Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Irish Students Can Now Concentrate Better
An International Facility Manager and E-Senza Technologies control room quality in Irish schools with wireless sensors
In Central Europe people spend on average 90% of their time indoors. This may be their own home, office, cinema, car or school.
In classrooms a healthier indoor climate for students and teachers is achieved best by ventilation of the rooms. Air circulation is quite important because humans exhale CO2 (10 to 200l/h) and emit…
Key milestone reached in OLED development: cynora presents new flexible prototyp …
cyFlex puts Karlsruhe-based high-tech firm cynora GmbH on the home stretch to flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for intelligent packaging solutions. The flexible new component integrates the low-cost emitters developed by cynora. “This is definitely a key milestone on the path to light-emitting foils for packaging,” says Dr. Thomas Baumann, cynora’s Chief Executive Officer. The flexible device was developed as part of the cyFlex project in conjunction with InnovationLab in…
MoBiTec To Exhibit At The 16th Joint Meeting Of The Signal Transduction Society …
Echelon Biosciences Inc. (USA) is committed to developing novel assays and reagents for lipid research and beyond. At EBI’s core is the desire to innovate, thus pushing medicinal research to new limits. EBI looks forward to providing scientists around the world with the tools they need to cure human disease states for years to come.
Remarkable are EBI's
• Lipid-Protein Interaction Tools
• Lipid Detection Assays
• Broad Range of Inositol Phosphates
EBI's scientific focus:
•…
Wexford University Now Accepting Applications for January Classes in Health and …
Wexford University is now accepting registration for online classes starting in January 2013. The 100 percent online university offers a variety of health, exercise, sports and fitness degree programs of all levels.
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (USA), September 19, 2012 -- U.S. and international students who want to get an early start on their New Year’s resolutions can now register for online classes in health, fitness, nutrition, exercise and sports psychology…
Sangam University Bhilwara Rajasthan Celebrates Engineers Day 2012
The theme for this year celebration is “Appropriate Climate Responsive Technologies for inclusive growth and sustainable Development.”
Sep 15 is observed as Engineers Day in India as a mark of respect to Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya who was born this day in 1860 and died on April 14, 1962.
Whenever there is talk about Engineers, the quote of Albert Einstein "Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has…
Career Step Named 2013 Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs Magazine
September 19, 2012 PROVO, Utah — Career Step, an online school offering career-focused education, has been named as a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine for the third consecutive year. Career Step earned a place on the 2013 list compiled by the magazine by placing among the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to ensure the success of military service…
Dr. Ann Kiessling Devotes Full Time to Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation
The Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation has announced that Dr. Ann Kiessling, its award-winning founder and executive director, is stepping down from the Harvard Medical School faculty after 27 years to devote her full attention to the stem cell research and other initiatives of the Foundation.
“My nearly three decades at Harvard have been wonderful, highly productive years for the two areas of NIH-funded research in my laboratory: reproductive biology…
World’s first MIPI CSI-2 Camera Interface Reference Design for AM37x/DM37x/OMAP3 …
St. Louis, USA / Chennai, India – Sept 18th, 2012, e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded design services company specializing in development of advanced camera solutions announces the release of the world’s first reference design e-CAM55_37x - MIPI CSI-2 Camera Interface
for Texas Instruments’ AM37x/DM37x family of processors. e-CAM55_37x is interfaced on to Logic PD’s ZoomTM DM3730 SOM-LV Development Kit and includes e-CAM52_MI5640_MOD, a 5MP autofocus MIPI CSI-2 camera…
Hindi Diwas at Sangam University Bhilwara Rajasthan
The increasing popularity of Bollywood and the sheer richness of Indian culture across the globe, one should not be surprised if Hindi soon overtakes Chinese as the most spoken language in the world.
Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
Language is obviously a vital tool as it is not only a means of communicating…
Behind the scenes with Eppendorf
New video provides unique insight into manufacturing and production of consumables
Eppendorf is providing an exclusive behind the scenes video look at the production of consumables and providing insight into the company’s exceptional quality control throughout the whole manufacturing process. The new video, available on the company’s website, demonstrates Eppendorf’s commitment to delivering consistently high quality and reliable consumables for the laboratory. Take a tour at www.eppendorf.com/consumablesmovie or eppendorf.com/youtubeconsumables.
