FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, August 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Transaction will create a large, worldwide business-jet support network and expand General Dynamics' Aerospace operations into global flight-support services; current Jet Aviation management to remain in place.

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Dreamliner Lux S.a.r.l., a company controlled by the Permira Funds, have entered into a definitive agreement for General Dynamics to acquire Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation for CHF 2.45 billion (approximately US$2.25 billion) in cash.

REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, August 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Key Milestone Achieved With First Diagnostic Test Based on Company's microRNA Technology, Developed by Columbia University Medical Center, Approved for Clinical use

- Acquires CLIA-certified lab to Expedite Commercialization of its microRNA-based Tests

- Expands Pipeline With Three Additional microRNA-based Cancer Tests in Development

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading developer of microRNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic products, reported today its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 and business highlights.

Because face recognition is effortlessly achieved by people from all different cultures it was considered to be a basic mechanism universal among humans. However, by using analyses inspired by novel brain imaging technology, researchers at the University of Glasgow have discovered that cultural differences cause us to look at faces differently.

Lead researcher Dr Roberto Caldara said: "In a series of eye-movement studies, we showed that social experience has an impact on how people look at faces. Specifically we noticed a striking difference in eye movements in Westerners and East Asian observers. We found that Westerners tend to look at specific features on an individual's face such as the eyes and mouth whereas East Asian observers tend to focus on the nose or the centre of the face which allows a more general view of all the features. One possible cause of this could be that direct or excessive eye contact may be considered rude in East Asian cultures."

Alcohol use during the teen years can not only lead to alcoholism, risky sexual behavior and early childbearing, alcohol dependence (AD) has now also been linked to delayed reproduction.

"Reproductive dysfunctions include a range of menstrual disorders, sexual dysfunctions, and pregnancy complications that include spontaneous abortion or miscarriage," explained Mary Waldron, assistant professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine and corresponding author for the study. "Teenagers who drink tend to have disruptions in their menstrual cycle as well as unplanned pregnancies."

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, August 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Indian Publisher CinnamonTeal First of Several Overseas DIY-Publishing Partners

Author Solutions ( www.authorsolutions.com ), the world leader in the fastest-growing segment of publishing, announced Tuesday its first international partnership for its dynamic DIY publishing ( http://www.wordclay.com/HowItWorks/Default.aspx ) tool, Wordclay ( http://www.wordclay.com ). Indian publisher CinnamonTeal signed on to make a white-labeled version of Wordclay available to its authors.

KVISTGARD, Denmark, August 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bavarian Nordic published the company's interim report as of 30 June 2008. The full financial statements are available on the company's website. Below is an extract of the most significant matters in the report as well as events after the balance sheet date.

A group of University of Oklahoma researchers studying the environmental fate of petroleum spills have in the process isolated a community of microorganisms capable of converting hydrocarbons into natural gas.

The researchers found that the process known as anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism can be used to stimulate methane gas production from older, more mature oil reservoirs like those in Oklahoma. The work has now led to the recognition that similar microorganisms may also be involved in problems ranging from the deterioration of fuels to the corrosion of pipelines.

As Dr. Ronaldo Luna, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, watches a machine shake silt from the Mississippi River until it liquefies, he says, "This is what would happen during a major earthquake along the Mississippi River."

Researchers don’t fully understand the liquefaction process for silts (though they have a better understanding of how it works with sands) but Luna is confident, based on his tests, that a 6.5 magnitude earthquake or bigger would cause solid surfaces along the banks of the Mississippi River to turn, momentarily, into liquid.

Many of us remember that first day of kindergarten or a trip we took as a toddler but new research shows that the human brain, while able to accurately recall trivial details from the past, can also be remarkably fragile and even inventive.

In fact, people can easily create false memories of their past and a new study shows that such memories can have long-term effects on our behavior.

According to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau data, there are approximately 20 million children below the age of five in the United States, the age range of greatest susceptibility to the harmful affects of lead poisoning. Gabriel M. Filippelli, Ph.D., professor of earth sciences and department chair at Indiana University, says that about 2 percent of these children (approximately 400,000) have lead poisoning, many in epidemic proportions.

Writing in the August issue of the journal Applied Geochemistry, Filippelli conducted a literature review of studies of urban soils as a persistent source of lead poisoning and also investigated the lead burden in the soils from a number of cities, including Indianapolis. His findings reveal that older cities like Indianapolis have a very high lead burden resulting in a lead poisoning epidemic among their youngest citizens.

Filippelli suggests two possible remedies, one of which he believes to be feasible from both the practical and monetary perspectives and doable almost immediately.