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Dynaflow Gas-Liquid Separation Technology Selected for International Space Station Trial
Dynaflow, Inc.®, a leader in research and development services and products in fluid dynamics, today announced that its DynaSwirl® gas – liquid separator has been selected for trial and experimentation on the International Space Station (ISS). The selection builds upon the success of... - April 07, 2010 - Dynaflow, Inc
Biologists in Argentina to Study Penguins Using Revolutionary Geospatial Software from Mobile Epiphany
Biologists from the University of Washington are among the first scientists to adopt a new application for data collection that combines geospatial intelligence with multimedia capabilities. - April 07, 2010 - Mobile Epiphany
Comfort Zone Labs Introduces a New Therapeutic Device That Kisses Good-Bye Dry-Eye Syndrome
When a doctor examines a patient for dry eyes, it has been statistically tabulated that 70% of patients with dry eye symptoms have signs of meibomian gland diseases, for which finding relief is much more difficult. - April 03, 2010 - Comfort Zone Labs
Singapore Research Institute in International Research Consortium
A*STAR’s ICES is one of the key players in the international scientific community to work on a new and exciting area of research known as formulation science. - April 02, 2010 - Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
“The Global Learning Series” to Feature HP and MSI in “Understanding Scientific Research” Program
National Television Education Series to Highlight Scientific Research and Supercomputing. - April 01, 2010 - GTS Education, Inc.
Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure is Primary Reason for Sleep Quality Decline
Attributing poor sleep quality to 24/7 internet access or stress due to economic woes is a huge misinterpretation of facts. A little known company has built a decade long reputation providing clients the best sleep they’ve had in years despite good or bad economic conditions and regardless of the primary cause for declining sleep quality; uncontrolled proliferation of radiofrequency (RF) emitting wireless and cellular devices at home, school, work and in the environment. - March 25, 2010 - EarthPulse Tech, LLC
BESI Offers Training Seminar for Defective Drywall in Coral Springs, Florida
BESI will present its fifth certification class for Defective Drywall Inspection and Remediation on May 3-4, 2010 at the Courtyard Fort Lauderdale Coral Springs located at 620 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, Florida. - March 24, 2010 - Building Envelope Science Institute
U.S. Patent Granted for the Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA
A United States patent has been granted to Sekisui Medical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), the inventors of the Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA. The Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA is distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by ALPCO Diagnostics. - March 23, 2010 - ALPCO
Consultant Directory Meets Crowdsourcing Tool Meets Business Network: Zintro.com Passes 7,000 Expert/700 Client Milestone
Zintro.com, a business network connecting professionals with subject matter experts, specialists and consultants, recently added its 7,000th expert and 700th client. - March 22, 2010 - Zintro, Inc.
Online Psychic Study Now Accepting Subjects
Metaphysicist Dr. Theresa M. Kelly of QPPResearch Inc. will be conducting an international psychical study concerning Psychical Profiling beginning in mid 2010. Dr. Kelly is now seeking volunteers for this study. - March 22, 2010 - Dr. Theresa M. Kelly
Near-Death Experience Skeptic, Dr. G.M. Woerlee Takes Aim at Dr. Jeffrey Long’s, Evidence of the Afterlife
Anesthesiologist Dr. G.M. Woerlee believes NDEs are in our body and our brain – not in the afterlife. - March 19, 2010 - Skeptiko
Affinity Life Science and JSW Life Sciences Ink Strategic Partnership
Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. and JSW Life Sciences have agreed to a Strategic Partnership designed to expand their capabilities and enhance their service offerings. - March 18, 2010 - Affinity Life Sciences
WLAN in Healthcare Industry 2008-2012 Reports Now Available on ReportsandReports
A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a flexible data communication system that substitutes or extends a Wired Local Area Network (WAN). WLANs use transreceivers (a transmitter/receiver) that are linked to 'access points', and are integrated with the local wired LAN. - March 13, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
Rentricity to Present Its Clean Energy Solutions at Green California Summit & Exposition 2010
What’s New in Renewables: Costs are Down, Technology Options Up - March 12, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.
