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Not all titanium dioxide is equal when it comes to splitting water with visible light

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be presenting at this year's American Chemical Society 2009 Spring Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following talk will occur on Tuesday afternoon. Scientists are hot on the trail of materials that use ...

Yongye Biotechnology to Present at Roth Capital 'China Comes to Vegas' Conference

BEIJING, Nov. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye Biotechnology International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YGYB; "Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading developer, producer and distributor of nutrients for plants and animals, located in the People's Republic of China, today announced that t...

China Yingxia to Present at Roth China Comes to Vegas Conference

HARBIN, China, Nov. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yingxia International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYXI) ("China Yingxia" or "the Company"), a leading provider in the health and nutritional food industry engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of nutritional food pr...

When it Comes to Going Green, These N.C. Scientists are Singing the Blues

WILMINGTON, N.C., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Going green is so 2007. This year scientists in North Carolina have made a resolution to embrace a new earth-friendly trend -- Going Blue. This new charge is coming out of MARBIONC (Marine Biotechnology in North Carolina), one of the country's newest...

NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning is at the Top of his Game When It Comes to Spreading the Word About Chronic Kidney Disease

The American Association of Kidney Patients Honors Mourning with 2008 Life Membership Award During National Kidney Month MIAMI, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- To recognize his extraordinary commitment to raising awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD), the American Association of Kidney ...

Survey Shows Most Women Can't Separate Fact From Fiction When It Comes to Cervical Cancer Prevention

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) Encourages Women to Get Informed and Ask for Comprehensive Screening WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite growing awareness of HPV (human papillomavirus), the primary cause of cervical cancer, a new survey released ...

Federal nanotech risk research plan still comes up short

WASHINGTON, DC An improved but still flawed government-wide plan for nanotechnology risk research is the result of a broken system. Federally-funded studies essential to managing possible risks from this cutting-edge technology should be guided by a top-down strategy tied to projected commercial...

Doyle and the Legislature Have Much To Agree Upon When It Comes To The Economy

MADISON Remember this summers property tax freeze budget proposal? Legislative Republicans voted for it because they thought it was great politics; many of them were less convinced the freeze was good policy and secretly hoped Doyle would veto it. Thats how it may be with Democrats and Gov. Jim...

Choice Comes To PDAs

For a very long stretch, unless you dropped your PDA on hard pavement or put it through the wash, there really was no reason to upgrade to a new one. Barring a few bells and whistles intended to attract the enterprise volume buyer, PDAs offered little in the way of new styling or functionality for ...

German Life Science Oktoberfest Comes to the Midwest

CHICAGO Germany has often been regarded as the economic motor of the European community particularly with its central geographic location. Its just south of Scandinavia, to the east of the U.K. and France, just north of Switzerland, Austria and Italy and west of the east European countries of Pola...

With Larger Storage Capacity Comes Smaller Devices

Cornice Inc. has a new device that holds 33% more data than the previous product generation. Just six months after the June 2003 launch of the 1.5 GB Cornice Storage Element (SE), Cornice Inc. , has introduced the 2.0-gigabyte Cornice Storage Element. These storage devices are used in consum...

Choice of next UW president comes down to matching skills with the challenge

MADISON Heres how a truthful employment ad for the job of University of Wisconsin President might have read: HELP WANTED Major Midwest university system seeks a chief executive officer who can multi-task and keep the following groups happy: Board of Regents, professors, academic staff, studen...

Instant messaging comes to groups

Today, Palo Alto-based start-up Five Across introduced a new instant messenger system, called InterComm. At first blush, another IM system may seem redundant, silly and unnecessary. After all, AOL, MSN, and Yahoo already capture the vast majority of consumer IM users. What can a newcomer bring to t...

Christmas comes early with Treo 650

I have been anticipating this day like a child waits for Christmas. Today, PalmOne introduces the Treo 650 , the answer to my "what smart phone will I buy?" conundrum. I saw the new Treo six weeks ago in a private suite at the DEMOmobile conference (Yes, even I take a break from the schmooz...

