Friday, July 27, 2012

The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmer's Most ...

Have you ever heard or been to the Hammacher Schlemmer website? It?s a product site with the slogan ?offering the best, the only, and unexpected for 164 years.? Boy, do they ever.

The site is full of plenty of affordable and useful items, but it?s its lust-worthy but?exorbitantly?expensive toys that make it fun to poke around. Specifically, in its ?unexpected? section, which one might imagine as like a pricier version of the ?beyond? section at Bed Bath and Beyond, a few dozen toys that you?ve probably never even conceived of are there for the taking. That is, if you?re willing to pay the price.

There are a slew of items to choose from, but here are seven of our favorites.

  • The Aquapod Suite: For $91,000, the world?s only aquapod could be yours. Described as a ?flying saucer? design that rests on the water with five feet submerged, the suite has AC, a?desalination unit, mini-bar, king-size bed and more. It even has an ?inflatable terrace? so you can fit all your friends for sunning. If you?re worried about how you?ll get this vessel around from one island to another, it can be towed by a boat.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The Flying Hovercraft: A?130-hp twin-cylinder, liquid-cooled gasoline engine is perfect for those wanting to ?hop over water- or land-based obstacles? on their travels. Going up to 70, miles per hour, the hovercraft has a 160-mile range and can support a pilot and passengers up to 600 total pounds. It costs $191,000.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The Genuine PT Boat: Own a functioning slice of WWII history ? with all weapons present but deactivated ? with one of only 12 patrol torpedo boats left in the world. Special limitations apply with this $1 million purchase.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The Oenophile?s Personal Winery: You may never need to purchase another box of wine again. This $6,000 machine ?vinifies? up to four cases of vino at a time. You won?t even need a vineyard to make this happen. According to the posting, Napa Valley grapes will be crushed, frozen and sent to you.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The?Barbecue Dining Boat: BBQ in the round ? and on the water (literally) ? with this floating contraption that seats 10 adults. Making the perfect use of space, it stores all your sides and extra supplies under the seats. Given that you?re right on the water, the fact that the grill is charcoal heated shouldn?t be a problem. It will also only set you back $50,000.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The Electric Skates: Are you ready to pony up $699.95 for this Christmas list topper? Kids won?t even have to lift up their feet with these babies that go up to eight miles per hour. The ideal use for the skates, as said by Hammacher?Schlemmer, is ?travel across a school campus, to a local cafe, or while roaming a neighborhood festival.?
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

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  • The 20 Foot Animatronic Triceratops: Who wouldn?t want to bring?Jurassic?Park into their very own backyard? Believe it or not, this animatronic creature has facial recognition technology that tracks subject?s movements to signal it to perform certain actions, such as sway its head or stomp its feat. The Triceratops not only looks realistic but has vocals of what the beast may have sounded like.
The Blaze Picks Top 7 From the Hammacher Schlemmers Most Unexpected List

(Photo: Hammacher Schlemmer)

If you liked this list, check out The Blaze?s top 10 picks of most expensive, outrageous and nerdy grill tools here.

(H/T: Daily Mail)

Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/check-out-these-7-outrageous-toys-youll-probably-never-buy-but-still-want/

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks

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Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks
By JULIA GRONNEVETBy JULIA GRONNEVET, Associated Press?THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES?

Norwegian King Harald, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, center, attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of bombings and shooting near the site of a heavily damaged building by the bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday July 22, 2012. Norway marked the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Roald Berit) NORWAY OUT

Norwegian King Harald, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, center, attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of bombings and shooting near the site of a heavily damaged building by the bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday July 22, 2012. Norway marked the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Roald Berit) NORWAY OUT

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, left, and Crown Prince Haakon, right, attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of bombings and shooting near the site of a heavily damaged building by the bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday July 22, 2012. Norway marked the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Lise Aserud) NORWAY OUT

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, foreground left, and King Harald, foreground right, attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a government building heavily damaged by a bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Norway will hold a memorial service today to mark the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Berit Roald, Pool)

