"I’ll take a burger and fries, hold the fluoride.” Fluoride? Serious scientists, who look, find fluoride in the darnedest places. Researchers from the University of Indiana School of Dentistry report in the scientific journal “Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology” that McDonald’s French fries deliver more than guilty pleasure. Your teeth bite into 0.13 milligrams fluoride along with that small portion of McDonald’s fries that goes upward to 0.38 mg in the supersize. So why do we need to know that? Because of fluoridation, where water engineers purposely add fluoride to water supplies to reduce tooth decay, and the billion dollar fluoride products industry, many Americans are fluoride over-dosed.

Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction. Many cells die peacefully. Others cause a ruckus on their way out.

Some programmed cell death pathways simply and quietly remove unwanted cells, noted a team of University of Washington (UW) researchers who study the mechanisms of cell destruction.

Then there is the alarm-ringing death of a potentially dangerous cell, such as a cell infected with Salmonella, they added. These dying cells spill chemical signals and get a protective response. The resulting inflammation, which the body launches in self-defense, can at times backfire and damage vital tissues.

This schematic shows the cell death pathway called pyroptosis, Greek for going down in flames. When activated by a toxin or an infection, the enzyme caspase-1 initiates several reactions inside of the cell, some of which lead to DNA damage, others to the release of chemical distress signals called cytokines, and others to the formation in the cell membrane of tiny pores that let water flood in until the cell swells, bursts and spills its contents. Credit: Image by David W. Ehlert and Brad Cookson, University of Washington.

At Paris, 18 March of 1314, on the island of the Seine in front of the Garden real, Jacques de Molay, the last Great Master of the Templars, and Geoffroy de Charny, preceptor of Normandy, were burned as heretics.

Thus finishes the history of the Knights of the Temple after two centuries. The Templars would have been in possession of the most hidden secrets of alchemy. They were first to use the IPERICO on burns and hurts from cut, like antiseptic, astringent, healing, and in order to improve humor of the soldiers that remained immobilized in bed for months.

SAN DIEGO, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique Patented InAir Technology(TM) Allows Users To Freely Enjoy Music While Fully Aware Of Their Surroundings

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (Amex: MCZ; TSX), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, and the creators of AirDrives(TM) Interactive Earphones, announced today that the Company plans to introduce its revolutionary range of AirDrives Interactive Earphones to the UK.

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DALLAS, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- World's Leading Payments Firm Expands Presence Across the Continent, Leveraging Expertise in Fast-Growing Merchant Categories

In a continuation of its strategic European expansion, Chase Paymentech, the world's premier payment services provider and a leader in electronic commerce, today formally opened the doors of its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Inaugural operations at the new facility were celebrated today by an opening ceremony and tour by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, Chase Paymentech president and chief executive officer Michael Duffy and managing director of Chase Paymentech's European operations Shane Fitzpatrick.

SANTA CLARA, California, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Release of OpenLiberty-J Extends the Proven Interoperability, Privacy, and Security of the Liberty Web Services Framework to Identity Consuming Java Applications, Public Webcast Scheduled for April 2

OpenLiberty.org, the global open source community working to provide developers with resources and support for building interoperable, secure and privacy-respecting identity services, today announced the release of OpenLiberty-J, an open source Liberty Web Services (ID-WSF 2.0) client library designed to ease the development and accelerate the deployment of secure, standards-compliant Web 2.0 Applications. OpenLiberty.org will hold a public webcast to review OpenLiberty-J on April 2 at 8:00am US PT.

Geologists at the University of Illinois have confirmed the discovery of Earth’s inner, innermost core, and have created a three-dimensional model that describes the seismic anisotropy and texturing of iron crystals within the inner core.

“For many years, we have been like blind men touching different parts of an elephant,” said U. of I. geologist Xiaodong Song. “Now, for the fist time, we have a sense of the entire elephant, and see what the inner core of Earth really looks like.”

Using both newly acquired data and legacy data collected around the world, Song and postdoctoral research associate Xinlei Sun painstakingly probed the shape of Earth’s core.

LONDON, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

Green groups tackling climate change and carbon emissions are facing yet another challenge - public apathy.

Thirty percent of people feel there is too much coverage in the media about CO2 emissions, and over half of these are 'bored hearing about it,' a YouGov survey conducted on behalf of the by the Environmental Transport Association reveals.

The poll also showed that although environmental apathy is a problem equal across social grades and regions, the same is not true for the sexes: Men are twice as likely as women to be bored by messages about CO2 emissions.

The news comes ahead of a 'green' Budget, set for 12th March, expected to deliver a range of proposals to tackle climate change.

PARIS, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Canada's Bell Mobility is Trialing the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG) to Optimize the Delivery of Advanced Wireless Data Offerings

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG), the industry's first mobile network management solution that addresses a critical emerging need by carriers for enhanced visibility in third-generation (3G) and emerging 4G networks. Unaddressed, this gap in network visibility could lead to network disruption as wireless network operators increasingly support new data services, devices, and applications.

NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- The World's Fastest Growing Telecom Market Is Examined in a New, Free Report from Light Reading

With the country's 13 mobile operators signing up some 8 million new customers every month, India is certainly the hottest market for telco equipment and services.

But who are the country's major service providers? What geographic areas do they cover? What licenses do they hold? How extensive are their networks? What U.S. companies are lining up to compete there?

Those questions are all addressed in a new report from UBM's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com): "A Guide to India's Telecom Operators." This six-page report, available free of charge, can be viewed by visiting: