Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Learning Light publishes its top ten Innovation Index for 2014
Learning Light, the UK-based market analyst specialising in the online learning technologies and educational technology (edtech) sectors, has published an Innovation Index. This Index sets out a list of developments over the past 12 months that the Learning Light team has found ‘particularly interesting and exciting’.
According to Learning Light’s director, David Patterson: “This Innovation Index highlights the developments which we found particularly significant in the world of edtech and…
State-of-the-art Visual Analysis Increases Flood Protection Options
The impact of flood barriers during times of flooding can now be assessed in a shorter time and even better than before. This is enabled by the current further development of a sophisticated Visual Analysis System providing emergency systems with important assistance in making decisions at times of severe flooding. The further development – like the Visual Analysis System itself – was made possible by funding from the Austrian Science…
Learning Light publishes insights into e-learning in the Middle East
Learning Light, the UK-based market analyst that helps organisations using e-learning and learning technologies to improve their business performance, has published research into aspects of education and training in the Middle East.
The research deals with:
• Women and Islam: how e-learning can overcome traditional barriers to learning in Muslim communities
• The role of e-learning and technology in promoting equality and redressing poverty in Muslim communities
• The driving forces for innovation in the Middle East
Pointing…
Adelphi University’s Award-Winning Exploring Critical Issues Discusses School Sa …
(Garden City, NY, November 2014) Exploring Critical Issues, the award-winning televised series conceived and hosted by Adelphi University President Robert A. Scott, continues to bring expert panelists together to discuss important current topics. The latest edition will discuss the crucial topic of school safety. It will air for two weeks, beginning on December 21, 2014 at 10:00 PM.
“We remember Sandy Hook, which left 20 children and six adults dead,”…
UN Tackles Climate Change Among Skill-Building Courses to Begin in January
Bernau bei Berlin, 4 December 2014 – The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Italian Universitá degli Studi Padova are among new cooperation partners to usher in fresh courses at iversity.org this January. The curriculum targets practical business and job-related skills as well as competencies that can be applied to critical global issues such as human rights and climate change.
Addressing global issues requires the active participation of both…
Milestones in Human-Machine Cooperation
Just a little over a year has passed since BBC News ranked the Robo-Mate exoskeleton at No. 2,right after the announcement of the new iPhone, and major technical progress has been made on several fronts.
A key focus of the initial twelve months of the EU-funded Robo-Mate project was to define the various production processes of end-users from different industries (e.g. automotive, automotive components, dismantling, and scrap recycling). This has allowed…
Available from MoBiTec, Germany - Sumitomo Cryogenic Vials for Embryo Cryopreser …
In cryopreservation vitrification is a common method used to preserve egg cells and embryos. Of utmost importance is that the oocyte or embryo is stored in a vessel that allows appropriate temperature modulation.
Recently, researchers found that the quality of cryotubes may affect the survival rates of embryos after freezing-thawing and that it thus is essential to examine the inside surface of the cryotubes for its smoothness before vitrifying embryos (1).…
MoBiTec Germany, Offers Blood Group Products Manufactured by Dextra, UK
UK-based Dextra Laboratories have proven expertise in the manufacture of a wide variety of blood group products, from the standard blood group oligosaccharides, to those functionalized with a selection of linker arms.
The discovery of the ABO blood typing system by Karl Landsteiner over 100 years ago and the subsequent elucidation of their carbohydrate structures by Walter Morgan were exceedingly important milestones in the progression of modern medicine. The ABO system…
Unique way to experience Japan in Summer 2015
World Campus International, Inc. is offering an opportunity to take part in a short-term, non-traditional educational program based on making experiences in Japan. Lasting for 3 weeks, participants can choose to sign up for one or more work shops in different regions across Japan. They will take part in various educational tours. While doing so, participants have the unique chance to gain Japanese and international experience as well as to…
MoBiTec, Germany, Offers a New Range of Monofluorinated Nucleosides Manufactured …
Fluorine introduction can lead to a modification of the reactivity of functional groups, alter conformational stability and, in pharmaceuticals, enhance metabolic stability. Over 30% of leading blockbuster drugs contain at least one fluorine atom.
MoBiTec is excited to present a new range of monofluorinated nucleosides, manufactured by its UK-based partner company Dextra Laboratories Ltd., Reading, UK. Dextra is a leading provider of carbohydrate analysis, synthesis and GMP manufacturing.
