Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972
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El Criminal Inocente – The Innocent Criminal
What a glorious day it was, January 20, 2009 – the first African American elected for the highest State position in US history, with a promise of ‘change’!! (more…)
Conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in Russia on a brief working visit.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, colleagues, let me wish you a warm welcome to Moscow. (more…)
The Fusionist: Asta Roseway – One researcher’s bold vision for the future of design, tech — and just about everything else
FoodFutures, an exhibition addressing food production needs in the year 2050, melds the seemingly strange bedfellows of urban farming, machine learning, research engineering and design. (more…)
Neuer Ansatz in der Behandlung von Entzündungen
Tübinger Forscher identifizieren ein Protein als wichtige „Stellschraube“ im Entzündungsgeschehen – Krebsmedikament könnte zur Therapie als Hemmstoff eingesetzt werden
Forscherinnen und Forscher der Universität Tübingen haben gemeinsam mit Kollegen aus Deutschland und den USA ein Protein als wichtige „Stellschraube“ für die Entstehung von Entzündungen im menschlichen Körper genauer identifiziert. Wie Professor Alexander Weber aus der Abteilung Immunologie des Interfakultären Instituts für Zellbiologie berichtete, wird das Protein mit der Bezeichnung Brutons Tyrosinkinase, kurz BTK, bei der Aktivierung des Entzündungsgeschehens im menschlichen Körper eingeschaltet und spielt somit bei der anschließenden Entfaltung der Entzündung eine wesentliche Rolle. (more…)
Exploring the secret life of house sparrows with the aid of a 3D printer
Since it was introduced to North America in the late 19th century, the house sparrow has received little love. “Nothing can be urged in its favor,” declared an 1891 editorial in the New York Times. A few years later, the same newspaper deemed the birds “rats in the air.” Adding insult to injury, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has long kept the house sparrow on its unceremonious list of species of “least concern.” (more…)
This is What Science Looks Like at NC State: Mira Abed
If you had told me ten years ago that I’d be a Ph.D. student studying solar energy technologies, I would have laughed in your face.
No, really. (more…)
Heat from Earth’s core could be underlying force in plate tectonics
For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates is driven largely by negative buoyancy created as they cool. New research, however, shows plate dynamics are driven significantly by the additional force of heat drawn from the Earth’s core. (more…)