Norwegian Royal family members attend a memorial service at a venue near the site of a bombing which destroyed a government building, in Oslo, Norway, July 22, 2012. Norway holds a memorial service early Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. The attendees are from left.,Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, wife of Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg's wife, Ingrid Schulerud, Queen Sonja, Prime Minister Stoltenberg and King Harald. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Tor Erik Schroeder) NORWAY OUT

Norwegian King Harald, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, are framed through a wreath as they attend a memorial ceremony near a site of a heavily damaged government building following a bomb attack, in Oslo, Norway, Sunday July 22, 2012. Norway marked the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Berit Roald, Pool)

(AP) ? Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister said had brought Norwegians together in defense of democracy and tolerance.

Anders Behring Breivik, a 33-year-old far-right fanatic, has admitted to the July 22, 2011, attacks: a bombing of the government district in Oslo, killing eight, and a shooting rampage that left 69 dead at the left-wing Labor Party's youth camp on Utoya island.

In a wreath-laying ceremony at the bomb site, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said Breivik had failed in his declared goal of destroying Norway's commitment to being an inclusive, multicultural society.

"The bomb and the gun shots were meant to change Norway," Stoltenberg told a somber crowd of a few hundred people at the ceremony. "The Norwegian people answered by embracing our values. The perpetrator lost. The people won."

Tarps were still covering the windows of bomb-damaged buildings on the plaza, and large cement road blocks stop all but pedestrian traffic. Mounted police and officers with bomb-sniffing dogs were on the site, but the security was not overbearing, as if to show that Norway was still an open society.

The police investigation showed Breivik set off a fertilizer bomb that tore the facade of the high-rise that housed the government's headquarters, and drove toward Utoya unhindered as chaos reigned in the capital. Arriving on Utoya disguised as a police officer and armed with a handgun and assault rifle, he unleashed a shooting massacre that sent panicked teenagers fleeing into a chilly lake or hiding behind rocks to save their lives. More than half of the victims were teenagers ? the youngest had turned 14 five days earlier.

Survivors were gathering for a private ceremony on the island Sunday, while Norway's royal family and government leaders attended a church service in Oslo, where a memorial concert was planned later in the day.

During the 10-week trial that ended in June, Breivik admitted to the attacks, but declined criminal guilt out of principle, saying the victims were traitors for embracing immigration and making Norway a multicultural society.

Prosecutors said Breivik was psychotic and should be sent to compulsory psychiatric care while Breivik's defense lawyers argued that he was sane. The Oslo district court is set to deliver its ruling on Aug. 24.

Associated Press

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Difference Between a Friend and a Coach | Encouragement Plus

From The Encourager Newsletter Issue#001 June 2002. Copyright ? 2002 by Don H. Morris.


?In everyone?s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.?
Albert Schweitzer


Can You Hire Someone To Be Your Friend?

Sometimes when I talk to people about what I do as a personal or life coach they say something like this:

?It seems that coaching is like hiring someone to be my friend. How is a coach different from a friend??

In my view, a coaching relationship differs from a friendship in four important ways.

1. Friends Are Essential,
Coaches Are Optional

First of all, friends are essential elements of a satisfied life. Coaches are strictly optional. Coaches are consultants you hire to help you accomplish particular tasks (e.g., to establish goals, to develop action plans, to learn skills, to launch a new venture). You might even choose to hire a coach to assist you with developing more, or richer and more intimate, friendships.

2. Friends Are Long-Term,
Coaches Are Short-Term

Friends remain in our lives for long periods, perhaps until one or the other person dies. Coaching is a time-limited, contracted activity. When the client?s goals are met, the relationship ends.

3. Friends Share Broadly,
Coaches Have a Narrow Focus

Friends share a broad range of interests and activities with each other. The best of friends share on a deep emotional level. While coaches do form warm, supportive relationships with their clients, they are focused on the specific tasks and behaviors the client requests assistance with.

