Science Education & Policy

Toolwire Selected By Citrix To Deliver Virtual Hands-On Training For Leading Application Delivery Products

PLEASANTON, California, July 10 /PRNewswire/--- Innovative distance learning solution for on-demand, hands-on training launched by Citrix to train its worldwide channel partners and customers. Toolwire, a leading innovator of experiential distance learnin ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 10 2008 - 2:33pm

Raising Special Needs Children: Ranking US States In Cost

Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of s ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2008 - 9:17pm

Higher Gas Prices And Fewer Automobile Deaths Correlated

In one of those odd uses of statistics, higher gasoline prices have been associated with fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). An analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices found ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2008 - 9:55pm

ESTRO Announces Press Programme For 2008 Annual Congress

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 11 /PRNewswire/--- The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology to Hold Press Conference With 4 Major Topics on Monday 15 September 2008. More than 4,500 cancer and radiotherapy specialists will gather in Göteborg th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 11 2008 - 3:30am

Online NHS Health Guides For Long-Term Conditions Released On NHS Choices

LONDON, July 11 /PRNewswire/-- A series of online NHS Health Guides for people with long-term conditions have been launched today on the national NHS website, NHS Choices http://www.nhs.uk These online guides take patients through each stage of the journe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 11 2008 - 6:33am

Kids And Education: Math, Reading Scores Have Gone Up

The nation's fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government's latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's ch ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2008 - 5:01pm

Private School Fees Have Risen By 40% Over The Past Five Years

HALIFAX, England, July 12 /PRNewswire/-- New research from Halifax Financial Services shows that the cost of a private school education has increased by more than twice the rate of inflation since 2003. For a copy of the full release- embargoed until 0001 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 11 2008 - 6:33pm

Anti-evolution 'Academic Freedom' Bills: What Is Academic Freedom Anyway?

You may have heard the news that Louisiana's governor recently signed an "Academic Freedom" bill, the first such bill to pass in a recent string of efforts to allow public school teachers to push non-scientific alternatives to evolution. (I ...

Article - Michael White - Jul 12 2008 - 4:03pm

Target: Ocean Methane

A new pathway for methane formation in the oceans has been discovered, with significant potential for advancing our understanding of greenhouse gas production on Earth, scientists believe. A paper on the findings published in Nature Geoscience reveals that ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2008 - 12:07pm

Digital Literacy Crucial For UK's Global Competitiveness

BRISTOL, England, July 14 /PRNewswire/--- Greater Understanding of Digital Literacy is Essential for Young People and Their Future job Prospects According to Virtual Voices Conference The topic of media literacy was discussed last week at Virtual Voices, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 13 2008 - 11:30pm