Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science accompanied Florida Governor Charlie Crist on a recent visit to several universities and organizations in the United Kingdom to continue discussions, exchange information and formalize agreements in areas of clean ocean energy, environmental issues and climate change.

Last year, Florida and the UK signed a partnership agreement on global climate change, physically tying one to the other by the Gulf Stream, that massive ocean current which is of critical importance to the present climate and quality of life affecting each partner.

In California it may be the summer of fires as smoke fills the air, but at Yale researchers pump smoke into the lungs of mice in order to help find an explanation behind reactions in smokers due viral infections.

Recent studies by researchers at Yale found that people who smoke have a worse reaction to viral infections not due to a weakened immune system, but because of an overreaction.

ALISO VIEJO, California and REDMOND, Washington, July 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leaders in data warehousing team to provide large-scale business intelligence solutions.

Microsoft Corp today announced that it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc, a provider of breakthrough data warehouse appliances. The acquisition will extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission-critical data platform, making it easier and more cost-effective for customers of all sizes to manage and glean insight from the ever-expanding amount of data generated by and for businesses, employees and consumers.

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If the drinker paradox states that in any pub there is a customer such that, if he or she drinks, everybody in the pub drinks and the diamond-water paradox states that water is more useful than diamonds, yet is a lot cheaper , then the French paradox that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease despite a diet relatively rich in saturated fats, must certainly be true.

The French paradox became popular on an episode of 60 minutes in 1991 with the incorporation of research supporting, red wine as the reason for the decrease in heart disease. Shortly after the show aired wine sales went up 44 percent.

MAARSSEN, Netherlands, July 24 /PRNewswire/ --

The global pharma ingredients and services community's largest annual gathering, CPhI Worldwide, returns this year to Frankfurt on Tuesday 30 September - Thursday 2 October.

With the integrated ICSE contract services and P-MEC machinery and equipment events, the exhibitions will be conveniently located in the adjoining Messe Halls 3, 4, 5 and 6. Frankfurt has a long association with the events and 2008 marks the fifth time that the city hosts CPhI.

The industry has seen major growth since the event was last here in 2003. Five years ago there were 1,200 exhibitors: this year will see close to 1,800. The 2003 attendee total of just over 16,000 will likely be at least 50% up, at 24,000 or more for 2008.

BASEL, Switzerland, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) has confirmed that the presence of an impurity called ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) in Roche's Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate) did not increase patients' risk of developing cancer.

The discovery of the EMS impurity in some batches of nelfinavir led to a global recall of this HIV medication in June 2007. Since then, the product has been made available again in the EU.

The conclusions announced today were based on tests with EMS, which have been validated by independent experts including toxicologists and HIV-treating clinicians. The results were also reviewed by patient advocates and non-governmental organisations.

LONDON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- OCADO, the independent online grocer, has triumphed in a national awards scheme to find the greenest retailers in Britain.

The OLGAs (Online Green Awards) have recognised Ocado, which processes over 12,000 customer orders every day, for its commitment to environmentally sustainable retailing and inherently green approach to doing business. Ocado won the 'Large Retailer' accolade beating competition from Ebay, easyJet, Marks & Spencer, Kelkoo and Ebuyer.

A panel of environmental experts from the OLGAs drew up a shortlist of the six firms and then asked the public to select the most impressive green online retailer by voting on msn.com.

MIAMI, July 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comprehensive Content Security Solutions Now Available for South American Enterprises and Security-as-a-Service Providers

Optenet, a leading global IT security company and a provider of intelligent, integrated content security solutions, today announced the launch of its Latin-American operations and the opening of its regional headquarters in Miami. Led by Maurico Alanis, Sales Country Manager, Optenet will sell its award-winning content security solutions to service providers and enterprises throughout Latin America.

ZURICH, Switzerland, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Solianis' new patents cover the basic technology to monitor changes in the hydration of skin at different depths and to evaluate the impact of cosmetic products: "Device and method for determining at least one characterizing parameter of multilayer body tissue" and "Method and device for characterizing the effect of a skin treatment agent on skin."

This novel technology has been developed on the basis of the Solianis' multisensor approach: it measures various parameters of human skin, e.g. the parameter moisture in different skin depths.