Dr. Sirkka…
GILSON CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF PIPETMAN®
A milestone is fast approaching for Gilson as it celebrates 40 years of delivering innovation. Four decades ago, the PIPETMAN pipette was created as the first adjustable volume pipette on the market with its patented volumeter registered in 1972. Today, it is still one of the most popular pipettes in labs worldwide. Since then, Gilson has focused on launching new, innovative products based around the reputable PIPETMAN.
In honor…
IMS Noida organized Blood Donation Camp
Institute of Management Studies, Noida in collaboration with Rotary Blood Bank Delhi organized Blood Donation camp in the Campus.
Around 150 students and 50 faculty members have participated in the camp. IMS Executive Director Dr A K Shrivastav has also donated blood and said that every year IMS organized Blood Donation camp to motivate students to donate blood and understand the responsibility towards society.
Dr Ashish Kumar from Rotary Club told…
Free Online Timetable Planner by MissionSSC for school students for SSC 2013 exa …
Adnexa Education Pvt. Ltd., under its venture MissionSSC, is happy to launch an innovative application, "MissionSSC Online Timetable Planner". This is a free application that helps students prepare for SSC 2013 exam by preparing an effective timetable based on their current preparation level.
10th std. SSC exam is an important exam in students’ career. They prepare the whole year for this exam.…
Dr. Elizabeth Scannell-Desch Joins the Adelphi University Hudson Valley Center a …
The Adelphi University Hudson Valley Center is pleased to announce Dr. Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, as the nursing coordinator for undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing.
Dr. Scannell-Desch is a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps. For 25 years, she served her country holding many key leadership positions, including command nurse executive for the entire Air Force Reserve at Headquarters, USAF - the Pentagon, where she was senior nurse…
goFLUENT reveals the Importance of High Frequency Vocabulary to Language Learnin …
With the business world becoming increasingly ‘global’ and with English now well established as the international business language, learning English as a second language is becoming vital for those who want to further their careers.
Within this context, research by Dr Charles Browne, Professor of Applied Linguistics and the Director of the English as a Foreign language (EFL) Teacher Education Program at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, points to EFL…
Al-Bayan Bilingual School Signs with White Mountain to Implement Skoolee
(Beirut, Lebanon) 12 September 2012 – Al-Bayan Bilingual School, a prestigious educational institution in Kuwait, recently signed with White Mountain Technologies to purchase Skoolee school information management software. The breadth and depth of the Skoolee system was what most appealed to the administrators at Al-Bayan.
Al-Bayan and White Mountain held a series of fit/gap analysis sessions to identify the school’s functional, technical, and data needs. Before Skoolee, each department…
BBI join EMD Millipore and Kinematic to educate in the field of lateral flow and …
The October seminar will educate registrants on how to develop and manufacture a lateral flow test and provide new insights into how superior quality components, established research and development processes and highly efficient machinery, guarantee faster, higher performing and more robust assay systems.
The practical elements of the course will allow theory to be put into practice as a lateral flow test is built; culminating with the end user being able…
Zhanna Stavina Joins Ecotech Institute as Director of Admissions
Stavina Brings Experience and Enthusiasm to Executive Team
Denver, Colorado, September 10, 2012 - Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability, has named Zhanna Stavina as the school’s new Director of Admissions.
In her role, Stavina will lead a team of admissions associates who serve as liaisons for potential and incoming students. She will also make and maintain connections…
What Does Not Change
Summary: There is no dearth of people saying that in this universe only constant is change. However, this is not so. Natural laws and innate nature of things are invariant with respect to time and place.
It is generally known that this is an ever-changing universe. Each and every thing we see and all the events we observe are in a state of constant flux. Even the simplest of stable…
GoldKey Announces Special Problems Security Team
Independence, MO – September 6, 2012 - GoldKey Security Corporation today announced the creation of a GoldKey Special Problems Team. The team was organized to assist enterprise customers with special security challenges.
Many security problems facing today’s enterprise are mission-critical and complex. Often, the one-size-fits-all solutions provided by the market do not satisfy the specific requirements of an organization.
In an effort to assist organizations in their special security needs, GoldKey…
Behind the scenes with Eppendorf
New video provides unique insight into manufacturing and production of consumables
Eppendorf is providing an exclusive behind the scenes video look at the production of consumables and providing insight into the company’s exceptional quality control throughout the whole manufacturing process. The new video, available on the company’s website, demonstrates Eppendorf’s commitment to delivering consistently high quality and reliable consumables for the laboratory. Take a tour at www.eppendorf.com/consumablesmovie or eppendorf.com/youtubeconsumables.
