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Lies in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Related Fields Exposed
“Truths are simple, cannot be disproven and there is clarity in it. Lies or half truths are complicated, can be disproven and are confusing,” say 24 DNA Scientist Bob Ainuu Afamasaga. - September 25, 2012 - AIGA
ITACE and Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ Expedition and the Science of ITACE
Member of ITACE 2014 to go with Fiennes and science patron joins ITACE. - September 23, 2012 - Imperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition 2014
MoBiTec to Exhibit at the 16th Joint Meeting of the Signal Transduction Society (STS) 2012 in Weimar, Germany, to Represent Echelon Biosciences Inc. And Bellbrook Labs
Tools for Lipid Research from Echelon Biosciences Inc., and BellBrook Labs' Transcreener HTS Assays - a Universal, High Throughput Screening Platform for Enzymes based on direct Detection of Nucleotide Enzyme Products with Far Red FI, FP and TR-FRET Readouts - are some of the Highlights MoBiTec is going to Present at this Years STS Meeting in Weimar, Germany. - September 23, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
Source-Omega Claims JAMA Meta-Study Unethical; Calls for Ban of the Word Omega-3 on Drug Labels
Source-Omega says the Food and Drug Administration may need to ban the use of the word omega-3 on all drug labels and descriptions. That is, if omega-3 is only a food word. This is at issue because the company says the September 12th JAMA study also misleads those benefiting from current... - September 20, 2012 - Source-Omega
The Second Fish Growth Experiment and Watt-Ahh® Wins Again
Marine Biologist Katie Kopinski lived up to her promise last summer to voluntarily perform another fish growth experiment using Watt-Ahh® (an AquaNew® water). The results from Katie’s 2012 experiment using Veiltail Betta fish are in. Once again, she observed greater growth and energy in fish living in Watt-Ahh®. - September 20, 2012 - AquaNew
Netwise Hosting Extend Specialist Hosting Services with CHESAR and QSAR Toolbox Hosting
As part of Netwise Hosting's on going commitment to its customers, and in an effort to unify its specialist hosting services, the company are now adding CHESAR and QSAR Toolbox hosting options to its very successful remote chemical research services. - September 20, 2012 - Netwise Hosting
IEEE DySPAN 2012 to Explore Global Advancement of Spectrum Engineering & Smart Radio System Technologies from October 16 – 19, 2012 in Bellevue, Washington
Symposium Includes Four Full Days of Sessions Dedicated to the Enhanced Use of White Spaces & Global DSA Advances - September 14, 2012 - IEEE Communications Society
Bioo Scientific's Newest Transduction Reagents Enable Targeted siRNA Delivery Into Leukocytes
Bioo Scientific’s new huLeukoAim™ and moLeukoAim™ Transduction Reagents enable targeted delivery into leukocytes including lymphocytes, myeloid cells and granulocytes. - September 14, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
Lawrence M. Delliquadri Has Recently Been Recognized by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Publication
Lawrence M. Delliquadri, of Croton-on-the Hudson, New York, has recently been recognized by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry for his outstanding contributions and achievements in field of Consulting. About_Lawrence M. Delliquadri Lawrence M. Delliquadri is the Executive Director of... - September 13, 2012 - Strathmore Who's Who
Los Angeles Agriculture Innovation Conference to Focus on Sustainable Agriculture Investment and Entrepreneurship
October 24 Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference in Los Angeles to focus on economic opportunities as well as environmental and societal benefits of embracing, developing and investing in sustainable agriculture practices, technologies and startup companies. - September 11, 2012 - Seedstock
Mira Telecom Grants Financial and Scientific Support to Complex Physics Research Presented at Eucmos 2012
Mira Telecom, in collaboration with the Physics Faculty (University of Bucharest) and Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, carried a complex physics research, the conclusions of which were presented at the 31st European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy, EUCMOS 2012 (http://www.phys.ubbcluj.ro/eucmos2012/ ) held in Cluj, Romania, between 26th and 31st of August 2012. - September 08, 2012 - Mira Software
Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya Awarded NSF Grant to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Control
Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate light-matter interactions in ultracold atomic and molecular systems in order to provide new methods of quantum control. - September 08, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Closes Distribution Agreement with VIDIA Ltd., Czech Republic, to Distribute ELISA Kits for Human Medicine and for Environmental Monitoring
