A groundbreaking new loudspeaker, less than 0.25mm thick, has been developed by University of Warwick engineers, it's flat, flexible, could be hung on a wall like a picture, and its particular method of sound generation could make public announcements in places like passenger terminals clearer, crisper, and easier to hear. 

All speakers work by converting an electric signal into sound. Usually, the signal is used to generate a varying magnetic field, which in turn vibrates a mechanical cone, so producing the sound.   Lightweight and inexpensive to manufacture, the new 'Flat, Flexible Loudspeaker' (FFL) speakers are slim and flexible: they could be concealed inside ceiling tiles or car interiors, or printed with a design and hung on the wall like a picture.

Sure, things are tough all over.    Heck, Linda Evangelista recently stated she now would get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day(1).   

Can't wait for the next Star Trek movie?    Okay, this doesn't have Zoe Saldana but it's still pretty terrific -  the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving along the edge of a graphene crystal. Given that graphene,  single-layered sheets of carbon atoms arranged like chicken wire, may hold the key to the future of the electronics industry, the audience for this new science movie might also reach blockbuster proportions.

BEIJING, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- US$33 million Gates Foundation grant to help China introduce innovative TB control methods, reduce growing threat of drug-resistant TB

At a global meeting of health ministers today, Bill Gates joined Chinese Minister of Health Chen Zhu to announce an innovative partnership to help fight a serious tuberculosis epidemic in China. The initiative will be led by the Chinese Ministry of Health and is supported by a grant of US$33 million over five years from the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation.

Okay, I am going to do something that will cost me my Republican voter card - I am going to recommend we reopen a government agency, the  Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).

SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Consensus Guideline Reached For Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

ARUP Laboratories and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announced today that a consensus guideline for a key laboratory method called qPCR (or quantitative polymerase chain reaction) was published by a group of international scientists representing the medical and research fields.

ANDOVER, England, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

ANDOVER, England, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

An overwhelming majority (71%) of employers believe that companies are responsible for looking after the oral health of their employees. This is according to Simplyhealth's Annual Dental Survey, which surveyed 255 Human Resources Managers/Directors via independent research agency Opinion Matters. On top of this, 40% of companies who offer dental benefits believe they help with increasing employee engagement, providing an overwhelming case for more companies to consider dental benefits.

SINGAPORE, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Jabra SP200: All the Functionality you Need in One Easy to Use, Cost Effective Device

NAPA, California, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Media Attention Builds for Pyratine-6(TM) and Pyratine XR(TM)

Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2008 was US$1,845,000, compared with US$26,471,000 reported in 2007. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were US$230,000, compared with US$223,000 for the same period in the prior year.

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG) (hereinafter: Delek Group or The Group) announced today its results for the three and twelve month period ending December 31, 2008. The full financial statements will be available in English on Delek Group's website on April 1, 2009 at: http://www.delek-group.com.