Rita Ora Kills It On Oscars Red Carpet In Ultra-Glam Royal Blue Gown

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Rita Ora, 24, has NEVER looked better! Her stunning straplessMarchesa was the perfect choice for the glamorous Academy Awards which took place on Feb. 22. Its always so hard for celebs to stand out at such a high-profile event but we think Rita succeeded!

Ritascustom-made Marchesafishtail gown featuredsculptural draping andarchitecturalseaming details. Our favorite part of the dress has to be the intricate gold crystal embroidery at the top of the gown and at her waist-line!

The satin blue colorreally stood out on the red carpet since she was one of the only stars to rock the hue this year. For jewelry, Rita opted for a chic pair of gold and crystalchandelier drop earrings so elegant! Leaving her neck bare was the best decision it really allowed for the dress embroidery to shine!

Ritashair and makeup were also on point! Her new platinumblonde pixie cut totally added to the star-factor of the entire look! Her smokey eyes and bold lashes really topped off her stunning Oscars look.

Its been a big weekend for Rita she also attended Harvey Weinsteins Finding Neverland pre-party on Feb 21. She wore an ultra-glamwhite dress whileperforming Play from the upcoming musical Neverland.

Her unique dress featured fur from the waist down SO cool and different!

HollywoodLifers, do you love Ritas Oscar look? Let us know what you thought of her entire look in the comments below!

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Anna Kendricks Oscars BeautyPretty Pink Blush & Sultry Eye

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Anna Kendrick had a look to turn heads on this years red carpet for the 2015 Academy Awards Show! Her makeup was done to perfection with the help of makeup artist Vanessa Scali and her collection of Elizabeth Arden makeup.

Anna Kendrick, 29, is no stranger to the spotlight. While she always looks gorgeous and styled to perfection, we thought tonight may have been her best look yet! Anna wore an amazing salmon pink gown with a jeweled neckline and a subtle slit. She paired this with dark eye makeup, a pale pink lip, and a gorgeous rosy blush.

The famous actress and singer attended this high profile event alongside her Into the Woods cast-mates, including Meryl Streep, 65,who was nominated for best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.

The beautiful celeb is scheduled for a performance at this years show that is highly anticipated by all after her amazing role in Into the Woods.

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Annas Thakoon Oscar gown is a breath of fresh air. The soft coral is amazing against her alabaster skin, said Vanessa. With that in mind, I wanted to create a look that had presence but wasnt overpowering and wouldnt compete with the dress. The focus is definitely on the sultry eye, but paired with the nude, juicy skin, and a matte bitten lip, she looks fresh and effortless.

For her pale pink lips Anna wore Ceramide Cream Blush from Elizabeth Arden to give her cheeks a soft peachy glow.

This was paired with Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Smolder, also from Elizabeth Arden, to give a more intense look in contrast to her dress.

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Oscars 2015: Fifty Shades star Dakota Johnson stuns in red gown with thigh-high split

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The brunette beauty looked stunning as she walked the red carpet with her famous parent at 87th Academy Awards, however the pair later had a spat on camera as they chatted to ABC's Lara Spencer.

The issue arose when the 25-year-old was asked if her 57-year-old companion had watched her racy new film, Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Melanie admitted: "I dont really want to. It would really be strange, to which Dakota retorted: I dont think so, I think you could, maybe, one day."

The Working Girl star stuck by her decision, adding: "Shes a really good actress, I dont need to see that to know how good she is." However a clearly irked Dakota snapped: "Alright! You don't have to see it. Jesus Christ."

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Dakota was dressed to impress at the star-studded ceremony in a crimson gown, complete with a sexy thigh-high slit.

With its asymmetric design, the actress looked super stylish as she posed for photos at the high-profile event.

The red of her gown was off-set by the silver strap detail across her left shoulder, which provided Dakota with the only glitz she needed.

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Margot Robbie: Sexy Gown, New Do on Oscars Red Carpet

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Margot Robbie debuted a very sexy gown with a plunging neckline, as well as a new do on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday. The stunning black Saint Laurent gown was enough to turn heads. The stylish new haircut was simply icing on the cake.

