LAVAL, Canada, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Laval-based firm Algorithme Pharma is pleased to announce that it has achieved its goal of securing a European facility through its acquisition of Simbec Research Ltd in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. This news comes only six weeks after confirming the purchase of another clinical research centre in Baltimore, Maryland.

This important acquisition will enable Algorithme Pharma, a worldwide leader in clinical research and bioanalysis, to continue its international expansion plans, establish a foothold in Europe for the very first time in its history and, most importantly, obtain additional advanced scientific and medical expertise for its North American teams.

LONDON, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exhibition Designer Calls for Photos of British Public

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People across the UK are being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of BODY WORLDS, the groundbreaking anatomical exhibition by trailblazing scientist Gunther von Hagens, opening at The O2 on October 24th.

SAN JOSE, California, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- The United States Patent Office Has Granted Finjan a New Patent That Provides Businesses With Features for Scanning and Caching Content at the Gateway

Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, today announced that the United States Patent Office has granted the company Patent No. 7,418,731 for "Method and system for caching at secure gateways". This patent further adds to Finjan's extensive and comprehensive intellectual property portfolio in the security market.

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YOQNEAM, Israel and SAN RAMON, California, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- UltraShape, the global leader in non-invasive fat reduction and body contouring, announced today the appointment of Assaf Eyal as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Assaf most recently served as Executive Vice President at NUR Macroprinters, a manufacturer of super-wide format digital printers and inks, While at NUR, Assaf was a member of a small leadership team that led to a successful sale to HP. Previously, he served in various positions at Orbotech Ltd., (NASDAQ: ORBK) over a seventeen year period, most recently as Co-President of the Display Division and Corporate VP, a division that grew under his leadership to revenues of $150 million. He holds a B.Sc in Engineering and M.Sc in Management.

CHICAGO, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Accertify, http://www.accertify.com, a provider of leading-edge fraud prevention solutions to online retailers, today announced that Urban Outfitters, Inc. has selected its Interceptas solution to combat online credit card fraud and ensure a high-quality shopping experience for customers.

"Urban Outfitters' success is driven by our commitment to understand our customers and connect with them on an emotional level," said John Kyees, Urban Outfitters' Chief Financial Officer. "When shopping on our websites, customers want a quick and hassle-free experience. Taking a tougher stance against e-commerce fraud helps us maintain our customers' trust and provide the smooth and easy experience they expect online."

BERLIN, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most successful "free 2 play" online games publishers in the United States, Aeria Games, has officially announced that it is opening its European headquarters in Germany. Its European subsidiary, Aeria Games GmbH, will be located in Berlin, the German capital. Since the company's founding in Silicon Valley in 2006, it already has gained over three million players.

Rogue prefers his steak medium-well. But when it comes to sniffing out a rare plant, this dog performs work that’s very well done, indeed.

The 4-year-old Belgian sheepdog is part of a Nature Conservancy collaborative project to test the efficacy of using dogs to sniff out the threatened Kincaid’s lupine . The plant is host to the endangered Fender’s blue butterfly, found only in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Five years ago, Edith had a problem: Her goldfish of 25 years, Mr. Fish, had dropsy, a disease characterized by a swollen or hollow abdomen and in most cases fatal. In her last attempt to save her pet, on a whim, Edith wrote a message on GoldfishConnection asking for help.

Rick G. Copeland, the specialist at the goldfish site, recommended some Medi-Gold pellets. Two years later, at age 27, Mr. Fish swam around his tank as if his close call with death never happened.

Mr. Fish may not have the 49 year-old record of the oldest goldfish ever, but he's working on it. In the meantime, Mr. Fish is competing with the millions of other pet goldfish around the world.

Was Hippasus pushed? If you are even mildly interested in the history of mathematics, it is likely that you will have heard something like the following story. The Pythagoreans (who were also into music in a big way) worshipped numbers, and believed them to be the basis of everything. If one were to do a modern caricature of this, it might go:

  Do you believe in Rock ’n’ Roll?
  Can mathematics save your soul?

By numbers, they meant whole numbers or positive integers. Whether this included ‘one’ is a moot point, because later Greek mathematicians regarded ‘one’ as the ‘generator of numbers’. One day, a man called Hippasus discovered that the square root of 2 was irrational. This went so much against the Pythagorean world view that they took him out to sea and threw him overboard. It didn’t stop there, though.

MUMBAI, India, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) to discuss the convergence of technology in education and how technology will be impacting the market in the coming years

Industry leaders believe that technology is transforming the delivery of education right from K-12 to Universities at a rapid pace. Its introduction and integration will provide institutions an edge, despite the uncertainties posed by the global economy. The TLF (http://www.tatalearningforum.com), to be held in Chicago Gleacher Center on October 17, aims to provide a clear direction to the Education market with insights on product strategies, 2.0 business models, and unlocking the intelligence in organizational data silos.