LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading education support service provider Prospects Services Ltd has acquired a controlling interest in Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd, the leading provider of quality support services to schools in the independent sector.

Executive Chairman of Prospects Ray Auvray commented: "I am delighted that Gabbitas Educational Consultants will be joining the Prospects Group. Gabbitas has a proud history over 130 years of providing the highest quality services to independent schools in the UK and to English-speaking schools worldwide."

A lot of discussion on emissions revolves around mitigation rather than optimization but researchers at TU Delft have shown that creating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much as 15%.

Earlier promising predictions, based on mathematical models and wind tunnel tests have been confirmed during road tests with an adapted trailer. This means that public-private platform PART (Platform for Aerodynamic Road Transport), has produced an application which can immediately be put into production.

It is expected that the cost of fitting aerodynamically-shaped sideskirts will be recouped within two years. Furthermore, the sideskirts can be fitted to approximately half the trucks currently in use in the Netherlands as the skirts can also be retrofitted.

Cracks in buildings that close without external help may seem a little far fetched but we already have a good template in the human body's ability to heal wounds by sending blood platelets to the affected area. In most cases the healing occurs without any need for external coagulants.

The body's natural response to damage was the starting point for the development of self-repairing polymer materials with the ability to recover with minimal external help.

PLEASANTON, California, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spigit, Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent are the top three finalists in the Software Category

Spigit, Inc., the leader in social productivity software for the enterprise, today announced it was named along with Microsoft (with Novell) and Alcatel-Lucent as a finalist in the software category for the Best of Interop Las Vegas 2008 awards by TechWeb's Information Week and Interop. Interop Las Vegas, the leading global business technology event series, will announce winners on April 29, 2008. Spigit will be demonstrating its software products InnovationSpigit and IdeaSpigit at booth #2455.

FREMONT, California, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Fully Buffered 2GB & 4GB DIMM Kits Added to Corsair Mac Memory Line

Corsair(R) http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced today the launch of their new Corsair high-density Memory Line for Mac Pro desktop systems. Made especially for the high performance demands of the Mac market, the new Corsair Mac Pro Memory Kits are fully buffered 667MHz solutions, available immediately in 2GB (2 x 1GB modules) and 4GB (2 x 2GB modules) DIMM kits.

Mac Pro Memory is 100% Apple Compatible -- Lifetime Warranty

ATLANTA, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with Minneapolis-based Medafor, Inc. Under terms of the agreement CryoLife will distribute Medafor's microporous polysaccharide hemostatic agent for use in cardiac and vascular surgery in the U.S. and for cardiac, vascular and general surgery, other than orthopaedic and ear, nose and throat surgery, outside the U.S. (excluding Japan and China).

MOSCOW, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Not for Release, Publication or Distribution, in Whole or in Part, in, into or from Any Jurisdiction Where to Do So Would Constitute a Violation of the Relevant Laws of Such Jurisdiction

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces the following update in relation to the recommended cash offer made by Mechel for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Oriel by means of an Offer Document dated 26 March 2008 (the "Offer Document").

The Board of Mechel is pleased to announce that all the conditions of the Offer have now been satisfied or waived and that, accordingly, the Offer is today declared unconditional in all respects.

1. Level of acceptances

LAS VEGAS, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New offering is designed to enhance business productivity.

At RFID Journal LIVE! 2008, Microsoft Corp today unveiled Microsoft BizTalk RFID Mobile -- a lightweight platform for a variety of mobile devices, which simplifies the development of mobile applications that expose relevant, real-time business information. BizTalk RFID Mobile enables delivery of relevant information from mobile devices to core business processes for a variety of scenarios, whether for a dock worker verifying a shipment or a pharmacist verifying that the right medicine has been stocked.

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DALLAS, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Preclinical Data Suggests Potent Anti-Tumor Activity

HOUSTON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acorn Systems launches new pre-packaged cost and profitability management solutions designed for new clients in Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Distribution and Logistics

Acorn Systems, Inc. today announced the launch of several new, highly targeted applications in the form of Acorn Industry Value Accelerators. The solutions enable new Acorn clients to leverage pre-packaged, best practices to realize bottom line profit improvements in an accelerated timeframe. Acorn's suite of Industry Value Accelerators is available for its core industries: Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Distribution and Logistics.