Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Stevens-Henager College Adds Nurse Case Manager Emphasis to Its Nursing Administ …
Salt Lake City, UT, Mar.09, 2012 — Registered nurses (RNs) looking to enhance their career opportunities through continuing education can now explore an exciting new option at Stevens-Henager College.
The college has added a Nurse Case Manager emphasis to its Bachelor of Science in Nursing Administration degree. Since the degree has been designed as a completion program, it is available only to practicing registered nurses.
Nurse case managers are responsible for…
RAY™ 2 launched at ANUGA FoodTec 2012
Higher volume freeze drying for laboratories
GEA Process Engineering will launch its new RAY™ 2 large laboratory-sized batch freeze dryer at ANUGA FoodTec 2012, in Cologne from 27 – 30 March. The RAY™ 2 provides a higher volume capability for the development and small-scale production of food products such as freeze-dried vegetables, fruits, fish and meat, and - in a special execution - delicate products such as probiotics, instant coffee,…
GEA Procomac Launches Aseptic Dual Filling System at ANUGA FoodTec 2012
GEA Procomac will be showing its new Aseptic Dual Filling System for the filling of PET bottles with products containing particulates at ANUGA FoodTec 2012, in Cologne from 27 – 30 March.
The new system is composed of two separate filling carousels: the new aseptic piston doser PX for solid particles with set volume from 30 to 150 ml and the volumetric electronic filler Fillstar FX, an industry standard…
IEEE Announces Five New Standards And A Standards-Development Project For The Sm …
Bangalore, March11,2012:IEEE, the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, today announced five new standards, as well as a modified standards-development project, that are all intended to aid the efficient rollout of the smart grid worldwide. The new standards and standards projects recently approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board carve critical new dimensions into the IEEE portfolio of more than 100 active standards or standards in…
Sanjiv Rai in Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum
Sanjiv Rai, the Founder and Chairperson of ARE Technologies has been honoured as Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum . An innovator and a serial entrepreneur, Sanjiv Rai has led several $ multi-million commercializations globally. After leading as the Principal Investigator for the CHANDRA project for NASA towards setting up communication Infrastructure on the moon for permanent lunar outpost, he returned to India with a…
Mettler-Toledo Thornton Releases Video to Assist Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in …
Mettler-Toledo's Process Analytics Division announces the release of "TOC and Conductivity Measurement in Water for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing,"a five-minute video describingthe continuous on-line measurement solutions which enable pharmaceutical manufacturers to continuously monitor and control water used in the manufacturing process.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, continuous real-time testing for total organic carbon and conductivity is critical to meet Pharmacopeia requirements for Purified Water and Water for Injection.The new video highlights how Mettler-Toledo Thornton can…
Kemehameha Schools Ka Pua Initiative hosts Wai‘anae Coast Community Forums
Kamehameha Schools’ Ka Pua Initiative is a long term commitment to excellent education, strong community, and a committed presence on the Wai’anae Coast. The vision is a healthy, vibrant Native Hawaiian community whose youth and families lead locally and globally, firmly grounded in knowing who they are and where they come from.
This month, the Ka Pua Initiative will host five open community forums to clarify and design the educational programs…
School of Rock: Berkleemsic.com Debits New Course “Rock History”
Boston, MA, March 8, 2012— Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, is launching Rock History, an online course that chronicles the evolution of one of the greatest periods of music. Rock History takes an-depth look at the highs and lows of rock over the past 60 years; the key heroes and villains, the movers and shakers from the studio and the concert stage, and a…
Mini Viewing Cabinet produces BIG results!
Cambridge, UK— The compact, lightweight CM-10MP mini viewing cabinet is perfect for any type of life science application requiring high-contrast fluorescence analysis. It is also excellent for viewing TLC plates and for quality control inspection of PC boards.
Weighing only 1.8 kg, it can be conveniently carried from place to place. With its compact dimensions of 22.2W x 25.4L x 11.4 cm H, this space-saving unit can fit easily in cramped…
Rosa PK/PD Collaboration with Pfizer to be Presented at ASCPT 2012
PK/PD analyses used to support the rationale for therapeutic strategies targeting myostatin pathway
Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in PK/PD and drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced that results from its PK/PD collaboration with Pfizer will be presented as a poster at the 2012 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. The poster entitled "Role of Myostatin Pathway in…
Academics in a Therapeutic Setting
Bryan Tomes, Executive Director of Asheville Academy for Girls defines academics and therapeutics, and explains how they are integrated so academics is a priority in its own right and does not take a back seat to therapeutics.
