Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Mortimer English Club – Worldwide success in 20 countries
New Franchise Partner in Spain rounds the number of international locations up to 20.
Even though it has only been a month since Mortimer English Club announced the news about a new international Franchise Partner, there is yet a new announcement to make:
The Spanish Angeles Reviriego can be named as a new Franchise Partner.
Therefore the South European country rounds the number of international locations of Mortimer English Club up to 20.
Angeles…
PANATecs successful in the confirmatory audit in accordance with DIN ISO 9001:20 …
31.05.2011 - PANATecs has once again been thoroughly checked and confirmed by an external auditor. This was in the course of a confirmatory audit performed by the German Society for the Certification of Management Systems (DQS GmbH). PANATecs convinced the auditor with its actively implemented quality management, coupled to high level customer orientation and service support.
DIN ISO 9001 describes internationally valid requirements for company management systems, particularly with…
Not Sure What to Do with the Kids This Summer? Send Them to Summer Camp – Virtua …
Makawao, Hawaii May 29, 2011 -- Old school dictates that parents wanting their children to experience “the outdoors,” make new friends, and stay active while learning new things, need to send them away to summer camp. However, what if there was a less expensive and -- less disruptive -- option where students could have similar experiences without leaving home?
The Home School Learning Network has created a Virtual Summer…
Bring Global Education to India: Shiv Nadar University Opens Admissions Process
With a view to create the most exciting place of discovery and innovation the country has ever witnessed, Shiv Nadar University announces the commencement of a new era in higher education in India. Applications are invited for the inaugural batch of the Shiv Nadar University of Engineering, Noida. One can seek admission into the Shiv Nadar University School of Engineering (SNUSE) by filling up the application form which is available…
JustIndianSchools launches School profiling for Specially-abled Schools
JustIndianSchools has recently launched a profile section for specially abled schools / schools for children with learning disabilities in India.
By pr@JustIndianSchools.com
Bangalore, India, May 30th, 2011
JustIndianSchools has recently launched a profile section for specially abled schools / schools for children with learning disabilities in India. This is a CSR initiative by JustIndianSchools, inorder to bring under one umbrella all schools in the country and support parents with required information about…
Assignmenthelp.net announce the launch of essay writing services for school and …
New Delhi, 30 May, 2011 - Assignmenthelp.net, the best online tutoring service provider in the field of e-tutoring education. Custom essays writing help service is the new service which has been introduced by the company recently. The main aim of our services is to provide online custom writing education to K-12, College and University level students across the world.
Ongoing research in an education field shows that teacher effectiveness is one…
AIHE Selects O’Block Books as First Reseller of Award-Winning Online History Res …
For the first time Cicero: History Beyond the Textbook is available for retail sale to teachers, tutors, and homeschoolers exclusively at O'Block Books. CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook is an award winning, online K-12 digital resource by AIHE (American Institute of History Education) consisting of lesson plans, primary sources, standards, rubrics, assessments, activities, videos, games, interactive maps, and more which enables teachers to bring history to life in their classrooms.
Unlike…
Capturing Chinese Presents a New Advanced Chinese Reader -- Lu Xun’s The Real St …
Capturing Chinese brings Chinese language learners another masterpiece of Lu Xun--The Real Story of Ah Q, a literary gem that captured the hearts of millions in the onset of 20th century and continues to influence present China.
Like all books in the Capturing Chinese series, The Real Story of Ah Q is skillfully edited to help advanced and intermediate Chinese learners to break into one of the most complex language…
New Web Site Opened
PAWTUCKET, RI, May 27, 2011: The Sawyer School is pleased to announce that its new website is available for the public at its new address: www.sawyer.edu. The site was developed over a six-week period with the input of students and administration working in partnership with a local IT firm: The Computer Company in Cromwell, CT.
The school’s new web home features an attractive design and a number of informative testimonials from…
Tutors International reports that parents are underestimating the time needed fo …
Tutors International, specialists in the provision of private tuition and facilitating transitions between differing international education systems, reports that parents are underestimating the time required to place their child in the best UK independent schools after relocating to the UK. Lack of sufficient forward planning can damage a child's transition into the British education system. For more information, visit www.tutors-international.com or call +44 (0) 1865 435 135.
