By staff and wire reports Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Bayer AG said Tuesday its third-quarter profit nearly quadrupled with help from a huge tax gain, and the drug and chemical maker lifted its sales outlook for the year. The unit has about 800 employees at its Pittsburgh-area operations, and the company said affected employees may be offered jobs at other Bayer businesses. But Bayer said it planned to trim more jobs from its payrolls, part of a cost-savings plan at the MaterialSciences...

The groups, including Greenpeace and civil society organisations, called on the Philippine Government to stop the experiment, known as "ocean fertilisation" The company has said urea stimulates the growth of phytoplankton in the sea and can absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide the main cause of global warning from the atmosphere. It also said the growth of more phytoplankton would help boost fishing stocks. Activists condemn Aussie 'sea fertilisation' From correspondents in Manila....

Photosynthesis in plants involves an elaborate array of chemical reactions requiring dozens of protein enzymes and other chemical components. Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy in plants, algae, phytoplankton and some species of bacteria and archaea. The researchers first had to build a reliable model of photosynthesis, one that would accurately mimic the photosynthetic response to changes in the environment. With more than 100 proteins involved in photosynthesis,...

Food for Peace made my heart warm, when it teamed up with Wal-Mart to obtain all the discarded bags of seeds of this year's planting season, (Coming September the sale of seeds comes to a halt because of the thaw of the freezing weather) and give them to the Haiti Ministry of Agriculture, for distribution to the poor and to the destitute of Haiti. I was happy to see the new light of the fluorescent bulb, knowing my electric bill will be lower, she was happy to contribute to the reduction...

Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:04am ET Email This Article . Print This Article . Reprints [-] Text [+] LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of Islamist militants with suspected links to al Qaeda have been arrested in three states in northern Nigeria and explosives were seized from them, a spokesman for the State Security Services (SSS) said on Monday. Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:04am ET Email This Article . Print This Article . Reprints [-] Text [+] LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of Islamist militants with suspected links to...