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University of Leeds Scientists discovered new way to fight against cervical cancer

Posted on 4, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

4-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists at the University of Leeds have found a way to target and destroy a key protein associated with the development of cervical and other cancers. The E7 protein is produced early in the lifecycle of the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

Tagged Aptamers, BBSRC, Cancer, carcinogenic protein, cervical cancer, Dr Nicola Stonehouse, E7 protein, HPV, HPV positive, human papillomavirus, molecule, papillomavirus, RNA aptamer, RNA aptamers, scientists, University of Leeds, virus infection, Yorkshire Cancer Research

Heidelberg University Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” set up four new junior research groups

Posted on 3, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Young researchers examine topics such as war crimes tribunals and the Pentecostal movement 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” of Heidelberg University has set up four new junior research groups. The group … Read the full press release →

Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Education, Law, Religion, Science, Society

Tagged Albert Kesselring, alternative agriculture, anthropology, ASIA, Asia and Europe, British war crime policy, Buddhist, CHINA, doctoral students, Dr. Daniel Münster, Dr. Katja Rakow, Dr. Kerstin von Lingen, Freiburg, Heidelberg University, Indochina, Indonesia, Islam in Asia, junior research groups, Pentecostal movement, Pentecostalism, Soviet Union, Tokyo Trial, Tübingen, war crimes, war tribunals, Young researchers

University of Southampton Researchers: New mathematical model links space-time theories

Posted on 3, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Southampton have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our Universe. Professor Kostas Skenderis, Chair in Mathematical Physics at the University, comments: “One of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom

Tagged black hole, black hole phenomenon, Dr Blaise Goutéraux, Dr Joan Camps, Dr Marco Caldarelli, electromagnetism, flat space-time, Gregory Laflamme instability, holograms, holographic Universe, laws of physics, mathematical model, negatively curved space-time, Professor Kostas Skenderis, Space-time, space-time theories, theoretical physics

EC calls on EU Member States to improve childcare provisions

Posted on 3, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Member States will need to step up their efforts to improve childcare provisions if the EU is to reach its 75% employment rate target by 2020, said the European Commission in a report released today. The progress … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Education, Government, Healthcare, Politics, Society

Tagged Barcelona targets, Childcare, childcare availability, childcare provisions, childcare quality, childcare services, European Commission, full-day care services, full-day school places, Viviane Reding

Prehistoric fashion show event in London

Posted on 31, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Research by archaeologists at the University of Southampton and the Natural History Museum Vienna will be showcased in London this weekend at a special prehistoric fashion show event – staged as part of an international Humanities festival, ‘The … Read the full press release →

Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Art & Culture, Austria, Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged 1800-500 BC, archaeologist, artefacts, Bronze Age, Celtic tribe, CinBA, clothing, Dr Jo Sofaer, Dr Karina Grömer, fashion, fashion show, Hallstatt, Helga Rösel-Mautendorfer, Humanities in the European Research Area, jewellery, Late Bronze Age Europe, Middle Bronze Age Europe, Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistoric, Prehistoric fashion show event, University of Southampton

Stockholm University Institute for Stress Research will be the host of the 20th PNIRS Scientific Meeting in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet

Posted on 31, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Pioneering discoveries on the brain and immune defense 31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — It’s true that the brain governs the body, but the body also governs the brain, for example when the immune defense system makes us rest when we’re sick. This … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Sweden

Tagged 20th PNIRS Scientific Meeting, accelerating aging, anti-depressive drugs, brain defense, depression, immune defense, immune defense system, Mats Lekander, mental health, placebos, psychoneuroimmunology, severe stress, Stockholm, Stockholm University, Stress Research

University of Twente Dr Aiko Pras: Few people realize how dependent we have become on the most complex technical system ever built – the Internet

Posted on 29, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

29-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — “Few people realize how dependent we have become in such a short time on the most complex technical system ever built by man, the internet. Without it there would be no more cashpoints, no water from the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Netherlands, Science, Security & Safety, Society, Technology, Telecom

