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Shoulder Options Receives 510(k) Clearance for Its Proprietary Fracture Plate, the GTFx
Shoulder Options Inc. announced today that it has received FDA clearance for another novel shoulder device, the Greater Tuberosity Fracture Plate (i.e. GTFx). Developed in collaboration with T. Bradley Edwards, MD, John Costouros, MD and Rhett Hobgood, MD, The patent pending GTFx plate is a... - March 14, 2014 - Shoulder Options, Inc.
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Honors Gonzalo Goicochea as a Professional of the Year
Gonzalo Goicochea, of Miami, Florida, has recently been recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore’s Who’s for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Biometrics. - March 13, 2014 - Strathmore Who's Who
Québec-Based Startup Wins Distinguished SXSW ® Accelerator Award
Planet Québec announces that Québec-based startup Synbiota has received the highly-coveted 2014 SXSW Accelerator award in the Innovative World Technologies category. - March 10, 2014 - Planet Québec
The Faram Research Foundation Discovers a 26,000+ Year Old Science Which is Destined to Change History
Touted to change world history forever, the ancient science named "Geoglyphology", by The Faram Research Foundation, will revolutionize Archaeology. - March 07, 2014 - The Faram Foundation
Inxites Acquires Easy95 and Strengthens Its Position as European Market Leader in SAP-Based Manufacturing and Traceability Software
Today Inxites SA signed an agreement for the acquisition of Ninety-Five. Ninety-Five is the company who developed Easy95, a software platform based on the ISA-95 standard. Easy95 offers support to the implementation of manufacturing, serialization and traceability projects. - March 05, 2014 - Inxites
8th Annual Postdoc Conference and Career Fair Connects Nation's Brightest STEM Talent with Local Companies
The annually held Postdoc Conference and Career Fair will be held on April 24, 2014, at the Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. The Postdoc Conference and Career Fair will offer upwards of 500 postdoctoral fellows in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields the opportunity to meet with STEM talent-seeking companies in the Greater D.C. Metro area. - March 04, 2014 - Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc.
New Cis-Ocimenone Chemotype of Green Mint Discovered from Western Ghats, India
New finding revealed that the leaves of Mentha viridis produced cis-ocimenone chemotypes form Western Ghats of North West Karnataka, India. The paper was published in the recent issue of Plant Science Today. - March 03, 2014 - Horizon e-Publishing Group
Androklis Polymenis Donates 1 Million NXT Coins to Brain Preservation Foundation
The Brain Preservation Foundation (BPF) has received a one million NXT coin ($43,000) donation from the digital currency entrepreneur Androklis Polymenis. The donation goes toward supporting its research into the development of a scientifically-proven medical procedure capable of preserving a... - February 28, 2014 - Brain Preservation Foundation
STRATXX Airship Successfully Broadcasts Digital TV Radio Over a Large Area
Stratxx Holding AG, STAX has recently announced that it has launched a new tethered Airship the “X Tower.” The airship is designed to carry telecommunications and broadcast payloads. The team recently carried out a successful longevity test on its unique X-Tower communications airship... - February 27, 2014 - Stratxx Holding Ag
Conservation Failing in Battle to Save World's Most Dangerous Bird
Veteran conservationist and cassowary expert unveils failures and lost opportunities to protect earth's third largest remaining rainforest. - February 21, 2014 - Cassowary Conservation and Publishing
New in Situ Integrating Cavity Absorption Meter (ICAM)
Turner Designs’ new in situ absorption meter, ICAM, measures UV absorption and requires little or no correction for scattering. - February 21, 2014 - Turner Designs, Inc.
Gilbert Gordon Has Been Named to the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Round Table
Gilbert Gordon, of Oxford, Ohio, has recently been recognized as a Round Table member by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Education and Research. - February 20, 2014 - Strathmore Who's Who
New Age Hygienic Systems, Inc. Offers Solution to California's Mega Drought and Water Shortage Crises
"The water shortage compounded by the mega drought in California could have been avoidable if the State officials would have supported my revolutionary super low flow toilet. My inventive nano technology toilet flushes with about one quart of water. Since 2007 had California had adopted my inventive toilet it could have saved annually about 1/3 of California's clean water supply and no shortage would have been today," says Dan Andreiu, the President and Founder of New Age Hygienic Systems, Inc. - February 18, 2014 - New Age Hygienic Systems, Inc.
