Press Releases by Category Science & Education
NANOANDMORE USA, INC. ANNOUNCES AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT WITH BIOFORCE NAN …
Success of Sales by NanoAndMore GmbH led to Signing
Lady’s Island, SC, June 2, 2008 – NanoAndMore USA, Inc. the North and South American distribution arm of NanoWorld Holding, AG, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for the US market with BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: BFNH), a producer of integrated biological and mechanical systems for life science researchers at the micro and nano scales.…
Dinosaurs! Exhibition opens June 13th at MOSI Tampa Bay, FL
Gigantic dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago, and are now making a comeback. DINOSAURS! The Exhibition will debut at MOSI on Friday, June 13! The exhibition travels back in time to the Mesozoic era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
The 5,000-square-foot exhibit will give visitors an up-close view of ten robotic dinosaurs. Gaze at the Pteranodon–a huge flying reptile with a 23-foot wingspread–soaring high overhead. See the giant animatronic…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases SimGlycan 2.51, with Glycopeptide Analysi …
Palo Alto, California – (30th April), PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the release of a new version of its innovative MS/MS data analysis tool, SimGlycan. With this release, SimGlycan can now analyze glycopeptides in addition to released glycans.
SimGlycan matches the MS/MS spectra with its own comprehensive, robust and annotated database to predict the structure of glycans. It generates a list of all the probable glycans that are close to the…
'Pico de Gallo' Performance Earns Standing Ovation in Yakima
May 28, 2008 – Yakima, WA – Television personality Jade Esteban Estrada earned a standing ovation for his performance of “Pico de Gallo” on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Seasons Music Hall in Yakima, Washington. The show was presented by Yakima Valley Community College as part of their annual Diversity Series: Challenging Our Thinking. The bilingual performance was followed by a audience discussion with the artist.
“I loved Jade Esteban Estrada’s…
Eagle Gate College Announces New Campus President
Layton, Utah – May 28, 2008 – The Eagle Gate College Group, offering accredited Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree and diploma programs in the fields of healthcare, business, criminal justice and health and wellness, today announced the appointment of Karen Smith as the new president of Eagle Gate College Layton Campus.
“Ms. Smith emerged from an outstanding and highly qualified field of finalists,” said Dan Inman, Eagle Gate College Chief Operating…
SALAD & SALMONELLA - FOOD POISONING AS A SIDE DISH
Salmonella can also infect plant cells and successfully evade all the defence mechanisms of plants. As a result, cleaning the surfaces of raw fruits and vegetables, e.g. by washing, is not sufficient to protect against food poisoning. This surprising discovery, made during a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, has been published today. The results of the project are based on a model plant, which also represents the…
Literature Release: Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen
Copperhill Media announces the release of \"Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen\" by Olaf Pfeiffer, Andrew Ayre, and Christian Keydel.
CAN (Controller Area Network) is a serial communication protocol that was originally developed for the automobile industry. CAN is far superior to conventional serial technologies such as RS232 in regards to functionality and reliability and yet CAN implementations are more cost effective.
CANopen, a higher layer protocol based on CAN, provides the…
BeeQuu Award Spring 2008 - Final round of submissions
The submission phase of BeeQuu.com's innovation award gets into the final round. From Monday, 26th of May on there is only 1 week remaining to submit innovations or ideas that will be part of the award voting.
The BeeQuu.com award intends to honour the best invention or idea of spring 2008. Every member of the BeeQuu.com community can propose its or another user's invention or idea for the award.
After the submission…
BudgetSensors Introduces NEW Calibration Standards
Sofia, Bulgaria – 26th May 2008 - As a response to the increased demand for affordable high-quality AFM calibration standards, BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces the commercial introduction of 2 different AFM height calibration standards – the HS-100MG and the HS-20MG.
Both height calibration standards feature silicon dioxide structure arrays on a 5x5mm silicon chip.…
Caltech Associates Discover Math in Primetime from Dr. Gary Lorden
Los Angeles, Calif.—Associates of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) learned at a dinner at the Regency Club in West Los Angeles that Dr. Gary Lorden, Professor of Mathematics, helped make Numb3rs sexy.
Numb3rs, a television show on CBS, is based on the idea that crime can be solved using mathematical methods. The main character is a young genius mathematics professor at “Cal Sci”, an institute based on Caltech, who helps…
Founder of private teaching agency urges caution following NHS report into preva …
A recent report into the prevalence of ADHD by the health watchdog NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) has said that at least 7,000 children are suffering from the most severe form of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Scotland without having been diagnosed. Currently, there are 4,539 children diagnosed with the behavioural disorder in Scotland, but the report estimates that more than 33,000 children below the age of…
Manipal University & Whistling Woods International offer an MBA in Media & Enter …
Manipal Education, India’s leading education group, in association with Whistling Woods International, an initiative of the well-known and acclaimed film maker, Subhash Ghai, is introducing a two year MBA degree in Media and Entertainment, for the first time in India.
In the recently concluded FICCI Frames, PWC has projected that the Indian Entertainment industry would be a Rs. 1 trillion industry by 2011 with a CAGR of 18%. If…
BPO CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE (BCI) ENTERS CHINA
Close on the heels of launching its widest-spectrum BPO credentialing and certification services in India, the BPO Certification Institute Inc (BCI) is now all set to enter CHINA. It has just signed an exclusive CTP Partnership Agreement with the Qingdao-based technology training major WNR Technologies.
BCI, as a standards body for global BPOs, aims at playing a key role in the development of a worldclass talent-base for the rapidly growing…
BCI APPOINTS WNR TECHNOLOGIES AS PARTNER IN CHINA
BCI, BPO Certification Institute Inc., the world’s leading BPO standards body has completed the rigorous process of appointing Qingdao-based WNR as its exclusive Chartered CTP partner for China. Qingdao Weinuor Digital Technology Company Co., Ltd (WNR) is into digital animation and technology training and has established a global-quality infrastructure for offering BPO training and Certification solutions to the Chinese BPO industry. “We are confident of establishing the highest of BPO…
Trevigen Releases the First Standardized 3-D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit
Many scientists are converting from growing cells in a traditional 2-D monolayer on plastic surfaces with tissue culture medium to “3-D” Culture. In 3-D Culture, cells are grown in a microenvironment of specialized proteins which mimics in vivo conditions and allows the cells to organize into complexstructures rather than uniform monolayers. Further, 3-D Cultures are grown on extracellular matrix
proteins such as basement membrane extract and laminin I, which are known…
(OLD) ALBANIAN - LIVING LEGACY OF A DEAD LANGUAGE?
According to the central hypothesis of a project undertaken by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Old Albanian had a significant influence on the development of many Balkan languages. Intensive research now aims to confirm this theory. This little-known language is being researched using all available texts before a comparison with other Balkan languages is carried out. The outcome of this work will include the compilation of a lexicon providing an…
BITS Pilani tie-ups with Top Healthcare Institutions in India Today
BITS Pilani along with its collaborators indeed has been walking the Health Care Delivery Road in India today through the ranked among the best Optometry, Physician Assistant and Medical Laboratory Technology Programmes.
Hope is like a road in a country where there was never a road but when many people start walking on it, the road comes into existence.
For millions of people around the world, receiving quality eye care is…
Professional MBA Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Info-Session II
The Continuing Education Center of TU Vienna and the WU Executive Academy cordially invite you to the second Info-Session on the Professional MBA Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Date and Time:
Thursday June 19, 2008 at 6.00 p.m.
Location:
Vienna University of Technology
Karlsplatz 13
1040 Vienna
Böcklsaal
Main Building, first floor
Agenda:
During the Info-Session the Academic Director Univ.Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke will present the contents of the Professional MBA Entrepreneurship…
NANOSENSORS™ introduces AdvancedTEC AFM Probes with Gold and Platinum Coating
Neuchâtel/Switzerland, May 19th 2008. NANOSENSORS™ today announced the introduction of new Gold and Platinum coated variations of its well-known speciality probe type for Atomic Force Microscopy - the AdvancedTEC™ SPM probe.
The Platinum Iridium and the gold coated AdvancedTEC™ AFM probes will be available in different force constants and resonant frequencies for contact mode, non-contact/tapping mode and force modulation mode measurements.