"We help a large…
Alkali Scientific is pleased to announce its launch as a new player in the biosc …
Waverly, Iowa, May 25, 2011 – Alkali Scientific, a unique provider of quality laboratory products, announces today its entrance as a new competitor in the bioscience supply business. Alkali Scientific specializes in the sale of consumable laboratory necessities such as pipette tips, assay staining trays and laboratory chemicals. The company has developed its own line of plastic products that address and improve upon weaknesses associated with laboratory supplies that are…
Biotage Introduces New Positive Pressure, Solid Phase Extraction Platforms for I …
Uppsala, Sweden, May 26, 2011 -- Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced 2 new instruments that utilize positive pressure for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of analytes in a wide variety of applications. The Biotage PRESSURE+ 96 processes 96-well SPE plates and the Biotage PRESSURE+ 48 processes up to 48 SPE columns simultaneously.
The Biotage PRESSURE+ utilizes a consistent, uniform flow of positive…
Systech Illinois acquires the PermMate, a unique patented method for oxygen perm …
Oxfordshire, UK, Systech Illinois, one of the world's leading experts in gas and moisture measurement, has recently acquired the unique PermMate, patented technology which utilizes an innovative method of oxygen permeation analysis of finished packages -‘Ambient Oxygen Ingress Rate' (AOIR). This instrument measures the oxygen permeability of packages under different test conditions at any temperature and humidity such as those at which the product will be stored. For more information…
Xenemetrix Names North American Distributor for Material Analyzers
Buffalo, NY – Eastern Applied Research is pleased to announce that the organization has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Xenemetrix Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocontrol Technics Inc. Eastern Applied will act as the exclusive distributor and service provider of Xenemetrix EDXRF analyzers throughout North America. For twenty years, Eastern Applied has provided a reliable source of service, support and solutions for all models of x-ray…
2011 Awards announced for the Future Game Designer Challenge Student Game Design …
2011 Awards announced for the Future Game Designer Challenge Student Game Design Competition.
Olathe, Kansas May 20, 2011 – The Support Learning Foundation (SLF) announced the winners of the second annual Future Game Designer Challenge www.futuregamedesigner.com . The FGDC is the first competition for middle and high school students to create the next generation of edutainment (games that entertain and educate). Divisions of the competition include: High School…
Technology in the South African classroom: Microsoft's Xbox Kinect uses games to …
Teachers in a South African primary school are using Microsoft's interactive hands-free gaming systems, Xbox Kinect, to improve English literacy among learners. Microsoft says both learners and teachers have embraced the new technology in the classroom. Victor Ngobeni, Manager of Microsoft's Africa School Technology Innovation Centre, will present a workshop about the study, which is a world first, at the upcoming African Education Week in Johannesburg from 6-8…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases SimGlycan® 3.00 with Support for Qualitat …
Palo Alto, California – May 25, 2011, PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the worldwide release of version 3.00 of its high throughput multi-stage MS data analysis tool, SimGlycan®. The program now includes support for Qualitative Glycopeptide Analysis, enabling users to resolve complex glycopeptides using data obtained from an LC-MS/MS run of proteolytically digested purified glycoproteins.
“The glycopeptide qualitative analysis module in SimGlycan employs powerful algorithms to obtain critical information for understanding…
CE Diary Connects Dental Professionals with CE Courses
It is the one-stop-shop for Dental Professionals to keep abreast with continuing education courses the fast, easy and convenient way.
Queensland, Australia, May 23, 2011 --- In today’s busy world where Dental Professionals are required to keep abreast of professional developments, there is one place they can go to view hundreds of Dental Implant CE courses. For Dentists in the USA, the site provides information about what courses are running and…
Saelig Introduces World’s First iPhone™-based Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced iMSO-104 - the world's first mixed-signal oscilloscope that moves Apple's ubiquitous iOS devices and touch-screen interface into the test and measurement world. iMSO-104 is a revolutionary new 5MHz oscilloscope adapter for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad that is intuitive and easy to use, making it an ideal solution for field service, sales and application engineers, as well as students and hobbyists.
iMSO-104 is designed with a…
Fordham University Teams Honored by NCAA for High Academic Achievement
Ten Fordham University athletic teams were among more than 900 Division I squads to be publicly recognized by the NCAA for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, posting multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. This is the second consecutive year that Fordham, which ranked tied for 18th nationally, has led the Atlantic 10 in the number of teams honored.
