Sentences with phrase «middle ages technology»

In Britain, we have an Energy Minister who believes that nuclear fuel is outdated and wants us to revert to the middle ages technology of windmills (please don't call them turbines — they are certainly not).

He looks like a King from some fictional land that still uses middle ages technology to fight wars.

Not exact matches

A staggering amount of wholesale change is happening — from unprecedented and widespread aging to rampant urbanization and growth in a global middle class to an eastward shift in economic power and a growing number of disruptive technologies.»

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

As a new technology, it is picked up by the young quicker than the middle - aged.

The contenders for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election may appear to be a fairly uniform group of middle - aged white conservatives, but when it comes to issues of science, technology and overall geek cred, none of these candidates is cut from the same cloth.

Rather than Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, a middle - aged male Ph.D. toiling at a large U.S. firm — and perhaps born abroad — is more likely to be behind the next big thing, conclude researchers from George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington, D.C. — based think tank.

Two years ago, while investigating the effect of immune genes on longevity, molecular geneticist Ted Brummel of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, Seymour Benzer of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and their colleagues found that middle - aged fruit flies turned up the expression of an antibacterial gene just as they began to die off more frequently.

We tentatively associate this assemblage with the Middle Palaeolithic on the basis of the age of the technology and the recovery of two Levallois flakes.

Tu also received numerous awards nationally which include «Award for Progress in Anti-malarial Research Achieved by Project 523 Scientific Team» honored by China National Congress of Science and Technology (1978); «National Scientific Discovery Award» for Anti-malaria Drug - Qinghaosu by the China Ministry of Science and Technology (1979); «Invention Award» (as the first inventor) by China National Congress for Awards in Science and Technology (1982); «Award of Young and Middle - aged Experts with Outstanding Contribution» by the Chinese Government (1984); «The Top Honorary Award» by China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1992); «The Top Ten National Achievements for Progress in Science and Technology» by China National Committee of Science and Technology (1992); «First - Class Award of National Achievements in Science and Technology» by China National Award Committee for Advances in Science and Technology (1992); «National Model» by China State Council (1995); «Award for Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Chinese Medicine» by Guangzhou Zhongjing Award Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine (1995); «Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award» by Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation of Hong Kong (1996); «Top Ten Health Achievements in New China» by China Ministry of Health (1997); «Female Inventor of the New Century» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2002); «Golden Medal of the 14th National Invention Exhibition» by China National Bureau of Intellectual Property (2003); «Award for Development of Chinese Materia Medica» by Cyrus Chung Ying Tang Foundation, (2009).

From adulterous middle - aged marrieds to millennials who say only freaks chat up people in bars, millions of Americans are finding love online as technology corners the market in romance.

Speaking of lip service, the film offers a glimmer of hope that it might address real - life issues by referencing the job crisis faced by technology - challenged middle - aged people, and then later acknowledging the often bleak prospects even for the brightest and most ambitious college graduates in today's job market.

Recent discoveries and a breakthrough in technology will introduce new and unique dinosaurs that are more real than ever before and put moviegoers in the middle of a thrilling prehistoric adventure, where an underdog dinosaur triumphs against all odds to become a hero for the ages.

Critical student needs: How technology can support math learning Based on conversations with with a diverse group of educators and edtech decision - makers, we believe that technology is especially well poised to create an impact on middle and high school math by making learning accessible to students of all abilities and cultural backgrounds, providing age - appropriate scaffolding for underdeveloped foundational concepts, enabling rich social interactions with peers and teachers, encouraging growth mindset, metacognition and agency, and creating opportunities to apply knowledge to real - world challenges.

A recent study by University of California, Dominguez Hills, of middle school, high school, and university age students, «found that the average student studied for fewer than six minutes before switching tasks, often distracted by technology including social media or texting.»

Those middling power figures reflect the age of this technology, in an era in which sport luxury competitors are pushing direct injection and other efficiency technology.

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Although we now have the technology to offer the vitrification of ova as opposed to cryopreserving embryos, many Canadian clinics still prefer the cryopreservation of embryos, which I frequently see leaving the woman (in the case of a heterosexual couple reaching middle age), or the non-bio half of the couple (in the case of a lesbian or gay couple), completely out of luck.

But outsourcing relationships frequently coast into middle age where the services and the technology become stale and outdated and whatever proposals the service provider delivers no longer address customer concerns or delight the customer.

HomeKit itself, while a good idea in theory, is marred by Apple being the middle - aged dad of technology.

I'm not going to categorically state that the Porsche Design Mate 9 is for a certain kind of rich, middle - aged man who probably doesn't know any better when it comes to technology, but if you said that I wouldn't necessarily disagree with you.