While the recent Arctic summer was the warmest on record satellite images from the Antarctic summer have shown the largest sea-ice extent ever recorded, according to the Polarstern expedition. ANT-XXIV/3 was dedicated to examining the oceanic circulation and the oceanic cycles of materials that depend on it. Warming is a lot less global when you get south of Chile, it seems.

In the coming years autonomous measuring buoys will be used to find out whether the cold Antarctic summer induces a new trend or was only a 'slip.'

Under the direction of Dr. Eberhard Fahrbach, Oceanographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute, 58 scientists from ten countries were on board the research vessel Polarstern in the Southern Ocean from 6 February until 16 April, 2008. They studied ocean currents as well as the distribution of temperature, salt content and trace substances in Antarctic sea water.

NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Axur Information Security, a global company, leader in information security, has launched Axur ISMS, a complete solution for implementing and managing international standard ISO 27001. New on the market and totally aimed at best practices, this is the first world solution made available entirely in the SaaS (Software as a Service) model. Axur ISMS can be evaluated for free at http://isms.axur.net.

AACHEN, Germany, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Submissions for the 2008 EFIC-Grunenthal Grant will be accepted by 31st May 2008. This annual grant of EUR 100,000 is awarded in co-operation with the European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (EFIC) and the pharmaceutical company Grunenthal GmbH. The grant is aimed at supporting young scientists in carrying out innovative and exploratory clinical pain research in projects in any country with an IASP chapter within EFIC (see http://www.EFIC.org).

Research Grants are intended for clinical and human experimental research projects on the subject of pain. Research proposals on animals, computer simulations etc. will not be considered.

ESSEN, Germany, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- For LSR, the distribution company for special carbon products and today a subsidiary of Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH (RBB), coal has always been more than just a fuel. Thanks to the Company's direct link with RWE AG, LSR has firsthand access to special carbon products world-wide.

LSR was founded as Ludwig Schmidt Rohstoffhandel GmbH of Essen in 1963. Given the proximity to its numerous customers in the Ruhr region, its headquarters are located in Essen-Bergerhausen. It is from here that global procurements and distribution are steered.

BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Eagle Test Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLT) announced that it has been selected by Texas Instruments (TI) to receive a 2007 Supplier Excellence Award. The award, given annually, honors firms whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI's high standards for excellence. Recipients are an elite group of suppliers' chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality. Top TI executives will formally present this special recognition to the Eagle Test Systems management team at the Company Headquarters in Buffalo Grove Illinois.

GRIESHEIM, Germany, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- At the neosino nanotechnologies AG AGM held 18. April in Griesheim, shareholders decided to rename the company adinotec AG.

Executive Board Chairman Edmund Krix said, "The new name adinotec is intended to document the company's new policy. The name adinotec stands for 'advanced innovative technologies'. On the one hand, this demonstrates that we still claim to launch new and advanced technologies onto the market, but at the same time makes it clear that in future, we shall no longer be restricting ourselves to nanotechnology."

ATLANTA, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovative electronic invoicing services simplify and speed delivery of outbound invoices to customers

Crossgate AG, the global expert for business-to-business (B2B) integration and electronic data interchange (EDI) services, will extend the scope of its collaboration with SAP AG in the field of business process outsourcing (BPO). The goal is to make life easier for organizations that want to streamline their financial supply chain, thereby saving money and helping the environment.

ROUSSET, France, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- One of Leading Products Selected by Editors and Industry Experts

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that its CAP(TM) customizable microcontroller has been named as one of the Products of the Year by Electronic Products China (EPC) Magazine. The selection was made by a panel of editors and industry experts based on the criteria of significant advancements of a technology or its application, innovative design and substantial achievement in price/performance.

TAMPA, Florida, April 21 /PRNewswire/ --

SunView Software Inc., a leading provider of IT Service Management software, today announced a new reseller agreement with Vitility Limited, an IT solutions provider based in the United Kingdom.

Under the agreement, Vitility will resell the ChangeGear(TM) technology suite to UK-based companies who are looking to better track, manage and control their IT infrastructures. In addition to SunView's software solutions, Vitility will also provide local support and professional consulting services for SunView Software's new and existing UK customers.

Axceler, the global leader in administration and development software for collaborative platforms, today announced the availability of ControlPoint, a comprehensive administration tool to manage Microsoft SharePoint environments. ControlPoint gives administrators the ability to search, analyze and ultimately control their SharePoint environments so they can help restore order before their environment gets out of control. ControlPoint will be unveiled for the first time at Axceler's booth #303 during SharePoint Connections, April 20-23 in Orlando, FL.