Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Xyleme Unveils Xyleme LCMS 3.1
Metadata Filtering and Mobile Learning Support Enhance Custom Publishing
Xyleme® Inc., the leading provider of 100% XML, SCORM 2004 certified learning content management systems, today announced the immediate availability of Xyleme LCMS 3.1. This is Xyleme’s newest version of its industry leading single-source solution for learning content reuse.
Organizations use reusable learning objects from Xyleme LCMS to leverage critical training materials across any learning modality and to create a customized and contextual…
Hubble Ultra Deep Field - Scalable and Mapped (SKY-MAP.ORG release)
For the first time, SKY-MAP.ORG was able to present the famous Hubble Ultra Deep Field on the Internet using a visual form, convenient for browsing on a regular monitor screen. The SKY-MAP.ORG technology makes it possible to view this image at any scale. Furthermore, all objects from the UDF directory (10,000 galaxies) on SKY-MAP.ORG are identified. By pointing the mouse at any object, a user causes a browsing window to…
BITS Pilani VC Prof LK Maheshwari speaks on Challenges in Modern Education
In the City of Joy Kolkata, on Sepember 22, 2007, Prof L K Maheshwari (LKM) the Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Rajasthan gave an inspiring talk on Education for the 21st century at the Kala Mandir Auditorium to a spell bound impressive gathering of students and teachers from various Birla Schools.
In his lecture Prof LKM focused on Change Drivers such as developments in…
Radical Research Results on the Oxidation of Vitamin E
Recent research results have challenged conventional understanding of the oxidation of the \"radical scavenger\", vitamin E. Cutting-edge analysis methods have revealed that the intermediates commonly believed to be involved in the process do not occur. This surprising finding has been systematically documented and published as part of a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The new findings are also extremely important for a follow-up project that is focusing…
Course "Comprehensive basics of high-performance composites for aircraft constru …
Still free places. This module is intended for graduated engineers, equivalent professionals and/or managers. It is likewise suitable for specialists in search of a broader perspective as for newcomers to the field.
Aim of this module from 15-19 October 2007 is to provide a deeper understanding about properties, manufacturing and application of high performance composite materials used in aircraft. This course is presented by TuTech Innovation GmbH, Hamburg University…
I Support Learning partners with EMBARQ and the Boys and Girls Club of Wyandotte …
This summer, EMBARQ™, a telecommunications company, partnered with I Support Learning, the developer and leader in story-centered curricula, to provide the Boys & Girls Club of Wyandotte County with a one of a kind learning experience. The students at the Boys & Girls Club were taught Video Game Design using I Support Learning’s reality-learning curricula. Each student designs their own video game, which they can take home and play on…
Prof MS Swaminathan's Inspiring Talk on Biotechnology and Food Security at BITS …
For this champion of India's Green Revolution, cause of work is the inspiration, he believed that he had to serve the nation and derives his satisfaction on the achievement of India changing from a nation of Begging Bowl to Bread Basket. He still has many unfulfilled dreams.
Prof KE Raman Deputy Director Administration Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani welcomed the gathering and read out the message of Chancellor…
DNA Solutions Appoint Middle East Partner
DNA Solutions PTY Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has acquired a new European distributor! EBT, a company based in Dubai, UAE, has won the rights as the key distributor for DNA Solution\'s products in the Middle Eastern market as well as India as of September, 2007. \"DNA Solutions are delighted about EBT expanding our brand & products to this challenging market,\" said Dan Leigh, DNA Solution\'s Director of…
Regenerative Medicine meets Space Medicine at the 3rd WCRM
One special highlight of the 3rd World Congress of Regenerative Medicine takes place on October, 20. The Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM) will hold a session with the title \"Space Medicine meets Regenerative Medicine\". The TRM has a fundamental interest in encouraging interdisciplinary research and this session serves to bridge the two growing medical research fields of medicine and space research.
Important health professionals, biotechnologists and engineers from across…
7 Million ECDL / ICDL Candidates worldwide
Dublin, August 2007 - The ECDL Foundation celebrates issuing the 7 millionth Skills Card. More than 7 million people all over the world have registered to become certified with the international ICT certification.
The ECDL Foundation introduced the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL / ICDL ) in 1997 and has now, more than ten years later, registered 7 million Candidates around the world.