The introduction of a…
Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling: Attention, scientific reasoning and …
Risto Hotulainen and colleagues (Helsinki University) examined how attention measured in prolonged over-learned response tasks predicts scientific reasoning and school performance and if high levels of attention have a significant relationship with high level scientific reasoning and school performance.
"Modeling showed that the most powerful single predictor of school performance was scientific reasoning. In general, in the comprehensive model, attention added little to the predictive validity indicated by scientific…
ICORE Calls for Openness as Default
Founder of International Community for Open Research & Education (ICORE) Dr Christian M. Stracke Appeals to Educators during Speeches at BI2020 in Oslo & ICDE in Moscow
Oslo/Moscow, October 2014 – ICORE's call for openness as default was well appreciated at the international conferences BI2020 in Oslo and ICDE in Moscow. In his BI2020 keynote and ICDE speech, ICORE Founder Dr Christian M. Stracke referred to the Declaration of Crete, demanding…
Available from MoBiTec GmbH: Unique Ready-To-Use Vectors for Live Cell Imaging o …
During cell division the kinetochore is the protein structure on chromatids where the spindle fibers attach to pull sister chromatids apart. MoBiTec now offers gene fusion constructs of proteins to investigate kinetochore formation and cell division.
During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to the centromere via the kinetochore.
The centromere is the part of a chromosome that links sister chromatids. At each centromere binds a multi-protein complex named the kinetochore. The inner kinetochore…
MoBiTec GmbH Offers New Bacillus megaterium Strain for Gene Expression and Prote …
MoBiTec GmbH expands its product line of tools for gene expression in Bacillus megaterium with the new expression host YYBm1. Strain YYBm1 is unable to utilize the expression system's inductor molecule xylose as carbon source.
Proteins are a group of organic molecules indispensable for life. Over the last decades, the intestinal Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli (commonly abbreviated E. coli) has been the preferred host for artificial gene expression. However, its Gram-negative…
Dr Tobias Grab, CEO of CYNORA GmbH, is a member of the panel at Falling Walls Ve …
After CYNORA GmbH defeated numerous applicants at the Falling Walls Conference in Berlin in November 2013 and received the sought-after "Falling Walls Science Start-up of the Year 2013" award, Dr Tobias Grab, CEO of CYNORA GmbH, has been appointed as a member of the panel for this year's event in order to accompany the decision-making process actively.
Bruchsal - At last year's Falling Walls Conference, CYNORA surpassed several ambitious high-tech companies…
S P Jain Global launches 12-month post-graduate program Global Family Managed Bu …
S P Jain School of Global Management (S P Jain), one of Asia’s top-ranked global business schools, is pleased to announce the launch of a new postgraduate Global Family Managed Business (Global FMB) that will commence in November 2014.
Key highlights of the program:
Compact design: Participants of this intensive 12-month-long program will attend classes at S P Jain for one week per month. This will be followed by three weeks of…
Best Paper Award for IAO Researchers
Team led by Joachim Lentes recognized for new product development platform.
At the APMS 2014 International Conference, Joachim Lentes and his team at Fraunhofer IAO were awarded the Best Paper Award 2014 by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). This winning paper discusses their project to create an open platform for improving information flow during product development and production.
Initiated and led by Fraunhofer IAO, the EU’s Advanced Platform for…
Texila American University Launches Mid Term Journals
Within a short period of time, Texila American University (TAU) has reached a milestone in providing informative research work through its South American Journal Publications. The broad and informative articles and research topics that have been published in the past one year is the clear proof on how TAU has gone one step ahead in ensuring that people are aware of the various research work done by students and scientist.…
City of Stuttgart becomes reality lab
Research project on new forms of knowledge transfer and civic participation
Starting in January 2015, several University of Stuttgart research institutes will be investigating new forms of knowledge transfer in the applied research project “Future City Lab_Stuttgart: Reality Lab for Sustainable Mobility Culture.” It is planned to run for at least three years. The innovative “reality lab” research format is designed to make it easier to link scientific findings with policy…
MoBiTec GmbH's Supplier Peninsula Laboratories, USA, With New Corporate Website
Peninsula Laboratories International, Inc, USA, a leading supplier of superior immunology products, proudly announces its own corporate website www.penlabs.com. Formerly, PenLabs was integral part of Bachem's internet presence.
