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heart attacks</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163318.htm">Buyer beware: Advertising may seduce your brain, researchers say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163202.htm">Preterm birth associated with higher risk of death in early childhood, young adulthood</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075516.htm">Human body rids itself of damage when it really matters</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113627.htm">Social media for dementia patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121608.htm">Power corrupts, especially when it lacks status</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163215.htm">Scientists turn back the clock on adult stem cells aging</a></li> <li><a class="blue" 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reduce and redefine them?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921142209.htm">Gene for Lou Gehrig's disease and frontotemporal dementia identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132330.htm">New genetic mutation is the most common cause of familial forms of frontotemporal dementia and ALS</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132328.htm">Human genetics study identifies the most common cause of ALS and dementia</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-21:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173339.htm">Discovery of gene fusion in ovarian cancer could lead to earlier diagnoses</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831115946.htm">Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults; Early intervention could prevent slide toward speech comprehension difficulties</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163207.htm">Adding cognitive behavioral therapy to drug treatment of pediatric OCD appears to improve symptoms</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194059.htm">Lasers light the path to neuron regeneration</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920080143.htm">Certain heavy metals boost immunity, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920095251.htm">Back pain? Patients who followed recommendations to move despite back pain fared better than those that rested in small study</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm">Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920095253.htm">Stopping smoking boosts everyday memory, research finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121606.htm">Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919163947.htm">Diabetes may significantly increase the risk of dementia</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111253.htm">Natural therapies: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919093856.htm">Autism, intellectual disabilities related to parental age, education and ethnicity, not income, Utah study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171336.htm">Scientists disarm HIV in step towards vaccine</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100100.htm">One size doesn't fit all for vitamin D and men: African-American men in northern regions especially need high doses of supplements</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101922.htm">New imaging technique visualizes cancer during surgery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113636.htm">TV viewing linked to unhealthy eating</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151313.htm">Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164501.htm">Hope for powerful new C. difficile treatment</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073855.htm">Monitoring patients using intelligent T-shirts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113842.htm">Negative emotions influence brain activity during anticipation and experience of pain</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171340.htm">More than a sign of sleepiness, yawning may cool the brain</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151306.htm">Shark compound proves potential as drug to treat human viruses, says researcher</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073845.htm">Feed your genes: How our genes respond to the foods we eat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171342.htm">Key regulatory genes often amplified in aggressive childhood tumor of the brainstem</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104754.htm">Common genetic contributions to mental illness discovered</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164509.htm">Enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart, researchers find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164505.htm">Breakthrough technology identifies prostate cancer cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074244.htm">Bidirectional relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171330.htm">Think locally when treating individually</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915171632.htm">Safeguards needed to prevent discrimination of early Alzheimer's patients in the workplace</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920201638.htm">Public sector workers more pro-socially motivated than private sector counterparts in many countries, but not all, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173343.htm">First recurrent gene fusion identified in ovarian cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173337.htm">Experts want practical research to improve mental health of people experiencing humanitarian crises</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163320.htm">No safe level of radiation exposure? Researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by Nobel Laureate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163316.htm">Multicenter 1000-patient trial initiated to accelerate development of personalized treatments for multiple myeloma</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920141535.htm">Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121615.htm">Intuitive thinking may influence belief in God</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120240.htm">Living in poor neighborhood a risk factor for out-of-hospital cardiac death</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100058.htm">African-American men living in poor sunlight areas at risk for vitamin D deficiency</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100055.htm">Test could detect breast cancers earlier in young, high-risk African-American women</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100053.htm">High-risk, underserved women benefited from MRI screening for breast cancer, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100051.htm">Genetic differences may cause higher rates of prostate cancer in African-American men</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075514.htm">Genetic factors behind high blood pressure</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-20:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919131602.htm">Association found between stress and breast cancer aggressiveness</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121806.htm">Rise of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea needs urgent action, experts urge</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113749.htm">For kids with ADHD, regular 'green time' is linked to milder symptoms</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151338.htm">Blocking inflammation could lead to tailored medical treatments</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074258.htm">Catching a breath -- wirelessly: Noninvasive method to watch for SIDS, help surgery patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121800.htm">Expanding flu vaccinations to older children reduces emergency visits for flu-like illnesses by 34 percent, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113849.htm">Have brain fatigue? A bout of exercise may be the cure, mouse study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113337.htm">Breast milk antibody fights HIV but needs boost, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074249.htm">Genetic defect that leaves some without fingerprints: Researchers trace cause to rare mutation</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121841.htm">Soy peptide plus chemo drug block colon cancer's spread to liver, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074247.htm">Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110902133042.htm">Distinct features of autistic brain revealed in novel analysis of MRI scans</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914122649.htm">Learning how gut bacteria influence health: Scientists crack sparse genome of microbe linked to autoimmunity</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163957.htm">Early detection is key in the fight against ovarian cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915164001.htm">Watching the world in motion, babies take a first step toward language</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916131304.htm">Virus as a potential future cancer medicine?