Better keep that resolution to hit the gym - you don't want to end up like an astronaut.  A recent study by Joyce Keyak of UCIrvine suggests that the bones of astronauts  lose up to 30% of their hipbone strength, comparable losses caused by osteoporosis in the elderly.

GLENDALE, Arizona, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- The state-of-the-art facility, located just outside of Phoenix, Arizona, will serve as a unique learning environment for the professional development and educational advancement of Grifols' employees.

Morale has plummeted at the National Science Foundation, it seems, due to governmental oversight and interference from above.    The Senate Finance Committee didn't like a report they got from the NSF and are going to do something about it.

What, that sum'bitch Bush came back to haunt scientists and personally rewrite reports and ask why employees aren't doing their jobs instead of doing talk show appearances about how much he stinks?

OTTAWA, Canada, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldReach Software, the consular software solutions provider, partnering with Logica as prime contractor and De La Rue has been selected by the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to introduce secure and internationally recognised Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs).

The programme called BRIDGE (BRitish Identity Document Generating Equipment) is a modernization of passport services designed to better serve British nationals traveling abroad. The new system is based on the PassportReach application from WorldReach Software, designed to support all aspects of overseas secure document issuance replacing a manual issuing process.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, announced today during the Phacilitate Cell Gene Therapy Forum new data showing that one treatment of its lead product Glybera(R) results in a long term significant and clinically important lowering of the incidence of acute pancreatitis in Lipoprotein Lipase Deficient patients. Recurrent acute pancreatitis is the most debilitating complication of Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.

LUGANO, Switzerland, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn announced the acquisition, of the US biopharmaceutical company, Sapphire Therapeutics Inc. with headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, for an undisclosed amount.

LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Photo Opportunity

- Date: Thursday, 29th January 2009

- Venue: HP/EDS Headquarters, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7QT

- Time: 8.30am

Unite, the UK's largest union, is calling on IT giant Hewlett Packard/European Data Systems to rethink its decision to cut 3,400 jobs in the UK over the next two years. The union is warning the company that its remaining workforce will be working under dangerous levels of stress and that service to customers and clients may suffer.

Unite wants the company to develop a business strategy for long term growth rather than short term slash and burn indiscriminate cost cutting.

LENEXA, Kansas, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

ICOP Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOP), an industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance solutions, today announced the Company has appointed DDIT, a registered Saudi company, as its exclusive distributor for pending and future business opportunities in the Middle East. DDIT has provided the funding and political support for pending projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over a year, and now expands its relationship with ICOP to provide leadership for sales and technical support of ICOP products in the Gulf Region. DDIT, and its related companies, do business with public safety markets throughout the Middle East, and have extensive real estate holdings around the world.

CALGARY, Canada, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exploration Success With Njaba Discovery in Onshore OML124 License Area

Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) today announces a significant onshore oil discovery from the Njaba 2 well (formally Okaka) currently drilling in the eastern part of the OML124 license area in Nigeria. Addax Petroleum has a 100 per cent working interest under a Production Sharing Contract covering the OML124 license area, whereby the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation is the concessionaire. Addax Petroleum currently produces approximately six thousand barrels per day from the Ossu and Izombe fields in OML124, which is located within the stable and peaceful Imo State.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Newest Version Provides Application Acceleration with Lower Total Cost of Ownership