BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department Chair John McIntosh has been selected as a juror for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Computer Animation Festival, which will be held in Singapore from November 28 through December 1. The festival invites presenters from around the world to share their most original and exciting computer-generated animation and visual effects projects. Through screenings and panel discussions, SIGGRAPH Asia offers the latest information and research in animation, visualization, and real-time rendering, as well as current computer animation trends in the entertainment industry.
In addition, the 2012 festival will add a new track focusing on fashion. Videos showing simulations of historical, ritual, and cultural garments, or modern day couture are welcome. Jury decisions for the SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 will be announced in August. For more information and to submit an entry, visit siggraph.org/asia2012/en.
Researchers have shown off a means to spray-paint batteries onto any surface.
Their batteries, outlined in Scientific Reports, are made up of five separate layers, each with its own recipe - together measuring just 0.5mm thick.
To demonstrate the technique, the team painted batteries onto steel, glass, ceramic tile and even a beer stein.
The approach will be of particular interest in industrial applications, as it is compatible with existing spray-painting technology.
The most common batteries are made up of negative and positive halves (the anode and the cathode), a material to separate them, and "current collector" layers at top and bottom to gather up the electric charges moving through.
Many batteries are made in a kind of "Swiss roll" geometry, in which the layers are rolled up into a cylindrical or round-edged rectangular shape.
But as more consumer technology is developed with challenging shapes and sizes, or "form factors", the need for batteries of non-standard shapes is rising.
Flexible paper batteries have been demonstrated, and there is clear interest in "structural batteries" built for example into the surfaces of electric vehicles.
The new work, from Rice University in Texas, US, opens up completely new avenues for putting batteries on nearly any surface in a simple and robust way.
Pulickel Ajayan and his colleagues chemically optimised the recipe for each of their five layers, using blends of chemicals common in lithium-ion batteries as well as novel materials including carbon nanotubes - tiny "straws" of carbon with incredible electronic properties.
But for the process to result in a working battery, all five layers must stick together and work in synchrony, and the tricky step was finding a separator material that kept the whole stack in one piece.
When the team hit on using a chemical called poly-methylmethacrylate, they had a structure that would stick even to curved surfaces.
"This means traditional packaging for batteries has given way to a much more flexible approach that allows all kinds of new design and integration possibilities for storage devices," said Prof Ajayan.
"There has been a lot of interest in recent times in creating power sources with an improved form factor, and this is a big step forward in that direction."
This week on Double Feature Friday, a bunch of guys take off their clothes, one guy puts on his grandmother's clothes, a teddy bear doesn't wear any clothes, and there's a girl named Hush Puppy. Learn all about this week's pairing in Double Feature Friday! "Ted" & "Toy Story" Seth MacFarlane's first feature length film [...]
Photographer Terry Richardson, the man who brought us the wonder that is the Kate Upton cat daddy video, has followed it up with another viral hit.
Titled "The Many Talents of Kate Upton," Terry's new video spoofs the '90s show Baywatch, with the model as a lifeguard, running in a tiny red bikini.
Backed by a punk-rock soundtrack, Kate's other "talents" include skateboarding, hula-hooping, riding roller coasters ... and yes, wet t-shirt contests.
Richardson continues the All-American theme of Kate Upton's GQ photos (which he also shot), by visiting a beachside amusement park in the video.
Kate even experiences a wardrobe malfunction briefly at one point. Life is tough for supermodels. All in all, Terry is good at what he does for a living.
Well, except for maybe those Lindsay Lohan gun photos. Stick to Kate, Terry. No need for train wreck celebs pointing firearms into their mouths.
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Los Angeles, June 27 (IANS) Writer Nora Ephron, screenplay writer of hit movies like "Sleepless In Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally", has died after battling health issues. She was 71.Ephron died Tuesday. She was reportedly suffering from cancer, reports tmz.comEphron has been nomin
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Los Angeles, June 27 (IANS) Writer Nora Ephron, screenplay writer of hit movies like ?Sleepless In Seattle? and ?When Harry Met Sally?, has died after battling health issues. She was 71.
Ephron died Tuesday. She was reportedly suffering from cancer, reports tmz.com
Ephron has been nominated thrice for Academy Awards for her work. She even won the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) for ?When Harry Met Sally? in 1990.
Ephron was married to screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi.
The NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars's present or past ability to sustain microbial life, is due to land on August 5, almost nine months after its launch.
By Mike Wall,?SPACE.com / June 26, 2012
This artist's concept depicts a sky crane lowering NASA's Curiosity rover onto the Martian surface.
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In just six weeks, NASA's next Mars rover will attempt an unprecedented landing on the Red Planet that will have mission engineers on the edge of their seats with excitement and worry.
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The 1-ton Curiosity rover?? the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission ? is due to touch down inside the Red Planet's Gale Crater on the night of Aug. 5. But it won't be easy.
"Entry, descent and landing, also known as EDL, is referred to as the 'seven minutes of terror,'" EDL engineer Tom Rivellini, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said in a recent JPL video.
"We've got literally seven minutes to go from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars, going from 13,000 miles per hour to zero in perfect sequence, perfect choreography, perfect timing," Rivellini added. "And the computer has to do it all by itself, with no help from the ground. If any one thing doesn't work just right, it's game over."
'It looks crazy'
Curiosity's landing will likely be more anxiety-inducing than most planetary touchdowns. The robot is too big to land cushioned by airbags like previous Red Planet rovers, so researchers had to come up with an entirely new method.
They settled on a rocket-powered sky crane, which will lower Curiosity to the Martian surface on cables before flying off to crash-land on purpose a safe distance away. [Mars Rover's Sky Crane Landing (Infographic)]
"When people look at it, it looks crazy," EDL engineer Adam Steltzner, also of JPL, said in the video. "That's a very natural thing. Sometimes when we look at it, it looks crazy. It is the result of reasoned engineering thought, but it still looks crazy."