Bio-Synthesis Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Synergistic Adjuvants that Stimulate both Innate and Adaptive Immunities
BioSynthesis announces the award of a two-year phase I SBIR grant by NIH to further its development program of immune agonists. These new agents have in their chemical structure different determinants that stimulate both innate and acquired immunity, leading to synergistic effects on the immune response. These new immune agonists could be useful in the development of difficult vaccines such as HIV-1 and cancer vaccines. - March 09, 2010 - Bio-Synthesis Inc.
Gender Roles: Are We Still Playing the Part? PsychTests.com Assesses Modern Day Views on Traditional Gender Roles with Their Latest Test
PsychTests AIM Inc., one of the web's foremost source of personality assessments, releases a gender roles test. The online testing guru aims to uncover whether their visitors, who come from all walks of life, make it a point to defy conventional gender roles, or uphold time-honored traditions. The test is available at http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/2435. - March 06, 2010 - PsychTests AIM Inc.
Rentricity Inc. Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen East Top 50 Winner
Company recognized for creating new opportunities in green technology - March 05, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.
Gates Corporation Inspires Next Generation of Innovators as Diamond Supplier of the FIRST® Robotics Competition
Gates Corporation has joined forces with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest in science and technology. - March 04, 2010 - Gates Corporation
ITCES Innovator of the Year Award Presented
The ITCES Innovator of the Year Award 2009 has been presented to Dr. David Klein for his recent work in unified algorithmic theory. ITCES Director, Thomas Schwartz made the award presentation. “It is my honor to present the 2009 ITCES Innovator of the Year Award to Dr. David Klein. Our... - March 03, 2010 - ITCES Corporation
New Book from J Manimas Publishing Says: "Fundamentalists Ignore the Gospels"
A new book is available from bookstores and online booksellers, entitled: "The Primacy of Stewardship." - March 02, 2010 - JManimas Publishing
Surfspots-GPS: Interview with Filmmaker Greg Huglin
Greg Huglin, world-renowned surfing cinematographer and ocean wildlife documentary filmmaker has recently released his newest project "Surfing Dolphins." The short film took nearly 14 years to produce, a collection of raw footage filmed accumulated from chasing dolphins surfing in the wilds of South Africa all in preparation for this fascinating 2010 World Premiere presentation of some of the most stunning footage seen to date. - March 02, 2010 - Surfspots-GPS
Presenting the Fundamentals of Environmental Ethics at Their "Ground-Level Best," Dog Ear Publishing Releases "Romancing the Universe" Written by G. Gene Johnson
After having spent 30 years looking at the world through a “wide-angle lens,” naturalist/philosopher G. Gene Johnson, offers the reader a remarkable vision across boundaries; a vision which recognizes earth’s unity, shares earth’s community, celebrates earth’s... - March 01, 2010 - Dog Ear Publishing
Dr. Yingying Chen Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Yingying Chen of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology was recently given The National Science Foundation’s highly competitive peer accolade, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her research, “Enhancing the Security of Pervasive Wireless Networks by Exploiting Location.” This funding is part of a continuing grant which goes into effect on March 1st, 2010. - February 26, 2010 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Quantachrome to Launch New Products at Pittcon
Quantachrome Instruments will debut the newest additions to its product line at the upcoming Pittcon Expo in Orlando Florida, taking place March 1-4, 2010. - February 25, 2010 - Quantachrome Instruments
Genscape Launches Real-Time Natural Gas Flow Monitoring Service
Genscape, the leading global provider of energy information for commodity and financial markets, today launched NatGas RT™, a new service allowing subscribers to track domestic natural gas flows in real-time. Offering a comprehensive combination of public and proprietary data, NatGas RT... - February 24, 2010 - Genscape
Kelly Statistical Consulting Launches New Website
Kelly Statistical Consulting is a San Diego client-focused consulting company providing statistical solutions and data analysis. Although they specialize in the biotechnology, medical device, and pharmaceutical areas, they have general statistical expertise that can be applied to a wide variety of... - February 23, 2010 - Kelly Statistical Consulting
Novel Ultrasonic Device to Mix New Alloy for Super Capacitor
The Ceramic Group at Queen’s University in Kingston, lead by Prof. Vladimir D. Krstic, is working with Stratford, Ontario based ALUPRO-MPI Ultrasonics Inc. , lead by Nico van Dongen, on a new type of advanced ceramic alloy that could dramatically outperform the existing materials. - February 22, 2010 - ALUPRO-MPI Ultrasonics Inc.