Tagged car-to-car communication, Cybercrime, Dr Aiko Pras, enormous quantities of data, gas networks, power grid, SCADA systems, the Internet, water networks

Zorgverzekeraars investeren in draagbare laboratoria

Posted on 28, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

28-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Achmea en De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar gaan participeren in het bedrijf Ostendum. Dit bedrijf ontwikkelt lab-on-a-chip toepassingen – minuscule laboratoria op een chip – waarmee een arts binnen enkele minuten onder meer bloed- , urine- en speekselmonsters kan … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech, Science

Tagged Achmea, draagbare laboratoria, investeren, lab-on-a-chip, Ostendum, Paul Nederkoorn, Zorgverzekeraars

Achmea and De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar invest in University of Twente spin-off company Ostendum

Posted on 27, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Health insurers Achmea and De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar are to participate in Ostendum, a MESA+ spin-off company that is developing lab-on-a-chip applications 27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Health insurers Achmea and De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar are to participate in Ostendum, a company that is developing … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech, Science

Tagged Achmea, Aurel Ymeti, De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar, Diana Monissen, Health insurers, Kees van Ast, lab-on-a-chip applications, MESA+, Ostendum, Overijssel, University of Twente

The European Commission: ensuring basic education for every child by 2030

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission will confirm today its commitment to making education more equal and of a higher quality in the Development agenda beyond 2015 through continued financial support, during a High level event in Brussels. Development … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Politics, Society

Tagged Andris Piebalgs, basic education, Erasmus for All, Europe Loves Reading, human development, Literacy, social inclusion, The European Commission

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München online linguistic game won award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Munich, 24-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An online game designed to provide LMU researchers with data on the regional distribution of Italian dialect idioms has garnered an award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival. In the online game Metropolitalia, players are asked … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Internet & Online, Italy, Science, Technology

Tagged Christoph Wieser, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Dr. Stephan Lücke, Fabian Kneissl, idioms, Italian dialect idioms, Italian vernacular expressions, linguists, Linz, LMU linguists, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Metropolitalia, München, non-standard idioms, online linguistic game, phrase, Play4Science, Prix Ars Electronica Festival, Professor François Bry, Romance Philology, Thomas Krefeld, vernacular expressions

University of Duisburg-Essen Chemists develop nanopaste for the repair of bone defects

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Balsam for the Bones 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following accidents or cancer surgery surgeons often have to transplant healthy bone tissue or synthetic material to repair the resulting bone defects. Unfortunately, these procedures do not always have the desired effect. Now … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science

Tagged accidents, bone defects, cancer surgery, Chemists, DNA, nanoparticle paste, nanopaste, Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple, repair bone defects, researchers, surgeons, synthetic calcium phosphate, transplant healthy bone tissue, University of Duisburg-Essen

Free Vaisala Seminar on Mapping and Monitoring in GMP Environments for Life Science Professionals in Birmingham, UK

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vaisala’s educational seminar series continues with a free seminar for life science industry professionals. Taking place in Birmingham, UK on 23 May 2013, the seminar covers both fundamentals and details of mapping and monitoring for GMP regulated … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Finland, Industrial, Technology, United Kingdom

Tagged assurance engineers, Birmingham, environmental measurement, GAMP guidelines, GMP Environments, industrial measurement, IQ, Life Science, life science environments, Life Science Professionals, measuring, metrologists, monitoring, OQ, Paul Daniel, seminar, technicians, Vaisala, validation experience

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Unspooling DNA from nucleosomal disks

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Munich, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The tight wrapping of genomic DNA around nucleosomes in the cell nucleus makes it unavailable for gene expression. An LMU team now describes a mechanism that allows chromosomal DNA to be locally displaced from nucleosomes for transcription. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology

Tagged Biochemistry, Chromatin Plasticity, chromosomal DNA, CIPSM, Collaborative Research Center 646, DNA, EU funding, Excellence Clusters SyNergy, nucleosomal disks

Germany and the USA Economic researchers find self-assured entrepreneurs more likely to act against their own pro-environmental values