4. Friends Are Personally Involved,
Coaches Are Neutral

Many people are fortunate enough to have friends who are both caring and supportive, and who are assertive enough to ?tell it like they see it.? But friends cannot be counted upon to be uninvolved listeners; they are involved! At other times friends may remain silent out of fear of hurting your feelings. A coach can be a neutral sounding board, and is able to give impartial feedback on your progress toward your goals.

Five Reasons To Hire a Coach

A friend is a treasure money cannot buy! Cherish your friends. Nurture your friendships, and enjoy the give and take of these vital relationships. If, as is true for many people, your friendships are effective in providing the support and encouragement you need to achieve your dreams, count yourself blessed.

There are times, however, for all of us when we need more than friendships can offer to achieve our most important goals. Consider hiring a coach if any of the following are true for you:

  1. You want to get more out of life, and you are not getting the encouragement and support you need from your family and friends.Coaches can help when friends are not enough.
  2. You have identified specific skills that will help you enhance your personal and professional life, and you need someone else?s help in order to fully develop them.Coaches can offer expertise friends may not possess.
  3. You need the structure a coach can provide in order to work consistently and efficiently at achieving your dreams.Coaches can help you develop effective action plans and keep you on track in following them.
  4. You know from previous efforts to grow in your personal and professional life that you need a person to remind you and ask you about commitments.Coaches can, at your request, set up mechanisms to hold you accountable to the commitments you make. Accountability is the chief reason many people hire a coach.
  5. You would appreciate and benefit from an impartial person acting as a sounding board.Coaches have trained their listening skills to a high degree. You can openly discuss new ideas and ?think out loud? to a coach without fear of criticism or rejection. As professionals, coaches keep everything you share confidential to the extent allowed by law.

Why not have both friends and a coach?

Source: http://encouragementplus.com/the-difference-between-a-friend-and-a-coach/

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Monday, July 16, 2012

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Roethlisberger sends video message to cancer patient

At times, we can forget our favorite star athletes are people as well and sometimes even the smallest gesture from them can make one fan extremely happy.

One Pittsburgh Steelers fan by the name of Julia Pollock was battling spinal cord/brain cancer and spent nearly three months in a Colorado hospital re-cooperating from surgery.

Nearing the end of her stay in the hospital, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was informed of her plight and sent a very special video message from Pittsburgh Steelers training camp:

The below video features Julia watching the video message from her hospital bed for the first time:

After receiving the video message, Julia wrote a heartfelt letter to Ben thanking him for his message and below are just some of the highlights from that letter:

I want Ben to know that his video email meant the world to me not just because I bleed black and gold and watching him every Sunday makes my week but because I?ve ALWAYS known him to be a man with a good heart.

After 52 days bed ridden in the hospital I am home with my family in Brighton, CO. I?m getting stronger everyday. I guess you could say this is my training camp.

Thank you with all my heart. I do truly do believe the Lord works in mysterious ways and miracles happen. I have to, I?m a Steelers fan, right?

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Roethlisberger creates video message for cancer patient [Steelers Depot]

Source: http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/07/15/pittsburgh-steelers-quarterback-ben-roethlisberger-creates-video-message-for-cancer-patient-video/related/

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

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European Boomers Are Delaying Retirement - Retirement Homes

If you?re one of the lucky few who can retire by age 55, consider yourself fortunate, because chances are most of your friends and colleagues will be working longer, and in some cases, much longer. These changes aren?t just happening in the United States and Canada, either.

As reported in the Washington Post, 14 countries across Europe plan to increase their retirement ages, and some of them may be as high as 69 years old.

Some examples include Italy, which is planning to boost the retirement age from 65 to 69; Ireland, from 66 to 68; Germany; from 65 to 75; and Greece, also from 65 to 67.

The Post reports that these countries are looking to push back retirement further in an attempt to rein in spending related to retirement costs and pensions. If pensions for millions of people are pushed back by two or three years, the money saved will be significant.

