Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Company Offers Low-Cost XRF Analyzer for RoHS Testing
Seaford, DE – Many product lines are affected by various hazardous substance regulations (RoHS, Proposition-65, etc) and proof of compliance may be required to maintain current business while helping to develop new business opportunities. Although some affected companies may prefer the control that in-house testing provides over the hassle of outsourced compliance testing; the short-term instrument investment may be too great for them. With those budget-minded organizations in…
FRANCE: THE CREATION OF NEW FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES
For the first time, the question of whether France is experiencing an ever more diverse range of family models is to be investigated on the basis of complete life histories. These will reveal how family structures develop throughout the course of a lifetime and the various different family constellations which emerge in the process. The project - now under way as part of an Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship from the…
Private schools don’t guarantee the best education for challenging pupils, warns …
Adam Caller, founder of a leading international private tutors agency, warns parents not to fall into the trap of thinking that private schools are always the best option for challenging children, citing an example of a student expelled from Western Academy Beijing.
"I felt compelled to make a statement about this after seeing how the right kind of private tuition and understanding of a particular student in Beijing made such a…
University of Bolton, RAK, UAE has launched a M. Sc in Construction Management ( …
University of Bolton, RAK, UAE – Ras Al Khaimah- 17/08/08 - The construction industry in the UAE has grown in leaps & bounds with massive projects being executed in the residential & commercial space across the UAE. Infrastructure development & planned construction continues to remain the focus of the UAE reflected clearly in the massive investments that have flowed into the real estate market.
It can be safely estimated that the…
Penn State Industrial Engineering Celebrates 100 Years of World-Class Education
University Park, Pa. – The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering will celebrate its centennial in 2009.
Plans were recently announced for a celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the Penn State Industrial Engineering Department. A series of activities and events to commemorate the centennial are scheduled for April 3 - 4, 2009.
The IE centennial celebration will be a memorable event celebrating the accomplishments of…
Revolutionary new home schooling course offered by leading international private …
Tutors International announces the launch of a radical new home schooling course designed to cover the span of human knowledge. The 'Special Projects' home education offering is designed to be delivered in specialized modules by experts in their particular field. Parents of home schooled children can decide which 'special project' module they would like their child to be taught by a live-in tutor as a compliment to their current home…
For Proud to be BITSian Chandra Bhople, the Journey Continues from Silicon Valle …
Nuva College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur is the first engineering college in India founded by alumni of BITS Pilani. Nuva is part of a much larger vision of improving quality of engineering education in India by leveraging high quality faculty, high tech campus, industry collaboration, research orientation, innovative programs and alumni network so as to nurture highly practical, knowledgeable and employable engineers.
How it started: Two BITS Pilani alumni in…
Research-sharing startup Mendeley launches backed by ex-Skype and Last.fm key pe …
London, UK - When Mendeley’s founders started writing their PhDs, they wondered why there wasn’t a more convenient way of managing and sharing their collection of research papers. So they set out to develop a free research tool themselves, which is launching into public beta today on http://www.mendeley.com.
Mendeley Desktop, a software client application available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, automatically extracts metadata, full-text and cited references from PDF files,…
1 German language trip, 2 different cities - Vienna und Bamberg
Getting to know interesting people, seeing and experiencing as much as possible in a short time and simultaneously learning a great deal. These ideals are shared by almost every linguistic student, regardless of their own individual reasons for learning a language.
The successful Berlin-Bamberg 2 city program launched by TREFFPUNKT Language Institute offers precisely these opportunities and now they have extended this idea further, offering an additional…
Expensive Kerosene Requires Lighter Aircraft Seats
International IIR Forum "Aircraft Seating"
15th and 16th October 2008, Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall
Frankfurt/Hamburg, August 2008. Aircraft seats have to be safe, comfortable, light and environmentally friendly. Fuel prices, fire resistance and the individual airline requirements are only some of the complex factors influencing seat concepts and specifications. In view of the technical and economic implications, the seat concept is an important issue of customer acquisition and loyalty. "The importance…
The Art Institute Establishes Foundation Studies Department and Names New Academ …
The Art Institute of California – Orange County has established Foundation Studies as a department within Academic Affairs and named former Foundation Studies Lead Faculty Alan Burner as the academic director.
