Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Museum chief urges public to look beyond Hollywood
Spanning Black America and the Civil War to George Washington and Marilyn, the innovative new American Heritage permanent exhibition area opens this Easter and aims to ‘put the past into the present’. The ambitious initiative is thanks to half a million pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund and charitable donations. The forward thinking creative vision has aimed to illustrate the journey of the development of America and its culture from…
MAHE, now Manipal University, Introduces online entrance tests for admissions to …
Bangalore, 28th February 2007: The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) will now be known as Manipal University. The 54-year-old Academy reached this decision in December 2006 and the change will affect all MAHE campuses globally. From the coming academic year Manipal University will also introduce online entrance tests for admissions to their professional courses.
Speaking about the name change from MAHE to Manipal University, Dr. H.S. Ballal, Pro-Chancellor, Manipal University…
Automated internal perfusion with the Port-a-Patch
Nanion Technologies introduces the Internal Perfusion System for the Port-a-Patch; a completely unique device for rapid, continuous and automated exchange of internal solutions during patch clamp recordings.
Using the internal perfusion system, ion channels regulated by internal binding sites for second messengers can be easily modulated or compounds acting on the internal side of the membrane like e.g. hERG active substances can be directly applied internally.
Planar patch clamp chips offer the…
Fundamentalists: In With The 'Out' Crowd
The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon brought the phenomenon of religious fundamentalism to the world\'s attention.
Six years of conflict and debate later, we still understand very little about how and why people join fundamentalist movements and embrace a set of beliefs and behaviour which are destructively counter-cultural.
Peter Herriot\'s new book Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity (published by Psychology Press, 2007) uses current Social Identity Theory…
kamyabology.com launches free multimedia online communication course
A study by McKinsey Global Institute and NASSCOM states a shocking fact that only one in four graduate is employable. Along with the technical knowledge - an employer looks for certain qualities in the candidate like communication, initiative, attitude etc. Largely this dissonance is because of major skill gaps in the area of communication and English speaking in the students. An e-learning…
ProProfs Quiz School Offers Students Opportunity to Learn and Excel in Variety o …
ProProfs.com, the leader in online learning resources, today announced the launch of ProProfs Quiz School, a free groundbreaking learning tool that enables educators to utilize the power of the Internet to create online quizzes and practice tests for their students.
The Quiz School provides easy access for students and educators, without the hassle of downloading bulky software. In addition to the ability to create custom quizzes, the feature also offers…
Innov-X New Products & 'Inno-Quest: The Road to Discovery' Video at Pittcon Meet …
Woburn, MA, ---Visitors to Innov-X’s Booths 2784--2884 at Pittcon† can watch Inno-Quest, the Road to Discovery with XRF Analysis video that showcases how portable XRF breaks through the boundaries of ordinary laboratory analysis. The program enables visitors to discover Portable XRF in action performing exciting tests that span the broadest gamut of applications:
Environmental FieldTesting
Mining & Discovery
On-Board Fuel and Oil Analysis
Quality Monitoring On-line
Electronics RoHS/WEEE Screening
Scrap Metal…
The Slave - Master Curriculum Taught at a Clarksville TN Elementary School
As the Clarksville Montgomery County community geared up to celebration the national holiday recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Racism has reared its ugly head at a Clarksville elementary school last week.
A history teacher at Ringgold elementary school instructed her students to play a game she called “The Slave Master Game” this role playing game has the students who were white playing the slave masters and the black students playing…
Innov-X IPC Printed Circuits Expo-APEX Exhibit to Focus on RoHS compliance
Woburn, MA, February 16, 2007,---Visitors to Innov-X’s Booth 845 at the IPC Printed Circuits Expo-APEX & Designers Summit † will learn how using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) can screen components, parts, cables and PCB’s for compliance with the European Union’s RoHS* Directives. Three new hand-held analyzer models from Innov-X solve many technical challenges, from testing coated or plated parts, to evaluating non-homogeneous samples, and applications requiring broad capabilities.
For analyzing complex components,…
China Forestry Bureau adjusts Lihua Village's 'Feng Shui' through 'ICEAlity',
February 13, 2007 - The forestry bureau of Fumin county, in China's southwest Yunnan province, paid about 470,000 yuan (US$60,600) for a team of seven painters to spend 45 days daubing the disused quarry at Lihua village in green paint, the Beijing News said.
