The chemical reactions behind the formation of common metabolites in modern organisms could have formed spontaneously in the earth's early oceans, questioning the events thought to have led to the origin of life. In new research funded by the Wellcome Trust, researchers at the University of Cambridge reconstructed the chemical make-up of the earth's earliest ocean in the laboratory. The team found the spontaneous occurrence of reaction sequences which in modern organisms enable the formation of molecules essential for the synthesis of metabolites such as amino acids, ...

The formula for success in the chemical research industry is beginning to take shape outside of the traditional laboratory setting. Touch-enabled software and tablets are transforming chemical researchers' workflows, bringing time-savings and mobile capability to professionals who are used to desktop computers and the pen-and-paper mentality. For example, the updated Mobile Reagents scientific app from Eidogen-Sertanty now offers a Windows* 8 version for touch devices built on Intel architecture, and allows mobile access to more than 17 million chemical product variations ...

The wait is over there has been a leak of 3rd Twin's new hit from the highly anticipated "50 artist 50 states" Underground Mixtape, slated for release May 9th. 3rd Twin, Portland, Oregon's best lyricist is back with a vengeance with "3rd" "leaked" online Sunday night. "3rd" #1 wit a bullet 50 artist 50 states is 3rd Twin at his best displaying his clever word play and powerful punchlines. "3rd" is a definite anthem and club banger and great follow up to his first single "Future in ya Stuntin," which caused quite the stir on the internet, creating a huge buzz as he shot ...

Charleston Culinary Tours presents a special Taste of the Market on May 15th at 6-8:30pm at the Palmetto Carriage lot on Anson Street by the City Market that celebrates local civil servants, military personnel, hometown heroes and community leaders. For devotion to duty and sacrifice of self, they will receive a discounted admission of $5 (saving $5) and other giveaways with uniform or ID badge. Additionally, Charleston Culinary Tours is offering 10% off on culinary tours and 20% off any Mixology Tour in May, June or July with sign up at the Taste of the Market. The mission ...

Midfielder Marvin Iraheta joined Chivas USA during the team's 2012 pre-season on January 24 arriving from the Cosmos Academy West. In August 2011, Iraheta traveled to England with the New York Cosmos to square off against club powerhouse Manchester United, match that drew over 74,000 fans to the Old Trafford Stadium. Iraheta was named Player of the Year for the 2009-2010 season of the U.S. Developmental Academy U-17/18. He was born in Departamento de Cabañas, El Salvador and moved to the United States in 2008. In his first year he was named US Academy Player of the Year, ...

An Australian dietitian has launched a website, The Balanced Lunchbox, to inspire great tasting and well-balanced lunches. It's a website that teaches visitors how to put your local country's guide to healthy eating into practice, provides some already balanced lunch ideas and lunch recipes. Released in the last 2 weeks it promises to ensure you say goodbye to boring, bland "healthy" lunches and usher in a new era of great tasting food that's great for you. Available and accessible throughout the world the website and its eBooks can be accessed around the globe ...

The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Water Partnership celebrated World Water Day by displaying twenty-eight American developed water technologies, designed to address global water challenges in developing countries. These technologies were part of the "USTech H2.0" event held on Friday, March 21 in Washington D.C. One of the innovations selected was the LDT 360 Cable Tool Drill Rig, offered by Lifewater Drilling Technology in San Luis Obispo, CA. "We're honored to be selected as an exemplar water technology. It has always been our goal to provide a solution, making ...

Building on the success of last summer's inaugural U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Summit in Washington, D.C., The USVI Alliance, Inc. will host its 2nd annual summit in Atlanta, Georgia on May 20-22, 2014 to capitalize on the vast number of Virgin Islands professionals and entrepreneurs who now call Atlanta home. Entitled, "Diversifying Business and Industry in the 21st Century and Beyond," the conference will help attendees identify how to capitalize on upcoming business development opportunities in the US Virgin Islands. "We wanted to host the conference in ...