Dr. Sirkka…
Bhilwara Rajasthan Sangam University Celebrates 66th Independence Day
The purpose of celebrating the day is to uphold the very ideals of democracy, equality, liberty, fraternity, justice and the pursuit of everlasting happiness. Though the pouring rains at Bhilwara sought to be a dampener and an obstacle to the 66th Independence Day celebrations, the enthusiasm of the students ensured that the event was observed with patriotic fervor, gaiety and enthusiasm.
The India today we live is infinitely more prosperous, more…
Grand Freshmen Welcome at Sangam University Bhilwara Rajasthan
While for many top ranking universities in USA, Australia and Europe, freshmen welcome is as glamorous as the graduating students convocation function, its importance in India today is no less.
It goes without saying that when one moves out of schooling to step into college, invariably it is the freshmen welcome which eases the transition from hand holding by parents to hand shaking with friends heralding the transformation of dreamers into…
Dr. Malcolm Rowland, to Discuss Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetics in Rosa’s …
Dr. Rowland, will present “Drug development and physiologically based pharmacokinetics” Webinar September 19, 2012
Rosa & Co. LLC today announced that Dr. Malcolm Rowland, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, will present a webinar “Addressing drug development questions with physiologically based pharmacokinetics” on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT as part of Rosa’s ongoing monthly public webinar series. The purpose of the series, “Impact of Modeling & Simulation…
1,800 Local Students Receive Free Back-to-School Supply Kits from Bryant & Strat …
“Book Bag Bonanza” gives students the school supplies they need to start the school year right
Buffalo, NY, September 04, 2012 - At “Book Bag Bonanza” events yesterday, Bryant & Stratton College’s three Western New York campuses gave a total of 1,800 free back-to-school supply kits to local students of all ages. The kits were provided in partnership with Promotional Images and included a single subject notebook, a three-subject notebook,…
New Vertical Shaft Worm-Drive Gearbox from ServoCity.com
ServoCity introduces their all new Vertical Shaft Worm-Drive Gearbox! This gearbox utilizes a 30:1 ratio worm-drive reduction for applications that requires extremely slow and smooth rotational motion. The Vertical Shaft Worm-Drive Gearbox is perfect for turn-tables, time-lapse systems and low-speed applications that require high precision and torque.
The worm-drive design not only minimizes backlash but also eliminates back-driving the gearmotor so a position can be held even when power…
METTLER TOLDEO to Present Recent USP Changes Regulatory and Quality Aspects of S …
METTLER TOLEDO today announced an upcoming webinar with special guest presenter Gregory P. Martin, President of Complectors Consulting and industry expert in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry. This free educational webinar entitled “Recent USP Changes: Regulatory and Quality Aspects of Sample Preparation” will explain the United States Pharmacopeia’s (USP’s) recent changes to General Chapter (Specific Gravity) and proposed changes to Chapter (Weighing on an Analytical Balance), in more detail. …
High-level Speakers: Registration for LINQ 2012 Open!
The 1st European Conference LINQ 2012 on "Learning Innovations and Quality" has published its programme and is now open for registration until the 30th of September: LINQ 2012 has announced several high-level speakers who will contribute their ideas to the event’s dialogue on learning innovations and quality. Godelieve van den Brande, policy officer for ICT and Innovations in Learning at the Directorate General of Education and Culture for the European…
Effortless and Efficient Eye Tracking Research
SMI Semantic Gaze Mapping developed by SensoMotoric Instruments speeds up mobile eye tracking data analysis by up to factor 50
Teltow/Germany, September 3, 2012 – SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) introduces its Semantic Gaze Mapping, a patent pending technology for analyzing visual data gathered from real-world studies using SMI Eye Tracking Glasses. The result: Consolidated eye tracking data taken from multiple participants targeting such diverse areas as a mobile device screen, supermarket…
Digital Statistics Textbook Tops Amazon Hot New Releases
Social Science Research Design and Statistics, the first digital textbook released from Watertree Press, topped Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Computer Software eBook category this week. Simultaneously, the paperback edition reached number two in Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Social Sciences Research.