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915114007.htm">Researchers demonstrate antibiotic sensing event central to MSRA antibiotic resistance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131637.htm">Put down that game controller: Researcher suggests video games may not boost cognition</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144955.htm">Gamers succeed where scientists fail: Molecular structure of retrovirus enzyme solved, doors open to new AIDS drug design</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110917082746.htm">Possible link between two Type 2 diabetes drugs and pancreatic cancer, new research suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144946.htm">First fluorescence-guided ovarian cancer surgery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163519.htm">Damaged gait and balance can recover with long-term abstinence from alcohol</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083727.htm">Some memory complaints in the elderly may be warning signs of cognitive problems</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110911145213.htm">Scientists generate first detailed map of human neuroreceptor</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163535.htm">Study finds protein critical to breast cancer cell proliferation, migration</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163515.htm">People born after World War II are more likely to binge drink, develop alcohol disorders, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919163949.htm">Improving cancer communication to patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919131609.htm">Mammography use up for U.S. immigrants</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919131605.htm">Higher incidence of secondary breast cancer seen among black women regardless of age</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919124814.htm">Despite benefits, few brain aneurysm patients receive specialized care</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121808.htm">Tumor environment keeps tumor-fighting T cells away</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113947.htm">Components that keep immune system in check identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104749.htm">Common genetic variations linked to both schizophrenia and bipolar risk</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919092616.htm">Referral decisions differ between primary care physicians and specialists</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919090027.htm">Patient complaints allege doctors fail to disclose risks</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-19:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092940.htm">Newest cancer therapies multi-task to eliminate tumors</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113738.htm">New light on detection of bacterial infection: Polymers fluoresce in the presence of bacteria</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918024046.htm">Low-fat yogurt intake when pregnant linked to increased risk of child asthma and hay fever, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829070507.htm">Cycling fast: Vigorous daily exercise recommended for a longer life</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110917082721.htm">Children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms have altered digestive genes</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726132351.htm">Targeting PTEN may prevent skin cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826192433.htm">When it comes to pursuing your goals, let your unconscious be your guide</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-18:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915225843.htm">Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802091040.htm">Drug may increase cognition for people with Down syndrome</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916121143.htm">T cells making brain chemicals may lead to better treatments for inflammation, autoimmune diseases</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830193853.htm">New insight into impulse control</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916152404.htm">Potential molecular target to prevent growth of cancer cells identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916131252.htm">MRI research demonstrates ALS attacks multiple parts of the brain</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916102415.htm">Moms who eat high-fat diet before, during pregnancy 'program' babies to be fat, at risk, mouse study shows</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-17:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131651.htm">Switch that controls stem cell pluripotency discovered</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915192438.htm">Yellow patches around eyelids predict risk of heart problems, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163531.htm">Biochemical cell signals quantified: Data capacity much lower than expected, scientists find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092926.htm">Number of children poisoned by medication rising dramatically, study says</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915114004.htm">New class of stem cell-like cells discovered offers possibility for spinal cord repair</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155334.htm">Resistance to antibiotics is ancient</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160227.htm">Prenatal exposure to stress linked to accelerated cell aging</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131555.htm">Targeting cholesterol to fight deadly brain cancers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160150.htm">Genetic differences distinguish stomach cancers, treatment response</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113752.htm">Carbon nanoparticles break barriers -- and that may not be good</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113632.htm">New approach to tracking the dangers of designer drug meow meow</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163523.htm">An apple or pear a day may keep strokes away</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163529.htm">New method for detecting lung cancer unveiled</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803133511.htm">Unconventional hunt for new cancer targets leads to a powerful drug candidate for leukemia</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131659.htm">Estrogen treatment may help reverse severe pulmonary hypertension</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155329.htm">World-first viral therapy trial in cancer patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110629122753.htm">New rapid test tells difference between bacterial and viral infections</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113629.htm">Archivist in the sound library: New model for speech and sound recognition</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916121150.htm">Molecular evidence of brain changes in depressed females</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-16:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131542.htm">Genomic catastrophe causes developmental delay, cognitive disorders</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915103602.htm">Mobile phone electromagnetic field affects local glucose metabolism in the