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-The FDA is set to approve the introduction of genetically engineered animals into the food chain. What in the world????-A new ad campaign that proclaims "abortion changes you" has been seen by hundreds of thousands of New York subway riders during the past month.-On the outskirts of creation, unknown, unseen "structures" are tugging on our universe like cosmic magnets, a controversial new study r

European scientists specially engineered a new breed of tomatoes to have extra antioxidants which may help prevent cancer, a new study published in Nature Biotechnology reveals.According to Eugenio Butelli of the John Innes Centre in England and colleagues from Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, they transferred certain genes of snapdragons to tomatoes, creating a dark purple colored tomato with

After more than seven years of discussion, the U.S. FDA has proposed regulations that would allow the commercial use of genetically engineered animals. The FDA states that such animals could be used to produce drugs, serve as models for human disease, produce industrial or consumer products, or have improved food-use qualities. Currently, the only genetically engineered creature available for sale

One of the places I wanted to drop by in my last trip to Singapore was Fuchsia Lane which is known for their range of feminine engineered tops designed by the bubbly entrepreneur, Vivienne Lin. I first learned about Fuchsia Lane’s creations after a write out by the local newspapers. The exclusive asian inspired tees and [...]

Quick establishment of a confluent and stable endothelial cells (ECs) layer in the lumen of vascular grafts is critical for long-term patency of small-diameter vascular grafts. Scientists from National University of Singapore fabricated tubular nanofiber scaffolds, incorporated ECs onto the lumen of the scaffolds, and established an animal model to prove the basic concept of using the scaffolds as

When it comes to using granites and when you compare other counter top choices, granites are the most durable counter tops available today. According to the Marble Institute of America, the most recent granite piece from the earth will be at least 750 million years old! However granite’s toughness and durability isn’t calculated in years, [...]

CHASSIS ENGINEERED FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCEThe Mazda CX-9 has received the U.S. government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) highest possible ratings in frontal and side impact crashes – five stars. In addition, both the FWD and AWD versions of the CX-9 received four-star rollover resistance ratings. With five stars to back it up, it comes as no surprise that Mazda’s advanced engineering provides CX-9 with one of the safest unibodies on the market. Guiding development principles are:* Front frame rails that are large in section and as straight as possible.* A front subframe (supporting the powertrain, suspension, and steering equipment) attached to the unibody at six widely separated points. A forward extension integral to the subframe helps it to more effect

Oh those duplicitous gazan terrorists just can’t make up their primitive minds!! First, in line with Iran’s mahmoud I’mADamnNutJob they deny the holocaust. Now they are saying the Jews themselves caused it, to “thin the herd” as it were. This makes me wish the gazans would enlist mores suicide bombers, to thin their herd. Morons. Hamas [...]

The following vital information is, frankly, frightening, as it means that we have entered into a new world of disease never before imagined. This is not a conspiracy theory. When you read what follows, you will understand why this issue may already be known by a select few, but kept from the public domain. The issue has to deal with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Over the last several decades, obesity and diabetes have become epidemic. Children, adults, poor people, wealthy people, Americans, Africans - all over the world people are becoming obese and developing diabetes. We are concerned that the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes may be caused by a new problem, never before considered because it never before existed. Of course, when you think of the cultural/lifestyle causes of obes

"Franken-sugar" -- or genetically engineered sugar -- will make its way to stores this year, alerts Citizens for Health. So much for claims made in 2001 by Hershey's, M&M Mars, and American Crystal Sugar that they wouldn't use genetically engineered sugar. "But now that sugar beets are close to being planted commercially, they have made no such assurances," the citizens group bemoans. Isn't it bad enough that Americans are over-dosing on regular sugar? Now companies want to get genetically engineered sugar into the marketplace, too? This is cause for alarm, Citizens for Health warns. "Unlike traditional breeding, genetic engineering creates new life forms that would never occur in nature, creating new and unpredictable health and environmental risks. Genes from ba

