HAMILTON, New Jersey, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

EPV SOLAR, Inc. (formerly Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.), a thin-film solar module manufacturer and technology developer headquartered in New Jersey, USA, announced today that it has entered into a long-term solar module supply agreement with unlimited energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany. Under the terms of the contract, EPV SOLAR will supply 306 megawatts (MW) of amorphous silicon modules to unlimited energy for use in the development and build-out of several solar parks in Europe. EPV will begin shipments against this contract during the first quarter of 2008. Product will initially ship from EPV's New Jersey locations and shift to EPV's Senftenberg, Germany, plant scheduled to come online during the fourth quarter of 2008.

PRINCETON, New Jersey and UXBRIDGE, England, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Product Developed Through Joint Venture Between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences, the First of its Kind in HIV Treatment

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for ATRIPLA(R) 600 mg/200 mg/245 mg film-coated tablets. Each film-coated tablet contains 600 mg efavirenz, 200 mg emtricitabine and 245 mg tenofovir disoproxil (as fumarate). The decision means that ATRIPLA is formally approved for marketing in the 27 countries of the European Union, as well as in Norway and Iceland.

LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation announced that its stock began trading today on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol ENDV.

"The listing on the LSE broadens our access to European markets which are more geographically focused on North Sea activities and the value our business strategy can add," said William L. Transier, chairman, chief executive officer and president. "With our growing management and operational presence in London and Oslo, it is fitting that we build closer ties with the local investment communities."

The company's shares will continue to trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol END.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Neurological Sciences Institute have uncovered the system that tells the body when to perform one of its most basic defenses against the cold: shivering. Most interesting is that it's not the same sensory pathway as conscious cold detection.

Our bodies use two different but related sensory systems to conscious and subconsciously detect cold at the same time.

Shivering is one of the many automatic and subconscious regulatory body functions, often called homeostatic functions, that the brain regulates. Other examples include the adjustment of breathing rates, blood pressure, heart rate and weight regulation. Throughout the day, all of these important functions take place in the body without conscious thought.

MOSCOW, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that the Company has acquired 49% of the shares of Toplofikatsia Rousse JSC (TPP "Rousse"), located in Rousse, Republic of Bulgaria. The acquisition is in line with Mechel's plans to develop the substantive power segment within the company's diversified business and enter new markets for its steam coal.

Researchers stunned the world when they announced a cloaking device for the microwave range. This device made use of metamaterials that had a negative refractive index for electromagnetic radiation. The metamaterials were carefully designed split-ring resonators with a structure size much smaller than the wavelength. Only 10 stacked layers of metamaterials were necessary to achieve the desired invisibility effect.

Now, researchers from the group of Harald Giessen at the University of Stuttgart have succeeded in manufacturing a stacked split-ring metamaterial for the optical wavelength range (Na Liu et al., Nature Materials Jan. 2008 issue).

New research published today in the Journal of Cell Biology illuminates the mechanical factors that play a critical role in the differentiation and function of fibroblasts, connective tissue cells that play a role in wound healing and scar tissue formation.

When we are injured, the body launches a complex rescue operation. Specialized cells called fibroblasts lurking just beneath the surface of the skin jump into action, enter the provisional wound matrix (the clot) and start secreting collagen to close the wound as fast as possible. This matrix is initially soft and loaded with growth factors.

The fibroblasts "crawl" around the matrix, pulling and reorganizing the fibers.

TORONTO, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Free add-your-profile opportunity for colleges and universities on Facebook(R) Platform

Recent national surveys have found that 75% of college and university applicants are active Facebook users, and many discuss their plans for higher education using the social utility. SkoolPool(TM), a new application on Facebook Platform, offers a fast and effective way for institutions to share information with this key audience. With a SkoolPool membership, institutions get a profile page accessible through SkoolPool.com, SkoolPool on Facebook Platform, and on a Facebook Page designed and maintained by the Academica Group team.

This term, the students in my organic chemistry class were presented with an opportunity to do an extra credit assignment using Second Life to represent concepts they learned in the course. When I was an undergraduate, finding molecules in articles was mainly done using the Chemical Abstracts books. A convenient way to find a specific molecule would be to look up the molecular formula and find the corresponding IUPAC name. Theoretically, one could figure out the IUPAC name from scratch but this can be very tricky for complex molecules and prone to error.