GenapSys Inc. Opens Early Access Registration for the World's First Pure Electronic DNA Sequencer - The GENIUS 110™
Extending the success of previous successful DNA sequencing systems, the GenapSys's GENIUS system will accelerate the use of DNA sequencing for Healthcare, Forensics, Agriculture and Education. - February 18, 2014 - Genapsys Inc.
ALPCO Releases STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Intact Proinsulin ELISA
ALPCO has launched their new STELLUX™ Chemi Human Intact Proinsulin ELISA, the latest addition to their chemiluminescent product line. - February 18, 2014 - ALPCO
IonSense Introduces Rugged Direct Sample Analysis by Mass Spectrometry with the DART®-QS Source
Rapid analysis with the Direct Analysis in Real Time technology provides near-instantaneous detection of drugs of abuse and contaminants. To be exhibited at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Seattle, WA, February 17-22, 2014, Booth 310. - February 14, 2014 - IonSense, Inc.
The Indian and Global Vaccine Industry Meets in Hyderabad, India
Recognizing that India plays a crucial role in supplying the world with vaccines, IMAPAC is organizing the 4th Annual Vaccine World Summit India 2014 on 4 – 6 March in Hyderabad, India. - February 09, 2014 - IMAPAC
Federal Laboratories and Industry Partners Receive Prestigious Honors in Technology Transfer for Leading Innovations
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is pleased and proud to present the 2014 FLC National Awards for excellence in technology transfer. Honorees of these awards are exceptional federal agency and laboratory employees and industry partners that have demonstrated a great deal of dedication in their technological fields. The innovative technologies that these individuals and groups see through to the marketplace help to boost the U.S. economy and benefit everyday life. - February 06, 2014 - Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc.
Greenbutts Biodegradable Cigarette Filters Receive Delegate Support in Maryland
Legislation proposed in Maryland would mandate the sale of cigarettes to only those with biodegradable filters. - February 06, 2014 - Greenbutts LLC
Weidlinger Hires Associate Principal James Wesevich to Open Texas Office
Wesevich will expand Weidlinger’s commitment to developing business in the state’s thriving energy and commercial markets. - February 06, 2014 - Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
MoBiTec Offers CytoCapture-Cell Culture Dishes and Chambers for Single Cell Analysis of Small Non-Adherent Cells
CytoCapture dishes and chambers enable the analysis of small non-adherent cells, exposure studies with time dependent reactions, multiple staining and high resolution microscopy of non-adherent cells, and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSM). - February 05, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Refurbished Lab Equipment Sale Announced by Organomation
Organomation announces a sale on a wide variety of newly refurbished laboratory evaporators and extractors in the company's official online store. The evaporator manufacturer fully stands behind the quality of their products by offering a one year warranty on their factory refurbished instruments. - February 01, 2014 - Organomation
UKSEDS Announces National Student Space Conference 2014
UKSEDS is pleased to announce that registration for the 26th Annual UKSEDS National Student Space Conference is now open. The conference will be held on the weekend of 1-2 March 2014, and hosted by Leicester Astronomy Society at the University of Leicester. The National Student Space Conference... - January 31, 2014 - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA
CPFD Software, LLC, Partners with CEI, Inc. to Deliver Interactive CFD Post Processing and Visualization for Virtual Reactors
The innovative combination of unique CAE simulation software with specialized visualization technology has now enabled engineers to visualize and analyze data from computational particle-fluid dynamic simulations of commercial-scale oil refinery "cat crackers," chemicals production reactors, and coal power generation units to dramatically improve these units’ efficiency, increase reliability, and even to cost-effectively reduce emissions of SOx and NOx. - January 29, 2014 - CPFD Software, LLC
New Research Shows Star-Light is Substantially Deflected by the Solar Gravitational-Flow
Author Dimiter Bayramov’s continuing research in the flow nature of matter and gravity shows that propagating star-light is substantially deflected in the solar gravitational-flows, yet wider rays of star-light, visible to an observer on Earth, show only small deflections, consistent with the May 1919 eclipse observations. - January 28, 2014 - Dimiter Bayramov
Zenalux Partners with Tulane University
Zenalux Biomedical, Inc., a biomedical diagnostics company, has further expanded its Research Partnership Program through collaboration with Tulane University. Researchers at Tulane are utilizing the Zenascope™ system to monitor renal ischemia during partial nephrectomy in large animal... - January 28, 2014 - Zenalux Biomedical, Inc.
