Science News from WN Network

Friday, 11 April 2014

Ancient arachnids: European, American scientists make fascinating discovery

The story of ancient arachnids,a spider-like insect sometimes called “daddy long legs” is has two sets of eyes, Yahoo! News and other news sources including the Epoch Times reported Thursday. The discovery was revealed in a newly found fossil. UK and American scientists used X-ray techologogy to discover that fact in images...

Full Story: The Examiner

More Science News Stories

Pfizer’s Ian Read Becomes PhRMA Board Chairman; Ken Frazier, George Scangos Assume New Posts Business Wire

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ian C. Read, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, Inc, was elected chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) today at the trade association’s annual meeting. Also elected were Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman, president and CEO of Merck & Co,...

Bio-Rad Acquires GnuBIO, Developer of Droplet-Based DNA Sequencing Technology Business Wire

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GnuBIO, a privately-held life sciences company that has developed a droplet-based DNA sequencing technology, today announced that it was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. With this acquisition, Bio-Rad will expand its Digital Biology Center and establish a...

Tau Therapeutics Collaborator Presents Data at AACR Business Wire

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tau Therapeutics LLC announced today that its academic collaborator, University of Virginia Professor Todd Bauer, MD, presented data at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the premier cancer research event held in...

U.S. farm industry seeks rules on data privacy, no consensus yet Yahoo Daily News

* Data standards needed to protect farmers, industry says * Data services seen exploding in coming decade * No agreement reached at 1st meeting on Thursday; more meets likely By Karl Plume and Carey Gillam April 10 (Reuters) - The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) said on Thursday it had more...

VAUXHALL’S BRITISH-BUILT VIVARO IS SET TO SHAKE-UP MEDIUM VAN SEGMENT (Vauxhall Motors Limited) noodls

(Source: Vauxhall Motors Limited) VAUXHALL'S BRITISH-BUILT VIVARO IS SET TO SHAKE-UP MEDIUM VAN SEGMENT 2014-04-11 Fresh look with more space, modern technologies and stylish design Efficient turbo diesel engines with best-in-class fuel consumption and CO2 values Award-winning sculptural Vauxhall...

AKVA group ASA : Annual Report 2013 (AKVA Group ASA) noodls

(Source: AKVA Group ASA) Please find enclosed the Annual Report 2013 for AKVA group ASA and the AKVA Group. CONTACTS: Trond Williksen Chief Executive Officer Phone: +47 51 77 85 00 Mobile: +47...

11 Apr 2014Birds of Hong Kong in Your Hands Mobile App “HKcBirds: Common Birds of Hong Kong” launched (The University of Hong Kong) noodls

(Source: The University of Hong Kong) Birds of Hong Kong in Your Hands Mobile App "HKcBirds: Common Birds of Hong Kong" launched 11 Apr 2014 Hong Kong's first cross-platform bird information mobile app, jointly developed by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and...

United States Food and Drug Administration Grants an Investigational Device Exemption for Compassionate Use of ReCell (Avita Medical Ltd) noodls

(Source: Avita Medical Ltd) United States Food and Drug Administration Grants an Investigational Device Exemption for Compassionate Use of ReCell Highlights The IDE granted by the US FDA allows ReCell to be evaluated clinically as an investigational device in subjects with life-threatening...

Environment and Nature