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| Advanced computer vision
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| $2.1M for 'green energy' research
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| Elder care and job security
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| Play's the thing
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| Chemist named Guggenheim Fellow
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| 'Re-greening' would create jobs
Using stimulus funds to 're-green' communities would create jobs and a healthier environment for future generations, according to a piece co-authored by Environmental Studies Director Eric Strauss, science advisor for the Urban Ecology Institute. CNN |
| Superconductivity mystery solved
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| Anatomy of an idea
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Retirement research in the news
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Inspired by behavior of the human eye, BC computer scientists Hao Jiang and Stella X. Yu have developed a technique that lets computers see objects as fleeting as a butterfly faster and more accurately. 
Prof. Zhifeng Ren and Asst. Prof. Cyril Opeil, SJ, have been awarded $2.1 million in 'green energy' funding. 
Employees providing elder care say they have significantly less access to flexible work options, according to a study by BC's Sloan Center on Aging & Work. 
Research of early human adaptation by Psychology Prof. Peter Gray shows 'free play' - distinct from organized, competitive play - is highly important to human social development. 
Chemistry Prof. Udayan Mohanty has won a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship for his theoretical studies of rare chemical reactions. 
An international research team led by Physics Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan has unraveled one of the mysteries surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. 
No one with an open mind can come away from 'The Future of Liberalism' - the latest book by Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe - treating 'liberal' as a term of abuse, according to a review in 
The Center for Retirement Research and its director Alicia Munnell are cited on various aspects of retirement in America, by the