VIDIA Ltd. is a private Czech biotechnological company with its own research and development department that closely cooperates with The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, hospitals and universities. VIDIA is producer of diagnostic kits for human medicine and for environmental monitoring. MoBiTec distributes products from several international companies in Germany and across the world, next to its own product line. - September 07, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
ALPCO Adds an FDA Registered ELISA for West Nile Virus
ALPCO announces the addition of two FDA Registered ELISAs for the measurement of West Nile Virus. - September 05, 2012 - ALPCO
Institute of Microelectronics Teams Up with Mosis to Offer Photonics MPW to Advance Silicon Photonics Research
Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MOSIS, a provider of low-cost prototyping and small volume production services for custom ICs, to offer its multiple-project wafer (MPW) service to MOSIS’ customers. The aim of this collaboration is to reduce... - September 01, 2012 - Science and Engineering Research Institutes
Sassy Scrubs Outfits the Superhero of Science, Dr. H2O
Sassy Scrubs, a USA based medical uniform and nursing scrub manufacturer, teamed up with Dr. H20 from Kansas City for a fun project by providing him with a custom made lab coat fit for a superhero. - August 30, 2012 - Sassy Scrubs
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® Enterokinase Assay Kits
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to announce the release of two assay kits for quantitating enterokinase enzymatic activity – the SensoLyte® 520 and SensoLyte® Rh110 Enterokinase Activity Assay Kits. The former is a FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer)-based assay employing a... - August 30, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Highlights Speedy 28-Day Custom Polyclonal Antibody
When traditional protocols can take 70+ days, the wait for high-quality custom polyclonal antibodies can be excruciating. AnaSpec, EGT Group asked, "Is there a way to develop custom antibodies faster without sacrificing quality in the finished product?" Here's the answer. The Speedy... - August 24, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
International Institute for Research Performance Management, IPERF, Founded
The International Institute for Research Performance Management, IPERF, with headquarters in Luxembourg, was founded by an internationally renowned group of researchers, academics and consultants. The institute conducts performance measurement and management in R&D. IPERF offices in Luxembourg... - August 24, 2012 - IPERF
LifeTein Becomes a University of Maryland’s Preferred Vendor
LifeTein becomes a University of Maryland’s preferred vendor for custom peptide synthesis service. LifeTein's PeptideSyn platform is optimized to provide a continuous flow of synthesized peptides, reducing costs while maintaining high quality. - August 22, 2012 - LifeTein
Company Announces Plan to Launch the First Starship
Space Colony Earth sets target to launch Starship Ark in the early 2020’s. The destination has yet to be determined, but if the discovery of new planets continues at the current pace, it is likely several choices will be available before the launch. - August 22, 2012 - Space Colony Earth
Sentrana Research Provides New Way to Fill-in Data Gaps to Drive Penetration for Foodservice Distributors
Dr. Wang's talk entitled "Learning from Only Positive and Unlabeled Data Using Generalized Stochastic Model" focuses on using classification with only positive and unlabeled data and the stochastic frontier model to solve the business challenge of predicting whether a customer needs certain items that they have not purchased from a specific distributor when only data from that distributor is available. - August 21, 2012 - Sentrana, Inc.
Chelsea’s Expert on Active Fluorescence Techniques Presents at Challenger Conference for Marine Science - University of East Anglia (3-5 Sept 12)
Chelsea Technologies Group will once again be exhibiting and presenting at the Challenger Society for Marine Science Conference & Mini-Expo at the University of East Anglia, 3-5th September. Veronica Chan, one of Chelsea’s experts on active fluorescence techniques, will be presenting a paper entitled "How recent technological advances have enhanced and extended the applications for Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry." - August 18, 2012 - Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd
Global InfoTek, Inc. One of Six Primes on $300 Million Air Force Cyber Security Contract
Global InfoTek, Inc. (GITI) of Reston, VA announced that it is one of six companies selected as a prime contractor by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to provide innovative revolutionary cybersecurity research, development, and demonstration services. - August 17, 2012 - Global InfoTek, Inc.
