Invisibility once belonged squarely in the realm of science fiction but in the last few years advancements in metamaterials have made it an exciting possibility, though not yet in the range of normal human vision or on a cost-effective basis.

Scientists in the Departments of Applied Physics and Electromagnetism at the University of Granada have taken a different tack, using the Transmission Line Method(TLM).

In 1885, Oliver Heaviside created the first transmission line model to understand the behavior of wires in the telegraph. That's right, pre-telephone Morse Code stuff. Future tech like invisibility can learn a thing or two from James Clerk Maxwell even today, it seems.

OAK PARK, Michigan, September 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- << Presentation to Highlight the Growing Demand for Azure Dynamics' Hybrid Commercial Trucks >>

OAK PARK, Michigan, September 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles today announced that Scott T. Harrison, Azure Dynamics' Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Merriman Curhan Ford's 5th annual Investor Summit on September 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM (PST). This event will be held at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco.

NEW YORK and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- KIT digital Builds Interactive Web Environment for Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy Web Shorts

KIT digital, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KITD), a leading global provider of IPTV enablement technology and video-centric interactive marketing solutions, revealed this week its latest work -- a custom-built Web environment created for TV innovator Seth MacFarlane and his new collection of web shorts titled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (http://www.sethcomedy.com). KIT digital was called upon by Media Rights Capital (MRC), an independent film, television and digital studio.

Yes, you read that right - the very people you look to for comfort, for learning, for a shoulder to cry on, could lead you down the path of annihilation. You don't have to be a lemming zombie to take up terrorism after all!

A New Kind of Networking

Liverpool University's Center (or Centre, if you live across the pond) for Investigative Psychology led a project that constructed psychological "profiles" to describe how Jihadists were led into their violence, according to a BBC article.

LONDON, September 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, the UK's largest union, met with over 40 other European union representatives from 9 countries in Brussels in advance of an expected re-structuring announcement by the IT company Hewlett Packard (HP) next week.

The HP announcement, due on Monday 15th September, follows its takeover of EDS, and is predicted by the unions to contain details of substantial job cuts in the UK and worldwide.

The unions are concerned about the impact on employment and working conditions of the EDS takeover by HP, and are also dissatisfied about the lack of information provided by HP and EDS to date.

MUMBAI, India, September 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE:SUNPHARMA, BSE: 524715) announced that USFDA has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for generic Fosamax (R), alendronate sodium tablets.

Alendronate sodium tablets are indicated for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in post menopausal women, to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis, in the treatment of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis, and Paget's disease of the bone in men and women.

These generic versions of alendronate sodium tablets 5 mg (base), 10 mg (base), 35 mg (base) and 70 mg (base) are bio-equivalent to Fosamax (R) tablets distributed by Merck & Co.

BASEL, Switzerland, September 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Avastin Shows Unprecedented Patient Benefits Regardless of K-Ras Status, Age and Chemotherapy Choice

Avastin's (bevacizumab) essential role in the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the world's second most common cancer, was strengthened at the 33rd European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting with a compelling data set including:

- the final overall survival analysis of a 2,000 patient community-based study - further analyses of the Avastin and cetuximab combination study highlighting K-Ras findings - strong and consistent outcome for elderly patients on Avastin-based therapy

Long-term overall survival reported from First BEAT (1)

In hospitals and clinics, magnetic resonance imaging is quite common today. Clinicians like it because it shows much better images of soft tissues than computed tomography (CT) and uses no ionizing radiation. What it does use is a powerful magnetic field.

Magnetic resonance tomography has been around for just over 30 years so it is much younger than something like X-ray technology(>110 years) but ordinary MRI technology uses magnetic flux densities of 1.5 and 3 tesla.

A new MRI device delivered to Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch uses a whopping 7 tesla and, they say, it will provide the clearest images ever taken of our insides.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S. and affects more than 16 million Americans.

Broccoli is everywhere and enjoyed by almost no one - but your mom was right; broccoli is good for you. Now it turns out that broccoli can also help those with COPD, and that's reason enough to give broccoli some new respect.

According to recent research from Johns Hopkins Medical School, a decrease in lung concentrations of NRF2-dependent antioxidants, key components of the lung's defense system against inflammatory injury, is linked to the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in smokers. Broccoli is known to contain a compound that prevents the degradation of NFRP.