Since the term "black hole" was coined by John Wheeler in 1967, they have been used to resolve a lot of science-fiction plot inconsistencies.

Sometimes they resolve real-life ones too, especially if there is no other explanation.

HE 0437-5439, is an early-type star and one of ten so-called hypervelocity stars that are speeding away from the Milky Way galaxy - because of its young age, astronomers stated it could not have come from our galaxy. Carnegie astronomers Alceste Bonanos and Mercedes López-Morales, and collaborators Ian Hunter and Robert Ryans from Queen’s University Belfast examined its velocity, light intensity and, for the first time, its elemental composition and have proposed an answer - another black hole.

Think it's laws or governments that keep people honest? Not according to a new study in Psychological Science. Two psychologists examined the psychological impact of genetic determinism, free will, and ethical behavior and found that people who felt like they were in control of their destiny acted more ethically than people who felt like they were not.

It is well established that changing people’s sense of responsibility can change their behavior. But what would happen if people came to believe that their behavior was the inevitable product of a causal chain beyond their control – a predetermined fate beyond the reach of free will?

NEW YORK, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Success Fueled by Intensified Market Demand for Shunra's Award-Winning Network Emulation Solutions; 54 Percent of Fortune 100 Now Customers

Shunra, the world's leading provider of network emulation solutions, today announced strong 2007 results, reporting the fifth consecutive quarter of quarter-over-quarter revenue growth. Shunra's 2007 success was fueled by intensified market demand for its WAN emulation suite, an increase in turnkey Professional Services engagements, three major product releases and praise from prestigious industry analysts and journalists.

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SOLIHULL, England and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Ford Motor Company's Land Rover division and Savi today announced they have launched a pilot program that deploys an active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions that better synchronizes the delivery of auto parts from multiple suppliers to Land Rover's key assembly plant in the West Midlands (U.K.). The pilot is made possible through a U.K. central government grant administered by the University of Warwick.

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MILPITAS, California, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Improved ESD Protection AND Signal Integrity for HDMI(TM) and DisplayPort(TM)

California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today introduced PicoGuard XS, an innovative new ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection architecture in the XtremeESD(TM) family, the industry's first product to provide both outstanding signal integrity and robust ESD protection for high speed differential signals such as DisplayPort and HDMI. By integrating inductors with the ESD protection diodes, the PicoGuard XS architecture eliminates the need for external compensation to match line impedance, reducing design complexity and cost.

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ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Warner Chilcott Limited (Nasdaq: WCRX) announced today a view of anticipated full year 2008 results.

Total revenues for 2008 are expected to be in the range of US$935 to US$945 million, with the growth primarily being driven by LOESTRIN 24 FE, DORYX, FEMCON FE, and TACLONEX. Gross profit margin, as a percentage of total revenues, is anticipated to be in the range of 80% to 81% in 2008.

YONKERS, New York, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Starting today, professionals who need to know who and what will move markets can identify expert opinion holders and track their views over time. Through Jodange's breakthrough sentiment analysis technology, custom filters allow users to understand the impact opinion holders have on products, markets and companies.

Jodange will launch its first product - Top of Mind - at the Demo '08 conference in Palm Desert, CA on January 28th.

LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Flanders, CIO of the Novartis Research Foundation, Graham Watson, CTO at Cancer Research Technology and Martin Blueggel, COO at Protagen are among the thirty plus industry leaders presenting at the Smart Lab Exchange this February.

They join representatives from organisations such as The Hershey Company, Dow Chemical, Pfizer, L'Oreal, Cargill and Johnson & Johnson will gather to share best practice in senior level data strategy in a non-competitive cross industry forum.

TOKYO, Japan, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoya Corporation today announced its consolidated results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended December 31, 2007.

Third Quarter 2007 Highlights

- Net sales increased 48.6% to 147.0 billion yen compared to 98.9 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Operating income increased 1.1% to 27.5 billion yen compared to 27.2 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Ordinary income increased 12.0% to 28.1 billion yen compared to 25.1 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Net income increased 13.2 % to 22.6 billion yen compared to 19.9 billion yen for the third quarter of 2006.

- Net sales and ordinary income posted historical records on quarterly basis.

Nine Months 2007 Highlights