Donald A. Kniffen, Ph.D. Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Donald A. Kniffen, Ph.D. of Columbia, Maryland has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of astrophysics. About Donald A. Kniffen, Ph.D. Dr. Kniffen has over 50 years experience in the astrophysics... - January 23, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Novatein Biosciences Launches a New Panel of Interleukin ELISA a.k.a. IL ELISA
Novatein Biosciences releases a new spectrum of interleukin detection assay products. - January 23, 2014 - Novatein Biosciences
ALPCO's New FDA Cleared 25-OH Vitamin D Total ELISA Provides Option for Hospitals and Smaller Clinical Labs to Bring Affordable Testing In-House
ALPCO expands test portfolio for clinical and hospital laboratory customers with the release of a FDA 510(k) cleared 25-OH Vitamin D Total ELISA. - January 22, 2014 - ALPCO
SEDS Announces 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is now accepting registration for teams in the fourth annual SEDS University Student Rocketry Challenge (USRC). This competition is open for participation at no cost to SEDS chapters and SEDS members. Universities not currently affiliated... - January 21, 2014 - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA
LD Lines Pledges Support for Whale and Dolphin Research in the Bay of Biscay
LD Lines, a leading European ferry and freight company, who have recently started new ferry services from the UK (Poole) to Spain (Santander and Gijón) and Ireland (Rosslare) to France (St Nazaire) and Spain (Gijón) has offered it’s help to the marine conservation charity MARINElife. - January 20, 2014 - MARINElife
Condor Ferries Pledges Its Support to Wildlife Research Around the Channel Islands
Condor Ferries is lending its support to UK-based charity MARINElife, assisting the charity in its research into the host of wildlife living in the English Channel, and especially the waters around the Channel Islands. From January 2014, Condor Ferries is providing free passage to trained... - January 19, 2014 - MARINElife
MoBiTec, Germany, Offers Constitutive Gene Expression System for Lactococcus Lactis and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria
The Constitutive Gene Expression System for Lactococcus lactis and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria, developed by NIZO food research BV, The Netherlands, is easy-to operate and has advantages for many applications like overexpression of homologous and heterologous genes. With this new system MoBiTec expands its rich portfolio of non-E. coli vectors and expression systems. - January 19, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Join the F1000Journal Club – New Tools for Discussing and Organizing Research Articles
Scientists and clinicians can spend hours each month critically evaluating published research as part of their training and teaching, but valuable discussions about what makes a good or bad paper are often lost forever. F1000Journal Clubs (http://f1000.com/prime/journalclubs), a new feature of F1000Prime that launches today, makes these discussions - journal club meetings - more online, more open and efficient, and helps scientists get recognition for more of their contributions to science. - January 18, 2014 - Faculty of 1000
Global Styrene Butadiene Rubber Market Research Report Published by Transparency Market Research
Transparency Market Research published the new "Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018" market research report in its report store. - January 16, 2014 - Transparency Market Research
University of Sussex Selects Dotmatics’ Studies Notebook to Assist Their Drug Discovery Research
The Translational Drug Discovery Group at the University of Sussex enhance their use of the Dotmatics Platform with the addition of Dotmatics’ ELN, Studies Notebook. - January 15, 2014 - Dotmatics Limited
Danforth Center Announces Four New Lead Investigators
New hires bring significant expertise in phenomics and plant genomics to the region. - January 12, 2014 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
F1000Prime Nets Its 150,000th Article Recommendation
The 150,000th article recommendation, published today in F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime), identifies an important research article that helps our understanding of how consumption of fish oils could help protect against certain allergies, and demonstrates significant progress in open,... - January 11, 2014 - Faculty of 1000
Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry of Oxford, Ohio has been named Biography of the Year in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the fields of education and chemistry. About Gilbert Gordon, Ph.D., Inorganic... - January 08, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Celestron(R) and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products Partner to Reveal Revolutionary Line of Telescopes and Optical Products
At CES 2014, Consumers Get First Look at Innovative Lineup of Telescopes, Microscopes and Sport Optics; Licensed Product Collection Timed to "COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY," a 13-Part Series Airing on FOX in March 2014. - January 07, 2014 - Celestron
Natural Products Analytics Group Obtains Quality Management Accreditation
Natural Products Analytics Group obtained the prestigious ISO 17025:2005 ACLASS accreditation for testing laboratories. With an accredited quality management system in place NPAG will be able to provide top notch analytical testing services, method development and quality control improvements. - December 20, 2013 - Natural Products Analytics Group
The ScienceBasin Studies of the Beginning of the Universe
This book presents data that explains just about every modern day cosmological puzzle. For example, it explains dark energy, dark matter, the great voids in space, galaxy super-structures, the energy fluctuations of Alpha and many other puzzles. - December 20, 2013 - The V-Bang Firm
Danforth Plant Science Center Elects New Chairman and Expands Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center elected John F. McDonnell to succeed William H. Danforth, M.D., as chairman, and added three St. Louis leaders as new trustees. Danforth received the designation of founding chairman. McDonnell has served as a Danforth Plant Science... - December 19, 2013 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
A New Method to Detect Deception with Greater Accuracy
A new study shows that analyzing how a person phrases their statement is a much more accurate way of detecting deception. - December 18, 2013 - Advanced Interviewing Concepts
Danforth Center Receives $1 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation
Funds to support advanced research and education programs aimed at gaining a greater understanding of how plants develop. - December 18, 2013 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
DiamondMansion.com Announces Top 5 Engagement Ring Styles for 2014
Elite Online Diamond Resource Releases Top Trend Items for Brides to Be - December 14, 2013 - DiamondMansion.com
F1000Research Peer-Reviewed Articles Now Visible on PubMed and PubMed Central
F1000Research, an original open science journal for life scientists, announces that articles published and peer-reviewed via its novel post-publication peer review model are now visible in PubMed, the world's largest and most-used biomedical literature database, and PubMed Central (PMC). - December 14, 2013 - Faculty of 1000
Physicist Freeman Dyson, Who Has Recorded Stories of His Life and Work with Web of Stories, Celebrates His 90th Birthday
Born in England on 15 December 1923, Freeman Dyson graduated from Cambridge University in 1945 with a BA in mathematics. In 1947, he moved to the USA where he went to work at Cornell University and, later, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. - December 11, 2013 - Web of Stories Ltd
Silicon Valley Parents Develop GigatonGifts Website to Fight Open-Fire Cooking and Deforestation - Smoke from Fires Kills Over 2 Million Annually
GigatonGifts was launched in December by a group of Silicon Valley parents concerned about deforestation and open-fire cooking in poor countries. Volunteer parents developed the GigatonGifts website (www.GigatonGifts.org), where people can purchase trees and solar stoves in Africa and Haiti as gifts. Worldwide, almost 3 billion people cook over wood fires. The soot from these fires causes respiratory ailments that kill 2 to 4 million people a year, most of them women and children. - December 09, 2013 - The Carbon Zero Institute
Google X Prize Contenders and New Applications for Old Technology Mark the Successful Close to the 3rd International Workshop on LunarCubes
Flexure Engineering hosted leading space scientists, engineers and researchers from around the world at the 3rd International Workshop on LunarCubes (LCW 3) recently held November 13-15 in Palo Alto, California. - December 09, 2013 - Flexure Engineering