Science Education & Policy

Student Math And Reading Scores Up, According To 2007 Nation's Report Card

Overall, student achievement in mathematics and reading in the United States is on the rise, according to results from The 2007 Nation's Report Card(TM), with some of the larger gains made by the nation's minority students. Two reports released t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2007 - 11:31am

Global Warming Voodoo Or Science? 'Iron Fertilization' Of Oceans (Watch The Webcast Live Now)

Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron into the oceans in order to “fertilize” the waters and promote vast blooms of marine plants (phytoplankton). Phytoplankton consum ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2007 - 3:26pm

Social Media Portal (SMP) Maps Global Social Networks

LONDON, September 26 /PRNewswire/-- A new social media resource called the Social Media Portal (SMP) (http://www.socialmediaportal.com) is to be released at ad:tech London, 26-27 September 2007. SMP maps networks and the landscapes they create from around ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2007 - 12:20am

Climate Change Prediction: A Robust Or Flawed Process?

Melting icecaps and ‘climate chaos’ have put climate change at the top of the agenda for the UN General Assembly’s meeting this week. The meeting is a precursor to the November meeting in Bali where leaders will try to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Pro ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2007 - 1:34am

Verizon Business Announces Availability Of Managed IP PBX Service For The European Market

READING, England, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- Enterprises in Fifteen European Countries Gain Increased Control, Enhanced Connectivity, Cost Efficiencies Enterprises requiring a technology update or that are expanding to greenfield sites now can gain more ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2007 - 6:25am

Agendia Joins The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)

Agendia BV, a world leader in the rapidly evolving field of cancer molecular diagnostics, announces that it has joint the US-based Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC). "The PMC is playing a key role in shaping the US public policy on personalized m ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 27 2007 - 1:29am

LACMA Received Long-Term Loan Of Important Spanish Colonial Art From Coleccion Patricia Phelps De Cisneros

LOS ANGELES, September 26 /PRNewswire/-- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has received the first long-term loan to a U.S. museum of Spanish colonial art from the celebrated New York and Caracas-based Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2007 - 10:18am

Euthanasia: Does Evidence Show A Slippery Slope?

Contrary to arguments by critics, a University of Utah-led study found that legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon and the Netherlands did not result in a disproportionate number of deaths among the elderly, poor, women, minorities, uninsured, min ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2007 - 1:13am

New Report Says A Pandemic Is Overdue, But Companies And Nations Are Ill Prepared To Cope With The Impact

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, September 27 /PRNewswire/--- Ten Best Practices Offered to Overcome 'Pandemic Fatigue' A new report issued today by Marsh and The Albright Group, two of the world's foremost risk experts, warns that the catastrophic impac ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 27 2007 - 2:18am

International Society For Pediatric And Adolescent Diabetes Joins "Inspired By Diabetes" Creative Expression Competition As Glob

BERLIN, Germany, September 27 /PRNewswire/--- Global Contest Seeks Expressions of the Triumphs and Challenges of Living With Diabetes Through Art, Essay, Poetry, Photography and Music The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 27 2007 - 5:46am