SAN JOSE, California, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Superior Computational Performance, Scalability, and Power Efficiency

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced that its dual-processor (DP) SuperBlade(TM) servers were recently chosen by CERN (one of the world's largest research labs) for part of a significant upgrade of its computing capacity for the new LHC (Large Hadron Collider) project in Geneva. High computational performance, excellent scalability, superior energy efficiency and a competitive price/performance ratio were key factors in this prestigious selection process.

HOUSTON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) announced today that the company will host a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, March 12, 2008.

HANNOVER, Germany, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Pass-Thru Feature Maintains Use of the Power Outlet While Reducing Outside Noise

CeBit -- Asoka USA, a leading HomePlug(R) powerline network solutions provider, today at CeBit announced the PlugLink AV 9667 iSocket (PL9667-ETH), a strong addition to the Asoka powerline networking product portfolio. The PlugLink AV 9667 iSocket turns every power outlet into an Ethernet network connection, while retaining the use of the power outlet and filtering out noise caused by other electrical devices.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- New data released at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) show that IONSYSTM (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system - ITS) may save hospital staff time compared to Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia (IV PCA).

Fentanyl ITS, a new innovative, needle-free system indicated for the management of acute postoperative pain in a hospital setting, was launched in European countries starting in January this year. Fentanyl ITS has been shown to be as effective as IV PCA morphine for the management of acute postoperative pain.(1)

Penn engineers have developed a model that shows while metals tend to be stronger at nanoscale volumes, their strengths saturate at around 10-50 nanometers diameter, at which point they also become more sensitive to temperature and strain rate.

Using this model, they have found that, while metals tend to be stronger at nanoscale volumes, their strengths saturate at around 10-50 nanometers diameter, at which point they also become more sensitive to temperature and strain rate.

REDMOND, Washington, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Customers get immediate access to the new service that extends Microsoft Office, provides anywhere access to documents and enables sharing functionality.

Microsoft Corp today announced the public availability of Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta (http://workspace.officelive.com), the new web-based extension of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others. Office Live Workspace was among the first entries in the new wave of online services in Microsoft's software plus services vision previewed last fall.

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In the west, we call valuable ceramic place settings 'china' because high-quality ceramic wares were imported from the east. They were the best and had the highest value.

Not really so, at least in Israel, according to research at the University of Haifa.

According to Dr. Edna Stern, in contrast to the notion that ceramic wares were imported to Acre and surrounding ports as luxury items, the findings of her study revealed exactly the opposite.

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes.

The new device, called PANTHER (for PAthogen Notification for THreatening Environmental Releases), represents a "significant advance" over any other sensor, said James Harper of Lincoln Lab's Biosensor and Molecular Technologies Group. Current sensors take at least 20 minutes to detect harmful bacteria or viruses in the air, but the PANTHER sensors can do detection and identification in less than 3 minutes.

Testosterone appears to protect people against eating disorders, providing further evidence that biological factors – and not just social influences – are linked to anorexia and bulimia, according to new research findings at Michigan State University.

An ongoing, six-year study of 538 sets of twins in Michigan indicates that females who were in the womb with male twins have lower risk for eating disorder symptoms than females who were in the womb with female twins. Previous animal research has shown that females in the womb with males are exposed to higher levels of testosterone.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms.

The bacteria, Shewanella, are commonly found in water and soil and are of interest because they can convert simple organic compounds (such as lactic acid) into electricity, according to Daniel Bond and Jeffrey Gralnick, of the University of Minnesota's BioTechnology Institute and department of microbiology, who led the research effort.

"This is very exciting because it solves a fundamental biological puzzle," Bond said. "Scientists have known for years that Shewanella produce electricity. Now we know how they do it."