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Seen that? - Gordon’s Jewelers Grants Wishes

in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 9, 2009

...nted the University of Oregon $1.6 million to study the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. The interdisc...

Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash

in Sox First, on November 5, 2009

...r this year, I did a blog entry on Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone on how Goldman Sachs had engineered market manipulation since the Great Depression. Now, McClatchy Newspapers investigative...

Seen that? - Olympic Torch Hoax

in I got Spam?!, on October 31, 2009

...actor" that would be nothing short of a miracle. The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-safe and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional nuclear r...

Gene Therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 26, 2009

...etinal degeneration. For the current human trial, the research team used a vector, a genetically engineered adeno-associated virus, to carry a normal version of the gene, called RPE65, that is mutate...

Seen that? - A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS?

in Java Entrepreneur, on October 11, 2009

...raining programs feature interactive features and downloadable course materials that are powerfully engineered to ease IT, help desk and support professionals' training experience - making trainin...

The Touchless Rube Goldberg Machine

in The RFID Weblog, on September 18, 2009

... Rube Goldberg machines were over engineered apparatus which performed simple task in a highly complex fashion and it was fun to watch them but now a Norway research project and London design firm...

Nanotechnology and Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles

in Nanotechbuzz, on September 9, 2009

...re relatively expensive," he notes. "Not a great business model for an everyday car. New engineered carbon nanostructures that are highly porous promise the capability of storing natural gas...

Enterprise 2.0 finds success (and failure!)

in The CIO Weblog, on August 25, 2009

...is inherently different in these new technologies, with the possible exception that they are better engineered. But if the best way for them to succeed is to keep the CIO out of it, what exactly are a...

600 Group is dropping investment in China sourcing

in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009

...ble level of warranty claims. Mr Normal says that under these circumstances the supply chain was re-engineered and new outsourcing arrangements were put in place, resulting in a return to historic lev...

Goldman Sachs riding high

in Sox First, on July 13, 2009

... At the beginning of this month, I did a blog entry asking whether Goldman Sachs had engineered every market manipulation since the Great Depression. Now the New York Times reports that Goldma...

Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5 寸游戏用显示器

in Wangtam, on 2009-07-07

...rience. The Alienware OptX AW2210 Monitor, which goes on sale today for $299, features a Full HD screen resolution ideal for the latest-generation games and high-definition movies in glorious 1080p. ...

HP Mini 5101 真机赏

in Wangtam, on 2009-06-30



FIA 公布 2010 年 F1 参赛名单

in Wangtam, on 2009-06-15

...cebook Nabs The Man Who Engineered Google AdSense For Many Years • Sorry, There's No Way To Save The TV Business • Twitpocalypse? Nah. • @DellOutlet Surpasses $2 Million on Twitter • Again...

OTC Prostate Cancer Test Kit in the Making

in The Biotech Weblog, on June 5, 2009

... technique involving gold nanoparticles, which she first mixes in a solution. The nanoparticles are engineered to attach themselves to cancer-producing proteins related to the type of cancer she is ta... ...ins are detected at a significant level, the consumer would be directed to see a doctor. Extensive cOlinical trials will have to be performed, but the researchers say that in three to five years an o...

Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat

in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2009

... a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) wheat . Here's the summary statement: In light of our existing experience with...

Lost American Marques: Hupmobile

in Classical Drives, on May 1, 2009

...ncial difficulty. Graham-Paige would manufacture the Skylark for Hupmobile, while producing a badge-engineered version, the Graham Hollywood. Four Skylarks were made in 1938 for show purposes, another...

GM Drops Pontiac, Journalists Miss the Point

in carzz.org, on April 29, 2009

...ot;experts." The Aztec, possibly the ugliest production car of all times. The Torrent, a badge-engineered minivan that no one wanted. Various Chevrolet and Daewoo clones that should never have wo...

Walnuts May Help Fight Breast Cancer

in The Biotech Weblog, on April 27, 2009

... did, their tumors were smaller and affected fewer mammary glands. The mice, which are genetically engineered to develop cancer, normally get tumors within five months, Hardman says. But, she adds, &q...

Gelin Abaci Bridal Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 30, 2009

...d security. Gelin Abaci assures the design and craftsmanship of our Tension settings, which are engineered to accommodate your center stone. Once your jewelry is complete, the Tension jewelry is re-...

Asetek appoints new supply chain lead

in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009

...at our supply chain can meet the expectations set by our world class OEM customers. Asetek has re-engineered the value proposition for liquid cooling making it reliable, maintenance free and affordab...