Artificial Intelligence Socially Interacts with and Learns from People on Facebook
Zabaware unleashes artificial intelligence technology known as Ultra Hal as a Facebook app. Ultra Hal is a conversational system capable of understanding the English language. It evolves and learns through social interaction with Facebook users. - February 19, 2010 - Zabaware, Inc.
IVS 3D to Present at Seminars at Oceanology International
Workshops and Seminars to Focus on Current and Future Development - February 19, 2010 - IVS 3D
Platinum Sports Entertainment Group Acquires Research Scientist, Dr. Shawn Mueller as Its New Director of Sports Science
Platinum Sports Entertainment Group appoints world renowned Dr. Shawn D. Mueller as its new Director of Sports Science. President and CEO Mr. Allen L. Ellison stated “Dr. Mueller brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to the dynamics of science as it relates to sports and performance products." - February 19, 2010 - The Public Relations Group, Inc.
The Book "Artificial Intelligence Around Us," Written by President of Consulting Company "Clever Ace "
Artificial Intelligence is already here, according to Artificial Intelligence Around Us (ISBN 978-1-58909-666-4), an intriguing and insightful new book just released by Bookstand Publishing. "Artificial intelligence is already upon us," says author and researcher Dr. Yuri Iserlis. - February 18, 2010 - Clever Ace
The New Liposuction Technique Means No Surgery or Suction
The latest technology LipoFreeze is a procedure that uses a gentle yet effective method of selective cooling. Those who have tried diet and exercise to rid themselves of unattractive fat pads and bulges that persist in spite of their best efforts will find LipoFreeze a wonderful alternative. - February 17, 2010 - Epione Medical Corp
Wildcat Discovery Technologies Offers Bulk Materials and Specialty Synthesis Services via Website
Research scientists can select from a growing list of previously synthesized materials or request custom compositions of interest. - February 12, 2010 - Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Softwood Sawlog Prices in Brazil in 4Q/09 Were Down 11% from Their Peak in 2008 Because of Weak Export Lumber Markets, Reports Wood Resource Quarterly
Lumber exports from Brazil have fallen 45% in two years, resulting in reduced demand for sawlogs and lower log prices. In the 4Q/09, pine sawlog prices were down 11% from their peak in 2008, but were still over 300% higher than six years ago, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly - February 10, 2010 - Wood Resources International LLC
Innovative Boot Camp Motivates Lab Managers
"Lab Manager Boot Camp: Innovation and Creative Problem Solving," presented by Lab Manager Magazine at Pittcon 2010 in Orlando, Florida will cover a variety of topics related to lab management including leadership, creativity, innovation, challenges, communication, ethics and best practices. - February 09, 2010 - LabX
Revisiting the Roswell UFO Crash
Does evidence still exist today in Roswell, New Mexico of a mysterious UFO crash from July 1947? Let this book be your guide to visiting all the key sites (more than 35) in and around Roswell that were involved in the famous "Roswell Incident." - February 08, 2010 - RoswellBooks.com
Onyx Scientific Launch Solid-State Polymorph Investigation and Screening Chemistry Services
Onyx Scientifics’ automated, solid-state, polymorph screening platform and specialist expertise provide rapid optimization of the physical polymorphic form of a new compound, its physicochemical properties and bioavailability. - February 06, 2010 - Onyx Scientific Ltd
Dr. Jeffrey Long’s Says Near-Death Experience Research a “Game Changer” for Science, New Skeptiko Interview
The most comprehensive research into near-death experience deals a kill shot to skeptics and aims to change how science views the afterlife. - February 05, 2010 - Skeptiko
Twenty Additions to Pharmaceutical Substances
Thieme Publishing Group today announced the launch of Pharmaceutical Substances Version 3.3. Compiled by Prof. A. Kleemann, Prof. J. Engel, Prof. B. Kutscher and Dr. D. Reichert, renowned leaders in the field, this comprehensive reference guide to every significant pharmaceutical compound contains... - February 04, 2010 - Thieme Publishers
