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THIS Is Electricity

THIS Is Electricity

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

I have a healthy respect for electricity. After all, it is both deadly and wondrous at the same time. One of the benefits of studying science at this level is that you get to learn about how ordinary, everyday things work at the most basic level. So what is electricity? We all use it, but how does it work? All you scientists out there can maybe skip this post, as you already know all this, but knowing you guys, you will read it anyway out of curiosity to see if you disagree! To start with, electricity only happens in stuff with free electrons. An electron is part of an atom, the part that encircles the nucleus. In some stuff, electrons are rather free, as opposed to being bound in atoms. The latter, we call Insulators, the former, Conductors and Semi-conductors.
Pharmacists Call For Consistent Approach To 'Top-Up' Payments

Pharmacists Call For Consistent Approach To 'Top-Up' Payments

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to yesterday's announcement made by Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health, of a Government review in to the current policy on 'top-up' payments for NHS treatment, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has called for consistency and fairness to be overriding factors.

Paul Bennett, chair of RPSGB's English Pharmacy Board, said:

Merck Serono And Bionomics Announce Multiple Sclerosis Development And Licensing Agreement

Merck Serono And Bionomics Announce Multiple Sclerosis Development And Licensing Agreement

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

GENEVA, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bionomics and Merck Serono to Collaborate to Discover and Develop Novel, Oral Treatment for MS

- Collaboration Based on Novel Compounds That Allow Selective Inhibition of The Immune Cells Which Cause Nerve Cell Damage in Patients With MS

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today that a Development and Licensing Agreement with Bionomics (ASX: BNO) was signed, under which Merck Serono would develop new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune conditions based on compounds from Bionomics Kv1.3 program.

Smart AdServer Selects Limelight Networks To Power Advanced Online Video Advertising Capabilities

Smart AdServer Selects Limelight Networks To Power Advanced Online Video Advertising Capabilities

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

TEMPE, Arizona, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Limelight Networks Enables Major European Online Advertising Campaign Management Company to Deliver Targeted Campaigns Reliably

Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) today announced that Smart AdServer will use the LimelightDELIVER object delivery service to increase the quality of service SmartAdServer provides to international clients, manage peaks of online demand, and decrease the cost of bandwidth.

ARM7-Based MCU With FPGA Interface To Multi-Layer AHB

ARM7-Based MCU With FPGA Interface To Multi-Layer AHB

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

SAN JOSE, California, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Offers seamless migration to CAP7 customizable MCUs for ARM7-plus-FPGA designs

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the AT91CAP7E, the industry's first ARM7(TM)-based MCU with a direct FPGA interface. The AT91CAP7E is a standard microcontroller with an FPGA interface that makes the FPGA look and work like it is on the internal bus of the MCU. It provides customers with a two-chip, no-NRE, FPGA-plus ARM7 solution and offers an engineering-free migration path to a lower cost, and a lower power customizable MCU.

Canopus BioPharma Strengthens Its CB1400 Platform Technology For Mucositis And Oncology Treatments Through License Agreement Wit

Canopus BioPharma Strengthens Its CB1400 Platform Technology For Mucositis And Oncology Treatments Through License Agreement Wit

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

LOS ANGELES, California, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopus BioPharma, Inc. (OTC: CBIA), a biotechnology company developing pharmaceutical products and assay methods for patients suffering from infectious disease, radiation sickness, cancer and addiction, today announced the signing of a licensing agreement with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), an organization serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licensing these technologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the United States and worldwide. The agreement provides comprehensive licensing rights and patent protection relating to Canopus' Phase II oncology drug candidate, CB1400.

Regional Practice Wins Prestigious

Regional Practice Wins Prestigious "Landscaping Contractor Of The Year" Award

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Regional landscape practice, TerraVerde, is celebrating after being named 'Landscaping Contractor of the Year' at ITP Business Publishing's inaugural Facilities Management Middle East Awards.

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TerraVerde, an independent company based in Dubai, provides a wide range of landscape contracting services. These include creative landscaping, outdoor lighting, indoor plants and pots, the design and implementation of sustainable water features and irrigation methods, and garden maintenance for commercial and residential projects, large or small.

Micrel Powers Up Newest Family Of Single Supply LDOs With Input Voltages As Low As 1.65V

Micrel Powers Up Newest Family Of Single Supply LDOs With Input Voltages As Low As 1.65V

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

SAN JOSE, California, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Nventa Develops Proprietary Vaccine Adjuvant

Nventa Develops Proprietary Vaccine Adjuvant

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

SAN DIEGO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Potent Adjuvant is a Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) Agonist

Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) today announced that the company has developed a proprietary vaccine adjuvant, Poly IC-Poly Arginine (Poly-ICR), that has broad potential for use in both therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines.

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Finjan Discovers More Than 500 Mb Of Stolen Medical, Business And Airline Data On Crimeware Servers In Argentina And Malaysia

Finjan Discovers More Than 500 Mb Of Stolen Medical, Business And Airline Data On Crimeware Servers In Argentina And Malaysia

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

SAN JOSE, California, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- In its Latest Malicious Page of the Month Report, Finjan Unveils Medical, Business and Airline Data Stolen and Traded by Cybercriminals Using Targeted Campaigns

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced its discovery of a server controlled by hackers (Crimeserver) containing more than 500Mb of premium data. The data included healthcare and business related data, as well as personal identifiable information (stolen Social Security Numbers). This data is part of the premium offering that the cybercriminals operating the Crimeservers were selling to the highest bidder online.

