OXFORD, England, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- t+ Medical, the UK's leading supplier of telemedicine solutions for long term conditions has partnered with LifeScan, Inc, a leading manufacturer of blood glucose meters to help people with diabetes more effectively manage their condition.

t+ Medical provides a comprehensive system of care which takes data from LifeScan blood glucose meters and wirelessly transmits the information to a central database. Using intelligent algorithms; this information is then analyzed and translated for patients in the form of simple graphs which can be viewed on their mobile phone or a personal computer. Patients are therefore able to track their condition, and monitor their diabetes giving them greater insight into their disease day by day.

WORCESTER, England, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In the current economic climate, every retailer is looking for ways to improve efficiency and maintain profitability by grabbing a larger share of the market. Many major corporations are already using weather forecasts to aid in their business strategies, but smaller retailers may be ignoring a key to continued success in a challenging period.

It is estimated that some 10% of the British economy is weather sensitive, with billions of pounds of revenue being lost every year due to retailers not having or acting upon the correct weather information.

Volcanoes are notoriously hard to study. All the action takes place deep inside, at enormous temperatures. So geophysicists make models, using what they know to develop theories about what they don’t know.

Research led by Gregory P. Waite, an assistant professor of geophysics at Michigan Technological University, has produced a new seismic model for figuring out what’s going on inside Mount St. Helens, North America’s most active volcano. Waite hopes his research into the causes of the earthquakes that accompany the eruption of a volcano will help scientists better assess the hazard of a violent explosion at Mount St. Helens and similar volcanoes.

LONDON, February 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, the leading provider of workforce optimization and scheduling solutions, and Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), a global provider of business process outsourcing, information technology, and consulting solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver Manpower Software's market-leading MAPS Health Suite, a workforce optimization and scheduling solution, to the U.S. healthcare market. Under the agreement, ACS Healthcare Solutions (ACS HCS) will also serve as Manpower Software's systems integrator in the United States.

Manpower Software plc CEO, Ian Bowles, commented:

AMSTERDAM, February 20 /PRNewswire/ --

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Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today reported its full year 2007 results.

Highlights

- Successful IPO, raising gross proceeds of EUR 55.7 million

- Cash & cash equivalents of EUR 51.3 million at June 30, 2007

- U.S. FDA orphan drug designation for lead product AMT 011

- Positive results of Phase I/II in LPL type I deficiency

- Pre-registration trial in Canada on track

- Appointment of Ferdinand Verdonck as chairman of supervisory board.

- Global rights for acute intermittent porphyria treatment

- Exclusive license to all gene therapy products from CIMA

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Survey Takes a Look at Who Had the Highest Impact in Molecular Biology and Genetics 2002-2006

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced the results of a study assessing high-impact research in molecular biology and genetics. In the January/February issue of Science Watch, Thomson Scientific analyzes data from its Essential Science Indicators to identify molecular biology and genetics papers that rank among the top one percent most cited in the field for their respective years of publication between 2002 and 2006.

Scientists from four well-known institutions say the next major disease like HIV/AIDS or SARS could occur in any of a number of developing countries concentrated along the equator. They encourage increased surveillance to prevent the spread of a potential outbreak.

Using global databases and sophisticated computer models to analyze patterns of emerging diseases, the researchers -- from the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM) at Wildlife Trust, N.Y., the Institute of Zoology, London, U.K., Columbia University, N.Y., and the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Dr. Tom Hansen has a vision for clean power. It’s big and bold. Dubbed the ‘Hansen Plan’ in a January 2008 Scientific American article, it would completely replace fossil fuels and nuclear power generation across the country. The idea is gaining fervent followers for its seeming simplicity, and equally passionate detractors for the cost and effort required to implement it.

At first blush Dr. Hansen seems an unlikely visionary. The mild, even humble manner, worn running shoes, plaid shirt and rumpled khakis belong to a man who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty. For years he ran coal-fired power plants for Tucson Electric Power, now serving almost four hundred thousand customers in Arizona. Not having much to do because the plants “ran themselves,” he started researching how to transform TEP and the industry. In the early 90s he quit running the coal plants to focus on renewables, and is now TEP’s Vice President of Environmental Services, Conservation and Renewable Energy.

Last week I chatted with Dr. Hansen at TEP’s bustling Green Team office. We talked about the company’s goals, the Hansen Plan, state of the art energy storage, plug-in hybrids and the new Smart Grid demo projects, as well as his concerns about natural gas. He also reveals his pick for the best thin film solar panels . They may be less efficient but are becoming less expensive than the standard silicon-based ones, which he calls “crystallines”.