BERLIN, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As oil prices rise and concerns about the environmental effects of greenhouse gases intensify, Germany is supporting renewable energies and energy-efficient technologies. Investment opportunities in Germany's renewable energies and energy-efficiency industries will be presented at Renewable Energy Europe 2008 at Power Gen Europe 2008, a major European exhibition and conference for Europe's power industry. It runs from June 3rd-5th in Milan, Italy.

SLOUGH, England, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- LG Brings its First Stretched Display Monitors to the UK

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LG Electronics, a global leader in consumer electronics, today expands its monitor portfolio with the launch of its first two stretched display monitors for the UK. The M3800S-BN and M2900S-BN have been designed specifically to host large format digital data for public locations.

The M3800S-BN's impressive 38" screen and the M2900S-BN's 29" screen make these new monitors ideal for exhibiting information in large commercial areas, such as shopping centres and cinemas, and in high footfall locations like airports and train stations.

PLEASANTON, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tests identify genetic mutations that can affect patient response to certain cancer drugs

Roche and DxS Ltd. have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the DxS TheraScreen K-RAS Mutation Test and TheraScreen EGFR 29 Mutation Test. The tests are intended, when considered with other clinically relevant factors, to aid doctors in identifying suitable patients likely to benefit from a specific cancer therapy based on their mutation status.

Brown dwarfs, "failed stars", are a class of objects that represent the missing link between the lowest-mass stars and the gas-giant planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn. Brown dwarfs are the faintest and coolest objects that can be directly observed outside the solar system, emitting as little as 1/300,000th of the energy of the sun and having surface temperatures around 800° F - that's the temperature of a pizza oven and more than 9,000° F cooler than the surface of the sun.

Astronomers have used ultrasharp images obtained with the Keck Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to determine for the first time the masses of the coldest class brown dwarfs. With masses as light as 3 percent the mass of the sun, these are the lowest mass free-floating objects ever weighed outside the solar system. The observations are a major step in testing the theoretical predictions of objects that cannot generate their own internal energy, both brown dwarfs and gas-giant planets. The new findings, which are being presented in a press conference today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis, show that the predictions may have some problems.

BASINGSTOKE, England, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Move Will Address Growing Demand for End-to-End Consultancy Services

Farncombe Consulting Group, the privately-held UK-based communications technology consultancy, has launched a new dedicated strategy practice, Farncombe Strategy. Farncombe Strategy joins Farncombe Technology in the newly-formed Farncombe Consulting Group.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

nCircle today announced that it received a "Strong Positive" -- the highest possible rating -- in Gartner's 2008 "MarketScope for Vulnerability Assessment"*. nCircle is one of 16 vendors evaluated in the report. nCircle's security risk and compliance management solutions include vulnerability assessment and management, configuration auditing, file integrity monitoring, and IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management for enterprises.

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According to the report, "VA remains a steady growth market, with revenue of US$200 million in 2007 and an expected US$240 million in 2008."

Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist.

Each microrobot is shaped something like a spatula but with dimensions measuring just microns, or millionths of a meter. They are almost 100 times smaller than any previous robotic designs of their kind and weigh even less, Donald added.

Formally known as microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microrobots, the devices are of suitable scale for Lilliputian tasks such as moving around the interiors of laboratories-on-a-chip.

Investigators of the University of Naples have explored the inability to express emotions (alexithymia) in panic disorder in a paper published in the third 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

In patients with panic disorder (PD), the difficulty to identify and manage emotional experience might contribute to the enduring vulnerability to panic attacks. Such a difficulty might reflect a dysfunction of fronto-temporo-limbic circuits.

The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that drug-free patients with PD, as compared with healthy subjects (HS), show a higher prevalence of alexithymia, greater difficulty in emotional stimuli processing and poorer performance on neuropsychological tests exploring the activity of fronto-temporo-limbic circuits.

Flat screen displays currently used in computer monitors, television sets and numerous other electronic devices are all built on a glass base. Most use liquid crystal devices (LCDs), which filter light from behind to form an image.

But the glass substrate makes LCD displays rigid and fragile, limiting their use. Now display manufacturers are working to develop a new generation of robust, flexible displays that can be curved to fit the shape of a product or even rolled up like a magazine. The question is, which of the technologies under development is the best?

Big industrial names such as Nokia, Thales and Philips, as well as universities, research centres and many small and medium-sized businesses have pooled their skills and expertise to thoroughly test a large number of materials and techniques.

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Misys Trade Services, Including Front- and Back-Office Solutions, Wins Gold Status

Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that it has been awarded the double accolade of winning two SWIFTReady Gold labels for its front-office and back-office trade finance solutions.