Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Vital parameters kept under surveillance
The EOM-CO2-mini expands the product range of PreSens Precision Sensing GmbH.
This electro-optical module is a solution for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for customized monitoring devices. As for its small footprint, it can easily be integrated and, assembled according to ISO 9001:2008, it guarantees a precise and non-invasive CO2 measurement. The EOM-CO2-mini extends PreSens’ scope of supply for OEMs. Customers from Scientific R & D as well as Biotech &…
Tutors International is announced as finalist in the Supplementary Education Fir …
Tutors International announces that is has been named as a finalist in the prestigious Education Investor Awards for 2010 which celebrates innovation and excellence in the UK's education industry. Tutors International has reached the final stage of judging in the Supplementary Education Firm of the Year category, following a successful application process in which the company had to provide extensive evidence of innovative tuition or education to children outside the…
Online Distance Learning Boom: On line Distance Education Courses Gains Populari …
According to the United States Distance Learning Association, educational institutions expect the number of students engaged in online distance learning to reach a number of over 2.6 million. In fact, online distance learning education courses are now estimated to be about 10% of the available training.
Schools and universities have responded to the trend of online distance learning by increasing their offerings of fully online distance education courses. About two-thirds…
Southwest Prep Is On “Course” For Education: Local School District Announces 2nd …
WHO:
Southwest Preparatory School Educational Foundation
WHAT:
2nd Annual “Fore” the School Golf Classic
WHEN:
Early Registration: Ends Friday, October 1, 2010
Tournament: Monday, October 11, 2010 (tee time 1pm)
DETAILS:
The Southwest Preparatory School Educational Foundation Board invites local golfers to join them on the links for its second annual “Fore” the School Golf Classic.
Proceeds from the tournament, to be held at 1pm on Monday, October 11, at Canyon Springs Golf Club, will help the Foundation…
JMA Pilani Top Ranking School in Itihas Parishad All India Hindi Debate Competit …
Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy (JMA) established in the year 2004 which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one of the most sought after schools at Pilani in Shekhawati Rajasthan.
JMA which started in 2004 with an enrollment of 60 students for the Nursery, LKG, First Junior and Class1 has grown today till Class VII with well over 400 students. While the school admits both boys and…
PANATecs to present highlights at Biotechnica 2010 in Hanover
06 September 2010
Once again, PANATecs will be presenting many highlights from the field of protein analytics at the Biotechnica trade fair to be held in Hanover from the 5th to the 7th of October 2010.
Attendees who visit the PANATecs stand (hall 9, stand D44/1) will also enjoy something sweet.
PANATecs will be there once again this year when Biotechnica opens its doors in Hanover in early October. The company is a…
2010-2011 Hydrogen Student Design Contest Theme Announced
Washington, D.C. - September 1, 2010 - The Hydrogen Education Foundation announced residential fueling with hydrogen as the contest theme for the 2010-2011 Hydrogen Student Design Contest. This year's Contest is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Proton Energy Systems. Teams of university students worldwide can now register to compete at hydrogencontest.org.
"Each year, the Contest focuses on a key issue in the hydrogen and fuel cell industry,"…
EMS’ Innovative Simulation Technology Advances Education at St. Philip’s College …
(Exton, PA, September 3, 2010) – St. Philip’s College (SPC), a member institution of the Alamo Community College District, has selected Education Management Solutions’ (EMS) simulation software to manage their state-of-the-art Nursing/Allied Health Complex (NAHC) in San Antonio.
EMS’ simulation application will provide a range of benefits to streamline and enhance SPC’s simulation training program from participant, room, and equipment scheduling, to automated notifications of scheduled sessions and lab inventory…
FBI-SOS Program Announces Relaunch of Website and adds a Twitter Account
Following months of research, planning and development, the FBI-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge is pleased to announce the relaunch of its website, fbi-sos.org .