Peninsula Laboratories International, Inc, USA, (a.k.a. PenLabs) is a globally acknowledged reliable source of high quality enzyme immunoassay kits (EIA/ELISA), radioimmunoassay kits (RIA), antibodies (polyclonal and monoclonal), and accessories. With over 40 years of experience and expertise, PenLabs continually strives to offer…
Latest Edition of Adelphi University’s Award-Winning Exploring Critical Issues F …
(Garden City, NY, October 2014) Exploring Critical Issues, the award-winning televised series conceived and hosted by Adelphi University President Robert A. Scott, will bring viewers a discussion by expert panelists on “Common Core State Standards,” to air for two weeks, beginning on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 10:00 PM.
“I am fortunate to again attract leading experts for our program,” said Adelphi University President Dr. Robert A. Scott. “Our…
Industry Veteran Punit Dhandhania Joins Scope e-Knowledge Center as Strategic Ad …
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Punit Dhandhania as strategic advisor.
Punit Dhandhania is a business leader with over 25 years of experience working for global publishers. Pioneering the outsourcing of high quality services to publishers in India, Punit has worked with publishers such as Oxford University Press, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons,…
Math Concentration Announces The Early Finisher Board and 180 Task Cards
Coral Springs, FL October 4, 2014 – Math Concentration, an online math community provider of education products and services, announced the debut of their new fun, curriculum related activities board for early finishers. A do-it yourself board with 5 sections: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The early finishers board can be done in many novel and creative ways to keep students engaged.
“The Early Finisher Board raises the bar…
Shock wave generation with piezoelectrical shakers
The PIA series piezoelectrical shock wave generators from piezosystem jena produce exact precise shock waves by the use of piezo technology. Pulsers and electronics produce exact precise shocks with accurate repeatabilty. Accelerations can be achieved as high as 500‘000 m/s². The specialized high dielectric piezo ceramics produce considerably higher energy rates than common piezo actuators. The energy level is increased by the use of seismic masses.…
MoBiTec, Germany, and Amoy Diagnostics, China, Sign Distribution Agreement for t …
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, focused on selling products for life science and IVD research, has entered into a distribution agreement with Amoy Diagnostics, China. Together with AmoyDx, MoBiTec will continue to expand its portfolio of premier brands.
Amoy Diagnostics provides state-of-the-art molecular diagnostic products and services to healthcare providers, academic institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. The company has a rich portfolio of tests that focuses on detecting mutations and measuring gene expression in…
Piezo controller series NV120/1 and NV120/1 CLE for dynamic applications
piezosystem jena is a worldwide leader in nano and micro positioning. Our piezo devices are ideal for any application where the high precision positioning of components is needed. The NV120 series of piezo controllers is an excellent solution for the control of piezoelectric actuators in dynamic applications.
The NV 120 series consists of two types of amplifiers. The NV 120/1 amplifier is developed for actuators without an integrated measurement…
EU sponsors sustainable City Concepts
European Commission nominates Fraunhofer Smart Cities project as lighthouse project
The European Commission has nominated the Triangulum project, led by Fraunhofer IAO and with the support of the Steinbeis-Europa Zentrum (SEZ), to be the lead project for the Smart Cities and Communities initiative. This project will transform designated urban districts into smart quarters in three forerunner cities and then transfer the concepts to three further cities. 23 European partners from urban…
STRUKTUR AG: Dr. Dirk Farin has received the Eurasip 2014 best paper award for t …
STRUKTUR AG is glad to announce that the lead developer of their libde265 HEVC/H.265 video codec, Dr. Dirk Farin, has received the Eurasip 2014 best paper award for the "Signal Processing: Image Communication" journal [1], [2]. The research was carried out in a cooperation of the TU Eindhoven with the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. This pioneering work discusses a fundamental new coding technique for multi-view 3D-video and significantly influenced the…
MoBiTec GmbH: PDE Inhibitors Show Sonic Effects on Prostate Cancer
In 2009, Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) was identified as a novel proliferation-promoting factor in prostate cancer. Now, the effects of two selective PDE4D inhibitors, NVP-ABE171 and cilomilast, as anti-prostate cancer therapies were examined.
In a paper published in 2009, researchers led by Paul Marker at UW-Madison, identified Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) as a novel proliferation-promoting factor in prostate cancer. Now, the same researchers have examined the effects of two selective PDE4D inhibitors,…
Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth to Speak About “Grit” at Adelphi University
GARDEN CITY, NY, September 2014—Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a lecture entitled “True Grit” at Adelphi University on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center. Dr. Duckworth will be speaking on her research involving “grit,” a success indicator that goes beyond IQ score and social intelligence and…
Essayplant review team introduces “Perfect Timing” initiative to lead the market …
Having run a market research, Essayplant team determined that many customers or students frequently fall for the advertisings that dishonest and unethical companies run to lure them into disaster. Indeed, after placing an order, many students either get poorly written papers or get them delivered late, or sometimes both! This is where they turn to Essayplant, pay additional fees for urgency to get a literary masterpiece. Those who do…
New Rotary Stage with unlimited Motion
With the rotary stage RA–55–40 piezosystem jena enlarges its product line and offers its customers a rotary stage with unlimited motion. With 32’768 steps per rotation and a bi-directional repeatability of 36 arcsec the rotary stage RA–55–40 is excellent suited for applications in research and development, for beam deflection as well as laboratories and industry. The rotary stage RA–55–40 can be driven stepwise or in a continuous mode.