The issue of the 7 millionth Skills…
Prof. Robert A. Weinberg receives the Otto Warburg Medal sponsored by QIAGEN
The discoverer of the cancer gene is the pioneer of molecular tumor research
Hamburg, September 17, 2007. As part of the Fall Conference of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, GBM), the American scientist Professor Robert A. Weinberg received today the Otto Warburg Medal, sponsored with 25 000 Dollar by QIAGEN. The Otto Warburg Medal has been awarded annually since 1963 by the…
I Support Learning chosen by Kansas Small Business Development Center as Success …
I Support Learning (ISL), the developer and leader in story-centered curricula, has won the Kansas Small Business Development Center’s Success Story of the Year. This prestigious award was chosen by bankers, legislators, and other small business groups from the state of Kansas. I Support Learning will compete against 75 other entries from across the United States for the Association of Small Business Development Center’s Success Story of the Year.
Bank of…
PREMIER Biosoft International announces the release of a free edition of Beacon …
Palo Alto, California--September 8, 2007, PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the release of a free edition of Beacon Designer, a web-based real time PCR evaluation tool for SYBR® Green primers and TaqMan® primer/probe sets. It analyzes primers and probes for all important characteristics including hairpins, dimers, runs and repeats and calculates the Tm, GC% and length. The full version includes design support for all the popular real time PCR chemistries…
ASUS & Intel UMaC: University Marketing Challenge
ASUS continues to organize academic activities to give students an opportunity to explore and test their talent in real business settings by researching and developing a marketing idea for today’s evolving technology and IT products and turning it into a practical and profitable business plan.
The project has been fully supported by “Intel”, which also wants to give student participants who enthuse about technology market an opportunity to join a practical…
College Creates Program for Military Spouses
Coastline Community College extended its commitment to the military family by launching its one-of-a-kind Military Spouse Program. This unique program offers an affordable tuition rate of only $59 per unit, and textbooks are provided free of charge to military spouses. Additionally, the program features accelerated 8-week online courses, 5 Associate degree options to choose from and a mere 12 semester hours needed to meet residency requirements.
Many times…
Evangelical Science Book Hits Amazon Cosmology Charts
Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation reached number 3 on the Amazon.com Hot New Releases chart and number 20 on the Amazon.com Bestsellers chart for cosmology books in its second week of publication. This debut release from Gordon J. Glover and Watertree Press provides an accessible discussion of creation, evolution, and intelligent design for Christians who struggle with the relationship between faith and science.
Beyond the…
Dr YS Rajan shares his Passion at BITS Pilani
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Principal Advisor Dr.Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan (Y.S. RAJAN) is a well recognized authority on Technology Development and Business Management. He has held several senior positions in PRL, ISRO, NNRMS, CII, TIFAC and PTU.
He has made an incredible mark in various fields like Science and Technology, Research and Development, Space Research, Business Management and has also contributed to the literary worlds. Apart from technical writing, articles…
The Beijing Hutong School celebrates its 2 year anniversary
Beijing, September 2007 – The Beijing Hutong School will celebrate its 2 year anniversary with a party on Saturday, 8 September 2007, at 7pm on its campus in central Beijing close to the historic sight of the Drum tower, a few minutes by bicycle north from the Forbidden City. Its excellent location enables the Hutong School to present its students with an authentic Beijing experience. Instead of being inside one…
Debut Faith and Science Book Hits Amazon Hot New Releases Top 40
Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation reached number 32 on the Amazon.com Hot New Releases chart for general Christian books in its first week of publication. This debut release from Gordon J. Glover and Watertree Press provides an accessible discussion of creation, evolution, and intelligent design for Christians who struggle with the relationship between faith and science.
Beyond the Firmament has been hailed as “energetic, well-researched,…
Education Center releases online anger management game
Los Angeles, California - Daybreak Counseling Service a Los Angeles based anger management education center in conjunction with an online game production company has produced the first online anger management education game. Lava Flow-The Anger Management Game is designed to teach players skills that will help them manage anger.
A teacher from the anger management center will also be featured on My Network TV- Decision House in an effort to help…
Beyond the Firmament Offers a Fresh Perspective on the Creation-Evolution Debate
If 3,500 years of scientific progress can\'t help modern Christians figure out Genesis, then how could the ancient Israelites possibly have understood it so well? Entering the ongoing debates about creation and evolution, Gordon J. Glover offers a fresh perspective in Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation, the new book from Watertree Press.
