Scientists have discovered how to prevent certain craniofacial disorders in what could ultimately lead to at-risk babies being treated in the womb.

University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas, have successfully treated mice with Treacher Collins syndrome – a rare genetic disorder characterised by underdeveloped facial bones, absent or deformed ears and occasionally cleft palate.

The team had previously found that the condition, which affects one in 10,000 individuals, was caused by a mutation in a single gene called TCOF1. They later discovered that this mutation causes cells, known as neural crest cells, to die prematurely in the early stages of pregnancy resulting in the facial anomalies.

MANCHESTER, England, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite the Union will be calling on people across the North West to join their campaign to boycott Lil-lets products at this year's International Women's Day event in Manchester.

Unite officials and representatives will be handing out leaflets on Saturday 8th March at Manchester Town Hall to encourage the public to think again before buying Lil-lets products. Leaflets explaining why the general public should support the 150 Lil-lets workers who lost their jobs when production was sent abroad to Taiwan and Poland will be handed out.

Numerous studies have shown the the benefits of coffee. Science studies go back and forth on foods so use some judgment but generally today it is considered one of the best sources of the antioxidants that protect us against pesky free radicals that can cause premature aging and certain diseases.

Astrophysicists are having a heated debate over the wave structure of the Sun’s Corona - a debate which may one day influence solar weather forecasting and the theory behind fusion reactors. The Sun’s core is about 6000 degrees C, but its outer layer, the Corona, which is filled with a strong magnetic field, is 200 to 300 times hotter.

Last year American scientists thought they had cracked this paradox with research showing how high-energy Alfvén wave structures could super-heat the Corona.

The astrophysicists said they could detect Alfvén waves within the Corona – waves that have a corkscrew motion along the magnetic field at supersonic speed.

SEATTLE, March 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- UK's Leading Generator of Renewable Energy Begins Commercial Deployment of MicroPlanet Products to Save Energy, Improve Power Quality and Reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions

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SAN JOSE, California, March 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading full-featured, mobile blogging and media sharing software goes global

CellSpin Soft, Inc. (http://www.cellspin.net) today announced its highly anticipated support of its leading fully featured mobile blogging and media sharing software for the Symbian Operating System, the world's leading open operating system for mobile phones. CellSpin software is now available on over 300 mobile phone models worldwide.

CellSpin mobile software is the first product to provide a free, secure, intelligent, one-click graphical user interface for capturing images, audio, video and text and publishing them to one or many of a user's favorite blogging, social networking, photo sharing, and auction sites simultaneously.

MOFFETT FIELD, California, March 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- reQall 2.0 improves memory for today's connected, but forgetful individuals

reQall (http://www.reqall.com) today launched reQall 2.0, a groundbreaking, free memory aid to help people better manage their busy lives. Based on pioneering research from MIT's Media Lab, reQall 2.0 is an easy-to-use personal memory assistant that works across all aspects of your life. It's an always-with-you digital "memory pad" and memory jogger for your to-dos, ideas, shopping lists, visual reminders, or anything else you worry you will forget. From home to work, on your cellphone, on the Web, and with your friends and family, reQall is designed to help you remember better in whatever way suits you.

CALGARY, Canada, March 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- TT-08 appraisal well flows at an aggregate rate of 35,750 barrels per day

Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) today announced flow test results for the TT-08 well, the sixth appraisal and development well recently drilled on the Taq Taq field by Taq Taq Operating Company, the joint venture company formed by Genel Enerji A.S. ("Genel Enerji") and Addax Petroleum to carry out the petroleum operations in the Taq Taq license area.

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As from today, NRC Handelsblad will be the first Dutch newspaper to also be published daily on electronic paper. The entire newspaper, including all sections and supplements, is now available on ePaper at all locations (in the Netherlands and abroad) and at any time of day to subscribers who have an iLiad eReader.

"We are always looking for new ways to circulate our journalistic content", says NRC Handelsblad editor-in-chief Birgit Donker. "In 1995, NRC Handelsblad was the first national Dutch newspaper with its own website, and now we're the first one to use ePaper. In this way we continue to boost our image as an innovative and progressive newspaper."

HENNIGSDORF, Germany, March 6 /PRNewswire/ --

Recently the State of Brandenburg, and the EU, awarded two grants, valued at about 850,000 euro, to Alcat Europe, GmbH, covering marketing and employee costs during early years of operation.

Alcat Europe, a laboratory company located in the BioTech Park in Hennigsdorf (Berlin) engages in testing client blood samples for food and chemical sensitivities through the Alcat test method. The grants demonstrate the confidence the Brandenburg government has in the company's innovative technology, and the company's ability to fulfill the need for a reliable test to identify foods and chemicals associated with numerous health disorders.