Press Releases by Category Science & Education
Engelhorn Foundation: Research Prize 2007 - Breakthrough in the Search for the A …
Membrane protein synthesized with natural folding pattern for the first time – a breakthrough in the search for the active agent
o The Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation promotes biotechnology and gene technology
o Research prize for 2007 awarded to a young scientist during the \"Klosters Winter Symposium\"
o Excellent research brings great advances in the search for the active agent
Klosters, Switzerland, January 16, 2007 - The Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation awarded the 2007 research…
Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany Established the First 24/7-Library
Since 2006, the Library of the internationally well-known Karlsruhe University has been open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Until now, this around-the-clock-service is unique for German libraries. Only with the use of Bibliotheca’s BiblioChip® RFID System was it possible to realize unlimited opening hours because of the redeployment of the staff. The hardware and software of the Swiss RFID expert, Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems, controls the complete…
Bookings open for Imagine iT
Bookings are now open for Imagine iT – a celebration of cultural differences, the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy, 22-24 March 2007.
There is something for everyone at this 3-day conference, which has approx. 30 speakers from 15 countries all talking type and graphic design. Subjects range from the highbrow to the passionate and include both historical research and contemporary case studies. Imagine iT offers a well-balanced program…
Auxilia, Inc. announces agreement with Research Foundation of SUNY
Troy, NY January 2, 2007-- Auxilia Inc., a provider and manager of life cycle, training, and logistics support in the emerging unmanned systems (UMS) industry has announced the signing of a letter of intent with the Research Foundation of State University of New York (RF) that provides for review of joint interest areas of intellectual property and technology, primarily in the field of unmanned systems, being developed within the State…
NanoAndMore USA Opens West Coast Office
Lady’s Island, South Carolina, December 20, 2006 - NanoAndMore USA Inc., a supplier of nanotechnology products including atomic force microscope (AFM) probes and scientific instruments, announced that it has opened a West Coast office this month. On December 18, 2006 the NanoAndMore USA West Coast office officially opened its doors.
This comes at a very early time for NanoAndMore USA, only a little over a year after founding in Beaufort, South…
PREMIER Biosoft and MRC-Holland form an alliance
PREMIER Biosoft International, a leading bioinformatics company, and MRC-Holland, the inventors of MLPA® technology, announced an alliance. Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA®) is a method to establish the copy number of up to 45 nucleic acid sequences in a single reaction. Detecting copy number changes in the genome, the primary application of MLPA® technology, is a widely researched area. Current efforts are directed towards more comprehensive cataloging and characterization of…
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases SimGlycan, an Innovative Glycan Mass Fing …
Palo Alto, California -- October 9, 2006, PREMIER Biosoft International today announced the release of its new product, SimGlycan. SimGlycan is an innovative glycan fragment mass fingerprinting tool. SimGlycan predicts the structure of a glycan from the MS/MS data acquired by mass spectrometry and displays it in 2D.
SimGlycan matches your MS/MS spectra with its own comprehensive, robust and annotated database to predict the structure of the glycan. It generates a…
Online Degree Programs Make Higher Education Possible for Anyone, Anywhere
The traditional, four-year university is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Now, higher education is available to anyone, regardless of lifestyle or location. Online degree programs offer great flexibility, allowing students to attend school any time, and from anywhere.
Phoenix, AZ December 22, 2006 -- It used to be that getting an education meant committing four years of your life to your schooling: living on or near…
Introduction of Gwon-Europe
Gwon-Europe is a new company which offers a lot of different high advanced measurement equipment for the agriculture & food industries.
G-won is proud to open an European head office. Gwon-Europe is responsible for the countries Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Austria, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Belarus, Lithuania, Serbia, Montenegro, Cyprus, Latvia, Iceland,…
The Art of Survival: Private Art Collectors in the USSR
The world’s first comprehensive account of private art collections in the USSR comes from Austria and has now been published as a book. Based on rare primary sources, the book documents how private collectors – despite political repressions – "survived" the Soviet era. They collected art not in line with the official canon, thereby saving much of the country’s cultural heritage. The monograph draws on intensive research facilitated by a…
Prasolus Visits Guadalajara Schools with Plans for International Expansion of K- …
HOUSTON, TEXAS – December 18, 2006 – Prasolus, the only company to design and implement a digital process enabling K-12 teachers to dynamically tailor their curriculum to each student, announced today its plans for additional international expansion into Mexico, beginning with Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
After completing a feasibility study in November 2006, Dr. Joe Nichols, CEO and founder of Prasolus, and his dedicated team paid a visit to two…
The Italian class - Learn Italian in London
London - Great Britain. The Italian class offers Italian language lessons for everyone in London. The company provides private and semi private Italian language lessons in various locations in London.
