If you have recently given a close enough look at the search results that the CDF and DZERO experiments have been producing at a regular pace on the Higgs boson - every six months, that is: for summer and winter conferences - and your exposure to particle physics results is not broad enough, you might have gotten a biased perception of how searches for new particles are performed nowadays.

NEW YORK and BERLIN, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- 60 abstract paintings by 50 New York School artists from 1940-1970

- Estimates from US$1,000 to US$50,000

- April 20-30, 2009

From April 20-30 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of 60 abstract paintings by 50 New York School artists including Mary Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Franz Kline, Michael Goldberg and Robert Motherwell.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/NY01657 )

Fields are alive with the promise of medicine. Consider my list of dozen alkaloids found in nature. They exist in whole plant or its organ(s). Some of these chemical compounds are in minute amounts. For example, vincristine, the cancer chemotherapeutic compound in Catharanthus roseus, occurs at concentrations under 0.0003% on a dry basis. The root of Strychnos nux-vomica contains about 6% strychnine, a pesticide and a former stimulant.[1]

BASEL, Switzerland, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- New data published today in a major peer-reviewed journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, show that re-treatment with Pegasys(R) (peginterferon alfa-2a) plus Copegus(R) (ribavirin) provides previously-treated hepatitis C patients a second chance for a cure. The study results demonstrated that patients most likely to respond to re-treatment could be identified after only 12 weeks, allowing patients and their doctors to be confident early on about the likelihood of success.(1)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Second Gathering of Top Chinese and International Developers Will Return to Shanghai in October with Strong Government Endorsement

The call for submissions to present lectures, tutorials, and panels at the 2009 Game Developers Conference(R) China (GDC China) is open now through May 22, 2009. The 2nd conference dedicated to the art, science and business of games - presented by Think Services, a Division of United Business Media - returns to the Shanghai Convention Center October 11-13. Session proposals can be submitted via the official GDC China website at www.China.GDConf.com.

Continued from A Scientific Approach to Science Education - Beliefs, Guided Thinking And Technology.

If you suffer from occasional or frequent heartburn, you know who you are. You may avoid eating certain foods, keep an arsenal of antacids beside your bed, and still suffer from pain caused by renegade stomach acid wrecking havoc on your esophagus.

For the 1 in 10 Americans who suffer from “heartburn” or occasional acid reflux, options and medications are plentiful, but for the 19 million Americans who suffer from severe acid reflux symptoms or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), medicine simply isn’t enough.

OTTAWA, Canada, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced that the company has been recognized as the global policy server market share leader in 2008 by Infonetics Research in its April 2009 report Policy Servers Market Share, Size, and Forecasts.

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The Infonetics report noted that Bridgewater's position as the No. 1 global policy server market share leader is due to the company's success in the 3G and 4G market. The report further states that the policy server market will continue to grow annually in the high double-digit percents over the next five years, reaching US$1.3 billion in 2013.

DUBLIN, Ireland, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, will announce first quarter 2009 earnings on Thursday April 30, 2009.

Results press release will be issued at: 12:00 BST / 07:00 EDT Investor conference call time: 14:30 BST / 09:30 EDT

Live conference call for investors:

Angus Russell, Chief Executive Officer and Graham Hetherington, Chief Financial Officer will host the investor and analyst conference call at 14:30 BST/9:30 EDT.

The details of the conference call are as follows: