Science Education & Policy

SCAI: SYNTAX Data Show PCI Is A Good Option For Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease

WASHINGTON, September 1 /PRNewswire/--- One-Year Data Find Angioplasty and Stenting Safe and Effective in Patients for Whom Standard Therapy Has Been Open-Heart Surgery Data announced today from the landmark SYNTAX trial indicate that patients with very c ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 1 2008 - 8:33am

SCAI: CARDia Data Find Diabetic Patients With Complex Heart Disease Can Safely Choose PCI

WASHINGTON, September 1 /PRNewswire/--- At One Year, Angioplasty and Stenting Matches Bypass Surgery for Safety and Effectiveness in Patients with Complex Medical Condition Patients with both diabetes and advanced blockages in at least three heart vessels ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 1 2008 - 8:33am

Autism's History- First Discovery, New Genes And A Surprising Link To Circadian Rhythms

The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label ´early infantile autism´. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. Hans Asperger, described a milder ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2010 - 4:40pm

Is Sarah Palin A Creationist?

Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice for Vice President should he win the November elections, is a worrisome character from the point of view of science education. It is hard to tell whether Palin herself is a creationist or not and, frankly, that’s far less ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Sep 1 2008 - 9:47pm

SunPower Names Luis Torres Managing Director, Market Development Southern Europe

MADRID, Spain, September 2 /PRNewswire/-- SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that Luis Torres has joined the company as managing director, market development ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 2:33am

Siperian And Evaxyx Form Partnership Which Enables Organisations To Achieve Greater Master Data Management ROI

SAN MATEO, California and LEEDS, England, September 2 /PRNewswire/--- New Evaxyx Siperian Services Framework Scales Critical Data Assets across Departments, Divisions, and Geographies for Greater Enterprise-Wide Decision Making ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 4:33am

VIVIMIND(TM), Canada's Scientifically Proven Natural Health Product To Protect Memory Function, Is Available Starting Today

LAVAL, Quebec, September 2 /PRNewswire/--- A New Generation of Memory Protection ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 6:33am

Further Expansion Announced For Prospects Events

LONDON, September 2 /PRNewswire/-- Prospects is expanding its Events Division with the acquisition of a portfolio of graduate recruitment events from associate company RECEX LLP. The portfolio includes the annual Summer Graduate Recruitment Fair at Earl&# ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 7:30am

Innovation Slow-Down in the US?

The technology community in the US ain't what it used to be, argues Judy Estrin, a technology entrepreneur and former Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. She is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, and she's arguing that "we have a natio ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 11:02pm

Mimicking Complex Ocean Behavior Experimentally- Not Without Some Wreckage

The ocean as an ecological and physical system is unmatched in its complexity but researchers are getting closer. A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature – pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 1:47pm