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Post Date: 2013-07-03 14:51:40 by Lod
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Post Date: 2013-06-30 09:59:28 by Lod
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Three-person IVF: UK government backs mitochondrial transfer
Post Date: 2013-06-29 15:50:05 by scrapper2
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The government is to push ahead with plans that would allow doctors to prevent major childhood diseases by creating IVF babies that have genetic material from three people. The controversial procedure, called mitochondrial transfer, uses a snippet of DNA from a healthy female donor to prevent mothers passing on devastating genetic disorders such as muscular dystrophy and heart and liver conditions. Pioneered in Britain by researchers at Newcastle University, the procedure targets diseases caused by faulty mitochondria – the tiny power units inside our cells. The disorders tend to affect parts of the body that need the most energy, including the heart, brain and muscles. Around one in ...
Sensory signals travel to two separate areas of the brain simultaneously
Post Date: 2013-06-29 05:45:21 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: June 27, 2013 — A series of studies conducted by Randy Bruno, PhD, and Christine Constantinople, PhD, of Columbia University's Department of Neuroscience, topples convention by showing that sensory information travels to two places at once: not only to the brain's mid-layer (where most axons lead), but also directly to its deeper layers. The study appears in the June 28, 2013, edition of the journal Science. Share This: For decades, scientists have thought that sensory information is relayed from the skin, eyes, and ears to the thalamus and then processed in the six-layered cerebral cortex in serial fashion: first in the middle layer (layer 4), then in the ...
'Phishing' scams explode worldwide, researchers shows
Post Date: 2013-06-28 05:40:15 by Tatarewicz
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Those insidious email scams known as phishing, in which a hacker uses a disguised address to get an Internet user to install malware, rose 87 percent worldwide in the past year, a security firm said Friday. These schemes affected some 37.3 million users around in the 12 months to April 30, according to a report by the Russian-based security firm Kaspersky. "The number of fraudulent websites and servers used in attacks has more than tripled since 2012, and more than 50 percent of the total number of individual targets were fake copies of the websites of banks and other credit and financial organizations," Kaspersky said. The attackers often use emails purportedly from trusted ...
For the First Time, a Donor Mouse Has Been Cloned Using a Drop of Peripheral Blood from Its Tail
Post Date: 2013-06-28 00:51:35 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: June 26, 2013 — From obesity to substance abuse, from anxiety to cancer, genetically modified mice are used extensively in research as models of human disease. Researchers often spend years developing a strain of mouse with the exact genetic mutations necessary to model a particular human disorder. But what if that mouse, due to the mutations themselves or a simple twist of fate, was infertile? Currently, two methods exist for perpetuating a valuable strain of mouse. If at least one of the remaining mice is male and possesses healthy germ cells, the best option is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), an in vitro fertilization procedure in which a single sperm is ...
New laser to detect methane leaks
Post Date: 2013-06-27 23:32:25 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert: Researchers are developing a new type of laser system that will monitor methane, the main component of natural gas, levels across large areas. This will provide a useful tool for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. The system has the potential to detect methane leaks from long-distance underground gas pipelines and gas fields, including coal seam gas extraction operations, and to measure methane emissions from animal production. The researchers, based in the University's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, have conducted a preliminary study and are developing the laser system for further testing. "We hope to accurately measure methane concentrations up ...
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Post Date: 2013-06-26 14:42:44 by CadetD
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High-Octane Bacteria Could Ease Pain at the Pump: Engineered E. Coli Mass-Produce Key Precursor to Potent Biofuel
Post Date: 2013-06-26 01:51:39 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: June 25, 2013 — New lines of engineered bacteria can tailor-make key precursors of high-octane biofuels that could one day replace gasoline, scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School report in the June 24 online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Share This: ? The same lines can also produce precursors of pharmaceuticals, bioplastics, herbicides, detergents, and more. "The big contribution is that we were able to program cells to make specific fuel precursors," said Pamela Silver, Ph.D., a Wyss Institute Core Faculty ...
Richard Clarke: Hastings Accident “Consistent with a Car Cyber Attack”
Post Date: 2013-06-25 10:35:40 by Ada
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“Intelligence agencies… know how to remotely seize control of a car.” Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarketold The Huffington Post on Monday that the fatal crash of journalist Michael Hastings’ Mercedes C250 coupe last week is “consistent with a car cyber attack.” “There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers” — including the United States — know how to remotely seize control of a car,” Clarke said. On Saturday, Infowars.com posted a video of a talk presented by Dr. Kathleen Fisher, a program manager for DARPA, the Defense Advanced ...