The new website delivers a fresh, new look and feel for the educational initiative which was developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Nova Southeastern University’s Fischler School of Education and Human Services six years ago. Principals, teachers and students will have…
Biotage Introduces Resolux™ Peptides Purification HPLC Columns to Address Increa …
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, has launched a new range of HPLC columns optimized for peptide purification. The Resolux line was introduced during the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting & Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts USA and will be premiered at the 31st European Peptide Symposium on September 5th in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The new Resolux line from Biotage delivers purification solutions for…
GMP synthesis chemistry services CRO, Onyx Scientific, reports increased small s …
Internationally renowned, contract research organisation Onyx Scientific, is pleased to announce the continued growth of its small-scale GMP custom synthesis services for development APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
Commenting on the growing success of its small-scale GMP synthesis services, CEO, Dr Tony Flinn says “our success is due to open communication and a highly responsive scientific team, who are able to lower the cost of a GMP process by…
eGlobe Research Community Delivers In-Depth Studies on What We Teach in Higher E …
DENVER, CO: eGlobe Research Community, a Denver-based research company, announced today that it will open its website to provide access to its current research on higher education in the United States to decision-makers in education, business and government as well as others interested in learning more about trends in curriculum. eGlobe Research Community's focus is on delivering in depth information to aid stakeholders of education in…
Indianapolis Personal Injury Attorneys Young and Young University Scholarship En …
Indianapolis, IN August 25, 2010 --- Young and Young one of the leading consumer personal injury law firms in Indianapolis, has announced scholarship endowments for 2 Hoosier Universities.
Two scholarships are either fully endowed or in the process of being fully endowed at Marian University, Indianapolis, in the name of our Father Howard S. Young, Jr., and our Mother Mary A. Young. Both attorneys dedicated their professional…
uCertify releases its new practice test for the ISSAP exam
uCertify (August,14,2010 ), a leading practice test provider for IT certification exams, recently released a practice test for the ISC2 ISSAP exam.
To download the free trial of the practice test go to the link: ucertify.com/ exams/ISC2/ISSAP.html
The ISSAP certification requires a candidate to demonstrate two years of professional experience in the area of architecture; and it is an appropriate credential for the Chief Security Architects and Analysts who may typically…
The Relaunched Thieme E-Book Library is COUNTER Compliant
Stuttgart/New York August 2010 – Thieme Publishing Group has announced that the relaunched Thieme E-Book Library platform, is now COUNTER compliant. With this addition to the online library institutions can now obtain statistical data to monitor online usage that is based on international standards and protocols and supported by libraries, publishers, intermediaries, and professional organizations.
"The relaunched Thieme E-Book Library has been reviewed by COUNTER and found to be compliant…
Landmark for Kaplan Open Learning: First online degree students graduate
Online degree students meet for the first time at their graduation at the University of Essex
London – August 2010 – There have been celebrations at the online higher education college, the University of Essex as the first set of Foundation and Bachelor’s degrees graduates from Kaplan Open Learning met for the first time at their graduation ceremony. The graduates studied their degrees entirely online through Kaplan Open Learning, which…
Tutors International reports a growing trend in affluent parents turning to full …
Tutors International has reported that an increased number of affluent parents are engaging the services of a full time private tutor to help their children prepare for A-level re-sits after receiving disappointing results in the first round of A-level exam results. This continues the trend reported by Tutors International over recent years of more families choosing to educate their children with one-to-one private tuition, rather than keeping them in an…
Apeiron Nominated for the Most Important European Biotechnology Award
Vienna-based biotech company Apeiron Biologics AG has been nominated as one of three finalists for the European Biotechnica Award. The Biotechnica Award, which is presented by Deutsche Messe AG as part of the sector's leading trade fair, is regarded as Europe's most prestigious biotech award. Apeiron is the only unlisted finalist. The company first caught the attention of industry insiders in January 2010 when it signed a licensing agreement with…
Gilson Launches PIPETMAN.EU, A New Online Store for the European Market
Gilson S.A.S proudly announces the launch of PIPETMAN.EU, a new online web shop that caters specifically to the European scientific market.
Unveiled on August 1, 2010, PIPETMAN.EU provides a multi-lingual platform that is offered in French, German and English. Orders for Gilson products placed through the website can be shipped to 10 European countries, allowing for an extremely easy shopping experience for users throughout the region. The site also allows users…
Presenting Chicago’s First Ever Young Professionals OnBoard Event
By the time you hit your mid twenties, you’ve been through a number of orientations. College orientation is more than a cursory introduction to a university, as these one to two day sessions give new freshmen an overview of what to expect as a new college student and how to navigate campus life and classes effectively. Once out of school, new employee orientation integrates rookie employee into an organization, focusing…
Successful Leaders Arising from Poverty Shadowed by Gentrification
New York, New York – August 18th 2010 – As the room for poverty in the neighborhood is becoming less, the nativity students stand tall and prove their true potential with their academic performance. In contrast to the steep declines seen at both the public and charter schools throughout New York City, the students at New York Nativity continue their strong performance in both Math and English. Results…
Vacuum Controller VACVISION
With the new vacuum controller VACVISION and due to its large touch screen panel you have your complete vacuum process safely in mind and also in the forefront. The desired parameters can be set easily and monitored via a simple finger tip.
