In spring 2004, at the meeting of the Scientific Council of the Frombork-based Baltic Research Centre, Jerzy Gąssowski received an interesting challenge - find the remains of Nicolas Copernicus. 

To be sure, something was known of his death.   He had died in Poland at age 70, and he was buried at his church somewhere, but he died while his work was being printed so the man who theorized that the sun, rather than the Earth, is at the center of the universe, was not yet famous enough to merit a monument.    But the provost of the Frombork metropolitan church, bishop Doctor Jacek Jezierski, did not think the job impossible.

BEERSE, Belgium, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Conducts Root-Cause Analysis of September Recall

Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended suspension of the marketing authorisation for IONSYS(R) (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), indicated for the management of acute moderate to severe post-operative pain for use in a hospital setting only.

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Vertica's blazingly fast analytic database reduces query wait times from 20 minutes to 8 seconds over traditional database engine

Market intelligence firm Diio is enabling airlines to make wiser network planning decisions and potentially greater profits, thanks in part to new ultra-fast database technology from Vertica.

MANCHESTER, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite Regional Officer, Gary Owen said: We are disappointed but not surprised at AstraZeneca's proposed changes to cut 240 jobs at its facilities in Macclesfield by 2013.

However, 240 jobs is a serious blow to any community and will have devastating effect on workers and their families in Macclesfield during these difficult times.

We are meeting with local union representatives on Monday 24th November on another issue and we will take that opportunity to discuss the company's proposed plans and job cuts.

For further information please contact Karen Viquerat on +44(0)7768-931-316

PRINCETON, New Jersey, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Laureate recognized for its business growth, leadership team and service innovation by the Eastern Technology Council

Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company, today announced that it has been named the Emerging Life Science Company of the Year by The Eastern Technology Council, the largest technology and life sciences trade association in the greater Philadelphia, PA region. The company was honored for its innovation in services, achievement of milestones and strength of its management team, at the ETC's annual Enterprise Awards Gala at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center on November 18th.

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ELMSHORN, Germany, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sales Launch of the Shuttle Barebone D10

Shuttle Inc., market leader in the mini-PC segment and manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions, today announces the availability of the Shuttle Barebone D10 which was presented at IFA. As the first mini-PC of its kind, the D10 comes with a 7 touchscreen display integrated into its front panel.

LONDON and AMSTERDAM, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Concateno plc, Europe's largest provider of drug and alcohol testing programmes, and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) have today announced an innovative handheld drugs-of-abuse detection device.

Concateno-Philips pioneering system will make testing for drugs such as cocaine and heroin quicker, simpler and easier enabling immediate point-of-care drug test results, similar to current alcohol tests. Concateno and Philips will deliver the new solution to selected customers in the second half of 2009.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) and the Center for European Law and Economics (CELEC) today jointly launched an open dialogue about the health of the standards system. Today's forum brought together a group of academics, industry experts and government officials to discuss the standards-setting process and the important role standards can play in the information, communication and technology sector with implications for that sector's broader group of stakeholders. This forum is one of several taking place in Brussels this week on the standards-setting system.

WORCESTER, Massachusetts and HAMBURG, Germany, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- N.serve Sells 300,000 CERs from Basket of Global Projects in Single Auction Event

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (TSX: XWE), an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced N.serve Environmental Services GmbH sold 300,000 primary CERs to Electrabel GDF Suez via the World Green Exchange.

SAN DIEGO, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- In situ processing by LEAP system to enable novel experiments with high-purity rare cells