To get the discussion started today on Lon Woodbury’s Internet Talk Radio Show "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens" January 16, 2012 on LATalkRadio at http://www.latalkradio.com, Lon shared with today’s guest, Bryan Tomes, the Executive…
Independence University Adds Clinical Practice Concentration to Its Respiratory …
Salt Lake City, UT, Mar.07, 2012 — For many healthcare professionals, continuing education forms an important part of their career development plan.
In a bid to meet this need for respiratory therapists (RTs) and provide them enhanced career advancement opportunities, Independence University has added a new emphasis area to its respiratory care program.
Respiratory care practitioners looking to move into supervisory or advanced clinical positions can now enroll in the Bachelor of…
California College San Diego Offers Nursing Administration Degree with Nursing I …
San Diego, CA, Mar.07, 2012 — Registered nurses (RNs) who have spent sufficient time doing bed-side patient care and want to move to advanced nursing roles can now explore the possibility of an exciting career change within the nursing and health informatics field.
Nursing informatics, as defined by the American Nursing Informatics Association, is a specialty that combines elements of nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate…
Private Tutors Must Take Guidance from the Parents in Social and Moral Education …
Tutors International (http://www.tutors-international.com), the Oxford-based private tuition firm, today announced the importance of bespoke tutor recruitment to address the individual needs of families looking for trusted, high quality home tutoring.
Director Adam Caller stated, “Meeting the client is essential. I’ve spoken to families who haven’t spent face-to-face time with the person who will recruit a tutor for them, and understandably, haven’t been matched with the right tutor for their individual…
CollegeAmerica Adds Event Management Emphasis to Business Management and Account …
Colorado Springs, CO, Mar.06, 2012—In addition to property management and retail sales, CollegeAmerica has added yet another interesting emphasis area to its business management and accounting program.
The Associate’s of Applied Science in Business Management and Accounting at CollegeAmerica is now available with an emphasis in Event Planning.
Event planning is an excellent career option for individuals who have the creativity and organizational skills to design events. The job involves…
Meet & Greet – The Scorpions live and in 3D!
By invitation of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute –
The Scorpions at CeBIT 2012
Friday 9 March 2012 is the day the Scorpions – the world famous rock band from Hanover – will be dropping in on Cebit 2012. At the Next level S3D special exhibition area in hall 15 at 14:00 hrs they’ll be presenting excerpts from their 2011 Blu-ray “Live in 3D – Get your Sting & Blackout”. The Scorpions’…
Kaonetics Announces Partnership with Center for Innovation
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 1, 2012 ─ Kaonetics Technologies, Inc. today announced that the company has joined a select network of affiliate partners at the Center for Innovation (CFI).
Kaonetics, which recently moved its headquarters to Fort Worth, is developing multiple technology platforms based on energy waveforms with potential applications in military, law enforcement and other industries. Among other things, testing shows that Kaonetics’ “directed energy” technology can stabilize improvised…
National Science Day Pilani Shridhar University – NextGen Cofounder Abhishek Hum …
None other than the Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh has recently expressed concern stating that China is far ahead of India today in Science thus giving a wakeup call across the nation.
To popularize the benefits of scientific knowledge, 28th February is celebrated all over India as National Science Day (NSD) to mark the discovery of Nobel Prize winning Raman Effect by the great Indian Physicist Sir C.…
Italian Language Certificates issued by AIL and Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Accademia Italiana di Lingua (AIL) is a professional association of schools, institutions and experts in the field of teaching Italian as a foreign language. The association guarantees its members high standards of education and represents a variety of institutions in Italy and abroad. Its main office is located in Florence, Italy.
The Accademia Italiana di Lingua - http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-exam-courses.html - issues the first certificate of modern Italian that effectively tests the language…
NIESBUD NOIDA Sponsored Collaborative Training Programs Take off at Shridhar Uni …
No one has doubt that even a small business, or for that matter any business, can indeed invent the future by staying true to their own vision with the customer in mind.
Today, governments worldwide recognize the importance of SMEs and their contribution to economic growth, social cohesion, employment and local development. Established in 1983, NIESBUD - The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development and presently under the Ministry…
Teens From Long Island Area Showcase Design and Engineering Skills at Long Islan …
[Kings Park, NY, February 29, 2012] ― High-school students from three states and Long Island- and metropolitan New York-area schools will have the opportunity to showcase their hard work after an intense six weeks of designing and building an original robot in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (www.usfirst.org). From March 29-31, at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, 50 teams…
Gamma Scientific Releases New Spectroradiometer for Fluorescence Testing
Gamma Scientific has developed a new spectroradiometer that is configured to quickly obtain detailed fluorescence data for any fluorescent or reflective material, including LED phosphors.
