WALTHAM, Massachusetts, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - EQUIS is the Leading International System of Quality Assessment, Improvement and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in Management and…

Jonathan Eisen, who blogs at The Tree of Life, has coined the phrase "Genomics by Press Release", and has even given out two ignominious awards for particularly egregious examples. The most recent…

NEW YORK and LONDON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - On June 6, 2008, Lord Steinberg filed as a 5 percent owner of Electronic Game Card, Inc. Electronic Game Card, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EGMI) ("EGC"),…

Biology remains a wide-open field because it has accomplished a lot but still has a long way to go. The dominant view in cellular behavior, for example, has been that it is largely chemistry-driven…

Researchers from Iowa State University have identified a factor that promotes the development of antibiotic resistance in a bacterial pathogen. The study explains that Mfd, a protein involved in DNA…

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting, design and engineering company, today announced that it is in the process of terminating its…

TreePeople, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit corporation that does not seem to be one of the groups filing lawsuits every time anyone recommended responsible forest management that would have prevented…

I hopped over to Hudson River Park in NY to check out the Science Barge, first project of the NY Sun Works for sustainable engineering. Photo: The Science Barge Sarah Hanna, Educational Coordinator…

Scientists have been trying to understand how and when we gain or lose fat cells, and now a paper in this week's issue of Nature reports that nuclear bombs are the key to solving this problem. To…

SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) announces investments in the Southern Petrochemical Complex of more than R$1.0 billion over…