On the night of Aug. 5, the MSL spacecraft will hit the Martian atmosphere going about 13,000 mph (21,000 kph). As it barrels through the Red Planet air, MSL's heat shield will literally glow, reaching temperatures of about 2,900 degrees Fahrenheit (1,600 degrees Celsius).
The relatively thin Martian atmosphere will slow MSL down to only 1,000 mph (1,600 kph) or so, Rivellini said. So the spacecraft will also deploy a parachute, one that can withstand 65,000 pounds (29,500 kilograms) of force despite weighing just 100 pounds (45 kg) itself.
This week's comments, questions and concerns come without any technical dance knowledge and no actual dance skills ... just straight up love for "So You Think You Can Dance."
It's the 200th episode of "SYTYCD," the first live episode of the season, Zooey Deschanel is the guest judge and the BIG reveal of the Top 20. I am one pinata away from a party over here.
Thankfully this year, producers didn't drag out the big reveals and bring the camera crews and judges to the houses of the hopefuls just to crush their dreams in front of friends, family and millions of Americans. They kept the reveals brief and gave us practically no surprises, which wasn't actually so bad. Perhaps they're saving the shocks for some later episodes.
The judges do, however, get me every single time they bring two dancers in and act like only one is in. Every. Single. Time. Mary Murphy really had me with best friend ballroom dancers Witney and Lindsay. (Spoiler alert: they both make it.)
The most pleasant of all surprises so far this season, they didn't tap dance all over our hearts by bringing Cyrus to the finals and then drop him before the Top 20. Nigel said they were taking a big chance by including Cyrus, but I think the biggest chance "SYTYCD" has ever taken may just be asking Zooey Deschanel to be a guest judge (seriously, I love her, but she brought nothing to the proverbial judges table). Maybe it was the excitement of the first live performances of the season or maybe it was just the fan blowing on me in my apartment, but I was covered in goosebumps, head-to-toe, for these performances. Some highlights ...
Girls Dance Choreographed by Travis Wall "Where The Light Gets In" - Sennen This dance was just so beautiful. Travis Wall, you magnificent little genius, you. The girls were so graceful, but I couldn't help but think about how absurdly strong these ladies are, like incredible hulk strong. I'd just like to say the door from Katee & Twitch's "Mercy" routine made its triumphant return (I still love that damn dance so much) and perhaps I am getting a little crazy here, but let's call this a little foreshadowing for what's to come. Alexa standing apart from the group, leading the pack. #justsayin
Boys Dance Choreographed by Sonya Tayeh "Steed Lord" - Precognition I think I might actually like anything and everything Sonya's ever done and will do. Parts of this dance did sort of make me feel like they were an all male cheerleading squad (but that isn't necessarily a bad thing) and I was mega-distracted by their outfits! I said it, Nigel said it, my watching pal TV editor Jaimie said it, too: The pants! What is with the pants?! Maternity, genie or otherwise, they were distracting! But seriously, if their pants are the only thing I can complain about then why even complain, right?
Top 20 Dance Mia Michaels "Eyes" - Kaskade There really isn't much more to say than exactly what Nigel said ..."Welcome home mama, you've been missed."
Comment: Cat Deely is one of my favorite parts of this show and I've made it five full episodes without gushing about this British beauty. Her accent is adorable, she's one of the best reality TV show hosts out there and she is just cute as a button!
Question: What will we do next week without our "SYTYCD" fix? Answer: Watch YouTube clips of your favorite dances to get you through. (Here, here and here.)
Concern: This season's top 20 have so much promise, how will I ever choose a favorite?! #worried #suggestionswelcome
Check out the full list of the Top 20 below. Top 20 Girls Alexa Amber Lindsay Witney Eliana Tiffany Audrey Jenelle Matthew Janaya Amelia
Boys Daniel Chehon Nick George Will Dareian Cole Brandon Cyrus
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Nora Ephron, celebrated screenwriter, director and mother of some of the best known romantic comedies, died today in her beloved New York City.
Earlier in the day, various media outlets first revealed that she was gravely ill. The New York Times cited her son, Jacob Bernstein, also a freelance reporter for the paper, as confirming her death brought on by complications from?leukemia.
During her long career, the three-time Oscar nominee published many books and articles. Though, she was best known for writing romcom classics like "When Harry Met Sally" and writing and directing "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and most recently, "Julia & Julia."
She is survived by her husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi, and her two sons, Jacob and Max Bernstein.?
The Last Word had the opportunity to speak with Ephron in December of 2010. During her visit to our set, she discussed her own character studies of D.C. politicians and explained to?MSNBC?s Lawrence O?Donnell the romanticism of being?a Democrat: "They break your heart. You believe them. They make promises hope spring eternal."
Funding renews Center's distinction as a CFAR site, supports collaborative HIV/AIDS research
PROVIDENCE, R.I. The Miriam Hospital has received an $8.5 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the continued growth of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).
The grant enables both junior and senior investigators from Brown University, Tufts University and their affiliated teaching hospitals including The Miriam Hospital to pursue their research goals and explore new opportunities for HIV/AIDS research through interdisciplinary collaboration and shared resources.
Currently, more than 60 CFAR investigators from fields including infectious disease, virology, behavioral medicine, biostatistics and nutrition are collaborating across institutions on basic science, clinical and behavioral studies, and translational research to advance the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Based at The Miriam Hospital, the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR is one of just 21 centers located at leading AIDS research institutions nationwide, and is one of only 10 CFAR sites to receive continuous NIH support since the program's inception in 1988. The CFAR is nationally recognized for its expertise in the management of HIV infection in women, delivery of HIV care in the correctional system, clarification of the nutritional consequences of HIV infection and management of HIV/tuberculosis co-infections in the developing world. CFAR investigators have provided leadership for national inter-CFAR working groups in each of these areas.
