Science Education & Policy

Calgary To Host International Oil Sands Workshop & Exhibition

CALGARY, Alberta, July 7 /PRNewswire/-- Calgary will play host for the second year to the Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Technologies Conference & Exhibition, July 15-17 at the Calgary, TELUS Convention Centre. The inaugural show, held in July 2007 in Calgar ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 7 2008 - 3:30pm

The Choice: Conservation Of Species Or Carbon Sequestration

Paying rural landowners in Oregon's Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won't necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has found. The study, to be ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 6:26pm

How Common Is Relationship Violence Among College Students?

Violence between partners, friends and acquaintances appears prevalent both before and during college, according to results of a survey of students at three urban college campuses published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medic ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 6:44pm

LOMA Selects CSC To Conduct Insurance Industry Exams In India

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- CSC and LOMA Extend Relationship to Jointly Promote Insurance/Financial Services Education in Region CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that LOMA, a leading trade association in the international insurance and f ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 12:33am

RADI Medical Systems Launches Next Generation PressureWire(R) Certus

UPPSALA, Sweden, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- RADI Medical Systems today announced improvements to their latest generation pressure sensing guide wire, PressureWire(R) Certus, which will begin shipments immediately. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 3:30am

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Selects Centrify DirectControl For A Pilot Deployment To Optimize Cross-Platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that Societe Generale Cor ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 8:33am

Intensive Courses In Business Administration As Distance Learning Courses

BASEL, Switzerland, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- With their nine-month extra-occupational intensive course in "Business Administration" the Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut und Seminar Basel (http://www.business-education.ch) addresses managers and se ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 9:30am

Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2008 Winners

PARIS, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- Students address environmental sustainability with innovative technology; torch passes to Egypt for Imagine Cup 2009. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 11:30am

Global Health Progress Joins WHO And DNDi To Call For Increased Commitments To Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases

TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- One billion people suffer from preventable, treatable diseases around the world- Statement by Dr. Paul Antony, medical director Global Health Progress ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 2:33pm

A Ground Cover Solution To Erosion From Biofuel Farming

Ground cover may be one workable method to reduce the effects of erosion that future biomass harvests are predicted to bring. Iowa State University researchers are looking at ways to use ground cover, a living grass planted between the rows of corn, in pro ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2008 - 4:36pm