Mario Monti, the Italian prime minister, recently expressed regret that European austerity measures are causing difficulty for so many people, including those in their retirement years.

?We have real and human problems in front of us in an inhuman economic situation,? the newspaper quoted him as saying recently at a conference in the Italian city of Bologna.

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Caterpillar gets more from its food when predator is on the prowl

Friday, July 13, 2012

Animals that choose to eat in the presence of a predator run the risk of being eaten themselves, so they often go into a defensive mode and pay a physical penalty for the lack of nutrients.

But that's not so for the crop pest hornworm caterpillar, a study shows.

While other animals increase metabolism and stop growing or developing during a defensive period, hornworm caterpillars slow or stop eating but actually keep up their weight and develop a little faster in the short term. Ian Kaplan, a Purdue University assistant professor of entomology; Jennifer S. Thaler, an associate professor of entomology at Cornell University; and Scott H. McArt, a graduate student at Cornell, noticed that hornworm caterpillars ate 30 percent to 40 percent less when threatened by stink bugs but weighed the same as their non-threatened counterparts.

"It was a little puzzling. If you're going to shut down, there should be a cost associated with that," said Kaplan, who studied the caterpillars as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell. "We usually think that you can either grow really fast and not defend yourself, or defend yourself but pay a physical penalty. That wasn't happening here."

Threatened hornworm caterpillars adapt to increase the efficiency by which they convert food into energy. They also increase the amount of nitrogen they extract from their food and their bodies' lipid content. In the first three days of the study, the caterpillars weighed the same and reached the next developmental stage faster than caterpillars eating in safety.

Over the long term, however, their body compositions change and their ability to turn food into energy is reduced in later developmental stages. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, reveal that hornworm caterpillars are the first insect species shown to delay the physical penalties associated with protecting themselves from predators.

Hornworm caterpillars eat tomato, tobacco, pepper and other crops. Kaplan said understanding their physiology may lead to better ways to control the pests.

Kaplan said the scientists found an interesting way to work around a major roadblock in studying the physiological changes in the caterpillars exposed to predators. They "disarmed" the predators.

Stink bugs normally would use their mouthparts to stab the caterpillar and suck out its internal parts. But the scientists removed part of the stink bugs' mouthparts, allowing them to hunt but not eat.

"We created a predator that couldn't kill its prey," Kaplan said. "It was a way to be able to expose the prey to a risk and still be able to study the physiological responses of the prey."

The scientists also wondered whether the physiological responses were due to the presence of the predator or simply from a lack of food. To test, they removed food from some caterpillars that had eaten as much as a caterpillar facing a predator. Other caterpillars were given food off and on until they had eaten the same amount as one facing a predator to better mimic those same feeding patterns.

In both cases, the caterpillars weighed less and did not exhibit the same physiological changes as their hunted counterparts.

"This is a predator response rather than a physiological response due to a lack of food," Kaplan said.