"The continuous funding of our center reflects the strength and excellence of our HIV/AIDS research program, the seamless collaboration among our institutions and the ingenuity and innovation of our researchers working to stem the tide of the AIDS pandemic," said Charles C.J. Carpenter, M.D., principal investigator and founding director of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR. "This grant renewal will provide us with the necessary support to advance prevention, detection and treatment efforts, both here in the United States and in countries around the world that have been devastated by HIV and AIDS."
The grant renewal will support shared "core" facilities that provide expertise and services, such as biostatistics resources and administrative support, to investigators at all participating institutions. The CFAR's primary research areas include women and underserved populations, HIV/AIDS prevention (both in southern New England and the developing world), nutrition and retrovirology, with a major emphasis on mechanisms of viral resistance to antiviral treatment.
The CFAR also includes a developmental "core" to provide initial funding for new investigators and to support faculty mentoring activities one of the Center's major objectives. Since 1998, it has awarded nearly $3 million in developmental grants to support new research by junior investigators. These scientists have subsequently brought in more than $34 million in NIH grant funding to the CFAR's affiliated institutions. In 2011, the total NIH funding for Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR investigators was $25.5 million, with 51 research grants awarded to participating faculty.
Carpenter says continuing NIH support of the Brown/Tufts Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) has been essential to the CFAR's international research and training efforts. Led by CFAR associate director Susan Cu-Uvin, M.D., the AITRP provides interdisciplinary training for many foreign clinical, behavioral science and public health investigators interested in AIDS research. The program helps develop international scientists who become competent and independent researchers and can address critical issues facing their own countries' HIV/AIDS epidemics. Leadership of each of the CFAR's participating institutions have each pledged substantial additional support to fund development of collaborative research by junior scientists at partnering institutions in sub-Saharan Africa and south India.
"We have a longstanding commitment to bring HIV awareness and knowledge both clinical and research to countries that are disproportionately affected by this disease and lack the resources to effectively cope with it," said Cu-Uvin. "The support and resources available through our CFAR are critical to helping us achieve our goal of improving the clinical care, survival and quality of life of the millions of HIV-positive people living in these countries and preventing further spread of this disease."
Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR collaborating institutions include The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and three of its teaching hospitals (The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Women and Infants Hospital) and the Tufts University School of Medicine, along with its primary teaching hospital, Tufts Medical Center. The Miriam Hospital a founding member of the Lifespan health system serves as the primary contracting institution for the CFAR.
The CFAR award is jointly funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute on Aging; National Institute on Drug Abuse; and National Institute of Mental Health.
Carpenter, an infectious disease specialist at The Miriam Hospital, is a professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Cu-Uvin, founder of the HIV Menopause Clinic at The Miriam Hospital, is a professor of gynecology and medicine at Alpert Medical School and director of the Brown University Global Health Initiative.
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Funding renews Center's distinction as a CFAR site, supports collaborative HIV/AIDS research
PROVIDENCE, R.I. The Miriam Hospital has received an $8.5 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the continued growth of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).
The grant enables both junior and senior investigators from Brown University, Tufts University and their affiliated teaching hospitals including The Miriam Hospital to pursue their research goals and explore new opportunities for HIV/AIDS research through interdisciplinary collaboration and shared resources.
Currently, more than 60 CFAR investigators from fields including infectious disease, virology, behavioral medicine, biostatistics and nutrition are collaborating across institutions on basic science, clinical and behavioral studies, and translational research to advance the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Based at The Miriam Hospital, the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR is one of just 21 centers located at leading AIDS research institutions nationwide, and is one of only 10 CFAR sites to receive continuous NIH support since the program's inception in 1988. The CFAR is nationally recognized for its expertise in the management of HIV infection in women, delivery of HIV care in the correctional system, clarification of the nutritional consequences of HIV infection and management of HIV/tuberculosis co-infections in the developing world. CFAR investigators have provided leadership for national inter-CFAR working groups in each of these areas.
"The continuous funding of our center reflects the strength and excellence of our HIV/AIDS research program, the seamless collaboration among our institutions and the ingenuity and innovation of our researchers working to stem the tide of the AIDS pandemic," said Charles C.J. Carpenter, M.D., principal investigator and founding director of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR. "This grant renewal will provide us with the necessary support to advance prevention, detection and treatment efforts, both here in the United States and in countries around the world that have been devastated by HIV and AIDS."
The grant renewal will support shared "core" facilities that provide expertise and services, such as biostatistics resources and administrative support, to investigators at all participating institutions. The CFAR's primary research areas include women and underserved populations, HIV/AIDS prevention (both in southern New England and the developing world), nutrition and retrovirology, with a major emphasis on mechanisms of viral resistance to antiviral treatment.
The CFAR also includes a developmental "core" to provide initial funding for new investigators and to support faculty mentoring activities one of the Center's major objectives. Since 1998, it has awarded nearly $3 million in developmental grants to support new research by junior investigators. These scientists have subsequently brought in more than $34 million in NIH grant funding to the CFAR's affiliated institutions. In 2011, the total NIH funding for Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR investigators was $25.5 million, with 51 research grants awarded to participating faculty.
Carpenter says continuing NIH support of the Brown/Tufts Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) has been essential to the CFAR's international research and training efforts. Led by CFAR associate director Susan Cu-Uvin, M.D., the AITRP provides interdisciplinary training for many foreign clinical, behavioral science and public health investigators interested in AIDS research. The program helps develop international scientists who become competent and independent researchers and can address critical issues facing their own countries' HIV/AIDS epidemics. Leadership of each of the CFAR's participating institutions have each pledged substantial additional support to fund development of collaborative research by junior scientists at partnering institutions in sub-Saharan Africa and south India.
"We have a longstanding commitment to bring HIV awareness and knowledge both clinical and research to countries that are disproportionately affected by this disease and lack the resources to effectively cope with it," said Cu-Uvin. "The support and resources available through our CFAR are critical to helping us achieve our goal of improving the clinical care, survival and quality of life of the millions of HIV-positive people living in these countries and preventing further spread of this disease."
Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR collaborating institutions include The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and three of its teaching hospitals (The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and Women and Infants Hospital) and the Tufts University School of Medicine, along with its primary teaching hospital, Tufts Medical Center. The Miriam Hospital a founding member of the Lifespan health system serves as the primary contracting institution for the CFAR.
The CFAR award is jointly funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute on Aging; National Institute on Drug Abuse; and National Institute of Mental Health.
Carpenter, an infectious disease specialist at The Miriam Hospital, is a professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Cu-Uvin, founder of the HIV Menopause Clinic at The Miriam Hospital, is a professor of gynecology and medicine at Alpert Medical School and director of the Brown University Global Health Initiative.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ? His practice session completed on the eve of Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal departed the All England Club on foot, leading a small entourage out the gate and up a hill, momentum on his side.
He won a record seventh French Open title two weeks ago. He has three consecutive victories over top-ranked Novak Djokovic, the most recent coming in the final at Roland Garros. He has won four tournaments this year, all since mid-April.
But Nadal's not about to proclaim himself the favorite to win Wimbledon for a third time.
"I'm very happy the way things went the last couple of months," he said. "But thinking about winning another title here in Wimbledon is arrogant and crazy. That's something I cannot think about, no?"
Nadal's not one to overlook an opponent, which in this case means No. 80-ranked Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the first round Tuesday. But fans have the luxury of projecting Nadal into the final, and wondering whether he'll then meet Djokovic or six-time champion Roger Federer.
Either matchup would renew a rivalry. Nadal is 18-10 against Federer, and they've played in a record eight major finals, with Nadal winning six.
"Their rivalry is one of the most respected rivalries in the history of our sport, if not the biggest rivalry," Djokovic said. "Every time you see a Federer-Nadal match, everybody is excited. Even I'm excited to see it, because it's something that goes on for many years."
Lately, however, those showdowns have been eclipsed by Nadal vs. Djokovic. The Spaniard is 19-14 against the Serb, and they've met in a record four consecutive major finals, with Djokovic winning three of those. Nadal or Djokovic has won the past nine major titles.
Nadal said he enjoys both rivalries but figures fans regard them differently, because he dethroned Federer atop the rankings in 2008, then was overtaken a year ago by Djokovic after losing to the Serb in the Wimbledon final.
"When I arrived here on tour, especially when I started to play well, Roger always was there," Nadal said. "With Novak it's little bit the other way. I was there and then he came. So is difficult for me to analyze which rivalry is more important, less important, more attractive, less attractive for everybody.
"The only thing I can say is that all the classic matches are because you played a lot of matches in very important circumstances between each other, no? That happens a lot of times with Roger, a lot of Grand Slam finals, a lot of Masters 1000s, competing for very important tournaments in our careers.
"But with Novak we start to have all of this, too. It's great. I feel very lucky to be part of these two rivalries."
Djokovic and Federer, both on the opposite side of the draw from Nadal, were scheduled to play opening matches Monday. Djokovic was to face former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, while Federer was to play Albert Ramos.
Federer's match was on Court 1 ? the first time since 2003 that he wasn't assigned to Centre Court for the opening round. That's one sign of slippage for the 16-time Grand Slam champion, but his four tournament championships this year suggest he remains a title threat, especially on grass.
Nadal was mislabeled a clay-court specialist by some early in his career, and his first four major titles came at the French Open. But he ended Federer's streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles when they met in the 2008 final, and won the tournament again in 2010.
Nadal has reached the final each of the past five times he entered Wimbledon, finishing runner-up once to Djokovic and twice to Federer.
"I always loved this place. I always loved this surface," Nadal said.
He completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open in 2009 and the U.S. Open in 2010. He has 11 major titles at age 26, and only three men have won more ? Federer (16), Pete Sampras (14) and Roy Emerson (12).
Nadal said plenty of dangerous players lurk in the draw, and he mentioned David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic. But most likely the final will offer a familiar matchup: Nadal against Djokovic, or Nadal against Federer.
Which rivalry carries more historical heft? Nadal declined to guess.
"We'll see," he said, "at the end of our careers."
Prudential Mortgage Capital Company has closed a $ 108 million commercial real estate loan in the U.K., the first financing since launching its European business earlier this year. Prudential Mortgage Capital Company is the commercial mortgage lending business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
The loan is secured by a portfolio of U.K. properties: four multi-tenanted office properties in central London and a grocery-anchored retail property in the historic town of Bath. The 11-year financing marks Prudential?s first secured commercial real estate debt transaction in Europe since the opening of its London advisory office in January 2012. The portfolio?s sponsor, the O&H Group, is a family run business with considerable real estate holdings and development projects in central London and throughout the U.K.
In 2012 Prudential is targeting $ 500 million (?325 million, ?400 million) of long-term, fixed-rate senior debt transactions in Europe, with the ability to do significantly more than this. The European program is similar to the loan structures the company offers in the U.S., and as in the U.S., there is the ability to fund individual transactions of significant size. All debt will be denominated in local currency and secured by income-producing real estate. Initially the company is focusing on office, logistics, multifamily, and retail properties in and around large population centers such as London, Paris, and the major cities in Germany. On the European continent such financing transactions may also be structured in collaboration with local banks.
?The diversification we can achieve by investing a portion of our portfolio outside of the U.S., whether it?s Europe, Japan, or Mexico, is very valuable,? said Thor Orndahl, a managing director who oversees Prudential Mortgage Capital Company?s non-U.S. mortgage platform. ?The current market dislocation has provided the opening we have been looking for, and our plan is to be active in Europe for many years to come.?
Drew Abernethy, head of European Origination advice, said, ?Prudential is very pleased to have closed this first transaction so soon after introducing their its European program. It illustrates the strength of the Prudential platform globally, a commitment to Europe specifically, and an earnest belief that clients like O&H should have access to the type of long-term financing that they want.?