These new variations extend the range of applications for the AdvancedTEC…
Online Survey Needs Participants - RFID in Logistics, Supply Chain Management: S …
Because of the enormous possibilities where it can be applied, RFID technology is one of the most promising innovations in logistics and supply chain management. In recent years, numerous RFID projects have been initiated – ranging from small feasibility studies to cross-company implementations. While some of them are in productive use, others were stopped because of technical problems or absence of economic success. This raises the following questions about the…
"TRUTH, IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND RELIGION"
Balzan Prize winners and scholars from all over the world to debate:
\"TRUTH, IN THE HUMANITIES, SCIENCES AND RELIGION\"
VOICES AND DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ON A UNIVERSAL QUESTION
Lugano, May 14 2008 - Is truth absolute, or do we decide what is true based on culture, knowledge and our belief system? These engaging questions are the subject of the 2008 Symposium of the International Balzan Foundation, entitled: \"Truth in the…
Tutors International announces record enquiries for full time private tutors ove …
Tutors International announces a record number of enquiries for full time private tutors, in particular for live-in tutor positions over the summer months. "Our clients often travel for prolonged periods during the summer," explains Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International. "As a result, the education of their children can be disrupted and so they turn to us to find full time private tutors who can ensure high quality education is…
BITS Pilani Student Entrepreneurs venture IMConfuzed.com - Colleges and Careers …
IMConfuzed.com team consists of Kunal Singla, Kartik Gupta, Sahil Chalana and Sankalp Kathuria currently students at BITS Pilani who have made waves by winning honours in Business Plan competitions held at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, BITS Pilani and IT BHU.
The idea came when they analyzed how difficult it was for them to get reliable information after their own schooling about careers to choose and colleges to enroll. Umpteen…
Online College Launches Free Online Distance Learning Open Space for Adult Learn …
Edinburgh, May 13th 2008 NCS Online College Launches Free Online Distance Learning Open Space for Adult Learners\' Week 2008
The Scottish based NCS Online Distance Learning College will be launching a free Open Space during Adult Learners\' Week 2008 (17th May to 23rd May). Visitors to the NCS website will be able to explore a sample of online distance learning courses, including:
Egyptian archaeology
Astronomy
AIDS awareness
Counselling
Journalism
Philosophy of the mind
Researching herbal remedies.
The aim is…
Providing the Platform for Young Investors
Kuala Lumpur, 12 May 2008
Teenagers who are in search of a deeper understanding of the different investment instruments available , may not need to be in the dark for much longer.
My MONEY TREE Sdn Bhd, a local company which runs a proprietary investment and business program, recently initiated the set up of the Young Investors International (YII) with a group of young entrepreneurs. The objective of YII is primarily…
British Prestige University Scholar’s Views on Thailand Education System
British Prestige University Scholar’s Views on Thailand Education System
British University of Nottingham scholar commented that the academic quality of Thai students is as good as academic quality as all over the world. However, Thai students still lack of English language skills, suggesting that Thai universities should focus more on expose students to research.
The University of Nottingham is one of UK’s leading university with an international reputation of excellent engineering curriculum…
Learn German with vocabulary trainer per podcast
“Good bye unwieldy dictionary – hello podcast“: this is the main idea behind the free German-English vocabulary trainer provided by one of the leading schools for German as a foreign language.
With May 5, 2008 ActiLingua offers its free vocabulary trainer per podcast. The mission is to turn learning German into a child’s play.
Podcast as magic formula
Is podcasting still an unfamiliar topic? Read on to learn about this technology and how…
Teens Travel to Las Vegas to Take a Gamble in the Best Teen Chef Final Round Com …
[PITTSBURGH, May 6, 2008] – Culinary-savvy high school seniors from throughout North America are heading to Las Vegas, preparing to out dice, out slice and out chiffonade the competition to win the Best Teen Chef 2008 Final Round Competition.
This year’s Best Teen Chef Final Round Competition will be held on Saturday, May 17 at The Art Institute of Las Vegas.
Top prize winners in the Competition can win a full-tuition scholarship…
IT education provider karROX rolls out XPERT training course
Mumbai, May 03 2008: karROX Technologies (karrox.com), a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) training and certification services from India, has announced the launch of XPERT, an innovative 3-year programme designed to bridge the increasing gap between demand and supply of skilled and quality IT manpower in various domains in India. Students who have passed Higher Secondary (Class XII in the 10+2 system) exams from any stream of study are…
BITS Pilani offers Cut Above the Rest Work Integrated Learning Programmes
Work-integrated learning and e-learning at BITS Pilani are not just treated as philosophies and technologies but also as pedagogical drivers.
Since 1979, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani has been participating in the human resources development activities of the industries through several degree programmes by integrating the working environment of the employees with the learning environment required by the Institute.