The Italian class supplies languages lessons to businesses interested in improving their presence in Italy. Also we provide lessons to students who would like to learn the language for personal matters such as: holidays, improve their employability, buying a property…
TicketRelief.com Expands Throughout California
San Diego, California—Wiping out that parking ticket and brushing up on one’s defensive driving skills have just gotten a whole lot easier. Saturday afternoons sitting in traffic school and watching insurance premiums climb because of traffic tickets are quickly becoming obsolete due, in part, to TicketRelief.com, one of California’s premier online traffic schools.
Ticket Relief has recently been approved by the California Traffic and Safety Institute (CTSI) to operate in…
BiOpiniO Systems Biology develops iTMs, proprietary mathematical knowledge of bi …
(Recklinghausen 06.12.2006) BiOpiniO Systems Biology develops iTMs (“items”), a full-manually annotated proprietary collection for functional and disease-centered networks.
“We started to analyze biological networks with mathematical desriptions and were very surprised to find some mathematical fingerprints for distinct biological functions. Cellular functions are too complex as that they can be reduced to a simple formula, but in some cases it is quite amazing that the premises for specific biological needs are…
Research Proves Music Lessons Make Children Smarter
The Ontario Music Society agrees with four universities studies and leading psychologists in Europe and the U.S. - music lessons actually make our children smarter and more productive in their adult lives, and suggest giving them as a gift instead of a toy that will soon be forgotten after the batteries die.
Sean McBride, the Chairman of the OMS cites numerous studies by universities and psycholinguists (all of which…
Study Italian in Tropea - not only a study vacation
There are a lot of reasons to study a foreign language and the best place to do this is in the country where the language is spoken. That’s why a lot of people from professionals to lovers of the Italian language, from beginners to advanced levels decide each year to do a study vacation. No matter what your motivation is and if you to start to learn Italian or…
Brain Research Symposium: National Academies, Washington DC, November 15-16, 200 …
The Eighth Olympiad of the Mind, entitled "Brain Research: Improving Global Harmony," will be hosted by the National Academies in Washington DC on 15th-16th November 2007 and feature distinguished international speakers, including corporate representatives, leading researchers and Nobel Laureates, who will discuss the aspects and impact of brain research upon society, especially in terms of education.
The Eighth Olympiad celebrates also the 40 years of dedicated effort by the International Science…
corpuls® introduces a new ECG-interpretation-algorithm to improve decision-makin …
corpuls® (company GS Eletromedizinische Geräte G. Stemple GmbH) is currently finishing testing a new ECG-interpretation-algorithm that would make it possible to improve decision making in patients with acute chest pain. The new algorithm has been developed by the world renowned cardiologist Prof. Dr. Hein Wellens.
Background on Acute Chest Pain
In Germany approximately 40% of all deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. There are about 300.000 new cases each year of acute…
Personal Security and Identity Theft Expert Encourages Educators to Equip Laptop …
(BOSTON, Mass. - Nov. 16, 2006 - IDTheftSecurity.com) November has witnessed a spate of laptop computer thefts in the United States and elsewhere affecting college and high school students. Many of these machines have themselves belonged to teaching institutions. Robert Siciliano, a personal security and identity theft expert, underscored that young people are a prime target of identity thieves and encouraged educators to equip portable computers with affordable safeguards such…
Earth Alive Resources Introduces All-Natural RapidAll™ Cleaning Solution
QUEBEC, CANADA—Earth Alive introduces RapidAll™, an all-in-one janitorial and sanitation cleaning solution that does not harm humans, animals or the environment and is certified NSF Class A1, CFIA in Canada, SCAQM, LeapingBunny.
The product’s ingredients include a natural nutrient substrate which acts as a microbial carrier and contains a strong natural surfactant capable of replacing extreme high and low pH products.
The unique characteristics of the substrate is that it allows…
Biosafety of genetically modified plants: GMO-Safety.eu information portal bring …
Does genetically modified maize have an impact on beneficial insects? How does genetically modified oilseed rape affect pollen-collecting bees? How can transgenic pollen and seeds be prevented from spreading in the environment? These are just some of the questions being investigated in biological safety research worldwide. Answers and research findings, which are otherwise usually made public only at scientific conferences and congresses, are accessible to the public at www.gmo-safety.eu.
