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Fujitsu Expands Support for Ethernet Networks With New Additions to XG Switch Product Line

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today launched a new aggregated series of 24-port and 48-port 1Gb/10Gb Ether...

NIH expands Human Microbiome Project; funds sequencing centers and disease projects

The Human Microbiome Project has awarded more than $42 million to expand its exploration of how the trillions of microscopic organisms that live in or on our bodies affect our health, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. The human microbiome is all the microorganisms that...

New book expands field data available on orangutans

Des Moines, Iowa February 23, 2009 Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist Dr. Serge Wich and three other internationally respected orangutan experts have edited a book set for release in the United States this month that, for the first time, compares data collected at every known orangutan research s...

SVOX Acquires Speech Processing Unit of Siemens AG, Expands Into Speech Recognition and Speech Dialog

ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SVOX, the leading provider of embedded speech solutions today announced the acquisition of the Professional Speech Processing Group of Siemens AG, according to SVOX CEO Volker Jantzen. SVOX has acquired all speech technology-related IP of Siemens AG...

Springer expands its portfolio in plant sciences with Phytoparasitica

Phytoparasitica is an international journal that publishes original research contributions on the biological, chemical and molecular aspects of entomology, plant pathology, virology, nematology and weed sciences, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and other biocides. Emphasis is on ...

Stowers Institute's Linheng Li Lab expands understanding of bone marrow stem cell niche

The Stowers Institute's Linheng Li Lab has identified the precise location of the bone marrow stem cell niche. The findings were published today in the Advance Online Publication of Nature . The Linheng Li Lab collaborated with several of the Institute's support facilities to develop a new te...

UNC expands brain imaging study of infants at risk for autism

A study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers using brain imaging of infants to examine changes in their brains and behavior that may mark the onset of autistic symptoms is being substantially expanded after receiving an additional $3.25 million in funding. The Infant B...

Research-based undergraduate course expands beyond Washington University

Washington University in St. Louis is in the spotlight for its pivotal role in the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaborative effort to provide research experience in genomics to undergraduate classrooms across the country. Genomics, the study of an organism's entire genome (collec...

National Science Foundation grant expands UMCES oyster research

Cambridge, Md. (October 2, 2008) To help improve the success of oyster restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researcher Dr. Elizabeth North is leading a team of scientists in a new in-depth study to determine when oysters spawn and wher...

Entrust Expands Relationship with Slovenia, Implements Second-generation ePassport Solution

Entrust and Slovenia to demonstrate interoperability during ePassports EAC Conformity & Interoperability Tests in Prague DALLAS, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After successful deployment of their first-generation ePassport solution in 2006, Slovenia again has selected Entrust, I...

NeuralIQ Expands Global Leadership Team, Names Donnie Blanks CEO

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuralIQ, a developer of cyber intelligence tools for information security, today announced the expansion of its global leadership team, headed by the appointment of Donnie Blanks as chief executive officer. Blanks, former Executive Vice Presiden...

NIH expands national consortium dedicated to transforming clinical and translational research

Fourteen academic health centers in 11 states are the latest members of the National Institutes of Healths Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium. Creating a unique network of medical research institutions across the nation, the consortium is working to reduce the time it takes...

bioMETRX Expands Engineering and Manufacturing Capabilities

Former Sequiam China to provide continuing services to company JERICHO, N.Y. and GUANGZHOU, China, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- bioMETRX (OTC Bulletin Board: BMRX) and SKI Engineering, jointly announced that they have formed a strategic business alliance that will provide bioMETRX inc...

Science expands Science Signaling, featuring research related to medical advances, and more

The journal Science , published by the non-profit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), today announced plans to expand its online journal, Science Signaling , which focuses on new insights for combating disease as well as understanding normal human biology. See http://stk...

Springer expands publishing partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society

Springer and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) will launch a new international journal called Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) in March 2008. Springer is already the publisher of the BMES journal Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering will ...

DHS Expands Biometrics-at-Sea Program to the Florida Straits

Fingerprints Help Apprehend and Deter Illegal Migrants Attempting U.S. Entry WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Coast Guard and US-VISIT announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding the operation of their successful...

Monsanto expands sponsorship for Peking-Yale Joint Agrobiotechnology Center

New Haven, Conn. A joint Yale-Peking University center that aims to improve crop production by furthering understanding of plant biology will receive five years of continued and expanded support from the Monsanto Company, a leading provider of agricultural technology. The company will fund stu...

Ossur -- leading orthopedic pioneer - expands network to Asia

October 5, 2007 - Shanghai Ossur, a leading provider of non-invasive orthopaedic products and services, today announced the inauguration of its Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai, China. Ossur, renowned for its pioneering work in lower-limb prosthetics and a comprehensive range of braces and sup...

Fetal alcohol syndrome testing expands

Kingston, ON Improved technology, partnerships and collaboration across two provinces have allowed Queen's University scientists to dramatically expand the use of eye-movement tests that help identify and assess children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). "Our initial study was carri...

Regional Law Enforcement Data Exchange System Expands

Massachusetts Police Share Local Information over Verizon Wireless Network with BIO-key's InfoExchange(R) Software WALL, N.J., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless p...

NIAID expands capability for influenza research and surveillance

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced it is awarding $23 million per year for seven years to establish six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance. Collectively, the centers will expa...

