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In nationwide innovation battle, Baltimore area lags on patents
Dr. Luis Diaz is an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a researcher with patented findings and the co-founder of a small, fast-expanding company.
"We've grown from no employees to one employee to four employees and now we have 12,"...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Finance, Stanley Black, Colleges and Universities
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Don't worry about Baltimore's patent drought
As the economy continues to flounder, many cities are looking for ways to replicate Silicon Valley's financial success. When seeking to catch the magic of those biggest successes — Apple, Google and Facebook — the word "innovation" gets thrown...
Tags: Baltimore County, National Institutes of Health, Invention and Innovation, Chemical Industry, Google Inc.
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Saying farewell to Steven Muller, one of Baltimore's best
Steven Muller, the president of Johns Hopkins University from 1972-1990, died on Jan. 19. He was one of the giants of his era. I knew him well. I write to share three remarkable stories which reveal the character of this great man. 1. Steve was...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Invention and Innovation, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Electronics, Judaism
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St. Joseph loses $400,000 every day it can't bill Medicare
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center loses about $400,000 every day it's not certified by Medicare to collect payments from the federal health care program. The big question is how much that will ultimately cost the Towson hospital. Tens...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Government Health Care, Christianity, Medicare, Medicaid
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Raven research defies common wisdom on 'species'
As the Baltimore Ravens' march to victory in Super Bowl XLVII defied the common wisdom of the sports world, so, too, has an examination of the genetics of their winged namesakes in the western United States led one local biologist to evidence he says...
Tags: Baltimore County, Chemical Industry, Conservation, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities
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Balto. Co. wants to build regional park on Spring Grove tract
Baltimore County officials want to create a regional park on a piece of the Spring Grove Hospital Center campus in Catonsville, property that the University of Maryland, Baltimore County also has been eyeing to expand research facilities. County...
Tags: Catonsville, Baltimore County, Tom Quirk, Kevin Kamenetz, Hospitals and Clinics
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, Finance, Prescription Drugs, Credit and Debt, Employment Opportunities
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Research on gun violence is vital
People across the political spectrum acknowledge that no one knows exactly what policies or programs would substantially reduce individual gun deaths and mass killings. Without well-conducted research, we will never find out. As a physician, I applaud...
Tags: Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Dr. William Blake, UM School of Medicine professor
Dr. William Dewey Blake, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine professor who was chairman of the department of physiology, died of cancer Sunday at his Bath, Maine, home. The former Bolton Hill resident was 94.
Born in Summit, N.J., and...Tags: Teachers, Internists, New York City, Harvard Medical School, Medical Research
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Student's idea to aid the Chesapeake Bay nets $5,000 grant
Robert Prettyman walked along the uneven ground surrounding Anne Arundel Community College's resource management building and pointed to soil erosion, storm runoff and other evidence that the area is losing its battle against the elements. "You can see...Tags: Glen Burnie, Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, Ecosystems
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Maryland to fund offshore wind research
The O'Malley administration invited Maryland's colleges and universities on Monday to bid for $2 million in grants to research issues around developing an offshore wind energy project off Ocean City. The announcement by the Maryland Energy...
Tags: Annapolis, Government, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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Howard H. Seliger, Hopkins biology professor
Howard H. Seliger, a retired Johns Hopkins University biology professor who fulfilled a childhood fascination with fireflies by later investigating the science behind their light-making properties, died of coronary artery disease Dec. 20 at his Mount...Tags: Teachers, Health and Safety at School, New York City, Marine Science, Tuberculosis
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