In addition to her gorgeous smile, ample cleavage, and slender waist, Margot Robbie rocked her blunt cut bob. Known for her lengthy tresses, this new do is especially flattering on the Focus actress.

Margot Robbie isnt up for an Academy Award at the Oscars, but she and Miles Teller announced the winners of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement in a ceremony that was held earlier in February.

In addition to her roles in The Wolf of Wall Street and the upcoming Focusin which she stars opposite Will SmithMargot Robbie is known for her role on an Australian soap opera. She played the part of Donna Freedman on The Neighbours. The role earned her two Logie Award nominations. She also starred in the short lived ABC drama Pan Am. Robbie hails from Australias Gold Coast, and is just 24 years old.

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NASA Briefing to Highlight Early Results from New Earth Science Missions

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Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbiting Earth-observing fleet the biggest one-year increase in more than a decade. NASA scientists will discuss early observations from the new missions and their current status during a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 26.

New views of global carbon dioxide, rain and snowfall, ocean winds, and aerosol particles in the atmosphere will be presented during the briefing.

The first of the five new missions the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory was launched from Japan one year ago on Feb. 27, 2014. The most recent the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission was launched from California on Jan. 31 and is in its checkout phase before starting to collect data. Two missions are collecting NASAs first ongoing Earth observations from the International Space Station (ISS).

The teleconference panelists are:

Peg Luce, deputy director of the Earth Science Division in NASAs Science Mission Directorate, Headquarters, Washington

Gail Skofronick-Jackson, GPM project scientist, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Ralph Basilio, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 project manager, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Ernesto Rodriguez, ISS-RapidScat project scientist, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Matthew McGill, Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) principal investigator, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center

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NASA Hosts Media Briefing on Mission to Study Dynamic Magnetic System Around Earth

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NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 25, to discuss an upcoming mission to study magnetic reconnection around Earth, a fundamental process throughout the universe where magnetic fields connect and disconnect explosively releasing energy.

The briefing, held at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW in Washington, will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.

Called the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, the project will help scientists understand the process of magnetic reconnection, which can accelerate particles up to nearly the speed of light. By studying reconnection near Earth, MMS will help scientists understand reconnection in the atmosphere of the sun and other stars, in the vicinity of black holes and neutron stars, and at the boundary between our solar systems heliosphere and interstellar space.

The mission consists of four identical spacecraft that will provide the first three-dimensional view of magnetic reconnection. Launch is scheduled for 10:44 p.m. March 12, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The briefing participants are:

Jeff Newmark, interim director, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington

Jim Burch, principal investigator, MMS Instrument Suite, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

Craig Tooley, MMS Project Manager, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland

Paul Cassak,associate professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown

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Steve Jurczyk Named Head of NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective Monday, March 2. The directorate is responsible for innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use on future NASA missions.

Jurczyk has served as Center Director at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, since April of 2014. An accomplished engineer, he previously served as the deputy center director and in other leadership positions at the center prior to his appointment as center director.

"It's great to have Steve coming aboard to lead the technology and innovation engine of the agency," said Bolden. "Technology drives exploration and under Steve's leadership we'll continue the President's innovation strategy, positioning NASA and the aerospace community on the cutting-edge, pushing the boundaries of the aerospace with the technical rigor our nation expects of its space program"

Langleys current deputy director, Dave Bowles, will serve as acting director.

In May 2003, Jurczyk was named director of Systems Engineering. Before becoming Langley's Deputy Director,he previously served as director of Langley's Research and Technology Directorate.

Jurczyk began his NASA career at Langley in 1988 as an electronics engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. While on detail to NASA Headquarters, he managed the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and formulated the technology development strategy for the Earth Science Enterprise.

From 1994 to 1997, he was the Instrument Systems Engineer and later the Spacecraft Systems Manager for the Landsat 7 Project at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He returned to Langley as head of the Electronic Systems Branch in the Aerospace Electronics Systems Division. In 2002,Jurczykwas selected as Deputy Director for Flight Systems in Langley's Systems Engineering organization.

Jurczykearned bachelor and master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1984 and 1986, respectively.

