The development of a new series of weather and environmental monitoring satellites has marked a significant milestone with the delivery and the beginning of spacecraft integration efforts for a key science instrument. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will be one of five instruments to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System [...]
Carnegie Science Center announced the winners of its 2010 Carnegie Science Awards, sponsored by Eaton Corporation. Carnegie Science Center established the Carnegie Science Awards program in 1997 to recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in western Pennsylvania. Celebrating its 14th year, the Carnegie Science Awards have honored the accomplishments of more than 250 [...]
Recent severe weather conditions have meant that shoppers turned to online sites such as VoucherSeeker to give them voucher codes and discounts in order to get their retail fix for less. The bad weather brought the country to a standstill, costing the economy up to GBP600 million a day. It was the worst cold snap [...]
Surveyed professors say they use Connect to improve student learning and retention. Student feedback proves it’s working. More than 1.2 million students and professors nationwide are now using McGraw-Hill Connect – the most advanced all-digital teaching and learning exchange for higher education. Since the online platform was introduced last fall, colleges and universities across the [...]
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc.,announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator pedal, announced on January 21, 2010. “Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company,” said Group Vice President and [...]
On the 29th of May WestLicht Photographica Auction in Vienna, Austria will auction a historical sensation: a ‘ Daguerreotype’ – the first commercially-produced camera! The wooden sliding-box camera was made in Paris in September 1839 by Alphonse Giroux, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre’s brother-in-law. Daguerre, the inventor of the first practicable photographic process, signed the camera [...]
As ‘Workforce Accelerators,’ Temporary Workers are a Company’s Best Kept Secret for a Sustainable Comeback, Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO Joerres Illustrates for World Economic Forum Executives, Government Leaders Manpower Inc. Chairman and CEO Jeff Joerres will today advise business and government leaders on how companies can address a global talent mismatch and do more [...]
Poll predicts ads will drive Web traffic and social media chatter Super Bowl ads remain a big draw for viewers, with over 57 percent of U.S. adults who expect to watch Super Bowl XLIV planning to tune in as much or more for the commercials as for the game. This is a 5 percent increase [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Victoza (liraglutide), a once-daily injection to treat type 2 diabetes in some adults. Victoza is intended to help lower blood sugar levels along with diet, exercise, and selected other diabetes medicines. It is not recommended as initial therapy in patients who have not achieved adequate diabetes control [...]
Taxpayers wishing to lend their support to relief efforts in Haiti now have an additional incentive to do so, thanks to new legislation signed into law by President Obama. Through the new bill, H.R. 4462, taxpayers have two options regarding monetary contributions for Haitian Earthquake Relief. They can either deduct contributions made after January 11, [...]