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The Real Difference Between Cats And Dogs

The Real Difference Between Cats And Dogs

Dec 03 2008 | comment(s)

A Duke University study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficient gait, tailor-made to creep up on a mouse or bird in slow motion.

"It is usually assumed that efficiency is what matters in evolution," said Daniel Schmitt, a Duke associate professor of evolutionary anthropology. "We've found that's too simple a way of looking at evolution, because there are some animals that need to operate at high energy cost and low efficiency."

Namely cats.

Gene That Protects Against Lung Cancer Identified

Gene That Protects Against Lung Cancer Identified

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

A study led by researchers at The University of Nottingham has identified a gene that protects the body from lung cancer.

The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA and funded by a £72,000 grant from the British Lung Foundation, has found that the tumor suppressor gene, LIMD1, is responsible for protecting the body from developing lung cancer — paving the way for possible new treatments and early screening techniques.

Lead researcher Dr Tyson Sharp and his University of Nottingham team, together with US collaborator Dr Greg Longmore, set out to examine if loss of the LIMD1 gene correlated with lung cancer development.
Down Stethescope Row with Dr. Seuss

Down Stethescope Row with Dr. Seuss

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

book coverTheodor Seuss Geisel lit up the heart of every child of any age with his pointed stories and imaginative drawings, and did you know that he wrote one for the more advanced-in-years? No, not "Oh the Places You'll Go." Dr. Seuss's gift to himself in 1986 for his 82nd birthday was  "You're Only Old Once: a Book for Obsolete Children."
Piezoelectrics Promise To Create Energy From Everything

Piezoelectrics Promise To Create Energy From Everything

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

Wouldn't it be great if your cell phone or mp3 player could charge itself? What if your house could generate electricity from the noise of the cars on the road? Or if the waste heat generated by your air conditioner could help put a dent in that expensive summer electric bill? As the demand for cheaper and more renewable energy sources increases, piezoelectrics - a class of material that produces an electric potential when mechanically deformed - may hold the key to unlocking the energy flowing all around us.
Yoggie Security Systems Miniature Security Computer For Mac Laptops And Desktops Starts Shipping Worldwide

Yoggie Security Systems Miniature Security Computer For Mac Laptops And Desktops Starts Shipping Worldwide

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

BETH HALEVY, Israel, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Full Internet Security Protection now Available as Apple(R) Recommends the use of Anti-Virus Tools

Yoggie Security Systems(TM) today announced that the world's first miniature hardware internet security devices for MacBooks and Mac desktop computers, are available for purchase from Yoggie Security System's eStore: http://www.yoggie.com/e-store, and at online retailers worldwide.

On November 21st 2008, Apple's(R) support site advised Mac users that they should apply security tools. Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple anti-virus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.

Thomson Innovation 2.0 Harnesses The Power Of DWPI With Leading Landscape Visualization Capability

Thomson Innovation 2.0 Harnesses The Power Of DWPI With Leading Landscape Visualization Capability

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Release Enables Customers To Make Better Intellectual Property Decisions

The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the forthcoming release of Thomson Innovation(SM) 2.0, the next generation of the company's premier intellectual property (IP) research and analysis solution, with a preview of new content and functionality at the Online Information Conference 2008. The product will be available publicly 15 December 2008.

Finding A New Gene Behind Language Disorders

Finding A New Gene Behind Language Disorders

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

Why can humans talk while chimps can't? The answer is more than just vocal cord anatomy; our brains have a lot to do with our ability to learn and use language. One 'language gene' is FOXP2. Mutations in FOXP2 lead to a rare but dramatic language disorder. Characterized by an inability to use grammar. We all know people who are grammatically challenged (stemming from illiteracy, for example), but this disorder is not the same thing - the affected people have a strong genetic barrier that prevents them using grammar, no matter how hard they work at it.

This disorder is a dramatic example of a language development disorder, but millions of children have much more mild language disorders. Many of these kids outgrow their language problems but not all. A group of researchers working in the UK and the US asked whether some of these relatively mild language disorders are somehow connected to the FOXP2 gene, which so far has only been found to be involved in dramatic speech disorders. Sure enough, they found that variants in a gene regulated by FOXP2 are strongly correlated with mild language disorders.
Level 3 Powers Expanded Online Services For NHL

Level 3 Powers Expanded Online Services For NHL

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

BROOMFIELD, Colorado, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- NHL Adds Full Bench of Level 3 Content Delivery Services to Starting Line Up

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) today announced that the National Hockey League (NHL) has expanded its network services commitment with Level 3 to include content storage, caching and downloading, and high-definition (HD) video streaming. These services complement the existing high-speed IP and video broadcast services already provided by Level 3.

Azure Dynamics Files Block Listing Return

Azure Dynamics Files Block Listing Return

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

OAK PARK, Michigan, December 2 /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 filed its six month block listing return under the Azure Dynamics Corporation Stock Option Plan.

Microsoft Adds SpreadsheetGear And Excel Based Calculators To MSN Money

Microsoft Adds SpreadsheetGear And Excel Based Calculators To MSN Money

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

LENEXA, Kansas, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, SpreadsheetGear LLC, a privately held software publisher, announced that Microsoft has added a number of Excel based calculators to the MSN Money Web site with SpreadsheetGear's Excel compatible spreadsheet technology.

New slogan idea for Pifzer:

New slogan idea for Pifzer: "Not a bad way to die"

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

London's Daily Telegraph features a great article that reads like a country music song - old couple, still in love after all these years, old guy still wants to express his love, old lady gets scared and calls the cops, family gets involved.