Online matchmaking comes to the boardroom

Madison, Wis. A Web site connecting companies with potential members of their boards of directors is set to launch later this month. Candela Solutions, LLC , and Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP , are co-sponsoring DirectorConnector , which has started signing up companies and people and wi...

Women in technology confab comes to Wisconsin

Now that spring is in gear, women looking for new directions in technology business are heading to Lake Geneva for a "shorts and tee shirts" alternative to the traditional conference Camp WorldWIT , starting Thursday afternoon and lasting until Sunday, with yoga in the mornings and two full days ...

Cloning ban comes before Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday

Madison, Wis. -- A proposed ban on all human embryonic cloning in the state will be voted on in the state Senate Tuesday, a proposal opposed by many in the medical research community. The proposed ban, known as AB 499, would outlaw not only cloning for reproductive purposes but also what propo...

Now comes the hybrid CIO

In the IT industry, weve been banging the drum for business alignment for several years now. So what has come of all the chanting and ritual dancing in and out of conference rooms across America? Leading indicators suggest the results are good. My favorite is the emergence of the hybrid CIO. O...

Report card praises Wisconsin economy, but comes with warning

Wisconsin made the honor roll of a national economic development assessment group for its high quality of life and quality jobs. The 2006 Development Report Card for the States, released last week by the non-profit Corporation for Enterprise Development, gave the state an A in performance and Bs...

A Midwest life-science odyssey comes full circle

When I started this column just over four years ago, I had no idea that I would continue with it for even a year. My interest in writing a column was to share with other members of the Midwest life-science community information that I thought would help them with business plans, presentations, an...

DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers

...it of the breakthroughs that are essential to expand the use of clean and renewable energy." Of the $377 million awarded to the EFRCs, $277 million comes from funding made available through the Recovery Act with the remaining $100 million made from DOE's FY2009 budget. The 46 EFRCs are being funded at ...

Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...of our North American Phase 3 fidaxomicin data at major scientific conferences showing that fidaxomicin is more effective than oral vancomycin when it comes to reducing recurrence of CDI, even in high risk patient populations," said Michael N. Chang, Ph.D., Optimer's President and Chief Executive Officer. ...

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

...lays records on an old-style phonograph to make a nanoscale image of the solar cell. The microscope, developed in Ginger's lab to record photocurrent, comes to a point just 10 to 20 nanometers across (a human hair is about 60,000 nanometers wide). The tip is coated with platinum or gold to conduct electric...

Bacteria pack their own demise

...h, all is well. However, if for some reason the piece of DNA where the T-A gene is located gets damaged or lost, the production of toxin and antitoxin comes to a halt and a time bomb starts ticking. Because the toxin is more stable than the antitoxin, it is broken down more slowly by the cell's clean-up me...

PROLOR Biotech Announces $10 Million Preferred Stock Line From Members of The Frost Group

... subject to a one-year lock-up. The stock purchase agreement does not include any warrants to investors. "This new infusion of equity capital comes at a critical time for PROLOR, as we are approaching significant milestones in the development of our long-acting human growth hormone candidate that ...

Junying Yu, Leading Stem Cell Researcher, Joins Cellular Dynamics International

... Yu Leads iPS Cell Breakthroughs, Twice Yu's addition to CDI comes on the heels of her recent Science article , published online March 26...gy of the cell or potentially lead to tumorigenesis. Dr. Yu, who comes to CDI from an associate scientist position in stem cell-pioneer Dr. James ...

Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for 2009 Second Quarter

...an, and a recommendation for approval in Europe of SIMPONI, a novel biologic treatment for inflammatory diseases. In our industry, long-term strength comes from creating a continuous flow of new innovations. We are proud that we have created such a strong and productive R&D engine at Schering-Plough....