Libraries are full of books about creation, evolution, intelligent design, but few attempt…
DASGIP AG optimizes Biofuel production
Juelich, 5th September 2007. DASGIP AG, a leading manufacturer of parallel bioreactor systems, has optimized its technology for the process development of anaerobic micro-organisms via their parallel design. Through this type of parallel control and monitoring, a more efficient development of biofuels like bioethanol is facilitated. DASGIP will present these fermentation control systems during the Biotechnica 2007 in Hanover.
Bioethanol is produced by a variety of micro-organisms under anaerobic conditions,…
Sikkim Manipal University recognised by the Distance Education Council of India
The distance education council of India has granted recognition and endorsement to all distance education programs offered under the aegis of SMU (Sikkim Manipal University). This recognition covers all the SMU distance education programs including Graduate, Post Graduate, Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma and Certificate programs.
On this Occasion Brig. (Dr) R.S Grewal, Pro Vice Chancellor, Sikkim Manipal University said “This recognition is also on a post facto basis and…
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov opens "School of the Future"
The \"School of the Future\" was opened by the major Yury Luzhkov on September 1, the Day of Knowledge in Russia and the first day of the new school year in Russia.
This project marks a further milestone of the efforts of the Russian capital to modernize the Russian school system. The school at Shmitovsky Street is a all-day school and the access to the building is reliably controlled-- digital bio-identification…
IonGate Biosciences and LIVC Technologies establish a technology and marketing c …
Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 3rd September 2007. IonGate Biosciences GmbH and LIVC Technologies GmbH, both located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, today announced a co-operation for joint development and marketing of the LIVC Technology. LIVC is a proprietary technology that can initiate and measure voltage activated ion channels via light induction, which works similar to a remote control. This technology ensures high precision and high-throughput with maximum flexibility.
Until now, high-throughput activation and…
OC Robotics to exhibit at SAE Aerotech Exhibition
OC Robotics will be exhibiting at the SAE Aerotech Exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
This year marks OC Robotics\' first as an exhibitor at this event although the quality of the business and networking opportunities made it a natural choice. The combination of outstanding technical sessions, excellent networking and first class exhibition makes the SAE Aerotech Congress and Exhibition an exciting forum in which to…
Intensive TEFL Courses gain ACTDEC Accreditation
Intensive TEFL Courses (ITC) has gained Level One Accreditation with The Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses (ACTDEC).
All students who successfully complete the ITC distance learning course will now be awarded with a Preliminary Certificate of Educational Studies in TESOL from ACTDEC as well as their ITC certificate.
Standards are essential in the training of teachers of English to speakers of other languages and ACTDEC are the only internationally recognised…
New Study Reveals Hypnosis Reduces Pain And Costs In Breast Cancer Surgery
Dr. Rick Collingwood, an Australian hypnotherapist, who plans to visit the America next month, will reveal his unique hypnotherapy that has helped hundreds of people manage pain. His first stop is in LA and then arrives in New York on the anniversary of 9-11.
NY & Hollywood, CA - A National Cancer Institute study says using hypnosis before breast…
MLC PR SIGNS LATINA TEEN ACTRESS FRANCIA RAISA
Los Angeles, CA (August 22, 2007)— Mona Loring, president of MLC PR, officially announced today that the public relations firm has once again partnered up with a rising young Hollywood star. Actress Francia Raisa (formerly known as Francia Almendarez) has signed on for their PR services starting in August. This Latina starlet is on her way to sheer stardom; ending the summer with lead roles in two upcoming films.
“Francia…
ZYTO Congratulates XYMOGEN for fitfood (tm) Weight Loss Product
Orlando, FL – ZYTO Corp. (Pink Sheets: ZYTC) has added the newest weight loss product from XYMOGEN Inc. to ZYTO technology used by health care practitioners to help their patients obtain better health.
“We congratulate XYMOGEN for the introduction of fitfood (tm). We know that healthcare practitioners will be pleased with this new product they can use in conjunction with ZYTO technology as they work to help people who want to…
Cortiva Institute Invited to Provide Sports Massage at Major Lacrosse League Cha …
Oaks, PA, August 22, 2007– Instructors and students from Cortiva Institute – Pennsylvania School of Muscle Therapy (www.cortiva.com/psmt) will accompany Los Angeles Riptide to the Major Lacrosse League Championship on August 25-26 to supply the team with pre- and post-game sports massage therapy. The Championship will be televised live on ESPN from PAETEC Park in Rochester, New York and re-broadcast on ESPN-2.