How Cranberry Prevents Urinary Tract Infections

in The Biotech Weblog, on March 12, 2009

...ract . In a laboratory set up, this mechanism has been confirmed in further detail by exposing E. coli grown in culture to either light cranberry juice cocktail or cranberry proanthocyanidins (PACs...

Watch Out People, the SHO's Back in Town!

in carzz.org, on February 11, 2009

...performance to liven up a bland sedan, which is exactly what Ford knew when it dropped a yamaha -engineered V-6 into the Ford Taurus back in the 80s, aided and abetted by a manual 5-speed box and s...

FDA Approxes ATryn, First Drug from a Genetically Engineered Animal

in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2009

The Food and Drug Authority has approved ATryn , the first ever transgenically produced therapeutic protein and the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S. ATryn is indicated for the treatment of patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency, undergoing high-risk surgical or c...

Palm 'Pre' Touch Screen Smartphone announced at CES

in The Smart PDA, on January 9, 2009

As expected Palm has announced its new Touch Screen Smartphone known as the 'PRE' at the CES. It runs Palm's new operating system known as webOS. The device comes with some impressive features which are listed below: Dimensions: 59.57x100.53x16.95mm Weight: 135 grams Network: H...

Winners and losers for 2008

in Sox First, on December 31, 2008

... Jamie Dimon winners after they acquired Bear Stearns for a fraction of its value in a Government engineered deal? Only time will tell. Others look better. Like, for example, investors who have bro...

Key2SafeDriving: Keeps cell phone habits under check when you are on the wheels

in The RFID Weblog, on December 27, 2008

...ile on the wheels. Dubbed as Key2SafeDriving car device, it disables cell phones when a specially engineered car key is inserted in the ignition of the car. It connects wirelessly via RFID or Blueto...

Genetically Engineered Corn May Reduce Fertility

in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2008

...hiller The Center for Food Safety is calling for a moratorium on the distribution of genetically engineered foods following an Austrian animal trial indicating that a diet f genetically engineered...

Flinkster: Mietwagen für 1,50 Euro

in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on 11.11.08

© Latente 囧 Mr. Graffiti Wenn das mal keine Kampfansage ist. Die Deutsche Bahn möchte ab 2009 Mietwagen anbieten. Und dabei handelt es sich keineswegs um das herkömmliche angebot, das lediglich um einen neuen Player ergänzt wird, sondern um Kleinwagen, die zunächst in zwei "Pilotstädten&...

New Tuberculosis Vaccine Goes Into Clinical Trials

in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2008

...w vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been genetically engineered to prevent infection with tuberculosis bacteria much more effectively than its predecesso...

First US-Built Chinese Vehicle Now On-Sale

in China Venture News, on August 14, 2008

...mp at an assembly line in Oklahoma. Production began on July 31st. This first Chinese-designed and engineered vehicle assembled in America and meant for the US market is being manufactured under the ...

Guy Kawasaki 的 Alltop 推出 Frienderati

in Wangtam, on 2008-07-19

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Genetically Modified Salmonella Delivers Vaccine

in The Biotech Weblog, on July 17, 2008

... Scientists have successfully genetically engineered Salmonella enterica to deliver an antigen that protects against pneumonia. The method apparently effectively delivers the antigen in the body,...

Nano-Tweezers?

in Nanotechbuzz, on July 11, 2008

...professor of biological and mechanical engineering, "We're trying to understand how nature engineered these molecular linkages to use in different ways." Lead author of the paper is Jorg...

Salmonella and Tomatoes

in Latina Viva, on June 9, 2008

...o find out items made with fresh tomatoes have been pulled form the menu. Last year it was the E. coli-spinach issue. Before that we had the mad cow disease problem. Well, today it's tomatoes. An...

Genetically Engineered Mouse Model Mimics Hyperglycemia

in Daily Diabetic, on June 2, 2008

...Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a genetically engineered laboratory mouse model in which pancreatic beta cells can regenerate after being induced to die. © ju...

Engineered Cyanobacteria: New Source for Biofuels

in The Biotech Weblog, on April 24, 2008

... Scientists have engineered a cyanobacteria to produce sugars which may be used as raw material for ethanol and designer fuels production. Nobles made the new cyanobacteria (also known as blue-...

Nanotech for Spinal Cord Injury is Promising

in The Biotech Weblog, on April 8, 2008

...around the injury. Thanks to Northwestern University researchers, who have developed a new nano-engineered gel that inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the injury site, thereby enabling the s...

