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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
Density Marker Beads Kit Now Available from Cospheric LLC
A new line of density marker beads now offers six different densities including 1.02 g/cc (fluorescent green), 1.04g/cc (fluorescent orange), 1.06g/cc (fluorescent violet), 1.08 g/cc (dark blue), 1.09 g/cc (fluorescent red), and 1.13g/cc (fluorescent blue). Cospheric DMB Density Marker Beads are now provided at a 20% concentration in an aqueous solution in 2.5ml vials. - December 07, 2013 - Cospheric LLC
SOURCE-OMEGA Features First International Algae Product Standards (IAPS) Certified Supplement
SOURCE-OMEGA, the leader in DHA algal oil breakthroughs since 2008, today announced the first ever product certified by International Algae Product Standards (IAPS). The company recently manufactured mini-softgels with 350 mg DHA. The IAPS logo will be used on capsule product labels. IAPS was... - December 04, 2013 - Source-Omega
Global Space Organization to be Interviewed by Dr. Livingston on “The Space Show”
Dr. Livingston’s “The Space Show” will be interviewing Caed Aldwych, department lead officer of Global Space Organization on Tuesday the 26th of November 2013 at 7:00pm PST. - November 26, 2013 - Global Space Organization (GSO)
Dynamic Sensors & Calibration Seminar on December 12th
The Modal Shop, a PCB Group Company, is hosting a Dynamic Sensors & Calibration Technical Seminar on Thursday, December 12, 2013, 8:30 am to 1 pm, at the DePaul University campus in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, IL. Lab managers, technicians, engineers and metrologists responsible for... - November 24, 2013 - The Modal Shop
Markus Haeberlein, of Proteostasis to Give Talk at 4th Ubiquitin Meeting, Feb 20-21, 2014, SD, CA
Markus Haeberlein, Senior Vice President of Research at Proteostasis Therapeutics to Give a Presentation at the 4th Ubiquitin Research and Drug Discovery 2014, February 20-21, 2014 in San Diego, CA. - November 24, 2013 - GTCbio
Boulder Peptide Announces New SAB and 2014 Meeting
The Boulder Peptide Symposium will host its 8th Annual meeting in late September 2014. In preparation, the symposium board of trustees has assembled an esteemed Scientific Advisory Board to foster the event. The SAB brings together experts from industry and academia with a significant body of... - November 23, 2013 - Boulder Peptide
Gamma Scientific Awarded IES LM-80 Accreditation for LED Life Testing
Gamma Scientifc has received LM-80 accrediation from NVLAP for LED light sources, arrays and modules. - November 23, 2013 - Gamma Scientific
The Final Countdown: Teenage Explorer Parker Liautaud Departs for the Willis Resilience Expedition
Watch the journey unfold at www.willisresilience.com - November 20, 2013 - Willis
Bioo Scientific Launches First ELISA to Screen Shrimp for Benzalkonium Chloride Contamination
Bioo Scientific has released the first commercial kit designed for the detection of benzalkonium chloride, also known as BKC, in shrimp. The new MaxSignal® Benzalkonium Chloride ELISA Test Kit can detect benzalkonium chloride in shrimp tissue to levels as low as 1 ppb. The rapid ELISA-based... - November 20, 2013 - Bioo Scientific
ALPCO Releases STELLUX™ Chemiluminescence Human Total Proinsulin ELISA
A new Human Total Proinsulin ELISA is launched in ALPCO's STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent line of assays. - November 19, 2013 - ALPCO
UH Researchers Working to Slow Down Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s
Seeking to pinpoint Alzheimer’s disease at its earliest manifestations, researchers at the UH are working toward ways to slow down memory loss that would allow patients to better cope with this devastating disease. - November 16, 2013 - University of Houston
IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 to Feature Industry Forum & Exhibition (IF&E) Dedicated to Latest NFV & Communications Technology Advancements
IEEE GLOBECOM 2013, the premier international conference dedicated to global communications, will host its 56th annual event within historic Atlanta, Georgia and only a short distance from numerous national attractions such as The Georgia Aquarium, The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum,... - November 14, 2013 - IEEE Communications Society
F1000Research Launch Data Plotting Tool
F1000Research launch a novel data plotting tool at the Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, which enables referees and readers to visualise and manipulate the raw data within the journal's articles. This is a significant step forward in enabling data peer review, which has typically been too time consuming for most article referees to contemplate. - November 13, 2013 - Faculty of 1000
TeamSurv Endorsed by European Space Agency and ESNC
TeamSurv gains support from the European Space Agency and wins 2nd prize in UK arm of European Satellite Navigation Challenge. - November 10, 2013 - Smartcom Software Ltd
Bioo Scientific Joins Perkin Elmer’s INspiring INnovation Tour with AflaPure Aflatoxin Immunoaffinity Columns
The 2013 INspiring INnovation Tour is a nationwide series of multi-track events sponsored by Perkin Elmer dedicated to sharing scientific knowledge. These events provide an opportunity for researchers to share their ideas and experiences with others in their industries. Last year over 1100... - November 09, 2013 - Bioo Scientific
IonSense, Inc. Presenting Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) Mass Spectrometry at the 6th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA)
IonSense Exhibiting at RAFA, November 5-8, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. Customer Workshop Will Feature High Sensitivity Analysis Using Sorbent Technologies Coupled with DART. - November 04, 2013 - IonSense, Inc.
The Colorado Mutual UFO Network Proudly Presents Ufologist, Grant Cameron, to Its Monthly Speaker Series. Grant Will Speak About UFOs, Consciousness, and Reality.