"When they first started, we thought they were applying a pesticide, and then would plant some trees," the paper quoted a Lihua resident as saying.
The…
Project Management Training Online adds Project Management Resources to web site
Mendham, New Jersey—February 13, 2007 — Project Management Training Online – pmtrainingonline.com - announced today that it has added an extensive directory of resources for project managers to its web site. The directory is intended to provide Project Managers with access to helpful resources for their jobs. This Directory of Project Management Resources is intended to be helpful to Project Managers as a personal development tool, for career…
Symbiosis 2007, the 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, set to address huma …
Symbiosis 2007, the 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, set to address humanity’s great challenges
Through the theme Science, Industry and Society, leading international scientists will tackle the great challenges to humanity and how cutting edge science can best be applied to benefit society
Barcelona, 12/02/2007 – The 13th edition of the European Congress on Biotechnology will bring together leading biotechnologists from around the world to analyse the crucial impact the life sciences…
Global eyes on Mysore for ICT education and Training
INDIASOFT 2007, the premier ICT exhibition was held in Hyderabad on 9th and 10th of January. INDIASOFT has emerged as a major international IT event that showcases competence and capabilities of Indian IT enterprises for providing end-to end solutions. This event was organized by ESC – Electronics and computer Software Export Promotion Council an Autonomous organisation under the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
The event focused…
AAFS Meeting to Feature Innov-X XRF in Forensic Science
Woburn, MA, ---Visitors to Innov-X’s Booth 311 at the AAFS 59th Annual Meeting† will learn how X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in forensic science applications can perform rapid elemental analysis and gain valuable information at the scene. In just seconds, materials may be identified and quantified. Investigators can now analyze evidence with the Innov-X Alpha Series™ portable X-ray Fluorescence analyzer without altering, damaging, or transporting evidence to a remote laboratory. …
Music Education Leads to Increase in IQ
Drumming increases heart rate and blood flow just like an aerobic exercise. The process of drumming engages both the linear, (rational left brain) and the creative, (intuitive right brain). It slows the brain waves to around 8 cycles per second, the exact frequency of the earth.
Improved IQ scores can now officially be added to the growing list of benefits from playing drums. A recent study shows that playing…
Financial Aid Helps Students Get Online Education
Thanks to the availability of financial aid, online education has become an option for many who would otherwise not be able to afford to go to school.
January 29, 2007 -- Phoenix, AZ. Contrary to popular belief, education is not a luxury enjoyed only by the wealthy. Thanks to the availability of financial aid, a degree has become an option for many students who would otherwise not have been…
Military Benefits Help Students Get Online Degrees
Many students are using their military benefits in order to help them complete their online degrees.
January 29, 2007 -- Phoenix, AZ. For soldiers who want an education but are concerned about cost or being stationed too far from school, there are options. Online degrees allow even those on active duty to go to school, and military benefits can be used to help make the cost of an education…
Marc and Kelly Accetta Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of N. Texas
Margaret Mitchell, Vice President of Business Development for Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas, welcomes Marc and Kelly Accetta as new Collin County Regional Board Members.
A Love for Teaching and Coaching with a Passion for Helping Children...
Marc Accetta and his wife Kelly, of Leading Edge Inc (www.marcaccetta.com/about.php). and more recently, Marc Accetta Online (www.marcaccettaonline.com), have a love for teaching and coaching while their true passion lies in sharing their…
NanoAndMore USA is Named Master Distributor by Lyncée tec
Lady’s Island, South Carolina, January 19, 2007 - NanoAndMore USA, a distributor of nanotechnology products including atomic force microscope (AFM) probes, today announced that it has been named as the exclusive Master Distributor for the US by Lyncée tec, the Swiss manufacturer of Digital Holographic Microscopes.
The Digital Holographic Microscopes do everything interferometric measuring instruments do, but it is done faster and better – in real time at up to 50,000…
NanoAndMore USA is Named Master Distributor by NanoSight
Lady’s Island, South Carolina, January 22, 2007 - NanoAndMore USA, a distributor of nanotechnology products including atomic force microscope (AFM) probes, today announced that it has been named as the exclusive Master Distributor for the US by NanoSight, the British manufacturer of particle size analyzers.
