NIH Advisory Group Recommends Changes for Biomedical Research Workforce :: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) should make changes to workforce policies in order to promote the long-term sustainability of the biomedical research workforce, according to a new report by a government advisory group. NIH must address the increasing completion time for graduate degrees, low postdoctoral pay, and declining proportion of young researchers who obtain tenure-track positions.
The report by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director considered the future of the nation’s biomedical research workforce. The goal of the study was to ensure “future US competitiveness and innovation in biomedical research by creating pathways through undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral training” that attract and retain the best scientists and prepare...
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Life lessons from Marissa Mayer :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/aZjm5YCwXn8/index.html
Want to get teens interested in math and science? Target their parents :: (Association for Psychological Science) Increasing the number of students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math - the STEM disciplines - is vital to national competitiveness in the global economy and to the development of a strong workforce. But the pipeline leading toward STEM careers begins leaking in high school, when students choose not to take advanced STEM courses. Now a new study goes beyond the classroom to examine the unique role that parents can play in promoting students' STEM motivation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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France to 'return to recession' :: France's economy will fall back into recession this quarter, the country's central bank predicts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19177381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Germany's exports decline in June :: Germany's exports fell in June, especially those going to fellow eurozone countries, as the region's debt crisis continued to have a negative impact.
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China Platform for Rare Earths Unveiled :: China has formally unveiled on Wednesday a physical trading platform for rare earth metals.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371487/20120808/rare-earths-china-platform.htm
Australia's Shortage of Skilled Manpower Dropping – Fortescue :: The shortage of skilled manpower in Australia's iron ore sector has been seen to improve.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371486/20120808/jobs-manpower-iron-ore-australia.htm
Indian Power Producer To Undergo $1 Billion Bond Sale To Help Arrest Power Crisis :: India's largest power producer, NTPC Ltd., (NTPC), will be carrying this month an international $1 billion bond sale to help support the company's capacity expansion plans in light of the electricity crisis that hit country last week.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371485/20120808/coal-power-electricity-india.htm
Qantas Implements Handbook, Computer Updates to Bolster Flight Safety :: Qantas Airways has implemented flight manual and software updates that govern standard operational procedures on its real-time cockpit environment, which the national carrier said were moves meant to eliminate "process errors.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/371483/20120808/qantas-implements-handbook-computer-updates-bolster-flight.htm
Shares suspended in cashmere firm :: Shares in cashmere producer Dawson International are suspended from trading on the stock exchange pending an announcement.
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Standard Chartered shares rebound :: Shares of scandal-hit Standard Chartered rebound, showing signs of recovery after their steepest one-day decline in decades.
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Weak prices hit Rio Tinto profits :: The world's second-biggest mining group, Rio Tinto, blames weaker commodity prices for a 22% drop in half-year net profits.
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MGM Resorts CEO: Vegas boom :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/k_QAzEG10tU/
Dominicans' used clothes war :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Rx8qbDVkReM/
Millennials: Jelly entrepreneurs :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Y3ta8LdLvDQ/
Realtime gets $100M to create a real-time overlay for the web :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/IOzhQ6wB2FQ/
Pressure on Monti to say 'no bailout' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FSPwWkJFnCI/index.html
China cuts rare earth mines by 20% :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zLJ3qYD8ppY/index.html
What reforms? China's bad stock run :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1APB_HKIay4/index.html
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