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Canada’s Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University here plans to offer its world class courses to Indian students and forge tie-ups with Indian universities. Currently Indian origin students account for about 10 percent of the enrolment at the Ted Rogers School of Management, which is Canada’s largest undergraduate management school and sits right [...]
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Fern Evolution Gives Arsenic Tolerance That May Clean Toxic Land
Posted by mrudula on June 15th, 2010
Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, Purdue University researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up soils and waters contaminated by the toxic metal.The fern Pteris vittata can tolerate 100 to 1,000 times more arsenic than other plants. Jody Banks, a [...]
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Tags: Biology, Gene, Genetics, Jody Banks, National Science Foundation., Plant Cell, Pteris, Purdue University 
2 Comments »Online education to play a big role in the teaching process
Posted by mrudula on June 8th, 2010
If your child is bitten by the online bug, it could be the starting point for a modern approach to learning. With the fatigue factor rising due to lengthy commutes and multiple subjects, students are gradually discarding traditional ‘brick and mortar’ tutorials. Online learning is popular abroad because it allows students to explore and tap [...]
New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs
Posted by mrudula on June 2nd, 2010
New Centerstone center to offer training for health care jobs:Centerstone, the state’s largest provider of community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment services, has launched a new center to train people for jobs in health care. Starting July 1, the Centerstone Career Resource Center will operate from offices in Tullahoma and Columbia, Tenn. The center [...]
Semester system rejected for Science courses at DU
Posted by mrudula on May 27th, 2010
Science teachers at the Delhi University (DU) have decided to follow the English and Mathematics departments in refusing to teach the new course module introduced with approval from the Academic Council under the new semester system. A General Body meeting took place on Wednesday which was attended by around 350 teachers of DU from various [...]