The new compact VACVISION vacuum controller is equipped with a large TFT graphic display with touch panel. The VACVISION offers intuitive operation, a guided configuration menu (wizard), simple hardware…
Vacuum Measurements directly at the Process Chamber with the THERMOVAC TM101 Vac …
The new digital THERMOVAC TM101 vacuum gauge from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum offers a new method of directly measuring the vacuum pressure in the vacuum chamber. The measurement data is acquired through the hand set TM101 and can be processed further using software.
The THERMOVAC TM101 hand set permits vacuum measurements spanning seven decades (1200 to 5 x 10-4 mbar). Moreover, the TM101 offers the possibility of an adjustable gas correction factor,…
ChemImage to Present Inkjet Discrimination Research Results at the 6th EDEWG Con …
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 17, 2010 — ChemImage Corporation will be presenting research results on a new inkjet printer discrimination technique involving hyperspectral imaging (HSI) at the 6th EDEWG Conference, a meeting of the European Document Experts Working Group, in Dubrovnik, Croatia from Sept. 21-24.
A part of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), the European Document Experts Working Group supports ENFSI’s forensic document examination objectives. Held every two…
Latest Nanoposts.com Nanotechnology Market Report Projects the Global Market for …
Carbon nanotubes enable radical design changes for a wide variety of markets by permitting combinations of properties not previously possible in materials design and affording multi-functionality for increased efficiency. The challenge is translating the excellent combination of nanotubes properties on the nanoscale to structural properties on the macroscale. Contrary to most hyperbolic estimates, the current global market for carbon nanotubes has been measured by Nanoposts.com at approximately $247 million. At…
New Isolera™ UV-VIS Flash Purification System delivers widest wavelength range a …
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, August 16, 2010 – Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading developer of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announces the introduction of the Isolera UV-VIS flash purification system. The UV-VIS system enables detection of organic molecules with spectral absorbance between 200 nm and 800 nm making it the broadest wavelength detection flash system available to chemists. The system provides detection capable to near IR range.…
Companies continue to invest in training despite recessionary times – Over 40,00 …
The Skillnets Annual Report 2009 published today, reports that in 2009 over €22.2 million was invested in developing the skills of over 40,000 workers in Irish enterprise. Skillnets facilitates training and upskilling in collaboration with enterprise. €14.5 million was invested from the National Training Fund (NTF) and €7.7 million from companies. Training was delivered by 103 Skillnet networks across the country.
Domhnall MacDomhnaill, Chairman of Skillnets said that “the…
CT School of Cosmetology Wins Award
Academy Di Capelli School of Cosmetology has been awarded the U.S. Commerce Association’s “2010 Best of Local Businesses Award” for the second consecutive year. The U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Program recognizes local businesses for specific areas of excellence. Academy Di Capelli School of Cosmetology earned recognition as an Accredited Institution of Higher Education and a second award for its specialization in Cosmetology Training ( http://academydicapelli.com/haircuts/index.html ).
The “Best of Local Businesses”…
One Man’s Passion to Revolutionize Education and Crush Ignorance
Author and international online education expert Dr. Fred DiUlus, wants to “crush ignorance through knowledge” and that knowledge he says, “We can deliver.” DiUlus offers that dedicated individuals can do this with or without the aid of today’s schools, training centers, colleges and universities. For him and his colleagues, it’s a 21st Century education revolution all made possible by the invention of the cell phone, computer, and the Internet placed…
US Department of Education Award Helps School of Nursing Develop Three Future Fa …
SEATTLE - Finding the next generation of nurse educators is a challenge facing nursing schools across the country. The UW School of Nursing, like most others nationally, is facing a demographic challenge, the aging of the nursing faculty workforce.
