With NSF support, Nikhil Gupta and Paulo Coelho have pioneered research that reveals surprising insights about the effect of compression on bones, and about the limitations of the foams used for protection in helmets and armor.

By Coelho, Paulo Despite my being in this remote region, I wasn't alone: people were travelling with me through the words of my blog The American journalist Jeff Jarvis has come by my house to interview me.

Laurence Fishburne is set to direct, produce and star in a movie version of the novel The Alchemist, The Weinstein Co. announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The studio said it will have exclusive world-wide motion picture and television rights for the adaptation of Paulo Coelho's 1988 novel.

CANNES, France, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company announced today at the Cannes Film Festival that Harvey Weinstein will produce Paulo Coelho's international best-selling novel "The Alchemist" and that The Weinstein Company will hold exclusive world-wide motion picture and television rights for the film.