CRO, Onyx Scientific, Predicts Pharmaceutical Companies Will Strategically Align with Trusted Outsourcing Partners to Reduce Costs, Risks and Time-to-Market
Onyx Scientific Ltd, provides outsourcing chemistry services to the pharmaceutical industry, such as: custom synthesis, process development, lead optimization, GMP synthesis and scale up, automated salt selection, crystallization studies, polymorphism screening and solid state analysis - February 03, 2010 - Onyx Scientific Ltd
Only 1/10 Adults with ADHD Get Treatment
"Adult ADHD: What You Need to Know," a book released today by Health and Life, reports that only around one out of ten adults with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, received treatment over the last year. Up to 50% of adults with ADHD will suffer from mood problems such... - February 02, 2010 - Health and Life, a medical blog
Biomarker Discovery Grant Deadline Extended
RayBiotech, Inc., today announced that they are extending the deadline for submitting applications for its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program. RayBiotech will now accept applications for the pilot grants through February 22nd, 2010. “The last-minute surge in interest in the grant program has been overwhelming,” said Brett Burkholder, Director of Marketing & Business Development for RayBiotech, Inc. - February 02, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
See Further with Science at the British Museum
A series of talks on science starts at the British Museum tomorrow. The talks, on topics varying from Chinese bronze casting to the Lewis Chess Pieces, will run from March through until July and are part of the Capital Science programme in celebration of the Royal Society’s 350th... - February 02, 2010 - Royal Society
HT PARP in Vivo Pharmacodynamic Assay II
Trevigen announces a validated assay, with higher sensitivity and pre-coated antibody plates to measure the effectiveness of PARP inhibitors in cell and tissue lysates for anticancer drug screening. - February 02, 2010 - Trevigen, Inc.
University of Kentucky Researcher, Dr. Kevin Nelson Skeptical of Near-Death Experience Accounts
Near-death experience skeptic, Dr. Kevin Nelson says the burden of proof is on experiencers to show their experiences are real. - January 30, 2010 - Skeptiko
Upcoming Fledermaus Tools and Functionality Featured at AGU
Latest in Mid-Water Visualization and ESRI Integration Demonstrated. IVS 3D seeks insights into user workflows at AGU and gains feedback into Fledermaus' mid-water visualization tools and ESRI Arc integration. - January 30, 2010 - IVS 3D
Study Shows Public Funding Contributes to Family Success
A new study released by the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) examines the vital importance of child care subsidies for families and their communities. The report, funded by the California Department of Education, illustrates that publicly funded programs allow lower income parents to work and... - January 29, 2010 - child care resource center
Gordon Brown Could Create Britain’s Great Barrier Reef; Reported by ZSL London Zoo
10,000 people already backing coral campaign. One of the world’s largest coral atolls, which belongs to Britain, could soon become the biggest marine protected area on Earth. - January 29, 2010 - ZSL London Zoo
Edfu Books - Important New Title Released - King Jesus, the Warrior King - Revolutionary New Evidence by Ralph Ellis
New research by Ralph Ellis suggests that Jesus Christ (King Jesus) was a wealthy royal of Egyptian heritage, whose revolutionary goal was to become Emperor of Rome. New book published. Ralph Ellis claims to have discovered many references detailing the life of the historical King Jesus, in the established historical texts. Author: Ralph Ellis. Publisher: Edfu Books. - January 28, 2010 - Edfu Books
Native American x H1N1 = 4 Times Higher Risk of Death
Reservations get assistance with H1N1 education from National Relief Charities. - January 27, 2010 - National Relief Charities