February 28, 2011, KREMS, Austria, (Coal Geology): Nanotechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century. It is already of immense significance in medicine as well as industry. Together with the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Danube University Krems has developed a postgraduate [...]
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New Nanotechnology courses: MS in nanobiosciences and nanomedicine
February 28th, 2011 | by Editor | published in Science and Tech | Leave A Comment »
Teachers Can Get Their Own Backstage Pass to History at The Henry Ford
February 24th, 2011 | by Editor | published in Science and Tech | Leave A Comment »
February 24, 2011, DEARBORN, MI -(Coal Geology) – Join K-12 educators, leading humanities scholars, museum historians and curators for a unique immersive learning opportunity that brings the Industrial Revolution to life. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer workshops, America’s Industrial Revolution, will be held at The Henry Ford, July 17-22 and August 7-12, [...]
NASA Postpones Launch of Glory Mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
February 23rd, 2011 | by Editor | published in Science and Tech | Leave A Comment »
February 23, 2011, WASHINGTON, (Coal Geology) – The launch of NASA’s Glory spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been postponed at least 24 hours. During the final 15 minutes before Wednesday’s scheduled launch of 5:09 a.m. EST, the vehicle interface control console, a ground interface with Orbital Sciences’ Taurus XL rocket, gave [...]
The Princeton Review’s (Nasdaq: REVU) 100 Best Value Colleges for 2011
February 22nd, 2011 | by Editor | published in Science and Tech | Leave A Comment »
February 22, 2011, NEW YORK, (Coal Geology) – The Princeton Review (Nasdaq: REVU), one of America’s best known education services companies, has — for the third consecutive year — teamed up with USA TODAY, one of the nation’s most widely read newspapers, to present a list of America’s 100 “Best Value Colleges” of the year. [...]
Biodiversity in Danger: Which Areas Should Be Protected?
February 18th, 2011 | by Editor | published in Science and Tech | Leave A Comment »
February 18, 2011, WASHINGTON and BRUSSELS, (Coal Geology)- Biodiversity loss is a growing concern. Protected areas are a instrument to counteract this trend. The UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity conference of the parties in Nagoya (October 2010) set stringent new targets to be reached by 2020. At least 17% of terrestrial and inland water and [...]