Science Education & Policy

National Institutes of Health to Congress: We Need Basic Research

Two years back, the US Congress passed the NIH Reform Act of 2006 in an effort to get the NIH to adapt its structure to the new landscape of biomedical research, and to institute more transparency and accountability so that Congress can do its job. Last we ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:30pm

Roman-Era Skeleton May Be Early Tuberculosis Victim

The skeleton of a man discovered by archaeologists in a shallow grave on a construction site at the University of York could be one of one of Britain’s earliest victims of tuberculosis. He was interred in a shallow scoop in a flexed position, on his right ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 8:38pm

Redline's Customer Rapid Link Selected As Finalist For Best Of WiMAX World 2008 Awards

TORONTO, Canada, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- Rapid Link of Atlanta is a Finalist for the Best of WiMAX World Award for its City-Wide 3.65 GHz Deployment of Redline's RedMAX(TM) WiMAX Forum Certified(R) Equipment Redline Communications Group Inc. (&q ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 1:31am

Smiths Group Expects Savings Of US$25m From Agreement With AT&T

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- UK-based Global Business Expects US$25 Million Savings Over Five Years on Communications Costs as Part of on-going Business Transformation Programme AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Smiths Group plc (LSE: SMIN) today announc ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 2:32am

Prestigious World Renewable Energy Congress Selects Renewable Energy Asia For 2009 Event

BANGKOK, Thailand, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- MEETING TO BE HELD AT RENEWABLE ENERGY ASIA in BANGKOK With countries in Asia experiencing rapid economic growth, a dramatic increase in demand for new energy resources is under way. Although fossil fuels st ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 2:32am

Legal Aid Changes Hit Mental Health, Disability And Asylum Groups, Says Unite

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- 'Marketisation of the Vulnerable' to be Raised at Labour Party Conference Changes in legal aid services, which help people keep 'a roof over their head', tackle unemployment and advise on crippling ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 6:32am

Explaining Scotland's Health Deficit

Scotland’s cold and cloudy climate plays a large part in causing the chronic diseases that plague its people. Scots suffer more chronic disease than almost anywhere else among former Western block countries, but this could be turned around. For years scien ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2008 - 9:59am

Chinese Volunteers Go Global With Aifly

BEIJING, September 18 /PRNewswire/-- As the Paralympic Games draw to a close, the official Language Training and Testing Supplier of the Beijing Olympics, aifly Education Technology Company, continues to work with volunteer organizations in China and inte ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 10:32am

FSAI Announces Support Of Inaugural Firex India

LONDON, September 18 /PRNewswire/--- Firex India- 16-18 October 2008- Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India One of India's most influential associations, the Fire and Safety Association of India (FSAI), has voiced its support of the inaugural Firex India ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 18 2008 - 1:31pm

Global Psychiatrists Unite To Improve Services In Mental Health

INNSBRUCK, Austria, September 19 /PRNewswire/-- Thirty seven medical experts in psychiatry from across the world have called on the medical community to take urgent action to optimize services for people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness such as s ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 19 2008 - 3:31am