Press Releases by Category Science & Education
The Source Training, Inc. Announces the Release of the Instructional Design Stud …
The Source Training, Inc. (TST) announced the release of its new Instructional Design Studio vX (IDSvX). The IDSvX is designed to compliment the Blended Learning Portal LMS (BLP), which allows users to access learning content in multiple formats, including web-based, mobile-based, instructor-led presentations, distance-learning (web-conferencing), manuals, etc. The IDSvX gives designers powerful tools to create, maintain, and translate learning content for delivery multiple ways.
"In the past, if an organization…
DEFINIENS LAUNCHES eCOGNITION COMMUNITY
Munich, Germany / Morristown, New Jersey – July 1, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, has established an online community for Earth Sciences professionals. The eCognition Community is part of the company’s new geospatial website, http://earth.definiens.com, and provides an integrated environment for collaboration and knowledge transfer, along with social networking facilities.
Registration to the eCognition Community website is open to all geospatial professionals and academics.…
Simulation overcomes boundaries
For the third time the interdisciplinary Science College of the Ruhr-University Research School took place. On June 19th more than 120 doctoral candidates of the Research School and outstanding international scientists discussed chances and limitations of methods for analyses and prognoses in simulation and modelling.
Exchange across disciplinary boundaries
The guest speakers looked at simulation and modelling from different scientific point of views. Dietrich Dörner, Professor for Theoretical Psychology, University of Bamberg…
LPU comes out with the largest scholarship scheme in country
With education being the engine of social and intellectual growth of the nation, the progress of the latter is hugely dependent on how many children can be educated in the country and quality of education is imparted to them. But the bigger predicament for students belonging to economically lower strata of the society is t they have hardly any access to quality education, owing to the fact that quality comes…
The Romanian Academy in Rome between Tradition and Vanguard
(by Andrea Solea) Between 27th of May and 11th of June, the Romanian Academy in Rome presented the 7th edition of Spazi Aperti re:making worlds. As the title suggests, the event brought together different stylistic elements: video, installation, performance, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, music, dance, which wavered between the realm of reality and fantasy, between time past and time present, bearer in this way of the philosophical concepts of Eliot.
The…
PREMIER Biosoft International's Free Primer Analysis Tool, NetPrimer, selected a …
PREMIER Biosoft International today announced that a review of NetPrimer, its free primer analysis tools, was published in “Best of the Web” section of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), a leading biotechnology publication.
Since its release in 1995, NetPrimer has been widely used by the research community. It has been cited in numerous research publications.
NetPrimer, with a web-based interface, enables users to analyze pre-designed primers. The primers are analyzed…
Globe Business College Munich and AidConnect Announce the Winners of the 2008/20 …
Munich, May 2009 – Globe Business College Munich and Aidconnect are pleased to announce the winners of their 2008/2009 Business Ethics Scholarship. Marta Sanchez, a second-year Globe Business College student from Spain, was awarded the scholarship for her work on control mechanisms for development aid projects. Eimer Peters, a second-year GBCM student from Ireland, received a partial scholarship for her essay which focused on Western companies extracting resources from the…
GBCM Introduces the Edexcel Post-Graduate Advanced Professional Diploma in Manag …
Munich, 22 June, 2009 – Globe Business College Munich will offer the internationally recognised Diploma, accredited by Edexcel (the largest validating body in the UK), as of June, 2009.
According to Dr. Susan Walsh, Dean of the Globe Business College Munich, “The Diploma is unique on the German market due to its flexibility, international recognition and practical orientation. In the current economic climate, everyone is aware of the value of further…
New head of industrial engineering department appointed at Penn State
Paul Griffin has been named the new Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, effective Aug. 15.
A member of the faculty in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech since 1988, Griffin has served as a professor of industrial engineering and co-director of the Center for…
Photovoltaic Training Solar Classes From Silicon Solar Taking Off
Silicon Solar, one of the world's leading solar energy companies, has had extremely high success with their new series of photovoltaic training solar classes. Building on the success of their SunMaxx Solar Thermal Training Courses, Silicon Solar launched the Photovoltaic Training Solar Classes in late 2008, with 1 - 2 Photovoltaic Training Solar Classes held every month in major cities across the United States.
