Darkness. It has often been portrayed to us as a symbol of fear, evil or just plain emptiness. But surprisingly, darkness is also essential,…

The Wrong Kind of Snow has struck again.  As this New Scientist article relates, on the 6th of February 1991, trains in South-Eastern England were brought to a halt.  When British Rail…

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballast Nedam will achieve a 30% reduction in its CO2 emissions by the end of 2020. One result of the 2009 Carbon Awareness Programme (CAP)…

MILPITAS, California, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- California Micro Devices today announced the CM1242-33CP, first in a family of extremely small outline ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection…

CHICAGO, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Aviation (www.ubmaviation.com), a provider of aviation data products, publications and events for the global aviation community recently appointed Jan Wood as…

LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The investigational compound, eritoran tetrasodium (eritoran, also known as E5564) appeared to be well tolerated in patients with severe sepsis in a Phase II trial…

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Brainshark, Inc., the leader in on-demand presentations, today announced that it has received a 2009 Best of Elearning! Award, in recognition of…

QUEBEC CITY, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicago Inc. a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and…

LONDON, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern Europe offers significant new growth opportunities for the automation and control solutions (ACSs) market as industrial activity in Western Europe has…

HELSINKI, December 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Oulu is the core of mobile technology in the world enhancing new business, writes the online publication Hitechnews.biz. The expertise in RD in wireless…