Established in 1982, the O&H Group is a privately owned business with more than 50 employees and net assets exceeding ?600 million. Headquartered in Mayfair, the key principals have worked together for decades building a large development and core property portfolio. ?We have been extremely impressed by the way the Prudential team understood and accommodated our long term business requirements and we are delighted to be involved in their first European transaction. We look forward to building on this relationship,? said David Gabbay, Chairman of the O&H Group.
Prudential Mortgage Capital Company is a national full-service, commercial and multifamily mortgage finance business with $ 72 billion in assets under management and administration as of March 31, 2012. Leveraging a 135-year history of real estate finance, the company offers one of the most comprehensive lines of real estate finance products and originates loans for Fannie Mae DUS?, Freddie Mac Program Plus? and specialized affordable housing programs; FHA; Conduit; Prudential?s general account and proprietary balance sheet program; and other institutional investors. The company maintains a loan servicing portfolio of approximately $ 68.8 billion, as of March 31, 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.prumortgagecapital.com.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $ 943 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2012, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential?s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential?s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit http://www.news.prudential.com/.
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A Copyright Law Course Portfolio
Michael Madison has posted a course portfolio on copyright law on the ETL website.? He declares,
"My goal is to inspire students to learn, and to have the confidence to learn, long after they have left my classroom. I try to do that by demonstrating first-hand a passionate approach to the subject matter?as a lawyer, not just as a teacher?and by inviting students to explore their own passions, in roles that I help them create. I want students to feel not just the responsibility but the unease that comes with forming and expressing a professional judgment and having a client rely on that. Good judgment or poor, the client's perspective comes first. If students can use those feelings to start to build confidence in themselves, then they are on their way to professional success."
He emphasizes writing in his course:
"I have based student assessment on a series of three short written ?open? memoranda, each of which is framed as a request for advice from a senior lawyer, or a client, to a junior lawyer. Legal analysis is required but is subordinated to the lawyer?s solving a client?s problem, which may have legal, business, practical, and ethical dimensions.?. . . ?The assignments consist of open-textured, often ambiguous problems."? He? provides "multi-page written feedback on each memo that covers composition, organization, syntax, and grammar."? In addition, "Classroom teaching supplements the assessment method by regularly shifting from lecture-plus-discussion into complex hypotheticals that cast as many as six or seven students into different roles during exploration of a single problem."
He concludes, "I believe that any subject is learned more effectively if it is learned as it is practiced. I am consciously adopting a ?writing to learn? pedagogy."
Adding well-focused writing assignments, which are carefully critiqued, to a doctrinal course is a?simple way to?enrich the students' learning.? As I have said before, when students apply doctrine to a factual problem they?learn more and remember more.? Finally, it is important to expose students to open textured, ambiguous problems because they will face these types of problems in practice.
Toshiba's new 13.3-inch tablet?isn't a desk, or a serving tray, or even really a tablet. After a couple of days of using it, I realized what it is. It's a TV. The Toshiba Excite 13 ($649.99 for 32GB, $749.99 for 64GB) would make a great portable TV. But it's too expensive to become a mainstream hit, and it's missing the apps which could deliver good-looking HD content to its huge screen.?
Physical Design and Networking The largest tablet we've ever seen, the Excite 13 is awkward to hold, and even a little awkward in my lap. There's a reason this thing comes with a stand, a completely separate squarish chunk of metal that the tablet sits in. The tablet is slim, though, and slides easily into a backpack for transport.
As for actual numbers, the Excite 13 is 13.5 by 8.5 by .4 inches and 2.2 pounds. It's very well-built, with the same aluminum body found on the Excite 7.7 ($499, 3.5 stars) and Excite 10 ($449.99, 3.5 stars) tablets and a flat glass screen. There's a micro USB port for syncing, but to charge the tablet, you need the included unique, laptop-style power brick. The tablet also has a microHDMI port, full-sized SD card slot and headphone jack.
You have to think differently to figure out where to use the Excite 13, but once you get into the mindset, it becomes easy: You'd prop it up in the kitchen for recipes, you might stick it on a side table in a hotel room, or prop it up at the end of a dorm room bed.
One thing you don't really want to do is put it in your lap. The Excite 13 is a long, skinny rectangle, and it's just awkward to hold. When I put it in portrait mode on my lap to play a game, the end of the tablet went off the edge of my knees.?
Other than video playback, there's another potential market for this tablet. Because the 13.3-inch, 1,600-by-900 LCD screen packs a relatively low 133 dots per inch, text is pretty large, and the touch keyboard is just plain huge. That makes the Excite 13 a good choice for people with mildly impaired mobility or vision. The flip side of that, of course, is that some graphics (especially in games) look jaggy if you have your nose right up to the screen.?
The Excite 13 is a Wi-Fi-only tablet and connects to 802.11b/g/n networks, albeit only at 2.4GHz. You also get Bluetooth and?GPS, although the idea of tacking this monster to your dashboard is pretty funny.
Apps and Performance Running on Nvidia's latest quad-core Tegra 3 processor, the Excite 13's benchmark results are absolutely killer. This is one of the fastest Android devices we've tested, and performance is impeccable. Tegra-enhanced games like Zen Pinball THD and Riptide GP play very smoothly.
But, as I mentioned earlier, the large, relatively low-DPI screen can make some graphics look poor. Some of this is the developers' fault; I downloaded some games from Nvidia's Tegra Zone, and it became painfully obvious that some of the images in the game Princess Punt THD were being scaled up, for instance. But I also found diagonal lines on the Zen Pinball flippers a bit jaggier than usual.
