Science Education & Policy
The annual America’s Most Literate Cities ranking, published today in “USA Today,” measures the cultural resources for reading in America’s largest cities. It names Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Boston as the most literate US cities, in that order.
The survey ranks cities (population of 250,000 and above) based on 6 key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and internet resources.
This is the fifth year the…
President Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with open online access to findings from its funded research. This is the first time the U.S. government has mandated public access to research funded by a major agency.
The provision directs the NIH to change its existing Public Access Policy, implemented as a voluntary measure in 2005, so that participation is required for agency-funded investigators. Researchers will now be required to deposit…
Protests couldn't happen without college students, who have plenty of time on their hands, but research carried out at the University of Granada reveals that busy housewives raising future college students are still more willing to separate glass from other garbage than the students themselves.
Awareness of the environment does not translate into ecologically responsible behavior, according to the research carried out in the Department of Social Psychology and Methodology of Behaviour Sciences of the University of Granada.
This research was carried out by doctor María del Carmen Aguilar Luzón…
A genetic mutation already known to be more common in Ashkenazi Jewish breast cancer patients is also prevalent in Hispanic and young African-American women with breast cancer, according to one of the largest, multiracial studies of the mutation to date.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Northern California Cancer Center reported the finding from a study of 3,181 breast cancer patients in Northern California. It revealed that although Ashkenazi Jewish women with breast cancer had the highest rate of the BRCA1 mutation at 8.3 percent, Hispanic women with breast…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 24 /PRNewswire/ --
- The Dubai School of Government and Wolfensohn Center at Brookings Announce the New Middle East Youth Initiative Web Site and Working Papers
The Dubai School of Government (http://www.dse.ae ) and the Wolfensohn Center for Development (http://www.brookings.edu/wolfensohn.aspx ) at Brookings announced the launch of the new Middle East Youth Initiative (MEYI), Web site: http://www.shababinclusion.org, and the results of six new working papers on topics ranging from analysis of the state of youth in specific Middle Eastern countries…
In this latest installment of our on-going series of interviews with some of the leading thinkers and scientists on the subject of energy, we interview Dr. Thomas Valone.
Facing and solving the multiple issues concerning energy is the single most pressing problem that we face as a species. There is a lot of media coverage about energy, alternative energy and global warming, but what has been missing is the knowledge and point of view of scientists, at least in the main stream media.
Dr. Thomas Valone is a physicist and licensed professional engineer with 30 years professional experience, is a…
Is the State of Texas about to offer Master of Science degrees in creationism? The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), an organization that officially believes the earth sprang into existence less than 10,000 years ago, has applied to offer a state-approved Master's program in science education. Last week, an official advisory committee recommended that the State of Texas approve the ICR's request to offer Master's degrees (read about it here and here). If this request is granted, the ICR has two years in which it can offer state-approved Master's degrees while seeking accreditation for…
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, December 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- New Investor Partnership Co-led by Founder and CEO Dennis Gillings, Bain Capital and TPG
Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced the formation of a new investor partnership to support the company's continued growth under the leadership of current Chairman and CEO Dennis Gillings, CBE, and the management team. Gillings and global private investment firms Bain Capital and TPG Capital are the lead investors in the partnership, with 3i also becoming a significant investor. Temasek Holdings remains an investor in…
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LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- Virgin Active Offers Healthy Advice on Joining Gyms in 2008
At a time when it is feared that mortgage debts are rising as quickly as obesity levels, Virgin Active has come up with suggestions to help people make an informed investment when joining a health club. The ideas that follow will enable individuals to remain financially sensible whilst trying to combat a tightening pinch around their waist lines as well as their wallets.
Top tips:
- Make sure that a sales representative fully explains the terms and conditions to you before you sign. If you don't…
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TORONTO, December 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- Acquisition to Expand Converged Rating and Billing Product Portfolio and Global Reach in Asia Pacific, Africa and North America
Redknee Solutions Inc. ("Redknee" or the "Company") (AIM: RKN), a leading provider of innovative infrastructure software that monetizes and personalizes services and content for mobile operators, today announced the conditional acquisition of the assets of Argent Networks Ltd. ("Argent"), a leading technology and telecommunications billing company, for an initial payment of US$4 million in cash raising to a maximum cash payment…