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The Universe’s "Single Cell" Blueprint and Molecule of Life is Discovered. And It’s Not the DNA
“The Universe is a Single Cell organism. Its Blueprint and Molecule of Life is properly the greatest discovery in human history and the proof is in the pudding,” says 24 DNA Chairman Bob Ainuu Afamasaga. - April 13, 2012 - AIGA
Higher Springtime UV Radiation Identified in Northern Europe
Based on a multi-year EU-funded study (EuroSun), the International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI) in Lyon, has concluded that UV radiation in Europe appears earlier in the year and farther north than originally believed. Data gathered between 1988 and 1992 demonstrates that in spring, parts... - April 06, 2012 - International Prevention Research Institute
Jeffrey Epstein, Science Philanthropist, Organizes a Global Doomsday Conference
Jeffrey Epstein, science philanthropist, organizes a global Doomsday conference to identify the greatest threats to the Earth. - April 05, 2012 - The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation
Nobel Prize Winner James Watson Celebrates His 84th Birthday on 6 April. Watch Him Discuss Pivotal Moments from His Illustrious Career at Web of Stories.
Nobel Prize winner James Watson celebrates his 84th birthday on 6 April and the public can watch him discuss pivotal moments from his illustrious career, including one of the most celebrated scientific achievements of a generation, in a series of compelling in-depth recordings at Web of Stories. - April 05, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Researchers Discover That Small Shape Changes Lead to Increased Protective Ability in a Disease-Related Protein
Researchers have found that evolutionary changes in the protein alpha A-crystallin have altered its ability to protect other proteins from damage, which could otherwise result in diseases such as Alzheimer's, lens cataracts and cancer. - March 31, 2012 - Ashland University
Science Philanthropist, Jeffrey Epstein, Convenes a Conference of Nobel Laureates to Define Gravity
Twenty one of the world’s top physicists, including three Nobel Laureates, opened a symposium on St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands to debate the essence of gravity and a unified gravity theory. - March 29, 2012 - The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation
AnaSpec Highlights HiLyte Fluor™ Dyes Collection for Labeling Amine and Thiol-Modified Oligos
AnaSpec is pleased to highlight their wide collection of amine and thiol reactive 6-isomeric dyes of fluoresceins and rhodamines, and AnaSpec’s own proprietary HiLyte Fluor™ dyes for labeling amine and thiol modified oligonucleotides. Fluorescent dye-labeled oligos are widely used as... - March 29, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
NovaTeinBio Announces Discount on New Human PEG 20000 ELISA Kit
Boston-based biological reagents provider NovaTeinBio has recently announced that they’re offering a 10% discount on their new Human PEG 20000 ELISA kit. This discount is designed to help medical researchers across the company to consolidate the cost of their testing in order to refocus their... - March 28, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
New Research Finds Potential for Science Learning in California Middle Schools Goes Untapped
California’s middle schools have the potential to provide students with high quality science education, but significant challenges limit opportunities for science learning, leaving that potential unfulfilled, according to new research released today by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at Wested. - March 23, 2012 - Center for The Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd
Keys to Successful Health Industry Alliances with China
Cypin Production Conference Offers Insights in R&D…and Beyond - March 23, 2012 - CYPIN PRODUCTION LLC
PREMIER Biosoft Releases Beacon Designer™ 8.0 with Support for Exon Junction Primer Design
PREMIER Biosoft releases Beacon Designer™ with support for exon junction primer design. - March 23, 2012 - PREMIER Biosoft International
AnaSpec Develops AMC Resins for SPPS
Peptide-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin conjugates (peptide-AMCs) are widely used as fluorogenic substrates to study proteases. The preparation of peptide-AMCs usually involves solution phase synthesis since AMC lacks an additional functional group for attachment to a solid support. Although solid-phase... - March 22, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Eye Tracking and Gaze Based Interaction Everywhere: SMI Launches Mini OEM Eye Tracker
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) introduces SMI RED-oem, the world’s smallest high performance eye tracking platform for OEM application integration. - March 21, 2012 - SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH
Detroit R&D and ALPCO Diagnostics Sign Distribution Agreement
ALPCO Diagnostics and Detroit R&D agree to a distribution partnership in North America. - March 20, 2012 - ALPCO
Ancient Mayan Pottery Unearthed in Georgia, New Research Reveals
A researcher at LostWorlds.org has announced the discovery of Mayan glyphs, the symbols used to write the Mayan language, on 2,000 year old pottery unearthed in the state of Georgia. - March 18, 2012 - LostWorlds.org
New U.S. GEOTRACES Program Moving Full-Steam Ahead Into Implementation for Collection of Critical Geochemical Data from the Arctic Ocean
The U.S. GEOTRACES Science Steering Committee has established a U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES initiative to help characterize and understand regional biogeochemical changes associated with rapid climate change. The initiative, led by University of Miami Professor David Kadko will use multiple icebreakers, and include scientists from several nations who will contribute to sampling the Arctic Ocean. Initial cruises are tentatively planned for 2015. - March 16, 2012 - University of Miami - Rosenstiel School
Noveguard™, a Breakthrough New Natural Preservative System Kills Foodborne Bacteria
A new natural preservative system, which can be added to beverages during processing, has the potential to kill deadly pathogens and extend shelf-life. - March 16, 2012 - MRM
Infonetica's GCP Training Courses, Now with New Prices
Infonetica has decided to change the pricing structure of the GCP training courses. Now both versions of the popular online GCP training course (Standard Course & Practical Course) have the same price of £69. The price of the practical course has been reduced to make the course more... - March 16, 2012 - Infonetica Ltd
Desalination Set to Become an Integral Part of South Africa’s Water Resources Says TechSci Research
With growing fresh water needs and limited fresh water resources, the South Africa water market is all set to see a new dawn. - March 16, 2012 - TechSci Research
U.S. Military’s Unsung Cultural Heroes: Warrior-Diplomats Command Soft Power
Highly skilled “warrior-diplomats” quietly learn about new cultures and build strategic relationships by using 7 key strategies that play to their individual strengths, Drs. Louise Rasmussen and Winston Sieck of Global Cognition report in the March-April issue of Military Review. The... - March 15, 2012 - Global Cognition, LLC
Social Medicine is Understanding Patients by Launching New Website
Social Medicine (Social-medicine.org), a newly launched health based social networking site, helps people suffering from a variety of health conditions, to globally connect, help and share information with others in similar situations, by focusing on bridging the gap of patient-to-patient communication, and patient-to-practitioner, with all the social networking features and functionality expected in today’s society. - March 14, 2012 - Social-medicine.org
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Closes Distribution Agreement for Transcreener® HTS System Platform with BellBrooks Labs, USA
BellBrook Labs, USA, is dedicated to providing the pharmaceutical industry with enabling screening tools to accelerate the discovery of more effective therapies. Their proprietary Transcreener® HTS Platform was developed to move more new targets into HTS more rapidly, and to streamline selectivity profiling within a target family. The partnership with MoBiTec, Germany, will enable BBL to offer their excellent products for High-Throughput Screening to scientists in Germany. - March 14, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
Cooperation is a Major Force for Evolution
Martin Novak, Professor of Biology and Mathematics Harvard University and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard, still believes that cooperation is a major force for evolution. His controversial book, Super Cooperators, was published this time last year and will be published as a series in the UK's Daily Telegraph. - March 12, 2012 - The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation
Sciclips Launches an Open Access Therapeutic and Experimental Drugs Database
Open access database containing more than 15,000 therapeutic and experimental drugs. - March 08, 2012 - Sciclips
Faculty of 1000 Announces the Winners of the Associate Faculty Member Travel Grants 2011
In 2011, Faculty of 1000 (F1000) established a Travel Grant Fund to recognize the contribution of its Associate Faculty Members to the service. - March 08, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
IonSense Introduces the DART®-OS Source. Expands Its OpenSpot Mass Spectrometry™ Product Line
OpenSpot® Sample Cards Facilitate Simpler Analysis, Eliminating Most Consumables and Solvents, Reducing Lab Waste. Exhibited at Pittcon 2012. Booth #2609. - March 06, 2012 - IonSense, Inc.