Cortiva Institute (www.cortiva.com) Instructor and sports massage specialist…
India’s First Institute of Regenerative Medicine launched
Bangalore, 20th August 2007: The Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), a new initiative of Manipal University, has been created to transform stem cell science into reality by bringing together a group of outstanding scientists and providing them with an exceptional research environment. MIRM will be a world leading centre for basic stem cell biology, aiming at critical advances in the field through a program of ground breaking innovation.
This initiative…
BITS Pilani Rajasthan TMI Induri Marine Engineers - A Cut Above the Rest
With the Never Say Die Attitude, the graduating cadets from the BITS Pilani TMI Induri collaboration firmly believe that the art of the sailor is to leave nothing to chance and that a smooth sea never made a good sailor.
BITS Pilani in collaboration with Tolani Maritime Institute has been conducting the BS Marine Engineering program for the past nine years in the picturesque 100 acre Induri campus with state of…
Genetic Engineering – Influence of EU Population Growing
National movements campaigning against genetic engineering are helping to democratise the EU. That was the result of a recently completed Austrian Science Fund FWF project led by an independent researcher. According to the study\'s results, the almost simultaneous mobilisation of national populations reinforces public protest at a European level. The project therefore provides an optimistic outlook for the growing influence of the general population on EU decision-making processes.
The controversy surrounding…
BudgetSensors® announces Soft Tapping Mode AFM Probes
Sofia, Bulgaria – 17h August 2007- BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces a new AFM probes type - the Soft Tapping Mode AFM Probes Tap150.
This new product will be available for commercial orders in October 2007.
However, FREE SAMPLES may already be ordered via BudgetSensors’ local distributors and over sales@budgetsensors.com.
Similar to Tap300 AFM probes, the…
The ROI Academy launches new programme
The ROI Academy is launching its latest programme on Return on Investment in training: the Basics of Evaluation half day seminar. The seminar is designed specifically for those who have little or no knowledge of training evaluation and covers basic concepts, including an introduction to Kirkpatrick, and how training evaluation is useful in a business context.
The Basics of Evaluation seminar joins two other programmes as part of the ROI Academy\'s…
DASGIP improves gassing options at pilot scale and in industrial biotechnology
Juelich, 16th August 2007. DASGIP AG, a leading manufacturer of parallel bioreactor systems, expands its range of gassing solutions for fermentation and cell cultivation by introducing the new modules MX4/1 and MF4. MX4/1 supplies reactors up to pilot scale, while MF4 has been designed specifically to meet the requirements of industrial biotechnology.
DASGIP’s new gas mixing system MX4/1 complements their best-selling single module MX4/4. Both products provide a mass flow…
BudgetSensors® Opens first Nanotechnology Centre in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria – 10th August 2007 - BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes, as well as AFM accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), has opened a state of the art Nanotechnology Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Centre, which is the first of its kind in Bulgaria, is located in the BudgetSensors® Head Quarters. It features different Atomic Force Microscopes from various manufacturers, as well as different kinds…
AidConnect supports Business Ethics Scholarship of Globe Business College Munich
Best essay on humanitarian topic to win one semester free tuition
Munich, 08 August 2007 – AidConnect e.V. is collaborating with the Globe Business College Munich (GBCM) to support a scholarship focusing on business ethics and humanitarian aid (www.globe-college.com). Every year students from around the globe can apply for the scholarship, the amount awarded being equivalent to one semester’s tuition. As part of the scholarship applicants are required to complete…
Sourcingmap announced Learning DIY Toy - educational airfoam building block univ …
HongKong , 7th August, 2007 ( sourcingmap.com ) After the Traditional Toys Exhibition hold on Children\'s Day , Sourcingmap.com announced their Learning DIY Toy - Educational Airfoam Building Block University Houses for DIY Lover, which not only enrich children’s home and school experiences but
also create a right learning environment for children.
