MAINZ and BAD SEGEBERG, Germany, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- My Camp D 2008 offers Inspiration to Participants From Across Germany

700 young people with diabetes visited the second My Camp D, once again turning this unique event into a huge success. Regardless of whether in information workshops, in exchange with other young people affected by the illness or at sport and play - participants joined in the action with enthusiasm and fun.

China is the largest polluter in the world and leads in greenhouse gas emissions but is exempt from the Kyoto Protocol. Many Western countries argue that all polluters should face restrictions if any do, but the US, for example, is the largest importer of goods from China.

Should importers of goods also be responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of goods?

The Kyoto Protocol had numerous flaws, based primarily on an inadequate understanding of which gases caused global warming and to what extent. Focusing solely on counting carbon emissions within national borders was also inadequate in deciding who is responsible for emissions reduction, as suggested by today’s G8+8 stalemate.

HOUSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Accretive Transaction Strengthens ION's Portfolio of Land Seismic Imaging Systems

- Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, July 9th at 9 AM EDT

ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ARAM Systems Ltd., a Canadian-based provider of cable-based land seismic recording systems, and its affiliate company, Canadian Seismic Rentals, Inc. Of the gross purchase price of CDN $350 million, US $275 million will be paid in cash while the remainder will be paid in ION common stock. The transaction is expected to be earnings neutral for the remainder of 2008 and accretive to ION's consolidated pro-forma earnings in 2009.

LUGANO, Switzerland, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Helsinn's Top Management and its U.S. partner Eisai Inc. today announced the availability in the USA of ALOXI(R) (palonosetron hydrochloride) injection 0.075 mg for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) for up to 24 hours following surgery. The introduction of ALOXI(R) for PONV represents the first launch of a new indication for an MGI product since Eisai acquired the organization in January 2008.

A research team has for the first time discovered evidence of water that came from deep within the Moon, a revelation that strongly suggests water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence – and perhaps ever since it was created by a cataclysmic collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object about 4.5 billion years ago.

The team, led by Alberto Saal, assistant professor of geological sciences at Brown, believes that the water was contained in magmas erupted from fire fountains onto the surface of the Moon more than 3 billion years ago. About 95 percent of the water vapor from the magma was lost to space during this eruptive "degassing," the team estimates. But traces of water vapor may have drifted toward the cold poles of the Moon, where they may remain as ice in permanently shadowed craters.

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo, the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today.

Dr. Hilde Van de Velde, from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium, said that their research meant that it might be possible in the future to produce hESC lines at an earlier stage without destroying the embryo.

If we told you that men in the morning had a better response to vaccinations for hepatitis A and influenza, you might think there was some biology bias at work, but that's what a study led by Anna Catriona Phillips of the University of Birmingham found. They assessed the response to a hepatitis A vaccine in young healthy adults and also examined responses to the annual influenza vaccination in older community-based adults.

In the first study, participants consisted of 75 University of Birmingham students who were vaccinated with the hepatitis A vaccine during a morning session (10 am to 12 pm) or early evening session (4 pm to 6 pm). In the second study, 90 older adults attended their medical practice for the annual influenza vaccination and received the vaccination in the morning between 8 am and 11 am or in the afternoon between 1 pm and 4 pm.

LONDON, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Peoplesafe, the leading lone worker protection service from Rocksure Systems is now available with an enhanced level of Man-Down protection. Man-Down describes a situation when the wearer of the Peoplesafe device - which resembles a standard ID badge holder worn around the neck or on a belt clip - is incapacitated, after a fall or medical emergency.

SANTA MONICA, California, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Suretone.com was built in partnership with Flux, Mozes, and BKWLD. Designed by BKWLD, the site's online community was constructed by Flux, allowing fans to interact directly with Suretone artists, while Mozes brought the two together through mobile updates and phone messages.

Santa Monica-based record label, Suretone, presents the launch of their unprecedented and innovative online music destination, http://www.suretone.com.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, today announced a new release of its Web Fidelity(TM) Service and Media Fidelity(TM) Service for general availability. These services optimize the delivery of fast, PC-quality web browsing and video with mobile advertising to all wireless handsets, thereby creating new revenue opportunities for operators while increasing network efficiency and capacity.

The new release of Web Fidelity Service and Media Fidelity Service (http://www.bytemobile.com/products-solutions/web-fidelity-service.html) provides: