Science Education & Policy

Redknee Announces Acquisition Of Argent Networks

TORONTO, December 21 /PRNewswire/--- Acquisition to Expand Converged Rating and Billing Product Portfolio and Global Reach in Asia Pacific, Africa and North America Redknee Solutions Inc. ("Redknee" or the "Company") (AIM: RKN), a lead ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 21 2007 - 2:30am

Tightening The Belt?

LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/--- Virgin Active Offers Healthy Advice on Joining Gyms in 2008 At a time when it is feared that mortgage debts are rising as quickly as obesity levels, Virgin Active has come up with suggestions to help people make an info ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 21 2007 - 10:30am

Quintiles Transnational Forms New Ownership Team With Current Investors Gillings, TPG And Temasek Joined By Bain Capital And 3i

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, December 21 /PRNewswire/--- New Investor Partnership Co-led by Founder and CEO Dennis Gillings, Bain Capital and TPG Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced the formation of a new investor partnership to suppo ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 21 2007 - 1:30pm

What's The Matter With Texas? Creationism On Its Way Back

Is the State of Texas about to offer Master of Science degrees in creationism? The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), an organization that officially believes the earth sprang into existence less than 10,000 years ago, has applied to offer a state-appr ...

Article - Michael White - Dec 21 2007 - 9:39pm

Soccer Moms Versus College Students: Who's More Environmentally Responsible?

Protests couldn't happen without college students, who have plenty of time on their hands, but research carried out at the University of Granada reveals that busy housewives raising future college students are still more willing to separate glass from ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2007 - 5:57pm

Leading Scientists And Thinkers On Energy – Dr. Thomas Valone

In this latest installment of our on-going series of interviews with some of the leading thinkers and scientists on the subject of energy, we interview Dr. Thomas Valone. Facing and solving the multiple issues concerning energy is the single most pressing ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 2 2008 - 4:38pm

Middle Eastern Youth: Challenge Or Opportunity?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 24 /PRNewswire/--- The Dubai School of Government and Wolfensohn Center at Brookings Announce the New Middle East Youth Initiative Web Site and Working Papers The Dubai School of Government (http://www.dse.ae) and the ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 24 2007 - 9:30am

Multi-Racial Breast Cancer Study Finds Gene Mutation In Hispanics, Ashkenazi Jews And Young Black Women

A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date. R ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 25 2007 - 9:01pm

NIH- Public Access To Peer Reviewed Articles Made Into Federal Law

President Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with open online access to findings from its funded research. Th ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2007 - 6:04pm

Minneapolis Tops List Of America's Most Literate Cities

The annual America’s Most Literate Cities ranking, published today in “USA Today,” measures the cultural resources for reading in America’s largest cities. It names Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2007 - 1:26pm