CHASSIS ENGINEERED FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCEThe Mazda CX-9 has received the U.S. government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) highest possible ratings in frontal and side impact crashes – five stars. In addition, both the FWD and AWD versions of the CX-9 received four-star rollover resistance ratings. With five stars to back it up, it comes as no surprise that Mazda’s advanced engineering provides CX-9 with one of the safest unibodies on the market. Guiding development principles are:* Front frame rails that are large in section and as straight as possible.* A front subframe (supporting the powertrain, suspension, and steering equipment) attached to the unibody at six widely separated points. A forward extension integral to the subframe helps it to more effect

There is no doubting that wooden floors are very beautiful, however they cannot be used in every room of the house for a number of different reasons. Wood flooring is not well suited to use in humid environments because it can cause the wood to warp and swell. However there was little choice until engineered [...]

By Olavo de CarvalhoThe Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) demonstrated that contradictory stimulation is the quickest and most efficient way to break down the psychological defenses of an individual (or handful of individuals), reducing him to a state of devoted credulity in which he will accept as natural and true the most absurd commands and the most incongruous opinions.This works almost infallibly even when the stimuli are of a purely cognitive order and without a great deal of emotional involvement (contradictory sentences uttered in a camouflaged sequence so as to create subconscious confusion). But it clearly works much better if the subject is subjected to the impact of sufficiently strong contradictory emotions to quickly create a state of

“Imagine walking into a department store or any big box store, and while browsing an aisle you find a display where packages hang; which, at first glance, seem to contain large action figures. Upon closer inspection, you realize they are actually bizarre, altered, bipedal mammals sealed in a plastic bubble [...]

Indonesia develops a genetically engineered rainfed lowland rice cultivar with drought tolerance Rice (Oryza sativa), one of the most important food crops, is drastically affected by drought, especially at the reproductive stage, thus, immensely affecting yield. Dissecting the important genes and the genomic regions influencing drought tolerance and yield will aid the breeders in understanding the [...]

Genetically engineered vaccines either contain one or a few major antigens of the pathogenic agent that are capable of producing a neutralizing immune response upon infection. Diseases that affect a large proportion of the world's population are on top of the priority for list for recombinant vaccines .Scientists have successfully produced the world’s first genetically engineered vaccine against hepatitis B from the surface antigen HbsAg, derived from the yeast cells. The genetically engineered vaccine not only prevents hepatitis B but also its serious consequences like hepatocellular carcinoma(liver cancer).Human diseases such as measles, polio, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria may someday get eradicated by the use of genetically engineered vaccines.The National Institute of Science an

Genetically engineered vaccines either contain one or a few major antigens of the pathogenic agent that are capable of producing a neutralizing immune response upon infection. Diseases that affect a large proportion of the world's population are on top of the priority for list for recombinant vaccines .Scientists have successfully produced the world’s first genetically engineered vaccine against hepatitis B from the surface antigen HbsAg, derived from the yeast cells. The genetically engineered vaccine not only prevents hepatitis B but also its serious consequences like hepatocellular carcinoma(liver cancer).Human diseases such as measles, polio, tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria may someday get eradicated by the use of genetically engineered vaccines.The National Institute of Science an

Tom and Jerry just wouldn't have been the same if it had featured one of Ko Kobayakawa's mice. The age-old animosity between cats and mice could be a thing of the past. New genetically engineered mice show no fear of cats, according to the Japanese scientists who created the rodents. The modified mice may also shed new light on mammal behavior. Scientists at the University of Tokyo say they have used genetic engineering to successfully switch off a mouse's instinct to cower at the smell or presence of cats - evidence that fear may be genetically hardwired and not learned through experience, as commonly believed. Kobayakawa developed the fearless mice by shutting down receptors in their olfactory bulb - the area of the brain that processes information about smells - which would normally induce panic as soon as they get so much as a whiff of a cat. "Mice are naturally terrified of cats and usually panic or flee at the smell of one. But mice with certain nasal cells r

