LONDON (Reuters) - The giant particle-smashing machine run by CERN outside Geneva is not only unravelling the mysteries of the universe, it may also be opening up new avenues to treat cancer. Now a small British company, Advanced Oncotherapy <AVO.L>, aims to tap into that know-how through a small deal announced on Wednesday to acquire a CERN spin-off business developing new forms of radiotherapy to fight tumours.

Royal Philips NV is set to unveil a new light it says will replace the fluorescent tube lamps that are common in many offices around the world. In an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the unveiling of the new lamp Thursday, Rene van Schooten, a top executive at the company, says the lamp will save energy and money as well as cut pollution. The new lamp is an LED light interchangeable with the best fluorescents currently on the market - but taking only half the energy. As the largest maker of lights by sales globally, Philip's claims command attention. Ex

SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone brand "Galaxy" was again rated as South Korea's most valuable brand in the first quarter of the year, a survey said Sunday. Samsung's Galaxy earned 938 points in the survey by local research firm, Brandstock, retaining the top spot for the second consecutive year. Discount store chain Emart followed with 924 points, according to the survey, which didn't provide other details, including how much those brands were worth.

SEOUL, March 21 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday accused Samsung Display Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. of illegally using its technology and demanded the two companies pay for the patents, the latest development in the Samsung-LG display feud. Samsung Display and LG Display Co., the world's two biggest display makers, have been embroiled in a patent tussle over organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies that later expanded to their TV-making affiliates Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.