New Spectroradiometer from Gamma Scientific is Optimized for Fluorescence Testing
Bi-Spectral Spectroradiometer Tests LED Phosphor Composition, Fluorescent and Reflective Materials to Maximize Performance for Manufacturers - March 01, 2012 - Gamma Scientific
Bayer CropScience Continues Innovation Initiatives to Expand Research Footprint in North Carolina
Ongoing development strengthens research footprint, commitment to advancing food and fiber productivity. - March 01, 2012 - Bayer CropScience
NovaTeinBio Add Protein Expression and Purification to Their Service Catalogue
Leading biological reagents specialist NovaTeinBio has recently announced that they will now be offering their exceptional expertise within the field of molecular detection and protein expression and purification to enhance and accelerate their clients’ scientific research and development... - February 29, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Offers a New Photoconvertible and Photoactivatible Fluorescent Protein Suitable for High-Resolution Microscopy: mIrisFP
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, supplier of fluorescent probes, screening kits and imaging ware for cutting-edge fluorescence applications and microscopy, introduces mIrisFP, a photoconvertible and photoactivatible fluorescent protein suitable for High-Resolution microscopy: mIrisFP - February 29, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
Mitegen Announces Continued Expansion of Product Lines and Offerings for Crystallographers
Mitegen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, recently announced numerous expansions to both their patented product portfolio and to their line of distributed products. - February 25, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
Faculty of 1000's "Faculty Member of the Year 2011" Awards
Faculty of 1000 announces the first in a series of awards marking the achievements of its Faculty members. - February 25, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Launches Sale of High End Imaging Tools and Accessories for Cell Culture and Light and Fluorescence Microscopy
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, supplier of fluorescent probes and research chemicals, introduces a collection of high end imaging tools for cell based imaging, assays and arrays. The product line includes Imaging Dishes and adequate Stage Frames, Imaging Plates, Imaging Chambers, Slide Tray Plates and Affinity Adhesion Slides. For the design of the products excellent materials, high quality processing and assembly technologies and innovative construction principles were chosen. - February 24, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
The Hydrogen House Weathers the Storm Amidst an Ailing Economy in February’s Energy Digital
This month, Energy Digital's former editor, John Shimkus, contributes an article on the world's first regulation approved Hydrogen House. Despite a failed economy and even a hurricane, the new technology pulls through, proving that hydrogen is the future of energy. In the past, generating hydrogen... - February 23, 2012 - WDM Group
Bionostics Sponsors MassBio’s Massachusetts CRO/CMO Symposium
Bionostics, a worldwide leader in proprietary calibrator, quality control, and cGMP reagent final fill and finish to the diagnostics and medical device industries, today announced its major sponsorship of the inaugural one-day Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) CRO/CMO Symposium. - February 23, 2012 - Bionostics
IBM and IBN Treating MRSA with Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in February’s Edition of Healthcare Global
In April 2011, researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) announced that they had stumbled on “a nanomedicine breakthrough.” They discovered a new type of polymer which was able to detect and destroy bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics and... - February 23, 2012 - WDM Group
AnaSpec Offers Symmetric & Asymmetric Dimethylated Arginine in Histone Peptides Collection
AnaSpec, EGT Group offers one of the world’s largest selections of Histone GO® (catalog) peptides. The peptides include sequences containing modified amino acids such as methylated (Me1, Me2 and Me3) Lysine; phosphorylated Threonine (pThr) or Serine (pSer); deiminated Arginine (Cit). - February 23, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Italian Biologist Renato Dulbecco Has Died at His Home in California Aged 97 - Watch the Video Interview of His Incredible Life Story at Web of Stories
Italian biologist Renato Dulbecco has died at his home in California aged 97. Joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1975 for furthering the understanding of cancer caused by viruses, Dulbecco had also created a vaccine using a mutant form of the polio virus and had played a significant role in initiating the Human Genome Project. - February 23, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