The Bi-Spectral Fluorescence Spectroradiometer takes precise measurements of both the transmitted and reflected spectrum of materials when illuminated by monochromatic light utilizing a pair of Gamma Scientific’s RadOMA series spectroradiometers. The system is able to simultaneously measure spectral reflectance, spectral transmittance and absorption…
Private Tutoring Organisation Plans to Bridge the Gap Between Wilderness Centers …
UK-based Tutors International (http://www.tutors-international.com), today announced they are in discussion with several wilderness programs in the US about the provision of private tutors for children and their parents coping with life after wilderness therapy program.
The programs, which exist almost exclusively in the US, aim to address serious disruptive behaviours in school pupils by removing them from their usual surroundings and fostering self-worth and achievement in a safe, secluded environment.…
Far Eastern University Department of Communication Upgrades to HD Production wit …
Billerica, Massachusetts – Broadcast Pix™ today announced that the Department of Communication at Far Eastern University (FEU) in Manila, Philippines, recently renovated its video production facilities with a Granite™ 1000 Video Control Center. The new Broadcast Pix system is part of an upgrade to HD production for FEU’s television production classes.
While Granite has been primarily used for class productions, there are plans to produce a live cable broadcast during…
Peak Scientific Add NM-3G Nitrogen Generator to Genius Range
: Launched last year, the Genius range of Gas Generators from Peak Scientific is world-renowned for being smoother, quieter, safer and more efficient than any other generator on the market. Today, the Genius range grew in strength with the addition of the NM-3G Nitrogen Generator.
The NM-3G Nitrogen Generator, designed specifically for use with LC/MS (Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry) instruments, offers safeguards unique to Peak Scientific generators to deliver reassurance…
International American University College of Medicine partners with Walden Unive …
Dallas, Texas - February 28, 2012 – The International American University College of Medicine (IAUCOM), Saint Lucia and Walden University, USA have entered into a partnership to provide medical students with an opportunity to acquire dual degrees. According to the agreement, the medical students will now be able to enroll for MBA in Healthcare Management, Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) or Master of Public Health (MPH) alongside their regular MD…
Rosa Announces Publication of its PhysioPD™ Model Qualification Method and Serie …
Series of Seminars and Workshops to be held in 2012 across the US and in Europe
Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced the publication of its Model Qualification Method (“MQM”) in the White Paper, “Facilitating Drug Discovery and Development with Mechanistic Physiological Models that are ‘Fit for Purpose.’” Rosa created the MQM to enable the broader adoption and use…
Huge project win for GEA Process Engineering down-under
Engineering giant GEA Process Engineering has received a huge order for the delivery of a production facility for milk powder to Tasmania, Australia. The order has an overall value of about EUR 33 million.
Right now it is just a closed sawmill outside the Tasmanian town of Smithton, Australia. But only seven months from now, Tasmanian Dairy Products Co Ltd will start a production of dried milk products in…
GEA Niro product launches at ANUGA 2012
GEA Niro will be launching two new products at ANUGA FoodTec 2012, in Cologne from 27 – 30 March: the GEA Niro POWDEREYE™ in-line powder analysis system; and the GEA Niro RAY™ 2, a laboratory-sized freeze dryer specially designed for R&D work with food products.
POWDEREYE™
The GEA Niro POWDEREYE™ is a new in-line powder analysis system for spray dryers that allows producers to optimise powder sampling and analysis. The POWDEREYE™ system…
GEA Liquid Processing and GEA Filtration at ANUGA
GEA Liquid Processing will be showing its new range of MIXING FORMULA™ products and its trusted GEA Filtration equipment at ANUGA FoodTec 2012, in Cologne from 27 – 30 March.
MIXING FORMULA™
The MIXING FORMULA™ range from GEA Liquid Processing has high sheer capability ideally suited to the demands of the food, dairy and beverage industries. The range was launched by the company only last year and has received…
GEA Pharma Systems and STEQ host exclusive seminars in Brazil to help pharmaceut …
GEA Pharma Systems, in association with its Brazilian partner, STEQ, is hosting a series of educational seminars in Brazil for the benefit of technical specialists in Brazilian pharmaceutical companies.