The Colorado chapter of the Mutual UFO Network continues to present speakers to help educate the general public on the investigation and scientific study of the UFO phenomenon. UFO researcher and author, Grant Cameron, will be lecturing on Saturday, Nov, 16th at 2pm on the Auraria Campus at the Tivoli Student Union Center, Sigi’s Cabaret, 900 Auraria Pkwy in Denver. Mr. Cameron, looks into the vast amount of evidence that has been accumulated by interactions with non-human entities. - November 03, 2013 - COMUFON
Danforth Center’s “Conversations” Series Continues
Harnessing advanced imaging to improve performance in farmer’s fields and on the baseball field - October 31, 2013 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
MOgene LC Announces the Addition of Illumina HiSeq
MOgene LC, a full service genomics service provider, announces the addition of Illumina HiSeq to further expand its offerings. “MOgene is continually striving to become a one stop shop for genomics services. Expanding our service offerings allows us to partner with our customers and provide... - October 30, 2013 - MOgene, LC
Wyndham Forensic Group Establishes Service Agreement with Dr. Cecilia Hageman - BSc, PhD, LLB, LLM
Wyndham Forensic Group is pleased to announce it has established a service agreement with Dr. Cecilia Hageman, of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), in Oshawa, Ontario. Dr. Hageman has over 20 years of scientific and management experience as a forensic biologist with... - October 30, 2013 - Wyndham Forensic Group
Kingfisher Biotech’s Mouse GM-CSF Protein Found to be 40% More Active Than Competitor’s Mouse GM-CSF Protein.
Independent testing laboratory verifies that Kingfisher Biotech's Mouse GM-CSF is 40% more active than another commercially available Mouse GM-CSF protein. These proteins are routinely used in cell culture. - October 28, 2013 - Kingfisher Biotech
ALPCO Launches STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Insulin ELISA
ALPCO releases second chemiluminescent assay in STELLUX™ product line. - October 24, 2013 - ALPCO
F1000Prime Evolves: Self-Learning Homepage and Free One-Month Personal Trial
Faculty of 1000’s F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) has launched a new personalized homepage and article alerting tool that learns from an individual’s research interests – and introduced a free one-month trial personal subscription for new and returning users. In response to... - October 24, 2013 - Faculty of 1000
Leading Edge Medical in Discussions with German Laser-Medicine World-Leader
Hong Kong-based LEMed have scheduled meetings with head of Germany’s Weber Medical this week in Hong Kong. - October 21, 2013 - Leading Edge Medical, Ltd.
Leading Fisheries Conservation Professional is the New Executive Director for the American Fisheries Society
Dr. Douglas J. Austen, a fisheries conservation professional with more than 30 years of fisheries and natural resource management experience in a variety of top-level positions, has become the new executive director of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). - October 19, 2013 - American Fisheries Society
Oregon State University Scientist Becomes American Fisheries Society President
Bob Hughes, a senior research professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University and a senior scientist with Amnis Opes Institute, has become President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). - October 19, 2013 - American Fisheries Society
Adventurer Geoff Notkin Speaking at Explorers Club in New York City on October 21
World-renowned meteorite hunter Geoff Notkin will join an exclusive list this month, when he is interviewed live on stage for The Explorers Club “Exploring Legends” series. The interview session will be led by Jim Clash, a fellow and director at The Explorers Club and a seasoned... - October 15, 2013 - Aerolite Meteorites, LLC
Scope Collaborates with Taylor & Francis to Create MARC Records
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, recently completed an assignment with Taylor & Francis (T&F) to create MARC records for XML archives across 15 categories of publication types, including journals, books, reports and acts based on RDA guidelines for their cutting-edge digital resource, the South Asia Archive. Scope employed its mARCat™ platform to efficiently execute the assignment and meet the expectations of T&F. - October 13, 2013 - SPi Global
California Space Enterprise Center Now Offering Discounted Membership to SEDS Students
The California Space Enterprise Center (CSEC) has formed an alliance with Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) to offer discounted memberships with Green2Gold and Space Entrepreneurship. SEDS members now have the opportunity to purchase memberships for only $99 per year,... - October 12, 2013 - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA
AsisChem Launches New Streamlined Website with Improved Product Search and E-Commerce Features
AsisChem, the contract medicinal drug and drug discovery and research company co-located in Waltham, Massachusetts and St. Petersburg Russia, announced today the launch of its new website with searchable product profiles and e-commerce shopping functions. The new design of www.asischem.com greatly... - October 08, 2013 - AsisChem
Rosa’s Toufigh Gordi to Present Models and Their Utility in Drug Development at Target Meeting’s 3rd World Drug Discovery Online Conference
Dr. Toufigh Gordi will discuss the application of modeling at different stages in the drug development process, October 16th, 2013. - October 08, 2013 - Rosa & Co LLC
Scope Achieves Yet Another Milestone in Abstraction
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that it has delivered 4 million abstracts of patents, book chapters, technical articles, standards etc, for information providers globally. Scope initiated the abstraction service in 2003 for English language text, with a weekly dispatch capability of 150 abstracts. - October 03, 2013 - SPi Global
Ceram Releases Webinar Recording: "Testing - More Than Just Numbers"
Ceram, an international materials technology company, has released a recording of their webinar, ‘Testing More Than Just Numbers.’ The webinar was presented by Dr Richard White, Head of Testing, who discussed why testing provides much more than just numbers and examined, through... - October 02, 2013 - Lucideon
Company Provides New Vent Mist Elimination System Meeting EPA Requirements
In response to the EPA setting new air quality regulations for stationary engines, JB Systems offers the HILCO® Vent Mist Elimination System to meet these new requirements. - October 01, 2013 - JB Systems