Using the genetic equivalent of an ancient thermometer, a team of scientists has determined that the Earth endured a massive cooling period between 500 million and 3.5 billion years ago.

Reporting today (Feb. 7) in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of Florida, the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution and the biotechnology company DNA2.0 describe how they reconstructed proteins from ancient bacteria to measure the Earth’s temperature over the ages.

WASHINGTON, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

ADA, Michigan, February 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Amway Corporation (Quixtar in the U.S. and Canada) has discovered an internet scam that uses a bogus Amway charity as a lure. Amway cautions individuals to be on the lookout for e-mails from a group calling itself the "Amway Children Charity Foundation".

Please be advised that this is not an Amway-sanctioned program and the name, program and people indicated in the e-mails are not related to Amway in any way and do not have Amway's authority or support.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that natural variability in the earth’s atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Scientists have said that surface temperatures around the globe have risen over the last 30 years in accord with global warming. New data, however, shows that heat stored in the North Atlantic Ocean has a more complex pattern than initially expected, suggesting that natural changes in the atmosphere also play a role.

A coalition of researchers at the University of Liverpool and Duke University analyzed 50 years of North Atlantic temperature records and used computer models to assess how the warming and cooling pattern was controlled. They found that the tropics and mid-latitudes have warmed, while the sub-polar regions have cooled.

Hybrid electric vehicles, using both conventional gasoline and stored electricity, are at best a stop-gap and, at worst, slow development of more sustainable fuel-cell powered electric vehicles, say researchers in France.

Jean-Jacques Chanaron Research Director within the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Grenoble School of Management and Julius Teske at Grenoble, question strongly whether the current acceptance of hybrid vehicle technology particularly in the USA is in any way environmentally sustainable.

The researchers have analyzed the spread of this technology including the non-financial drivers for its adoption. They point out that most manufacturers are rapidly integrating hybrid electric vehicles into their technology portfolio, despite the absence of significant profitability.

COLUMBIA, Maryland, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Islandcom brings Multi-Technology Service to Turks and Caicos Islands

- Visit Tecore Networks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Stand 8C78

How you are feeling has an impact on your routine economic transactions, whether you’re aware of this effect or not.

In a new study that links contemporary science with the classic philosophy of William James, a research team finds that people feeling sad and self-focused spend more money to acquire the same commodities than those in a neutral emotional state. The team’s paper, “Misery is not Miserly: Sad and Self-Focused Individuals Spend More,” will be published in the June 2008 edition of Psychological Science and will be presented at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology’s Annual Meeting on Feb. 9.

AMSTERDAM, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- University Uses Scopus Data to Create Management Strategy Map

Scopus(R) today announced that Kyushu University is using its data to create and test QUEST-MAP, the management strategy map it developed to plan its reorganization. The University chose Scopus for its comprehensiveness and objective data, to help capture the current state of its research activities University wide. Scopus is now playing a pioneering role in enabling metric-based analysis of the University's research output, providing Kyushu University with the information it needs to strategize for accelerated growth.

HAIFA, Israel, February 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL) (the "Company"), Israel's largest oil refiner, has announced the results of the Special General Meeting held February 6, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Company's offices at 7 Abba Hillel Street, Ramat Gan.

The following resolution on the agenda was approved:

To increase the compensation of the members of the Company's Board of Directors, excluding the Chairman of the Board, and external directors.

For the detailed resolution please view the highlights in the Company's press release on January 2, 2008 as well as the full Special General Meeting Notice filed in Hebrew with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the Israel Securities Authority on January 1, 2008.

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NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites that include Accounting / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Ecommerce software for small and midsized businesses and divisions of large companies, announced today that Inside CRM ranked NetSuite President and Chief Executive Officer Zach Nelson as one of the Top 5 CRM Influencers of 2007.

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Mr. Nelson, along with other industry leaders including Marc Benioff of salesforce.com and Greg Gianforte of RightNow, was recognized as one who changed the CRM software landscape in 2007.