According to a 2009 AACN report on nurse educator salaries, the average ages of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty holding the ranks of professor, associate professor, and assistant professor were 59.1, 56.1, and…
New post-graduate course programme on Biotech-related regulatory affairs to faci …
Freiburg i.Br., 06. August 2010
For the first time in Europe, the European Centre of Regulatory Affairs in Freiburg (EUCRAF) offers a post-graduate course programme on biotech-related regulatory affairs. The course consists of nine seminars which can also be booked separately. Biopharmaceuticals held a growing part of newly developed medicinal products. Therefore, the programme had been developed with the support of health authorities and pharmaceutical companies who have an…
Binary Spectrum achieves HIPAA Compliance
Binary Spectrum, a leading healthcare software development company, achieved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Certification, making it comply with regulations that ensures enhanced efficiency in the healthcare delivery.
Binary Spectrum is committed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy of information of all stakeholders and protected health information of all the customers, by adopting a formal Business Risk Management Framework and establishing a Compliance and Security…
Nisai Virtual Academy Recognised as World Leader in Personalised Learning
The Nisai Virtual Academy (NVA) has been named by the IMS Global Learning Consortium as a silver medallist in the 2010 Learning Impact Awards.
The Awards are presented in recognition of outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing the global education and training sectors. Finalists are chosen based on their ability to meet a range of criteria, including access, affordability, quality and innovation.
IMS is a collaborative venture…
Multi-lingual Life Sciences telemarketing agency, Voicentric, announces record-b …
Voicentric Ltd, the UK’s leading Life Sciences telemarketing agency, today announced the record-breaking growth of its multi-lingual telemarketing services into Europe and North America – with over 90% revenue coming from repeat business.
Expert in complex product propositions and value proposition messaging, Durham based Voicentric help global Life Sciences companies understand, test and successfully roll-out, multi-lingual telephone-based marketing, sales and customer-contact campaigns into universities, major pharma and biotechs companies. They…
Independence University Introduces Employment Partnership Program
Salt Lake City, UT, Aug 03, 2010 – Independence University has introduced an Employer Partnership Program in a bid to benefit both its students and employers.
As part of the program, Independence University forms symbiotic alliances in the employment and educational sector. The partnership allows the employers to access a talented pool of job-ready graduates to fill key positions in their organization.
Employers are also able to use the alliance…
PANATecs is overtaking the competition
During the first half of 2010, there was an above average increase in earnings and the number of employees also grew
03 August 2010
During the first two quarters of the 2010 business year, PANATecs succeeded in doubling its earnings relative to the previous year. The size of the team increased from 11 to 20 employees.
In the opinion of Dr. Benedikt Merz, the Managing Director of PANATecs, the most striking…
FDM Group sponsors the ‘Best Development Project Award’ at The University of Bri …
International IT Services provider, FDM Group, granted the ‘Best Development Project Award’ to Amanda Haylett for her final year project, which involved developing an electronic whiteboard for project management use. In recognition of her excellent work, FDM awarded her a generous cash prize.
As a leading IT graduate employer, FDM is proud to be affiliated with the School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences at The University of Brighton; which is…
Biotage Launches New Isolera™ ELS Detector, Helps Isolate Virtually Any Compound …
Uppsala, Sweden, July 30, 2010 – Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced the launch of the Isolera ELSD-1080 evaporative light-scattering detector for flash purification. With the addition of the ELSD-1080, Biotage now provides a flash purification solution for nearly every compound type including semi-volatile UV transparent as well as UV absorbing compounds.
The ELSD-1080 is a detector accessory designed for use…
Adam Caller, founder of private tuition company Tutors International, issues apo …
Adam Caller, founder of the leading global private tuition provider Tutors International, has issued an apology to Henry Fagg of The Tutor Pages for the statement that the private tutor website is a disreputable source. In response to complaints from The Tutor Pages, Mr Caller spoke at length with Mr Fagg, and was convinced that his website is not running disreputable service. Mr Caller apologized personally for having caused offence…
NAZARETH COLLEGE NAMED 2010 GREAT COLLEGE TO WORK FOR
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Nazareth College is one of just 97 colleges recognized nationwide and the only Rochester area college named to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2010 Great Colleges to Work For® program, according to the results of the annual survey just announced in a special supplement of The Chronicle. It is Nazareth’s second year in a row being recognized as Great College to Work For.…
Study in Europe: xStudy launches world's largest directory for European Higher E …
With its new Internet portal xStudy.EU, the provider xStudy is the first to position the European higher education sector as one coherent unit in the highly competitive global market, creating the most important and unique global portal for Bachelor and Master programmes throughout Europe.