The seminars are intended to help directors, managers and production coordinators within pharmaceutical companies get up to date with the latest techniques and technologies for pharmaceutical processing. Participants will learn how technology innovation can improve their production lines; will…
Moisture content on display
New, inline moisture sensor from GEA Pharma Systems … simple to install … easy to operate … fast pay back.
GEA Pharma Systems, in co-operation with NDC, has developed a new inline moisture sensor for pharmaceutical drying systems that drastically simplifies moisture measurement, saves processing time, avoids unnecessary operator contact with toxic compounds and helps ensure a top product quality.
The new moisture sensor, LHP-NDC 710e, which fits into a…
Sunstone Business School invites applications for Post Graduate Program in Manag …
Sunstone Business School, a specialized Management School for working professionals, is inviting applications for its class of 2013 Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) Orientation with sessions starting from April 23, 2012. PGPM is a post graduate programme geared for professionals within the technology sector focusing on delivering Management know how and skills vital to the current industry scenario.
The PGPM course consists of learning modules, adapted to current industry…
MINDPEDIA Concluded the PTN Q1-2012 Interactive Pitching in Cairo Under the Them …
Cairo: 26th of February, 2012 - MINDPEDIA the leading innovative training services provider has concluded the final evaluation results of the Professional Trainers Network (PTN) pitching meetings during Saturday, 19th of February, 2012 at InterContinental City Stars Hotel in Cairo; in participation of 10s of professional trainers and consultants representing various specialties, backgrounds and nationalities.
The pitching sessions were purposed to touch base with the nominated trainers, expected to join during…
Nanion Acquires the SURFE2R Technology for Transporter Protein Analysis
Nanion acquires the well-established SURFE2R technology, allowing state-of-the-art measurements of transporter protein activity and function. The SURFE2R technology is an excellent enhancement to Nanion’s existing products which until now covered ion channels and nanopores.
Nanion Technologies is one of the leading providers of high quality automated patch clamp systems. Nanion’s efficient and versatile products drastically improve the data output in patch clamp-based ion channel screening, safety testing and scientific research. Since…
Scholarships Award Function at Shridhar University Pilani Rajasthan
As a socially responsible educational institution, Shridhar University Pilani firmly believes that economic constraints should not be a hurdle for deserving candidates to pursue higher education which is critical to enhance the quality of life.
Transformation of the individual by education is precursor to social and economic transformation of society at large. With more than 50% of current population below the age of 25 and 72% of the population living in…
$1 Million Grant from Stabler Foundation to Fund Scholarships at Harrisburg Univ …
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has received a $1 million grant from The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation.
Harrisburg, PA, February 24, 2012 - Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has received a $1 million grant from The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation. The grant will create the new Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Endowed Scholarship Fund at the private university, which will aid students…
Advanced Systems Group and B4M Present Media Asset Management Webinar
EMERYVILLE, CALIF.– Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, and B4M™ a Primestream® Company, a leader in complete media asset management and automation software, will present a free webinar, “Leap Into Your Asset Management,” on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 10 a.m. PT.
The webinar will cover the how-to of managing operations from anywhere and the end-to-end workflows for media asset management, editing, social media…
Accurate Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida is offering merit …
New Delhi, February, 2012: Accurate Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida has announced merit scholarships to encourage bright and meritorious students of the country to take up management education once they complete their graduation course. The total value of the scholarships stands at Rs. 1 crore.
Students who score 60 percentile or above 500 score in MAT exams will be eligible for scholarship of Rs 20,000/- and with score…
Universities and Their Impact on the Economy and Society
What do Germany’s oldest university and New York City’s highly visible Tech Campus competition have in common? Find out how the symbiotic relationship between universities and their surrounding areas can influence a region on February 29, 2012, at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI).
Both the small German university town of Heidelberg and the metropolis of New York City prioritize academics, research and development as a means of…
Children's Books By Little Creek Press Receive National Exposure from Wisconsinm …
Children's books from Mineral Point, Wisconsin based Little Creek Press are the latest addition to the Wisconsinmade.com gift store. Gift giving experts carefully select only the finest Wisconsin gifts to be included on the website which gives customers the opportunity to ship Wisconsin-made items nationwide. "At Wisconsinmade.com, we find the best Wisconsin gifts for recipients of all ages." says Linda Remeschatis, owner of Wisconsinmade.com, "I'm excited to offer these…
Nanion Introduces the Orbit 16 – a Pioneering Device for Parallel Lipid Bilayer …
Munich, Germany, February 23, 2012; Today, Nanion announces the introduction of a completely new product line for efficient analysis of bilayer-reconstituted ion channels and nanopores. The first of these, the Orbit 16, allows for automated formation of, and recordings from 16 bilayers in parallel, combining efficient data generation and ultra-high data quality. The Orbit 16 takes the pain out of bilayer recordings and facilitates efficient data generation through 16…
i-Nurture fosters holistic Creative Education
i-Nurture offers enriching education in Creative Sciences to nurture professional creative talent for the thriving industry.