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Monday, July 9, 2012

ScienceDaily: Biochemistry News

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By starting with a protein that is found in sunflower seeds, they used genetic engineering to make a variety of protein molecules that assemble into vesicles and other useful structures.Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:05:05 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703200546.htmBugs inspire better X-rays: Nanostructures modeled like moth eyes may boost medical imaginghttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703162622.htm Using the compound eyes of the humble moth as their inspiration, physicists have developed new nanoscale materials that could someday reduce the radiation dosages received by patients getting X-rayed, while improving the resolution of the resulting images.Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703162622.htmScientists Unlock Some Key Secrets of Photosynthesishttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702192425.htm New research is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:24:24 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702192425.htm'Trophy molecule' breakthrough may result in cleaner, cooler nuclear energyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133535.htm Experts have created a stable version of a ?trophy molecule? that has eluded scientists for decades. They have prepared a terminal uranium nitride compound which is stable at room temperature and can be stored in jars in crystallized or powder form. The breakthrough could have future implications for the nuclear energy industry ? uranium nitride materials may potentially offer a viable alternative to the current mixed oxide nuclear fuels used in reactors since nitrides exhibit superior high densities, melting points, and thermal conductivities and the process the scientists used to make the compound could offer a cleaner, low temperature route than methods currently used.Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133535.htmInspired by nature: Paints and coatings containing bactericidal agent nanoparticles combat marine foulinghttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133531.htm Scientists have discovered that tiny vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles can inhibit the growth of barnacles, bacteria, and algae on surfaces in contact with water, such as ship hulls, sea buoys, or offshore platforms. Their experiments showed that steel plates to which a coating containing dispersed vanadium pentoxide particles had been applied could be exposed to seawater for weeks without the formation of deposits of barnacles, bacteria, and algae.Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133531.htmPrinting living tissues: 3-D printed vascular networks made of sugarhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120701191617.htm New advances in tissue engineering could one day make a replacement liver from a patient's cells, or animal muscle tissue that could be cut into steaks. One problem with making 3-D tissue structures, however, is keeping the interior cells from suffocating. Now, researchers have developed an innovative solution: they've shown that 3-D printed templates of filament networks can be used to rapidly create vasculature and improve the function of engineered living tissues.Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:16:16 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120701191617.htmStealthy microscopy method visualizes E. coli sub-cellular structure in 3-Dhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120629142611.htm A sub-cellular world has been opened up for scientists to study E. coli and other tissues in new ways, thanks to a microscopy method that stealthily provides 3-D, high-quality images of the internal structure of cells without disturbing the specimen.Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120629142611.htmProgrammable DNA scissors found for bacterial immune systemhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628193020.htm Scientists have discovered a programmable RNA complex in the bacterial immune system that guides the cleaving of DNA at targeted sites. This discovery opens a new door to genome editing with implications for the green chemistry microbial-based production of advanced biofuels, therapeutic drugs and other valuable chemical products.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:30:30 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628193020.htmStudy on fungi helps explain coal formation and may advance future biofuels productionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628181723.htm The evolution of white rot fungi might have helped bring an end to the geologic period characterized by the formation of large coal deposits, and may help lay the groundwork for the future production of biofuels.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628181723.htmHow an ancestral fungus may have influenced coal formationhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628181721.htm The fossilized remains of plants that lived from around 360 to 300 million years ago, coal generated nearly half of the roughly four trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed in the United States in 2010. An international team of scientists proposes that the evolution of fungi capable of breaking down the polymer lignin in plants may have played a key role in ending the development of coal deposits, contributing to the end of the Carboniferous period.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628181721.htmNot-so-precious: Stripping gold from AFM probes allows better measurement of picoscale forceshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628164639.htm Researchers found that removing an AFM probe's gold coating -- until now considered helpful -- greatly improved force measurements performed in a liquid, the medium favored for biophysical studies such as stretching DNA or unfolding proteins.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:46:46 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628164639.htmPhotosynthesis re-wired: Chemists use nanowires to power photosynthesis-like processhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628145741.htm Chemists have developed a process that closely resembles photosynthesis and proved capable of synthesizing compounds found in the pain-killers ibuprofen and naproxen.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628145741.htmAcoustic tweezers capture and manipulate tiny creatures with ultrasoundhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628145508.htm Bioengineers and biochemists are using a miniaturized ultrasound device to capture and manipulate biological materials, such as the tiny roundworm, C. elegans.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120628145508.htmResearchers delve into airborne particulateshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627132116.htm Scientists have peered into the makeup of complex airborne particulate matter so small that it can be transported into human lungs -- usually without a trace.