The information…
Space Flight May be as Easy as Making a Golf Putt as Space Tourism Begins
Contests run by non-profit groups offer a space flight as the grand prize. Contestants participate in simple skills such as a Frisbee throw, snowball throw, golf putt, and others.
Wilmington, North Carolina - Charity fundraising events have entered the space age with contests that will send the winner into space.
Now that space tourism and commercial space flights have become a reality with the first flights scheduled for 2008, it is not…
Training for Success at Campus Vienna Biocenter - University of Applied Sciences …
Vienna, 09. Nov.: Today sees the first fh-campus wien biotechnology students celebrate their graduation – and 85 percent of them are looking forward to starting the careers they have already secured. This record-breaking statistic in the higher education sector in Austria reflects the continuing demand for skilled workers on the biotechnology market, and the prestige already accorded to the course curriculum.
The biotechnology graduates of fh-campus wien University of Applied…
Imperiali Organization Announces Beta Testing for New Online Educational Portal
London - October 30, 2006 – The Imperiali Organization announced today that they are organizing a new online educational portal for students focusing on international trade and business.
The program will be done win conjunction with Dr. Gary Busch and his World Trade Educational program.
The Beta testing program will allow 20 students from around the world to take this groundbreaking course at no cost.
All students from…
Italian language courses by the sea
The Picola Università Italiana, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, is a professional language school situated in the beautiful seaside town Tropea. Founded in 1993, the school offers Italian language courses for all needs and levels.
Our courses are given to small groups of 4-6 students or as individual lessons. Also special courses for the hotel and tourism industry, individual crash courses in business Italian or…
BudgetSensors® optimizes distribution in Korea by the appointment of NanoWin Cor …
Sofia, Bulgaria – 20th October 2006
BudgetSensors®, a Bulgarian manufacturer of different probes and accessories for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) announces the appointment of NanoWin Corp. (www.inanowin.com), a leading distributor of Atomic Force Microscopy Systems and scientific equipment, as its sole distributor in Korea.
With this strategic move, BudgetSensors® will be able to supply its customers in Korea much more efficiently and for a much better price than before. In addition, the…
TrueVision Microscopes
TrueVision Microscopes, Inc. is a Saint Louis, Missouri, USA based corporation. They sell a wide variety of microscopes and microscopy related accessories. Their success relies on their quality customer service and fast shipping. They have a toll free number, 1-877-215-3795 and a fast email support, sales@truevisionmicroscopes.com. Their selection of microscopes is huge, varying from inexpensive student grade compound light microscopes to high end industrial metallurgical microscopes to research grade inverted…
Klaus Oestreicher, International Strategic Consultants Agency, lectures on Marke …
In the last years, Klaus Oestreicher has engaged himself increasingly in academic lecturing. Convinced that theory and practice are strongly interdependent, Klaus Oestreicher studied again at the University of Central Lancashire and achieved a Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication. The consequent combination of practice and theory resulted in further acknowledgements by various other awards and titles. Presently, the most prominent is the degree of a Chartered Marketer. Actually he is…
Back to the Stone Age? How Did the First Farmers Live?
The living conditions of the first farmers from the early Stone Age are being comprehensively reconstructed for the first time ever in Austria. This has been made possible by an interdisciplinary research project currently underway aimed at the thorough investigation of two early settlements. The project, supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is expected to produce results that will be of great significance throughout Europe.
The people that established Central…
LearningRx Proves Weak Cognitive Skills Are Cause of Learning Disabilities
Colorado Springs, Colorado – LearningRx has proven that weak cognitive skills are a cause of learning disabilities, and these weak cognitive skills can be fixed with specific testing and training. LearningRx rebuilds a student\'s cognitive skills foundation for learning using proven methods. Further information on their testing and training can be found online at www.learningrx.com.
