Science Education & Policy

MctraxMedia: Legendary Songwriter Andy Fraser Ripped Off By 'Dance Diva'

LOS ANGELES, September 16 /PRNewswire/-- Andy Fraser, legendary musician and songwriter, best known for penning FREE's rock anthem "All Right Now," Robert Palmer's mega-hit "Every Kinda People" and recent ground-breaking CD & ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 6:32am

EADS Cross-Certifies With CertiPath's PKI Bridge

HERNDON, Virginia and TOULOUSE, France, September 16 /PRNewswire/--- Proven Ability to Meet Highest Standards for Identity Assurance Delivers Access and Efficiency EADS today became the first European-based aerospace and defense (A&D) company to becom ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 7:32am

Tata Interactive Systems' Bank Simulator Short-Listed For The E-learning Awards 2008

MUMBAI, September 16 /PRNewswire/--- The Simulator Created for ICICI Bank Amongst the Finalists in the Best Learning Game, Simulation or Virtual Environment Category Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS- http://www.tatainteractive.com) Bank Simulator creat ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 7:32am

Finjan Positioned In Visionaries Quadrant In Magic Quadrant For Secure Web Gateway 2008

SAN JOSE, California, September 16 /PRNewswire/--- Vital Security Appliances Provide Zero-Day Protection Against Crimeware Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, today announced that it has been position ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 7:32am

Houses Made From Hemp Will Combat Global Warming, Says UK Study

Houses made of hemp, timber or straw could help combat climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of building construction, according to researchers at the University of Bath. The construction industry is a major contributor of environmental pollutant ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 9:24am

S1 Enterprise Announces The Availability Of International ACH Transaction Capabilities

VIENNA, Austria and NORCROSS, Georgia, September 16 /PRNewswire/-- S1 Enterprise, a division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) and a leading provider of multichannel financial services software, today announced the incorporation of International ACH Transa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 9:31am

Are Honor Killings Good For Diversity?

Diversity is praised as good for business and for promoting creativity but when organizational theorist Viktorija Kalonaityte studied diversity work at a Swedish adult education school, the school wanted to make everyone as “Swedish” as possible. That mean ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 9:47am

Forget Nostalgia, Hockey Players Are Bigger Today- And Faster

Imagine taking a picture of your favorite hockey team as a child and then again as an adult today. Looking back over a quarter of century, the changes you'd see are significant. Researchers in the University of Alberta Faculty of Physical Education a ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 4:01pm

Humpback Whales Lend New Yorkers An Earful

For the first time in waters surrounding New York City, the beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded, according to experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 4:11pm

SynergyNet Desk-Sized 'iPhone' Interface Makes Learning Interactive

Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University. Researchers at the Technology-Enhanced Learning Research Group (TEL) are designing new learning environmen ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 9:04pm