Science Education & Policy

Working Upstream To Prevent Heart Attacks: One Minnesota Town’s Makeover

A story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune caught my attention today, not only because it was an interesting article but because it may indicate a shift in our country’s approach to health care. As we all know, the number of people with diseases and conditio ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 11 2008 - 5:14pm

Platts Survey: OPEC Pumps 32.24 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil Per Day In May, Up 370,000 B/d From April

LONDON, June 11 /PRNewswire/-- The 13 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.24 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in May, an increase of 370,000 b/d from April's 31.87 million b/d, according ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 11 2008 - 4:32pm

US Leads The World In Science And Technology

Critics may say the US is losing its competitive edge but nonetheless she remains dominant in science and technology worldwide by a large margin, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. The United States accounts for 40 percent of the total wor ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2008 - 12:45am

Mentice Initiates Collaboration With Pieter Stella As Clinical Advisor

GOTHENBURG, June 12 /PRNewswire/-- Mentice, a leading developer of medical simulation solutions, today announces collaboration with Dr. Pieter Stella as Clinical Advisor to Mentice. Dr Stella will mainly focus on coronary intervention but will also be an ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 12 2008 - 2:32am

Genetic Immunity To Partner With The ITDH To Promote Hungarian Biotech At 2008 BIO International Convention

MCLEAN, Virginia and BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 12 /PRNewswire/-- Genetic Immunity, a US/Hungarian clinical-stage Company focused on the development of its patented nanomedicines for targeted immune amplification, announced today that the Company will be pro ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 12 2008 - 2:32am

Chip PC Revolutionary Line-up For Desktop Virtualization To Be Unveiled At Citrix IForum Munich 2008

MUNICH, Germany, June 12 /PRNewswire/-- Chip PC Technologies, a leader in desktop replacement and thin computing, today announced that it will be introducing its Desktop Virtualization solutions supporting the Citrix XenDesktop(TM) delivery solution along ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 12 2008 - 3:30am

Unite Members At EIS Vote 100% In Favour Of Strike Action

LONDON, June 12 /PRNewswire/--- ATTN: Scotland Editors Unite members at the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have voted 100% in favour of strike action over their salary settlement which should have been paid from 1st April 2008. The administrative s ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 12 2008 - 5:30am

ProQuest Signs Agreement To Acquire Dialog Business From Thomson Reuters

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 12 /PRNewswire/-- ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has signed an agreement under which ProQuest would acquire the Thomson Reuters Dialog(R) business. The transaction is expected to close pending a successful compl ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 12 2008 - 4:32pm

Americans Lacked Confidence In The Food Safety System Even Before The Tomato Scare

Genetically modified foods are the enemy, say some activists, but organic foods have caused all the salmonella say others. The food safety message is a mess and Americans lack confidence in the system because of it. A new national study conducted by the Ha ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2008 - 11:51pm

Michael Shermer's Libertarianism

Michael Shermer (the well known  author  and publisher of  Skeptic  magazine) and I usually see eye to eye on all things skeptical. On matters of economics, however, we seem to depart rather sharply. He is a former Randian (as in Ayn Rand) and current mod ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jun 13 2008 - 10:33am