A good example of cognitive skills are those skills that we use in reading.…
EPFL – Sunâ Microsystems (Switzerland), Inc. Conference on "Security & Identit …
Lausanne, 2nd October 2006 – EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Auditorium CO2
Bridging the Digital Divide, and bridging the borders between Technology, Legal and Social issues are the main challenges in building an Information Society for all. The Open Event on “\"Security & Identity Management in a Federated World\", jointly organized by the Chair MIR of the College of Technologies Management at the EPFL and Sunâ Microsystem (Switzerland),…
LunarPhase Pro V3 Moon Observer's Toolkit Hits The Shelves
Version 3 of the highly acclaimed LunarPhase Pro astronomy software has been released. LunarPhase Pro provides a wide range of information, predictions, diagrams, charts and printouts for the Moon. In addition, the software includes an interactive Moon Atlas, a database of over 9,000 lunar features, over 800 observing notes and emulates the view through a telescope. Users can keep up to date with Moon-related news and podcasts and LunarPhase Pro…
TeachMeIT Launches Portal on Life Science Courses
New Jersey (September 25th, 2006): TeachMeIT, a leading provider of online courses in IT and desktop applications, has proudly announced the launch of Online Life Science Course Portal (http://lifescience.teachmeit.com). The portal offers an Life Science course catalog, developed by a CME Category 1- accredited organization, focused exclusively on Life Science education for healthcare professionals as well as for companies including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, instrument, lab suppliers, healthcare and also for Patient…
Haute Couture from the Experimental Physics Lab
A team of Austrian physicists has recently developed ultra-thin pressure sensors that can also be processed into sensitive textiles. The breakthrough came with the arrival of technology for building up a sufficiently large electrical field in polymer foams. This enabled thin-film transistors to switch in reaction to pressure. Possible applications arising from this project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF include ultra-thin microphones, pressure sensors for replacement skin, and…
North Carolina Traffic School - The Safer and Smarter way of Driving
North Carolina Traffic School – URL: www.northcarolina-traffictickets.com provides a safe and easy way to handle your traffic allegations. The growing number of Traffic ticket instances has raised the necessity for a well equipped and recognized traffic safety course. North Carolina Traffic Safety course is designed just to meet the same expectations. It cancels your traffic points and lowers down the insurance rates. Not only that but it teaches you smart…
State Recognized Advance Driving Course at your desktop - Arizona defensive driv …
As the urbanization of cities is increasing in a rapid pace the population and traffic chaos is also growing at neck breaking speed. It is quite often that you encounter a traffic police officer issuing you a traffic ticket. Traffic tickets have become quite common and almost everyone bears with it. Arizona Defensive Driving School course comes to people’s rescue in this case. Refer to URL: www.arizonadefensivedrivingonline.com
Arizona defensive driving…
ATypI celebrates its 50th annual conference
Lisbon, Portugal
Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), the premier international organisation dedicated to type design, typography, and allied graphic arts, is holding its 50th annual conference 28 September–1 October 2006 in Lisbon, Portugal. This year marks the beginning of ATypI’s two-year celebration of half a century of representing the type business and the typographic community.
“This year, in Lisbon,” says ATypI president Jean Francois Porchez, “ we are starting to…
Spray PhotoBlocker to Prevent Photo Radar Red Light Camera and Speed Camera Tick …
Wakefield, NH -- No one wants to permit drivers to speed or to run red lights, but they also do not want unjust, unfair, and undeserved traffic tickets sent in error, so thousands spray PhotoBlocker on their license plates.
A growing number of drivers spray PhotoBlocker on their license plates to prevent unjust photo radar tickets that cause inconvenience, time, and expense to resolve.
\"Spray PhotoBlocker on each license plate,\" explained David…
The Red Race is On: China and Russia Plan Mission to Mars, Iran made member of C …
West Palm Beach, FL – September 12, 2006 – “The Red Race is on,” stated 2008 leading Independent Presidential Candidate Daniel Imperato. “China and Russia are strengthening ties with regional allies in an effort to bolster their own power and decrease US influence in Asia.”
Last week, China and Russia unveiled plans to launch a joint mission to Mars in 2009 to scoop up rocks from the red…
EssayPlant.com launches a program to help students in the new academic year beco …
In the fall of 2006, approximately 17 million students will start their academic career in US colleges and universities and this very number will start writing essays, term papers and research papers for different classes. EssayPlant.com prepared in an attempt to improve the overall writing abilities of US students prepared a Study/Writing Guide, where in a brief manner writing tips and advices are presented.
Whenever students feel they cannot find enough…
TeachMeIT launches Curriculum for Security+ Certification
New Jersey, US: TeachMeIT, a leading provider of online courses in IT and desktop applications, has launched the curriculum for Security+ Certification. The TeachMeIT security+ curriculum is principally designed for learners IT professionals preparing for TruSecure ICSA Certified Security Associate (TICSA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or CompTIA security+ certification.