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:21:21 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627132116.htmScientists measure soot particles in flighthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627132049.htm For the first time, air-polluting soot particles have been imaged in flight down to nanometer resolution. Pioneering a new technique scientists snapped the most detailed images yet of airborne aerosols.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:20:20 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627132049.htmEasier way to make new drug compoundshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627131951.htm Scientists have developed a powerful new technique for manipulating the building-block molecules of organic chemistry. The technique enables chemists to add new functional molecules to previously hard-to-reach positions on existing compounds?making it easier for them to generate new drugs and other organic chemicals.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:19:19 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627131951.htmA step toward minute factories that produce medicine inside the bodyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627103350.htm Scientists are reporting an advance toward treating disease with minute capsules containing not drugs -- but the DNA and other biological machinery for making the drug. They describe engineering micro- and nano-sized capsules that contain the genetically coded instructions, plus the read-out gear and assembly line for protein synthesis that can be switched on with an external signal.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627103350.htmNew technique controls crystalline structure of titanium dioxidehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627103310.htm Researchers have developed a new technique for controlling the crystalline structure of titanium dioxide at room temperature. The development should make titanium dioxide more efficient in a range of applications, including photovoltaic cells, hydrogen production, antimicrobial coatings, smart sensors and optical communication technologies.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627103310.htmPositive at last: A pure phosphorus cationhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627092012.htm Ever since Hennig Brand's discovery in 1669, elementary phosphorus has fascinated chemists around the world. It is industrially produced by the ton and its compounds have numerous applications in materials science and the life sciences. The main known forms of the element are white, red, and black phosphorus. Chemists have now succeeded in creating a positively charged pure phosphorus compound.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:20:20 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120627092012.htmSeeing inside tissue for no-cut surgeries: Researchers develop technique to focus light inside biological tissuehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htm Imagine if doctors could perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin. Or if they could diagnose cancer by seeing tumors inside the body with a procedure that is as simple as an ultrasound. Thanks to a new technique, all of that may be possible in the not-so-distant future.Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:43:43 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626114322.htmBiological switch paves way for improved biofuel productionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625160403.htm A mechanism that controls the way organisms breathe or photosynthesize has been discovered by scientists. The research could pave the way for improved biofuel production.Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:04:04 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625160403.htmNano-sandwich technique slims down solar cells, improves efficiencyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625125803.htm Researchers have found a way to create much slimmer thin-film solar cells without sacrificing the cells' ability to absorb solar energy. Making the cells thinner should significantly decrease manufacturing costs for the technology.Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:58:58 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625125803.htmSpeeding up bone growth by manipulating stem cellshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625100915.htm Differentiation of stem cells into bone nodules is greatly accelerated by nanomolecular scaffolds.Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:09:09 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625100915.htmNew technique allows simulation of noncrystalline materialshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120623094310.htm Scientists have found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an important part in new devices including solar cells, organic LED lights and printable, flexible electronic circuits.Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:43:43 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120623094310.htmOxygen 'sensor' may shut down DNA transcriptionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120619092935.htm A key component found in an ancient anaerobic microorganism may serve as a sensor to detect potentially fatal oxygen, researchers have found. This helps researchers learn more about the function of these components, called iron-sulfur clusters, which occur in different parts of cells in all living creatures.Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120619092935.htmChemists use nanopores to detect DNA damagehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htm Scientists are racing to sequence DNA faster and cheaper than ever by passing strands of the genetic material through molecule-sized pores. Now, scientists have adapted this ?nanopore? method to find DNA damage that can lead to mutations and disease.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:34:34 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htmCarbon is key for getting algae to pump out more oilhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618111830.htm Overturning two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae, scientists show that ramping up the microbes' overall metabolism by feeding them more carbon increases oil production as the organisms continue to grow. The findings may point to new ways to turn photosynthetic green algae into tiny "green factories" for producing raw materials for alternative fuels.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:18:18 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618111830.htmIonic liquid improves speed and efficiency of hydrogen-producing catalysthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120616145535.htm The design of a nature-inspired material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas has gone holistic. Usually, tweaking the design of this particular catalyst -- a work in progress for cheaper, better fuel cells -- results in either faster or more energy efficient production but not both. Now, researchers have found a condition that creates hydrogen faster without a loss in efficiency.Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120616145535.htmNanoparticles hold promise to improve blood cancer treatmenthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615204741.htm Researchers have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:47:47 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615204741.htmImproving high-tech medical scannershttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613153331.htm A powerful color-based imaging technique is making the jump from remote sensing to the operating room. Scientists are working to ensure it performs as well when spotting cancer cells in the body as it does with oil spills in the ocean.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613153331.htmScientists synthesize first genetically evolved semiconductor materialhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133341.htm In the not-too-distant future, scientists may be able to use DNA to grow their own specialized materials, thanks to the concept of directed evolution. Scientists have, for the first time, used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to develop the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133341.htmNew energy source for future medical implants: Sugarhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133150.htm An implantable fuel cell could power neural prosthetics that help patients regain control of limbs. Engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the future, which could help paralyzed patients move their arms and legs again.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:31:31 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133150.htmLittle mighty creature of the ocean inspires strong new material for medical implants and armourhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613102130.htm A scientist may be onto an ocean of discovery because of his research into a little sea creature called the mantis shrimp. The research is likely to lead to making ceramics -- today's preferred material for medical implants and military body armour -- many times stronger. The mantis shrimp's can shatter aquarium glass and crab shells alike.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:21:21 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613102130.htmProtein residues kiss, don't tell: Genomes reveal contacts, scientists refine methods for protein-folding predictionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612145139.htm Researchers have created a computational tool to help predict how proteins fold by finding amino acid pairs that are distant in sequence but change together. Protein interactions offer clues to the treatment of disease, including cancer.Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:51:51 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612145139.htmPotential carbon capture role for new CO2-absorbing materialhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101458.htm A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide retention properties has just been developed.Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:14:14 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101458.htmWorkings behind promising inexpensive catalyst revealedhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611193636.htm A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies by delivering a substitute for expensive platinum catalysts.Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:36:36 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611193636.htmNanoparticles in polluted air, smoke & nanotechnology products have serious impact on healthhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611105311.htm New groundbreaking research has found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious impact on health, linking it to rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune diseases. The findings have health and safety implications for the manufacture, use and ultimate disposal of nanotechnology products and materials. They also identified new cellular targets for the development of potential drug therapies in combating the development of autoimmune diseases.Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:53:53 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611105311.htmA SMART(er) way to track influenzahttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611092345.htm Researchers have created a reliable and fast flu-detection test that can be carried in a first-aid kit. The novel prototype device isolates influenza RNA using a combination of magnetics and microfluidics, then amplifies and detects probes bound to the RNA. The technology could lead to real-time tracking of influenza.Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:23:23 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611092345.htmResearchers watch tiny living machines self-assemblehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120610151304.htm Enabling bioengineers to design new molecular machines for nanotechnology applications is one of the possible outcomes of a new study. Scientists have developed a new approach to visualize how proteins assemble, which may also significantly aid our understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which are caused by errors in assembly.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:13:13 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120610151304.htmPhotosynthesis: A new way of looking at photosystem IIhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606155808.htm Using ultrafast, intensely bright pulses of X-rays scientists have obtained the first ever images at room temperature of photosystem II, a protein complex critical for photosynthesis and future artificial photosynthetic systems.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:58:58 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606155808.htm1 million billion billion billion billion billion billion: Number of undiscovered drugshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132316.htm A new voyage into "chemical space" ? occupied not by stars and planets but substances that could become useful in everyday life ? has concluded that scientists have synthesized barely one tenth of one percent of potential medicines. The report estimates that the actual number of these so-called "small molecules" could be one novemdecillion (that's one with 60 zeroes), more than some estimates of the number of stars in the universe.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:23:23 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132316.htmHalogen bonding helps design new drugshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605121639.htm Halogens particularly chlorine, bromine, and iodine ? have a unique quality which allows them to positively influence the interaction between molecules. This ?halogen bonding? has been employed in the area of materials science for some time, but is only now finding applications in the life sciences.