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Multi-Tech(R) Systems, Inc., a leading data communications and telecommunications technology manufacturer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Symstream(TM) Technology Group Ltd., an Australian-based wireless technology company, announced today an alliance to deliver a wireless modem solution that enables wireless transaction services utilizing the GSM/3g networks.

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An international team writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) say anthropogenic forcing could push the Earth’s climate system past critical thresholds, so that important components may “tip” into qualitatively different modes of operation. They say even small changes can have large long-term consequences on human and ecological systems.

“Society may be lulled into a false sense of security by smooth projections of global change,“ the researchers around Timothy Lenton from the British University of East Anglia in Norwich and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research report. Global change may appear to be a slow and gradual process on human scales. However, in some regions anthropogenic forcing on the climate system could kick start abrupt and potentially irreversible changes. For these sub-systems of the Earth system the researchers introduce the term “tipping element”.

Aerospace engineers are again looking to natural flyers to create the next generation in airplanes.

For example:

• A Blackbird jet flying nearly 2,000 miles per hour covers 32 body lengths per second but a common pigeon flying at 50 miles per hour covers 75.
• The roll rate of the aerobatic A-4 Skyhawk plane is about 720 degrees per second. The roll rate of a barn swallow exceeds 5,000 degrees per second.
• Select military aircraft can withstand gravitational forces of 8-10 G. Many birds routinely experience positive G-forces greater than 10 G and up to 14 G.

LONDON, February 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Long-time director Andrew Reicher takes over as CEO

Globeleq Generation Limited, the developer of new power generation focused solely on the emerging markets of Africa, the Americas and Asia, announced today the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer and a new Chairman of its Board of Directors.

Torbjorn Caesar, CEO of the Globeleq business since June 2006, was named Chairman of the Board of Directors and Andrew Reicher, a director of the Globeleq business since 2004, was named as CEO. Both appointments are effective immediately.

CERRITOS, California, February 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Calnetix Inc., a global leader in high efficiency electric motors and generators, today announced the promotion of Brad Garner to President & CEO.

Mr. Garner was hired as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Calnetix in March of 2007. Since then, Mr. Garner has made a substantial contribution to the business and, as anticipated at the time of his hire, was promoted by the Board of Directors to the President & CEO role. Concurrent with this promotion Mr. Garner was also appointed a position on the Board as Director of Calnetix.

In a first-of-its-kind imaging study, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play.

More than 230 million video and computer games were sold in 2005, and polls show that 40 percent of Americans play games on a computer or a console. According to a 2007 Harris Interactive survey, young males are two to three times more likely than females to feel addicted to video games, such as the Halo series so popular in recent years.

"These gender differences may help explain why males are more attracted to, and more likely to become 'hooked' on video games than females," the researchers wrote in their paper, which was recently published online in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.

GENEVA, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Acrongenomics, Inc. (OTC: AGNM) is pleased to announce that they have acquired a 10.9% interest in Molecular Vision Limited, on a fully diluted basis. The cash consideration will be used by Molecular Vision for working capital and to further develop its technology.

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, February 4 /PRNewswire/ --

MedImmune announced today it submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on January 30 a Biologics License Application (BLA) for motavizumab, an investigational monoclonal antibody (MAb) derived from recombinant DNA technology. The motavizumab BLA is supported by clinical trial data from more than 6,000 patients in which safety and efficacy in prevention of serious disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk pediatric patients were evaluated.

"T-rays", pulses of terahertz radiation, could let art historians see murals hidden beneath coats of plaster or paint in centuries-old buildings in much the same way X-rays let doctors see through skin and could also illuminate penciled sketches under paintings on canvas without harming the artwork, according to new research.

Current methods of imaging underdrawings can't detect certain art materials such as graphite or sanguine, a red chalk that some of the masters are believed to have used.

The team of researchers used terahertz imaging to detect colored paints and a graphite drawing of a butterfly through 4 mm of plaster. They believe their technique is capable of seeing even deeper. A paper on the research is published in the February edition of Optics Communications.

DUBLIN, Ireland and WASHINGTON, February 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- 14 .mobi premium names to be made available at Moniker's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Live Auction on Feb. 20, 2008

Following an incredibly successful series of .mobi domain name auctions this past year, dotMobi is reaching further into its set of "premium names" to bring 14 adult and entertainment-related names to Moniker's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Live Auction on Feb. 20, 2008.

The adult domain names to be auctioned at this event are naked.mobi and the highly anticipated porn.mobi while the entertainment and hobby names include broadway.mobi, cards.mobi, geneology.mobi, hollywood.mobi, lottery.mobi, tickets.mobi and vegas.mobi.