human brain, Finnish study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113634.htm">When ticks transmit dangerous pathogens: Local antibiotic therapy stops Lyme disease</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915181329.htm">Cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915171634.htm">New model for treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Mouse model that replicates human OCD can point to more effective treatments</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915171624.htm">Mom, dad and kids undergo novel genome analyses for medical risks in new study</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134408.htm">Team discovers treatable mechanism responsible for often deadly response to flu</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915102917.htm">Serotonin levels affect the brain's response to anger</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134418.htm">Fail-safe system may lead to cures for inherited disorders</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134412.htm">Inner workings of virus responsible for rare skin cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131654.htm">Human-chimp evolutionary divergence: Methylation and gene sequence co-evolved, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131640.htm">Arctic ground squirrels muscle up to hunker down</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115831.htm">Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans</a></li> 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359937&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359937&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102217.jpg" width="60" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue">Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- The plant liana, whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage, serves as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Such membranes could find use, for example, in rubber dinghies. Researchers have borrowed this trick from nature and developed a polymer foam surface coating with a closed cell construction which not only reduces the pressure loss after the membrane is damaged but also makes the inflatable structure more resistant and giving it a longer operational life. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue">NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere. The precise re-entry time and location of debris impacts have not been determined. During the re-entry period, the satellite passed from the east coast of Africa over the Indian Ocean, then the Pacific Ocean, then across northern Canada, then across the northern Atlantic Ocean, to a point over West Africa. The vast majority of the orbital transit was over water, with some flight over northern Canada and West Africa. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923095801.jpg" width="35" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue">Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Clean solutions to human energy demands are essential to our future. While sunlight is the most abundant source of energy at our disposal, we have yet to learn how to capture, transfer and store solar energy efficiently. According to a new study, the answers can be found in the complex systems at work in nature. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102534.jpg" width="61" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102534.htm" class="blue">NASA to demonstrate communications via laser beam</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- It currently takes 90 minutes to transmit high-resolution images from Mars, but NASA would like to dramatically reduce that time to just minutes. A new optical communications system that NASA plans to demonstrate in 2016 will lead the way and even allow the streaming of high-definition video from distances beyond the moon. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102534.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue">Researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo: Machine's magnetic field pushes fluid in the inner ear's balance organ</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A team of researchers says it has discovered why so many people undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially in newer high-strength machines, get vertigo, or the dizzy sensation of free-falling, while inside or when coming out of the tunnel-like machine. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921120334.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120334.htm" class="blue">New source of super-chilled neutrons provides tools for understanding fundamental physics concepts</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Research into fundamental constants of nature and the search for new particles will benefit from new production method for ultra-cold neutrons. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120334.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922192056.jpg" width="33" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922192056.htm" class="blue">Cloaking magnetic fields: First antimagnet developed</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Spanish researchers have designed what they believe to be a new type of magnetic cloak, which shields objects from external magnetic fields, while at the same time preventing any magnetic internal fields from leaking outside, making the cloak undetectable. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922192056.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921131729.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921131729.htm" class="blue">Producing flexible CIGS solar cells with record efficiency</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- New technology has yielded flexible solar cells with an 18.7% record efficiency. Key to the breakthrough is the control of the energy band gap grading in the copper indium gallium (di)selenide semiconductor, also known as CIGS, the layer that absorbs light and converts it into electricity. Scientists achieved this by controlling the vapor flux of elements during different stages of the evaporation process for growing the CIGS layer. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921131729.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102539.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue">Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is headed toward Earth, but it hasn't been easy to precisely determine the path and pace of UARS because space itself changes over time -- in response to incoming energy and particles from the sun. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923084425.jpg" width="80" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923084425.htm" class="blue">Particles appear to travel faster than light: OPERA experiment reports anomaly in flight time of neutrinos</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists with the OPERA experiment, which observes a neutrino beam from CERN 730 km away at Italy's INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory, are presenting surprising new results that show neutrinos traveling faster than light. The OPERA result is based on the observation of over 15,000 neutrino events measured at Gran Sasso, and appears to indicate that the neutrinos travel at a velocity 20 parts per million above the speed of light, nature's cosmic speed limit. Given the potential far-reaching consequences of such a result, independent measurements are needed before the effect can either be refuted or firmly established. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923084425.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm" class="blue">New targets for the control of HIV predicted using a novel computational analysis</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Over 25 years of intensive research have failed to create a vaccine for preventing HIV. A new computational approach has predicted numerous human proteins that the human immunodeficiency virus requires to replicate itself -- "a powerful resource for experimentalists who desire to discover new targets." ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093721.