SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Two Global Networks Partner in Support of Cleantech Entrepreneurs

The Cleantech Group(TM), LLC, founder of the cleantech investment category, announced today its partnership with Young Presidents' Organization - World Presidents' Organization (YPO-WPO) YPO-WPO, the world's largest leadership network, to support clean technology entrepreneurship around the world. The two organizations will share resources and encourage networking among members to develop a better understanding of the opportunities created by the rapid development and global adoption of clean technologies.

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SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Earth Day, April 22, is just round the corner. What better time to do something fun and easy that will reduce carbon emissions?

How? Get your friends to sign up for the new Glupod Facebook application at http://apps.facebook.com/glupods/ to earn Glupods.

Glupods are characters from a new online game with the same name. It's the first online video game that allows players to turn in-game winnings into real-life support for Green causes.

The chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells have been like trees in front of us - important, but we couldn't see the whole forest so we could study one gene at a time.

New high-throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to map the precise position of individual DNA modifications throughout the genome of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and chart its effect on the activity of any of Arabidopsis’ roughly 26,000 genes.

The Salk study, which appears today in Cell, paints a detailed picture of a dynamic and ever-changing, yet highly controlled, epigenome, the layer of genetic control beyond the regulation inherent in the sequence of the genes themselves.

LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Version of Digital Signage, PC Screensaver and Alert Player Pimped With YouTube, Flash Rich Media, Video, Animation and Ticker Tape Functionality

Netpresenter (http://www.netpresenter.com) launches Netpresenter Player 5.0, the next generation in digital signage player software. Key new feature is support for Adobe Flash content and YouTube videos, enabling delivery and playback of these content types on PC desktops, large (digital signage) screens and even mobile devices.

INGELHEIM, Germany, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Healthcare Media Outside the U.S.A.

- Studies Demonstrate Positive and Rapid Impact of Pramipexole on the Core Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome and Sleep Disturbance

DALLAS, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Information Technology Offers Long-Lasting Benefits

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced that it has successfully completed Phase I of the Government of Malta's Integrated Health Information System (IHIS), a program to attain the highest quality patient care for the citizens of Malta.

LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- BuzzBack Market Research surveys US and UK consumers

Concern about the environment and global warming is not only influencing how consumers live their lives, but also impacting their buying habits.

In a consumer survey taken in advance of Earth Day (April 22) by BuzzBack Market Research, 81 percent of those asked in the United Kingdom said they used energy efficient light bulbs and about half said they purchased recycled products. But much work still needs to be done to change attitudes among consumers as less than 10 percent say they buy products only from "green" companies.

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- ATTN: Midlands Region Editors

Are you currently hiding your creative flair under an easel? Well, now is your chance to let it be seen.

Kodak Lens Vision Centres across the Midlands are teaming up with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) to discover budding artists in the region.

Candidates can enter in three age groups (Under tens; 11 - 17 years; and 18 years and over) and must create a picture around the theme of 'Your World, Through Your Eyes.' Prizes include private expert tuition from the RBSA, professional artist tools and equipment and fantastic days out to UK sights and attractions.

LIMASSOL, Cyprus, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Monteray Enterprises Ltd., a company indirectly, wholly-owned by Mr John Fredriksen, has on 16 April 2008 notified TUI AG and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin) that it has acquired 29.515 million shares in TUI AG, representing approximately 11.747% of the voting rights in TUI AG.

Following this acquisition, Mr Fredriksen, through Monteray Enterprises Ltd., is the largest shareholder in TUI AG.

Monteray Enterprises Ltd. has also informed TUI AG that it will uphold the request for an addendum to the agenda of the general meeting concerning changes to the supervisory board, filed by Geveran Trading Co. Ltd. and published by TUI AG on 4 April 2008.

Female mice can steer clear of inbred males on the basis of their scent alone, according to evidence in Current Biology.

The researchers found that female mice chose to associate with males producing a greater diversity of major urinary proteins (MUPs), even when all else was held equal. An earlier study by the same team had shown that wild mice also rely on MUPs to recognize and avoid mating with their close relatives.

Inbreeding is often avoided in animals because it can lead faulty, otherwise hidden (or recessive) traits to surface in their offspring. Nevertheless, Thom said, inbreeding does sometimes occur.