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Union Members To Demonstrate Against Hospital Canteen Sell-off

Union Members To Demonstrate Against Hospital Canteen Sell-off

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Photo Opportunity: Thursday 19th June, 8.30am Demonstration Outside Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD

Unite, the Uk's largest trade union, will hold a demonstration tomorrow (Thursday 19th June) outside Airedale General Hospital in protest at the possible sell-off of the hospital canteen.

They will be joined by members of the GMB and Unison who's members are also affected by the proposals.

Airedale NHS Trust employed a consultant who estimated that the modernisation of the kitchens would cost GBP1.6 million. The trust says that it cannot afford this and has asked for bids from a series of contractors. Unite is disappointed that an in-house bid was not pursued.

Weather Trends Releases Myskeye.com Version 2.0

Weather Trends Releases Myskeye.com Version 2.0

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Year-ahead Business Weather Forecasting Portal

Moneybookers Hires Experienced CFO As Revenues Surge

Moneybookers Hires Experienced CFO As Revenues Surge

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Paul Goodridge Leaves CSR Plc for one of Europe's Largest Online Payments Providers

Moneybookers, one of Europe's largest and fastest growing online payment systems companies, is today announcing the appointment of Paul Goodridge as Chief Financial Officer. The company, which provides domestic payment options in more than 40 countries and processes over EUR10m in transactions each day, has made the strategic hire to support its aggressive targets for growth within the e-commerce industry.

MrTed Appoints Pieter Philipsen As Chief Financial Officer

MrTed Appoints Pieter Philipsen As Chief Financial Officer

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- MrTed Limited, the leading solution provider of Talent Acquisition Solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Pieter Philipsen to the position of Chief Financial Officer of MrTed Limited. Philipsen will form part of MrTed's executive committee.

Tomorrow's Care Today: Lumax 540 Cardiac Devices Launched At Cardiostim

Tomorrow's Care Today: Lumax 540 Cardiac Devices Launched At Cardiostim

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

NICE, France, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- The new Lumax 540 technologies together with Biotronik Home Monitoring(R) offer remote, wireless advanced patient management that provides daily protection for patients with life-threatening arrhythmias.

Diskeeper Surveys IT Administrators: Defrag Revealed As Vital As Antivirus

Diskeeper Surveys IT Administrators: Defrag Revealed As Vital As Antivirus

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

EAST GRINSTEAD, England, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Diskeeper Corporation revealed findings of a recent IT study showing Defragmentation and Antivirus as the two most important practices for IT administrators.

A panel of 179 Network Administrators was surveyed recently on the software they considered vital to have on their Servers: 48% responded with "Antivirus/Symantec" and 45%, "Defrag/Diskeeper".

NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(TM) - Asia-Pacific Winners Announced

NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(TM) - Asia-Pacific Winners Announced

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

SINGAPORE, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Joikusoft Wins Grand Prize in Annual Location-Based Developers' Program

NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, announced yesterday during an awards ceremony at CommunicAsia 2008 that Joikusoft is the Grand Prize Winner of this year's NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge -- Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Valeo Creates Its First Joint Venture In Russia For The Production Of Climate Control Systems

Valeo Creates Its First Joint Venture In Russia For The Production Of Climate Control Systems

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

PARIS, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeo announced today that it has signed an agreement for the creation of a joint venture for the production of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) systems with Itelma, a Russian supplier of automotive systems to Russian automakers. The new company, Valeo Climate Control Tomilino LLC, will be 95% owned by Valeo and 5% by Itelma.

Located in Tomilino (10 km from Moscow), the joint venture will develop, produce and sell Valeo Climate Control products and systems, including HVAC modules for passenger cars.

Fiscalia General De La Republica (FGR) In El Salvador Deploys Redline's RedACCESS(TM) AN-80i Solution To Connect Multiple Courts

Fiscalia General De La Republica (FGR) In El Salvador Deploys Redline's RedACCESS(TM) AN-80i Solution To Connect Multiple Courts

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

TORONTO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- RedACCESS(TM) AN-80i Solution Provides Cost Savings and Enhanced Reliability and Security to Connect Multiple Court Buildings in El Salvador, Central America

Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX access and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that Fiscalia General de la Republica (FGR) in El Salvador has chosen Redline's award-winning RedACCESS(TM) AN-80i broadband wireless point-to-multipoint infrastructure solution, to connect its court buildings in San Salvador.

Landis+Gyr Secures USD 1 BLN Refinancing From Top Banks

Landis+Gyr Secures USD 1 BLN Refinancing From Top Banks

Jun 18 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Streamlines Debt Structure, Enhances Financial Flexibility for Growth -

Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management offering utilities next generation "smart grid" solutions, today announced the conclusion of a new USD 1.1 billion (euro 710 million) refinancing package, bolstering the company's future growth plans.

The new five-year, multi-currency refinancing package replaces two previous bank facilities. A consortium of 13 international banks provided the new facility, which includes term debt, capital expenditure and bonding, as well as working capital tranches.