Considering that present day information technologies can…
Caltech Associates Learn that Diamonds are Really Not Forever
Pasadena, Calif.—Every couple knows that diamonds symbolize eternity and love, but the guests of the Caltech Associates luncheon on April 25 learned that to Dr. Jennifer Jackson, Assistant Professor of Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a diamond is a hard natural material that is perfect for replicating the pressure found in Earth’s deep interior.
Jackson’s research attempts to understand the mineralogy and chemistry found in the Earth\'s core.…
Identify Over 200 Animals in 26 Letter Descriptions as Easy as a Walk in the Par …
An A to Z Walk In the Park is a new animal alphabet book that encourages children to learn and spark their interest in animals of the world. This book is designed for children ages 3-7 who have learned the alphabet or who are just now learning their ABCs.
The book features two-page spreads with a multitude of creatures walking near or on a path that winds through a make-believe park.…
Growing trend amongst expat communities to give the services of a tutor as a gif …
Tutors International announces an increase in enquiries for private tutors from wealthy expatriates who are seeking original gifts for foreign colleagues and associates.
"The question of what to give as a gift in these circumstances is something I am hearing more and more about," says Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, specialist providers of live-in tutors. "Our clients are wealthy individuals, many of whom are living outside of their resident…
Piezo Ceramic Motors Keep ShrinkingPiezo Ceramic Motors Keep Shrinking
Auburn, MA, April 2008 – PI’s patented P-653 piezo motor linear slide is significantly smaller than other miniature linear stages and provides significantly higher velocities and resolution. This true linear motor system (no conversion of rotation) consists of only 4 parts and can replace classical drive elements like miniaturized motor/lead screw systems or other linear motors, which P-653 outclasses with its speed of up to 200 mm/sec (8”/sec) and auto-locking…
Vikram Sampath's Royal Mysore History book released at BITS Pilani Rajasthan
One of the most definitive accounts of the Wodeyar Dynasty, Vikrams’s book ‘Splendours of Royal Mysore The Untold Story of the Wodeyars’ sketches the long and fascinating regime of the Maharajas of Mysore replete with wars, palace intrigues, romance, valour and deceit.
The book revisits the ups and downs of the dynasty over 600 years starting from the genesis in AD 1399 to the age of glory under Raja Wodeyar,…
AEON Amity Corporation of Japan opens 75th school
Largest private language school system in Japan exclusively for children’s English education continues to lead industry.
Chicago, IL, March 1st, 2008: The Amity Corporation today announced the opening of its 75th school in Japan.
Hiroshima Ujina Amity will open its doors as the latest school in the network of Amity private schools dedicated to teaching children English in Japan. Takato Yamasaki, President of Amity Corporation, made the announcement…
Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica Offers Dual Language MBA Online
Empresarial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica has partnered with Global Academy Online, Inc. (the Academy) of Washington DC, USA to offer an online international MBA in both English and Spanish.
According to Mr. William Zamora, President and Rector of Universidad Empresarial, “the Academy provides our external grad students the latest and most advanced online course management system, outstanding curriculum, and outstanding faculty.” Support for the program states Zamora…
Solar know-how from Germany for Engineers worldwide
A new degree course at the Technical University (TU) Berlin offers a vocational qualification for future executives in the solar industry.
With the launch of the Global Production Engineering for Solar Technology (GPE Solar) international Masters degree, the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) will be offering the established GPE Masters degree for the next Winter semester in the solar technology field. The course, which will be offered in English, will provide…
Company Offers Units for Lead Content Detection
A new option is available to organizations that take in-house control in proving compliance to hazardous substance regulations. Skyray XRF offers portable and desktop x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instruments that provide fast, non-destructive analysis of product for lead content and other restricted metals.
Recent hazardous substance regulations including RoHS, Proposition-65 and Lead-Content in Jewelry Law regulate toxic metals (lead, cadmium, etc) in a wide range of industries. The regulations affect…
Moon Dust Pens Ready for Lift Off
West Palm Beach, FL – April 28, 2008 – W.I.S.E. Retail Solutions, Inc., has announced today that their first shipment of Apollo 11 Moon Dust Pens™ Commemorative Collector’s Edition has landed safely
on earth! This attractive high quality writing instrument was conceived to commemorate the upcoming
40th Anniversary of one of man’s most important achievements - the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
The unique pen showcases JSC-1A Lunar Simulant,…
Digital-Clay will make its Enterprise Application Engine available to select num …
The Digital-Clay platform will enable business students to create custom software solutions without coding thus giving them tools to design and create solutions that will optimize their future business environments
(Cupertino, California.- April 28,2008) – Digital-Clay, the leading provider of innovative codeless solution building platforms, announced the opening of a new and unique academic course. The course will be offered to a select number of academic institutions across the country…
Capsim announces winners of its Spring Global Business Simulation Competitions
NORTHFIELD, Ill., April 17, 2008 – Capsim Management Simulations Inc.®, the world’s largest provider of business simulations to college graduate and undergraduate students, announced today the winners of its Spring 2008 Capstone® and Foundation® International Challenge – two global online business simulation competitions undertaken by more than 800 graduate and undergraduate student teams worldwide.
Kallol Chaudhuri, under the tutelage of Professor Diana Day at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,…
Tutors International in talks with NUVHS to involve live-in tutors with online h …
Tutors International announces that they are in talks with NUVHS, providers of premier quality online high school tuition to home-schooled students. The aim of the talks is to form a future collaboration between the two organizations, as both are specialists in the provision of home education. NUVHS is accredited by the NCAA, CITA, an alliance of the largest American accrediting associations, and also by WASC, whose accreditation is only given…
Ocimum Biosolutions Launches Genowiz 4.0, A Comprehensive Gene Expression Analys …
Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading provider of integrated genomics solutions, has announced the release of Genowiz™ 4.0, a comprehensive solution for gene expression analysis. The latest version makes the process of microarray data analysis simpler with a host of features such as AutoGuide to execute automated work flows for analyzing data, addition of organisms/genomes, automatic update of annotations, PLIER algorithm, data export in different formats, box plots and enhanced scatter plots.
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Rotary Centers create e-learning platform to share peacemaking and peacekeeping …
EVANSTON, Ill. USA, April 24, 2008 – In an effort to maximize interaction and collaboration, Rotary’s innovative peace studies program will develop an e-learning platform to provide greater access and enhanced learning opportunities to Rotary World Peace Fellows and other students around the world.
The announcement was made following a meeting of senior Rotary leaders and senior officials of partnering universities held at the Rotary headquarters in Evanston last week.…
Comedian Brings 'Latin American Folk Tales' to Life
April 24, 2008 – Wilmington, DE – The Delaware Institute for Arts and Education (DIAE) and Vicarious Productions are proud to announce the world premiere of “Juan Bobo and Friends: Latin American Folk Tales,” a solo theatre performance adapted and performed by nationally-acclaimed solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada (2005 Performance Artist of the Year) at 1:45 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2008. The performance will be held at Heritage Elementary…
Caltech Associates Guests Discover How to Engineer Molecules
Pasadena, Calif.—Sixty-Five guests gathered at the Athenaeum, the beautiful faculty club associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), for a Caltech Associates dinner lecture to learn about engineering biological molecules to program living cell behavior from Dr. Christina Smolke, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech.
Smolke\'s research involves understanding how cells respond to their environment and how scientists can tap into that knowledge to make the cells change their…
Expatriate families turn to live-in tutors to prepare children for top universit …
Tutors International announces an increase in demand for live-in tutors amongst expatriate families whose children are aiming to study in the top UK and US universities, even though their children have been educated in the best private schools of the resident country.
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International, said; "This is a situation that I am coming across more and more. I am currently based in Beijing and many of…
Beyond the Firmament Hits Top Ten Chart for Creationism Books
Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation was recently added to the Amazon.com Creationism category and quickly climbed to number six. This debut release from Gordon J. Glover and Watertree Press provides an accessible discussion of creation, evolution, and intelligent design for Christians who struggle with the relationship between faith and science.
Stephen F. Matheson, Associate Professor of Biology at Calvin College, praised Beyond the Firmament on…
Semi-Directory Launches New Semiconductor Resource Website
Semi-Directory.com - 21st April 2008 - Semi-Directory has launched a new semiconductor industry resource website, offering vendors a platform to substantially increase their visibility in the industry and on search engines, thereby maximizing their marketing efforts. Major features of the website include: a comprehensive buyers guide, resource guide, events calendar and products catalog.
With over 2000 organizations already listed, every semiconductor related establishment is entitled to a free listing, while…