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

München, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Many entrepreneurs claim that they care about sustainability, yet they make decisions that are harmful to the environment. Economic researchers from Germany and the USA have discovered that many bosses do indeed have firm convictions when it … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Germany, Management, Small Business, Society

Tagged business founders, Economic researchers, entrepreneurs, environmental impact, environmental values, Germany researchers, Indiana University, München, Oklahoma State University, pro-environmental values, Prof. Holger Patzelt, respect for nature, study, Technische Universität München

University of Warwick Professor of Law Shaheen Sardar Ali in 100 most influential Pakistani women

Posted on 22, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

22-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali, Professor of Law at the University of Warwick and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, has been included in a list of the 100 most influential Pakistani women in … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Law, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged 100 most influential Pakistani women, Professor of Law, Shaheen Ali, Shaheen Sardar Ali, University of Warwick

The 1994 Group welcomes Part Time Matters campaign to back benefits of part-time study

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The 1994 Group welcomed the launch of the Part Time Matters campaign this week to promote the benefits of part-time study. In February this year the 1994 Group called for such a campaign following HESA data which revealed that the number … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Marketing, United Kingdom

Tagged part-time courses, part-time study, students

University of Liverpool: fish oils could minimise effects junk food can have on the brain

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimise the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown. The team at the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, United Kingdom

Tagged Brain, Dr Pickavance, Fish oil, high-fat diets, high-saturated fats, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, junk food, macronutrients, meal patterns, nutrients, Obesity, omega-3, refined sugars, researchers, saturated fats, University of Liverpool

The LEGO Group to become sole owner of LEGO® Education in North America as of January 1, 2014

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Since forming the venture in 1997 Pitsco and LEGO Education have forged a strong partnership and achieved remarkable growth. The decision to acquire the business in full reflects a desire by The LEGO Group to continue to prioritize … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Education

Tagged creative thinking, Jacob Kragh, K-12 business, Kansas, LEGO, LEGO Education, LEGO Education North America, Pitsco, Pittsburg, problem-solving, skills, Stephan Turnipseed, students, teachers, The LEGO Group

Technische Universitaet Muenchen Physicists discover previously unknown type of friction

Posted on 20, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Friction in the nano-world 20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Whether in vehicle transmissions, hip replacements, or tiny sensors for triggering airbags: The respective components must slide against each other with minimum friction to prevent loss of energy and material wear. Investigating the … Read the full press release →

Posted in Education, Germany, Science, Technology

Tagged Alexander Holleitner, desorption stick, friction, loss of energy, low-friction components, minimum friction, nano-world, nanosystems, physicists, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Thorsten Hugel

Category Archives: Education

University of Leeds Scientists discovered new way to fight against cervical cancer

Heidelberg University Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” set up four new junior research groups

University of Southampton Researchers: New mathematical model links space-time theories

EC calls on EU Member States to improve childcare provisions

Prehistoric fashion show event in London

Stockholm University Institute for Stress Research will be the host of the 20th PNIRS Scientific Meeting in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet

University of Twente Dr Aiko Pras: Few people realize how dependent we have become on the most complex technical system ever built – the Internet

Zorgverzekeraars investeren in draagbare laboratoria

Achmea and De Friesland Zorgverzekeraar invest in University of Twente spin-off company Ostendum

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München online linguistic game won award at this year’s Prix Ars Electronica Festival

University of Duisburg-Essen Chemists develop nanopaste for the repair of bone defects

Free Vaisala Seminar on Mapping and Monitoring in GMP Environments for Life Science Professionals in Birmingham, UK

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Unspooling DNA from nucleosomal disks

Germany and the USA Economic researchers find self-assured entrepreneurs more likely to act against their own pro-environmental values

University of Warwick Professor of Law Shaheen Sardar Ali in 100 most influential Pakistani women

The 1994 Group welcomes Part Time Matters campaign to back benefits of part-time study

University of Liverpool: fish oils could minimise effects junk food can have on the brain

The LEGO Group to become sole owner of LEGO® Education in North America as of January 1, 2014

Technische Universitaet Muenchen Physicists discover previously unknown type of friction

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