An article published in the Journal of Forensic Science details the fruits of a collaboration between the University of Leicester and the Northamptonshire Police, which led to a “major breakthrough” in crime detection, perhaps allowing “hundreds of cold cases being reopened,” according to a press release. The University’s Forensic Research Center has been working with Northamptonshire Police's scientific support unit to develop new ways of taking fingerprints from a crime scene. The collaboration between the boffins and bobbies – boffin being British slang for someone engaged in technical or scientific research, apparently, and bobby being slang for police – was formally launched May 14. (For those without an intimate knowledge of U.K. geography, Northamptonshire Police headquarters is located in Northampton, about 70 miles NW of London. The University of Leicester is another 40 miles or so northwest of Northampton.) The newly developed method enables scientists to visualize fingerprints even after the print itself has been removed, the press release said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Genmab Announces Appointment of David Eatwell as New Chief Financial Officer

- Summary: Genmab Announces the Appointment of David A. Eatwell as Chief Financial Officer.

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) today announced that David A. Eatwell has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Eatwell will be responsible for overseeing the financial and accounting activities of the company.

VENTURA, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TRBD, TUD-Frankfurt) announced today that it is launching its Fleet Services unit in an effort to offset the consumption of diesel fuel and emissions for operators of fleets of diesel vehicles in the US and Europe. The biggest challenge for operators of diesel fleets with fewer than 500 vehicles is coping with skyrocketing diesel fuel costs and compliance with ever increasing emissions standards. This problem is greatly magnified in Europe with the price of diesel in some cities reaching as high as euro 1.57 per litre (approximately US$9.25 per gallon) and as the European community phases in stricter emissions standards over the next 3 years.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) announced today that its negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) products will be available in nine of the ten designated metropolitan areas included in the first phase of the competitive bidding program administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the U.S. The program, which is scheduled to take effect in July 2008, was established, in part, to ensure that Medicare patients have access to quality homecare products and services and that these and their providers meet Medicare's new financial and quality standards.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Results to be Announced

Marine scientists from around the world will be homing in on Halifax next week when they converge on Dalhousie University for the First Annual Ocean Tracking Network Conference June 4 to June 6. The conference is the official launch of the Ocean Tracking Network and appropriately coincides with World Ocean Day on June 6. The conference will feature opening remarks by former Oceanographer of the US Navy, Rear Admiral (retired) Richard West, and a trade show beginning on Thursday, June 5. A media conference announcing progress to date and any activity from the receivers will be held on Friday, June 6. Media interviews for key researchers can be arranged via phone or e-mail from June 4-6.

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Telepresence Meetings Will Connect Businesses in NYC and London

Teliris (http://www.teliris.com), the leading telepresence provider, announced today it will offer free telepresence meetings between New York and London to business travelers affected by the recent closing of Silverjet airlines, which operated flights between airports in London, New York and Dubai.

Teliris, which pioneered the first telepresence system-a virtual meeting technology that allows colleagues to meet naturally across any distance-has been providing the only available true immersive telepresence solution to global corporations like Lazard, Merck and QUALCOMM among others since 1999.

SAN DIEGO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- GSK exercises option for AM803, a FLAP inhibitor which recently completed phase I studies

Amira Pharmaceuticals today announced that under the terms of a worldwide exclusive agreement entered into in Feb 2008, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will exercise its right to a second FLAP compound, AM803. Under the original agreement, GSK has rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize FLAP (5-Lipoxygenase Activating Protein) inhibitors for the treatment of respiratory and cardiovascular disease. The decision to develop AM803 follows the successful completion of a phase I study by Amira, which demonstrated its potential as a once-daily FLAP inhibitor.

BOSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Project supports outsourced servicing of institutional business to BNY Mellon Asset Servicing

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, announced today that its data management and mutual fund performance solutions are now in operation at Eaton Vance after a seven-month project implementation. The project, managed by Eaton Vance, involved automating and centralizing data and transitioning from Eagle's hosted mutual fund performance solution to its installed version.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Simbionix has announced the release of a new and exciting module for its LAP Mentor simulator that gives trainees hands-on experience with different techniques and alternative approaches to the treatment of ectopic pregnancy, tubal sterilization and oophorectomy.

The GYN module is the latest addition to the suite of laparoscopic procedures developed for the LAP Mentor, the world's most advanced laparoscopic surgery simulator. The GYN module makes full use of the LAP Mentor's 3-D real-life graphics and ergonomically designed hardware to provide the most realistic experience of training and learning possible.

CAMBRIDGE, England, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- NVIDIA Tegra, Based on the ARM11 MPCore Multicore Processor, Marks a Major Step Forward in Enabling Next-Generation Portable Computing Devices