“The Foundation Studies department is essentially the bridge between high school and an education at The Art Institute,” said Alan Burner, Foundation Studies Academic Department Director. “The program fosters student success by acclimating new students to The Art Institute…
Connections Academy Students Nationwide Receive Back-to-School Special Deliverie …
Students enrolled in the free online school, Connections Academy, get a year’s worth of school supplies delivered right to their homes. The comprehensive “school year in a box” includes textbooks, science materials, a computer, and more.
BALTIMORE, MD, August 5, 2008 – Getting back-to-school supplies takes on a whole new meaning for families with students enrolled in Connections Academy virtual public schools. Just before school begins, they get a back-to-school…
Scanning Microscopy Stages with Piezo Drives for Higher Resolution Images
PI (Physik Instrumente) has extended its line of piezo stages for scanning microscopy applications. The P-737 Piezo Z-Focusing Stage is offered along with the stiffer, P-726 high performance microscope lens focusing system for large NA microscope objectives and the redesigned P-686 XY piezo motor positioning stage providing long travel ranges to 25x25 mm.
The M-686 XY coarse-positioning, stage can also accommodate an XY / Z nanopositioning scanning piezo stage to…
Nanopositioning Solutions, Pizeo Stage Systems Catalog Offers Precision Motion C …
Nanopositioning Systems Catalog Offers Precision Motion Control Solutions for all High-Tech Industries
A comprehensive reference book on nanopositioning technology entitled “Piezo Stages, Nanopositioning Systems, Ultra-Precision Actuators & Motors” is available in PDF format from PI.
Catalog Download at:
http://www.nanopositioning.net/nanopositioning/nanopositioning_systems.pdf
High Resolution Image at:
http://www.pi-usa.us/PRL/nanopos.jpg
The components and solutions shown in the catalog were developed for high-tech industries such as:
* Nanotechnology & Biotechnology
* Aerospace & Astronomy
* Medical Technology
* Microscopy &…
Caltech Associates Explore their History at the Huntington Library
Pasadena, Calif.— On March 9, 1926, one hundred of southern California’s most influential men and women met in the home of railroad magnate and art collector Henry E. Huntington. This was the first meeting of the Associates of the California Institute of Technology, an organization that has helped Caltech become a scientific world leader.
Today, 2,325 men and women have joined the Associates and the group has helped pay for 37…
Innov-X Systems Awards Portable XRF Academic Research Grant to University of Ken …
Woburn, MA, July 30, 2008 -- Congratulations to Dr. Nancy E. Johnson, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Rural Cancer Control Training Program at the Prevention Research Center in the Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, on receiving an Innov-X Systems Academic & Research Relations Grant Award. Dr. Johnson’s research project, Portable XRF Screening of Trace Metals in Soil for a Non-Mining Town in Kentucky, is being carried out in…
Innov-X Systems Awards Portable XRF Research Grant to Cedar Crest College Gradua …
Woburn, MA, July 30, 2008 -- Congratulations to Forensic Science Program Graduate Research Student, Lindsay Carbone, and her Faculty Advisor, Assistant Professor Brian J Gestring, in the Chemical and Physical Sciences Department, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, on receiving an Innov-X Systems Academic & Research Relations Grant Award. Ms. Carbone’s research project, Evaluating the Presence and Dangers Associated with Heavy Metals in Commonly Encountered Consumer Products, is being carried out…
Innov-X Systems Awards Portable XRF Academic Research Grant to Sam Houston State …
Woburn, MA, July 30, 2008 -- Congratulations to Dr. Joan Bytheway, Assistant Professor for the Forensic Science Program in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State Universtiy, Huntsville, Texas, on receiving an Innov-X Systems Academic & Research Relations Grant Award. Dr. Bytheway’s research project, Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Human Bone Elements for the Identification of Origins, is being carried out at the Texas-Mexico border, considered a geographical crossroad.…
Food Safety and "Biological Hazards"
The responsibles for food safety will meet at the 3rd “KALS (Karlsruher Lebensmittelsymposium)” in march 2009.
The organization commitee recently published the curiously awaited topic for the popular german symposium: "Biological hazards".
The two day meeting will summarize the state of science for allergens, phytotoxins, parasites and others. The referees will be selected experts able of presenting their topics in an understandable way. The meeting informs executives, their HACCP-Teams or…
BudgetSensors Introduces a Calibration Standard with 500nm Step Height
Sofia, Bulgaria – 31st July 2008 - Following the introduction of the AFM height calibration standards HS-100MG and the HS-20MG, BudgetSensors, the Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces the commercial introduction of third type of AFM height calibration standard – the HS-500MG.
