http://www.fillnews.com/ ru Science & Education - fillNews.com DataLife Engine http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/207-successful-scientific-breakthrough-in-diagnosing.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/207-successful-scientific-breakthrough-in-diagnosing.html According to the last scientific repots, the problem of diagnostics of dangerous disease as SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) is partly solved. The group of US geneticists made the statement where they declared about the new research that helps to identify the most widespread genetic diseases as SMA in a laboratory environment. Such wonderful opportunity appeared after discovering the new way of receiving the large number of affected cells. As the popular scientific journal Nature informs, the scientists were using during this research the skin cells of a little child who had ...]]> admin Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:23:28 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/202-representatives-of-montgomery-county-public.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/202-representatives-of-montgomery-county-public.html Recently the official representative of Montgomery county public schools (MCPS) and the President of the Montgomery County Board of Education Shirley Brandman and the Vice President of the Board and Chair of the Policy Committee Patricia O’Neill made a statement aiming to falsify the information of Washington Post article entitled “Montgomery Erasing Gifted Label”. According to this statement, the Washington Post article “Montgomery Erasing Gifted Label” gives its readers an impression that Montgomery County Board of Education has already stopped to ...]]> admin Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:14:36 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/201-the-ccsd-representatives-are-going-to-close-2.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/201-the-ccsd-representatives-are-going-to-close-2.html The parents of the kids attending 2 rural schools - Goodsprings and Mount Charleston Elementary Schools – are disturbed because CCSD (Clark County School District) representatives informed about their intention to close these small schools. According to CCSD officials’ statement they are going to save money for other schools of this district in such way. But the parents are not agree with such decision of local authorities and intend to protest against the closure of the schools. As parents told in the interview to...
]]> admin Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:14:36 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/189-obama-chose-arne-duncan-as-u.s.-secretary-of.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/189-obama-chose-arne-duncan-as-u.s.-secretary-of.html Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Schools, was chosen by the new president Barack Obama for the post of U.S. Secretary of Education. Mr. Duncan is also known thanks to the number of his exemplary schools, like the Dodge Renaissance Academy where he was tapped at. We want to remind to you that the academy was the first from the list of failing schools that Mr. Duncan closed and then reopened achieving the success in such way ...
]]> admin Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:20:17 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/181-mcps-montgomery-county-public-schools-will-be.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/181-mcps-montgomery-county-public-schools-will-be.html This Tuesday the BOE (Board of Education) of Montgomery County decided to make an official statement concerning the closing of all MCPS (Montgomery County Public Schools) on Inauguration Day (the 20th of January, 2009) when the new president of The United States of America will be inaugurated. Besides this date the resolution, proposed by Christopher Barclay (the member of BOE) on the 18th of November, implies the decision of cancelling school classes on all the future Inauguration Days. This means that the students of MCPS will have an official day-off...]]> AlexB Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:02:50 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/169-the-phenomenon-of-parthenogenesis-will-substitute.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/169-the-phenomenon-of-parthenogenesis-will-substitute.html The sensational scientific breakthrough was made recently by US scientists when they confirmed the fact that the second case of unblemished conception among sharks has happened. Few facts about the first registered case of 2007 - a female representative of hammer-headed sharks turned to be impregnate without any influence from the human side and without interference of a male shark. We want to remind to you that this biological miracle happened in the zoo of Omaha, state Nebraska. Now it is the approved fact that the first pregnant shark bore a shark calf. So it was the first example of the so-called virgin birth.]]> AlexB Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:05:27 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/144-gregoire-orders-colleges-to-trim-their-budgets.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/144-gregoire-orders-colleges-to-trim-their-budgets.html AlexB Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:13:21 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/118-bergeson-reflects-on-tenure.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/118-bergeson-reflects-on-tenure.html Outgoing state schools chief Terry Bergeson reflected on her 12 years in office in her final "state of education" speech Friday morning.]]> AlexB Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:17:52 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/117-uw-wsu-presidents-forgo-raises.