Jan Hendrik Schön, if you have heard the name, will either fascinate or enrage you.   His ability to progress from ridiculous fibs to world-class deception as a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey is certainly impressive.

How did fellow scientists let him get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known?  It deserves a whole book, and Eugenie Samuel Reich is here to help.   If you can't sit through a whole book like Plastic Fantastic (out next week), her short version is in Physics World.

STRASBOURG, France, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Humane Society International Applauds Major Victory for Seals

Humane Society International congratulated the European Parliament for voting overwhelmingly in favour of a strong ban on trade in seal products.

Today's vote in the European Parliament marks a historic victory in the campaign to stop the commercial slaughter of seals around the world, said Mark Glover, director of Humane Society International/UK. The European Union has acted on behalf of its citizens, and its decision will save millions of seals from a horrible fate.

REDWOOD CITY, California, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, today announced a multi-year agreement with AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca plans to expand the utilization of IPA in its research and target discovery programs to gain deeper domain knowledge of disease-related pathways and targets.

As part of the agreement, AstraZeneca researchers plan to leverage the powerful analysis application, to build biological models, analyze data, and reliably answer sophisticated biological and chemical questions in their effort to identify and progress promising targets.

MUMBAI, India, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The commercial aviation suppliers market in India is set to grow exponentially at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.1 percent from 2007 to 2014. Low manufacturing and labor costs are expected to boost outsourcing to India. Labor costs in India are relatively lower when compared to the western countries. India also enjoys a geographical advantage over other countries that enables it to cater to the demands of countries in South Asia as well as the Middle East. The offset policy of the Government can help India attract significant investment in the sector.

NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading source for legal, low-cost imagery announces launch of microstock video collection

Fotolia (http://www.fotolia.co.uk) one of the world's leading sources for legal, low-cost imagery announced the launch of its microstock video collection, which will supplement its current library of more than five million images and illustrations with a collection of more than 10,000 royalty-free video clips at microstock prices.

MANCHESTER, England, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enterprise Provisioning Suite Awarded Best in Category

CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Increased public and private expenditure on healthcare, coupled with increasing levels of medical insurance coverage and continued foreign donor funding are creating significant opportunities for growth within the Kenyan healthcare industry. The pharmaceutical and medical devices industries will exhibit continued expansion as the government boosts the allocation of resources for regulatory enforcement.

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LONDON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Technology Network (WTN - http://www.wtn.net) announced today that Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused top level domain .tel, has been selected as a nominee for a 2009 World Technology Award in the Communications Technology category. The World Technology Awards are presented by the WTN, in association with TIME magazine, Fortune magazine, and Science magazine, amongst others.

FELTHAM, England, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovative Powder Formulation of Metformin Designed to Facilitate Adherence by Increasing Patient Choice in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, Now Available in France and the United Kingdom

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that Glucophage(R) Powder for Oral Solution in Sachets, (metformin hydrochloride in 500mg, 850mg and 1000mg strengths) indicated for the first-line treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, is now licensed in France and the United Kingdom(1), the first European countries to launch this new formulation of Glucophage(R). Launches in other European countries are expected to take place in the coming months, once individual marketing authorisations are granted.