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VANCOUVER, Canada, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenon today announced a strategic alliance with Merck & Co., Inc., through an affiliate, to discover and develop novel small molecule candidates for the potential treatment of cardiovascular disease. "We are very excited to be collaborating with Merck to define new therapeutics in the area of cardiovascular diseases," said Simon Pimstone, President and CEO of Xenon. "With this deal, Xenon is continuing its strategy of risk mitigation by select...

Comets have always fascinated us. A mysterious appearance could symbolize God's displeasure or mean a sure failure in battle, at least for one side. Now Tel Aviv University justifies our fascination "” comets might have provided the elements for the emergence of life on our planet.While investigating the chemical make-up of comets, Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun of the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences at Tel Aviv University found they were the source of missing ingredients needed for...

ONE HEADLIT(TM) Designed for Surgery to Enable Freedom of Movement and Provide the Most Consistent Light in a Lightweight, Comfortable Design CHICAGO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- L.I.T. Surgical (Luminance Integrated Technologies), an innovative surgical illumination development and marketing company, today unveiled the ONE HEADLIT(TM), a revolutionary new surgical headlight that delivers the world's brightest light in a tether-free configuration allowing unprecedented freedom of movement...

New Offerings Target Aerospace, Lighting and Laser Markets LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) today introduced two new versions of its XeCovery(R) xenon recovery system. Building upon the success of Air Products' initial XeCovery xenon recovery offering, which targets the semiconductor and MEMs industries, the company's Mark II and Mark III systems have been developed to handle larger volumes and higher concentrations, respectively, of this...

PLAINSBORO, N.J., Oct. 13, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) announced today the introduction of the Luxtec(R) MLX 300W Xenon light source for use in surgical procedures, the latest addition to Luxtec's extensive line of illumination systems. Integra will feature the Luxtec(R) MLX light source at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, October 12-15, 2008, San Francisco, California. The Luxtec(R) MLX 300W Xenon light...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug discovery and development company, is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded the Promising Early Stage Company of the Year Award by BIOTECanada in the Health category for 2008. "We are delighted to have received this prestigious award, one of BIOTECanada's four Gold Leaf Awards presented this year," commented Simon Pimstone, Xenon's President and CEO. "This honor is important and made even...

For years, Jon Edwards, an engineer with Kroll Ontrack Inc. just outside Minneapolis, has recovered data from seemingly impossible situations, including fires, floods and other natural disasters. But his latest feat sets a new standard.  Mr. Edwards has found missing data on a disk drive from the space shuttle Columbia, which fell to earth as the craft disintegrated in 2003.  "When we got it, it was two hunks of metal stuck together. We couldn't even tell it was a hard drive. It...

Let's do a little science experiment. If you have a can of whipped cream in the fridge, go get it out. Spray a generous dollop into a spoon and watch carefully.Notice anything interesting? The whipped cream just did something rather puzzling. First it flowed smoothly out of the nozzle like a liquid would, and then, a moment later, it perched rigidly in the spoon as if it were solid. What made it change? (While you're pondering this question, insert spoon into mouth, in the name of...

Researchers at Hampshire defense and security firm Qinetiq are currently testing ion thrusters, which they hope will one day bring spacecraft to the planets through solar energy.The ion engines create thrust by the acceleration if ions by electromagnetic forces. They make use of the fact that a current flowing across a magnetic field creates an electric field directed sideways to the current.This is used to accelerate a beam of ions of xenon away from the spacecraft, thereby providing...

As reservoirs of valuable information go, nothing beats the sun. This sphere of heat and energy holds 99.9 percent of the solar system, saved in all original proportions after planets and meteorites formed. Analyzing the mix of hydrogen, oxygen and noble gases found in the sun can answer one of the biggest questions of the universe: How did our solar system evolve? Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and a large team of colleagues marked the beginnings of that odyssey by...