Jurczyk succeeds Michael Gazarik, who left this agency this month to become director of Technology at Ball and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado

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Nanoscience Classroom Installed at Northern Virginia Community College

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Northern Virginia Community College has initiated a new program to increase the number of STEM graduates to meet the growing need in the workforce. Assistant Dean of Sciences Dr. Ia Gomez manages the implementation of the NOVA college-wide STEM initiative (NCSI), led by Manassas Campus Provost Dr. Roger Ramsammy and Interim NOVA President Dr. Melvin Schiavelli. NOVA faculty from several disciplines, including biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry and physics, are collaborating to keep students current with this emerging science.

The Manassas Campus has invested in state-of-the-art equipment to incorporate nanotechnology activities into the classroom so our students receive cutting-edge instruction, said Dr. Ia Gomez. For the Biotechnology program, we have a rigorous curriculum that includes a strong hands-on component combined with an internship to prepare our students for a STEM career path.

The cornerstones of a Nanoscience Classroom are desktop scanning electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, and 3D optical profilers. These instruments are all unique in their compactness, ease of use, and low maintenance.

The Phenom SEMs are state-of-the-art microscopes that magnify samples up to 100,000 times with remarkable detail. Additionally, students can investigate the elemental composition of materials as well as see them with high precision. The Phenom scanning electron microscopes are instrumental in bridging the visible world with the nanoscale world.

The Nanosurf AFMs are the eyes into the nanoscale world. The AFM has the ability to probe smaller dimensions in true 3D. AFM is required to evaluate smaller and smaller devices. AFMs allows students to visualize surface structures that are continually being created for new technologies.

The Zeta optical profiler is an industrial instrument that provides stunning 3D images in true color. Measurements are made on mechanical devices to look at holes, scratches, steps, roughness, and other important parameters. Students can evaluate micromachined parts, conduct failure analysis, inspect surface finishes, and perform many other tasks associated with 21st century manufacturing.

This powerful collection of instrumentation allows students to see structures from millimeters to nanometers in dimension. Applications vary greatly and include pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics, physics, forensics, and more. Students will be exposed to a great number of characterization techniques that can be used immediately after high school in jobs at high technology companies, as critical training for technical college preparation, or as a primer to a higher level college career.

As part of our STEM initiative we are promoting undergraduate research in our college and we are committed to become a national leader in community college research, adds Dr. Gomez. I believe your instrumentation has placed NOVA in a very advantageous position to accomplish this goal.

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Intel: Moore’s Law will continue through 7nm chips | PCWorld

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Eventually, the conventional ways of manufacturing microprocessors, graphics chips, and other silicon components will run out of steam. According to Intel researchers speaking at the ISSCC conference this week, however, we still have headroom for a few more years.

Intel plans to present several papers this week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, one of the key academic conferences for papers on chip design. Intel senior fellow Mark Bohr will also appear on a panel Monday night to discuss the challenges of moving from today's 14nm chips to the 10nm manufacturing node and beyond.

In a conference call with reporters, Bohr said that Intel believes that the current pace of semiconductor technology can continue beyond 10nm technology (which we would expect in 2016) or so, and that 7nm manufacturing (in 2018) can be done without moving to expensive, esoteric manufacturing methods like extreme ultraviolet lasers.

Why this matters: The discussion is anything but academic. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Moores Law, Intel founder Gordon Moores axiom that transistor density doubles about every eighteen months. In the real world, thats meant that the silicon chips that power PCs, phones, servers and more can run faster and consume less power as they move from generation to generation every two years or so.

The process to make silicon chips is complexan Intel primer on the subject details some of the stepsbut the gating factor is light itself. Chips are etched out of silicon using light, and chip makers have to wrestle with the wavelengths of light itself to continue to eke out new improvements. If the industry collectively fails to do soor fails to do so cost-effectivelychip improvements will halt.

Intel's diagram marks the improvements in cost and transistor size over the last few process generations.

Intel is on the cutting edge of silicon manufacturing, however, and Bohrs role as its senior fellow of logic technology development carries weight. Intel will present five papers at ISSCC, three of them covering the current 14nm technology. It will also participate in the 10nm panel, where Bohr said he expects spirited debate and discussion on what the industry needs to do to get there.

