BERLIN, November 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The German government's active support of biotechnology investments is one of the country's leading advantages to international investors. The German government's strategy of fostering innovation in biotechnology and possible benefits of such support to foreign companies will be the focus of a presentation series at Bio-Europe 2008 on November 17, 2008 in Mannheim, Germany addressing opportunities for foreign biotech investors in Germany. The presentation series takes place during the Bio-Europe 2008 convention, running November 17-19, 2008 in Mannheim.

DRESDEN and ST. GOAR, Germany, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Methodical Chess Instruction Integrated Into School Curriculum Supports Children's Intellectual Growth: Chess Makes Kids Smarter!

Children receiving instruction in chess learn: - to focus their attention and to retain high degree of concentration - to mentally visualize positions and sequences of moves - to train their memory - to think ahead, plan their activities in advance - to reevaluate, once situation changes - to develop patience, thoughtfulness and originality - to weigh options - to assess the results of their actions - to develop stamina, determination and social skills*

Such attainments also improve their grade-point average in other school subjects.

AMSTERDAM, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu Kicks off Live Connection

More than 50.000 young people will take a stand on the 29th of November during Dance4Life events in 19 countries. The worldwide Dance4Life movement is growing rapidly. This year 150,000 extra youth were reached with Dance4Life Schools Projects and the number of participating countries has almost doubled since 2006. In 2014, Dance4Life wants to have involved at least 1 million youth (Agents of Change) in actively pushing back the spread of HIV and AIDS.

ASCOT, England, November 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamond Detectors Ltd, a subsidiary company set up by Element Six to manufacture innovative diamond detectors and sensors for radiation monitoring applications, today announces that BAE Systems is to take a 50% holding in Diamond Detectors Ltd, investing up to GBP2 million.

The second round investment will offer Diamond Detectors strategic support and a significant potential market for its production.

We welcome on board a strategic investor that has a requirement for the products under development at Diamond Detectors Ltd, says Brendon Grunewald, Head of E6 Ventures. This second round of funding will support the company as it moves into full product commercialisation.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Wireless Industry Veteran to Lead Product Expansion and Revenue Growth at Industry's Leading Innovator for Mobile Social Marketing and Discovery

envIO networks today announced that Manish Jha, a seasoned veteran of the mobile content industry, has joined the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

What is the latest recipe for anti-matter?  Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear.  The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma "jet."

This new ability to create a large number of positrons in a small laboratory opens the door to several fresh avenues of anti-matter research, including an understanding of the physics underlying various astrophysical phenomena such as black holes and gamma ray bursts.  Anti-matter research also could reveal why more matter than anti-matter survived the Big Bang at the start of the universe.

HAMBURG, Germany, November 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanosonics (ASX:NAN; FSE:OQS) has formally appointed its first exclusive distributors in Europe located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Scandinavia.

According to Nanosonics' Director and CEO David Radford, this represents the achievement of another key milestone in the commercialisation of the company's launch product, the Trophon EPR, scheduled for March 2009.

The Trophon EPR is an environmentally friendly device specifically designed to disinfect intracavity and surface ultrasound transducers. The product represents Nanosonics' first commercial application of one of its core technologies, the NanoNebulant(TM) technology.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

The fragile South African valve and actuator market is starting to find its feet. Manufacturers need to position themselves to reap the maximum benefits from the diffuse increase in demand.

New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.industrialautomation.frost.com), South African Valves and Actuators Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $265.5 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $668.4 million in 2014.

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) Europe II Markets for Peripheral Vascular Devices report, covering Spain, Switzerland, Benelux, and Nordic countries, health care reforms have limited the adoption of covered stents in peripheral vascular applications.

While covered stent penetration is nearly 15% in the US, these devices account for less than 5% of stents placed in Europe II because physicians often cannot justify the price premium commanded by these devices.

ROME, November 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Survey Reveals Need for Intense Public Education and Action -

World COPD Day 2008 features new patient and health professional initiatives that address the misconceptions and lack of awareness surrounding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These misconceptions -- revealed in a global survey, the International COPD Coalition (ICC) Report -- include poor public awareness that smoking is the main cause of COPD, a failure to diagnosis COPD in its early stages, when medication can be used to prevent further lung deterioration, and a mistaken belief that initial COPD symptoms, like coughing and shortness of breath, are a normal consequence of aging.