The rotary stage…
MoBiTec Offers HS-Nuclease, a Recombinant Endonuclease Encoded by the Same Gene …
Nucleases are nucleic acid degrading enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of its substrate. HS-Nuclease, a broad band nuclease, is an indispensable tool to reduce the viscosity of cell lysates.
Description:
HS-Nuclease, (CAS 9025-65-4) is an ultra-pure recombinant form of Serratia marcescens extracellular endonuclease (encoded by the same gene as Benzonase®) produced in E. coli using a proprietary process. This non-specific endonuclease hydrolyzes both single- and double-stranded…
Newsletter XVII is Available from MoBiTec GmbH, Germany!
MoBiTec's periodical Newsletter, issued several times a year, informs about new, exciting products in the categoríes vector systems and gene expression, genomics, proteomics, fluorescence applications, cell biology, labware, and more.
MoBiTec's newsletter periodically presents a concise review of products and technologies, either of corporate origin or developed by its partner companies. Most products are available to customers worldwide, whilst some may be subject to geographical restrictions.
MoBiTec Newsletter XVII comprises:
• …
Essayplant imposes Level I sanctions on dishonest writing companies to maintain …
As one of custom writing industry leaders, and a reliable company with more than 11 years of impeccable reputation in professional and academic writing, Essayplant.com does more than best to not only serve diverse customers but also to improve industry standards. Some of the initiatives serve to raise the quality in the industry.
Many students face difficulties with their writing assignments, essays and term papers. Many try to get some help…
Essayplant.com On-line writing company starts a new initiative to help students …
Since 2003 that Essayplant is in business it got a reputation of a reliable, trustworthy and innovative company that helps students around the globe with the hardest assignments. In fact, Essayplant is known as the “grade booster” after helping hundreds of students virtually “save” their grades. Now, Essayplant presented a new writing initiative on the market for the competitors to follow.
Writing tutorials and helps.
The most recent innovation is to help…
iversity starts Fall Semester with new courses, a second Managing Director and r …
Bernau bei Berlin, 3 September 2014 – Fall Semester 2014/15 gives online learners more courses and certification options to choose from, while iversity welcomes new leadership into the company.
The course catalogue expands this October with “Governance and Policy Advice: How political decisions come to life” from the Hertie School of Governance, “Einführung in das Rechnungswesen” from the RWTH Aachen and “Hanse-MOOC” from Fachhochschule Lübeck. Due to popularity and high demand,…
MoBiTec to Attend the 4. Joint Conference of the VAAM and DGHM in Dresden, Germa …
This year the DGHM (Society of Hygiene and Microbiology) and the VAAM (Association for General and Applied Microbiology), the biggest German societies in the area of microbiology, hold their annual conference as a joint conference in Dresden.
It is MoBiTec's great pleasure to attend and to invite interested scientists to the 4. Joint Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) and the Society of Hygiene and Microbiology…
Education vs. Training: A Contradiction or Productive Synergy?
Does a general liberal arts curriculum provide students with the foundation they need to succeed in a work environment where skills and career demands are frequently changing? On Wednesday, September 3, join renowned experts at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) in New York for a discussion on the rapidly changing relationship between a traditional university education and the university degree as preparation for a career.
NEW YORK…
Essayplant.com Reviews and Complaints help the management serve customer needs b …
Over the past 11 years that Essayplant is in business it boasts impeccable reputation on the market by providing original quality content, essays and term papers.
From the inception Essayplant never cooperated with essay databases where many competitors obtain their papers and that allowed it to maintain it core competences and gain reputation of quality writing firm. The company thus does not invest much in advertising and marketing but rather in…
Nanopositioner PZ700 with increased life time and freedom from maintenance
After more than one year in long–term test the nanopositioner PZ700 from piezosystem jena do not show any abrasion or breakdown. The nanopositioner PZ700 is designed for dynamic, single axis positioning tasks of objects of all kind with a mass up to 300 g (0.7 lbs). Because of the quadratic, central aperture, the nanopositioner PZ700 is suited for positioning tasks, where the transmission of light is required or for fibers…
Climbing Ladders, Building Bridges: Mathematical Philosophy at Work
How can the application of mathematical methods be utilized to gain new insights into age-old philosophical questions? On Tuesday, September 2, join experts for a discussion at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) in New York on math, science, and philosophy and the relationship between them.