More than 60,000 study programmes are already listed, making the database the most comprehensive and best of its kind from the very start. Since 1997, xStudy.EU founder…
Biotage Introduces SLE+ High-Performance Supported Liquid Extraction Sample Prep …
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced the introduction of ISOLUTE SLE+ High-Performance Supported Liquid Extraction sample preparation columns. The announcement occurred during the 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Salt Lake City, Utah USA.
ISOLUTE SLE+ columns were developed in response to customer demand for a larger capacity and as a higher performance alternative to existing columns.…
Biotage Introduces Highly-Selective ExploraSep 96-Well Screening Plates based on …
Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced the introduction of ExploraSep 96-well screening plates to identify optimum scavengers. The 4 different screening plates deliver 128 selective resins based on high-performance, Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs). Biotage provides professional MIPs technical consultation, information on additional formats as well as assistance with data interpretation and process development.
ExploraSep screening plates support rapid method development, reduced…
Education consultant Adam Caller advises parents to help children prepare for gr …
Recent media coverage on the degree qualifications sought by employers, and the number of applicants competing for each job has prompted Adam Caller, education consultant and founder of Tutors International, to advise parents on the best way to help their children prepare for the graduate job market. Adam asserts that ensuring the best GCSE and A-level subjects are chosen before making an application to university, is a critical step of…
Max Planck Innovation awards license for actin marker LifeAct
Max Planck Innovation and ibidi sign license agreement for cytoskeleton research.
Max Planck Innovation GmbH, the technology transfer organization of the Max Planck Society, has awarded an exclusive license for LifeAct to ibidi GmbH, a provider of cell analysis products, located in Martinsried near Munich. The novel peptide allows for actin, an important protein, to be made visible in living cells without disturbing the actin dependent processes. Therefore, cells as well…
Regulatory Support File for YMC-BioPro now available
A further milestone for YMC-BioPro IEX materials has been reached. The Regulatory Support File (RSF) for these high performance IEX resins has been finalized and is now available.
The RSF provides detailed information on product characteristics, quality, stability data, safety data and extractables and so facilitates process development and validation. The document is available for all clients after signing a confidentiality agreement as some of the information is proprietary.
With the Regulatory…
San Francisco’s Golden Gate University Listed Among Worlds Top Ten Online
The 2010 Edition of Best Worst In Online Degree Programs has placed Golden Gate University among the top ten online program providers and listed it as 8th best online university among over three hundred institutions. The publication is the oldest online program ratings service in the world.
For the past eight years Dr. Fred DiUlus, author of the e-Book and CEO and Founder of Global Academy Online, has compiled the…
First-time film viewers give new insights how to comprehend film
A joint German-Turkish research study with first-time film viewers shows under what conditions viewers understand – or do not understand – stylistic devices and scenic sequences in films.
Tübingen, Germany/ Istanbul, Turkey 2010-07-15.
Since the first projection, provided by the Lumière brothers more than 100 years ago, the film genre has become omnipresent in everyday life and has sustainably influenced modern societies. Lots of findings about the psychological impact of film that…
Mexus Education announces edutainment retail foray with Iken Store
Mumbai, July 14, 2010: Mexus Education, an education innovations enterprise, announces their strategic foray in education retail with the launch of Iken Store, India’s first edutainment store, in Mumbai today. This will be the first store launch in Mumbai, in a chain of branded stores across India, which will feature innovative educational products under the brand name ‘Iken’.
The concept of Iken Store is poised to introduce the realm of…
Major customers from big pharma, and the diagnostic testing and biotechnology in …
In the first half of 2010, PANATecs has had more succesful supplier audits than ever before
7 July 2010
In June 2010, PANATecs was successfully audited by another major customer from the biotechnology industry. One again, PANATecs has convinced an important customer - a famous internationally active health company - of its high quality standards.
In the course of a detailed supplier audit, the auditing company obtained a detailed overview…