These nano-particle size analyzers do what PCS and other light scattering methods do but they go one step further. They track every particle and report on…
Imagine iT. The celebration of the cultural differences defines the programme of …
More than 30 speakers from 20 different countries, representing 15 nationalities. This results from the list of participating actors at Imagine iT, international conference and the first of its kind in Italy, that will discuss cultural differences in the world of writing, typography, graphic design and visual communication. The conference will take place at the Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) in Bologna, Italy from March 22 –…
BudgetSensors Changes North American Distribution Network
Sofia, Bulgaria – 15th January 2007 - BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories, for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces changes in its distribution network in North America:
BudgetSensors®’ distribution partnership with Phoenix, AZ based NanoScience Instruments Inc. will be terminated as of January 20th, 2007.
After January 20th, BudgetSensors AFM probes and accessories will be sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico…
Engelhorn Foundation: Research Prize 2007 - Breakthrough in the Search for the A …
Membrane protein synthesized with natural folding pattern for the first time – a breakthrough in the search for the active agent
o The Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation promotes biotechnology and gene technology
o Research prize for 2007 awarded to a young scientist during the \"Klosters Winter Symposium\"
o Excellent research brings great advances in the search for the active agent
Klosters, Switzerland, January 16, 2007 - The Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation awarded the 2007 research…
Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany Established the First 24/7-Library
Since 2006, the Library of the internationally well-known Karlsruhe University has been open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Until now, this around-the-clock-service is unique for German libraries. Only with the use of Bibliotheca’s BiblioChip® RFID System was it possible to realize unlimited opening hours because of the redeployment of the staff. The hardware and software of the Swiss RFID expert, Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems, controls the complete…
Bookings open for Imagine iT
Bookings are now open for Imagine iT – a celebration of cultural differences, the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy, 22-24 March 2007.
There is something for everyone at this 3-day conference, which has approx. 30 speakers from 15 countries all talking type and graphic design. Subjects range from the highbrow to the passionate and include both historical research and contemporary case studies. Imagine iT offers a well-balanced program…
Auxilia, Inc. announces agreement with Research Foundation of SUNY
Troy, NY January 2, 2007-- Auxilia Inc., a provider and manager of life cycle, training, and logistics support in the emerging unmanned systems (UMS) industry has announced the signing of a letter of intent with the Research Foundation of State University of New York (RF) that provides for review of joint interest areas of intellectual property and technology, primarily in the field of unmanned systems, being developed within the State…
NanoAndMore USA Opens West Coast Office
Lady’s Island, South Carolina, December 20, 2006 - NanoAndMore USA Inc., a supplier of nanotechnology products including atomic force microscope (AFM) probes and scientific instruments, announced that it has opened a West Coast office this month. On December 18, 2006 the NanoAndMore USA West Coast office officially opened its doors.
This comes at a very early time for NanoAndMore USA, only a little over a year after founding in Beaufort, South…
PREMIER Biosoft and MRC-Holland form an alliance
PREMIER Biosoft International, a leading bioinformatics company, and MRC-Holland, the inventors of MLPA® technology, announced an alliance. Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA®) is a method to establish the copy number of up to 45 nucleic acid sequences in a single reaction. Detecting copy number changes in the genome, the primary application of MLPA® technology, is a widely researched area. Current efforts are directed towards more comprehensive cataloging and characterization of…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases SimGlycan, an Innovative Glycan Mass Fing …
Palo Alto, California -- October 9, 2006, PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the release of its new product, SimGlycan. SimGlycan is an innovative glycan fragment mass fingerprinting tool. SimGlycan predicts the structure of a glycan from the MS/MS data acquired by mass spectrometry and displays it in 2D.
SimGlycan matches your MS/MS spectra with its own comprehensive, robust and annotated database to predict the structure of the glycan. It generates a…
Online Degree Programs Make Higher Education Possible for Anyone, Anywhere
The traditional, four-year university is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Now, higher education is available to anyone, regardless of lifestyle or location. Online degree programs offer great flexibility, allowing students to attend school any time, and from anywhere.
Phoenix, AZ December 22, 2006 -- It used to be that getting an education meant committing four years of your life to your schooling: living on or near…
Introduction of Gwon-Europe
Gwon-Europe is a new company which offers a lot of different high advanced measurement equipment for the agriculture & food industries.