Intel was already forced to delay its 14nm Broadwell chips by several months due to manufacturing issues, and hopes to avoid that during the 10nm generation.

I think we may have underestimated the learning ratewhen you have a technology that adds many more masks, as 14[nm] did...it takes longer to execute experiments in the fab and get information turned, as we describe it," Bohr said, when asked what went wrong. "That slowed us down more than we expected and thus it took longer to fix the yields. But were into high yields now, and in production on more than one product, with many more to come later this year.

Bohr said that Intels pilot 10nm manufacturing line is running 50 percent faster than the 14nm line in terms of major steps per day, which will keep Intels 10nm development on track.

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WATCH: Anti-Equality Officials Resort to Increasingly Desperate Tactics

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From Arkansas to Texas to Washington, D.C., antigay politicians are frantic for some way to stem the tide of equality.

Roy Moore, Tim Huelskamp, and Ken Paxton

The Judge Roy Moores of the world are running out of options to fight the advance of marriage equality, and it shows. The last week has seen a flurry of desperate attempts to undo equality, all of which are doomed to almost-certain defeat.

In Arkansas, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore may once again face consequences for his defiance of federal law. The Human Rights Campaign has gathered 30,000 signatures on a petition calling for an investigation into Moore's antigay rhetoric and strange interpretations of the law. HRC has requested that Moore turn over phone and email records, accusing him of potentially collaborating with anti-equality groups.

In Texas, top state officials have all spoken out against a lesbian couple that obtained a marriage license last week. Attorney General Ken Paxton has insisted that the license is void but it's unclear if he actually has the authority to invalidate the license, particularly since that the license was ordered by a judge.

And at the federal level, Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp introduced a federal constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality. Of course, this had a low chance of actually passing when it was first introduced over a decade ago, and its chance of passing has decreased every year since then.

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Molecular Link between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Reveals Potential Therapy

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Obesity causes inflammation, which can in turn lead to type 2 diabetes. What isn't well established is how inflammation causes diabetes -- or what we can do to stop it. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the inflammatory molecule LTB4 promotes insulin resistance, a first step in developing type 2 diabetes. What's more, the team found that genetically removing the cell receptor that responds to LTB4, or blocking it with a drug, improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice. The study is published Feb. 23 by Nature Medicine.

"This study is important because it reveals a root cause of type 2 diabetes," said Jerrold M. Olefsky, MD, professor of medicine, associate dean for scientific affairs and senior author of the study. "And now that we understand that LTB4 is the inflammatory factor causing insulin resistance, we can inhibit it to break the link between obesity and diabetes."

Here's what's happening in obesity, according to Olefsky's study. Extra fat, particularly in the liver, activates resident macrophages, the immune cells living there. These macrophages then do what they're supposed to do when activated -- release LTB4 and other immune signaling molecules to call up an influx of new macrophages. Then, in a positive feedback loop, the newly arriving macrophages also get activated and release even more LTB4 in the liver.

This inflammatory response would be a good thing if the body was fighting off an infection. But when inflammation is chronic, as is the case in obesity, all of this extra LTB4 starts activating other cells, too. Like macrophages, nearby liver, fat and muscle cells also have LTB4 receptors on their cell surfaces and are activated when LTB4 binds them. Now, in obesity, those cells become inflamed as well, rendering them resistant to insulin.

Once Olefsky and his team had established this mechanism in their obese mouse models, they looked for ways to inhibit it. First, they genetically engineered mice that lack the LBT4 receptor. When that approach dramatically improved the metabolic health of obese mice, they also tried blocking the receptor with a small molecule inhibitor. This particular compound was at one time being tested in clinical trials, but was dropped when it didn't prove all that effective in treating its intended ailment. Olefsky's team fed the prototype drug to their mice and found that it worked just as well as genetic deletion at preventing -- and reversing -- insulin resistance.

"When we disrupted the LTB4-induced inflammation cycle either through genetics or a drug, it had a beautiful effect -- we saw improved metabolism and insulin sensitivity in our mice," Olefsky said. "Even though they were still obese, they were in much better shape."

