actually tools used by human surgeons, but entirely on its own. ... Hubert Dreyfus ...
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The world's most charismatic mathematician | Siobhan Roberts | Science | The ... - The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian
While there may seem little method to this madness, curiosity-driven research is attracting renewed attention and support as a strategy for success in the sciences, both pure and applied, and economically for society as a whole. At the first National ...
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How a Kiwi Beat the French at Their Own Game—of Scrabble - The Daily Beast - Daily Beast
Daily Beast
Daily Beast
But Richards' latest victory proves the opposite is true, and echoes new research on the neuroscience of Scrabble published in April, 2015 in the journal Cortex. People have long speculated that Scrabble competitors, much like Chess players, are ...
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D.C. community calendar, July 23-30, 2015 - The Washington Post - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess for kids Master chess instructor guides you from learning the basics to advancing your level of skill. Thursdays at 5 p.m. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut ... Mars day Celebrate the red planet with educational and family activities, see ...
Plants are eavesdropping, says UC Davis scientist - Central Valley Business Times - Central Valley Business Times
Central Valley Business Times
“A vibrant area of current research with still plenty more to discover”. Richard Karban (UC Davis photo). That ficus tree in the pot near your cubicle isn't there just to show its leaves. Turns out the thing may be eavesdropping. Plants eavesdrop ...
Joseph Shaffer: 1928-2015; UT faculty member was a pioneer in treating sleep ... - Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
Recruited to UT in 1966, Mr. Shaffer first made local headlines as Toledo's only rated chess master and later a state chess champion. His research and his reading led him to realize that people could be helped with what he called “sleep-wake disorders ...
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Joseph Shaffer: 1928-2015; UT faculty member was a pioneer in treating sleep ... - Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade
Recruited to UT in 1966, Mr. Shaffer first made local headlines as Toledo's only rated chess master and later a state chess champion. His research and his reading led him to realize that people could be helped with what he called “sleep-wake disorders ...
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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...
Chinese movie draws fire as a copycat of Pixar's Cars | Stuff.co.nz - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz
As far back as 2006, a movie called The Chess King was accused of ripping off Japanese anime titles. Chinese authorities see animation as an area of film production where the country might be able to compete ... According to data compiled by government ...
Stop this Iran deal, get a better one - Jewish Journal
Jewish Journal
Jewish Journal
First, the deal does not require Iran to dismantle its enrichment infrastructure, permits Iran to continue research and development on its most advanced centrifuges, and largely expires after 10 years. Iran can simply wait a decade, ... Iranians ...
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High-achieving Eastside students honored with $10,000 scholarships | The ... - The Eastsider LA
The Eastsider LA
The Eastsider LA
At Downtown Magnet High School in LA, he founded the Chess Club, participated in the YMCA Youth and Government Club, and ran two marathons as part of Students Run Los Angeles. ... He will attend Yale and study chemistry for a career in research.
Japan has just won the World Cup—of robot soccer - Quartz - Quartz
Quartz
Quartz
The aim of the competition is to “promote robotics and AI research” using the world's most popular sport, according to the organizers' website. RoboCup also hopes to produce a team of autonomous robots that could beat a World ... But the organizers are ...
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati to speak at Newton CRC | Newton Daily News - Newton Daily News
Newton Daily News
In 1996, he returned to Australia to accept a position as a research scientist and editorial consultant for Creation Ministries International. He was ... He is a former New Zealand Chess Champion and represented New Zealand in three Chess Olympiads.