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BRUSSELS, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Specifically designed to rescue children after abduction by using community of 1.5 million EU citizens Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes calls on everyone to join the AMBER Alert Europe initiative The AMBER Alert Europe Initiative (http://www.amberalert.eu) today launched the first EU wide child rescue alert platform: AMBER Alert...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Normally, stumbling across a pile of vomit while taking a stroll along the beach isn’t exactly a good thing, but in the case of one UK man, it could pay off big time. The substance in question – a lump of a rare substance known as ambergris, which has a waxy texture and is yellow in color – is produced in the digestive systems of sperm whales and is an ingredient used in some perfumes. According to Ben Jackson,...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers at Oregon State University have found an extraordinarily rare fossil. Trapped in amber is what the research team describes as the only example of a spider attack on prey caught in its web – a 100 million year old snapshot of an engagement frozen in time. Found in the Hukawng Valley of Nyanmar, the fossil dates from the Cretaceous between 97 and 100 million years ago. Giving some evidence to oldest examples of spider...

BOSTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Going back to school is a classic American end-of-summer tradition. For American families, however, the cost of sending their kids back to school has never been so expensive. Ask three ordinary, hard-working Americans: Amber and Johnny of Middletown, Ohio; Nichole B. of Massachusetts; and Jenny G. of Springfield, Illinois. Amber and Johnny have two boys, ages seven (2nd grade) and eight (3rd grade). Times have never been tighter. Johnny is a...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Three tiny ancient insects have been found trapped in amber. These well-preserved specimens are encased in what is likely Earth's oldest bug trap. They were found in Italy, and though it sounds like something out of the plot of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, it isn't. These bugs are much older than that. They are about 230 million years old, which puts them in the Triassic period, and about 100 million years older than what had...

NEW YORK, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LifestyleMirror.com, the instantly-shoppable fashion and style website, launches its latest cover story today with a look into the life of muse and model Amber Rose. The shoot, which took place at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman and at the Bistro Chat Noir restaurant, captures the unique beauty in a way that fans haven't seen before. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...

New Baby Book Publication is a much sought after product for any new mother. An all inclusive personal medical record which monitors the health of both mother and child. Author Amber Bowden brings simple solutions for any mother-to-be by offering a combination medical record-photo memory insert pages and a lifetime keepsake journal so the special time can be shared with their child when they get older. (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 Introducing My Baby Trakker, a new baby book publication that...

Amber Pohl wins contest, a trip to Miami and $5,000 cash. McKinney, TX (PRWEB) January 27, 2012 Erchonia, the global leader in low-level laser healthcare applications, today announces a winner for its “Zerona Model Search” contest: 26-year-old Amber Pohl of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Amber will be featured in Erchonia’s 2012 marketing campaign for the FDA-approved Zerona non-invasive, body contouring laser, will receive a cash prize of $5,000, and will also receive a four-night...

Truckstops and Travel Plazas Engage in Efforts to Safely Recover Abducted Children ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NATSO Foundation today announced that the truckstop and travel plaza industry will now be engaged in efforts to safely recover abducted children. In support of the U.S. Department of Justice's AMBER Alert program, the NATSO Foundation will work with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) as a secondary AMBER...

Scientists have produced amazing three-dimensional images of a prehistoric mite as it hitched a ride on the back of a 50 million-year-old spider. At just 176 micrometers long and barely visible to the naked eye, University of Manchester researchers and colleagues in Berlin believe the mite, trapped inside Baltic amber (fossil tree resin), is the smallest arthropod fossil ever to be scanned using X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning techniques. They say their study – published in...