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Nanotechnology for water purification

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:22 +0000

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some unique physicochemical and surface properties that lend themselves to novel uses. Indeed, advocates of nanotechnology suggest that this area of research could contribute to …

Water Purification Using Nanotechnology

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:22 +0000

Nanotechnology firm locating in Lexington

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:22 +0000

An Atlanta company announced Thursday it plans to open a laboratory in Lexington to develop nanomate

Who deserves to sit alongside Chagall?

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:21 +0000

There are many ways to view the lush, colorful, dreamlike and apparently naive art of Marc Chagall, one of the undoubted greats of 20th-century painting. “Marc Chagall and the Russian Avant-garde, from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou” at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of Arts, makes a brave attempt to set him within the context of his times, something that doesn’t quite work …

Making ‘BioArt’ a cultural practice

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:20 +0000

At this year’s Society for Social Studies Conference at the University of Tokyo, Aug. 25-29, there will be a session on “BioArt,” which begs the question: What would that be? BioArt describes the variety of art forms emerging in the last two decades that use biotechnology or genetics to manipulate living things, altering food, plants, even livestock. In best do-it- yourself tradition, artists …

14°C – Sunny intervals with variable cloud cover

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:20 +0000

MEET the doctor who is making Scots’ dreams of designing the perfect baby come true.

Aging, Longevity Tied To Specific Brain Region

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:20 +0000

Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains produced more SIRT1, a protein known to play a role in aging and longevity.This result surprised us, says the studys senior author Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD …

Kristen Johnston Joins Vamps

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:19 +0000

Kristen Johnston has joined the cast of writer/director Amy Heckerling’s new feature film Vamps . Written and to be directed by Heckerling, Vamps tells the modern day tale of two young beautiful female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Filming will begin next week in Detroit, Michigan.

Nanotechnology For Water Purification

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:08:09 +0000

‘Super Sad’ And Satiric, Two Stories Of Doomed Love

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:08:08 +0000

Gary Shteyngart’s dystopian novel narrates two doomed romances: one between a man and a woman, and one between a writer and his country — or what he fears his country may become. By turns fierce, funny and frightening, Super Sad True Love Story deserves a place on the shelf beside 1984 and Brave New World.

Aging and longevity linked to specific brain region in mice

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:08:07 +0000

Washington, July 29 : In a study on mice engineered to produce a protein showed that a specific brain region, called the hypothalamus governs aging and longevity.

Aging and longevity tied to specific brain region in mice

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:08:07 +0000

A diet not to die for?

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:08:06 +0000

A New York couple say that by severely restricting their food intake they will live well into their second century. As they await immortality, some scientists believe the diet could at least keep diseases at bay. Christopher Turner reports.

Disciplined Bozeman HR director takes lower post

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:08:29 +0000

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) A Bozeman city employee who was disciplined for her role in a hiring policy that asked job candidates to share login codes to personal Internet sites like Facebook is stepping down from her position for a lower post.

Socialising ‘increases longevity’