Global Entrepreneurship Week Unveils List of Innovative New Startups

WASHINGTON, D.C. (PRWEB) October 30, 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Week today announced its annual ‘GEW 50’ – a list of 50 innovative new companies selected as finalists of its Startup Open competition. Sixty-four percent of the startups on the list originated outside of the United States. The GEW 50 recognizes startups from 19 countries representing […]

Research Foundation Sees Much Promise in Treatment of Deadly Cancer

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) October 31, 2014 The interim results, which were reported during the International Mesothelioma Interest Group’s meeting last week by Raffit Hassan, MD, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and former chair of the Meso Foundation’s Science Advisory Board, were promising. Dr. Hassan stated in his report that “of 16 evaluable […]

New AIR Report Looks at Ph.D. Gender Imbalance in Academic Fields

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 30, 2014 A new American Institutes for Research (AIR) research brief identifies the most gender imbalanced academic fields in which Ph.D.s are awarded. In the STEM field, animal sciences and mathematics had far more men earning doctorates while forestry, information science/studies and three categories of engineering had more women. The findings […]