Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Post Graduation Health Services Degrees from Independence University for Strateg …
Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 22, 2009 – Independence University announces Health Services Degree – Post graduation level degrees in Community Health and in Wellness Promotion for those looking for a challenging, career in healthcare.
With the increasing need for maintaining healthy living standards, career opportunities in the healthcare field are growing. The healthcare industry is already growing faster than average, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the earning…
Ocimum Biosolutions Announces the Launch of Biotracker™ Lite LIMS
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, December 01, 2009: Ocimum Biosolutions today announced the launch of Biotracker™ Lite, a general purpose version of its Life Sciences Specialty LIMS solution, Biotracker™. Biotracker™ Lite is designed to meet the requirements of small to medium laboratories and offers a gamut of features including: managing samples and their associated data, inventory management, laboratory instrument management and integration, GLP and 21…
After a Gap of 3 Decades Proud to be BITSian Alam Ali Khan Completes his Degree …
Proud to be BITSian Alam Ali firmly believes that When a Mission is taken up with Passion, there are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond reach.
In mid 2007, 95 year old Nola Ochs completed her degree in General Studies with history focus from Fort Hays State University Kansas USA to break the Guinness record held by Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 had…
Saltmarch Media and Think88 Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver soapUI Trainin …
Bangalore, India, Nov 25, 2009 - Saltmarch Media and Think88 today announced a strategic partnership to deliver soapUI training in India. According to the agreement, Think88 will license the ‘Introduction to soapUI’ and ‘Advanced soapUI Pro’ training courses to Saltmarch for introduction into Saltmarch’s training portfolio.
The two companies will work together to both market and deliver the courses in India starting December 2009. Software developers, architects, QA testers and…
I Support Learning Releases New Video Game Design Curriculum and Update
Nashville, TN – November 19, 2009 – I Support Learning, Inc. (ISL) of Olathe, KS announced the release of their new Video Game Design 4.0 at the ACTE 2009 Conference in Nashville. This was a complete graphical and content update to their existing Video Game Design Curricula, released in 2004.
As noted by the Entertainment Software Association, video game design is the fastest-growing industry in the country right now, with…
Build on Early for a Successful Career in Science and Technology through Foundat …
Bangalore: With a view of providing an essential foundation for students to prepare systematically for and be successful in competitive exams like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AIPMT, CET, Olympiads etc., BASE the premier educational training organization providing quality training in Karnataka has launched a new program Foundation-SnT
Foundation-SnT is a 2 year value add Program for students of Class IX. It complements the regular studies of the students by imparting additional inputs…
I SUPPORT LEARNING AND MIKE ZISA DISPLAY PERSONAL FINANCE, EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE …
Olathe, KS – November 16, 2009 – I Support Learning, Inc. (ISL) announced that partner and developer, Mike Zisa, will be travelling to attend the Philadelphia Business Educators Association in order to present and demonstrate their new Personal Finance and Wealth Management educational curriculum, a joint venture between ISL and Zisa.
Zisa, a high school and college-level business education teacher, was a professional financial planner before his teaching career.…
I SUPPORT LEARNING GOES TO ACTE CONFERENCE
Olathe, KS – November 16, 2009 – I Support Learning, Inc. (ISL) announced that owner and CEO, Steve Waddell, will be traveling to Nashville TN to attend the annual Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Conference, running from November 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
At the conference ISL will be showcasing and demonstration their new, 4th Generation of Career Simulations, using upgraded technology and graphical capabilities.…
Plentyabooks.com Launching World’s Largest Online Bookstore
Plentyabooks.com an online bookstore makes its official launch to consumers on January 1, 2010. Already in full swing plentyabooks.com is busy signing up authors from all genres. Plentyabooks.com will revolutionize the publishing industry by offering an online bookstore that will also serve as a catalyst for authors to gain recognition in the industry. In addition to the traditional bookstore the site will feature book reviews, blogs and a featured author…
Arecont Vision H.264 MegaDome Series network cameras now available at VideoSurve …
VideoSurveillance.com, a leading provider of IP video surveillance solutions, has added the Arecont Vision H.264 MegaDome Series to its ever-growing catalog of IP network cameras. The Arecont Vision MegaDome Series is a collection of high-performance megapixel IP cameras featuring H.264 video compression and other cutting-edge technologies that enable clear and detailed wide-area surveillance. VideoSurveillance.com is excited to offer the latest network camera offerings from Arecont Vision, further expanding its diverse…
DEFINIENS UNVEILS DEFINIENS LYMPHEXPERT™ Version 2.0
Munich, Germany and Parsippany, New Jersey – November 24, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced the forthcoming release of Definiens LymphExpert™ Version 2.0, a software application for the detailed analysis of lymph nodes. Definiens LymphExpert™, a core application of the Definiens Oncology Suite, is designed to assist radiology professionals in the identification, analysis and evaluation of lymph nodes in CT images over time.