Security+ Certification helps learner to identify and help mitigate security risks. It allows learners to gain knowledge and apply…
Podcasting: Im Internet auf Sendung gehen? neuer Online-Workshop bei akademie.de
(Berlin, 22.08.2006) Angela Merkel tut es. Die Tagesschau tut es. Und Sie können es auch! Podcastings, kleine regelmäßige Audio-Beiträge im Internet, können sich heute als etabliert betrachten und erreichen eine breite Zuhörerschaft. Mittlerweile ist Podcasting auch technisch ganz einfach zu realisieren: Headset und ein normaler Mulitmedia-PC genügen.
Im Online-Workshop Podcasting (http://www.akademie.de/direkt?pid=36146) von akademie.de zeigt Stefan Dudas den Teilnehmern, wie sie auch als absoluter Podcasting-Anfänger innerhalb von drei Wochen ihren eigenen Podcast…
Young Germany launches 'Deutsch@YG'
Introductory German-language offering on young-germany.de – the Germany website for high potentials.
Young Germany (YG), the website for international high potentials, has launched its German-language section „Deutsch@YG“(www.young-germany.de/deutsch.html) to establish a sixth category in its online editorial offering. Deutsch@YG serves as an interactive and multimedial introduction to the German language.
The website will use the English-language content in the existing categories „Career & Education“, „Business & Innovation“, „Lifestyle & Society“ and „Living in…
OCRobotics wins an EPSRC Industrial CASE Award
OCRobotics, UK-based manufacturer of snake-arm robots, has been granted an award for an Industrial CASE Studentship to research intelligent skins for snake-arm robots.
The aim of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded studentships is to enable companies to define and arrange research projects with an academic partner of their choice. The company receives high-calibre research relevant to the business and the student gains valuable experience in industry whilst…
Drehbuch schreiben: neuer Online-Workshop bei akademie.de
(Berlin, 01.09.2006) \"Ein guter Film braucht drei Dinge: erstens ein gutes Drehbuch, zweitens ein gutes Drehbuch und drittens ein gutes Drehbuch.\" (Alfred Hitchcock)
Wie Sie aus Ihrer Filmidee ein spannendes Drehbuch machen, erfahren Sie im neuen Online-Workshop „Drehbuch schreiben“ (http://www.akademie.de/direkt?pid=35112) von akademie.de. Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Tatiana Brandrup begleitet die Teilnehmer vier Wochen lang auf dem Weg von der ersten Filmidee bis zum fertigen Exposé.
Der Workshop wird komplett übers Internet abgehalten,…
Review: Beautiful energies is the bridge to success for those who want to fly hi …
I got know about Albert Metzler’s concept of Beautiful Energies from European Freeride community with which I have long and very good relationships. I am aware that many famous Freeride competitors from Germany, France, Norway, Russia know and use successfully Beautiful Energies in their sports activities obtaining great victories in prestigious contests. They are well inspired by Beautiful Energies and make good use of this unique valuable mode which starts…
VMC-2000 Motion Card Offers MEI XMP-PCI Compatibility
TORRANCE, CA – August 25, 2006 -- Varedan Technologies (www.varedan.com) is offering an alternative source for MEI customers using the XMP-PCI. With the recently announced “end of life” for the XMP-PCI card, the VMC-2000 offers drop in replacement pin-for-pin compatibility with the XMP-PCI. The VMC-2000 series motion control cards are functionally compatible with the Motion Engineering Inc. (MEI) XMP-PCI motion controllers and offer a similar software library of commands so…
LousyWriter.com Helps College Students Become Better Writers
This fall more than 16 million students will be enrolled in our nation’s colleges and universities, and nearly all of these students will need help with their writing assignments, from writing college essays to writing dissertations.
When students need help with grammar, spelling, writing style, and punctuation, they can turn to an online resource called LousyWriter.com, at http://www.LousyWriter.com. It is a reference center that offers free grammar lessons and free writing…
EssayPlant.com revenue boost in 2006
Essayplant.com came to the Custom Research and University writing service market in 2004 and ever since provided quality writing assistance to global customers. According to Scott Wardner, CEO of EssayPlant.com, the company conquered a 6.4% market share within only one year, an achievement that only few writing firms could boast. To guarantee future market supremacy, the company streamlined its operations and improved its weaknesses that halted further development. Scot Wardner,…
OFDM for Advanced Wireless Communications
Getting ready for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing within 3 days
Starnberg, July 26th, 2006 - hueggenberg gbr, the experienced firm for technical training courses, is offering a new short course on " OFDM for Advanced Wireless Communications" (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing). The courses will be presented in October and December 2006 in Munich (Germany) and in Scotland. OFDM is a bandwith efficient digital modulation technique which forms the basis of many…
