For the first time scientists have mapped the layers of once molten rock that lie beneath the edges of the Atlantic Ocean and measure over eight miles thick in some locations.

The research gives us a better understanding of what may have happened during the break up of continents to form new mid-ocean ridges. The same volcanic activity in the North Atlantic may also have caused the subsequent release of massive volumes of greenhouse gases which led to a spike in global temperatures 55 million years ago.

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Imposing a carbon tax on Chinese imports may be the only way developed nations will be able to achieve real cuts in global greenhouse gases, finds a new report from CIBC World Markets.

The research report notes that while governments in developed nations are taking painful steps to cut greenhouse gases, carbon emissions from developing nations - in particular China - have skyrocketed in recent years. Since 2000, total emissions have climbed by more than 6,000 million metric tonnes (mmt) - with 90 per cent of that coming from China and other developing nations. China is now the single largest carbon emitter country in the world, producing more than 21 per cent of the global total.

COLOGNE, Germany, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- "After the Record-Breaking Year 2007 Growth and Sustainability are Our Goals for the Future"

Interseroh AG finished the business year 2007 with a turnover and profit record. Posting a turnover of approximately 1.75 billion euros and a profit of 55.4 million euros before taxes, the Interseroh Group grew considerably in the past year.

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- It Could Damage Your Health

People illegally selling copied software via Internet auction sites have been warned that the net is closing in on them.

The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is determined to act against individuals profiting by breaching the copyright of its members.

This activity follows on from an announcement by the Software and Information Industry Association in the US that it had launched 17 auction piracy actions against individuals selling counterfeit software via eBay.

European Association of Urology (EAU), MILAN, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Pivotal Efficacy Data Reinforced by Female Partners; Robust Safety Data Presented

New data presented for the first time today at EAU demonstrate the benefits for men with premature ejaculation (PE) and their partners when treated with dapoxetine, the first oral pharmaceutical treatment to be developed specifically for PE(1).

NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- IT risk monitoring has become a real-time requirement for financial institutions - Societe Generale's USD 7 billion in fraud losses provide wake up call.

Vigilant, LLC, the leading provider of IT Risk, SIEM Integration, and Co-Sourcing Services to the Fortune 1000, today announced the release of their latest technical white paper, analyzing the recent Societe Generale fraud case and positing how a real-time risk monitoring system may have prevented the bank's record-setting losses from occurring.

PRINCETON, New Jersey and PARIS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Laureate to Manufacture Cytheris' Lead Product Candidate, INTERLEUKIN-7, currently in clinical trials for treatment of HIV, HCV and cancer

LONDON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to guidance issued today by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), advising that cough and cold treatments should not be used for infants and children under 2 years of age, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has called on pharmacists to review how such products are stored and sold.

RPSGB's Director of Practice & Quality Improvement, David Pruce, says:

MILAN, Italy, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Degarelix Suppressed Testosterone Within Three Days in 96% of Patients

Data from a Phase III study presented at the 23rd Annual European Association of Urology Congress demonstrated that the investigational GnRH blocker, degarelix, produced a significant reduction in levels of testosterone (1),(2) within three days in more than 96% of study patients.(2)

The new data show that degarelix provided an extremely fast effect on testosterone levels, close to the immediate effect achieved with surgery (orchidectomy).(2),(3)

FREISING-WEIHENSTEPHAN, Germany, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Investment Round Led by OrbiMed Advisors, World's Largest Healthcare Investment Firm

Pieris AG, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing Anticalins(R), a novel class of targeted human protein therapeutics, announced today the closing of a Series B financing round.