Photovoltaic Training Solar Classes have been…
Ubisense Press Release - European FP7 research project REPLICATOR
Ubisense and Partners pioneer use of Precise Real-time location in development of self-organising and learning robots as a member FP7 REPLICATOR program
Ubisense, the World Leader in Precise Real Time Location Systems, and partners of European FP7 research project REPLICATOR reach major milestone to localise self-organising robots
“We are very excited at having reached this major milestone in the program”, says Jaouhar Jemai, Advanced Research Program Director of Ubisense, “being part of…
American Red Cross Teams Up with High School Students to Provide Real World Job …
High school juniors, seniors and recent graduates interested in pursuing a creative education have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves to work with the American Red Cross at The Art Institute of California – Orange County 2009 Summer Studio Workshop. Students will work closely with the Red Cross to find out if they have what it takes for a future in design, fashion, media arts or culinary arts.
From June…
Center for Learning Unlimited Expands Programs and Enrollments at New School Sit …
Torrance, CA -- This past April, to meet the demand for expanded programs and increased enrollments, The Center for Learning Unlimited celebrated an historic milestone with its long-awaited move to a new and larger school home. After a number of years on Silver Spur Road in Rolling Hills, staff and students are now settling in at 2785 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite G, in Torrance Towne Center, near the intersection…
CAMO Software unveils its next generation of multivariate data analytical produc …
CAMO Software - the creators of the leading multivariate analytical software 'The Unscrambler® - unveils details on its soon to be previewed next generation multivariate data analytical products and solutions namely 'The Unscrambler GenX'.
Oslo, Norway - June 15, 2009: CAMO Software, announced the near completion of its next generation multivariate data analytical products and solutions - The Unscrambler Generation X (GenX).
Coinciding with 25 years of excellence in providing multivariate…
BITS Pilani is Back in the Reckoning in India Today Engineering Rankings
In India every year during June, temperatures keep rising not only due to heat but also due to best college surveys and rankings released by India Today, Outlook, Dataquest, LiveMint etc.
According to Aroon Purie Editor in Chief of more than three decade old weekly newsmagazine India Today whose circulation and readership run into millions “Our rankings have become the benchmark for academic standards in India".
The India Today survey which started…
CCM becomes an Apple Training Center for Education
California College of Music is now authorized by Apple Inc. as an Apple Training Center for Education. This authorization recognizes CCM as an established institution to teach Apple Pro applications, such as, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Soundtrack Pro to those seeking to become Apple Pro Certified.
Educational institutions can only become Apple Pro authorized through a certified instructor. CCM’s audio engineering and music production instructor,…
Humanoid acYut from BITS Pilani all set to conquer sixth edition of Robogames at …
The first humanoid from India spear headed by Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani which is one among the top ranking universities in India today and its passion packed alumni across the globe had made its presence and impact at Robogames 2008 and thus marked India’s entry into the Humanoid Race.
Robotics is becoming the new lifestyle sport of the thinking age. RoboGames USA as per Wired Magazine…
Open Source LMS OLAT wins IMS Leadership Award for Best Open Source Learning Pla …
At the Learning Impact conference in Barcelona IMS awarded the best e-learning products with their prestigious “IMS Impact Awards”. The Swiss open source learning platform OLAT (Online Learning And Training), which is being developed by the University of Zurich and partners from the open source community since 10 years, won the "Leadership Award 2009" in the category “Best Open Source Learning Platform”. We very much appreciate receiving this reputable award…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases version 4.50 of SimVector with Support fo …
Palo Alto, California – June 1, 2009- PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the world wide release of SimVector version 4.50. The new version includes support for loading Vector NTI® DNA (*.gb) files. Simply select File>Open>Sequence>From File and browse to the file location, no need to import or archive files. SimVector loads the sequence, reads the annotations and automatically scan all the analysis results performed in Vector NTI®.
The analysis information…
Summer Accommodation Packages Announced by Eton Institute in Dubai
Eton Institute, Dubai’s leading institute of languages today announced exclusive summer accommodation packages for its TESOL/TEFL courses and English & Arabic super intensive courses.
Overseas students booking any intensive course at the Institute can now avail of a special discounted rate which includes accommodation for one full month.