The 133 pixels per inch is actually higher density than the iPad 2's 9.7-inch 1024-by-768 131-ppi?screen. But it's lower than most 10-inch Android tablets, which have around 150 ppi, and much lower than most phones, smaller tablets, and the New iPad, which generally clock in between 215 and 330 ppi. Whether you see the screen as low-res depends on where your expectations are, and devices like the 215-ppi Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 ($699, 3.5 stars) and upcoming 224-ppi Asus and Acer tablets have raised my expectations.?None of this mumbling about pixels per inch matters if you're sitting more than about two feet away from the tablet, though.?
Toshiba didn't do much to alter Android 4.0 here, only adding some pre-loaded apps, most of which you can ignore. There's a Flipboard-like news app, a Blio-powered book store, a file manager, and a custom DLNA-enabled media player with a better file viewing layout than the standard Android media player.
The Excite 13's size means it can pack a very large battery, and we got excellent battery life results?8 hours and 38 minutes playing a video with the screen on maximum brightness and Wi-Fi turned on. That's longer than the new iPad, which only managed five and a half hours on max brightness. The difference? The new iPad's super-high-res screen is a power hog.
Google chief executive officer Larry Page reportedly assured his employees that there was nothing serious about his illness.
"There is nothing seriously wrong with me," the Wall Street Journal reported Page as saying in an email communication.
Page sent the communication on 21 June, according to the WSJ's source who wished to remain anonymous considering the confidentiality of the matter.
On the same day, on a different occasion, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced that Page would not speak as he had lost his voice.
"Page can't do any public speaking for the time being. Larry will continue to run the company, he's running all the strategic business decisions and all that," Schmidt told the shareholders' meeting.
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Page would not be able to take part in the Google's annual developer conference next week and the forthcoming conference call with analysts to review the second quarter results.
Though the company spokeswoman said he was asked to rest his voice, his company did not divulge more information on his mystery illness.
The prolonged absence of Page from public meetings and the reluctance to disclose the health condition of its top executive have already raised questions about the company's commitments to disclosure obligations.
"It gets them over the first disclosure hurdle, that is they've alerted shareholders to the fact he's going to have this health effect," Reuters quoted James Post, a professor of management at Boston University and expert in corporate governance, as saying.
"The tough questions still lie ahead, and there will be continued pressure to keep answering those tough questions," he added.
Another analyst also expressed the same concern. "We have no specific reason to think there is anything more to Larry's condition, but we find it odd that the company would already rule him out of the 2Q call which is likely still a few weeks away," JP Morgan stock analyst Doug Anmuth wrote in a research note on 22 June.
Page, 39, took over as the chief executive of the tech giant in 2011.
Earlier Apple was also subjected to investors' criticism for not divulging enough details about the health condition of its former chief executive Steve Jobs.
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More than five years ago, we created this blog to tell you about our software for Macs. Since then, Apple's products have become more popular than ever, and we've kept up by offering strong support for OS X and iOS, including the speedy and popular Google Chrome for OS X, the amazing Google Earth, and a whole bunch of excellent iOS apps.
Our Mac and iOS support has now become so mainstream that we realized we just don't need to keep Mac news on its own blog, so we won't be posting here any longer. For updates, we encourage you to visit our blogs for individual products, like the Chrome Blog and the Lat Long Blog.
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The Texas Rangers seven-game winning streak was snapped as they fell 11-7 to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday afternoon. The Rockies got to Rangers starter Colby Lewis as they knocked him out after only four innings of the work. Lewis was tagged with 11 hits and eight runs with seven of those earned, and the majority of the damage was done in the third and fourth innings. Lewis left the game with the Rangers trailing 8-1.
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ScienceDaily: Biochemistry Newshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/biochemistry/ Read the latest research in biochemistry -- protein structure and function, RNA and DNA, enzymes and biosynthesis and more biochemistry news.en-usSat, 23 Jun 2012 16:58:52 EDTSat, 23 Jun 2012 16:58:52 EDT60ScienceDaily: Biochemistry Newshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gifhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/biochemistry/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily.New technique allows simulation of noncrystalline materialshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120623094310.htm Scientists have found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an important part in new devices including solar cells, organic LED lights and printable, flexible electronic circuits.Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:43:43 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120623094310.htmOxygen 'sensor' may shut down DNA transcriptionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120619092935.htm A key component found in an ancient anaerobic microorganism may serve as a sensor to detect potentially fatal oxygen, researchers have found. This helps researchers learn more about the function of these components, called iron-sulfur clusters, which occur in different parts of cells in all living creatures.Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120619092935.htmChemists use nanopores to detect DNA damagehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htm Scientists are racing to sequence DNA faster and cheaper than ever by passing strands of the genetic material through molecule-sized pores. Now, scientists have adapted this ?nanopore? method to find DNA damage that can lead to mutations and disease.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:34:34 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htmCarbon is key for getting algae to pump out more oilhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618111830.htm Overturning two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae, scientists show that ramping up the microbes' overall metabolism by feeding them more carbon increases oil production as the organisms continue to grow. The findings may point to new ways to turn photosynthetic green algae into tiny "green factories" for producing raw materials for alternative fuels.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:18:18 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618111830.htmIonic liquid improves speed and efficiency of hydrogen-producing catalysthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120616145535.htm The design of a nature-inspired material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas has gone holistic. Usually, tweaking the design of this particular catalyst -- a work in progress for cheaper, better fuel cells -- results in either faster or more energy efficient production but not both. Now, researchers have found a condition that creates hydrogen faster without a loss in efficiency.Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120616145535.htmNanoparticles hold promise to improve blood cancer treatmenthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615204741.htm Researchers have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:47:47 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615204741.htmImproving high-tech medical scannershttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613153331.htm A powerful color-based imaging technique is making the jump from remote sensing to the operating room. Scientists are working to ensure it performs as well when spotting cancer cells in the body as it does with oil spills in the ocean.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613153331.htmScientists synthesize first genetically evolved semiconductor materialhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133341.htm In the not-too-distant future, scientists may be able to use DNA to grow their own specialized materials, thanks to the concept of directed evolution. Scientists have, for the first time, used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to develop the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133341.htmNew energy source for future medical implants: Sugarhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133150.htm An implantable fuel cell could power neural prosthetics that help patients regain control of limbs. Engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the future, which could help paralyzed patients move their arms and legs again.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:31:31 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133150.htmLittle mighty creature of the ocean inspires strong new material for medical implants and armourhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613102130.htm A scientist may be onto an ocean of discovery because of his research into a little sea creature called the mantis shrimp. The research is likely to lead to making ceramics -- today's preferred material for medical implants and military body armour -- many times stronger. The mantis shrimp's can shatter aquarium glass and crab shells alike.