Science Education & Policy

Redline To Host Live Demonstration Of Its RedMAX 4C(TM) Mobile WiMAX Products At Gitex Technology Week

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 16 /PRNewswire/--- Redline to Feature Voice, Video and Data Communications via RedMAX 4C (TM) Mobile WiMAX System Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 16 2008 - 1:30am

Autotask Corporation Bundles Professional Services With Business Automation Software For IT Service Providers And MSPs

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, October 16 /PRNewswire/--- New Autotask ProPlus Solution Offers Best of Both Worlds; Combines Superior IT Business Software With Advanced Implementation and IT Business Consulting Services Helping IT service providers build a str ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 16 2008 - 5:30am

HEATTECH- The Warm-up And Stay-warm Range Of Wear Global Try It Campaign

TOKYO, October 16 /PRNewswire/--- 1,000 consumers, 100 media representatives will be given a free HEATTECH trial kit- In the second of its UNIQLO TRY programs, UNIQLO is conducting a Global Try It Campaign for HEATTECH- try out both the "heat creatio ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 16 2008 - 6:34am

44 years of academic life

Not me! I've only clocked up 36 years, with two to go. But I thought that this article is worth reading: 44 Years of Academic Life: So what changed?. It's not even from a science department, but it does sum up the mood of academia in Britain toda ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 9:56pm

Boston Scientific Introduces The 'Platinum Standard'(1) In Biliary Metal Stenting With The International Launch Of WallFlex(R) B

NATICK, Massachusetts and PARIS, October 16 /PRNewswire/--- New Platinol(TM) Wire Metal Stents designed to accommodate different anatomical and clinical requirements for malignant bile duct obstructions Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today anno ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 16 2008 - 7:30am

Summit On Sectoral Cooperation. One Voice On Climate Change.

WARSAW, October 16 /PRNewswire/-- The most important task posed for the participants of the forthcoming "Summit on Sectoral Cooperation" is to develop a common position and to identify opportunities for the cooperation of governments and energy- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 16 2008 - 1:30pm

Change Versus Change – A New England Look At Obama And McCain’s Health Care Plans

You know things are bad when an insurance company tries to fix the health care system. WellPoint Inc. is funding a competition in collaboration with X Prize Foundation to devise solutions that improve health care cost and quality. Although the actual awar ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 19 2008 - 3:00am

Bottoms Up: Rice University Students Work On Anticancer “BioBeer”

Tricking students into learning with fun has always been a ploy of educators. When I was a kid, my kindergarten teacher, tricked my class into enjoying reading by serving eggs and ham that were dyed green. In sixth grade, while studying Ancient Egypt, we ...

Article - Jen Palmares Meadows - Oct 19 2008 - 3:03am

Only One Thing Could Make Beer More Awesome- Preventing Cancer (Thanks Biobeer)

Think you knew spent too much time pondering the wonders of beer in college? These Rice University students have you beat. They're using genetic engineering to create beer that contains resveratrol, a chemical in wine that's been shown to reduce ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:30pm

Gorilla Communication Comes From The Left Brain Too

A new University of Sussex study provides evidence that gorilla communication is linked to the left hemisphere of the brain- just as it is in humans. Psychologist Dr Gillian Sebestyen Forrester developed a new method of analysing the behaviour of gorillas ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2008 - 12:30am