Definiens LymphExpert™…
Rotary to help future leaders become agents of peace and address the root causes …
Humanitarian service organization announces 2010-12 class of 90 World Peace Fellows
EVANSTON, IL., USA – As the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, Rotary International - a humanitarian service organization dedicated to world peace and understanding – is helping the next generation of world leaders learn the skills to prevent future war and conflict.
“Deeper issues related to…
Biotracker™ LIMS Receives caBIG® Bronze Compatibility Certification
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, Tuesday, November 24, 2009:
Ocimum Biosolutions today announced that its specialty life science Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Biotracker™ has been awarded the prestigious caBIG® (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid®) Bronze Compatibility Certification by the National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The overarching goal of the caBIG® program…
Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester
The striking new building of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester‘s city centre arouses interest. Cubes nested into each other, large-format and light-coloured stone tiles combined with lots of glass demonstrate monumental geometry seemingly in contrast with the lightness of the music dominating inside.
Light for educational establishments must meet very special requirements. Architecture and interior design are decisive factors that make it possible to respond flexibly to the…
M-Scan – 30 years of Innovations and beyond
From its inception in 1979, M-Scan have always been a forward thinking company. Its founder, Professor Howard Morris (FRS), saw the potential for the application of Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS) in the emerging biopharmaceutical industry and since then they have gone from strength to strength.
M-Scan now consists of over 70 staff worldwide in four laboratories and several marketing offices, M-Scan Ltd (UK), M-Scan Inc (USA), M-…
Measuring Electron Orbitals
For the first time, it has been possible to measure electron density in individual molecular states using what is known as the photoelectric effect. Now published in SCIENCE, this method represents a key building block in the development of organic semiconductor elements. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the success of this project rested on the mathematical transformation of the measured data. This made it possible to interpret the…
BITS Pilani Rajasthan Celebrates National Education Day 2009
The National Education Day is being celebrated across India on November 11 commemorating the birthday of Bharat Ratna Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a great freedom fighter, an eminent educationist and the First Education Minister of Independent India.
The lines “Every individual has a right to an education that will enable him to develop his faculties and live a full human life. Such education is the birth right of every citizen”…
FirstBank and CollegeInvest Partner to Help Colorado Families Save for Higher Ed …
Introducing a New CollegeInvest Smart Choice 529 College Savings Plan that Combines FDIC Insurance and Tax Benefits
Nov. 9, 2009 – FirstBank Holding Company, the Lakewood-based holding company for the largest locally owned banking organization in Colorado, and CollegeInvest, Colorado's not-for-profit higher education financing resource, announced today the launch of the CollegeInvest Smart Choice College Savings Plan. The new 529 savings plan provides tax benefits, stability and security for Colorado…
Max Planck Innovation awards license to Solexel for an innovative method to deve …
Max Planck Innovation GmbH, the technology transfer agency of the Max Planck Society, Germany’s leading basic research organization, has signed a co-exclusive license agreement for its Porous-Silicon-Process (PSI process) technology with Solexel, Inc., a company focusing on the development and commercialisation of high-efficiency thin-film photovoltaic arrays and solar modules.
Fueled by high energy prices, the market for solar cells is experiencing an enormous boost. The rising demand is currently leading…
DEFINIENS eCOGNITION BRINGS NEW DIMENSIONS TO GEO-SPATIAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
Munich, Germany / Parsippany, New Jersey – November 10, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced the launch of its latest software offering for earth science professionals, Definiens eCognition® version 8. The new software suite delivers functionality specifically designed for geospatial image analysis while also achieving marked improvements in processing performance.