The public…
Seward makes cell preparation easier
Seward’s Strainer bag simplifies tissue digestion and processing
Seward Limited, manufacturer and developer of the world leading, patented Stomacher® Paddle Blender range, has further enhanced the application range of its Strainer bags to include sterile processing of tissue samples for primary cell preparation. Gamma irradiated sterile and available in a range of sizes, the Strainer bags are fully compatible with all laboratory paddle blenders, including Seward’s Stomacher® 80 Biomaster range. As…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces More Ergonomic Pipette and Tip System
Thermo Scientific F1-ClipTip Pipette and Tip System Provides Absolute Tip Attachment for Improved Accuracy and Precision
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the new Thermo Scientific F1-ClipTip pipette and tip system, the latest addition to a new generation of ergonomic products. The F1-ClipTip™ system provides extremely light-touch dispensing and tip ejection for superior ergonomic performance and reliability. The new manual liquid handling system includes all…
Driving the Science of the Future
TTP LabTech at the Forefront as Founding Sponsors of European Lab Automation
TTP LabTech announce that they are founding sponsors of the inaugural European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition, to be held at the Conference Centre Hamburg (CCH), Hamburg, Germany, from the 30th June-1st July. With ten distinct conference themes, including compound management, protein crystallography and high-throughput screening, the ELA conference will provide a unique opportunity to discuss…
Proteros and Institut Pasteur Korea establish discovery services collaboration i …
Martinsried, Germany, May 24, 2011. Proteros Biostructures GmbH (Proteros) announced today that it has entered into a service agreement with Institut Pasteur Korea (IP-K) under which Proteros will provide structure-based drug discovery services to IP-K. Under this collaboration Proteros will apply its know-how, experience of structural analysis and its proprietary X-ray crystallography platform to support IP-K’s mission to develop therapeutics for infectious diseases.
Cony D’Cruz, Chief Business Officer of Proteros, stated,…
Berlin is the meeting point for European process engineers and biotechnologists
From September 25th-29th, 2011, Berlin will be the focal point of European process engineering and biotechnology. More than 3,000 participants from Europe and beyond are expected for the 8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotechnology. About 800 lectures cover the complete range of current topics from simulation to plant design and safety technology and from systems biology to biorefineries. About 1,000 scientific posters,…
Water Projects and Investment Asia
Water Projects & Investment Asia
With a rich 5-year history of producing high quality, industry specific business events around the world, Middle East and Asia, Fleming Gulf Conferences is one of the leading names in business intelligence.
Fleming Gulf proudly announces Water Projects & Investment Asia on 27th – 28th September 2011, in Hong Kong.
This event is a global platform for water solutions that brings policy makers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners…
MERCACHEM ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DR. GERHARD MÜLLER AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT M …
Nijmegen, the Netherlands - May 24, 2011. Mercachem is pleased to announce that Dr. Gerhard Müller has joined the management team of Mercachem as Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry thus supporting the strong growth of the medicinal chemistry services and projects. Gerhard will be responsible for expanding Mercachem’s activities in Medicinal Chemistry.
Gerhard Müller joins Mercachem from Proteros fragments GmbH, where he had, for the last three years the position…
CPI International Introduces, Colitag, the Revolutionary 16-48 Hour Drinking Wat …
For Immediate Release:
CPI International Introduces, Colitag, the Revolutionary 16-48 Hour Drinking Water Test
Santa Rosa, CA, May 18, 2011- CPI International introduces, Colitag, the revolutionary 16-48 hour drinking water test for coliforms and E. coli. Colitag is the most reliable Presence/Absence test on the market today.
Colitag, which has spent the last 5 years in development, is now available at the best prices on the market. We are…
Guest Chairman announced for European Plastics News Advanced Moulding Technologi …
European Plastics News is very pleased to announce John R Hind, Plastics Consultancy Network member as the guest Chairman for Advanced Moulding Technologies 2011. The conference will be held at Le Meridien, Brussels (Belgium) between 28-29 June.
John will host both days of this industry leading conference. He will provide a neutral and independent analysis of innovations and issues facing injection moulders today combined with an unrivalled line up of…
Schools are providing donations for the “Helping Africa” charity drive at the Go …
The “Helping Africa” charity drive, which is organized in the Czech Republic since January 2011 to help the children in Mozambique, Africa is also supported by a number of European schools and kindergartens. Among them is a well known English kindergarten and nursery named Neverland. It has supported the drive financially and also through gifts in the form of toys and children’s clothing.