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:21:21 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613102130.htmProtein residues kiss, don't tell: Genomes reveal contacts, scientists refine methods for protein-folding predictionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612145139.htm Researchers have created a computational tool to help predict how proteins fold by finding amino acid pairs that are distant in sequence but change together. Protein interactions offer clues to the treatment of disease, including cancer.Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:51:51 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612145139.htmPotential carbon capture role for new CO2-absorbing materialhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101458.htm A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide retention properties has just been developed.Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:14:14 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101458.htmWorkings behind promising inexpensive catalyst revealedhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611193636.htm A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies by delivering a substitute for expensive platinum catalysts.Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:36:36 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611193636.htmNanoparticles in polluted air, smoke & nanotechnology products have serious impact on healthhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611105311.htm New groundbreaking research has found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious impact on health, linking it to rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune diseases. 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The report estimates that the actual number of these so-called "small molecules" could be one novemdecillion (that's one with 60 zeroes), more than some estimates of the number of stars in the universe.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:23:23 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132316.htmHalogen bonding helps design new drugshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605121639.htm Halogens particularly chlorine, bromine, and iodine ? have a unique quality which allows them to positively influence the interaction between molecules. 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An expanded "DNA alphabet" could carry more information than natural DNA, potentially coding for a much wider range of molecules and enabling a variety of powerful applications, from precise molecular probes and nanomachines to useful new life forms.Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htmNanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical testshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htm A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough in nanotechnology.Thu, 31 May 2012 16:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htmX-ray laser probes biomolecules to individual atomshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htm Scientists have demonstrated how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues in biology.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htmBuilding molecular 'cages' to fight diseasehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htm Biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the first step toward developing new methods of drug delivery or even designing artificial vaccines.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htmFree-electron lasers reveal detailed architecture of proteinshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htm Ultrashort flashes of X-radiation allow atomic structures of macromolecules to be obtained even from tiny protein crystals.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htmRewriting DNA to understand what it sayshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htm Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new study advances our understanding of the genetic code: It proposes a way of effectively introducing numerous carefully planned DNA segments into genomes of living cells and of testing the effects of these changes. New technology speeds up DNA "rewriting" and measures the effects of the changes in living cells.Thu, 31 May 2012 10:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htmNanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'Building blocks'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htm Researchers have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of interlocking DNA "building blocks" that can be programmed to assemble themselves into precisely designed shapes. With further development, the technology could one day enable the creation of new nanoscale devices that deliver drugs directly to disease sites.Wed, 30 May 2012 15:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htmBioChip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster, cheaperhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htm Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according to researchers.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:40:40 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htmCellular computers? Scientists train cells to perform boolean functionshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htm Scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs. This feat could eventually help researchers create computers that use cells as tiny circuits.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htmIon-based electronic chip to control muscles: Entirely new circuit technology based on ions and moleculeshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htm An integrated chemical chip has just been developed. An advantage of chemical circuits is that the charge carrier consists of chemical substances with various functions. This means that we now have new opportunities to control and regulate the signal paths of cells in the human body. The chemical chip can control the delivery of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. This enables chemical control of muscles, which are activated when they come into contact with acetylcholine.Tue, 29 May 2012 11:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htmMethod for building artificial tissue devisedhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htm Physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.Mon, 28 May 2012 15:48:48 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htmSmallest possible five-ringed structure made: 'Olympicene' molecule built using clever synthetic organic chemistryhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528100253.htm Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure -- about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair. Dubbed 'olympicene', the single molecule was brought to life in a picture thanks to a combination of clever synthetic chemistry and state-of-the-art imaging techniques.Mon, 28 May 2012 10:02:02 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528100253.htm'Unzipped' carbon nanotubes could help energize fuel cells and batterieshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153818.htm Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, according to scientists.Sun, 27 May 2012 15:38:38 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153818.htmSuper-sensitive tests could detect diseases earlierhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153718.htm Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages.Sun, 27 May 2012 15:37:37 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153718.htmCell?s transport pods look like a molecular version of robots from Transformershttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120525103614.htm Images of the cell's transport pods have revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers. Previously, scientists had been able to create and determine the structure of 'cages' formed by parts of the protein coats that encase other types of vesicles, but this study was the first to obtain high-resolution images of complete vesicles, budded from a membrane.Fri, 25 May 2012 10:36:36 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120525103614.htmDiscarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of moleculeshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524143527.htm There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the form of an advanced method for analyzing data from X-ray crystallography experiments.Thu, 24 May 2012 14:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524143527.htmNewly modified nanoparticle opens window on future gene editing technologieshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524123232.htm Researchers are using nanoparticles to simultaneously deliver proteins and DNA into plant cells. The technology could allow more sophisticated and targeted editing of plant genomes. And that could help researchers develop crops that adapt to changing climates and resist pests.Thu, 24 May 2012 12:32:32 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524123232.htmUnusual quantum effect discovered in earliest stages of photosynthesishttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092932.htm Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly they may in fact be intimately tied. Scientists have discovered an unusual quantum effect in the earliest stages of photosynthesis.Thu, 24 May 2012 09:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092932.htmBig step toward quantum computing: Efficient and tunable interface for quantum networkshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120523135527.htm Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: A reliable interface between computers and information channels. Austrian physicists now report the construction of an efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks.Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120523135527.htmRapid DNA sequencing may soon be routine part of each patient's medical recordhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522152655.htm Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome's 3 billion nucleotide bases. Recent advances in sequencing technology using a tiny orifice known as a nanopore are covered in a new a article.Tue, 22 May 2012 15:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522152655.htmMethod to strengthen proteins with polymershttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521164104.htm Scientists have synthesized polymers to attach to proteins in order to stabilize them during shipping, storage and other activities. The study findings suggest that these polymers could be useful in stabilizing protein formulations.Mon, 21 May 2012 16:41:41 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521164104.htmTotally RAD: Bioengineers create rewritable digital data storage in DNAhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521163751.htm Scientists have devised a method for repeatedly encoding, storing and erasing digital data within the DNA of living cells. In practical terms, they have devised the genetic equivalent of a binary digit -- a "bit" in data parlance.Mon, 21 May 2012 16:37:37 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521163751.htmDon't like blood tests? New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cellshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521115654.htm Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device however, can reveal much the same information as a traditional blood test in real-time, simply by shining a light through the skin. This portable optical instrument is able to provide high-resolution images of blood coursing through veins without the need for harsh fluorescent dyes.Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521115654.htmZooming in on bacterial weapons in 3-D: Structure of bacterial injection needles deciphered at atomic resolutionhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521103808.htm The plague, bacterial dysentery, and cholera have one thing in common: These dangerous diseases are caused by bacteria which infect their host using a sophisticated injection apparatus. Through needle-like structures, they release molecular agents into their host cell, thereby evading the immune response. Researchers have now elucidated the structure of such a needle at atomic resolution. Their findings might contribute to drug tailoring and the development of strategies which specifically prevent the infection process.Mon, 21 May 2012 10:38:38 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521103808.htmEngineers use droplet microfluidics to create glucose-sensing microbeadshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132657.htm Tiny beads may act as minimally invasive glucose sensors for a variety of applications in cell culture systems and tissue engineering.Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132657.htmChemists merge experimentation with theory in understanding of water moleculehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518081147.htm Using newly developed imaging technology, chemists have confirmed years of theoretical assumptions about water molecules, the most abundant and one of the most frequently studied substances on Earth.Fri, 18 May 2012 08:11:11 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518081147.htmDiamond used to produce graphene quantum dots and nano-ribbons of controlled structurehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517193141.htm Researchers have come closer to solving an old challenge of producing graphene quantum dots of controlled shape and size at large densities, which could revolutionize electronics and optoelectronics.Thu, 17 May 2012 19:31:31 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517193141.htmIn chemical reactions, water adds speed without heathttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm Scientists have discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions -? such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis ?- in which hydrogen is one of the reactants, or starting materials.Thu, 17 May 2012 14:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htmPlant protein discovery could boost bioeconomyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514104848.htm Three proteins have been found to be involved in the accumulation of fatty acids in plants. The discovery could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops. And that could boost the production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals.Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:48 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514104848.htmPhotonics: New approach to generating terahertz radiation will lead to new imaging and sensing applicationshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510095622.htm A new approach to generating terahertz radiation will lead to new imaging and sensing applications. The low energy of the radiation means that it can pass through materials that are otherwise opaque, opening up uses in imaging and sensing ? for example, in new security scanners. In practice, however, applications have been difficult to implement.Thu, 10 May 2012 09:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510095622.htmIt's a trap: New lab technique captures microRNA targetshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509135959.htm To better understand how microRNAs -- small pieces of genetic material -- influence human health and disease, scientists first need to know which microRNAs act upon which genes. To do this scientists developed miR-TRAP, a new easy-to-use method to directly identify microRNA targets in cells.Wed, 09 May 2012 13:59:59 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509135959.htmQuantum dots brighten the future of lightinghttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508173349.htm Researchers have boosted the efficiency of a novel source of white light called quantum dots more than tenfold, making them of potential interest for commercial applications.Tue, 08 May 2012 17:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508173349.htmMolecular container gives drug dropouts a second chancehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508152129.htm Chemists have designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility, in one case up to nearly 3,000 times.Tue, 08 May 2012 15:21:21 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508152129.htmUltrasound idea: Prototype bioreactor evaluates engineered tissue while creating ithttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503194229.htm Researchers have developed a prototype bioreactor that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, mimicking natural processes while eliminating the need to stop periodically to cut up samples for analysis.Thu, 03 May 2012 19:42:42 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503194229.htmNew technique generates predictable complex, wavy shapes: May explain brain folds and be useful for drug deliveryhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503120130.htm A new technique predictably generates complex, wavy shapes and may help improve drug delivery and explain natural patterns from brain folds to bell peppers.Thu, 03 May 2012 12:01:01 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503120130.htmAt smallest scale, liquid crystal behavior portends new materialshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502132953.htm Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.Wed, 02 May 2012 13:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502132953.htmElectronic nanotube nose out in fronthttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502112910.htm A new nanotube super sensor is able to detect subtle differences with a single sniff. For example, the chemical dimethylsulfone is associated with skin cancer. The human nose cannot detect this volatile but it could be detected with the new sensor at concentrations as low as 25 parts per billion.Wed, 02 May 2012 11:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502112910.htmBiomimetic polymer synthesis enhances structure controlhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502091839.htm A new biomimetic approach to synthesising polymers will offer unprecedented control over the final polymer structure and yield advances in nanomedicine, researchers say.Wed, 02 May 2012 09:18:18 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502091839.htmHigh-powered microscopes reveal inner workings of sex cellshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501085502.htm Scientists using high-powered microscopes have made a stunning observation of the architecture within a cell ? and identified for the first time how the architecture changes during the formation of gametes, also known as sex cells, in order to successfully complete? the process.Tue, 01 May 2012 08:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501085502.htm
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