Hair Follicle Stem Cells Differentiate into Blood Vessels and Smooth Muscle Cells

in The Biotech Weblog, on March 29, 2008

... human hair follicles into contractile smooth muscle cells. "We have demonstrated that engineered blood vessels prepared with smooth muscle progenitor cells from hair follicles are capabl...

Superheated Steam Cleaner

in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 4, 2008

...am. It's great on areas that gather up much germs, and it can disinfect some deadly ones like e-coli. This handheld model comes with about 10 accessories for greater cleaning power. You should b...

Cool and Weird: Bionic Golf Gloves

in Cool Picking, on February 13, 2008

... out of a callous-covered grip. Bionic Gloves have gotten rave reviewes, and since they've been engineered by an orthopedic hand surgeon, they've got the technology to back up the buyers. Feat...

A Van Named After a Cigar?

in carzz.org, on February 6, 2008

What is it with Volkswagen ? Or more precisely what is it with the Naming Department or whatever you call the area responsible for giving monikers to vehicles? The Routan? Isn't that the name of a cigar or something?

Evatech GOAT oder: der automatische Rasenmäher

in Worldwide Luxus, on 31.01.08

...n der Beschreibung des Herstellers Glauben schenkt: The Hybrid GOAT 2008 model has been engineered to perform tasks where it is too risky or uncomfortable for humans. The GOAT is safe and easy to u...

Toshiba's Micro Nuclear Plant: Nice Idea, But A Hoax

in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 27, 2008

...or" that would be nothing short of a miracle. The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-safe and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional nuclear r...

Coast-to-Coast by Rail in a Classic Cadillac

in Classical Drives, on January 24, 2008

... first knew him, had purchased a British Singer Gazelle, one of the Rootes conglomerate's badge-engineered cars. By co-incidence the very next day our contributor Nigel Matthews forwarded some won...

The Hawk, Fastest Packard Ever Built

in Classical Drives, on January 18, 2008

...Unfortunately the Packard-badged cars that were born from this marriage were little more than badge-engineered Studies, loaded with upmarket features but disasters from a styling point-of-view. About ...

'Laziness' of Regulatory T-cells, Lead to Type 1 Diabetes

in Daily Diabetic, on January 18, 2008

...ants." The said study was conducted on non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, which were genetically engineered to model human diabetes. Findings are published in the January 2008 edition of the journ...

Famous Railway Artist Falls for a Singer Gazelle

in Classical Drives, on January 15, 2008

...ertible. Two-tone in color with discrete fender fins and an upright grille, his Gazelle was a badge-engineered Hillman Minx from the days when England's Rootes had absorbed Sunbeam, Singer and Hum...

Menin: Cause of Gestational Diabetes?

in Daily Diabetic, on December 31, 2007

...ed and their pancreases grew in size, just as if they were pregnant. But pregnant mice, genetically engineered to produce too much menin, couldn't make more islet cells and they developed gestatio...

Dole gets shipper of the year award

in Supplychainer, on December 25, 2007

... and control collateral damage, which ultimately earned Engle and Dole the award: "When the E. coli outbreak linked to California spinach was first discovered last year, we had to act quic...

Osteocrin Protein Controls Bone Growth

in The Biotech Weblog, on December 23, 2007

...ced by the body's bone-forming cells, or osteoblasts. In this study, mice that were genetically engineered to over-express osteocrin developed hunchbacks and elongated bones. This led Dr. Moffatt ...

Sea Cucumber Protein Kills Malaria Parasites in Mosquitos

in The Biotech Weblog, on December 23, 2007

... A research team genetically engineered mosquitoes which carry the malaria parasite to produce a lectin protein in their gut when feeding. The lethal protein, CEL-III, found in sea cucumbers, kills ...

Get Heatlhier Teeth, Gums, Body Courtesy of the Sonicare UV Sanitizer!

in Cool Picking, on December 12, 2007

... won't have this gadget. The Phillips Sonicare UV Sanitizer for toothbrushes Specially engineered Philips UV sanitizing technology helps kill 99% of the bacteria on brush heads A simple...

Wine: It's Not Just for Drinking

in Celebrate Wine, on December 9, 2007

...d pears before, but little did I realize that I was actually helping to get rid of the nasty E Coli and staphylococcus bacteria at the same time! [via EpiLog ] ...