The report - apparently overlooked by a Washington press corps awash in leaked Bargewell documents and secret Naval Criminal Investigative Service reports - shows that Marine Corps intelligence operatives were advised of the scheme to demonize the Marines by an informant named Muhannad Hassan Hamadi. The informant was snared by 3/1 Marines on December 11 2005 and decided to cooperate.The attack was carried out by multiple cells of local Wahabi extremists and well-paid local gunmen from Al Asa'ib al-Iraq [the Clans of the People of Iraq] that were led by Al Qaeda foreign fighters, the summary claims. Their case was bolstered by Marine signal intercepts revealing that the al Qaeda fighters planned to videotape the attacks and exploit the resulting carnage for propaganda purposes…During the November Haditha battle, the insurgents secreted themselves among local civilians to guarantee pursuing Marines would catch innocent civilians in the ensuing crossfire. On January 6, 2006 six insurg

How refreshing it is, too, gaze over a collection of cufflinks so consistent in mathematical correctness. And when gathered, resemble soldiers in immaculate uniform, marching in perfect formation, poetic stride. Abstractive is dominated by high tech precision, with zero tolerance. The subtle, abstract placement of colour, ordered within, take the edge off discipline A designers hand possessed with such discipline to marry perfect form and function, while gleaning materials that impress upon you textural influences. Smoothly extending the stem to cradle adornments and display all colours of a rainbow: Concluding, a sophistication expressed by precision, abstract and sense of colour, a truly beautiful cufflink. “Perhaps the very first precision cufflink”

14 Aug 2007 (News in Science) - Still more Angkor stories buzzing in the news, and I expect to be posting a few more similar stories today. This story focuses on the fall of Angkor and the failed water management system thesis. Angkor engineered its own demise Dani Cooper An international team of archaeologists has used radar technology to confirm the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat was surrounded by the pre-industrial world’s most extensive urban sprawl. In today’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that NASA radar technology has helped reveal an ancient city, hidden beneath tropical vegetation. The city has an area of almost 1000 square kilometres and is linked by a tightly integrated network of roads and water channels. The study provides the “definitive map” of the Greater Angkor region, the researchers say. And they say it helps support theories proposed by French archaeologist Bernard-Philippe Groslier in the 1950s, who

Speedo Men’s Tribal Tattoo Engineered Print 22″ Boardshort. This is a great fitting true fixed waist boardshort with a tattoo printed screen detail. It is made of a 100% polyester brushed microfiber that feels fantastic on the body. The water repellent finish makes it dry extremely quick so you don’t have a wet short clinging to you when you get out of the water. The single secure back pocket makes it simple to carry whatever you may need. The 22 inch length is standard for most true boardshorts. This is a great short for any water or land activity.

Space age commercials are something that project a futuristic theme and the type of beds being used are supposedly much more convenient than what we have today. The new technology of bed mattresses today cater more towards body parts, particularly our spinal columns and for sure, it shall continue to improve. Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Bed Designs, BED Furniture, BED Technology, Bed Therapy, BED Video, beds, futuristic theme, mattresses, new technology, sleep, space age, spinal columns, Video

Genetically modified (GM) crops, some of which contain their own built-in pesticides that split open the stomachs of the insects that consume them, are having serious health consequences on humans, according to this excellent article by Jeffrey Smith, the leading U.S. expert on GM foods.Of particular concern is the pesticide called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which is produced in some GM crops. Though organic farmers have used solutions containing this natural bacteria for years as a method of insect control, GM plants produce about 3,000-5,000 times the amount of toxin as these sprays. Further, a Bt-producing GM plant continuously produces the toxin in every cell, where it does not dissipate by weather and cannot be washed off, as is the case with the topical solutions.Mice fed Bt-toxin showed significant immune responses that indicated exposure might make a person allergic to a wide range of substances. Meanwhile:People exposed to Bt sprays have reacted with allergy and flu-like sym

If you live in the US or Canada, chances are that is a yes. What exactly does it do to you? Now there's the gray area... The most recent country to say no to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is Venezuela. Thanks to President Hugo Chavez Frias, these crops won't be growing on Venezuelan soil. Recently, varying degrees of these bans have been sprouting up all over the place, from California (more here and here) to European countries including Switzerland and Greece. Do they work? Well, the problem is regulation — and pressure from the US, Argentina, and Canada, according to a recent New York Times article. Effective this year, despite the bans, members of the European Union are required to keep their doors open to GMOs...