Initial step in origin of life
Post Date: 2013-06-24 22:57:42 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: June 24, 2013 — How is it that a complex organism evolves from a pile of dead matter? How can lifeless materials become organic molecules that are the bricks of animals and plants? Scientists have been trying to answer these questions for ages. Researchers at the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung have now disclosed the secret of a reaction that has to do with the synthesis of complex organic matter before the origin of life. Since the 1960's it has been well known that when concentrated hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is irradiated by UV light, it forms an imidazole intermediate that is a key substance for synthesis of nucleobases and nucleotides in abiotic ...
The word “chemtrails” was not invented by a conspiracy theorist, it was invented by the US Air Force.
Post Date: 2013-06-24 17:02:33 by wudidiz
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The word “chemtrails” was not invented by a conspiracy theorist, it was invented by the US Air Force. A microfiche has been found in the Oklahoma Library system of an Air Force manual dating back to 1990, which uses the word “Chemtrails” in its title and describes the various experiments pilots will be conducting with the aerosol release of various noxious substances, some relating to cloud-seeding and weather modification such as silver iodide and others, in conjuction with the HAARP project, such as barium-fluoride. Here is a link to the manual The spraying of toxic barium salts in the atmosphere relates to scalar weapons systems (HAARP), which behave like targeted ...
Microsoft Is Behind Mystery Data Center in Iowa
Post Date: 2013-06-24 02:03:24 by Tatarewicz
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The mystery didn’t last long: Microsoft is the company behind the proposed $700 million data center near Des Moines, Iowa. “Project Mountain” is an expansion of Microsoft’s existing data center in West Des Moines, pushing the company’s investment in the region to the $1 billion range, says Debi Durham, director of the state agency in charge of economic development. The Iowa Economic Development Authority board approved $20 million in tax credits for the project. The company already employs around 50 people in Iowa and plans to add at least 24 more for the new data center. Microsoft had originally purchased a plot of land big enough for the expansion, according ...
Beyond Silicon: Transistors Without Semiconductors
Post Date: 2013-06-24 00:17:56 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: June 21, 2013 — For decades, electronic devices have been getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller. It's now possible -- even routine -- to place millions of transistors on a single silicon chip. Share This: But transistors based on semiconductors can only get so small. "At the rate the current technology is progressing, in 10 or 20 years, they won't be able to get any smaller," said physicist Yoke Khin Yap of Michigan Technological University. "Also, semiconductors have another disadvantage: they waste a lot of energy in the form of heat." Scientists have experimented with different materials and designs for transistors to address these ...
Does the African genome hold the secrets of a previously unknown species of hominid?
Post Date: 2013-06-22 01:16:40 by farmfriend
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Does the African genome hold the secrets of a previously unknown species of hominid? Robert T. Gonzalez Researchers have just finished performing the most comprehensive genetic analysis of modern day Africans ever. And they've turned up some absolutely incredible results. Their findings suggest humans are more genetically diverse than we'd previously believed. But they also show that ancient humans may have interbred with an unknown species of hominin — what researchers surmise "could have been a sibling species to Neanderthals." When it comes to genetic variation, there's no place on Earth like Africa. Numerous studies in recent years have revealed that human ...
DNA Constructs Antenna for Solar Energy
Post Date: 2013-06-21 04:16:54 by Tatarewicz
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Fars: By combining self-assembling DNA molecules with simple dye molecules, the researchers have created a system that resembles nature's own antenna system. Artificial photosynthesis is an exciting area of energy research. A large number of the worlds' energy problems could be resolved if it were possible to recreate the ability plants have to transform solar energy into fuel. Earth receives enough solar energy every hour to satisfy our energy needs for an entire year. A research team at Chalmers University of Technology has made a nanotechnological breakthrough in the first step required for artificial photosynthesis. The team has demonstrated that it is possible to use ...
Too Green to Be True? Highly Effective Method for Converting CO2 Into Methanol
Post Date: 2013-06-21 03:56:40 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: June 20, 2013 — Université Laval researchers have developed a highly effective method for converting CO2 into methanol, which can be used as a low-emissions fuel for vehicles. The team led by Professor Frédéric-Georges Fontaine presents the details of this discovery in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Researchers have been looking for a way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol in a single step using energy-efficient processes for years. "In the presence of oxygen, methanol combustion produces CO2 and water," explained Professor Fontaine. "Chemists are looking for catalysts that would yield the ...
Battery Made of Wood?
Post Date: 2013-06-20 01:03:26 by Tatarewicz
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Science Daily: But don't try it at home yet -- the components in the battery tested by scientists at the University of Maryland are a thousand times thinner than a piece of paper. Using sodium instead of lithium, as many rechargeable batteries do, makes the battery environmentally benign. Sodium doesn't store energy as efficiently as lithium, so you won't see this battery in your cell phone -- instead, its low cost and common materials would make it ideal to store huge amounts of energy at once, such as solar energy at a power plant. Existing batteries are often created on stiff bases, which are too brittle to withstand the swelling and shrinking that happens as electrons are ...
