Science Education & Policy

The International Institute For Software Process (IISP) Announces The Availability Of The INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVE

MINNEAPOLIS, August 5 /PRNewswire/-- Since IISP announced the Certified Software Process Improvement Professional (CSPIP) program last March, we have received an overwhelming number of inquiries from organizations and individuals in different countries re ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 5 2008 - 3:30pm

Chlamydia Treatment In Pharmacies Will Deliver Convenient Care For Patients

LONDON, August 6 /PRNewswire/-- Today's decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve the reclassification of azithromycin for the treatment of chlamydia infection will mean convenient and effective care for pa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 5 2008 - 6:33pm

The choice between simulation and experiment: Biology and Physics have the same problems

Physicist Nobel Laureate Philip Anderson on computers and physics: The prestige attached to computers and their erudite gimmicks impresses almost everyone, but especially the simulators. They often believe they have proved that a system--like the little cr ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 23 2008 - 12:05am

Neuro-Education And Rewiring The Dyslexic Brain

A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 hours of intensive remedial instruction. The study, ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2008 - 11:01pm

Foreign Threats Have Increased American Tolerance, Says Study

Despite concerns that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 would increase intolerance toward Muslims, the opposite is true, according to new research by University of British Columbia (UBC) and Stanford University researchers published this week in ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2008 - 10:04pm

ClickSoftware Products Excel In The Preliminaries, Now Ready For Prime Time During 2008 Beijing Olympics

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, August 6 /PRNewswire/--- Optimized Mobile Workforce Management System Schedules More Than 1,000 Technicians to Ensure Telecommunications Services run Smoothly ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 6 2008 - 7:30am

Continuing Medical Education: A "Quasi-Academic" Activity?

For years, doctors like Arnold Relman and Marcia Angell, both former editors of the New England Journal of Medicine, have been advocating drastic changes to the way the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) deals with pharmaceutica ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Aug 7 2008 - 10:26am

Captive Insurance Industry On-line Learning Website Launched

SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut, August 6 /PRNewswire/-- CaptiveLearning.com, an on-line educational platform devoted to the captive insurance industry, was officially launched on August 1, 2008. The website is dedicated to building excellence in captive insuran ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 6 2008 - 1:30pm

CREB1 Linked To Genetic Variants Of Brain's Reward Circuitry

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of preference and a gene variant that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2008 - 6:01pm

Oremex Update

VANCOUVER, August 7 /PRNewswire/-- Oremex Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ORM) (the Company) today provided a progress update for the Tejamen Silver Property (Tejamen). The Company has generated significant support for development of Tejamen from State, regional a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 6 2008 - 7:30pm