The gifts donated to “Helping Africa” go directly…
The Comet Assay: Nutrition & Health
Last year we highlighted research linking nutritional factors, mutagenicity and carcinogenesis. One invaluable tool for investigations into DNA damage, protection and repair is the Comet Assay (Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis).
The growing popularity & acceptance of the assay is evident by the number of peer reviewed papers in the scientific literature. Here we list a selection of recent papers with nutrition & health a key theme and all using data…
Spiral Biotech Products to Be Branded Advanced Instruments; Autoplate, QCount, A …
Advanced Instruments, Inc. announced today that the company will rebrand its entire Spiral Biotech product line as Advanced Instruments during 2011. The rebranding program will be completed by January 1, 2012. Spiral Biotech’s products include the Autoplate® Spiral Plating System and the QCount® colony counting system.
“Advanced Instruments has provided the life sciences industry with the highest-quality instruments for more than 50 years,” said Anthony Pappas, national sales manager at Advanced…
The “School of the Future” will open in Kyiv in September 2011
In September 2011 the British International School will be opening a new school campus in the heart of Kyiv – in the residential region of Pechersk. The brand new seven-storey building, equipped with the latest education technologies, will house the very first “School of the Future” in Ukraine.
New campus is a long-awaited extension to the school, which has been working in the Nivky region for a long time. This new…
Jenoptik’s Lasers & Material Processing Division with New Products at LASER in M …
The Lasers & Material Processing division of Jenoptik will have the more powerful version of the green disk laser type JenLas® D2.mini, a femtosecond laser for industrial applications and a new infrared disk laser for micro materials processing on display at the LASER World of PHOTONICS from May 23-26, 2011. In addition to that, the presentation will highlight the full performance spectrum – the value chain – of the division.
More…
GEA Niro Pharmaceutical Spray Drying Facility
GEA Niro in Denmark has one of the major Pharmaceutical Spray Drying - spray drying under cGMP conditions - facilities worldwide. The facility, which was first opened as a demonstration plant to support sales of Pharmaceutical Spray Drying installations, is offering spray drying process development and contract manufacturing of pharmaceuticals or pharma-grade products. This allows customers to work on product formulations, test the feasibility of a spray drying, and conduct…
Career-Oriented Bachelor’s and Associate’s in Respiratory Therapy Programs Offer …
Salt Lake City, May 23, 2011 - Stevens-Henager College, known for its career-focused post-college education, now offers two respiratory therapy degrees designed to help graduates enter the challenging profession—an Associate of Science (AS) and an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Respiratory Therapy, and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Respiratory Therapy.
The associate’s degree, focused on the technical scope of respiratory therapy, prepares graduates for entry-level positions in a variety…
In-line control of high shear granulation
Genzyme reduces probe fouling and improves NIR data using the Lighthouse Probe™
Genzyme, one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, was looking for a PAT solution to control the high shear granulation of a development product by measuring a critical product attribute, rather than relying purely on time based processing or impeller current loading. The company used an optimized Lighthouse Probe™ to get representative NIR data of a granulation process.…
Undergraduate Business Degree Programs at CollegeAmerica Offered on a FastFlex S …
Colorado Springs, May 23, 2011 - To help hasten the graduation process for its students, CollegeAmerica is now offering its undergraduate business degree programs on a FastFlex schedule. The FastFlex program is intended to help students earn their degrees in less-than-normal completion time: just about 20 months for an associate’s degree, and 36 months or less for a bachelor’s degree. Because the program typically allows students to complete part of…
Stevens-Henager College’s Surgical Technologist Program Can Open Entry-level Job …
Salt Lake City, May 23, 2011 - To prepare graduates for entry-level employment opportunities as part of surgical teams, Stevens-Henager College now offers an Associate of Occupational Studies in Surgical Technologist degree.
Surgical technologists are critical members of a surgical team and assist doctors and other surgical staff during operations. The duties of a surgical technologist range from preparing the operating room and assembling and sterilizing surgical tools to anticipating…
Tutors International launches new website case study section to help parents loo …
Tutors International announces the launch of a new case study section on its website, enabling parents to filter case studies by a variety of factors including age, gender, geographical location and the nature of the educational problem solved by Tutors International. For more information, visit www.tutors-international.com or call +44 (0) 1865 435 135.
