Daily Archives: 11, June 2015

Bayer MaterialScience: Security and ID cards using Makrofol® ID Superlaser film can add wide range of security features and be personalized significantly faster

Materials portfolio addresses evolving needs of this highly innovative sector LONDON, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Forgery is a major challenge for ID card manufacturers. Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world’s leading suppliers of polycarbonate films for security and ID cards, offers … Read the full press release

Bayer AG to sell its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. for EUR 1,022 million

Transaction includes blood glucose monitoring systems and lancing devices for people with diabetes LEVERKUSEN, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer AG has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd., a company which … Read the full press release

Chinese Hebei Sannong Agrochemical and Nanjing Heyuan accepted the litigation filed by Bayer CropScience and agreed to pay financial compensation in respect of their infringing activities

Monheim, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer CropScience has taken a large step forward to stop the distribution of counterfeit crop protection products containing the active ingredient spirotetramat. Chinese manufacturer Hebei Sannong Agrochemical and distributor Nanjing Heyuan recently accepted the litigation filed … Read the full press release

Sir Tim Hunt FRS resigned from his position as Honorary Professor with the University College London (UCL)

LONDON, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL can confirm that Sir Tim Hunt FRS has today resigned from his position as Honorary Professor with the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, following comments he made about women in science at the World … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool scientists to decode DNA modifications in the wheat genome to understand its impact on crop variation

LIVERPOOL, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working to decode DNA modifications, known as ‘epigenetic marks’, in the wheat genome to understand its impact on crop variation. Leading an international consortium of scientists from Cold Spring … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool scientists: Dreadnoughtus dinosaur was not as large during its lifetime as previously thought

LIVERPOOL, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that the most complete giant sauropod dinosaur skeleton, Dreadnoughtus, discovered by palaeontologists in South America in 2014, was not as large during its lifetime as previously thought. Found in … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool: Dr Josie Billington awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

LIVERPOOL, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Josie Billington, from the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The award recognises her contribution to the student learning experience and her pioneering work … Read the full press release

University of Warwick student Hannah Sugrue celebrated as the 50,000th competitor of the world’s largest student motorsport event, Formula Student

Hannah Sugrue, originally from Coventry and a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Warwick, is being celebrated as the 50,000th competitor of the world’s largest student motorsport event, Formula Student. COVENTRY, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Formula Student, run by … Read the full press release

University of Warwick staff, family and friends will take part in the Two Castles Run to support the University’s research into premature birth, miscarriage, cancer and dementia

COVENTRY, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Staff, family and friends of the University of Warwick will on Sunday 14th June raise funds for ground-breaking research by taking part in the Two Castles Run. The Two Castles Run see runners make their … Read the full press release

University of Helsinki to focus on 3 strategic research areas for the years 2017–2020: life sciences, the human mind as well as the structure of matter and materials science

Besides the three newly chosen cross-disciplinary strategic research areas, the University of Helsinki has recognised two points of spearhead research: the atmosphere and climate as well as mathematics. HELSINKI, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of the University has decided … Read the full press release