Leveraging Definiens’ research and development efforts in 3D and 4D image analysis, eCognition 8…
Specialist private tuition company Tutors International rebrands, celebrating te …
Tutors International will soon reveal a new visual brand to celebrate ten years of specialist private tutor provision. The company, now established as the best provider of private tutors, has undergone a complete rebranding to reflect the quality of full-time private tutoring that it sources for families all over the world. At the centre of the new brand is a compass, encapsulating multiple levels of meaning, reflected through the new…
LA Ort College offering Associate of Applied Science Degree in Accounting
To meet the growing demand of accounting and finance jobs, LA Ort College is preparing student for exciting career in accounting and finance by offering degree in accounting. The Associates of Applied Science (AAS) Degree curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the bookkeeping and accounting with greater emphasis on financial statements and account management.
Affiliated with ORT Operations USA, Los Angeles ORT College provides high caliber of education…
US Techie Proud to be BITSian Ranvir Trehan Pilgrimage to Alma Mater BITS Pilani
A Person's world is only as big as his Heart and there is no doubt that it is not he who has much is rich but he who gives much.
Proud to be BITSian Ranvir Trehan is a technologist, an entrepreneur, and more recently a philanthropist in McLean, Virginia USA. Ranvir Trehan who graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Branch in 1961 from the erstwhile Birla Engineering College,…
Bio-Synthesis Gears Up for Virtual Conference for the Life Sciences
Bio-Synthesis has teamed up with BioConference Live for a revolutionary event. BioConference Live is a free, online-only conference for the life sciences and laboratory science community. The event will take place Tuesday, November 17, to Thursday, November 19. Attendees will be able to see and interact with live video keynote presentations, track sessions and case studies, poster sessions, and a virtual exhibit hall.
Attendees will be…
Tested PILine® Technology for Extra Low-Profile Components
The M-660 PILine® rotation stage from Physik Instrumente (PI) opens up a new dimension in fast positioning, be it of samples in microscopy or biotechnology, or integrated into test systems of mass storage devices, for example. They achieve a speed of up to 2 rotations per second. The integrated U-164 PILine® linear motors offer a maximum torque of up to 0.3 Nm regardless of the direction of motion, the stage…
Science of Synthesis Continues Its Expansion With the Addition of Two Volumes
Science of Synthesis has expanded by 2 volumes and now contains a total of 42 volumes. The two new volumes are from Category 5 (Compounds with One Saturated Carbon—Heteroatom Bond) and include Volume 40 (Schaumann/Enders), which consists of Amines, Ammonium Salts, Amine N-Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines and Volume 42 (Mathey), which consists of Organophosphorus Compounds (including RO—P and RN—P). This release contains a total of 15,476…
Educational Games Website Launches New Attack On Drip Pricing Cons
Plans announced by the OFT to investigate dubious pricing practices on the internet have been welcomed by Keen2 learn, the educational games website, which has attacked many pricing techniques as misleading and "a whisker away from illegal cons."
The pricing practices exemplified by budget airlines leave many customers reeling at the additional charges hidden until the final pages of the checkout. Know as “drip pricing” they cover a host of…
Leading private tutor agency Tutors International celebrates ten years of privat …
Tutors International announces the launch of a new website to celebrate ten years of private tutor provision. The company, founded in 1999, has recently rebranded and the new website is being launched in line with the change in visual identity. The new site incorporates the new visual brand for the core private tutor sourcing services, along with information on the recently launched TI Journeys and TI London offerings. For more…
FPGAs and Embedded Processors Technical Course
Starnberg, November 3, 2009 – qaqadu event gmbh, the experts for technical education, offer the 3-day short course on "FPGAs and Embedded Processors" taking place on December 7 to 9, 2009, in Munich, Germany. Offering this topic qaqadu events meets the rapidly growing market of FPGAs and embedded processors with great market potential. This course will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of how embedded styled systems can be implemented…
A New "Space Age": Globalisation Is Shaping Urban Development
"Space" is defined and shaped by social forces. A project at the Vienna University of Technology is presently investigating how current changes in these forces are impacting on urban development. This project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is focusing primarily on the consequences of globalisation. Artists, architects and scientists are due to meet this weekend at an interdisciplinary symposium to discuss the initial results in Vienna, Austria.
