Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the University of Lovaina (UCL) in Belgium, have presented a technique that, using two video cameras to capture human movement, makes it possible to recognize body movements and display them in three dimension on a computer, according to the journal Multimedia Tools & Applications.

The method can be applied to the development of interactive video games in which gestures are made with the hands and feet.

Engineer Pedro Correa, from the UCL Telecommunications and Teledetection Laboratory, told SINC that, together with professor Ferran Marqués's unit at the UPC, they have developed algorithms that tackle the problem of gesture recognition “in the least invasive way possible, since it does not require wearing any special suit or receivers, using a simple video camera to film the body's movement”.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom free even without treatment, probably do so because of the strength of their immune systems, not any defects in the strain of HIV that infected them in the first place.

They say this finding renews promise of vaccine against AIDS and disproves the theory of a defective virus.

The theory about these so-called elite suppressors published in the Journal of Virology comes from rigorous blood and genetic studies of a monogamous, married, African-American couple in Baltimore, in which the wife was infected through sex with her husband more than a decade ago.

The unexplained bee disappearance known as Colony Collapse Disorder, CCD, is a problem that affects more than just honey producers. It may not seem like it, but bees play a big role in ice cream making. The domino-like process begins with the pollination of seeds for hay in order to feed the dairy producing cows for this internationally beloved dessert.

California has one fifth of the nations honey bees. More specifically, the state’s honeybees account for $6 billion of the $15 billion in commercial crop pollination value.

The CCD problem, involves the abandonment of the hive by adult bees. “The bees are not fleeing because of lack of food, but the ones left behind are dying because of lack of food and no other bees to keep them warm,” said Eric Mussen who is the extension apiculturist at U.C. Davis.

ScientificBlogger Matthew Brown had the chance to sit down with Professor Meg Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University. She gives readers a special understanding of the issues affecting women in science; she offers her opinion on why so few women have gone into physics, and gives advice for aspiring women physicists. These views have been colored by her own personal experiences as a student, a mother, and as a physicist successful at the highest level:

Before coming to Yale in 2001, she held a tenured position on the senior scientific staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which runs the Hubble Space Telescope for NASA. In 2007, she was elected the first woman Chair of the Department of Physics at Yale.

LONDON, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Revenue from continuing operations up 12% to $43.0 million

- EBITDA from continuing operations up 4.6% to $16.7 million

- Net profit from continuing operations up 223% to $5.5 million

Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO) (the "Company"), a leading provider of water and wastewater services in seven countries, today announced unaudited financial results for first quarter ended June 30, 2008. Cascal N.V. results are presented in U.S. dollars.

Results for First Quarter to June 30, 2008

REHOVOT, Israel and JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Study Will Correlate the Results of Rosetta Genomics' MicroRNA-Based CUP Assay With Diagnostic Work Conducted at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

- Data on the Company's MicroRNA-Based CUP Assay and its High Sensitivity and Accuracy was Recently Published in the April Issue of Nature Biotechnology

SAN FRANCISCO, August 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Marketers Can Buy Online and Print Advertising Direct Beginning September 2

TechInsights, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced TechInsights Direct, the first online portal that enables technology marketers to search, analyze, buy and manage online and print advertising programs from EE Times, Embedded Systems Design and TechOnline. TechInsights Direct is powered by Balihoo, the leading provider of advertising productivity tools, and will launch September 2 at www.techinsights.com/direct .

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- Exceptional Performance Makes it the Solution of Choice for Data Centres

Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, announces that its FutureCom(TM) 10TENe System exceeds international ISO/IEC 11801:2002 Amd1:2008 and American ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10-CAT6A system standards requirements.