DUSSELDORF, Germany, November 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The registration figures for MEDICA 2010, World Forum for Medicine -International Trade Fair and Congress (Dusseldorf, 17th - 20th November) has led to optimism in the medical-technical sector. The number of participants who have signed up for the world's largest medical trade fair, which will take place next week, is significantly higher than last year's, at around 4,4000 exhibitors from over 60 nations and a booking increase of 2,000 square metres to a total of 116,000 square metres. 

The medical technology markets in North America and Europe have suffered from low demand in recent times.

Hurricane forecasts were way off again last year so if you're still wondering if a trained chimp 'can predict hurricanes better than NOAA'(1) a Nature Geoscience article has good news for you; forecasts can still be wrong 75% of the time but now can be wrong for years in advance too.