Miami Beach Real Estate Attorney Opens Miami Real Estate Brokerage for International Luxury Miami Beach Condo Buyers From Distressed Sellers

...ining units. "Distressed sellers are more comfortable accepting a low contract price with a cash closing when the real estate purchase contract comes from a real estate attorney office," says Folland, finding that many distressed owners will even sell for less than their pre-construction closin...

Muscular protein bond -- strongest yet found in nature

...implications for fields as diverse as medical research and nanotechnology. The real strength of any skeletal muscle doesn't start with exercise; it comes ultimately from nanoscale biological building blocks. One key element is a bond involving titin, a giant among proteins. Titin is considered a molecul...

Karl Strauss and GreenHouse Partner to Create Alternative Fuel from Beer Waste

...r pioneer Karl Strauss Brewing Company to convert spent beer yeast into ethanol fuel for California residents and businesses alike. Today’s news comes on the heels of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s June 4 press conference, where he unveiled the final production model of the revolutionary E-Fu...

Powerful Image Registration and Recognition Software Unveiled for Medical, Satellite, and Defense Imaging Industries

...ical, satellite and defense imaging applications. The novel software, which comes packaged with an API for custom software development, is fully automatic an... Windows (XP and Vista) and Mac (OS X 10.4 and 10.5). Each software package comes with an API for custom software development. About DualAlign LLC World...

Boston Scientific Announces European Approval for Its LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System

...t of Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. "I hope to provide my patients added convenience and the peace of mind that comes from knowing both their device and heart health status can be monitored." "Boston Scientific has enrolled more than 130,000 patients on the L...

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

...s; and to overcome some information technology challenges associated with sharing scanned images with government officials who require them. When it comes to protecting the nation's ports, the authors warn, the challenge of comprehensive inspection and the cost of failure are both great. "Unlike a long...

Intellikine Completes $51 Million Financing

...to the performance of certain milestones, which, if triggered, will bring the total amount raised in this round to $51 million. This latest financing comes less than two years after the company was formed with an initial investment of $12.5 million from founding investors Abingworth, CMEA Capital and Sofi...

Galichia Heart Hospital Partners with Mobile Surgery International to Develop Wichita-based Center of Excellence with Global Convenience(TM)

...provides differentiating surgical programs and develops custom solutions to administrative needs with minimal regard to geography. Whether the patient comes to the surgeon, the surgeon goes to the patient, or patient and surgeon meet at a mutually convenient location, MSI coordinates all necessary arrangem...

Virtify, Inc. Delivers Industry's First Enterprise Content Compliance Software Suite for Life Sciences Companies

... global regulatory bodies. "The cost of bringing new drugs to market ranges from $800 million to $1.2 billion and it's estimated that roughly 26% comes from the content requirements associated with regulatory compliance," said Alan Louie, Ph.D., research director for IDC Health Industry Insights. "Fac...

GeoVax Signs HIV/AIDS Vaccine Proposal With Health and Hospital System of Cook County, Illinois

...es. There can, however, be no assurance that agreements will result from the proposal. HIV/AIDS Background HIV affects the entire globe and comes in a variety of subtypes. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America where there are roughly 60,000 new infections each year. Globally, there...

Neogen Named to Fortune's List of 40 Stocks 'To Retire On'

...dy during darker times." "We are pleased any time we receive independent recognition of Neogen's outstanding performance, and especially when it comes from a source as trusted as Fortune ," said James Herbert, Neogen's CEO. "In our opinion, this list represents a valuable source of information for t...

Life Science Leaders Discuss Strategies for Surviving the Financial Crisis at Yankee Public Relations Symposium

...ing funding. "At the end of the day, it's all about credibility," said Pennett. "There are a lot of early stage companies out there and it really comes down to credibility. It's the credibility of the plan, it's the credibility of the pathway to commercialization, it's the credibility of the managemen...

Israeli scientists show bacteria can plan ahead

...ving in environments that change in predictable ways. Their findings show that these microorganisms' genetic networks are hard-wired to 'foresee' what comes next in the sequence of events and begin responding to the new state of affairs before its onset. E. coli bacteria, for instance, which normall...