PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- 162 New Journals Enrich Current Coverage With Regional Perspective

Thomson Scientific, a leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that 162 regional social science journals have been added to Web of Science. The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.

Democratic consultant Donna Brazile brought home America’s reluctance to talk openly about race in a New York Times article that preceded the Barack Obama speech that now has the whole nation buzzing. In essence, she said in her quote, any serious discussion about race has the effect of clearing a room.

Brazile’s remark and the presidential hopeful’s groundbreaking speech about a subject that politicians generally tiptoe around in public hint at the complexities of race relations in America today. As we approach the second decade of the 21st century, research shows that many Americans feel anxious during interracial interactions whether or not race is even mentioned.

Now a new study from Northwestern University suggests that whites who are particularly worried about appearing racist seem to suffer from anxiety that instinctively may cause them to avoid interaction with blacks in the first place.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file - a a 20-second clarinet solo encoded in less than a single kilobyte.

The achievement, announced today at the International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing held in Las Vegas, is not yet a flawless reproduction of an original performance, but the researchers say it's getting close.

"This is essentially a human-scale system of reproducing music," says Mark Bocko, professor of electrical and computer engineering and co-creator of the technology. "Humans can manipulate their tongue, breath, and fingers only so fast, so in theory we shouldn't really have to measure the music many thousands of times a second like we do on a CD. As a result, I think we may have found the absolute least amount of data needed to reproduce a piece of music."

As gas prices continue to climb, alternative fuels get a lot of attention but how close are they?

Scientists atArgonne National Laboratory are working to chemically manipulate algae for production of the next generation of renewable fuels – hydrogen gas.

Some varieties of algae, a kind of unicellular plant, contain an enzyme called hydrogenase that can create small amounts of hydrogen gas. Tiede said many believe this is used by Nature as a way to get rid of excess reducing equivalents that are produced under high light conditions, but there is little benefit to the plant.

In the Northern hemisphere, winter is the time for the flu. Every year 5% to 20% of us catch "the bug". So predictable is the influenza virus that "flu season" has entered the vernacular. This year, flu cases peaked around the end of February (see chart). Perhaps you've wondered "Why?".

Hypotheses for flu season are numerous and include:

LONDON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

An expert report released today recommends that patients taking antibiotics, especially those being treated in hospital, should take a daily probiotic drink with clinically proven effectiveness. The report summarises a meeting which took place at the Royal Society of Medicine, London and was attended by a multidisciplinary panel of eight leading health experts.

SAN DIMAS, California, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Growing body of evidence shows matrix of polyphenols, as provided in Longevinex(R), exert greater benefit than resveratrol alone. 150-year lifespan not far off?

While molecular biologists and news reporters present jaw-dropping evidence that a red wine molecule called resveratrol may usher in the advent of anti-aging pills, other researchers report that a matrix of small natural molecules, such as those in Longevinex(R), exert far greater effects than resveratrol alone. For example, a recently reported human study found the Longevinex(R) dietary supplement is superior to green tea.

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Contact: Helle Husted, Sr. Director, Investor Relations, T: +45-33-44-77-30, M: +45-25-27-47-13, E: hth@genmab.com.

WESTLAKE, Ohio, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN) today announced the appointment of Steven Kew as Chief Executive of its subsidiary Dage Holdings, effective April 1. Kew replaces retiring Dage Chief Executive Geraint Rees.

Prior to joining Nordson, Kew was Managing Director of the laser division of GSI Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIG). He holds a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Applied Physics from Lanchester University.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Genmab Reports Financial Results for the 12 Months Ended December 31, 2007.

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today results for the financial year ended December 31, 2007.

Revenues of DKK 530 million (approximately USD 104 million) compared to DKK 136 million (approximately USD 27 million) in 2006.

An Operating Loss of DKK 437 million (approximately USD 86 million). This compares to an Operating Loss of DKK 472 million (approximately USD 93 million) reported in 2006.

Net Financial Income totaled DKK 54 million (approximately USD 11 million) compared to Net Financial Income of DKK 34 million (approximately USD 7 million) in 2006.