Loral CyberStar Selects Reliacast Software to Maximize the Benefits Of Streaming for Enterprise Customers.
Corporations Will Apply Audience Management Tools for Internal Communication and Training Across CyberStar's Multicast Satellite Network HERNDON, Va., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Reliacast, Inc., the leader in audience management solutions that make streaming media economically viable, announced today a multi-year agreement...

SRS Labs Licenses TruSurround Technology To Hughes Network Systems for DIRECTV Set-Top Boxes.
Hughes Customers Can Take Advantage of Virtual Surround Sound From Their Televisions, Without Having to Purchase a Home Theater Speaker System SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- SRS Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRSL), a leading worldwide provider of innovative audio and voice technology...

The spirit of Aggrey lives on.
Your October issue was quite loaded with a variety of pressing matters for serious-minded Africans and friends of Africa. As an avid reader of your magazine, I was struck by the report on Dr James EK Aggrey and his presence in the US, especially in the Jim Crow South....

Endoparasites of the Sequoyah slimy salamander, Plethodon sequoyah (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
The Sequoyah slimy salamander, Plethodon sequoyah, is a mediumsized plethodontid that is restricted to McCurtain County, Oklahoma (Conant & Collins 1998) and perhaps adjacent Sevier County, Arkansas (Trauth et al. 2004). This salamander occurs in upland forests where it inhabits seeps and springs hiding beneath rocks, clumps of moss,...

Initial results suggest myoblast cell transplantation may be useful in the treatment of heart problems.
Results from Phase 1 clinical trials of myoblast cell transplantation for the treatment of myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure are reported to be promising. Myoblast cell transplantation uses the patient's own muscle cells to attempt to repair heart muscle damaged after a heart attack. Developer of...

In memoriam.
We are sad to note the passing of Dr. Theodore M. King, chairman of FHI's Board of Directors from September 2000 until his death on May 22, 2002 at the age of 71. Dr. King also served as FHI's president/chief operating officer from 1991 to 1998. He...

Researchers hatch a plan to make fibres from feathers.
A novel recycling process that turns chicken feathers into reinforcement fibres for composites has been established by a research team at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Over 1.8 billion kg (four billion pounds) of chicken feathers are produced annually in the USA alone,...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Changes to US ATP programme
The US Commerce Department is set to adopt different criteria when it comes to funding programmes under its influential Advanced Technology Programme (ATP), according to the National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. The ATP was established by the US Congress in 1988 and was designed to...

Glass cure plates offer cheaper alternative to aluminium.
Researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA, of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have developed a range of glass plates for use as cure plates in a modified process for the fabrication of flat composite panels. Previously, the cure plates were made of aluminium....

Hubble space telescope protected with diamond-like carbon.
A diamond-like carbon coating that is critical to the successful operation of a new piece of Hubble space telescope hardware has been successfully tested by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. The test was conducted with the...