Social Science Research Design and Statistics: A Practitioner's Guide to Research Methods and SPSS Analysis by Alfred P. Rovai, Jason D. Baker, and Michael K. Ponton is a…
Career Step Ranked Among the Fastest Growing Education Companies by Inc. Magazin …
PROVO, Utah — Career Step, an online school providing professional career education, has been ranked among the fastest growing education companies in the nation by Inc. Magazine for the sixth consecutive year. This recognition highlights Career Step's consistent year-over-year growth as the school has expanded to better serve students who need greater study flexibility and seek training that enables them to begin a new career in less than a year.
"We…
Liberal Arts vs. Professional Training: Reflecting on the Purpose of Education i …
As tech campuses increasingly populate the academic landscape and current economic realities demand job-ready graduates, are our universities moving away from the principles of a traditional liberal arts education, or are they adapting to the needs of the 21st century? Are these concepts mutually exclusive? The role of higher education in society, the employability of college graduates, and the commercialization of university research are just a few of the issues…
Federal Minister Rösler inaugurates the 3D Innovation Center Berlin
Before an audience of some 120 guests from enterprise and research, Federal Minister Philipp Rösler today officially opened the 3D Innovation Center in Berlin.
“The new 3D Innovation Center is a key starting point for the networking of science and industry.”
Under the general management of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, a platform has been created on the Salzufer in Berlin’s Tiergarten district that affords its current roll-call of some 50 partners…
cynora launches new web site
Informative, clearly structured and adapted to user needs – cynora’s redesigned website opens a new window on the company and its products. Through its research and development activities in the area of organic electronics, the Karlsruhe-based high-tech firm is helping to pave the way towards a bright future – and invites visitors to join in on its new website.
Karlsruhe – cynora’s new website is officially on-line today. As of right…
ASTM International Chooses Scope for Enhanced Smart Content and MARC Cataloging …
ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developers worldwide, has engaged Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content services and MARC cataloging for its highly valued content. Previously, Scope had developed a domain-specific, multi-level taxonomy for the vast array of content within ASTM’s Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL). Scope also developed facets with a taxonomic structure to enable robust cross domain search, as well as created an…
ASTM International Chooses Scope eKnowledge Center to Provide Enhanced Smart Con …
ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developers worldwide, has engaged Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content services and MARC cataloging for its highly valued content. Previously, Scope had developed a domain-specific, multi-level taxonomy for the vast array of content within ASTM’s Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL). Scope also developed facets with a taxonomic structure to enable robust cross domain search, as well as created an…
The Global Soldier Modernization Market 2012–2022
London, August, 2012 – The soldier modernization market consists of five system categories: C4ISR based soldier modernization systems, Mobility based soldier modernization systems , Lethality based soldier modernization systems, Survivability based soldier modernization systems and Sustainability based soldier modernization systems.The value of the market is expected to increase at a CAGR of 3.07% during the forecast period (reference see graph below).
Demand for technologically advanced soldier modernization equipment is anticipated to…
The Global Naval Vessels MRO Market 2012–2022
Technological innovations driving the naval vessels MRO market
London, August 16th, 2012 – The Naval Vessels MRO market consists of four categories: Destroyers MRO, Frigates MRO, Submarines MRO and Aircraft Carriers MRO. The value of the market is expected to increase at a CAGR of 9.68% during the forecast period (2012-2022) (reference graph below).
Recent years has witnessed various countries upgrading their fleet of naval warships including frigates, cruisers, destroyers…
The Global Military Aviation MRO Market 2012–2022
North America to continue to dominate the market
London, August, 2012 – The military aviation MRO market consists of four categories: Attack Aircraft MRO, Transport Aircraft MRO, Rotorcraft MRO and UAV MRO. The value of the market is expected to increase at a CAGR of 3.49% during the forecast period (2012-2022) (reference graph below).
A significant number of countries are investing in the development of their domestic military aviation MRO…
New in 2012: CAKE TEC – the Trade Congress on Industrial Cake Production
30 years ago, “Yes Torty” ushered in a new era for the baking industry. Ever since then, small cakes and tartlets have established as “snacks” on the market and the industry has permanently been looking for innovations in this growth sector.
CAKE TEC Congress from 6 to 7 Nov 2012 in Solingen, which in 2012 will address all aspects of the target market of industrial cakes and tartlets for the first…
PROTEROS ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL CLOSE OF FINANCING ROUND
Largest-ever Financing allows for Expansion of Drug Discovery Capabilities
MARTINSRIED, GERMANY (August 6th, 2012) – Proteros biostructures GmbH (‘Proteros’) announced today that it had successfully closed a financing round of five million Euros to fund the continued expansion and growth of the company.