Dr. Eli Abi Rached, Managing Director of Eton Institute commented: “Finding reasonable accommodation in Dubai can be a lengthy process, especially to…
MAXI X-ray detectors to find black holes
Oxford Instruments’ MAXI X-ray detectors will be part of the launch to the International Space Station on 13th June 2009. X-ray detectors, developed by Oxford Instruments in Finland, will be installed on the International Space Station as part of the Japanese MAXI instrument. More sensitive than previous X-ray instruments, MAXI will deliver new valuable information on distant energetic X-ray objects and increase knowledge about the evolution of the…
Nanotech Business Summit - Connecting Middle Eastern Capital with Nanotech Innov …
Cairo, Egypt, June, 2009 - SabryCorp announced that the Nanotech Business Summit will be held from the 6th to 7th December, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. This conference brings together senior business leaders and world-renowned innovators to explore the ways that nanotechnology will become the next big growth innovation.
Billions of dollars have already been allocated for nanoscience research and are available for investment. The Nanotech Business Summit will provide access…
Arab Invasion at American Publishing Event
For the first time in its history, America’s biggest publishing event has dedicated its efforts to promoting Arab literature. Book Expo America (BEA) 2009, held this week in New York, featured more than 600 representatives from the Muslim world, and also introduced more than 300 Arab-language children’s books to the North American market.
“This is the first time that BEA brings such a large regional focus to its attendees, and we…
CHILD THERAPIST ROCKY SPINO RELEASES EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH CYNTHIA LOGA …
New Oxford, PA (June 1, 2009) – Licensed professional counselor and east coast child therapist Rocky Spino is set to release an exclusive online interview with Cynthia Logan entitled, "Teens, Technology, and Tragedy: The Jessica Logan Story." Spino chats with the Ohio mother as she offers a firsthand account of the hazards of teen “sexting” and the heartbreak of her daughter's suicide. The interview is approximately 26 minutes long and will…
IIPM Gurgaon Students Industry Visit - Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Maruti Suzuki India’s largest passenger car company, accounting for more than 50% of the domestic car market was incorporated in February 1981 and entered in a joint venture with Suzuki Corporation in Oct. 1982. With 600 outlets in 393 towns and cities, it produces the best loved cars in the country ranging from Maruti 800, Zen Estilo, Swift to Grand Vitara. Currently Maruti is producing 11 models and is in…
Fifteen Approved Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Added to Pharmaceutical Subst …
New York/Stuttgart – Thieme Publishing Group is pleased to announce the launch of Pharmaceutical Substances Version 3.2. Available via Thieme-connect (thieme-connect.com), Pharmaceutical Substances is a comprehensive reference guide to every significant pharmaceutical compound and includes all FDA approved active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Fifteen drugs have been added to the upgraded version of the information resource, bringing the total of APIs to 2,475. Recent additions include Novartis’ new anti Malaria drug…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases version 2.00 of PrimerPlex with Support f …
Palo Alto, California – May 18, 2009, PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the release of PrimerPlex version 2.00. PrimerPlex designs custom oligos for high-throughput detection of nucleic acid sequences for Luminex 100, Luminex 200 and Bio-Plex 200 suspension array systems. The systems are based on Luminex's bead array based xMAP® technology.
PrimerPlex can now use pre-designed well proven oligos to build a multiplex set. A user begins by specifying the…
CAMO Software announces integration of its multivariate analytical software, 'Un …
Acclaimed multivariate software and training providers, CAMO Software, today announced the integration of its multivariate analytical software 'Unscrambler Predictor & Unscrambler Classifier' with SIPAT. SIPAT is the software solution from Siemens to support the implementation of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical industry.
Oslo, Norway - May 19, 2009: CAMO Software, a leading supplier of software for multivariate data analysis and design of experiments, today announced the successful…
British Space Organisation launch their ‘Your Voice In Space’ campaign in collab …
(Bournemouth, UK - 22 May 2009) Today, the British Space Organisation launched it’s new youth orientated campaign ‘Your Voice In Space’. The BSO has teamed up with one of the best Media schools in the country at Bournemouth University in order to combine the knowledge and expertise of the students within the project.
‘Your Voice In Space’ is a new campaign, looking to raise awareness of cultural and global identity within…
Online Public School in Minnesota Offers Field Trips to Support Students Curricu …
MTS Minnesota Connections Academy, ConnectionsAcademy.com, a free virtual school for K-12 students, has planned six field trips during the month of May to conclude the 2008-2009 school year and to encourage students and staff to come together to learn and socialize.