G-won is proud to open an European head office. Gwon-Europe is responsible for the countries Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Austria, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Belarus, Lithuania, Serbia, Montenegro, Cyprus, Latvia, Iceland,…
The Art of Survival: Private Art Collectors in the USSR
The world’s first comprehensive account of private art collections in the USSR comes from Austria and has now been published as a book. Based on rare primary sources, the book documents how private collectors – despite political repressions – "survived" the Soviet era. They collected art not in line with the official canon, thereby saving much of the country’s cultural heritage. The monograph draws on intensive research facilitated by a…
Prasolus Visits Guadalajara Schools with Plans for International Expansion of K- …
HOUSTON, TEXAS – December 18, 2006 – Prasolus, the only company to design and implement a digital process enabling K-12 teachers to dynamically tailor their curriculum to each student, announced today its plans for additional international expansion into Mexico, beginning with Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
After completing a feasibility study in November 2006, Dr. Joe Nichols, CEO and founder of Prasolus, and his dedicated team paid a visit to two…
The Italian class - Learn Italian in London
London - Great Britain. The Italian class offers Italian language lessons for everyone in London. The company provides private and semi private Italian language lessons in various locations in London.
The Italian class supplies languages lessons to businesses interested in improving their presence in Italy. Also we provide lessons to students who would like to learn the language for personal matters such as: holidays, improve their employability, buying a property…
TicketRelief.com Expands Throughout California
San Diego, California—Wiping out that parking ticket and brushing up on one’s defensive driving skills have just gotten a whole lot easier. Saturday afternoons sitting in traffic school and watching insurance premiums climb because of traffic tickets are quickly becoming obsolete due, in part, to TicketRelief.com, one of California’s premier online traffic schools.
Ticket Relief has recently been approved by the California Traffic and Safety Institute (CTSI) to operate in…
BiOpiniO Systems Biology develops iTMs, proprietary mathematical knowledge of bi …
(Recklinghausen 06.12.2006) BiOpiniO Systems Biology develops iTMs (“items”), a full-manually annotated proprietary collection for functional and disease-centered networks.
“We started to analyze biological networks with mathematical desriptions and were very surprised to find some mathematical fingerprints for distinct biological functions. Cellular functions are too complex as that they can be reduced to a simple formula, but in some cases it is quite amazing that the premises for specific biological needs are…
Research Proves Music Lessons Make Children Smarter
The Ontario Music Society agrees with four universities studies and leading psychologists in Europe and the U.S. - music lessons actually make our children smarter and more productive in their adult lives, and suggest giving them as a gift instead of a toy that will soon be forgotten after the batteries die.
Sean McBride, the Chairman of the OMS cites numerous studies by universities and psycholinguists (all of which…
Study Italian in Tropea - not only a study vacation
There are a lot of reasons to study a foreign language and the best place to do this is in the country where the language is spoken. That’s why a lot of people from professionals to lovers of the Italian language, from beginners to advanced levels decide each year to do a study vacation. No matter what your motivation is and if you to start to learn Italian or…
Brain Research Symposium: National Academies, Washington DC, November 15-16, 200 …
The Eighth Olympiad of the Mind, entitled "Brain Research: Improving Global Harmony," will be hosted by the National Academies in Washington DC on 15th-16th November 2007 and feature distinguished international speakers, including corporate representatives, leading researchers and Nobel Laureates, who will discuss the aspects and impact of brain research upon society, especially in terms of education.
The Eighth Olympiad celebrates also the 40 years of dedicated effort by the International Science…
corpuls® introduces a new ECG-interpretation-algorithm to improve decision-makin …
corpuls® (company GS Eletromedizinische Geräte G. Stemple GmbH) is currently finishing testing a new ECG-interpretation-algorithm that would make it possible to improve decision making in patients with acute chest pain. The new algorithm has been developed by the world renowned cardiologist Prof. Dr. Hein Wellens.