Electron Beam Engineering, Inc. (EBE), an established precision electron beam and laser welding company, is continuing its long-standing partnership with Vocational Visions, the influential nonprofit group now in its 40th year of helping people with intellectual/developmental and other disabilities. Hilary Hurt, Executive Sales Manager of EBE, is serving as co-chair of Vocational Visions' fundraiser Saturday, May 3, "An Enchanted Evening at The Kentucky Derby," to be held in Irvine. In addition to Hurt's key role with the fundraiser, she is Vice Chairperson of the ...

EatSmart Products, a manufacturer of innovative housewares products, is proud to announce that several of their digital bathroom scales have been featured in the new book, "Friends with the Scale: How to Turn Your Scale into a Powerful Weight Loss Tool," as top picks when buying a bathroom scale. This non-fiction book was written to help dieters give up the angst and frustration many of them feel when they step on a scale. Featured in the supplemental guide "How to Buy a Reliable Scale" the author recommends the EatSmart Precision Digital, EatSmart Precision Plus and ...

Resort Travel & Xchange (RTX) is proud to announce that Festiva Adventure Club (FAC) has chosen RTX as its preferred exchange provider, giving all FAC members a Premium Plus membership in RTX. Festiva Adventure Club (FAC) is committed to providing its members with flexible vacation options that suit the needs of a variety of vacation owners, and believes that RTX is the best exchange company to help it reach that goal. "Over the years we have learned from our members as well as from our competition and peers in the vacation ownership industry," said Rich Hartnett, ...

mywedding.com, the most informational and inspirational website for engaged couples, unveils the 2013 winners of the Best of mywedding Award, naming Lord Thompson Manor the best wedding venue in Connecticut for the second year in a row. Unlike other wedding award programs, the Best of mywedding Award is a highly exclusive program, recognizing just one winner per category on the city and state level. Lord Thompson Manor is thrilled to again accept this award "We are so passionate and dedicated to the work that we love to do and appreciate this recognition and are thankful ...

Student Price Card (SPC) is pleased to announce that, after an extensive search, Plastic Mobile has been selected as its new mobile partner. The award-winning mobile agency will be working with SPC in its initiative for total program mobilization, including the rebuilding of its current mobile apps. As Canada's most popular student loyalty program, SPC Card boasts an array of integrated digital platforms with more than 20 million youth impressions per year. Plastic Mobile will be leveraging its expertise in mobile loyalty, mobile commerce, location- based marketing, ...

The Direct Primary Care Journal (DPCJ) released the dates and location of the second Direct Primary Care Conference hosted by the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC). On June 20th - 21st, 2014, The FMEC will host its second national gathering of physicians, payers, investors, policymakers and others near the nation's capital, Arlington, VA. Direct Primary Care (DPC, also known as Direct-Pay) is a model of paying for primary care outside of insurance and is growing in popularity among Primary Care physicians. An individual or employer typically pays a monthly fee ...

Strategic Vision, LLC, a public relations and branding agency announces that it will be providing a free public relations analysis and Book PR 101 whitepaper for authors attending BookExpo America from May 29th to May 31, 2014 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York, NY. The public relations agency will evaluate any book submitted by an author attending BookExpo America for potential publicity strategies and will provide the author with a written evaluation that will include its potential for media coverage, as well as, other avenues that would be viable for the ...

Girls can be superheroes, too! is the rallying call for a global competition launched by Arklu, who have teamed up with US non-profit organization, Brave Girls Alliance, which will see entrants aged 10 and under asked to design a superhero outfit for the new Lottie doll. The Lottie 'Girls Can Be Superheroes, Too! Design Competition is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for one lucky child to see their design come to life, with the winning superhero outfit being manufactured and made commercially available this Fall, 2014. The winning child will also see their original artwork ...

Copper Canyon Design Group, LLC today announced the launch of http://www.coppercanyondesigngroup.com as an information portal for Dallas metro homeowners to find information about Remodeling and Home Repairs solutions. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of home improvement tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Dallas's primary resource website for Home Repairs and Renovations information. Future plans include educational guides on selecting a Remodeling and Home Repairs contractor, professional advice from local Remodeling ...