Just as the height calibration standards HS-100MG and the HS-20MG, the HS-500MG features silicon dioxide structure…
VOGELBUSCH GMBH: PATENT APPLICATION FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF A CHROMATOGRAPHIC SE …
In applying for a patent for a highly-efficient chromatographic separation principle, Vogelbusch GmbH has confirmed its role as a leading force in the development of biotech process technologies. The process adapts the separation process known as "simulated moving bed" to the specific needs of pharmaceutical companies. A prototype was presented to an audience of experts for the first time at the PREP 2008 conference in San Jose, California, where it…
IonGate increases throughput for transporter-based drug discovery with new SURFE …
Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 28th July 2008. IonGate Biosciences GmbH is pleased to announce the market launch of the innovative SURFE2R Workstation 5000. This fully integrated screening center is the new flagship model of IonGate’s SURFE2R product family, paving new ways in industrial automation of transporter screening for the pharmaceutical industry.
With SURFE2R Workstation 5000, IonGate presents the latest automated system for direct functional measurement of the important new target class of transport…
Learn From My Life To Host Legendary Surfer Shaun Tomson For A Free Teleconversa …
Virtual community to host legendary surfer for open discussion about surfing, his new film, his book and keeping balanced in life
San Diego, CA, July 28th, 2008 — Learn From My Life, an online community bringing together leading thinkers with a global audience, is excited to announce it will be hosting legendary surfer Shaun Tomson for a free 60-minute teleconversation on Monday, August 4th 2008 at 5:00pm PST. Tomson…
BudgetSensors® Introduces All-In-One AFM Probes
Sofia, Bulgaria – 29th July 2008 - 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 the “All-In-One AFM Probe” - a versatile silicon AFM probe with 4 different cantilevers on a single holder chip.
All-In-One AFM probes (Order Code: AIO and AIOAl) feature cantilevers for Tapping Mode, Soft Tapping Mode, Force Modulation and Contact…
MOSI offers homeschool educators open house
This year’s Homeschool Educators Open House at the Museum of Science & Industry will take place from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Monday, August 11. The event offers FREE self-guided tours of over 450 hands-on MOSI exhibits including Disasterville featuring Bay News 9 WeatherQuest, The Amazing You, Kids In Charge! The Children’s Science Center as well as The Saunders Planetarium. Highlights include a preview of MOSI Homeschool Education…
StraighterLine Announces Grand Canyon University As New Affiliate Partner
WASHINGTON, D.C. – StraighterLine (straighterline.com), a new online education solution that provides students a high quality, better supported, and lower cost way to obtain college credits through regionally accredited colleges and universities, has announced that Grand Canyon University (www.gcu.edu) will be a partner college, an accredited institution that provides college credit for students who successfully complete courses from StraighterLine. StraighterLine selected GCU for its rigorous and high quality degree…
Library and Archives Canada relies on the DRS DIGITIZER for digitizing its large …
A state-of-the-art DRS DIGITIZER has been in use in the Canadian national archive in Ottawa, Ontario since May 2008.
The first system for digitizing a wide variety of information from microfiche and microfilm jackets in a metric and imperial format was installed in the national archive in conjunction with Ristech Inc., the DRS distributor for North America.
Several million fiche and jackets are designated for digitization over the next few years.
The DRS…
Tamil Cinema Legends to be Honored by the Hollywood College of the Entertainment …
California University of Technology Co-Chairman and CEO, Mr. Senthil Kumar, announces that Director K. Balanchander and Actress Manorama (fondly called Aachi) will be granted honorary doctorates from the Hollywood College of the Entertainment Industry (HCEI), which is a division of CalUniversity. The two were informed of their candidacy earlier in the year and a team from Hollywood College came from California to meet personally with both stars this week…
Special Publication on Knowledge Management in Mathematics
Free brochure on the occasion of the German “Year of Mathematics” / FIZ Karlsruhe presents its information services in mathematics at the 5th European Congress of Mathematics in Amsterdam / ZMATH, the world’s largest searchable mathematics database
Karlsruhe, July 2008 – On the occasion of the German “Year of Mathematics“, FIZ Karlsruhe presents its new information brochure “A Focus on Mathematics“. The publication is dedicated to 140 years…
Why People Conform to Others in Times to Terror and Threat
Researchers from the University of Groningen conducted several experiments that demonstrated that people conform to others in the face of existential threat. The studies make an important contribution to the existing literature on the effects of mortality salience on the beliefs and opinions of individuals. They show that when people are made aware of their mortality, one is likely to conform to mainstream beliefs and opinions. The reason for this…
Ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate The Saunders Planetarium
MOSI will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly constructed Saunders Planetarium inside Kids In Charge! The Children’s Science Center at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 11. The ribbon cutting ceremony is by invitation only—media are welcome to attend.
“We’re extremely delighted with the grand opening of The Saunders Planetarium. Our dream of bringing Tampa’s only planetarium into today’s digital arena was made possible by three special MOSI benefactors—The Saunders Foundation…
MOSI displays Sunworks art exhibit
Now through August 6, MOSI is displaying a collection of solar-themed artworks from around the globe entitled Sunworks, inside the Kids In Charge! children’s science center as a part of a celebration for the grand opening of The Saunders Planetarium.
On Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. guests can enjoy daytime solar viewings courtesy of the NASA Soho Project. A NASA liaison will set up telescopes and…
Private tuition agency founder supports Imperial’s entrance exam as A-levels fai …
Adam Caller has declared his support for the decision of Imperial College, London to introduce an entrance examination independent of A-levels in order to differentiate between undergraduate applicants. The founder of the leading international agency for full-time private tutors, Tutors International, said “This is a bold move in today’s educational climate, when there is so much pressure from the Government to use only A-levels to evaluate a university candidate’s merit.…
M-Scan Ltd, the world-leading provider of contract analytical services, passes r …
Another of the laboratories within the M-Scan group, M-Scan Ltd (Wokingham, UK), has successfully completed regulatory inspections conducted by both the United States FDA and the UK MHRA. M-Scan Ltd, which has been fully compliant with GLP since 1992, now joins the other M-Scan labs in offering analytical services throughout the clinical development phases of drug discovery. In a new initiative, the MHRA has introduced a “certificate of GMP inspection”…
OWI Inc. Debuts CRS-101 Infrared Wireless Microphone System at National Educatio …
Compact, Wall-Mounted System Makes Any Seat “The Best Seat in the Room”
Carson, Calif.--June 26, 2008 -- OWI Inc, a manufacturer of advanced audio equipment for AV integrators, commercial, industrial and residential markets, will be debuting the CRS-101 Infrared Wireless Microphone System during the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas, from June 29 to July 2, 2008. NECC will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center…
Private teaching agency reports many enquiries for private tutors to help with S …
Tutors International announces an increase in requests for private tutors to help students prepare for the controversial SATs. Adam Caller, Founder of Tutors International, said “The parents who have contacted us are very worried about their child’s performance and want a private tutor to help with what is effectively exam cramming for the SATs. Regardless of the fact that our private tutor sourcing service isn’t about this kind of last…
Possibility of A-Levels in Berlin - Germany
A new and exciting development in the International School market is developing fast. The International School Villa Amalienhof, a wonderful old building set in beautiful grounds on the Heerstrasse, offers the unique possibility in Berlin of studying the National Curriculum of England and Wales, and following IGCSE’s with A-Levels. The IGCSE’s are taken at the age of 16. These are International General Certificates of Secondary Education and the students…
Il Centro - Twenty years of Italian language courses in Milan
Back in the 1980’s Enrica Cavo and Luisa Turolla started giving lessons in Italian as a second language, and quickly understood they had a passionate interest in teaching. They soon realized that even in a international city like Milan, there was no school that dealt exclusively with teaching Italian to foreigners.
More than a school was needed – the two young women envisioned a linguistic and cultural…
Trevigen Announces a Highly Sensitive, Fluorescent, One Hour PARP Inhibition Ass …
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, through ribosylation of nuclear proteins, converts DNA Damage into intracellular signals that actuate either DNA repair or cell death. The development of inhibitors to PARP is of ever increasing interest in the drug discovery community since they can be used as modulators of DNA repair mediated resistance to cytotoxic cancer therapeutics. Until now, commercially available PARP assay kits required multiple steps and were time consuming.
Trevigen overcomes these…
VizX Labs Releases GeneSifter Update
Latest enhancements add powerful analysis tools and data management options
Seattle, WA – June 19, 2008 – VizX Labs, LLC today announced the release of its latest update to GeneSifter. Available online now, the update includes new microarray data analysis tools, data management options, and simplified raw data exporting. Current GeneSifter users can access the upgrades immediately by simply logging into their accounts.