With the constantly attention to Children\'s education, more and more parents are beginning to realize toys weren’t just for…
PREMIER Biosoft Releases Version 7 of Beacon Designer with Support for Scorpions …
PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the world wide release of Beacon Designer 7.0. Beacon Designer is the most comprehensive desktop tool for designing real-time PCR assays. Version 7.0 includes support for designing Scorpions® primers and probes.
Scorpions® are new diagnostic tools for the specific detection of PCR products in real-time. Scorpions® are reported to perform better under fast cycling conditions, making the technology ideal in numerous applications such as environmental analysis,…
Classes and Careers Unveils New Intutive Navigation System
Classesandcareers.com unveils a new navigation bar based on top-down, horizontal models made popular by websites such as Amazon.com. This improved navigation system is designed to allow users to easily negotiate the more than 750 academic programs available through Classesandcareers.com and thereby increase search efficiency and satisfaction.
The horizontal navigation system focuses on nine general areas of academic study, which are featured prominently along the top edge and displayed throughout the…
BITS Pilani Rajasthan Alumnus conferred Techno Visionary Award by ISA
This eminent academician draws his inspiration from the quote “Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey”.
At Stanford from where he obtained his M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering, he has been Rickey / Nielsen Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering (by courtesy), Associate Director of…
IonGate automates active substance research on transporters with SURFE2R Worksta …
Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 31st July 2007. IonGate Biosciences GmbH announces the market launch of SURFE2R Workstation. For the first time a workstation allows a highly automated and efficient drug research on transporters and ion channels.
With this SURFE2R Workstation, IonGate provides the next automated device generation after SURFE2R One and the first to measure 96 sensor array plates. It is especially conceived for applications with higher throughput in pharmaceutical drug screening. Robust…
The daily newspaper “DER STANDARD” awarded a scholarship for the General Managem …
Happy winner, pleased jury
Mrs. Susanne Thomanek, a graduated engineer, is the winner of the scholarship in the amount of EUR 17,700 which was awarded by the daily newspaper DER STANDARD for the Masterprogam General Management MBA.
Susanne Thomanek convinced the committee. In the jury were following experts: corporate consultant Dr. Marie Luise Buxbaum, Dr. Herbert Kotzab of the Copenhagen Business School, Mag. Heidi Aichinger (DER STANDARD) as well…
The Identity of UFO’s are Finally Revealed: Get “Journeys by Senistar”
They’re not UFO’s anymore. Their identity is unveiled along with an additional striking discovery within the award winning poet Philip “Senistar™” Muhammad’s current release of, “Journeys by Senistar™”.
New York City – July 20, 2007 – In Journeys by Senistar author Philip “Senistar™” Muhammad reveals his awe inspiring scientific discovery regarding the present state of the moon. He also describes the identity of those who may pilot the so-called UFO’s…
Two TU Alumni Scholarships awarded
General Management MBA & MSc Program Engineering Management
Two TU Alumni Scholarships were awarded – each in the amount of EUR 10.000,-. DI Alexander Hochmaier is the happy winner of the grant for the General Management MBA program, whereas Dr. Herbert Jäger is pleased with the scholarship for the MSc program Engineering Management.
DI Alexander Hochmaier works for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). For him the postgraduate General Management…
Two 50% scholarships "Emerging Markets 2007" for Masterprogram "General Manageme …
On October 12, 2007 the postgraduate Master Program "General Management MBA" starts already for the eighth time. This successful MBA program is conducted by the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the Danube University Krems.
A main request of both universities is to award scholarships for qualified persons from "Emerging Markets". These specialised grants will give individuals the possibility to get further academic education, to perfect a foreign language…
School Gets Special Education Trip to Catalina Island
(Pasadena, CA) – Chapman and Associates, a local Pasadena company, funded a trip to Catalina Island for the children attending Hillsides Education Center, a school providing special education to children needing individualized attention for emotional disturbances and learning disabilities like attention deficit disorder.
The goal of the trip was to promote the exploration and education of natural flora and fauna of the island, as well as the importance of adaptability…
BMG India Announces two day Structured innovation using TRIZ training
Today innovation is pervasive. It not only encompasses products but also processes on which businesses run. It is also about creating markets by fulfilling unrecognized needs of the customer. New products enter the market at the blink of an eye. Technology reaches its maturity in six months. The world is getting more competitive and the economic boundaries between countries are diminishing. Today,…