Southwest Solutions Group's Information Management Solutions (IMS) Division Director, Anna Stratton, will present at ARMA Ft. Worth's Records and Information Management Boot Camp May 14. The topic of the presentation is "RIM Fundamentals - Advanced Best Practice RIM Program Development and Implementation" and is available to both members and non-members. The 2 hour presentation will present advanced techniques in development, implementation, and maintenance for the experienced manager looking to improve their existing program. It will also cover the topic of digital ...

The grand opening of Woodmont, a new neighborhood of eco-friendly one- and two story homes in the master-planned Sundance community in Beaumont, is scheduled to open May 17th. Home shoppers can join the interest list in advance of the grand opening at http://www.pardeehomes.com. "Woodmont is first new home neighborhood by Pardee to offer the versatile GenSmart Suite in Beaumont," said Matt Sauls, director of marketing for Pardee Homes. "The GenSmart Suite easily allows you to adapt to life's changes by offering flexibility for families welcoming house guests, adult ...

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore (BHGH Baltimore) invites community members, media and businesses to attend its 3rd annual "Hearts and Hope" event, an evening of community building and women's empowerment. LeanIn.org Launch Team member and Levo League Chief Leadership Officer, Tiffany Dufu, will keynote this year's event, presenting inspirational stories and leadership practices. The evening will celebrate the first Girls Hope Scholar, featured on the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition documentary in 2010, who will graduate from high school this summer and plans to attend ...

The fight against animal cruelty will gain some serious pet power when Shorty Rossi, star of the runaway Animal Planet hit TV show, "Pit Boss" and "America's Cutest Pets," celebrity dog trainer and "Good Morning America" residential pet expert, Harrison Forbes and national Pitbull advocate and Pinup for Pitbulls founder, Deirdre "Little Darling" Franklin, join over 150 local pet-related exhibitors, rescues and other advocates at the 2014 Dallas Pet Expo. "Animal cruelty is often worsened by a lack of education about pet ownership. Not to mention that most people have ...

London - April 23, 2014 - OnApp has announced that UK-based IT provider, Xperience Group, has chosen the OnApp platform to power public cloud computing services at The Cloud Simplified (http://www.thecloudsimplified.com). Xperience Group chose OnApp for its complete cloud management feature set, including comprehensive firewalls for every virtual machine, built in daily, weekly and monthly backups and an intuitive control panel, as well as for OnApp's competitive pricing. The Cloud Simplified offers a range of public and private cloud computing services from datacenters ...

-- Adam Paul, a commercial director who's been earning steady accolades for his comedy work, created two web spots for client Canvas Solutions Inc. that were recently awarded a total of five 2014 Telly Awards. The spots were written and directed by Paul and produced by Jed Mortenson of Waypoint Films in partnership with Paul's production company Giantleap Industries. Adding to what is becoming yet another decorated year for Paul, web spots 'Cubicle Contagion' and 'Paper Walks the Plank' won Telly Awards in the Internet/Online Commercial Category, including Silver Tellys ...

The Twisted Fork, part of the Rocky Top Hospitality family of dining operations, has introduced a new Twisted Q to Go takeout program featuring pulled Eastern North Carolina-style pork, beef brisket, beer can chicken, pork ribs and turkey breast, all smoked in house. Twisted Q to Go is convenient and perfect for special events such as graduations, class reunions, Mother's Day, Father's Day, corporate events, neighborhood get-togethers, or just a quiet meal at home without the hassle. Food can be ordered by the pound, the meal or the party pack. Rocky Top Hospitality ...

New York, NY - Thomas Cantley, a 32-year old testicular cancer survivor today announces the official launch of iamballsy.com, a new website dedicated to increasing awareness of male reproductive cancers: testicular, prostate and penile. "I Am Ballsy" aims to make men more aware of their bodies, and encourage them to have open and honest conversations with their healthcare providers, family and friends if something in their body doesn't feel right. The American Cancer Society reports that half of testicular cancers occur in men ages 20-34, about 1 man in 7 will be diagnosed ...