COVENTRY, England, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

FARO, the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, today announced that it has enhanced its Quantum, Platinum and Fusion FaroArm product lines in order to meet the needs of a wider range of applications within its industrial customer base.

DALLAS, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Registration Open for Marathoners to Benefit Leading Breast Cancer Organization

As part of its vision to realize a world without breast cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) is encouraging athletes to participate in Team Marathon, a new initiative that aligns Komen for the Cure with committed, passionate marathon and half marathon runners in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research and community health programs.

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LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of Unite, the country's largest union, are being canvassed on a menu for industrial action to reverse the government's hard-line stance on below-inflation pay awards for NHS staff.

A series of meetings are being held across the UK this month to give Unite activists the opportunity to say what type of industrial action they would be prepared to take in protest at the 'derisory' three-year 7.99% below-inflation pay deal imposed by the ministers.

Unite's National Officer for Health, Dave Fleming said: "At the meetings we have held so far, there has been a real sense of anger and frustration at the inability of government to recognise the dedication and hard work of health service professionals.

NAPA, California, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revolutionary Cytokinin-Based Skincare Is The Next Generation of Skin Rejuvenation Science

Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a life sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, announced today the launch of Pyratine-6(TM), representing the next generation of superior skincare products for the correction of visible signs of aging. In the 1990's Senetek developed kinetin, the cytokinin-based active ingredient in the successful Kinerase skincare line, and are now taking cytokinin technology further with Pyratine-6(TM).

LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Many youngsters are saving towards higher education from the age of 11 because they have seen older family members flounder under the burden of university debts, according to research from leading Child Trust Fund provider, The Children's Mutual (http://www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk).

And with news that 42 per cent of this year's undergraduates plan to work part-time in a bid to afford higher education and 78 per cent of parents saying they think that the credit crunch will make it harder for them to fund their children through university, The Children's Mutual is urging the nation to change the way it thinks about funding higher education.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the community of scientists worldwide using BIOMARKERcenter, the first comprehensive resource for biomarker intelligence to provide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and research organizations with a framework for assessing and tracking a potential biomarker for use at any stage of research or development.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Optimizing Patient Identification for Targeted Therapies That Ensure Benefits of Personalized Treatment

BOSTON, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest release enables QA and Development Teams to quickly measure the quality of their WSDLs through an automated scoring system

Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the market-leading provider of SOA Testing Tools, today announced immediate availability of SOAPSonar(TM) v.4.0. This release incorporates modules that enable QA and Development teams to quickly test the quality of their enterprise WSDLs based on an easy to understand scoring system. The scoring system provides the teams a valuable feedback loop to improve the quality of their WSDLs thus increasing interoperability, security and integrity of services.

HEERLEN, The Netherlands and AACHEN, Germany, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Solar Cell Offers 9 Percent Higher Output

Solland Solar, Netherlands' largest producer of solar cells, will enable the solar energy sector to take a major step forwards with its new Sunweb cell. By concentrating the generated energy to the back of the cell, Sunweb can offer a 2 percent higher output per cell. Processed and connected in a solar module, the output even increases to 9 percent. This is a substantial improvement for the sector.

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"Metal Wrap Through"

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands, September 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Elkoog B.V., the start-up from Groningen, The Netherlands, has developed Heeii.com, an extension for the web browser that continuously offers a top ten of interesting web sites which are closely related to the web sites that are being visited. Heeii.com approaches privacy of surfing behaviour as openly as possible, and puts it at service of its users.

'Porn mode'