Here's the headline: "Wife calls police to restrain 82-year-old on Viagra."

Here's the subhead: "A woman had to call police to fend off the attentions of her amorous 82-year-old husband after he took Viagra, fearing that he might die of 'passion.'"
California Micro Devices Launches MDDI To MIPI(TM) Bridge Display Controller For Wireless Handsets

California Micro Devices Launches MDDI To MIPI(TM) Bridge Display Controller For Wireless Handsets

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

MILPITAS, California, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- CM5160 is the Industry's First MDDI-to-MIPI(TM) and Legacy CPU-to-MIPI(TM) Display Controller

Biomonitor Acquires The Irish Theranostic Company Neutekbio

Biomonitor Acquires The Irish Theranostic Company Neutekbio

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

COPENHAGEN, December 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Biomonitor A/S has completed the acquisition of the Irish company Neutekbio Ltd. on 27 November 2008. Neutekbio's technologies and products complement perfectly Biomonitor's current offerings to physicians and clinics involved in treatment of patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn's disease worldwide. Biomonitor will continue the RD and manufacturing operations in Ireland and the ongoing collaboration with the French research institution CNRS in Paris. CNRS is a leading research organization in cell biology, virology, and medicine.

Pascal Metrics Announces Patient Safety Culture Services Offering

Pascal Metrics Announces Patient Safety Culture Services Offering

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

WASHINGTON, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Changes Name from Lotus Forum and Expands Healthcare's Most Comprehensive Solution

- The Social Apgar(TM) Group: Providing Measurement, Analytics, and Related Risk Management

Today Pascal Metrics Inc. publicly announces its offering of patient safety culture and risk management services for hospitals and healthcare systems. Serving clients since 2007, Pascal Metrics rapidly has become a worldwide leader for clients seeking to comply with Joint Commission and other regulatory requirements, to reduce costs, and - by making healthcare more reliable - to make patients safer from medical failure and errors.

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd/

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd/

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

In the news release, Rosetta Genomics Announces Conference Call and Webcast of Third Quarter Financial Results issued on 26 Nov 2008 21:30 GMT, by Rosetta Genomics Ltd over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the time of the conference call should read 08:00 a.m. ET on Friday, December 5 rather than 08:30 a.m. ET Friday, December 5 as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows:

Spirent(R) Communications Delivers First Over-The-Air Assisted GPS Test Solution To 7 Layers

Spirent(R) Communications Delivers First Over-The-Air Assisted GPS Test Solution To 7 Layers

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

SUNNYVALE, California, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Test Capability on Spirent ULTS to Improve End-User Experience of Location Based Services

Spirent Communications (LSE: SPT), a global provider of performance analysis and service management solutions, today announced the first delivery of its new Over-the-Air (OTA) test solution for Assisted GPS (A-GPS) in mobile devices to 7 layers in Irvine, California. 7 layers, a global group of test and service centers, is the first CTIA-accredited 3rd party laboratory to enlarge its OTA service portfolio with Spirent's UMTS Location Test System (ULTS).

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080909/CLTU016LOGO)

Manas Petroleum Announces Phase 1 In Kyrgyz Republic Completed

Manas Petroleum Announces Phase 1 In Kyrgyz Republic Completed

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

BAAR, Switzerland, December 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corp. (MNAP.OB) announces that Farmee Santos International Holding Pty Ltd (Santos) completed the first of two exploration phases for 5 blocks in the Kyrgyz Republic.

According to the farmin agreement between Santos and Manas` 100% subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG (DWM), Santos committed to spend during the first phase US$ 10 million for geological studies, reprocessing of up to 5,000 km 2-D seismic and 1,000 km of 2-D seismic or a combination of 2-D and 3-D seismic.

Collexis Named One Of The Top 100 Companies That Matter Most In The Digital Content Industry By EContent Magazine

Collexis Named One Of The Top 100 Companies That Matter Most In The Digital Content Industry By EContent Magazine

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Semantic Search and Knowledge Discovery Software Company Recognized for Innovation in Eighth Annual EC100 List

Collexis Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic search and knowledge discovery software, announced today that it has been named by EContent magazine as one of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry. The list, compiled annually by EContent, recognizes companies in a variety of categories in the digital content industry and reinforces the importance of digital content as a resource that should be maximized by organizations.

Syncsort And Vertica Shatter Database ETL World Record Using HP BladeSystem C-Class

Syncsort And Vertica Shatter Database ETL World Record Using HP BladeSystem C-Class

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

HOUSTON, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Smash cost performance barriers by extracting, transforming and loading 5.4 terabytes on HP BladeSystem c-Class in less than one hour

Enigma Diagnostics Announces The Opening Of A United States Office

Enigma Diagnostics Announces The Opening Of A United States Office

Dec 02 2008 | comment(s)

PORTON DOWN, England and SAN FRANCISCO, December 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Enigma Diagnostics, the decentralized and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today the opening of a new U.S. office in San Francisco and the appointment of Chris Melancon as Vice President, Business Development.

The San Francisco office opened on December 1 and is Enigma's first overseas facility established to commercialize Enigma's range of rapid diagnostic instrument systems. Enigma's first product, the Enigma Field Laboratory (FL), was launched in November, and is a fully automated, real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) detection system designed for in-field testing by veterinarians, first responders and military personnel.