Today’s announcement continues VizX Labs’ unique program of…
Cortiva Institute – Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy moves Back to King of …
Hoboken, NJ June 18, 2008 – The Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy was founded in 1982 in King of Prussia, PA by Mary Jo Myers and Victoria Ross. Through the use of massage therapy and holistic living, Victoria was able to assist Mary Jo in her fight with Lupus. They founded the school to fulfill their desire to share the gift of massage with all those that wanted to learn.…
Flashbay and EBS Alumni join hands to attract top-notch Chinese students to Germ …
London and Oestrich-Winkel, June 4, 2008: Flashbay Limited (www.flashbay.com) and EBS Alumni today launched the Flashbay EBS Alumni China Scholarship to let more top-notch students from China experience the benefits of an EBS education. This adds to the impressive range of international scholarship programs offered by EBS Alumni.
Karl-Phillip Schlossstein, Director and co-founder of Flashbay welcomed the new partnership: “Flashbay’s staggering top-line growth of 20% year-on-year is thanks…
Yogyata The Last Mile from College to Career from Radix Learning Bangalore
Finishing schools are indeed destined to make a big impact among India's job hungry software engineers in terms of equipping them with workplace etiquette, as the country's booming information technology sector cries out for urbane talent.
Along with HR shortages predictions by NASSCOM, although much has been talked about the problem of huge numbers of students lacking in employability graduating in India today, the fact remains, that not much…
ECA Staffer to Present at International Learning Conference
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The prestigious international 2008 World Conference on E-Learning extended an invitation to the Senior Vice-President of Academic Affairs at the Education Corporation of America (ECA). Dr. Ben Messaoud, the head of academics for ECA, has been asked to present a paper he co-authored entitled Exploring Virtual Worlds as a Method for Delivering Online Education.
“The list of presenters at this conference is like a Who’s Who in delivery…
Basement Systems Funds School Program
Seymour, CT- Local company Basement Systems has recently made a generous donation through DonorsChoose.org to a local school district.
When it comes to giving back to the community where it really counts, few know how to make an impact like Basement Systems. In their most recent show of philanthropy, they donated four sets of Newberry Award winning books to facilitate a local 6th grade program in Bridgeport. This program,…
IonGate at the SBS Symposium Europe in Dresden
Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 6th June 2008. IonGate Biosciences GmbH will present relevant application fields for the proprietary SURFE2R Technology (SURFace Electrogenic Event Reader) at the SBS Symposium “Label Free Technologies in Drug Discovery” in Dresden, Germany. The meeting is being held at the international congress center on June 10 – 11.
Dr. Henning Vollert will explain the advantages of the cell- and label-free technology in comparison to the more conventional patch clamp…
Australian academic supports sectarian school whistleblowers
International expertise supports PLANS
Australian academic becomes a supporting advisor
Embargo for release June 5, 2008
Today, Dr Adrienne Huber, Australian educator and psychologist, was formally welcomed as an international supporting advisor for the San Francisco-based world movement People for Legal and Nonsectarian Schools.
“PLANS is now drawing on expertise from three continents,” said Debra Snell, PLANS President, welcoming Dr Huber to this select group. “She will add invaluable breadth and depth to…
Trevigen announces the release of Four New Assay Kits for 3-D Cell Proliferation
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 complex structures rather than uniform monolayers. Various types of cells require different specialized proteins for optimal growth conditions and these extracellular matrices can play…
AJ Novick Group, Inc. Launches New Updates to Online Anger Management Classes
The AJ Novick Group, a leading global provider of anger management services updates its line of online anger management classes. These new updates include expanded content, more evidence based interventions, as well as broadband video supplements.
President and CEO of AJ Novick Group, Dr. Ari Novick states, “distance learning for anger management is cutting edge and has been increasingly more popular for law enforcement, probation and the justice…
Norcada Silicon Nitride Windows Enable Quantum Mechanical Study
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - June 2, 2008 – Norcada Inc., a MEMS product development company, announced today that reports out of Yale University show successful Q-factor results for Norcada’s silicon nitride membrane windows.
A recently published study by a group of physicists at Yale University reported extremely high Q-factors (1.2x10E7 at 0.3 K) for Norcada\'s nitride membrane windows. The high mechanical Q-factor and low optical loss of the silicon nitride windows…
