Applied Physics

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd And Global Marine Systems Ltd. Announce New Venture

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/--- New Company, Huawei Submarine Networks Ltd. Will Target Subsea Telecommunications Market A new entrant in the submarine telecommunications market has been created with the announcement today that Huawei Technologies Co. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 11 2007 - 2:30am

InterGen Completes Financing On 428-Megawatt Rijnmond II Project In The Netherlands

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, December 12 /PRNewswire/-- InterGen announced today the financial close and funding of credit facilities for its 428 MW natural gas-fired Rijnmond II project in Rotterdam. With an estimated cost of approximately euro 480 million ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 12 2007 - 4:30pm

New Shape-Memory Polymer Can 'Remember' Its Original Form When Heated

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a shape-memory rubber that may enable applications as diverse as biomedical implants, conformal face-masks, self-sealing sutures, and “smart” labels. The material, described in the journal Advanced ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2007 - 9:42pm

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Expands Into Safety And Security Market With Their Recent Acquisition Of Wtek

LUSTENAU, Austria and DALLAS, Texas, December 13 /PRNewswire/-- IDENTEC SOLUTIONS recent acquisition of a Wtek, a global leader in providing active RFID solutions in the workplace, sets the stage for IDENTEC SOLUTIONS entry into the growing sector of work ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 13 2007 - 1:30pm

STALLERGENES And Protein' EXpert Enter Into A Partnership For Producing Mites Recombinant Allergens

ANTONY, GRENOBLE France, December 13 /PRNewswire/-- STALLERGENES S.A and Protein'eXpert S.A. announce they have signed a partnership agreement for developing and pharmaceutically producing mites recombinant allergens(1). The partnership is part of th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 13 2007 - 2:30pm

Progress: Discovering How The Contractile Ring In Cell Division Works

Time-lapse videos and computer simulations provide the first concrete molecular explanation of how a cell flexes tiny muscle-like structures to pinch itself into two daughter cells at the end of each cell division, according to a report in Science Express. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2007 - 10:37am

UBI Banca Chooses Misys Midas Plus And TI Plus To Support The Consolidation Of Its International Banking Network

LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/-- Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that it had been selected by UBI Banca International to help consolidate its international business. The Misys solution will ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 5:30am

Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics Inks Agreement With KreLo Medical Diagnostics To Expand Thyroid Immunoassay Menu

DEERFIELD, Illinois, December 17 /PRNewswire/--- Third-Generation TRAb Assay Delivers Unprecedented Specificity for Diagnosing Graves' Disease Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics (www.siemens.com/diagnostics) announced that it has signed an agreeme ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 9:30am

Nanotechnology: Engineered Blood Vessels Could Lead To Use In Human Tissue

MIT scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels. The researchers found that they can control the cells' development by growing them on a surface with nano- ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2007 - 4:51pm

Reducing CO2 Levels Is The Challenge Of The New 2008 Altran Foundation For Innovation Award

PARIS, December 18 /PRNewswire/-- The Altran Foundation for Innovation launches its 2008 Award to get onto the issue of reducing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Today, climate warming is accepted as a major issue by the international community and we ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 18 2007 - 5:30am