"We were dissatisfied with the previous incarnation of the case studies section as all it conveyed at the…
Riderwood Retirement Community Resident William E. May, Ph.D., Receives Honorary …
SILVER SPRING, MD (May 20, 2011) – Riderwood retirement community resident William E. May, Ph.D. has received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from The Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS) during the institute’s Tenth Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Exercises held May 19 at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He gave the commencement address.
Professor May, a former IPS visiting faculty…
Independence University’s Respiratory Therapy Program Designed to Prepare Studen …
Salt Lake City, May 20, 2011 - Independence University, one of the leading names in distance education, now offers an Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy degree. It’s designed to not just provide graduates the skills and technical proficiency required of a respiratory therapy professional, but also to prepare them to sit for their licensing exams.
The program covers a comprehensive range of basic to advanced level courses, research work,…
Medical Specialties Degree with Radiography Emphasis Offered by California Colle …
San Diego, May 20, 2011 - As the healthcare industry continues to grow, offering excellent employment opportunities for job seekers, California College San Diego has added yet another program to its wide repertoire of health sciences degrees. The Associate of Occupational Studies in Medical Specialties with a Radiography emphasis is designed for individuals interested in a career in medical assistance.
In the program, students develop specialized skills in medical coding…
Stevens-Henager College Offers Online Graduate Degrees in Varied Healthcare Disc …
Salt Lake City, May 20, 2011 - Stevens-Henager College is now offering online Master of Science degrees in three sought-after healthcare disciplines: healthcare administration, nursing administration, and nursing education. All three degrees are designed for practicing healthcare professionals who are looking to advance their careers without having to take time off work to attend classes.
The degree in healthcare administration is meant for individuals interested in management or administrative roles…
Texas Retail Bank Chooses Edcomm Banker's Academy for Custom Comprehensive Bank …
A Texas-based Retail Bank has chosen Edcomm Banker’s Academy to provide custom comprehensive bank training.
New York, NY, May 19, 2011 -- A Texas-based Retail Bank has chosen Edcomm Banker’s Academy to provide custom comprehensive bank training. The Bank has also opted to use Learning Link®, Edcomm Banker’s Academy’s Learning Management System (LMS), for hosting and maintenance of Banker’s Academy Unlimited.
Banker’s Academy Unlimited, from Edcomm Banker’s Academy, provides every employee at…
National conference, ‘Frontiers of Computer science’ will be held at DBIT, Banga …
The Department of Computer science and Engineering of Don Bosco Institute of Technology will stage a National conference from May 19 to 21.
The conference entitled ‘Frontiers of Computer science’ (FCS) will be held at Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kumbalagodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore.
Department of Computer Science & Engineering has planned to stage a National Conference entitled “FRONTIERS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE” during May 19th to 21st, 2011. This Conference is being…
Breaking News: Zahi Hawass seeks secret chambers in the Pyramid of Cheops! (May …
Top secret mission on the Giza Plateau: Under the strictest of secrecy and on instruction of the controversial Egyptian minister for antiquities, Zahi Hawass, a new mini robot crept through the passageways of the Pyramid of Cheops on the 29th May 2010. Its aim: To search for previously undiscovered secret chambers of the Pharaoh. For this purpose the extremely narrow, previously poorly understood southern shaft in the Queen’s Chamber including…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Enables Ireland’s First Fragment-Based Screening Progra …
University of Dublin Selects Maybridge Ro3 Diversity Fragment Library for Drug Discovery
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the University of Dublin has purchased the Maybridge Ro3 Diversity Fragment library for use in a new drug discovery program. As an institution known for its world-class biomedical research, the University is the first organization in the Republic of Ireland to undertake a fragment-based screening…
Dan Kaffe orders instant coffee plant from GEA Niro
GEA Niro has announced a new approx. euro 2 million order for spray drying technology for the Dan Kaffe factory in Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The order is for a complete spray drying plant to increase production of powdered coffee from the factory.
GEA Niro has a long business relationship with Dan Kaffe having supplied the company’s first complete instant coffee plant back in 1993. This new agreement was…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces the Next Generation of Carbon Fiber Centrifu …
Thermo Scientific Fiberlite LEX Rotor Series Combines Advanced Ergonomics with Exceptional Performance and Safety
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the new Thermo Scientific Fiberlite LEX rotor series, combining lower rotor mass for superior ergonomics with outstanding performance and safety. By taking the proven Fiberlite® carbon fiber rotor design to the next level, the Fiberlite F10-4x1000 LEX and Fiberlite F12-6x500 LEX rotors are the…