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shed light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology. The structures contain a previously-unexplored combination of rare-earth and d-transition metals ideally suited to the compact storage of hydrogen. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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A new study has shown that monkeys are capable of making analogies. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102213.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130110.htm" class="blue">Protein 'switches' could turn cancer cells into tiny chemotherapy factories</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130110.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075421.htm" class="blue">Infant mortality linked to subsequent risk of stillbirth, new U.S. study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Women whose first pregnancy ended in infant death are significantly more likely to have a subsequent stillbirth, according to a new study by U.S. researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075421.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164503.htm" class="blue">How devoted moms buffer kids in poverty</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Children raised in poverty often grow up to have poor health in adulthood, from frequent colds to heart disease. But there's one thing that might buffer them from that fate: a good mom, according to a new study. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164503.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194734.htm" class="blue">Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194734.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194727.htm" class="blue">Two new cost-effective ways to predict prostate cancer</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Two related studies reveal new risk indicators for prostate cancer. The first study shows that men diagnosed with benign prostate enlargement have an increased risk of developing and dying from prostate cancer. The second study shows that monitoring prostate-specific antigen levels can be used to predict the long-term risk of healthy men developing and dying from prostate cancer. Both could lead to more efficient and cost-effective screening for prostate cancer, with reductions in over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194727.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm" class="blue">Stress drives alcoholics' children to drink, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- If either of your parents has a drink problem, there is a greater risk that you will consume more alcohol after stressful situations, new research from Sweden suggests. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924102550.htm" class="blue">Treatment of rectal cancer varies enormously between different European countries</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- First results from an international comparison of the care of patients with rectal cancer have shown there are substantial differences in the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy between European countries. The European Registration of Cancer Care study compared the treatment of 6,597 patients in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands who were diagnosed with rectal cancer between 2008 and 2009. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924102550.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134536.htm" class="blue">Cancer protein's surprising role as memory regulator</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have found that a common cancer protein leads a second, totally different life in normal adult brain cells: It helps regulates memory formation and may be implicated in Alzheimer's disease. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134536.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114148.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue">No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Male mice whose mothers were exposed to either moderate or high levels of bisphenol A while pregnant did not grow up to show any adverse effects to their reproductive systems by several measures, according to a new study. 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Neutrino finding puzzles scientists</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-23:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm">Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm">Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm">Radiation boost for artificial joints</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm">Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm">Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm">Information technologies foster freedom or reinforce repression</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm">Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074737.htm">Researchers use liquid crystal to replace space motors</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074740.htm">Super-sized heart valve provides clues to blood flow</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173345.htm">Electrical stimulation of brain boosts birth of new cells: Animal study suggests deep brain stimulation improves memory</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134531.htm">Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172847.htm">YouTube videos can inaccurately depict Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114330.htm">Development of a new chip for characterizing ultrafast optical pulses</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114234.htm">The key to lower dose CT fluoroscopy for spine injections is reducing the dose of the planning CT</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-22:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093608.htm">Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074747.htm">New theory explains collapse of World Trade Center's Twin Towers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm">New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075418.htm">An angry bird in the sky: Lambda Centauri Nebula</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm">Crystal structure shows how motor protein works</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm">Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103825.htm">Potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy demonstrated</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120238.htm">Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123301.htm">Cassini presents Saturn moon quintet</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm">Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920161546.htm">NASA's WISE mission captures black hole's wildly flaring jet</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm">Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123446.htm">NASA's Dawn collects a bounty of beauty from asteroid Vesta</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113627.htm">Social media for dementia patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920081140.htm">Sifting out genetic defects from mounds of data</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm">Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921081722.htm">New hybrid carbon material discovered</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-21:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920095258.htm">Autonomous car navigates the streets of Berlin</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194059.htm">Lasers light the path to neuron regeneration</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm">Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121606.htm">Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075522.htm">Researchers make visible the structure of the smallest crystals</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075520.htm">Big step towards redefining the kelvin: Scientists find new way to determine Boltzmann constant</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919144042.htm">NASA's WISE raises doubt about asteroid family believed responsible for dinosaur extinction</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101922.htm">New imaging technique visualizes cancer during