CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Acquisitions in Canada and Puerto Rico Essilor is pursuing its external growth strategy with three new acquisitions. The Company is…

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - Report Examines Recent Developments at Major Patenting Authorities Worldwide Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC;…

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - New content expands English-language coverage of Asian patent data via Derwent World Patents Index and provides essential resources for prior…

Making biology easy enough for engineers: No, I'm not knocking the intelligence of engineers. But we're still not at the point where, in the words of synthetic biologist Drew Endy: ...when I want to…

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation.…

Deadly emerging diseases have risen steeply across the world and an international research team has provided the first scientific evidence mapping the outbreaks’ main sources. They say: New diseases…

News article from Florida Highlights: quoting: "Florida's current standards require the teaching of evolution using code words like "change over time." Also, the argument was to include "the other…

University of Michigan scientists and their colleagues at the National Institute on Aging have produced the largest and most detailed worldwide study of human genetic variation, a treasure trove…

A team of researchers has discovered the remains in Madagascar of what may be the largest frog ever to exist. The 16-inch, 10-pound ancient frog, scientifically named Beelzebufo, or devil frog,…

A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn’t necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow. That’s particularly true when terrain is not level, and now…