Novel Biomimetic Membranes Containing Aquaporin Z

in The Biotech Weblog, on November 29, 2007

...ective membranes are based on the incorporation of the a water channel protein from the bacteria E.coli , Aquaporin Z , into a novel A-B-A triblock copolymer. "Aquaporin Z makes a hole in the ...

Saab Turbo X Makes American Debut In Beantown

in carzz.org, on November 27, 2007

By Gunnar Heinrich Supa-tuned to 280 horsepower and supa-fly with all-wheel drive, GM has brought Saab's Turbo X to the States to introduce the M.Y. 2008 sedan to the American public. Showing at the lesser-known New England International Auto Show, the General ordered its Saab infant...

Toy Gift Ideas for the Holidays

in The Parenting Weblog, on November 24, 2007

... for learning and fun. For toys that are not just fun, but also educational. 5. Or the Classic Re-engineered toys which are guaranteed to bring fun....

Memapsin-Based Vaccine Against Alzheimer's Disease

in The Biotech Weblog, on November 16, 2007

...lprit behind Alzheimer's. In the current study, researchers used mice that had been genetically engineered to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's, then immunized the animals with memapsin 2...

Frightful Cars List 2007

in carzz.org, on October 31, 2007

Reposted from Automobiles de Luxe By Gunnar Heinrich There are just so many, but here's the top three for 2007...

This Week in Outdoor History: First Parachute Jump & Animal in Space

in The Aviation Weblog, on October 30, 2007

... J. Kaiser, a steel maker and builder of Liberty ships. The aircraft was designed, constructed, and engineered by Howard Hughes and his staff. The Spruce Goose's exterior was created with material...

Vintage Mercedes 300E Commercial

in carzz.org, on October 23, 2007

...s (which is still known at taxi queues the world over). Part of Benz's 1980s hey day of over-engineered 'Bahn cruisers, the first E-Class remains a respectable, stolid luxury sedan (and wagon)...

Using Herpes Virus for Cancer Treatment

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 17, 2007

... Scientists are conducting pre-clinical experiments to explore the use of the Herpes virus, engineered to selectively replicate in cancer cells, to trigger an immune response against (breast) canc...

BtCorn Toxins May Harm Stream Ecosystems

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2007

... study funded by the National Science Foundation suggests that Bt corn- a genetically-modified corn engineered to express a bacterial toxin which is poisonous to corn borers - may damage the ecology o...

Novel D-Peptides More Potent Against HIV

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2007

...y reported D-peptides. Based on what is the structures, the peptides may also still be improved and engineered to reduce the chance of drug resistance. The study is published online on the October 8 i...

Genetically Modified Eggplants Goes on Field Trials

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2007

...are with those of other eggplant varieties. The GM-ggplant is expected to be the first genetically engineered food crop in South Asia, and is expected to reduce the use of insecticides by 30%, which ...

Ginger Extract May Treat E. coli Diarrhea

in The Biotech Weblog, on October 2, 2007

... ginger extract blocked the toxin responsible for diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli . If further studies confirm its efficacy and safety in humans, it could lead to a cheap, non-d...

A Tale of Sunbeams, LeMans, Harrington, and Classical Drive's Nigel Matthews

in Classical Drives, on September 27, 2007

...e a vast car-building conglomerate, responsible for Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam and perhaps some badge-engineered marques I've forgotten. Sadly, in the 1960s, Rootes was bought by Chrysler -the kiss ...

ACuRay™ Acoustic Sensor for Cancer

in The Biotech Weblog, on September 21, 2007

...s generated in the lab of Ira Pastan, M.D., at the National Cancer Institute. These molecules are engineered versions of the antibodies the immune system creates to identify foreign intruders, such as...

Tissue Engineered Heart Valve Replacements for Children

in The Biotech Weblog, on September 13, 2007

Using tissue engineering, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have developed pulmonary -valve replacements for infants and children which could grow as the child grows older, thus removing the need for multiple replacement operations. The researchers [snip] first isolated endoth...

Keck Foundation Grants $1.6 Million to Study Biological Interactions with Nanomaterials

in The Biotech Weblog, on September 12, 2007

...ed the University of Oregon $1.6 million to study the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. The interdis...

Czech Streamliner Stops Crowds in Gastown

in Classical Drives, on September 6, 2007

...cker announced his ill-fated Tucker sedan in the US. The streamlined Tatras first appeared in 1933, engineered by the famed Hans Ledwinka, with testing in the Zeppelin airship wind-tunnel by Zeppeli...