DID YOU KNOW?: Two Secretive Israeli Companies Reportedly Bugged The US Telecommunications Grid For The NSA
Post Date: 2013-06-19 15:58:31 by Ada
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The Guardian's Bombshell Revelation About NSA Domestic Spying Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg This Powerful Spy Software Is Being Abused By Governments Around The World 'Anonymous' Hacker Explains Why He Fled The US The newest information regarding the NSA domestic spying scandal raises an important question: If America's tech giants didn't 'participate knowingly' in the dragnet of electronic communication, how does the NSA get all of their data? One theory: the NSA hired two secretive Israeli companies to wiretap the U.S. telecommunications network. In April 2012 Wired's James Bamford — author of the book "The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 ...
EDWARD SNOWDEN: How To Make Sure The NSA Can't Read Your Email
Post Date: 2013-06-19 08:24:41 by Ada
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Article 12 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence." It's that last one that's gotten everyone's attention lately. Just how private is your correspondence online? Depending on your politics, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is either a vile turncoat or a revered hero, but either way he has advice on how to stay two steps ahead of the NSA. He held an awesome "press conference" of sorts on The Guardian's website, taking written questions from readers and typing out his answers online. We were most intrigued by his response to ...
Do We Spend Too Much on Sarah Murnaghan?
Post Date: 2013-06-19 06:36:51 by Ada
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Saving this little girl's life was a miracle of science—and an act of defiance against an efficiency-obssessed healthcare policy. Sarah Murnaghan is the 10-year-old girl Pennsylvania girl suffering from cystic fibrosis who received a lung transplant—but only after a public outcry, a congressional hearing, and then a court order. The girl is now recovering from the surgery. Sarah’s story can be seen in many dimensions, but here are three to usefully consider: first, the compelling human—and humanitarian—interest of the case; second, the positive role played by advancing medical science; and third, the implicit repudiation of the bipartisan health-policy ...
Tiny Batteries: 3-D Printing Could Lead to Miniaturized Medical Implants, Compact Electronics, Tiny Robots
Post Date: 2013-06-19 02:49:29 by Tatarewicz
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The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them. To make the microbatteries, a team based at Harvard University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign printed precisely interlaced stacks of tiny battery electrodes, each less than the width of a human hair. "Not only did we demonstrate for the first time that we can 3-D-print a battery, we demonstrated it in the most rigorous way,"said Jennifer Lewis, Ph.D., senior author of the study, who is also the ...
Was Uri Geller a secret CIA spy? That's the claim in a new BBC documentary. And the really mind-boggling part? It might just be true
Post Date: 2013-06-18 08:51:05 by Ada
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Best known as a spoon-bender who befriended singer Michael Jackson — and branded a charlatan by critics — it now appears that Uri Geller may have had a second career as a CIA spy. According to a new BBC documentary, he used his psychic powers in an attempt to wipe secret Soviet computer records. It is alleged he also tried to disable military radar and influence the mind of a Russian negotiator during Cold War arms talks in Geneva by beaming peace messages at his head. Psychic spy? Israeli-born Uri Geller became world famous with his spoon bending act The Israeli-born showman’s life has been littered with outrageous claims. Over the years, his tricks have baffled ...
New 'Embryonic' Subduction Zone Found
Post Date: 2013-06-18 01:36:12 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: June 17, 2013 — A new subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal heralds the beginning of a cycle that will see the Atlantic Ocean close as continental Europe moves closer to America. Published in Geology, new research led by Monash University geologists has detected the first evidence that a passive margin in the Atlantic ocean is becoming active. Subduction zones, such as the one beginning near Iberia, are areas where one of the tectonic plates that cover Earth's surface dives beneath another plate into the mantle -- the layer just below the crust. Lead author Dr João Duarte, from the School of Geosciences said the team mapped the ocean floor and ...
The Continuing Collapse of the Global Warming Hoax
Post Date: 2013-06-17 08:03:18 by Ada
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While the nation tries to come to grips with the cascade of scandals involving the Obama administration, a significant phenomenon has been occurring. It is the demise of the global warming/climate change hoax that has driven national and international policies since the 1980s. Directed from within the bowls of the most corrupt international organization on planet Earth, the United Nations, the hoax originally generated the Kyoto Protocols in December 1997 to set limits on the generation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The UN’s climate charlatans claimed that CO2 was causing the Earth to dramatically warm. It was a lie. The U.S. Senate unanimously refused to ratify it and, in 2011, ...
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