Computer science is to be included as part of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a performance indicator that measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve grades A* to C at GCSE level in specific subjects. The EBacc ...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is expanding their flow cytometry portfolio with the addition of 14 new human monoclonal antibodies from Trillium Diagnostics LLC. The analyte specific reagents (ASRs) provide high specificity, convenience and ...
AkzoNobel and the American Chemical Society (ACS) announced Carnegie Mellon University Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski, Ph.D. as the winner of the inaugural AkzoNobel North America Science Award for his cutting-edge polymer ...
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IBM has rolled out a tool it says can cull massive terabytes of data, including email — to help customers detect external attacks aimed at stealing sensitive information or insider threats that might reveal corporate secrets. The ...
The UK's education, training and technology sectors will be among the major areas of UK export growth over the next few years, claims business secretary Vince Cable - despite a forthcoming shortage of qualified computer scientists as fewer ...
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British scientists are working on tiny LED lights that could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while simultaneously displaying information. At the same time, the technology will also provide illumination for homes, offices and a ...
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Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spider’s spin – weight for weight – at least five times as strong as piano wire. They have found a way to obtain ...
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Scientists will this year begin rolling out a new-generation network of digital cameras in desert regions of Australia to capture images of incoming meteorites. The team, led by Western Australia's Curtin University, will test a prototype ...
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If you're a packaging industry professional looking to get ahead, there's no better place to find resources than WestPack, which lands Feb. 12-14 at the Anaheim (CA) Convention Center. The exhibition and conference gather packaging company ...
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A recent breakthrough in storage research may someday produce a new type of solid-state device that can be used like a hard disk drive and holds 1,000 times as much data. An international team of researchers led by a Massachusetts ...
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The hotel sector, health care system and food industry generate huge amounts of linen every day which is becoming increasingly expensive to treat and care for due rising energy costs. Therefore manufacturers of commercial washing machines ...
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A NASA spacecraft is sending back evidence that a deep crater on Mars once held a groundwater-fed lake. The information is further evidence that the Red Planet has a history of water. Last fall, NASA scientists discovered evidence ...
Want to tell the world how good your business is? Austrade, through Australia Unlimited, is giving Australian manufacturers an opportunity to promote themselves nationally and internationally by submitting stories as part of its new ...
Those who want to try the much-hyped Hadoop but haven't got a cluster or two to spare can now test the data processing platform on their desktops, thanks to a new release from Hadoop distributor Hortonworks. Hortonworks Sandbox is a ...
Agilent Technologies Inc and SRI International have announced they have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers a package that combines Agilent’s latest release of GeneSpring GX, GeneSpring NGS, Mass ...