REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Genomics (Nasdaq: ROSG), today announced it will release first quarter financial results on May 21, 2008, before the U.S. markets open. Rosetta Genomics will host a conference call with a simultaneous webcast to discuss these results at 4:30 p.m. ET on May 21.

To access the live conference call, U.S. and Canadian participants may dial +1-866-966-5335; international participants may dial +44-20-3023-4460. To access the 24-hour audio replay, U.S. and Canadian participants may dial +1-866-583-1035; international participants may dial +44-20-8196-1998. The access code for the replay is 181543#. The replay will be available until May 28, 2008.

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Private IP Nodes and Expanded Access Support Communications Requirements of Multinational Customers

Verizon Business has further enhanced its global Private IP footprint to support the evolving data needs of its global customer base. The company continues to add a significant number of Private IP nodes in key growth territories around the world, and has also enhanced both DSL and Ethernet access capabilities.

As a result, more customers than ever can now benefit from a direct and secure, high-performance link to the Verizon Business global multiprotocol-label-switching (MPLS) network, the foundation for Verizon Business' portfolio of next-generation products and services.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Aleris International, Inc. today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

First Quarter Highlights

Mice and humans have genomes that are 85% identical, making them suitable and cost-effective stand-ins for humans in medical research. A recent article by University of Michigan evolutionary biologists Ben-Yang Liao and Jianzhi Zhang discussed how identical genes may behave differently in mice and men - and some essential to humans aren't missed at all by mice.

"Everyone assumes that deletion of the same gene in the mouse and in humans produces the same phenotype (an observable trait such as presence or absence of a particular disease). That's the basis of using the mouse to study human disease," said Zhang, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group, according to a new study. The study’s findings, published today in the Advanced Access edition of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, suggest that proper treatment for depression would improve not only the mothers’ health, but the health of young children as well.

Prior studies have shown that mothers who reported symptoms consistent with clinical depression had children who experienced a significant number of accidental injuries between the ages 3 months to 2 years.

In his study, UAB psychologist David Schwebel, Ph.D., director of the UAB Youth Safety Lab, examined the difference between mothers with severe, chronic depression and those who were moderately depressed as their children grew from birth to first grade.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to provide the AAR-54 Missile Warning System (MWS) for its CH-47F Chinook helicopters.

Under the terms of the multi-million dollar contract, Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division will provide eight MWS shipsets and spares, in addition to follow-on support, to the RNLAF beginning in Jan. 2009 and continuing through Jan. 2010.

ROUSSET, France, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- AT91SAM9G20 offers twice the speed with half the power consumption of pin-compatible AT91SAM9260

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today its 400 MHz AT91SAM9G20 ARM926EJ-S(TM)-based embedded microprocessor that draws only 80 mW in full-power mode with all peripherals turned on. The AT91SAM9G20, pin-compatible with the 200 MHz AT91SAM9260, offers four times the cache and on-chip SRAM memory and features improved error correction for external NAND Flash as well as an enlarged Ethernet FIFO that improves latency. The AT91SAM9G20 is targeted at power-constrained applications that also need high performance. These include point-of-sale terminals, building automation, security cameras and bar code readers.

Methane, a greenhouse gas with an impact over 20 times greater than CO2, is constantly seeping out of large methane hydrate reservoirs in the ocean floors but 80 percent of it is immediately consumed by syntrophic ("feeding together") microorganisms.

These microorganisms dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into the atmosphere by oxidizing methane anaerobically, providing an important component of the global carbon cycle and a major sink for methane on Earth.

Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena succeeded in capturing these syntrophic microorganisms, something various international research groups have been working on since 1999.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Two 4-week cohorts will evaluate R7128 1000mg BID in HCV genotype 1 treatment-naive patients and R7128 1500mg BID in HCV genotypes 2 or 3 treatment-experienced patients -

Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS) has commenced dosing two additional cohorts of a 4-week Phase 1 study of R7128 in combination with Pegasys(R) (peginterferon alfa-2a) plus Copegus(R) (ribavirin) in both treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients chronically-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1, 2 and 3. R7128, a prodrug of PSI-6130, is a nucleoside analogue polymerase inhibitor of HCV that is being developed through Pharmasset's collaboration with Roche.

REHOVOT, Israel, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest Technology From 3-D Printing Innovator Recognized Alongside 3M, Ford and General Motors

Objet Geometries Ltd. (http://www.2objet.com), the innovation leader in 3-D printing technology, today announced that its revolutionary Connex500(TM) rapid prototyping system has been recognized with the 2008 RadTech USA Emerging Technologies Award, which honors outstanding users of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies. Connex500 is the first-ever system enabling the manufacture of 3-D parts using several different materials at the same time. Objet joins several other technology leaders - including 3M, Armstrong, Breit Technologies, DVUV, Ford Motor Company and General Motors - as recipients of this year's award.