Background on Acute Chest Pain
In Germany approximately 40% of all deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. There are about 300.000 new cases each year of acute…
Personal Security and Identity Theft Expert Encourages Educators to Equip Laptop …
(BOSTON, Mass. - Nov. 16, 2006 - IDTheftSecurity.com) November has witnessed a spate of laptop computer thefts in the United States and elsewhere affecting college and high school students. Many of these machines have themselves belonged to teaching institutions. Robert Siciliano, a personal security and identity theft expert, underscored that young people are a prime target of identity thieves and encouraged educators to equip portable computers with affordable safeguards such…
Earth Alive Resources Introduces All-Natural RapidAll™ Cleaning Solution
QUEBEC, CANADA—Earth Alive introduces RapidAll™, an all-in-one janitorial and sanitation cleaning solution that does not harm humans, animals or the environment and is certified NSF Class A1, CFIA in Canada, SCAQM, LeapingBunny.
The product’s ingredients include a natural nutrient substrate which acts as a microbial carrier and contains a strong natural surfactant capable of replacing extreme high and low pH products.
The unique characteristics of the substrate is that it allows…
Biosafety of genetically modified plants: GMO-Safety.eu information portal bring …
Does genetically modified maize have an impact on beneficial insects? How does genetically modified oilseed rape affect pollen-collecting bees? How can transgenic pollen and seeds be prevented from spreading in the environment? These are just some of the questions being investigated in biological safety research worldwide. Answers and research findings, which are otherwise usually made public only at scientific conferences and congresses, are accessible to the public at www.gmo-safety.eu.
The information…
Space Flight May be as Easy as Making a Golf Putt as Space Tourism Begins
Contests run by non-profit groups offer a space flight as the grand prize. Contestants participate in simple skills such as a Frisbee throw, snowball throw, golf putt, and others.
Wilmington, North Carolina - Charity fundraising events have entered the space age with contests that will send the winner into space.
Now that space tourism and commercial space flights have become a reality with the first flights scheduled for 2008, it is not…
Training for Success at Campus Vienna Biocenter - University of Applied Sciences …
Vienna, 09. Nov.: Today sees the first fh-campus wien biotechnology students celebrate their graduation – and 85 percent of them are looking forward to starting the careers they have already secured. This record-breaking statistic in the higher education sector in Austria reflects the continuing demand for skilled workers on the biotechnology market, and the prestige already accorded to the course curriculum.
The biotechnology graduates of fh-campus wien University of Applied…
Imperiali Organization Announces Beta Testing for New Online Educational Portal
London - October 30, 2006 – The Imperiali Organization announced today that they are organizing a new online educational portal for students focusing on international trade and business.
The program will be done win conjunction with Dr. Gary Busch and his World Trade Educational program.
The Beta testing program will allow 20 students from around the world to take this groundbreaking course at no cost.
All students from…
Italian language courses by the sea
The Picola Università Italiana, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, is a professional language school situated in the beautiful seaside town Tropea. Founded in 1993, the school offers Italian language courses for all needs and levels.
Our courses are given to small groups of 4-6 students or as individual lessons. Also special courses for the hotel and tourism industry, individual crash courses in business Italian or…
BudgetSensors® optimizes distribution in Korea by the appointment of NanoWin Cor …
Sofia, Bulgaria – 20th October 2006
BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of different probes and accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) announces the appointment of NanoWin Corp. (www.inanowin.com), a leading distributor of Atomic Force Microscopy Systems and scientific equipment, as its sole distributor in Korea.
With this strategic move, BudgetSensors® will be able to supply its customers in Korea much more efficiently and for a much better price than before. In addition, the…
TrueVision Microscopes
TrueVision Microscopes, Inc. is a Saint Louis, Missouri, USA based corporation. They sell a wide variety of microscopes and microscopy related accessories. Their success relies on their quality customer service and fast shipping. They have a toll free number, 1-877-215-3795 and a fast email support, sales@truevisionmicroscopes.com. Their selection of microscopes is huge, varying from inexpensive student grade compound light microscopes to high end industrial metallurgical microscopes to research grade inverted…
Klaus Oestreicher, International Strategic Consultants Agency, lectures on Marke …
In the last years, Klaus Oestreicher has engaged himself increasingly in academic lecturing. Convinced that theory and practice are strongly interdependent, Klaus Oestreicher studied again at the University of Central Lancashire and achieved a Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication. The consequent combination of practice and theory resulted in further acknowledgements by various other awards and titles. Presently, the most prominent is the degree of a Chartered Marketer. Actually he is…
