Researchers today closed out the inaugural season on an unprecedented, multi-year effort to retrieve the most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere over the last 100,000 years.

The dust, chemicals, and air trapped in the two-mile-long ice core will provide critical information for scientists working to predict the extent to which human activity will alter Earth’s climate, according to the chief scientist for the project, Kendrick Taylor of the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Working as part of the National Science Foundation’s West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) Ice Core Project, a team of scientists, engineers, technicians, and students from multiple U.S.

Traditional gene therapy has focused on supplying a normal copy of a faulty gene. RNAi turns off a problematic gene. These contrasting approaches share some of the same techniques and challenges, including delivery of a therapeutic gene or siRNA into cells. RNA interference (RNAi) represents an innovative new strategy for using small RNA molecules to silence specific genes associated with disease processes.

At least six clinical trials using RNA interference (RNAi) have been approved, “with many more coming down the pipeline,” according to the Editorial by Mark A. Kay, MD, PhD, an Associate Editor of Human Gene Therapy and the Dennis Farrey Family Professor in Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine.

REDWOOD CITY, California, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Codexis, Inc., a private biotechnology company and leading developer of clean manufacturing processes, today announced the opening of Codexis Laboratories Hungary Kft (CLH) in Budapest.

Quick use of fingertips is common for anyone text messaging on their cell phone but researchers at the University of Southern California say that this seemingly trivial action is the result of a complex neuro-motor-mechanical process orchestrated with precision timing by the brain, nervous system and muscles of the hand.

USC Viterbi School of Engineering biomedical engineer Francisco Valero-Cuevas is working to understand the biological, neurological and mechanical features of the human hand that enable dexterous manipulation and makes it possible for a person to grasp and crack an egg, fasten a button, or fumble with a cell phone to answer a call.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilization, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans.

The team, in collaboration with Charles University, Prague, found that field mice sacrifice some of their immunity protection in favor of a more rapid fertilization process. This occurs due to the absence of a protein, called CD46. Present in both animals and humans, it helps protect the body’s cells from attack by its immune system. Over time, field mice have lost the ability to produce this protein, resulting in instability of a cap-like structure, called the acrosome, present over the head of the sperm.

IRVINE, California and LONDON, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Logibanque Solution Helps Groupe Moniteur Quickly Evolve to SaaS Offering

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology, and its parent company, Tadpole Technology plc, today announced Wallace Systems has incorporated AppExpress into its Logibanque software distribution and management system. Wallace Systems has implemented its first large-scale deployment of Logibanque at Groupe Moniteur in France, enabling Groupe Moniteur to immediately offer its extensive information catalogs via a web-based system and avoid a time consuming, expensive move to web 2.0 technologies.

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Ellen Thomas, best known for her role as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 hit series Teachers, will be a celebrity judge for a new GBP10,000 Creme of Nature Community Grant Award scheme; available to African Caribbean organisations or groups, working with black women in the UK. The application process, which launched in November 2007, is already under-way with a deadline for receipt of applications set for 31st January 2008.

MONTREAL and CAMBRIDGE, England, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Phase of Development of Product to Reduce Risk of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease From Plasma Product Completed on Schedule

- Scale-Up Phase Worth US$1 M to ProMetic

- Multi-Million Dollar Long-Term Agreement to Supply Prion Removal Affinity Resin Following Regulatory Approval Anticipated by Mid-2008

BANGALORE, India, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- GlobalEdge Enhances its Design Capabilities in Delivering Residential and SOHO CPE Solutions

GlobalEdge Software Ltd., a leading embedded software solutions and services company today announced its partnership with Mindspeed(R) Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, to deliver high performance software solutions around Mindspeed's Comcerto(R) broadband gateway processors.

CALGARY, Canada, January 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") will host a management presentation to financial analysts and investors on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in New York City. The Corporation's senior management team, including Mr. Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James Pearce, Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Corporation's most recent operating results and expectations regarding future operations.

The Capital Markets Day presentation materials will be available on the Corporation's website at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com and the event will be available by webcast with the following details: