BRUSSELS, October 2 /PRNewswire/ --

European Industry Leaders Look to Closer Collaboration Between Business And Schools

There was an idea first proposed in 1916 — that plants with rapid reproductive cycles evolve faster - and a team of Yale scientists writing in Science say they have confirmed it using 2008 computing power.

Long involved with the Tree of Life Web Project, which is attempting to reconstruct the “tree” representing the genealogical relationships of all species on Earth, Michael Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Botany at Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, has spearheaded the study of flowering plant evolution. In animals, the variation in rate of molecular evolution has been ascribed to differences in generation time, metabolic rate, DNA repair, and body size; in plants, the differences have been more difficult to determine.

Bacteria are everywhere and can survive in almost anything. Finding out exactly how bacteria respond and adapt to stresses and dangers will further our understanding of the basic survival mechanisms of some of the most resilient, hardy organisms on Earth.

Toward that goal, a bacteria cell's 'crisis command center' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and danger, according to new research out today.

It's like Team America: World Police, except there are no animatronic puppets or Alec Baldwin impressions.

The crisis command center in certain bacteria cells is a large molecule, dubbed a 'stressosome' by the scientists behind today's research.

LONDON and TBILISI, Georgia, October 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

- Court rejects Megafon appeal, upholding fines by Georgian authorities for unlicensed operations in South Ossetia

On Thursday, the Administrative Panel of the Tbilisi City Court rejected an appeal filed by the Russian telecom company Megafon, upholding fines imposed against the company by the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) for unlicensed use of the radio frequency spectrum to provide cell phone coverage within the country's sovereign territory.

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LONDON, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Nokia's announcement to stop the development and marketing of Intellisync has shaken up the enterprise mobility market, and has left many companies looking for alternative solutions.

With DME - Excitor's mobility and device management solution, Excitor can offer an immediate help to Intellisync customers - and is ready to speak to any business needing advice or support.

Excitor can also initiate relationships with Intellisync partners which may now be left without a secure mobile device management solution in their product portfolio.

For Nokia customers requiring an immediate alternative, Excitor is able to migrate Intellisync licenses to DME licenses by the end of the year.

LONDON, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Commenting on the figures out today from the Department of the Environment, which showed that between 2005 and 2006, the number of households classified as fuel poor jumped by one million to 3.5 million, Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Unite said:

"When the Government's own report acknowledges that millions more households have been pushed into fuel poverty as a direct result of increases in consumer energy prices, then it is time to stop talking to these companies about lagging the lofts and start making them do their duty by those in desperate need.

LONDON, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Emailvision, the European market and technology leader in on-demand software for e-mail marketing automation, today announced that Nick Gold has joined the group as Head of Sales for the UK.

As the global demand for air travel increases, so too does the demand to decrease the environmental impact of flight. The answer may lie in the technological advances made by the next generation of short-haul commercial aircraft currently in development by British low-cost airline, EasyJet. The unique design of EasyJet’s “EcoJet” promises a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2015.

The aircraft will incorporate the latest research by airframe and engine manufacturers around the world – all of which can be incorporated into an aircraft that should be in operation by 2015. The projection for the 50% CO2 reduction is based on the findings from the latest research by industry leaders and will come from the engines (25%), the lightweight airframe (15%) and from improvements to air traffic control technology and design (10%).

NEW YORK, October 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- To Support Growing Demand for E-Mail Marketing Software & Services

Emailvision, a global leader in on-demand software for email marketing announced today that it has opened a New York office to expand its global reach and provide service and support to a growing list of International clients. Heading the NY office is Olivier Piscart who joined Emailvision in 2003.

"This office will give Emailvision a strategic presence in the New York Metropolitan area and allow us to better serve the email marketing requirements of our clients in the US and in Europe," says Nick Heys, founder & CEO of Emailvision.

PARIS, October 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeo announced today that its StARS micro-hybrid system, already available on the smart mhd for a year, will now be extended to all 45 KW and 52 KW gasoline engine models.

This system shuts the engine off when the vehicle is stationary, at a red light, for example, and starts it up instantly and silently as soon as the brake pedal is released, generating fuel savings of up to 19%.