"Don't tug on that, you never know what it might be attached to ...," said Buckaroo Banzai while doing brain surgery in an early scene from one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time.

He couldn't have been more correct. A complete high-resolution map of the human cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level thinking, has been created and it identified a single network core (or hub) that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain - detailing millions of neural fibers.

The work by the researchers from Indiana University, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, and Harvard Medical School marks a major step in understanding the most complicated and mysterious organ in the human body. It not only provides a comprehensive map of brain connections (the brain "connectome"), but also describes a novel application of a non-invasive technique that can be used by other scientists to continue mapping the trillions of neural connections in the brain at even greater resolution, which is becoming a new field of science termed "connectomics."

PALO ALTO, California, June 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Facebook today announced that Marc Andreessen has joined its board of directors. Currently co-founder and chairman at Ning, Andreessen is an investor in several Internet startups.

"Marc is an industry leader, and we're fortunate to have him join our board," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "He has experience that is relevant to Facebook in so many ways: scaling companies that are experiencing extraordinary growth, creating successful technology platforms, and building strong engineering organizations. I know Marc will be a great mentor to me and our leadership team."

MONMOUTH, England, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Knowaste, the world's leading developer of recycling technologies for nappies and personal care products, has announced that it will be opening its first processing facility in Slovenia in the summer of 2009 after signing a joint venture agreement with Slovenian waste disposal company Aico Eko d.o.o.

The agreement involves Knowaste building and operating a facility for the recycling of absorbent hygiene products including disposable baby nappies, incontinence materials and disposable bed liners, into sanitized re-usable paper pulp and plastic components.

By partnering with Aico Eko, Knowaste expects to process some 10,000 tonnes of nappy waste per annum.

BALTIMORE, June 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced its subsidiary, Constellation Energy Commodities Group Limited, acquired 100 percent of the shares of Nufcor International Limited (Nufcor) from AngloGold Ashanti Limited and FirstRand International Limited.

Nufcor is a leading uranium market participant active across the nuclear fuel chain. Its producer services business has entered into a number of off-take arrangements and marketing service agreements with uranium producers.

OAK PARK, Michigan, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) - ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, announced today it has signed its first dealer, Palmetto Truck Center, with a Sales & Service agreement. The agreement allows Palmetto to serve growing market demand for Azure's new fuel efficient, low maintenance and environmentally friendly Balance Hybrid Electric E450 commercial vehicle.

Few places on Earth are as untouched as the "Crown of the Continent" — a 10-million-acre expanse of mountains, valleys and prairies in Montana and Canada. The area has sustained all the same species — including grizzlies, lynx, moose and bull trout — for at least 200 years.

Now, in one of the most significant conservation sales in history , The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land have preserved 320,000 acres of forestlands in western Montana that provide valuable habitat for species in the Crown of the Continent.

COPENHAGEN, June 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab has Reached a Milestone in its Ofatumumab Collaboration With GlaxoSmithKline.

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today it has reached a development milestone for ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20(R)) under the terms of its collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). A milestone payment of approximately DKK 29 million (approximately USD 6 million) was triggered by treatment of the first patient participating in the Phase II study of ofatumumab for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).

KVISTGARD, Denmark, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Bavarian Nordic has filed a patent infringement suit against Oxford BioMedica plc, Biomedica, Inc., and Oxford BioMedica Ltd., in the United States District Court of the Southern District of California.

Bavarian Nordic owns several United States patents relating to an attenuated strain of the company's core technology, MVA-BN(R), which is the basis for its innovative smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE(R). MVA-BN(R) also holds promise as a vector for delivering recombinant vaccines.

Bavarian Nordic asserts three patents as a basis for its infringement action, which are U.S. Patent No. 6,761,893, U.S. Patent No. 6,913,752 and U.S. Patent No. 7,335,364.

BERKHAMSTED, England, June 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- CIMS V7.6 Delivers 80 New Enhancements to Prologic's Integrated System for the Fashion & Lifestyle Sector

Fashion business systems provider, Prologic, has announced the latest release of CIMS, the integrated-channel software for fashion & lifestyle companies. CIMS V7.6 includes over 80 new enhancements to the core CIMS system. Examples of important new capabilities include:

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC) announced that Ruud Spoor joined the company as non-executive Director, effective the 23rd of June, 2008. Spoor is director at BL Capital B.V., Mr. Spoor will serve as the fourth non-executive director on the Board of Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. in addition to Chairman Willy Simon, Erik van Emden and George Calhoun. Executive board member is CEO/President Willem M. Smit.

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