In honor of the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birthday on February 12, 2009, Mike White at Adaptive Complexity decided to engage in a massive undertaking; 30 days of science in Show Me The Science month.     Nothing new, you might think, because we do science 365 days a year and some people who are just bloggers post 5 things every day.

STOCKHOLM, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Pendulum Instruments, a company of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris - FR0010501015 - ALORO), today announced the expansion of its product portfolio with the addition of a one-channel, single frequency (L1) GPS signal generator. This high-technology solution dedicated to complex navigation applications and environments has been acquired from Naviva, a Space Systems Finland (SSF) business unit, a leading provider of location technologies. This GPS signal generator named GSG-L1 will be integrated with Pendulum's product range and sold under Pendulum brand name. Pendulum instruments and Naviva will further collaborate to develop next-generation GPS signal generators.

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

SALT LAKE CITY, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

ClearOne (Nasdaq: CLRO). An order was issued by the federal court yesterday, in favor of ClearOne Communications, Inc. expanding the scope of a previously issued preliminary injunction order, and prohibiting WideBand Solutions, Inc., its principals, and others acting in concert with WideBand, from (among other things) the use, sale or marketing of ClearOne's trade secrets and WideBand's infringing products found to use these trade secrets.

REHOVOT, Israel, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Market Leading Rapid Prototyping Systems Help Break New Ground in Stop-Motion Animation

In Coraline, the extraordinary new animated feature film, a young girl unlocks a mysterious door and enters into an exciting alternate reality. Truth be told, her magical journey began long before she opened that door - when the film's creative team broke new ground in animation by applying 3-D printing technology from Objet Geometries Ltd to create many of the magical stop-motion animations of Coraline's characters and sets.

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BOGOTA, Colombia, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Florverde(R)-Certified Farms Recognized for Global Environmental and Social Standards

The old saying Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, may not totally ring true this Valentine's Day. In fact, the estimated 300 million stems of flowers grown on Colombia's Florverde-certified farms headed to the United States for the holiday of love will be green this year. Colombia is the largest supplier of cut flowers to the U.S. market, and the majority of these flowers are grown on the 163 participating Florverde farms, which are in independently certified compliance with stringent U.S. and global environmental and social standards.

LONDON, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a video interview Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline CEO, described the pharmaceutical group's results as robust in a year that was always going to be challenging.

GSK also announced that it will cease providing EPS guidance, to allow a focus on longer term strategic goals.

Describing 2008 as a strategic turning point for GSK Mr Witty said: We started to make very clear what it would take to really make this company strong over the next few years and how we intend to ensure that we build a business, which can really prosper in a challenging environment.

GSK also announced expanded restructuring savings that the company says will be the catalyst to move from the old business model to the new business model.

LONDON, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Campaign to Boost Economy by GBP1 Billion Through Climate Change Action

A new campaign is being launched by the Carbon Trust today (Thurs 5 Feb) to mobilise UK business and help them in the recession by saving at least GBP1 million a day through cost effective action on climate change. The campaign is backed by business groups, leading companies, and Dragons' Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, all urging business to immediately prioritise cutting carbon by saving energy to cut costs.

LONDON, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Alstom is very disappointed to learn that Unite the Union is planning a protest outside Alstom's office in London today (Thursday, 5th February.) The company refutes Unite's allegations that it has allowed two of its Spanish subcontractors to discriminate against British workers at the Staythorpe power station construction site in Nottinghamshire. UK workers will make up around two thirds of the total workforce for the total build period of the Staythorpe power station.