A new Department for Education (DfE) report entitled The National Curriculum in England Framework offers more details of the coalition's plans to improve the teaching of computing, but provides no formal backing for Education Secretary ...
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Qualitas Health and Valicor Renewables have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their expertise and experience in biology, advanced chemistry and technology commercialization to develop next-generation algae-based products. ...
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Matias Amor has joined Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) as regional sales manager, Water and Wastewater for Spain and Portugal. He will be responsible for increasing Koch Membrane Systems’ commercial growth in this region and developing ...
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG), and GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The ...
Warren S. Perkins, former president of AATCC and respected textile industry chemist and professor, has been elected by the Association’s Board of Directors to serve as AATCC Treasurer. John Y. “Jack” Daniels, executive ...
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SPRIselect from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences utilises SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilisation)-based chemistry to speed and simplify genomic DNA size selection for next generation sequencing fragment library preparation. Following ...
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Domainex Ltd, specialists in drug discovery solutions and translational research support, has announced that it is launching its Discovery STAR Award to support academic groups at the early stages of drug discovery. Domainex’s STAR ...
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The Bayer Science and Education Foundation is teaming up with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to award joint research fellowships. Bayer will contribute around EUR 3 million (£2.57 million) to the laboratory work, which will ...
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Digital Lumens has appointed experienced lighting industry executive and market strategist Matthew Healy to lead its business development efforts. Healy previously served as business development director at GE Lighting, where he played an ...
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Available from Uniqsis Ltd the FlowSyn Polar Bear™ is a state-of-the-art chiller unit which, in combination with FlowSyn Continuous Flow Reactor, allows you to perform and control reactions down to -88°C. The FlowSyn Polar ...
The International OEKO-TEX Association will offer a free webinar on February 6 at 12:00 Noon EST to review the recently announced 2013 updates to the OEKO-TEX Standard 100, particularly as they apply to U.S. textile products manufacturers, ...
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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NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) is a novel biomarker for diagnosing acute kidney injury (AKI). Its measurement can detect damage within 2 hrs of occurrence and also shows a proportionate response to injury. This enables ...
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Ilya Kurochkin is Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Postgenomic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the Lomonsov Moscow State University. His research requires characterisation of size distribution, concentration and to ...
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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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