Service in Biological News

Federal Bureau of Investigation Awards Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT ) a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract cove...

UK Identity and Passport Service and IBM Sign 7-year National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) Contract

LONDON, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM ) and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an executive agency of the UK Home Office, have signed a seven-year agreement for IBM to provide a core element of the Government's plans to upgrade to biometric passports and enhance ...

New e-science service could accelerate cancer research

The University of Manchester and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have launched a major new e-science resource for biologists which could accelerate research into treatments for H1N1 flu and cancer. Biocatalogue.org , a centralised regis...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Awards Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT ) a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract cove...

ABBTECH Staffing Services Certified by GSA as an HSPD-12 Managed Service Provider

STERLING, Va., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Services Administration (GSA) has certified ABBTECH Staffing Services Inc. (ABBTECH) as a provider of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Enrollment and Card Activation and Finalization managed services, under Homeland Security Presidential Direc...

ABBTECH Staffing Services Certified by GSA as an HSPD-12 Managed Service Provider

STERLING, Va., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Services Administration (GSA) has certified ABBTECH Staffing Services Inc. (ABBTECH) as a provider of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Enrollment and Card Activation and Finalization managed services, under Homeland Security Presidential Direc...

identiMetrics & BIO-key(R) Provide Biometric Finger Scanning for School Food Service Nationwide

Solution Enables Schools to Help Meet Federal Meal Reimbursement Requirements WALL, N.J. and FLOURTOWN, Pa., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless...

FAS honors Mark D. Levine with 2008 Public Service Award

SAN FRANCISCO The Federation of American Scientists has chosen Mark D. Levine, director of the China Energy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as the recipient of the 2008 FAS Public Service Award for "his extraordinary contributions to energy efficiency research and for his work...

Forest Service launches Web-based forest threats viewing tool

The Forest Services Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) recently launched its forest threats summary viewer, a tool that will provide images, threat distribution maps, additional forestry contact information, and brief descriptions about forest threats throughout the eas...

Space technology put into service for global water resources observations

The worlds rivers, lakes, reservoirs and groundwater as well as snow fields and glaciers are the main sources of freshwater to support terrestrial life and human livelihoods. Continuous observations are crucial to manage these water resources for the benefit of mankind and the environment and a...

CSC Awarded $570 Million IT Services Contract by UK Identity and Passport Service

System Upgrades Improve Application Processing for Passports and Identity Cards FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC ) today announced that the UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an executive agency of the Home Office responsible for issuing UK passports ...

CSC Awarded $570 Million IT Services Contract by UK Identity and Passport Service

System Upgrades Improve Application Processing for Passports and Identity Cards FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC (NYSE: CSC ) today announced that the UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an executive agency of the Home Office responsible for issuing UK passports ...

Anthony S. Fauci awarded Lasker Award for Public Service

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has been awarded the 2007 Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service for his role in developing two major U.S. public health programs, in AIDS and bio...

Bioluminescence at the service of a novel cerebral imaging technique

CNRS scientists in collaboration have developed a new technique for the in vivo imaging of neuronal function using bioluminescence, based on a GFP-aequorin fusion protein. This imaging technique enables the monitoring of neuronal activity (and more specifically, calcium activity), real-time and in-...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the introduction of the Applied Biosystems Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program, a new program for service providers who are interested in accessing Applied Biosystems comprehensive solution for gene expres...

Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house

...lity; ATLAS, the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System; and the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator. The event will be held rain or shine. Free shuttle service will be provided and food and drink will be available for purchase. Advance reservations are not required, and visitors are welcome to take photos and...

K-State researchers say after-school programs should promote activity, healthy nutrition

...tudy was supported by a National Research Initiative Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension service Human Nutrition and Obesity Program. ...

Aware, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...diagnostics products businesses requires telephone companies to install DSL service in volume; our test and diagnostic hardware and software products could hav...a manner that is consistent with our business model; our ability to deliver service contract milestones; and our dependence on third party contractors and cons...

Biologists rediscover endangered frog population

...ving. Concerned about losing the tadpoles, she called the Fish and Wildlife service and the salvage effort started the next day. A USGS team led by Dr. Robert ...ith Caltrans. Jim Bartel, the field supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife service office in Carlsbad, said his agency is pleased to participate in the effort...

121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal

... National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) with support from Save The Tiger Fund (STF), WWF-US, WWF-UK, WWF International and US Fish and Wildlife service (USFWS). The 2008 nation-wide tiger population was initiated on 15 November 2009 in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) of Nepal both inside and outside...

