Science Education & Policy

Another multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout could lie ahead, this time to rescue a cash-strapped government program that insures pensions of 44 million American workers and retirees, a University of Illinois finance professor warns. Jeffrey R. Brown says the troubled Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which steps in when private-sector employers with under funded defined-benefit plans go bankrupt, was $14 billion short of the cash it will need to cover pensions based on the latest estimates released a year ago. But he predicts the shortfall will soar as a sour economy shutters more businesses…

WASHINGTON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- - Emphasizes value of global collaboration on critical issues The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) today announced it has elected Terrence C. "Terry" Morgan of Cisco Systems to the position of NCOIC chairman. Michael Curtis, of IBM, and Edgar Buckley, of Thales, will support Morgan as vice chairmen. Terry Morgan is director of network centric strategy for the Global Government Solutions Group at Cisco. In that capacity, he engages international leaders from government and industry in discussing the application of net-centric…

NEW YORK, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- - Site Becomes the Only Source of Consolidated, Searchable Access to Both FDA and EMEA Drug Approval Documents NEW YORK, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmaPendium ( http://www.info.pharmapendium.com/ ), Elsevier's online resource for authoritative drug safety data, has significantly expanded its content offering with a new release containing the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) European Public Assessment Reports (EPARs). The addition of this content makes PharmaPendium the only source of consolidated, searchable access to US Food and Drug Administration…

SAN JOSE, California and BANGALORE, India, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- - One of the World's Smallest Open-Source, IPv6-Ready Protocol Stack Enables Cost-Effective Deployment of Sensor-Based 'Smart' Objects Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), Cisco and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) today announced the availability of uIPv6, one of the world's smallest open-source, IPv6-ready protocol stack, which could enable every device, no matter how limited by power or memory to have an Internet Protocol address. This collaborative project builds on Cisco's expertise in IP networking,…

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- - Platform Addresses New Reality of Pervasive Video on the Web Brightcove Inc. today announced the general availability of the Brightcove 3 online video platform, which transforms the way video is published and consumed on the Web. Built from the ground up, the new platform empowers website producers to be successful in the era of pervasive video. "Video has gone from being a consumer-driven entertainment experience on the Web to being a basic feature of any professional website across all media and corporate sectors," said Jeremy Allaire…

No. A banker? No, but there are two former bank tellers in the 110th Congress. What are the occupations of the people who got elected to the House or the Senate? Why ask a question like that? Because a "tornado of economic discontent is buffeting the nation." (1) We learned today: A record 90 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the country’s on the wrong track, 88 percent are worried about the economy’s direction and just 44 percent are confident they’ll have enough money on which to retire.(2) Who are the people to fix the economy? In the 110th Congress, law is the common…

UPPSALA, Sweden and WAUKESHA, Wisconsin, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Radi Medical Systems AB and GE Healthcare announced today a development; marketing and sales initiative to integrate Radi Medical Systems AB (Radi) groundbreaking wireless PressureWire(R) Aeris and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) technology into GE's Mac-Lab(R) IT hemodynamic recording system. This agreement defines the terms of a development that will bring together GE's proven Mac-Lab IT with first of its kind wireless measurement of FFR from Radi, seamlessly integrating measurement of FFR into the cathlab workflow and with…

BETH HALEVY, Israel, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Concept in Internet Security for Mac Users Yoggie Security Systems(TM) today launched the world's first miniature hardware internet security devices for MacBooks and Mac desktop computers. The new Gatekeeper PicoTM for Mac and Gatekeeper Card Pro(TM) for Mac, provide 12 internet security applications on a dedicated hardware that offloads security, improves productivity and protects users wherever they connect. With predictions of over 10 million Apple Macintosh(R) computers sold by the end of 2008, Macs are rapidly becoming attractive…

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentice, a leading supplier of solutions for medical simulation, announces the appointment of Mr. Björn Larsson as Vice President of Global Marketing. Effective from today Mr. Björn Larsson will head up and coordinate Mentice's marketing activities globally from a corporate standpoint. Mr. Larsson brings to Mentice over 15 years of experience of global sales, marketing and product management within pharmaceuticals and medical technology in areas including cardiology, stroke management and CNS. Before joining Mentice, he held global leadership…

BRUSSELS, October 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - No Child Should Die of Diabetes The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced today that it is bringing together key opinion leaders to push for action to secure care for the thousands of children with diabetes in developing countries without access to care. The meeting, Access to Essential Diabetes Medicines for Children in the Developing World, will be held on Saturday, October 25 in London, United Kingdom. The International Diabetes Federation has invited Ministries of Health from various developing countries, leaders from the pharmaceutical…