Science Education & Policy

Motion Network Concludes Partnership Deal With Komuna

ZUG, Switzerland, March 4 /PRNewswire/-- Swiss Hawk AG's portfolio company Motion Network Holding Plc ("MNH") continues its policy to implement local partnerships in Europe to create country platforms in charge of domestic advertising sales ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 3:31am

Chancellor Angela Merkel To Address The International Transport Forum On Climate Change And Transport

PARIS, March 4 /PRNewswire/--- The International Transport Forum, 28-30 May in Leipzig Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 5:31am

Elsevier Launches Publishing Ethics Resource Kit

AMSTERDAM, March 4 /PRNewswire/--- Online Resource to Support Journal Editors Handling Publishing Ethics Issues Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of its ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 6:30am

Element Six Signals Ambitions For Growth With Senior Appointment For New Ventures Unit

LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/-- Brendon Grunewald has joined Element Six as head of E6 Ventures to set up and run the group's new venture business to identify and invest in new business opportunities. As part of the group's ambitious growth progr ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 7:31am

Herbal Medicine: Science Takes A New Look At Nature's Pharmacy

Curing cancer with 'natural' products used to be dismissed as shaman quackery but many chemotherapies that fight cancer in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on the basis of natural substances. Thus, taxanes used in prostate a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 12:12pm

Does Arts Education Make People Smarter?

Are smart people drawn to the arts or does arts training make people smarter? Or neither? According to research led by Dr. Michael S. Gazzaniga of the University of California at Santa Barbara, children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and st ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2008 - 3:36pm

DARA BioSciences, Inc. Announces Appointment Of Dr. David J. Drutz To Board

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 4 /PRNewswire/-- DARA BioSciences(TM) (Nasdaq: DARA) announced today the appointment of David J. Drutz, MD to the Board of Directors. Dr. Drutz was appointed to fill a Board vacancy and will serve on the Company's Compe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 4:30pm

UNIFEM And Avon Announce Partnership To End Violence Against Women And Advance Women's Empowerment: Company Contribution Benefit

NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire/--- Reese Witherspoon and Suze Orman among the Featured Speakers at Global Summit for Better Tomorrow in Celebration of International Women's Day-- The Largest One-Year Corporate Contribution Ever Received by the Fund- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 4 2008 - 6:30pm

Swiss Hawk AG: Vitaboost's Dutch Supermarket Strategy Kicks-off

ZUG, Switzerland, March 5 /PRNewswire/-- Swiss Hawk AG's portfolio company Vitaboost International BV announced that it will start selling the Vitaboost Activator Multipack in supermarkets and drugstores starting from the 4th of March. Vitaboost star ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 5 2008 - 3:31am

Don't Leave Your Vision To Chance On World Glaucoma Day

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/--- Leading Glaucoma Experts Act to Help Prevent Vision Loss as 50 Percent of Patients Remain Undiagnosed LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/-- On the first World Glaucoma Day (March 6, 2008), leading glaucoma experts globally are ask ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 5 2008 - 3:31am