Embryos can learn visually.
Cuttlefish peer out of clear eggs for first lessons in dinner Cuttlefish could be the first animals shown to learn visually before birth or hatching, researchers say. Cuttlefish embryos that develop in their translucent eggs with crabs nearby hatch into youngsters with a distinct preference...

Cuttlefish embryos look and learn: before hatching, young acquire interest in crab dinners.
Cuttlefish could be the first animals shown to learn visually before birth or hatching, researchers say. Cuttlefish embryos develop in eggs that stretch and become translucent. Embryos with crabs nearby hatch into youngsters with a distinct preference for eating crabs, says Ludovic Dickel of the University of...

Cluster crashes produce nanodiamond.
Scientists in France and Italy have successfully transformed graphite into nanodiamond by irradiating the graphite with energetic heavy ions or clusters. The nanodiamond is produced by inducing damage in the graphite, which was observed using transmission electron microscopy. Nanodiamond is a new nanomaterial that could find use...

In memoriam Sylvere Monod (1921-2006).
The community of Dickens scholars has lost one of its most active and distinguished members, a person who always did his best to promote Dickens studies in France and also in the English-speaking world where he had many friends. Professor Monod was a contributor to the Dickens Studies Newsletter,...

ARAB EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Oct 13 - Kouchner Urges EU For Fresh Iran Sanctions.
France's FM Bernard Kouchner, says it has been many years since the world faced a crisis as dangerous as that prompted by Iran's nuclear programme. He said: "We have to find a peaceful solution". Later, in a video interview with the FT, he said he hoped to work with...

Premium wine makers eyeing the Indian market.
Byline: Reeba Zachariah & Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla Indians love traditions; they look for the familiar. Even when they travel abroad, they seek 'home' food; and when it comes to beverages, they go for the ol' familiar. Or so says conventional wisdom. But marketers are beginning to notice a...

Radioimmunotherapy extends thyroid Ca survival.
Phoenix -- Radioimmunotherapy has the potential to prolong survival in patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma, based on data from a small but promising study presented at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association. Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) differs from other solid tumors in that it...

Using negative pressure therapy can accelerate wound healing.
With the growing popularity of negative pressure therapy for treating wounds, one expert offered some advice for success at a meeting of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is indicated for chronic open wounds (diabetic and pressure ulcers), acute and traumatic...

Struggle, defeat or rebirth; Eugene O'Neill's vision of humanity. (reprint, 1997).
0786424192 Struggle, defeat or rebirth; Eugene O'Neill's vision of humanity. (reprint, 1997) Dubost, Thierry. McFarland & Co. 2005 279 pages $32.00 Paperback PS3529 In this study, Dubost (U. of Caen, France)...

Parthus Opens R&D Center in Caen, France Focused on Developing Advanced Multi-Mode Radio Technology, a Key Component of Next Generation Mobile Internet Devices.
French Design Center Adds Highly-Skilled RF Engineers to Company's 320+ Global R&D Team Underpinning Parthus' Platform-Level IP Strategy of Delivering Total System Solutions CAEN, France, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Parthus Technologies (Nasdaq: PRTH) (LSE: PRH), a leading developer of semiconductor intellectual property for...