South University is launching a master of science in nursing degree (MSN), the institution’s fourth graduate degree offered online. The new degree program is designed for the registered nurse who already has a BSN degree and is interested in nursing education.
The new master’s degree program consists of 12 courses totaling 48 quarter hours, enabling students [...]
New tables in this edition cover lasers, radiation, cryogenics, ultra-sonics, semi-conductors, high-vacuum techniques, eutectic alloys, and organic and inorganic surface coating. Another major addition is expansion of the sections on engineering materials and compos-ites, with detailed indexing by name, class and usage. The special Index of Properties allows ready comparisons with respect to single [...]
As the demand for safe, nutritious, convenient foods continues to rise, and the capabilities of molecular biology and nutritional biochemistry continue to expand, the need for up-to-date engineering information becomes ever more critical. The application of innovative engineering concepts enables scientific breakthroughs to be utilized in the manufacture of the highest quality food products [...]
Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances and research developments in photovoltaics. All topics relating to the photovoltaic (PV) industry are discussed and each chapter has been written by an internationally-known expert in the field.
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The study of political institutions is among the founding pillars of political science. With the rise of the ‘new institutionalism’, the study of institutions has returned to its place in the sun. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of where we are in the study of political institutions, covering both the traditional concerns of [...]
Versant today announced that it will grant a 2-year scholarship to a talented student pursuing a masters degree in computer science specializing in Databases/Information systems at Hamburg University in Germany. In launching the new “Versant Advanced Database Scholarship”, Versant, with its European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, and Hamburg University will jointly select a talented student [...]
Sinclair Community College will share in a $695,000 National Science Foundation Grant to help develop an associate degree program in computational science.
Sinclair is part of a statewide group that includes the Ohio Super Computer Center, Owens Community College near Toledo and Stark State College in Canton. The Ohio Super Computer Center will lead the project. [...]
Mesa Public Schools has received a grant worth $900,000 over three years to train up to 24 teachers assigned to bioscience courses and to provide support for students researching the genome of a bacterium.
The Science Foundation Arizona grant will provide training for teachers at Mesa, Red Mountain, Mountain View, Westwood and Dobson high schools. Some [...]
Albright College plans to start an expansion and renovation of its science building this fall, the school announced Saturday.
In 2005, the college announced plans to build a science building on its campus at 13th and Union streets.
But now Albright plans instead to more than double the size of its Merner-Pfeiffer Hall of Science.
The four-story [...]
The Dalai Lama, Buddhist monks and some of the world’s leading neuroscientists all gather once a year at a conference on the latest discoveries in neuroplasticity: the study of how the human brain can change itself. (This is the second book the subject due out in March, along with Norman Doidge’s The Brain That [...]