The students, who attend public school online through MTS Minnesota Connections Academy use the field trips to come together, support the principles and theories taught in the students’ lessons,…
ABTech Delivers First Optics Machine for NASA's NuSTAR Telescope
May 2009 – ABTech Inc, an ultra-precision air bearing motion system manufacturer in Swanzey, New Hampshire, has completed the first of two cylindrical optics module assembly machines for Columbia University’s Nevis Astrophysics Laboratory. The culmination of eight months of design and manufacturing is a multi-axis air bearing machine platform optimized for the construction of high-energy x-ray telescopes. ABTech will provide installation and on-sight operational training to Columbia University scientists at…
Innoget launches a new Open Innovation Portal
Barcelona, 21th May 2009 - Innoget is announcing today the launching of the new collaborative portal for Open Innovation innoget.com.
• Web 2.0 linking companies to the scientific community
• Awarded by the Barcelona County Council as the best entrepreneur Project in the year 2008
• Red Innovation Center - Vodafone Spain, Grupo Damm, Affinity Petcare, Indo, Fluidra, Bicentury, Oryzon Genomics, the first companies to use it
The Internet portal aims to be the meeting point…
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER TO UTILIZE DEFINIENS TECHNOLOGY IN PROGNOSTIC RESEARCH FOR …
Rapid, Accurate Image Analysis of Lung Nodules to Support the Development of Stratification Models for Patient Treatment
Munich, Germany and Tampa, FL, US – May 20, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced that Moffitt Cancer Center will utilize Definiens technology in the analysis of lung cancer CT images for the purpose of developing more accurate prognosis and prediction models for response to specific lung…
TDA Goes Live Today: Skrivanek Cofounds Data Association
Worldwide, May 11, 2009: Skrivanek Group is proud to be at the forefront of what is going to be one of the most important innovations in the translation industry.
The future of translation starts today with the launch of TDA (TAUS Data Association), a worldwide membership of 47 top global companies (Cisco, Microsoft, INTEL, Skrivanek etc.), in which all members contribute, sharing their translation memories and glossaries. The combined…
I'm From Austria ... and From Europe - Multiple Identities in the Global Village
A love for one's country does not preclude a love for one's continent - instead, the two usually go hand in hand. That is the conclusion reached by a study carried out on the topic of national identity. Unique in terms of its scale and scope, new results generated by this study were presented in Vienna to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The study…
CLASSPAC™ Offers Turnkey Classroom Audio/Video System
Plug-and-Play System Includes Amplified Speakers, Control Panel, Lighting Control, Projector Screen, Visualizer and Projector Mount - CLASSPAC to Be Introduced at InfoComm2009
Carson, CA and Morganville, NJ – May 14, 2009 – Prominent audio/video companies have joined forces and combined products to offer the CLASSPAC™, a completely automated, easy-to-use, plug-and-play classroom multimedia system starting at MSRP $3,499. Taking a leadership role in the CLASSPAC offering are Aurora Multimedia and OWI Incorporated…
Manipal Education Launches EduNxt
Mumbai, 12th May 2009: Manipal Education, a pioneering force in Higher Education, today announced the launch of its next generation learning system - EduNxt – a new Technology infused Learning System that will transform Distributed Learning in India.
Affordable and easy to use, EduNxt enables a collaborative and interactive environment for learning and includes small group mentoring, virtual classrooms, simulation and other interactive content, self-study content, recorded presentations and shared…
Bio Base Europe develops the region into the bio-based economy gateway in Europe
Minister Ceysens and mister Kortleve inaugurate trans-border cooperation
Gent, 7 May 2009 – Minister Patricia Ceysens, Minister of Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade of Flanders, Belgium, and Acting Managing Director Cees Kortleve of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs gave the official starting shot for Bio Base Europe on Monday 27 April. This Flemish-Dutch collaborative project will transform the Gent-Terneuzen Canal Zone into the most important centre for…
FIZ Karlsruhe now markets in-house version of USGENE®, the USPTO Genetic Sequenc …
Agreement gives FIZ Karlsruhe the mandate to operate as SequenceBase Corporation’s marketing agent for USGENE® in-house version / USGENE® data available for customized subscription download / expert customer support
Karlsruhe, Germany / Edison, NJ, USA, May 2009 - For the purpose of promoting the USGENE® in-house version more effectively in Europe, US-based SequenceBase Corporation and FIZ Karlsruhe have entered into an agreement according to which FIZ Karlsruhe will act…
EH&E Wins 2009 Green Business Award for Energy-Saving Improvements to its Workpl …
Needham, Massachusetts – May 5, 2009 – Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E, Inc.) has been named as a 2009 Green Business Awards winner by the Boston Business Journal (BBJ) for energy-saving improvements the firm made to its offices in Needham, Mass. The improvements reduced the company’s energy consumption by 20% and qualified its workspace as an Energy Star Building.
