Science Education & Policy
- Wind Turbines And Ecology- Birds Are Smarter Than You Think
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Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, helps resolve a potentially major environmental conflict: ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 4:34pm
- South Pole Tourism- Don't Fight It, Market It, Says Study
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Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. Research from Maastricht University provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest bidder. Tourism in Antarctica has grown dramatical ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 9:12pm
- Entrust EAC EPassport PKI Operates 'Flawlessly' At Prague, Leveraging Slovenia And UK Infrastructure
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DALLAS, September 30 /PRNewswire/--- Entrust demonstrates perfect PKI certificate exchange for EAC interoperability test across multiple countries and vendors At a key interoperability test for second-generation ePassports in Prague earlier this month, En ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 2:34am
- Aptilo And Redline Collaborate On Mobile WiMAX Solutions
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WIMAX WORLD 2008, CHICAGO, September 30 /PRNewswire/-- < < Companies' Industry Leading Products Will Provide an End-to-End Open Mobile WiMAX Offering > > Aptilo Networks, the global leader in pre-integrated solutions for Service Managemen ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 6:34am
- Redline And Starent Networks Join Forces To Deliver Complete Mobile WiMAX Solution
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CHICAGO (WiMAX World 2008), September 30 /PRNewswire/--- Solution Based on Leading Technologies and Open Standards Will Enable Service Providers to Roll out True Mobile WiMAX Networks CHICAGO (WiMAX World 2008), September 30 /PRNewswire/-- Redline Communi ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 6:34am
- OpTier's CoreFirst Selected As 2008 Financial Innovation Awards Finalist
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NEW YORK, September 30 /PRNewswire/--- Most Innovative Financial Services Technology Finalist Selected for its Unique Business Transaction Management Software ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 8:34am
- Oslo Region Tops Europe In Knowledge-Based Workers
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OSLO, September 30 /PRNewswire/-- Norway's capital was the clear winner in a new survey of knowledge-based economies in Europe performed by Eurostat, the EU statistics agency. The survey measures the percentage of human resources in science and techn ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 8:34am
- Money Doesn't Talk In Education- Kids From Poor Countries Do Better Academically
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According to findings from the October issue of the American Sociological Review, money does matter in education, but not in a way lobbyists want you to believe. The research, which looked at the mathematical literacy scores of thousands of 15-year-old imm ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2008 - 9:21am
- The Financial Crisis And The Future
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People come to this web site for well written, interesting columns on science. To some degree it must be questioned as to whether economics is a science. That being said, the current financial crisis is worthy of some commentary here as it will affect all ...
Article - David Houle - Sep 30 2008 - 11:10am
- Companies In The UK Waste 1.8 Billion Pounds Sterling Every Year Through Inefficient Energy Consumption
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LONDON, September 30 /PRNewswire/-- Business is responsible for more than 40% of the UK's carbon emissions. Visit Working Buildings Week 2008, to find out how companies are tackling this issue and making their places of work more efficient and enviro ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 30 2008 - 1:30pm