March 7 Re-Imagining Agriculture Event in Los Angeles to Focus on Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship
On Wednesday, March 7, from 6pm – 9pm Seedstock, LLC in association with the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Entrepreneur Association at UCLA Anderson School of Management, will host a networking event and panel discussion at UCLA. - February 22, 2012 - Seedstock
John Maynard Smith, Renowned Environmental Biologist and Geneticist, Shares His Views on the Creation of Dolly the Sheep with Web of Stories
Dolly the Sheep made headlines around the world when news broke that the first mammal had been successfully cloned. To mark the anniversary of her death on 14 February, 2003, watch the late John Maynard Smith, renowned environmental biologist and geneticist, share his views on her creation and reflect on his highly influential career. - February 22, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Boast Capital Reviews Taxpayers' Ombudsman Report on SR&ED
Boast Capital LP reviews the Taxpayers' Ombudsman Report which deals with issues of service and fairness within the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program. - February 21, 2012 - Boast Capital
New Propulsion Method for Low-Cost Microsatellites
Stevens doctoral candidate Kyle Godin has received the Abe M. Zarem Award for research on a low-cost thruster that promises to allow universities and independent researchers to launch craft, potentially democratizing space exploration. - February 19, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Ion Channel Consortium for Ion Channel Drug Discovery Formed by Aurora, Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs
Aurora Biomed Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs to form a new Ion Channel Consortium that will provide a novel, comprehensive solution for ion channel drug discovery. - February 18, 2012 - Aurora Biomed Inc
New Faculty of 1000 Application Identifies the Best Research in Biology and Medicine Covered in Elsevier's SciVerse
Faculty of 1000 (F1000), an online service that selects and evaluates articles based on the opinions of global leaders in biology and medicine, today announced the launch of a new application that helps researchers explore the scientific content in biology and medicine included in Elsevier's... - February 18, 2012 - Faculty of 1000
Eden Autism Services Announces Speaker Line Up for 18th Annual Lecture Series
Renowned Experts Will Unfold Latest Strides, Advancements in Autism on June 8th at Autism: A Journey in Optimism and Opportunity - February 17, 2012 - Eden Autism Services
AnaSpec Offers Special Pricing for MOG (1-125) Recombinant Proteins
AnaSpec, EGT the first provider of commercial MOG recombinant proteins is pleased to offer a 50% discount off on MOG (1-125) recombinant proteins through the month of February, 2012 to US and Canadian customers. Please mention code “rMOG50%” when ordering to get the discount. AnaSpec's... - February 16, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® Factor Xa Activity Assays – Industry’s First Fluorimetric Kits
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to announce the release of the industry first fluorimetric Factor Xa activity assays - The SensoLyte® 520 Factor Xa Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® Rh110 Factor Xa Assay Kit. The SensoLyte® 520 Factor Xa Assay Kit employs a FRET (5-FAM/QXL™ 520)... - February 15, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Ernst Mayr Talks to Web of Stories About the Famous Evolutionary Biologist Charles Darwin
To celebrate the birthday of the most famous biologist in history, Charles Darwin, on 12 February, visit the Web of Stories video recordings of the award-winning evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr who shares his thoughts on Darwin’s remarkable, world-changing theories. - February 12, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Riverside City College Opens School of Nursing & Math and Science Complex
Balfour Beatty Construction serves as construction manager on the recently completed $61M Riverside City College School of Nursing & Math and Science Complex. - February 10, 2012 - Balfour Beatty Construction
Norton Scientific Journal: Making Things Invisible Now Possible
Things reflect electromagnetic waves and light even when they are just lying around. That is how radar detectors and devices become alert of the presence of ships and airplanes — in the same way that we can see them with our eyes. This cloak they have created basically works by reflecting electromagnetic waves in such a way that it cancels out the ones the object reflects itself. - February 10, 2012 - Norton Scientific Journal