AnaSpec Offers Phosphospecific Antibodies Production
Cellular phosphorylation is a reversible, covalent modification of a protein or lipid that results in the modification of the activity of the phosphorylated molecule by inducing small conformational changes within the molecule.1-2 Catalyzed by protein kinases, phosphate groups can be added via the... - August 17, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Laboratory Testing Inc. Continues Expansion Into Polymer Testing Market
Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) has added more polymer testing capabilities to the SEM/EDS and FTIR analyses previously available and can now provide information about the mechanical properties of plastics and other polymers with the addition of tensile and hardness testing for these materials. Tensile testing measures tensile strength, yield and ductility while hardness testing determines a material’s hardness value or resistance to indentation by penetration of an indenter into the test sample. - August 16, 2012 - Laboratory Testing Inc.
Stevens Researcher Wins Prestigious NSF Special Creativity Award
NSF awards Dr. Sukhishvili the Special Creativity Award for innovative research on multilayer films. - August 16, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Danforth Center’s "Conversations" Series Continues Let’s Talk… Bioinformatics: at the Danforth Center and Beyond
The discussion will focus on St. Louis’s emerging expertise in bioinformatics and how it will enhance existing scientific efforts and bringing new skills and ideas to the region. - August 15, 2012 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Summerland Publishing Releases "The Lunar Roving Vehicle 1G Trainer" by William F. Probert as NASA Lands New Rover on Mars
As the world celebrates the successful landing of the new "Curiosity" roving vehicle on Mars this week, a new book by one of the engineers that worked on the Lunar Roving Vehicle Trainer releases a book documenting its design and construction. Three Lunar Roving Vehicles were left parked... - August 08, 2012 - Summerland Publishing
Stevens Researcher Recognized for Leading Role in Noise Control Engineering
Institute for Noise Control Engineering elects Dr. Marehalli Prasad of Stevens Institute of Technology as a Director. - August 04, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
VIRUN® Closes $2.1 Million Series-A Funding to Bolster Innovation and World-Wide Expansion
After almost 10 years of self-funding growth and business expansion, VIRUN is ready to further-illuminate its presence and capitalize on its patented technology portfolio and product development. - August 02, 2012 - VIRUN
AnaSpec Highlights Beta-Amyloid (1-40) Peptides
ß-Amyloid (1-40) together with ß-Amyloid (1-42) are two major C-terminal variants of the Aß protein constituting the majority of Aßs, with Ab (1-42) being more neurotoxic. These undergo post-secretory aggregation and deposition in the Alzheimer’s diseased... - August 01, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
CEE Featured at Saudi Petroleum International Dinner
The S-RSI program was developed as a partnership between the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE), Saudi Aramco, King Abdulaziz & His Companions Foundation for Giftedness & Creativity (MAWHIBA), and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). S-RSI is modeled after the internationally acclaimed Research Science Institute (RSI). - August 01, 2012 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Closes Distribution Agreement for Stem Cells, Primary Cells and Reagents with Cyagen Biosciences Inc., China, for the German Market
A leading stem cell producer, Cyagen offers one of the most comprehensive lists of research-use stem cells. Other products include cell culture and differentiation media, cell culture supplements, and an assortment of related research reagents. - July 29, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2013) to be Held June 9 – 13, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary
“Call for Papers” Deadline Announced as September 16, 2012 - July 28, 2012 - IEEE Communications Society
A Match Made in Heaven
Celestron and Astronomers Without Borders are excited to announce a new partnership that brings together two of worldwide astronomy’s brightest stars. - July 27, 2012 - Celestron
New Documentary Highlights the Importance of Perseverance in Scientific Discovery and Innovation
New science and history film chronicles the birth of astrophysics and the invention of flight, narrated by actor David Conrad, and featuring interviews with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and historian Dr. Tom Crouch. - July 27, 2012 - Dan Handley Science Media, LLC
Fracture Toughness Testing Now Performed at Laboratory Testing Inc.
Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) now does Fracture Toughness Testing to measure conditions under which existing cracks in material will lengthen when subjected to prescribed loading conditions. LTI performs the test to ASTM standards E399 and E1820, and has fixturing to test specimens including SE(B) (single edge bend) and C(T) (compact tension). The equipment can generate 55,000 lbs. of force. An environmental chamber controls test temperature from -150° F to +350° F. - July 27, 2012 - Laboratory Testing Inc.
Svetlana Malinovskaya, Expert in Quantum Physics, Elected Chair of Theoretical Physics Community
Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor in the Physics Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, was elected as Chair of the Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Community (TAMOC). As chair, Dr. Malinovskaya will coordinate the activities of TAMOC, including the... - July 27, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
CEE’s President Named 100 Top Women Leaders in STEM by U.S. News and STEMConnector
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) has contributed to the scientific leadership of this country since it’s founding in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy and civilian uses of nuclear power, and Joann DiGennaro, CEE’s President. Together, they recognized that nurturing young scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science and technology was an essential investment in our national and global future. - July 26, 2012 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
AnaSpec Highlights Beta-Amyloid (1-42) Peptides
Harnessing over a decade's worth of experience and a multi-level technology platform that includes peptides, antibodies, dyes and assay kits, AnaSpec, EGT Group is one of the world's most trusted sources of integrated proteomic solutions specifically designed for Alzheimer's Disease... - July 25, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Bayer Cropscience Inaugurates New Greenhouse for Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Bayer CropScience celebrates the opening of its newest research facility: a 3-story, 60,000 square foot greenhouse that will be used for soy, corn and other broadacre crop research. The Company invested USD 20 million for the new BioScience greenhouse in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. - July 22, 2012 - Bayer CropScience
Team USA Wins 4 Gold Medals in Singapore
The USA Biology Olympiad concentrates on stimulating young scholars’ intellectual curiosity and developing their critical thinking skills in biological reasoning, and culminates with the U.S. Team’s participation in the International Biology Olympiad. CEE and Purdue jointly sponsor the USABO. - July 21, 2012 - Center for Excellence in Education (CEE)
MoBiTec GmbH Introduces New High Performance Expression Vectors for Bacillus Subtilis
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, further expands its unique portfolio of non-E. coli expression vectors. The new Pgrac100 vectors for gene expression in Bacillus subtilis complement the current product line by more efficient tools. Available are vectors with His-tag and Strep-tag for easy purification of proteins generated in the cytoplasm. - July 20, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
The AMS Group Delivers Optical Components for Discovery Channel Telescope
Baffle System Design Optimized for Manufacturability and Performance - July 20, 2012 - Next Intent
Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $12 Million to Study Drought as Part of the Effort to Develop Next Generation Bioenergy Grasses
Grant supports expansion of research at the Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels. - July 18, 2012 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
First Articles Now Live on F1000 Research
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) announces the publication of initial articles on F1000 Research, the innovative open access publishing program in biology and medicine. These articles also feature a novel inline data viewer, and a new method of article citation. - July 18, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
DMG Productions to Feature Phalanx Biotech Group in Upcoming Episode of Health Heroes
Tune in to Discovery Channel to learn how breakthroughs in molecular biology are helping to advance the detection of genetic abnormalities. - July 15, 2012 - DMG Productions, LLC
Sentrana Presents Scientific Research at GPU Technology Conference
Dr. Alireza Mahani, a member of Sentrana’s Quantitative Modeling team, presented his research on Gibbs Sampling at this year’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California. The GTC advances global awareness of Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) computing and visualization. Dr. - July 14, 2012 - Sentrana, Inc.
Gamma Scientific Acknowledged as EPA-Recognized Laboratory for Third-Party ENERGY STAR™ Lighting Certification
Gamma Scientific is now EPA-recognized as a third-party laboratory to provide ENERGY STAR testing for LED Lamps and luminaires. Gamma Scientific is also ISO 17025 compliant and NVLAP accredited for SSL luminaires. - July 13, 2012 - Gamma Scientific