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SkinDNA™ Scientists Uncover the Secrets to Great Skin, Within Your DNA
Today heralds a new era in personalized skin care with the launch of the SkinDNA™ Test – the world’s first comprehensive genetic skin profile test. According to Advanced Dermatology’s Dr Sarah Freilich, "SkinDNA is one of the most exciting, eyebrow-raising developments... - May 05, 2010 - SkinDNA
Recent Study Reports Long Term Survival Improved Using Brain Monitor - Dementia After Anesthesia Now More Likely Avoidable Claims Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation
Fewer strokes after anesthesia using brain monitor reported. "Going under anesthesia for surgery without a brain monitor demonstrates a flagrant disregard for the value one’s own brain," says Dr. Barry Friedberg, founder of the non-profit Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation. "Demanding a brain monitor is a no-brainer." - May 04, 2010 - Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation
Parkinson's Patient to Donate Book Proceeds to PD Research
Bill Schmalfeldt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age 45 in 2000. In 2007 he underwent experimental brain surgery as part of a clinical trial at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He wrote a book about the experience and will donate the author's proceeds to PD research efforts. - April 28, 2010 - My Parkinson's Diary
Dynaflow Introduces New Model of Award Winning Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer® (ABS)
Dynaflow, Inc.®, a leader in research and development services and products in fluid dynamics, today introduced the ABS USB, the newest model of its award winning Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer® (ABS) – a system used to measure and monitor the distribution of bubble sizes and void... - April 26, 2010 - Dynaflow, Inc
Open Access Therapeutic Drug Targets Database Launched
A comprehensive database of therapeutic drug targets extracted from patents or patent applications - April 26, 2010 - Sciclips
Iceland's Volcanoes Monitored Wirelessly
Induo delivers GPRS routers to seismological stations to be deployed to monitor the volcanoes of Iceland. GPRS / EDGE routers are used for transmission from the measurement points to a central data center and has been commissioned by the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden. - April 25, 2010 - Induo AB
Rentricity to Support Pennsylvania-Based Water Utility Clean Energy Initiative
Rentricity Inc., a New York City based renewable energy company, is completing a feasibility assessment of an energy recovery installation at several North Wales Water Authority sites in Pennsylvania. Rentricity’s Flow-to-Wire systems transform excess energy contained in high pressure zones into a new source of "green" electricity. - April 22, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.
HomeownersInsurance.org's Danger Zones - Worldwide Deaths from Natural Disasters (Infographic)
HomeownersInsurance.org has released an infographic displaying the past 30 years of worldwide deaths from natural disasters, sorted by continent. - April 22, 2010 - Homeowners Insurance
PsychTests Releases Results of a Gender Roles Study: Some Old Ways Die Hard
PsychTests AIM Inc., one of the web's foremost source of personality assessments, released their Gender Roles Test in February 2010, with a separate version for men and women. According to their statistical results, while people are slowly adopting more modern views as to men and women's place in... - April 21, 2010 - PsychTests AIM Inc.
MEGAJOULE Inovação Presents Windie™ at EWEC 2010
MEGAJOULE Inovação officially launches Windie™, the latest tool for wind simulation flow over complex terrain. As a product of intense work and the result of a scientific cooperation with the Institute of Engineering of Oporto (ISEP), MEGAJOULE Inovação presents Windie™ at the European Wind Energy Exhibition and Conference (EWEC) 2010 in Poland. - April 21, 2010 - MEGAJOULE
Pyxle Develops a Dynamic Web Solution for Sri Lanka's First Nanotechnology Institute
The Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology Pvt. Ltd (SLINTEC) recently announced the launch of a highly informative website - the first Sri Lankan nano-based information portal. Developed by Pyxle, it is an interactive web portal that acts as an information hub for nanotechnology research in Sri... - April 19, 2010 - Pyxle Private Limited
American Scientist and Theoretical Chemist, Todd Gooch, Challenges the Russian Claim to Element 118
American Scientist and theoretical chemist, Todd Gooch, challenges the Russian claim to element 118, "I had already named element 118 Goochium, by convention for discerning its correct electronic structure first in March 2006, when I heard about the Russians making it in the lab in October... - April 18, 2010 - Todd Gooch
SW Missouri's First FAA-Approved Flight Training Device
Springfield Flight Simulator announces the areas first FAA-Approved Flight Training Device. This simulator will be installed the week of April 12th and will be available for a free Open House event most of the week. Special media times are available. - April 11, 2010 - Springfield Flight Simulator
Dr. Garret Moddel Brings Psi Research to University of Colorado Classroom -- Skeptiko.com Interview
Professor at University of Colorado’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering guides students through experiments demonstrating unexplainable psychic phenomena. - April 10, 2010 - Skeptiko
Onyx Scientific Grows API GMP Synthesis Contract Chemistry Services
Expert in development stage API production, outsourcing chemistry services organisation Onyx Scientific manufactures high value intermediates and APIs to GMP-compliant standards for both phase I and phase II clinical studies. Their breath of services include: GMP synthesis and scale up, solid-form polymorph investigation, salt selection, custom synthesis, process development and lead optimization. - April 10, 2010 - Onyx Scientific Ltd
FutureCarbon Showing for the First Time at JEC Composites 2010 in Paris
A heated coating as easily applied to a whole variety of surfaces of any geometry as standard acrylic paint. And a granulate of carbon nanotubes that disperses as simply in fluids as soluble coffee powder in hot water. These are among the innovative products that FutureCarbon is exhibiting at JEC Composites 2010 in Paris from April 13 through 15. - April 08, 2010 - FutureCarbon GmbH
Early Human Embryos Make "Mistakes" as a Matter of Survival, Could be Key to Understanding Stem Cell Development
Early human embryos may be naturally prone to making mistakes in chromosome allocation to new cells, according to a report by Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation scientists. Their new findings indicate rapid increases in total genetic information may be more important to embryo survival than... - April 07, 2010 - Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation
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