Science Education & Policy

BOSTON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Latest release enables QA and Development Teams to quickly measure the quality of their WSDLs through an automated scoring system Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the market-leading provider of SOA Testing Tools, today announced immediate availability of SOAPSonar(TM) v.4.0. This release incorporates modules that enable QA and Development teams to quickly test the quality of their enterprise WSDLs based on an easy to understand scoring system. The scoring system provides the teams a valuable feedback loop to improve the quality of their WSDLs thus increasing…

AMSTERDAM, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - ScienceDirect Works With QUOSA to Reduce the Time Needed to Download and Organize Full-Text PDF Articles ScienceDirect, Elsevier's online science, technology and medicine (STM) information platform, today announced that it has partnered with QUOSA to introduce the Document Download Manager, a new feature that enables researchers to download multiple full-text articles simultaneously. QUOSA, who specialize in building information management tools, are providers of the Download Manager technology. With Document Download Manager researchers can initiate…

TORONTO, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Companies to Begin Deployment of Networks Based on 802.16e-2005 Technologies for Carriers in the Asia-Pacific Region in 2008 >> Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and Tech Mahindra, a global systems integrator and leading provider of IT solutions to the telecom industry, today announced the two companies have signed a global partnership agreement to deliver Mobile WiMAX solutions. The companies will begin their first joint Mobile WiMAX…

LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In the most recent Petplan Pet Census, an annual study of pet ownership in the UK, 97% of vets reported that a lack of funds had led to owners choosing euthanasia over treatment. As many households start to feel the financial pinch, there is greater concern than ever that pets with treatable conditions are at risk. Whilst some cases are the result of one-off 'emergency' treatment, manageable long-term conditions are often at the root of much unnecessary euthanasia because owners simply cannot afford the cost of ongoing treatment. Reported increases in pet…

NAPA, California, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - AGENCY CHOSEN FOR LAUNCH OF PYRATINE-6(TM) Senetek PLC, a life sciences company dedicated to the development of advanced anti-aging technologies, today announced the appointment of Michael Rogers Public Relations to support its public relations activities for the launch of Pyratine-6(TM), the company's second generation of advanced cytokinin-based skincare for fighting the visible signs of aging. In the 1990's Senetek developed Kinetin, the cytokinin-based active ingredient in the successful Kinerase skincare line, and are now taking cytokinin…

In a commentary released today in the September 3rd issue of the medical journal JAMA, Dr. Arnold Relman, Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Harvard and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, takes on the issue of industry support of medical education once again, and offers his suggestions for ending the medical profession's dependence on industry support. Should pharmaceutical companies be allowed to fund medical education? Should they be allowed to give doctors gifts? Should they even be allowed to pick up the tab for lunch? No, no, and no, says Dr. Relman, adding that if “…

SOFIA, Bulgaria and NEWTON, Massachusetts and BOSTON, September 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Telerik, a leading vendor of software tools and components which allow developers to rapidly build cutting-edge web and desktop applications, today announced that it has received an investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm that has raised more than US$11 billion since inception. The investment will be used to fund both organic growth and acquisitions. Founded in 2002, Telerik offers a dynamic portfolio of products which can be used to build powerful web and desktop applications…

We can keep suicidal individuals from committing suicide successfully by making sure they can't get a gun, say researchers at Harvard School of Public Health. The article in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) was written by Matthew Miller, assistant professor of health policy and management ans associate director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, and David Hemenway, professor of health policy and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Americans 40 years old and younger, according to their statistics.…

From the 1933 classic "The Invisible Man" to the more recent Harry Potter series, devices that achieve invisibility have been popular parts of film fantasy. In recent years, scientists using special types of 'meta' materials have shown that fantasy invisibility could one day become reality. Invisibility is all the rage in 2008 but according to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, current techniques are already obsolete. Certain materials underneath an invisibility cloak would allow invisible objects to be seen again and a group of Chinese researchers are already working on an '…

The technology community in the US ain't what it used to be, argues Judy Estrin, a technology entrepreneur and former Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. She is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, and she's arguing that "we have a national innovation deficit." Estrin suggests that the key indicators of our innovation problem are excessive short-term thinking and not enough risk-taking. I'm no technology expert, but there is concern about a similar phenomenon in the sciences. As every scientist who has spent months trying to get something to work in the lab knows, establishing…