Space has…
IGNIS Innovation demonstrates breakthroughs in AMOLED backplane technology at FP …
AdMo(TM) & MaxLife(TM) platforms will grow the AMOLED market & reduce costs
Yokohama, Japan — 28th October, 2009 — IGNIS Innovation Inc., a world leader in the design and development of thin film transistor circuits and driver algorithms for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED), will demonstrate important breakthroughs in the field of AMOLED image compensation technology at its booth (#2304) at the FPD International Exhibition in Pacifico Yokohama from…
Tutors International to deliver presentation at the Society of Education Consult …
Tutors International announces that tutor Jon Grossman will be leading a workshop and discussion exploring the use of the weekly Exploratorium at the Society of Education Consultants conference and AGM in November. The weekly Exploratorium is one of the many benefits provided to members of the SEC, reviewing announcements of bids and tenders, key appointments in the education sector, details of conferences and exhibitions and sources of funding available for…
At BITS Pilani Prof Bikshandarkoil R Srinivasan Gives a Talk on X Ray Crystallog …
Nobel laureates for whom this technique fetched the coveted honor over the years include Max von Laue (X-ray scattering), William H Bragg & William L Bragg (Braggs’ Law), Linus Pauling (Alpha Helix), J.D. Watson & F.C.H. Crick (DNA), Max Perutz & J.C. Kendrews (Haemoglobin), Dorothy C. Hodgin (Vitamin B-12) and the latest Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Ribosome). For Nobel Laureate Derek Harold Richard Barton, X-Ray crystallography is an accurate and rapid method…
Free Online School from Home Congratulates Kevin Johnson as National Merit Schol …
MTS Minnesota Connections Academy, a free online public school for K-12 students, is pleased to announce that senior Kevin Johnson is a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist.
Johnson, a resident of Farmington, Minn., is the first National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist to be named at MTS Minnesota Connections Academy, http://www.ConnectionsAcademy.com. He currently takes classes full-time at the University of Minnesota through Connections Academy’s Post Secondary Enrollment Option program.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation…
The media portal of the Siemens Stiftung now also available in English
Around 480 English media files on the topics of energy, water and hearing – English user interface – Easy-to-use search functions and free downloads
The media portal of the Siemens Stiftung now also offers teaching materials on scientific topics in English. About 480 media files are currently available for free downloading. In addition, the English user interface also enables teachers who do not speak German to easily find these media files.…
Chemel AB and ORGANOBALANCE GmbH start business cooperation in Germany
Lund, Sweden / Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2009 – At Biotechnica exhibition in Hannover, 6-8 October 2009, Chemel AB (publ) and ORGANOBALANCE GmbH agreed on a business cooperation of mutual benefit.
ORGANOBALANCE is specializing in microbial strain development and microbiological screening. The company develops new biological products in the areas of nutrition, cosmetics, preventive health care, and industrial biotechnology, all based on specific probiotic cultures. In its development activities, the company…
Pasadena Foster Care Children’s Charity Drops, Covers, & Holds On
(PASADENA, CA) –On October 15, Hillsides, a foster care children’s charity serving Los Angeles County, including the special education school in Pasadena, participated in the Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness activity in U.S. history.
More than 6.8 million Californians registered to participate in the ShakeOut drill today at 10:15 a.m. The purpose of the ShakeOut is to practice how to protect ourselves during earthquake, and to get…
SGS to hold Sustainable Finance in Practice Workshop in the UK
SGS organizes two workshops, which will be held on 03 November 2009 in Edinburgh and on 05 November 2009 in London, dealing with Sustainable Finance in Practice in the banking sector.
The current financial crisis demands a re-assessment of the way in which banks and investment houses operate. As financial sustainability is a prerequisite for building a healthy global economy, SGS offers two workshops, on 03 November 2009 in Edinburgh and…
Finally a book to help students read original Chinese literature
Author, Kevin Nadolny, has published "Capturing Chinese: Short Stories From Lu Xun’s Nahan", an original approach to help students break into reading Chinese literature without the usual frustration of looking up obscure characters, misunderstanding historical events, and not knowing the background of the story.
Starting with no background in Chinese, Kevin Nadolny has spent the past eight years mastering Mandarin Chinese studying both at US schools and in Beijing. After…
SGS to hold Sustainable Finance in Practice Workshop in the UK
SGS organizes two workshops, which will be held on 03 November 2009 in Edinburgh and on 05 November 2009 in London, dealing with Sustainable Finance in Practice in the banking sector.