The firm, which provides a broad range of environmental and…
Work Integrated Learning BS MS MPhil Programmes of BITS Pilani Rajasthan
Since 1979, BITS 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.
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science popularly known as BITS which is one among the top ranking universities in India today offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses and…
Many Reasons to Remember Library of BITS Pilani Rajasthan India today
The task of a University is the creation of future and no university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library and the magnificent Library at BITS Pilani will tell everyone the obvious.
April 23 is just no ordinary date. Its a symbolic date for world literature, for this day happens to be the birth or death date of many renowned authors like Cervantes, Shakespeare, Inca…
DSP for FPGAs Technical Course in May in Munich
New Training Portal for High-tech on the Web
Starnberg, 9 April, 2009 - At present the qaqadu event gmbh, the experts for technical education, offers the short course on "DSP for FPGAs" on May 12 to 15, 2009, in Munich, Germany. FPGAs with DSP functionalities are a rapidly growing market with great market potential. A broad field of applications reaching from industrial, automotive and even to communication systems like for example…
Manipal Education introduces International Engineering Twinning Programs ICAS - …
Manipal- India: The international Centre of Applied Sciences (ICAS) is a unique initiative by the Manipal Education – one of India’s best education services provider that makes international Education accessible and affordable to all ICAS provides a unique four year twinning program in Engineering Sciences whereby the students pursue the first two years of the program (Freshman and sophomore years) at Manipal, India and the subsequent years in an International…
Three new exciting international programs at Manipal University Dubai
Canada – is closer to Dubai
Manipal University Dubai – Ties up with University of Fraser Valley - Canada
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed and exchanged between the University of Fraser Valley ( UFV), British Columbia from Canada and Manipal University . T h i s relationship between the two Universities envisages the students of BBM ( E-Banking…
Passions Peak on Graduation Day Tea Party at BITS Pilani Rajasthan
The lines Be who you want to, be who you are, Everyone is a hero everyone is a star from Bon Jovi song Welcome to Wherever You Are mean much more to Proud to be BITSians who graduate from BITS Pilani.
After graduation, BITSians don’t just go out to get jobs; they step out and become leaders. Many of Today’s leaders in various walks of life came from BITS Pilani yesterday…
Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) Garners Multiple Marketing Awards
New York, New York April 21, 2009 -- Metropolitan College of New York has won five marketing awards this year including the Gold Award for Radio Advertising in the Admissions Advertising Awards.
Over 2000 entries were submitted to the 24th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report. Creative Partners of Stamford, Connecticut created the college's marketing campaign.
In addition to winning the gold in the Radio Advertising, MCNY also…
Optically perfect, water clear, soft material for the MTT Vacuum Casting Process
Vacuum casting resin type 9070
MTT Technologies, formerly MCP Tooling Technologies Group introduces an unusual material for prototyping and product development purposes.
Generally, rubber, soft type vacuum casting resins are generally black, dark brown or amber in colour. Because of 9070's transparency any pigment can be added to create any RAL or pantone colour and if required, even tinted variations. This is an extremely important aspect for industrial designers and for…
Robot learns fundamental mathematical and physical concepts by experimentation a …
Researchers in the European research project XPERO have developed a machine learning method, which enables a small humanoid to learn rather fundamental mathematical concepts such as position and orientation in a coordinate system. The algorithm takes the robot’s sensor data recorded while it moves through the surrounding world and creates a model, which allows the robot to predict how the objects in its vicinity will change their position relative to…
Private school closures lead to increased demand for home schooling by full-time …
Tutors International announces an increase in enquiries for full-time private tutors due to the closure of a significant number of independent schools across the UK. Almost 20 private schools have either already been closed or announced that they will be closing in the next few months. For some families, moving the children to another comparable school can cause huge logistical difficulties, and so many are turning to private tutors for…