Understanding the mounting significance of creativity across various business verticals and the consequent need for talented and skilled creative experts, i-nurture offers enriching study programs in Creative Sciences. These courses are specially designed to hone amateur creative talent into professionally competent experts. The industry offers plethora of opportunities for the skilled and competent. This recognized…
Innova Biosciences Launches Unique Covalent Gold Nanoparticle Conjugation Kit
Innova Biosciences, inventor of ‘Lightning-Link®’ the world’s easiest to use antibody labeling technology, is pleased to announce the launch of InnovaCoat™ GOLD: a revolutionary kit for the covalent conjugation of gold nanoparticles to antibodies, proteins and biomolecules.
Cambridge, UK, February 20, 2012 - Innova Biosciences (Cambridge, UK), inventor of ‘Lightning-Link®’ the world’s easiest to use antibody labeling technology, is pleased to announce the launch of InnovaCoat™ GOLD: a revolutionary kit for…
Innova Biosciences Launches Unique Covalent Gold Nanoparticle Conjugation Kit
Innova Biosciences, inventor of ‘Lightning-Link®’ the world’s easiest to use antibody labeling technology, is pleased to announce the launch of InnovaCoat™ GOLD: a revolutionary kit for the covalent conjugation of gold nanoparticles to antibodies, proteins and biomolecules.
Cambridge, UK, February 20, 2012 - Innova Biosciences (Cambridge, UK), inventor of ‘Lightning-Link®’ the world’s easiest to use antibody labeling technology, is pleased to announce the launch of InnovaCoat™ GOLD: a revolutionary kit for…
"With a National Tutoring Professional Body, UK Private Tutors Cannot Command th …
Oxford-based Tutors International (http://www.tutors-international.com), responded today to recent articles by Rosie Kinchen [1] and London Private Tutors, Will Orr-Ewing [2] and Mark MacLaine [3], about the salaries commanded by ‘super-tutors’ - top-flight private tutors who can command fees of up to £1000 per hour.
This breed of super-tutor emerged in New York and Hong Kong, while British tutors were relatively unnoticed. When asked why this was, Tutors International founder, Adam…
Entrepreneurship Talk at Shridhar University Pilani - Invent the Future and Inno …
The youth of India today firmly believe that future indeed belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams and are aware that Information is just bits of data while Knowledge is putting them together and Wisdom is transcending them.
Even a small business, or for that matter any top ranking business, can indeed invent the future by staying true to their own vision with the customer in mind.…
Cue the BCAE’s ESL Movie Club
This February, the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE), New England’s oldest educational nonprofit, is adding an innovative program to their ESL department . Every Friday the BCAE will hold “ESL Movie Club,” designed to improve language skills and knowledge of American culture through mainstream films.
From 1:30PM to 4:30PM movie-goers, (ESL or not) will meet in the BCAE’s state-of-the-art classrooms to view and discuss a different Hollywood film…
Eye4Software B.V. Released Eye4Software GPS Toolkit version 4.0
Today Eye4Software B.V. released version 4.0 of their GPS Toolkit for Windows.
This toolkit (GPS SDK) allows software developers to add GPS and coordinate conversion functionality to their programs, websites or scripts, without any knowledge on GPS ,serial port protocols and geodesy.
Application examples include: GPS mapping, GPS navigation, GPS positioning, time synchronization, hydrographic survey, map grid transformations, map datum transformations and more.
In this latest version, the successor of version…
Apeejay Stya University joins hands with MIT Media Lab to organize “Design Innov …
Carrying forth its legacy and mission to usher a new wave of social change through research and innovation, Apeejay Stya University has joined hands with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Media Lab (MIT Media Lab) to host the “Design Innovation Workshop” from 26th – 30th March, 2012, in New Delhi at Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai.
“Design Innovation India Workshop” aims to engage and inspire students across all disciplines right from pre-primary…
