Scientists confirm water extraction helped trigger deadly 2011 quake in Spain

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“The investigation adds to anecdotal evidence that human activities, ranging from exploration for shale gas, quarrying and even water reservoirs, can cause quakes. ‘Our results imply that anthropogenic [man-made] activites could influence how and when earthquakes occur,’ said the study. In a commentary, Jean-Philippe Avouac, a geologist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) said water extraction at Lorca probably accelerated a natural process of stress accumulation rather than unleashed the earthquake by itself.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/21/scientists-confirm-water-extraction-helped-trigger-deadly-2011-quake-in-spain/

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Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked: research

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“Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia worked with colleagues at the University of Colorado in the United States to pinpoint a key mechanism in the body’s immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs. The researchers said that opioid drugs such as morphine and heroin bind to immune receptors in the brain known as TLR4 which then act as amplifiers for addiction, ramping up the “reward” effect of drugs of abuse to a high degree.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/15/addiction-to-morphine-and-heroin-can-be-blocked/

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Sign language-to-speech translating gloves take out Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

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“Aiming to extend the communication capabilities of those with hearing and speech disabilities after interacting with hearing and speech impaired athletes at their school, the quadSquad team set out to develop a way for those who know sign language to more easily communicate with those who don’t. Their solution includes a hardware component – the gloves fitted with various sensors – and a software component – which translates the hand signals into speech in real time.”

http://www.gizmag.com/enabletalk-sign-language-gloves/23268/

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Hacking Your Hand

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“Researchers from Tokyo will be presenting something called ‘PossessedHand,’ an apparatus that can actually control your hand for you. The device is strapped to the forearm and applies electrical stimuli, using them to direct the motion of your finger joints. The whole set-up comprises a micro-controller and a pair of forearm belts, which together have 28 pads (each pad specializes on a certain sense of muscles). You know when the doctor tests your reflexes by striking your knee, and you move involuntarily? Now imagine dozens of little signals like that working in concert.”

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428716/hacking-your-hand/

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Exoskeleton firm foresees future of bionic enhancements for everyone

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“Why shouldn’t a firm like Ekso make a suit to aid paraplegics? Or a suit for office workers to commute in? Or indeed, a suit for soldiers, runners, and anyone else who has the means and ambition to augment their body? With every passing month, in the field of bionics, the ‘why not?’ question is getting harder to answer.” [Under normal circumstances, the market would answer such questions.]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/12/exoskeleton-firm-foresees-future-of-bionic-enhancements-for-everyone/

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Scientific Review: “Cannabinoids Are Medically Useful For The Treatment Of Various Medical Conditions”

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“For the second time in recent months, a scientific paper published in a peer-reviewed journal has thoroughly rebutted the present Schedule I status of cannabis under US federal law. According to a just published review in the German scientific journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, scientific findings from over 100 controlled clinical trials involving either cannabis or its constituents provide ‘clear evidence that cannabinoids are useful for the treatment of various medical conditions.'”

http://blog.norml.org/2012/08/09/scientific-review-there-is-now-clear-evidence-that-cannabinoids-are-useful-for-the-treatment-of-various-medical-conditions/

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Komen for the Cure’s agenda of deception blasted by British scientists

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“The bottom line? Komen deceives women while powerful corporations rake in the profits. This isn’t merely my own opinion. Two prominent doctors, in an article published in the British Medical Journal, have sharply condemned Komen for the Cure for lying about the ‘benefits’ of mammograms. When you run for the cure, a significant portion of the money you raise is going straight into the pockets of wealthy Komen executives. None of the money is actually being used to promote cancer prevention.”

http://www.naturalnews.com/036711_Komen_for_the_Cure_mammography_fraud.html

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DNA’s Trap for Investors: A Race to the Bottom

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“Sequencing speed is increasing at an impressive rate. Consider that the initial mapping of the human genome was begun by the Human Genome Project in 1990 and was not completed until 2003 (at a cost of about $3 billion). Today, machines with superfast, sequencing-specific chips are capable of basic decoding in a single day. And even that will be reduced to a matter of hours in the near future. One major problem going forward is handling and analyzing the substantial volume of sequencing data – not to mention doing so in a timely and cost-effective manner.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/dnas-trap-investors-race-bottom

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Is RNAi Making a Comeback?

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“It’s RNA’s job to get the information out of the nucleus and into the cytoplasm, transforming you from a chemical recipe to a real living, breathing human. Because of RNA we can build proteins. We are made of proteins. In other words, RNA builds life. And that’s big. But there is something else amazing about RNA that could revolutionize how doctors treat many (if not most) chronic human diseases. And nobody knew about it until just a few years ago.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/rnai-making-comeback

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Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Which Completely Destroys Hepatitis C

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“Researchers from the University of Florida have developed what they call a ‘nanozyme’. Based around gold nanoparticles, these things have their surface coated with two biological agents. One is an enzyme that attacks and kills the mRNA which allows hep C to replicate, while the other is a short string of DNA which identities the disease and sends the enzyme off to kill it. While current hep C treatments attack the same replication process, they only work on about 50 percent of patients treated.”

http://gizmodo.com/5927302/scientists-develop-nanoparticle-which-completely-destroys-hepatitis-c

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Scientists confirm water extraction helped trigger deadly 2011 quake in Spain

Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked: research

Sign language-to-speech translating gloves take out Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

Hacking Your Hand

Exoskeleton firm foresees future of bionic enhancements for everyone

Scientific Review: “Cannabinoids Are Medically Useful For The Treatment Of Various Medical Conditions”

Komen for the Cure’s agenda of deception blasted by British scientists

DNA’s Trap for Investors: A Race to the Bottom

Is RNAi Making a Comeback?

Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Which Completely Destroys Hepatitis C