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/117-uw-wsu-presidents-forgo-raises.html The presidents of the University of Washington and Washington State University decline pay raises this year -- and one asked for a pay cut.]]> AlexB Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:17:52 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/116-cheerleaders-parents-sue-in-nude-photos-incident.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/116-cheerleaders-parents-sue-in-nude-photos-incident.html Parents of two Bothell High School cheerleaders have sued the Northshore School District, alleging school officials erred when they suspended the girls from the team this year after nude photos of them circulated through the student body.]]> AlexB Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:17:52 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/65-red-planet-alert-massive-subsurface-glaciers.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/65-red-planet-alert-massive-subsurface-glaciers.html The more we learn about Mars, it seems, the icier the Red Planet appears to be. The recently departed Phoenix lander dug up water ice and even spotted falling snow from its position in the northern polar plains. And now data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter point to vast glaciers buried beneath thin layers of crustal debris, much closer to the equator.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:59 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/63-microsoft-changes-direction-will-offer-free.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/63-microsoft-changes-direction-will-offer-free.html Microsoft is changing its tune on computer security, two years after its much-heralded foray into the security space turned out to be less than spectacular. Instead of charging customers $50 per year for its Windows Live OneCare subscription security service, Microsoft says that beginning June 30 it will instead offer free software code-named "Morro," designed to seek and destroy viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/62-a-cut-above-ultrapowerful-laser-offers-greater.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/62-a-cut-above-ultrapowerful-laser-offers-greater.html Most lasers rely on continuous waves of energy to generate heat that allows doctors to make cuts during surgery, computers to burn information onto CDs and DVDs, and scanners to read bar codes. But a newer type of laser promises to do all of these things more efficiently using quick, short blasts of energy. This pulsed-laser technology has been around since the 1980s but high cost has kept it from becoming widely used.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/61-100-years-ago-engineering-a-city.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/61-100-years-ago-engineering-a-city.html DECEMBER 1958EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR-- But is it not possible that beneath all the variations of individual behavior there lies an inner structure of inherited behavior which characterizes all the members of a given species, genus or larger taxonomic group--just as the skeleton of a primordial ancestor characterizes the form and structure of all mammals today]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/60-ex-teachers-ties-to-teen-girl-queried.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/60-ex-teachers-ties-to-teen-girl-queried.html Bellevue police are investigating whether a former parochial-school teacher had sex with a student during a relationship he acknowledged had "crossed" professional lines, according to search warrant filed in King County Superior Court.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/59-school-project-offers-a-backpack-filled-with-hope.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/59-school-project-offers-a-backpack-filled-with-hope.html Every Friday afternoon at Renton's Lakeridge Elementary School, six students stop at the school's office, pick up backpacks and head for home. We see kids toting backpacks, but for them it's a lifeline.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/58-uw-has-overenrollment-of-1100-students.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/58-uw-has-overenrollment-of-1100-students.html The University of Washington is overenrolled by about 1,100 students, and officials say the recent economic downturn most likely has a lot to do with that.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/57-attempted-rape-reported-at-franklin-high-school.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/57-attempted-rape-reported-at-franklin-high-school.html A Franklin High School student reported an attempted rape to school officials Tuesday afternoon, and Seattle police are investigating.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/56-state-deficit-hits-colleges.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/56-state-deficit-hits-colleges.html The University of Washington could ask lawmakers to remove a cap on tuition increases and community colleges may be forced to lay off faculty and turn students away because of anticipated funding cuts as high as 20 percent.]]> AlexB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:01:58 +0100 http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/8-universities-try-new-grading-plan.html http://www.fillnews.com/science-education/8-universities-try-new-grading-plan.html Universities are to try out a more detailed way of recording student achievement - which aims to supplement the current grading system. A total of 18 UK universities are to test the new Higher Education Achievement Report. This will show more information about students' performance in individual modules and assessments. The pilot scheme will run alongside the current system of classifying degrees as first, second and third class ...

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