New study expands understanding of the role of RNA editing in gene control

For many years, scientists thought gene activity was relatively straightforward: Genes were transcribed into messenger RNA, which was processed and translated into the proteins of the body. Certainly, there were many factors governing the transcription process, but gene control happened at the leve...

New book expands biological classifications to account for 'alien' life

What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn't come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory right here on Earth and functioned differently from other Earth life? Either way, Peter Ward has the beginnings of an answer. In a ne...

NHGRI expands effort to revolutionize sequencing technologies

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced it has awarded grants totaling more than $32 million to advance the development of innovative sequencing technologies intended to reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the u...

MWG Biotech expands siMAX?siRNA portfolio with new scales, lengths and design tools

University of Utah researchers showed that a fruit fly gene is crucial for determining when juveniles begin to mature into adults, and how the transformation initially proceeds. Understanding this process in humans may help explain how adorable children become surly teenagers. When the DHR4 gene ...

Gene expands malaria's invasion options

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum uses different pathways to invade red blood cells, evading the body's immune system and complicating efforts to create effective vaccines against the disease. A research team led by Australia's Alan F. Cowman, an international research scholar with the H...

AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV

State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., today announced the expansion of New York State's HIV/AIDS Public Awareness and Education campaign to help combat the potential spread of HIV and further protect New Yorkers from the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Novello said, "I...

International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort

The International HapMap Consortium, boosted by an additional $3.3 million in public-private support, today announced plans to create an even more powerful map of human genetic variation than originally envisioned. The map will accelerate the discovery of genes related to common diseases, such as a...

Newly discovered gene fusion may lead to improved prostate cancer diagnosis

...es of genetic chimera occur only in cancer. "We think this type of gene fusion might be a common mechanism in other cancers," Dr. Rubin says. "This expands our understanding of how prostate tumor cells can hijack androgen-regulated genes by using neighboring genes to effectively alter their regulation. Th...

New Report Just Published: World Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Report

... IPG Photonics Bags Supply Contract from US Navy II-46 Han's Lasers expands Operations into the US II-46 BAE Systems to Upgrade US Army Choppers II... Bookham Unveils Single Emitter-based Laser Pump Module II-49 Fianium expands Supercontinuum Fiber Laser Product Series II-50 GSI Laser Launches Low ...

Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa

...tacks seemed to take place at strategic locations that could offer a balance of prey detection, capture rates, and inter-shark competition. "The study expands our knowledge of how large predators hunt and offers a new scientific reference for studying other predator-prey systems," explained Neil Hammerschlag...

The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and control

...N1 virus research is a scientifically fascinating field and a much-needed field for life-saving. In the future we ought to know why and how H5N1 virus expands its host range. Compared to SARS, H5N1 is more complicated. Is there any chance human beings will be in a position to conquer this devastating virus? ...

ExcellGene SA first company to offer contract manufacturing in 250 Liter OrbShake bioreactor

... Monthey, 19. Mai 2009 / b3c newswire / – ExcellGene SA, a leading provider of contract manufacturing to the biopharmaceutical industry, expands its product offering with the introduction of the 250 Liter OrbShake bioreactor. OrbShake bioreactors rely on orbital shaking principles for mixing ...

WARF signs license agreement with Pfizer for human embryonic stem cells

...new generation of medicines for major medical needs. Pfizer's initial research in this area focused on the development of drug discovery tools and now expands into developing regenerative medicines that could benefit millions of patients worldwide. ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

...scular systems waited longer to push the button, while subjects in poorer physical shape gave themselves a greater "margin of safety." The research expands upon previous work showing that women respond to looming sounds sooner than their typically larger, stronger male counterparts -- though both groups p...

Supply Chain Council Seminar Focuses on Defense and IT

...han just Lean and Six Sigma, where the first convergence work emerged. Speakers will share the latest convergence implementations, including how SCOR expands into Design and Customer Chains, and empowers Risk Management, PBL, and Sustainment, as well as Six Sigma/Lean. The IT element will be engaged through...

Supply Chain Council Seminar Focuses on Defense and IT

...han just Lean and Six Sigma, where the first convergence work emerged. Speakers will share the latest convergence implementations, including how SCOR expands into Design and Customer Chains, and empowers Risk Management, PBL, and Sustainment, as well as Six Sigma/Lean. The IT element will be engaged through...

ADA releases updated position statement on functional foods

...oods in the context of a healthful diet; working with corporations to develop functional foods that maximize health benefits; conducting research that expands the knowledge base on functional foods; and working with government regulators "to safeguard the public by protecting the definition, use and regulati...

Scientists discover why teeth form in a single row

...P4 concentration gradient. Osr2 restricts Bmp4 expression to the tooth mesenchyme under the dental lamina, and in Osr2's absence, Bmp4 gene expression expands into the jaw mesenchyme outside of the tooth row. A second major finding of the study backs up another emerging theory which holds that careful re...

March of Dimes provides $2.7 million in new funding for preterm birth research

... fortunate to receive this grant," Dr. Condon said. The March of Dimes calls on the federal government to fully fund the PREEMIE Act of 2006, which expands federal research on preterm labor and delivery, and the care and treatment, and outcomes of preterm and low birthweight infants, Dr. Howse said. In...