The current financial crisis demands a re-assessment of the way in which banks and investment houses operate. As financial sustainability is a prerequisite for building a healthy global economy, SGS offers two workshops, on 03 November 2009 in Edinburgh and…
Miami Area Middle School Wins National FBI-SOS Internet Challenge
Ft. Lauderdale-Davie, Fla. – A group of 716 students from G.W. Carver Middle School in Miami, Florida scored the highest in the nation on the September edition of the FBI-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge, an internet safety program backed by Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
These students clicked their way to first place by studying internet safety information on pre-screened websites and…
Italian language Courses for Foreigners: Learning Italian Language at the Seasid …
Viareggio combines the common features of small maritime towns - such as short distances, easily accessible facilities and services, warm and familiar atmosphere - with the comforts that one usually finds in a big urban centre.
The Versilia coast in fact, is a special place for several reasons. It is a very reach area from a cultural, culinary, natural and artistic point of view and it is famous also for shopping…
New Free Service: Internet Users Cannot Avoid Learning Thousands of New Foreign …
11.10.2009 Helsinki - 12word.com has launched a free online foreign language word teaching service. With the service internet users cannot avoid learning thousands of words from any foreign language while surfing the web. The free, custom made web browser toolbar keeps on showing the animated words whenever the web browser is used.
The free service can be found at web address http://www.12word.com and it is available at no costs to any…
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Excel CET by BASE for the early bird advantage
Many talented medical and engineering college aspirants lag behind in the CET owing to last minute preparations and lack of planning says BASE, the premier educational training organization providing quality training for IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AIPMT, CET and COMEDK in Karnataka.
“Several talented youngsters wake up only a few weeks before the CET and look up to crash courses for miracles. The right time…
Neil Armstrong is represented for his speaking engagements by CSA Celebrity Spea …
Sofia, Bulgaria – Neil Armstrong, The First Man on the Moon and an icon of the 20th century is represented for his speaking engagements by CSA Celebrity Speakers. Neil Armstrong was involved in various space program firsts, including commanding the Gemini 8 flight in 1966 when he performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.
“Neil Armstrong draws upon the lessons he learned and shows companies the need to…
Applied Spectra, Inc. Celebrates its 5th Anniversary
Fremont, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2009—Applied Spectra, Inc., a leading provider of laser-based test equipment for elemental chemical analysis, celebrates its 5th anniversary this month. Since its inception at the UC Berkeley incubator facility, the company has assembled a highly qualified team of scientists and engineers committed to creating automated products that harness the latest in laser ablation analysis techniques. Laser ablation is a new green technology for rapid…
AMERICA’S B-BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND SPAIN’S INNOGET OPEN INNOVATION MARKE …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. – October 5, 2009: B-Bridge Technology Transfer (b-bridgetechnologies.com) and Innoget (innoget.com) have partnered to improve online connection opportunities between technology inventors and technology seekers. B-Bridge and Innoget will collaborate to provide their members with full access to each other’s websites, which enables cross-listing of inventions and licensing proposals and creates a larger pool of resources for business and organizations seeking new technology.
The B-Bridge Technology Transfer user…
Freshmen orientation at BITS Pilani Rajasthan - The Change is for Real
It is indeed a matter of pride that for the year 2009 the Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint etc. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses.
BITS is well known for its transparency in selection criteria based on…
Two BITS Pilani Computer Science Students Bag Coveted Aditya Birla Group Scholar …
By continuing to bag this coveted Scholarships year after year, BITSians have time and again proved that they do not shirk from putting their best foot forward to march out boldly and seize the opportunities to face the challenges head on.
The Aditya Birla Group, a US $29.2 billion corporation, with Global Vision and Indian Values anchored by an extraordinary force of 130,000 employees, belonging to 30 different nationalities, is in…
California College San Diego Offers Financial Aid Counseling Services to Its Stu …
San Diego, CA, Sep 25, 2009 – California College San Diego (CCSD) now offers Financial Aid Counseling Services to its students as a step to remove the financial barriers to their education. Thanks to their counseling service offered, students will now have a single point of contact for all their queries and guidelines regarding financial aid.
California College San Diego understands that with the cost of college education escalating every…