Spallation Neutron Source sees first target replacement

... OAK RIDGE, July 27, 2009 -- Having outlasted all expectations of its service life, the original mercury target of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), t...f a planned maintenance outage to replace the old target, which has been in service since the SNS's startup on April 28, 2006. "We were anticipating this op...

DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009

...ly treated. Methodology for Estimating the Life of Power Line Conductor-Connector Systems Operating at High Temperatures (MELCOT) - predicts the service life of conductor-connector systems. The splices connecting the conductor lines are literally the weak links in power transmission systems. With this ...

High-tech vehicle design boosts emergency rescue capacity

...ul crash test proved the effectiveness of our latest construction. The four-stretcher carrier completely satisfies the requirements of a modern rescue service in a compact form," says Strobel. The resulting box kit can be adapted to a range of vehicles while offering a weight reduction of up to 50% compare...

Salt marshes: A natural and unnatural history

... Now championed as critical habitats for plants, animals, and people because of the environmental service and protection they provide, salt marshes were once considered unproductive wastelands, home solely to mosquitoes and toxic waste, and mistreated for ...

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes MIRTEC With the 2009 Award for Automated Optical Inspection Product Innovation of the Year

...mpany, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation o...

Frost & Sullivan: North American Government Biometrics Markets Thrive With Active R&D Thrust

... is part of the Automatic Identification and Security Growth Partnership service program, which also includes research in the following markets: world biome...ions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and be...

$20 million NIH grant to transform clinical research at UIC

...d community settings." The center provides a Web-based as well as a geographic single point-of-access for investigators -- including a match-making service to identify potential new collaborations. To provide support for research, the center offers six "core" services: statistical design and analysis, cli...

NOAA bans commercial harvesting of krill

...ndation for a healthy marine ecosystem," said Mark Helvey, NOAA's Fisheries service Southwest Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries. "Prot... harvest prohibition was originally proposed to the PFMC and NOAA Fisheries service by NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Today's rule implements A...

Growing Demand for Rapid Screening and Detection Systems Pushes the European Maritime Security Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

...mpany, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation ...

22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey

...or clinic. This so-called translational research is target-oriented, promoting the development of diagnostic procedures and laboratory outcomes in the service of discoveries that will result in improved patient care (Zerhouni 2005). To facilitate the flow of information among researchers and clinicians, ...

2 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists receive Presidential Early Career Award

...nnovative research at the frontiers of sciences and technology that is relevant to the mission of the sponsoring organization or agency, and community service demonstrated through scientific leadership, education or community outreach. An evolutionary biologist, Malik is an associate member of the Hutchins...

Our 'caveman logic' embraces ESP over evolution

... engaging in unselfish behavior, we can learn to use critical thinking and the insights of science to guide individual effort and social action in the service of our whole species. ...

Frost & Sullivan Looks at Biometrics Advancement in Civil Security: Exploring Opportunities for Today and Beyond

...mpany, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation o...

Axel Ullrich named winner of 2009 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research

...covery of protein therapeutics for the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including diabetes and cancer," said Solomon Snyder, M.D., distinguished service professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and chairman of The Dr. Paul Janssen Award Selection Committe...

Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies

...the species," Tursi said. UCF Assistant Professor Eric Hoffman and Philip Hughes, an endangered species biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service (USFWS) in Big Pine Key, landed a grant to study the bunnies. Tursi joined the team and is conducting fieldwork this summer in the Everglades and Flor...

In the warming West, climate most significant factor in fanning wildfires' flames

...sons alone, but a complex relationship between climate and fuels that varies among different ecosystems, according to a study conducted by U.S. Forest service and university scientists. The study is the most detailed examination of wildfire in the United States to date and appears in the current issue of the...

Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost

...harton School. The paper will be presented at the INFORMS Manufacturing and service Operations Management Society, service Management Special Interest Group Meeting taking place at MIT in Cambridge,...

'Canadian excellence' strengthened by extensive adoption of open access

...itory. Electronic documents, including articles, pre-prints, monographs, reports, movies and databases can all be archived in the repository. The service ensures that Laurier's scholarly communication output is consolidated, thus enabling researchers to broaden their knowledge base through greater colla...

American Chemical Society's Weekly Presspac -- June 17, 2009

...ments from the periodic table, providing alternative names, molecular structures, a Wikipedia link, and other information. From Chemical Abstracts service (CAS) CAS Science Connections is a series of articles that showcases the value of CAS databases in light of important general-interest science a...

NOAA forecast predicts large 'dead zone' for Gulf of Mexico this summer

...AA's Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program currently is providing near real-time data on the hypoxic zone during a five-week NOAA Fisheries service summer fish survey in the northern Gulf of Mexico between June 8 and July 18. The information is available on the NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Wa...