PARIS, October 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Novexel, a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance, announces positive results from its Phase II clinical trial evaluating NXL103 in the treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). NXL103 is a novel oral streptogramin antibiotic that has potent in vitro activity against certain Gram positive bacteria including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as well as the important respiratory pathogens including penicillin, macrolide and quinolone resistant strains.

Quantum computing is the Holy Grail of processing.    The analogy is apt because, like that relic of legend, no one is sure exactly what it looks like but we all know it has awesome power.  

Another step towards quantum computing was achieved when an international team of scientists were able to successfully store and retrieve information - using the nucleus of an atom.

HOUSTON, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) today announced that a sidetrack well to its recent Noatun C discovery has further confirmed the presence of gas condensate at the site located in PL 107 in the Norwegian North Sea. The operator StatoilHydro has issued preliminary estimates of discovered recoverable reserves between 30 - 50 million barrels oil equivalent.

MUMBAI, India, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Largest Casual Gaming Destination in the World

- Zapakworld.com Would be Available in 6 Languages

Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd, India's largest online gaming company, a Reliance ADA Group Venture, today launched their first gaming portal for the international markets - Zapakworld.com. This initiative marks the company's foray in the international market.

CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Robust Organic Growth, Revenue up 5.4%

Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, today announced its consolidated revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

Consolidated revenue - nine months

EUR millions 2008 2007 % change % change (9 months) (9 months) (reported)* (like-for-like) Consolidated revenue 2,277.8 2,200.3 +3.5% +5.4% Europe 1,022.6 987.2 +3.6% +2.7% North America 945.1 932.4 +1.4% +6.3% Asia-Pacific 211.6 200.9 +5.3% +8.8% Latin America 98.5 79.8 +23.5% +20.1%

*Changes in scope of consolidation added 3.9%; the currency effect was a negative 5.8%.

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, working alongside researchers at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Central Laser Facility, has gained a deeper insight into the hot, dense matter found at the centre of planets and as a result, has provided further understanding into controlled thermonuclear fusion.

What does it take to build a car capable of going 1,000 MPH, 30% faster than any car that has gone before?  Richard Noble of Swansea University and lead of the aerodynamics team for the BLOODHOUND SSC (super sonic car) Project, intends to find out by 2011.

The University of New South Wales ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence says they have set a new standard by creating the first silicon solar cell to achieve 25 percent effiency, surpassing their previous record of 24.7 percent.

Enjoying your HD TV?  Nitrogen trifluoride is one of several gases used during the manufacture of liquid crystal flat-panel displays, thin-film photovoltaic cells and microcircuits. Many industries have used the gas in recent years as an alternative to perfluorocarbons, which are also potent greenhouse gases, because it was believed that no more than 2 percent of the NF3 used in these processes escaped into the atmosphere.

Oops.  Turns out it is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. 

University of Cincinnati scientists say that a recent scientific study of a now-closed uranium processing plant near Cincinnati has identified a second, potentially more significant source of radon exposure for former workers.   That source—six silos filled with uranium ore in the production area—resulted in relatively high levels of radon exposure to 12 percent of the workers. More than half (56 percent) of the workers were exposed to low levels of radon while working at the site.