When longtime Liberty Assistant Principal William Cecchini transferred to Freedom High School last fall, he kept hearing about the Freedom family. And he admits he thought it was a bit geeky Continue reading
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Vector Aerospace Transitions Hercules Propeller Capability to Scotland
Vector Aerospace UK (Vector www.vectoraerospace.com), a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has announced the successful transition of its Hercules C-130 propeller maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capability to the Vector Aerospace Component Services site at Almondbank in Perthshire. The Almondbank facility – a leading provider of MRO for rotary and fixed wing aircraft will be supporting operators of the renowned Hercules transport aircraft around the world. The first of the Hamilton Sunstrand propellers were released to service in late March Continue reading
Liberty ‘improves retention methods’
TRADITIONAL insurers are no longer just competing with each other, but also with cellphone and fashion retailers with licences to sell insurance, Liberty Retail CEO Steven Braudo said on Friday. This has prompted Liberty to improve its systems aimed at signing up and retaining quality customers. Continue reading
Stretchable Batteries Could Power Cyborg Future
Our cyborg future may not be far off. An ultra-stretchy battery could one day be used to power bionic eyeballs, brain-wave monitoring devices and robotic skins, new research suggests. The new device, which embeds tiny lithium-based batteries in a silicon sheet, can stretch up to three times its initial length and could be recharged wirelessly, Yonggang Huang, study co-author and a mechanical engineer at Northwestern University, wrote to LiveScience in an email Continue reading
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá collaboration to focus on research, nursing
Public release date: 18-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Natalia Abel nboloti1@jhmi.edu 410-464-6645 Johns Hopkins Medicine An expansion of collaborative projects involving Fundacin Santa Fe de Bogot (FSFB), one of Colombia’s premier health care institutions, and Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) will continue for another 10 years under an agreement signed Feb. Continue reading
Insights into HIV-1 virion makeup could improve gene therapy
By Helen Albert, Senior medwireNews Reporter medwireNews: A discovery about how the HIV-1 virion packages genomic (g)RNA may help researchers to improve the efficacy of gene therapy. Researchers led by Eric Arts, from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, found that an RNA element known as the genomic RNA packaging enhancer (GRPE) chooses the type and amount of gRNA that gets packaged into individual virions. Two types of viral vector, adenoviruses and lentiviruses (eg, HIV), have been developed to treat patients with a variety of diseases Continue reading
Channel Islands Agree Budget-Saving Synergies
04 February 2013 The Treasury Departments of Jersey and Guernsey have confirmed that substantial progress has been made in recent days on negotiating joint-working initiatives to achieve cost savings and make their operations more efficient. Continue reading
CALIFORNIA BUDGET: Where are UCR medical school funds?
Inland lawmakers and officials see both good and bad in the state budget proposal released by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, Jan. 10 Continue reading
NASA Events Set for American Astronomical Society Meeting
WASHINGTON — NASA scientists will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting takes place Jan. 6-10 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E Continue reading
Nanostructured Materials And Nanotechnology: Concise Edition – Video
Nanostructured Materials And Nanotechnology: Concise Edition ll4.me Nanostructured Materials And Nanotechnology: Concise Edition This concise edition of Hari Singh Nalwa's Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology fills the needs of scientists and students working in chemistry, physics, materials science, electrical engineering, polymer science, surface science, spectroscopy, and biotechnology. This version of the Handbook contains 16 chapters particularly focused on synthesis and fabrication as well as the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale materials.The 5-volume reference Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, published in October 1999, created widespread interest in researchers in the field of nanotechnology and many of our colleagues expressed interest in a shorter version of our major reference work. Continue reading
Science Fiction Prototyping (Shanghai Lectures) – Video
Science Fiction Prototyping (Shanghai Lectures) This presentation describes a methodology called “Science Fiction Prototyping” that is aimed at engaging a wide section of the population (eg companies and their customers) in the process of innovating new products and creating a future that people want. Continue reading
JFK Part I: A National Security Event – Oswald Didn’t Do It (uncorrected version – see notes below) – Video
JFK Part I: A National Security Event – Oswald Didn't Do It (uncorrected version – see notes below) Jim Fetzer 49th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination Part 1 A former Marine Corps officer, Jim Fetzer has published widely on the theoretical foundations of scientific knowledge, computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and evolution and mentality. McKnight Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth, he has also conducted extensive research into the assassination of JFK, the events of 9/11, and the plane crash that killed Sen. Continue reading
Dr. Tsilfidis on XIAP Gene Therapy – Video
Dr. Tsilfidis on XIAP Gene Therapy XIAP gene therapy is unique madi-in-Canada therapy for retinal disease Continue reading
$8.4 million for food grain and alternative fuel research
November 9, 2012 Blumwald and his colleagues will use the grants to develop new molecular biology tools to accelerate switchgrass breeding and biotechnology tools to develop new varieties of pearl millet, a small-seeded grass. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo) With new grants totaling $8.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S Continue reading
Humans, chimpanzees and monkeys share DNA but not gene regulatory mechanisms
Public release date: 6-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Cathy Yarbrough press@ashg.org 858-243-1814 American Society of Human Genetics Humans share over 90% of their DNA with their primate cousins. The expression or activity patterns of genes differ across species in ways that help explain each species’ distinct biology and behavior. Continue reading
Kenneth R. Weinstein President of the Hudson Institute – FRANCE 24 [10-29-2012] – Video
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Caucus works to defend religious freedom
This week, a bipartisan group of my colleagues in the Tennessee legislature and I announced the formation of our state's first religious freedom caucus. Continue reading
Outsmarting breast cancer
In a groundbreaking study hailed as a roadmap for new targeted treatments, Professor Charles Perou and his colleagues collected DNA and tumor samples from 825 breast cancer patients for the first comprehensive look at the underlying genetics behind the deadly disease. The researchers conducted an exhaustive examination of all 20,000 or so genes in the human body for each sample. They were looking for patterns of genetic mutations that promote the tumors and can potentially be counteracted with new or even existing drugs Continue reading
Discovery of reprogramming signature may help further stem cell-based regenerative medicine research
This shows a colony of induced pluripotent stem cells. Blue fluorescence indicates cell nuclei; red and green are markers of pluripotency. Credit: Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Salk scientists have identified a unique molecular signature in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), “reprogrammed” cells that show great promise in regenerative medicine thanks to their ability to generate a range of body tissues. Continue reading
Discovery of reprogramming signature may help overcome barriers to stem cell-based regenerative medicine
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