The financing round was led by BayBG, a key equity investor for Proteros. The financing round is the third and largest investment into the firm since the inception…
Combined pharmaceutical freeze drying service proves a success in China for GEA …
It was in November 2010 that GEA Pharma Systems acquired Beijing Sino-German Tianhe Technology in Beijing to create GEA Lyophil (Beijing) Ltd. Since then, the company has quadrupled turnover and enhanced its customer service by blending German quality and Chinese economy to provide a unique combined offering to its pharmaceutical clients.
Jinbin Tang, MD, GEA Lyophil (Beijing) Ltd. said that the market had changed in China since the introduction of new…
Axicon Auto ID Launch New Mobile Website
Axicon Auto ID Ltd, a world leader in barcode verification, announce the launch of a mobile website based on strong demand from mobile web users.
Oxford, UK, August 01, 2012 - Axicon Auto ID Ltd, (Oxford, UK) a world leader in barcode verification, announce the launch of a mobile website based on strong demand from mobile web users. Over the past few years mobile web usage has increased to the point…
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Closes Distribution Agreement for Stem Cells, Primary Cel …
A leading stem cell producer, Cyagen offers one of the most comprehensive lists of research-use stem cells. Other products include cell culture and differentiation media, cell culture supplements, and an assortment of related research reagents.
Goettingen, Germany, July 29, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Cyagen produces the world's most comprehensive list of research-use stem cells. Offerings include embryonic stem cells and somatic stem cells from various species, along with their genetically modified derivatives.
In addition,…
cynora wins the SME leading-edge cluster competition "Forum Organic Electronics"
Flexible, printed OLEDs based on new emitter materials – with their innovative cyFlex project, cynora convinced the review committee of the leading-edge cluster "Forum Organic Electronics".
Karlsruhe – Support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with the specific implementation of innovative product ideas in the area of printed and organic electronics – this was the objective of the invitation from the leading-edge cluster "Forum Organic Electronics" of InnovationLab GmbH to…
MiC – the first Wiki for Dynamic Systems; Wiki and Simulation-Models - Interacti …
Martinsried / Munich, July 23 2012: Dynamic systems can be found everywhere in our environment, since every process has a certain dynamic that can be determined and described. May be the car driving uphill, or the tank getting filled with some liquid – by using the interactive Wiki called MiC, engineers and students can explore which information is required to describe dynamic systems.
The approach of providing an interactive Wiki is…
MoBiTec GmbH introduces new High Performance Expression Vectors for Bacillus sub …
Bacillus subtilis Pgrac100 Expression Vectors - Plasmid based expression vectors for highly efficient intracellular production of recombinant proteins in Bacillus subtilis
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, further expands its unique portfolio of non-E. coli expression vectors. The new Pgrac100 vectors for gene expression in Bacillus subtilis complement the current product line by more efficient tools. Available are vectors with His-tag and Strep-tag for easy purification of proteins generated in the cytoplasm.
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Strong promoter with…
Leading Private Tutoring Agency, Tutors International, Agree With Government’s P …
Adam Caller, founder of one of the world’s leading private tutoring agencies, Tutors International, welcomes Education Secretary Michael Gove’s plans to make primary school education tougher – especially in maths, English and science. [1]
“There are two choices,” Caller states. “We can either make the curriculum harder for the older pupils and the standards will filter down to the earlier stages, or we can make it more challenging right from the…
Scope unveils the latest version of ConSCIse™, its unique abstraction solution
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading knowledge services company, is pleased to announce the launch of Version 1.3 of its unique ConSCIse solution for generating abstracts and keywords for scholarly literature such as books, book chapters, journal articles, patents, conference proceedings, clinical summaries and other documents.
ConSCIse automatically extracts keywords from the document based on sophisticated and appropriate statistical and linguistic rules. Based on the extracted keywords, ConSCIse then extracts…
Free Webinar Highlights How the Electronic Health Record Impacts Healthcare Care …
Bryant & Stratton College Online will host a webinar on July 18 for current and prospective students interested in careers in healthcare administration
Buffalo, NY, July 11, 2012 - Bryant & Stratton College Online, a leader in online associate’s degree programs, will host a free webinar for current and prospective students interested in a healthcare administration degree. The webinar, titled “How the Electronic Health Record Impacts Today’s Healthcare Administrators” will be…
