Science Education & Policy

Women Still Earn Less Than Men In Europe

DUBLIN, Ireland, August 21 /PRNewswire/--- Eurofound Publishes Annual Report on Pay Increases Across the European Union DUBLIN, Ireland, August 21 /PRNewswire/-- Women in Europe earn on average almost 16% less than men doing similar jobs, according to new ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 21 2008 - 3:31am

Europe's Leading Industrials Will Discuss The Threat Of Carbon Leakage At `Energy Intensive Industries And Climate Change' In Br

LONDON, August 21 /PRNewswire/-- Integer, a leading business consultancy in the area of global emissions regulations, today announced its latest conference targeted at Europe's energy intensive Industries and EU Policy makers. 'Energy Intensive ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 21 2008 - 7:30am

The Oncology Group Announces The 11th Edition Of Its Popular Handbook, CANCER MANAGEMENT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

MANHASSET, New York, August 21 /PRNewswire/-- The Oncology Group is pleased to announce the publication of the 11th edition of Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, scheduled for release in the Fall of 2008. A popular resource for the oncology ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 21 2008 - 9:30am

Pre-School Exercises Can Prevent Dyslexia, Says Study (And They're Free On The Internet)

Atypical characteristics of children’s linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to tackle the challenges children face ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2008 - 11:38am

Earthquake Risk To New York City And Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:15pm

This Day In Science History: August 22nd

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history. For today’s quiz you’ll not only need to know a bit about science history, but need to have some familiarity with our military history as well. Which American aeronautics pioneer, born on this d ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Aug 22 2008 - 9:59am

Aifly Trains 1.5 Million People For The Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, August 22 /PRNewswire/-- Training over 1.5 million people to provide professional security, medical, hospitality, guidance, and other services for the Olympic Games would be a daunting task for any organization but throw in the added challenge of ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 22 2008 - 11:31am

Optimizing Science Education And The Myth Of A Necessary 'Super Teacher'

In Optimizing The University- Why We Need a New Educational Model For A New Century I laid out some of the issues facing post-secondary science education and how changing student demographics and modern faculty responsibilities have exacerbated the challen ...

Article - Carl Wieman - Nov 5 2008 - 8:37pm

Unique Longitudinal Study Shows German Children Getting Fatter With Age

Fast food and coke instead of fruits and vegetables: the consequences can already be seen in children – more and more of them suffer from overweight and adiposity. But what are the reasons? In what way are they connected, for example, with social status an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2008 - 12:22am

Video Game Can Teach 'Business Experience', Say Developers

Business veterans claim you cannot teach ‘experience’ but a group of European researchers say you can. They developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this game is no executive toy. Th ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2008 - 6:23pm