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:16:16 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605121639.htmFaster, more sensitive photodetector created by tricking graphenehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605102842.htm Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector of infrared light that can be used in applications ranging from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and better airport body scanners to chemical analysis in the laboratory and studying the structure of the universe through new telescopes.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:28:28 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605102842.htmFilming life in the fast lanehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604092858.htm A new microscope enabled scientists to film a fruit fly embryo, in 3D, from when it was about two-and-a-half hours old until it walked away from the microscope as a larva.Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:28:28 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604092858.htmExpanding the genetic alphabet may be easier than previously thoughthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htm A new study suggests that the replication process for DNA -- the genetic instructions for living organisms that is composed of four bases (C, G, A and T) -- is more open to unnatural letters than had previously been thought. An expanded "DNA alphabet" could carry more information than natural DNA, potentially coding for a much wider range of molecules and enabling a variety of powerful applications, from precise molecular probes and nanomachines to useful new life forms.Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htmNanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical testshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htm A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough in nanotechnology.Thu, 31 May 2012 16:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htmX-ray laser probes biomolecules to individual atomshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htm Scientists have demonstrated how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues in biology.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htmBuilding molecular 'cages' to fight diseasehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htm Biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the first step toward developing new methods of drug delivery or even designing artificial vaccines.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htmFree-electron lasers reveal detailed architecture of proteinshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htm Ultrashort flashes of X-radiation allow atomic structures of macromolecules to be obtained even from tiny protein crystals.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htmRewriting DNA to understand what it sayshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htm Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new study advances our understanding of the genetic code: It proposes a way of effectively introducing numerous carefully planned DNA segments into genomes of living cells and of testing the effects of these changes. New technology speeds up DNA "rewriting" and measures the effects of the changes in living cells.Thu, 31 May 2012 10:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htmNanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'Building blocks'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htm Researchers have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of interlocking DNA "building blocks" that can be programmed to assemble themselves into precisely designed shapes. With further development, the technology could one day enable the creation of new nanoscale devices that deliver drugs directly to disease sites.Wed, 30 May 2012 15:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htmBioChip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster, cheaperhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htm Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according to researchers.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:40:40 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htmCellular computers? Scientists train cells to perform boolean functionshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htm Scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs. This feat could eventually help researchers create computers that use cells as tiny circuits.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htmIon-based electronic chip to control muscles: Entirely new circuit technology based on ions and moleculeshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htm An integrated chemical chip has just been developed. An advantage of chemical circuits is that the charge carrier consists of chemical substances with various functions. This means that we now have new opportunities to control and regulate the signal paths of cells in the human body. The chemical chip can control the delivery of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. This enables chemical control of muscles, which are activated when they come into contact with acetylcholine.Tue, 29 May 2012 11:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htmMethod for building artificial tissue devisedhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htm Physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.Mon, 28 May 2012 15:48:48 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htm

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Fiksu Raises $10M From Qualcomm Ventures, Charles River To Help Mobile App Makers Get Users

fiksuFiksu, a Boston-based company that helps mobile developers efficiently find new users, just picked up $10 million in a new round led by Qualcomm Ventures. Previous investors including Charles River Ventures also participated. "Qualcomm is wonderfully strategic for us in the mobile space," said Craig Palli, who is the company's vice president of business development. "They're so well tied to a variety of mobile handset manufacturers and that's the one area where Fiksu can really benefit from new relationships." The funding is going to go toward international expansion with more offices in the U.K. and Asia. The company currently has more than 100 people and plans to double its headcount in the next year.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Bombs targeting pilgrims in Iraq kill four, wound 21

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Monday, July 2, 2012

What are some of the top social/business networking sites? marifunc ...


Besides the obvious, Linkedin, etc., there is one really top notch networking site on the web. It currently has around 350,000 members who are all major players in their respective fields. The only problem is that to get in u need an invite from a reputable member. The site is called asmallworld.com, and if you can get in its great. Good luck getting in though.

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