Science Education & Policy

Intensive Courses In Business Administration As Distance Learning Courses

BASEL, Switzerland, July 8 /PRNewswire/-- With their nine-month extra-occupational intensive course in "Business Administration" the Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut und Seminar Basel (http://www.business-education.ch) addresses managers and se ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 9:30am

Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2008 Winners

PARIS, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- Students address environmental sustainability with innovative technology; torch passes to Egypt for Imagine Cup 2009. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 11:30am

Global Health Progress Joins WHO And DNDi To Call For Increased Commitments To Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases

TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 /PRNewswire/--- One billion people suffer from preventable, treatable diseases around the world- Statement by Dr. Paul Antony, medical director Global Health Progress ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 8 2008 - 2:33pm

A Ground Cover Solution To Erosion From Biofuel Farming

Ground cover may be one workable method to reduce the effects of erosion that future biomass harvests are predicted to bring. Iowa State University researchers are looking at ways to use ground cover, a living grass planted between the rows of corn, in pro ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2008 - 4:36pm

Ringdale Announces FollowMe 5.1 Secure Document Output Management Solution Update With Enhanced Capabilities

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 /PRNewswire/-- Ringdale(R), Inc., a technology leader in network enhancing connectivity solutions, today announced the availability of FollowMe(R) 5.1, a significant update to its secure document output management solution. The Follo ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 9 2008 - 9:30am

Research Without Controversy: Human Embryonic Stem Cells Developed From 4-Cell Embryo

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo, the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2008 - 7:08pm

Oil Refineries Ltd. Announces A Special General Shareholders Meeting To Approve The Proposed Acquisition Of The Remaining 50% Of

HAIFA, Israel, July 10 /PRNewswire/--- Convenience Translation- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 10 2008 - 4:33am

Microsoft Corp And WISeKey Win EUR17.4 Million E-Government Citizen Services Platform (CSP) Project

GENEVA, Switzerland and HOUSTON, Texas, July 10 /PRNewswire/-- Microsoft Corp. and WISeKey today announced that they were selected by the Regional Government of Biscay for the delivery of a comprehensive e-Government Citizen Services Platform. This EUR17. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 10 2008 - 1:30pm

Scientists: You're Generally Happy With Your Media Interaction

Scientists and journalists get along much better than the anecdotal 'horror stories' would lead us to believe, according to new research published today in the journal Science, which has found that 57% of researchers were 'mostly pleased ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2008 - 1:40pm

One Third Of Coral Reefs Face Extinction- Study

A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published today by Science Express. Leading coral e ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2008 - 1:44pm