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Newswise Obesity causes inflammation, which can in turn lead to type 2 diabetes. What isnt well established is how inflammation causes diabetes or what we can do to stop it. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the inflammatory molecule LTB4 promotes insulin resistance, a first step in developing type 2 diabetes. Whats more, the team found that genetically removing the cell receptor that responds to LTB4, or blocking it with a drug, improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice. The study is published Feb. 23 by Nature Medicine.

This study is important because it reveals a root cause of type 2 diabetes, said Jerrold M. Olefsky, MD, professor of medicine, associate dean for scientific affairs and senior author of the study. And now that we understand that LTB4 is the inflammatory factor causing insulin resistance, we can inhibit it to break the link between obesity and diabetes.

Heres whats happening in obesity, according to Olefskys study. Extra fat, particularly in the liver, activates resident macrophages, the immune cells living there. These macrophages then do what theyre supposed to do when activated release LTB4 and other immune signaling molecules to call up an influx of new macrophages. Then, in a positive feedback loop, the newly arriving macrophages also get activated and release even more LTB4 in the liver.

This inflammatory response would be a good thing if the body was fighting off an infection. But when inflammation is chronic, as is the case in obesity, all of this extra LTB4 starts activating other cells, too. Like macrophages, nearby liver, fat and muscle cells also have LTB4 receptors on their cell surfaces and are activated when LTB4 binds them. Now, in obesity, those cells become inflamed as well, rendering them resistant to insulin.

Once Olefsky and his team had established this mechanism in their obese mouse models, they looked for ways to inhibit it. First, they genetically engineered mice that lack the LBT4 receptor. When that approach dramatically improved the metabolic health of obese mice, they also tried blocking the receptor with a small molecule inhibitor. This particular compound was at one time being tested in clinical trials, but was dropped when it didnt prove all that effective in treating its intended ailment. Olefskys team fed the prototype drug to their mice and found that it worked just as well as genetic deletion at preventing and reversing insulin resistance.

When we disrupted the LTB4-induced inflammation cycle either through genetics or a drug, it had a beautiful effect we saw improved metabolism and insulin sensitivity in our mice, Olefsky said. Even though they were still obese, they were in much better shape.

Co-authors of this study include Pingping Li, Da Young Oh, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, William S. Lagakos, Saswata Talukdar, Olivia Osborn, Andrew Johnson, Heekyung Chung, Rafael Mayoral, Michael Maris, Jachelle M Ofrecio, Sayaka Taguchi, Min Lu, all at UC San Diego.

This research was funded, in part, by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK033651, DK074868, DK063491, DK09062), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Merck, Inc.

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YouTube Kids has 'no minefields for parents,' group says

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'Family friendly' ads for the app will undergo a rigorous review process, Google says

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Google says its new YouTube app for kids is its first product "built from the ground up with little ones in mind," and it appears to have taken careful steps not to ignite a furor by sacrificing children's' privacy for its business interests.

YouTube Kids was released Monday in the U.S. in the Google Play store and Apple's App Store. It has privacy-preserving features but also displays ads, which Google says will be "family friendly."

Ads in nearly a dozen categories are prohibited including beauty and fitness, food and beverages, and politics, Google says. And it says the ads won't collect data about those who view or engage with them, or track them elsewhere on the web.

The app is focused on content Google thinks will be best for pre-teens, organized into four categories: shows, music, learning and "explore." On Monday, there were clips from Sesame Street, Thomas the Tank Engine, PBS, and a "Baby Mozart" channel with cutesy versions of the composer's music.

Some observers said Google is handling the privacy aspects well.

"With no way to register personal information or even to upload videos directly, and with only kid-friendly advertising, YouTube Kids should provide a privacy-safe experience for kids," said Jules Polonetsky, executive director and co-chair of the Future for Privacy Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

YouTube Kids collects only anonymous identifiers to support internal operations such as spam and abuse prevention, and ad frequency capping, Google says in its documentation.

The app does not collect, use or disclose personal information connected to a Google account, it says. It's therefore compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Google says, which governs how Web companies can mine personal information of children under 13.

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