Scientists from Britain's University of York have discovered what they're calling a 'Chemical Equator' that separates the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. This band, which lies in the Western Pacific, is estimated to be 50 km wide and acts as a divider, keeping the pollutants of the northern hemisphere from contaminating that of the hemisphere below.

YOKNE'AM, Israel, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Surf's PCI Express Multimedia Processing Platform Provides High Density Voice and Video Processing for NEC's New Line of Platforms for Advanced Telecom Services

Surf Communication Solutions ("Surf"), a leading provider of multimedia embedded processing solutions, announced today that NEC Corporation ("NEC"), a multinational company providing information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government, has selected Surf's SurfExpress/PCIeTM multimedia processing solution to provide simultaneous voice and video processing capabilities for their core network mobile and fixed service delivery platforms.

HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Next-Generation IP Communications Servers and Revolutionary Terminals To Shake up SMB and Enterprise Markets

NEC, a global leader in enterprise business communications, today announced the introduction of a host of new Unified Communications (UC) and infrastructure offerings for both SMB (Small & Medium Businesses) and Enterprises in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region.

The new solutions build on NEC's UNIVERGE(R)360 approach, which puts people, rather than technology, at the centre of business communications. They include UNIVERGE SV8100 and 8300 communications servers and a family of IP and digital terminals, in combination with innovative UC applications such as Business ConneCT.

BERLIN, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year 30 million HD-ready (high definition) televisions are sold in the European Union (EU). The European HDTV market will be the focus of the trade fair "HD-TV across Europe" taking place October 14-15, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Invest in Germany, the country's inward investment promotion agency, will be present to outline the many benefits of Germany as both a manufacturing and service location.

As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional drag that slows the car and forces the engine to work harder. The same phenomenon affects airplanes, boats, submarines, and even your golf ball.

In work that could lead to ways of controlling the effect with potential impacts on fuel efficiency and more, MIT scientists and colleagues report new mathematical and experimental work for predicting where that aerodynamic separation will occur.

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) postal automation subsidiary, Solystic, will display a wide range of its industry-leading mail processing technologies at Post Expo, the international postal technology exhibition and conference.

Post Expo takes place from 30 September to 2 October 2008 at ExCel, London and is the world's leading event focused on strategy, technology and services for the global postal sector. Solystic is a major sponsor of Post Expo.

PARIS, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- SPIE Group Creates an Interactive Web Island Where the Game Gets Serious*

On an imaginary island 12 km long and 9 km wide, SPIE conjures up an entertaining, interactive environment illustrating all its business activities and setting new standards in the field. This engineering and services group has been developing a wide range of innovative e-communication features on the Internet for two years now. And the fully 3D virtual universe of MySPIE is its latest, multimedia communication tool.

To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/myspie/35112/

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- World Low Cost Airlines Congress 2008 - GuestLogix Inc. (TSX-V:GXI), the leading provider of on-board retail systems to the airline industry, today announced an agreement with Saudi Arabian Airlines Catering Company ("SAAC"), one of the largest airline caterers in the Middle East. The deal will result in GuestLogix' Mobile Virtual Store(TM) technology and platform being deployed on-board SAAC's airline customers in the region.

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced today that it has won several large infrastructure projects in Poland, with a total value for the company of approximately EUR 20 million. It concerns two road contracts, and two rail assignments. Up until 2013, Poland, supported by European Union funding, plans to invest approximately EUR28 billion in road and rail infrastructure.