Science Education & Policy

UK Company Avoco Secure Has Been Chosen To Provide Protection Against Cyber-Predators Who Target Young Students

LONDON, July 16 /PRNewswire/--- Educational Service Uses Avoco's Secure2trust and Secure2email to Protect Student Academic Forms From Cyber-Predators and Other Threats The Christian Center for Learning Development is an educational service based in N ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 16 2008 - 11:31am

Commonwealth Fund Says US Health Care Scorecard Is Going Down

It's no secret that the Commonwealth Fund doesn't like private health care and their new national scorecard states that scores on access have declined significantly since the first national scorecard in 2006. Despite spending more on health care ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2008 - 11:40pm

UK Businesses Urged To Help Employees Deal With Stress More Positively

FRIMLEY, England, July 17 /PRNewswire/--- New Report Highlights Dangerous Responses to Stress Among Employees UK workers are most likely to turn to alcohol, smoking and comfort eating to help them deal with the stress of their occupations, according to a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 17 2008 - 2:32am

Aetna, Citi, Deutsche Telekom AG And UNINETT Win 2008 Liberty Alliance IDDY Awards

NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/--- Identity-Enabled Applications in the Healthcare, Financial Services, Telecom and Open Source Sectors Receive Identity Deployment of the Year Awards ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 17 2008 - 4:32am

And Baby Makes Eight...

LONDON, July 17 /PRNewswire/-- Becoming a mum changes a woman's life irrevocably, and a new research report out today highlights a massive change which is often overlooked- how friendships alter to fit the new mum status. The Friendship Report, commi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 17 2008 - 8:32am

Lyme—The New Saturn

Living on a desert island may not even be a mode of escape from Lyme disease because birds can also be a carrier of infected ticks. Dorothy Leland, who is an advocate with the California Lyme Disease Association and has a daughter with the disease used to ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Jul 18 2008 - 10:32am

Unite NHS Members Say 'Cut My Pay- No Way!'

LONDON, July 18 /PRNewswire/-- Unite members across the NHS will today (Friday 18th July) send a strong message to government to say: "Cut my pay- No Way!" In a national day of protest NHS staff will be making clear their anger against the deris ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 17 2008 - 6:32pm

ContourGlobal Receives Approval From OPIC Board For Financing And Insurance For Energy Project In Togo

NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire/--- Largest electricity investment in Togo's history will double the Country's generating capacity ContourGlobal Togo, a subsidiary of international power company ContourGlobal, received approval today for US$209 mi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 17 2008 - 8:32pm

WatchGuard Confirmed As Industry Growth Leader

SEATTLE, July 18 /PRNewswire/--- WatchGuard Worldwide UTM Shipment Growth Leads Entire Industry with Record Setting Pace of 190 Percent for 2007; Leads with 196 Percent UTM Shipment Growth for Western Europe WatchGuard(R) Technologies, a global leader in ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 18 2008 - 7:31am

Evolutionary Game Theory And The Mathematics Of Altruism

Why do humans cooperate in things as diverse as environment conservation or the creation of fairer societies, even when they don’t receive anything in exchange or, worst, they might even be penalized? This is a question that has puzzled academics for centu ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Aug 4 2008 - 6:45am