NEW YORK (August 26, 2014) – What is the proper method of philosophy? In what ways does it differ from scientific reasoning? And,…
FDM Honours First FDM MSc Programme Graduate
The UK’s leading IT graduate employer, FDM Group, has honoured its first graduate from the FDM MSc Programme at the Brighton Dome.
The graduation ceremony, held on 28th July, saw FDM Trainer Kevin Wright accept his Master’s in Applied Computer Science from University of Brighton. FDM fully-funded the course, which he studied via distance learning alongside his day job with the company.
Developed in partnership with University of Brighton,…
Cylinder scanning system used in the ZylScan-System of the Breitmeier Messtechni …
The visualization of the surface structure of cylinders in the range of microns is very work-intensive with insufficient results. The interesting characteristics of the surface are scratches, cavities and scoring marcs, carbonization and corrosion as well as polished areas and glossy spots. Common methods like cylinder photography need special cameras and objectives. The objectives need to be adapted to the curvature of the surface.
With the ZylScan-System of Breitmeier Messtechnik GmbH…
Piezoelectrical shaker for vibration excitation with frequencies up to 100 kHz f …
The use of piezo shakers for vibration excitation has many advantages over conventional methods. Piezo shakers have a higher force potential as a result of their stiffness and their ability to operate at exceedingly higher frequencies. Due to their high power density they can be produced in compact sizes. These small elements can be used for modal analysis of mechanical structures. Massive piezo shakers with a seismic mass can modulate…
Cutting-edge Research Goes Back to School: Prizewinners and Students Experience …
Students at Austria's schools are now directly experiencing the "fascination of research" first hand and up close. This is all thanks to the most highly acclaimed scientists in the country: the Wittgenstein prizewinners. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), they established the Wittgenstein Academy. Since the end of June, Academy members have, for the first time, been bringing cutting-edge research to Austrian schools in a very personal…
MoBiTec, Germany, Announces Availability of Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) Assay Ki …
Human herpesvirus (HHV-) 6 has been associated with various neurological diseases, including encephalitis, meningitis, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis. MoBiTec partners with VIDIA, Czech Republic, to offer HHV-6 assay kits worldwide.
ELISA-VIDITEST and IF-VIDITEST anti-HHV-6 kits are intended for serological diagnosis of diseases associated with HHV–6 infection, such as exanthema subitum, acute respiratory illnesses, diarrhoea with fever and febrile seizures in infants, heterophile antibody-negative infectious mononucleosis in children, also interstitial pneumonia, encephalitis,…
Pfeiffer Vacuum highlights innovative vacuum solutions at Touch Panel Korea Trad …
• Product developments set the new benchmark in vacuum coating
• Powerful vacuum pumps and leak detectors
Asslar, Germany, July 23, 2014. Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading global provider of vacuum technology, will participate in the Touch Panel Korea Trade Show from August 20 to 22, 2014. Visitors to booths E25-E28 have the opportunity to discuss groundbreaking vacuum solutions with experts from Pfeiffer Vacuum. “Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces important new vacuum solutions for applications in…
Well Known BITS alumnus Lohit Sahu Founder Director Phyzok talk on Analytical Th …
Brain child of alumni from top ranking institutions in India today BITS Pilani IIT IIM, Phyzok Learning Solutions LLP uses scientific concepts to imbibe analytical thought process into students' minds and brings the 'Let the Apple Fall Again" feeling.
Lohit, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from BITS Pilani, is a young first-generation entrepreneur currently working in education space. His firm, Phyzok, has pioneered Customized Flipped Classroom Model in India. Lohit has been…
New version piezosystem jena-ServiceTool 1.2 for digital piezo-electronics with …
The advanced ServiceTool from piezosystem jena is now available in version 1.2. The program is used for the controlling of piezo-actuators by the digital amplifiers d-Drive and 30DV50 from piezosystem jena. Therefore the ServiceTool uses a graphical user interface (GUI) and a terminal program.
By the use of the ServiceTool you can adjust many advantages for the actuators. For example function generators and filters can be set, such as slew rate…