surgery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151313.htm">Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073855.htm">Monitoring patients using intelligent T-shirts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073216.htm">Saving electricity while playing online game</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113740.htm">Researchers reinforce gas hydrate strategy: New study goes deeper in proving simple technique to pinpoint valuable energy source</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083718.htm">Fast switching and printable transistor invented</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163320.htm">No safe level of radiation exposure? Researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by Nobel Laureate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920133215.htm">NRL TacSat-4 spacecraft encapsulated</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-20:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151309.htm">Scientists solve long-standing plant biochemistry mystery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144952.htm">Unzipping DNA mysteries: Physicists discover how a vital enzyme works</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121839.htm">Black hole, star collisions may illuminate universe's dark side</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074258.htm">Catching a breath -- wirelessly: Noninvasive method to watch for SIDS, help surgery patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919103743.htm">Self-steering automated tractor offers more precision in the field</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113836.htm">Brightest gamma ray on Earth -- for a safer, healthier world</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083706.htm">Volcanic ash and aircraft safety</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151317.htm">'Inexhaustible' source of hydrogen may be unlocked by salt water, engineers say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144932.htm">Why carbon nanotubes spell trouble for cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144936.htm">Sequencing 'dark matter' of life: Elusive genomes of thousands of bacteria species can now be decoded</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144959.htm">Colloidal quantum dots: Performance boost next-generation solar cell technology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131637.htm">Put down that game controller: Researcher suggests video games may not boost cognition</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144955.htm">Gamers succeed where scientists fail: Molecular structure of retrovirus enzyme solved, doors open to new AIDS drug design</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144946.htm">First fluorescence-guided ovarian cancer surgery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916102410.htm">Quantum behavior with a flash: Laser pulses can reveal quantum features of large objects</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131510.htm">Ground glass solution for cleaner water</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194102.htm">Fukushima: Reflections six months on</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123930.htm">Tests under way on the sunshield for NASA's Webb Telescope</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123806.htm">NASA's Webb Telescope completes mirror-coating milestone</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113641.htm">Robots are coming to aircraft assembly</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-19:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113738.htm">New light on detection of bacterial infection: Polymers fluoresce in the presence of bacteria</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123627.htm">Safer skies: New algorithm could help prevent midair collisions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110917082729.htm">Lasers could be used to detect roadside bombs</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809104314.htm">3-D face models that give animators intuitive control of expressions</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-18:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914171756.htm">Opportunity on verge of new discovery: Mars rover poised on rock that may yield yet more evidence of a wet Red Planet</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092135.htm">Gamma-ray bursts shed light on the nature of dark energy</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-17:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083715.htm">How single stars lost their companions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163531.htm">Biochemical cell signals quantified: Data capacity much lower than expected, scientists find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914122658.htm">Shake, rattle and … power up? New device generates energy from small vibrations</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131649.htm">Smartphone battery life could dramatically improve with new invention</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915102858.htm">Electronic bucket brigade could boost solar cell voltages</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113752.htm">Carbon nanoparticles break barriers -- and that may not be good</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163529.htm">New method for detecting lung cancer unveiled</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906144032.htm">Researchers create new Urban Network Analysis toolbox</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131601.htm">Small distant galaxies host supermassive black holes, astronomers find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113629.htm">Archivist in the sound library: New model for speech and sound recognition</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914161733.htm">New study quantifies use of social media in Arab Spring</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110917082736.htm">Balloon-based experiment to measure gamma rays 6,500 light years distant</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-16:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915182850.htm">NASA Mars research helps find buried water on Earth</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915183045.htm">Meteor likely cause of Southwest U.S. light show</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915103602.htm">Mobile phone electromagnetic field affects local glucose metabolism in the human brain, Finnish study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915181329.htm">Cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073159.htm">New material synthesized: Graphene nanoribbons inside of carbon nanotubes</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915144828.htm">NASA's Kepler discovery confirms first planet orbiting two stars</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915091625.htm">Scientists take first step towards creating 'inorganic life'</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131338.htm">Milky Way's spiral arms are the product of an intergalactic collision course; Models show dark matter packs a punch</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914171751.htm">Preschoolers' grasp of numbers predicts math performance in school years; Early number sense linked to elementary math scores</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115836.htm">New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914171753.htm">Chemists help astronauts make sure their drinking water is clean</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073214.htm">3-D television without glasses</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914122313.htm">Cancer-killing cells are caught on film in more 3-D detail than ever before</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913171723.htm">Pioneering device reduces the cost and power consumption of telecommunications 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912144242.htm">Crashes common among helicopters used in oil and gas operations, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172713.htm">Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143453.htm">Polonium poisoning case sheds light on infection control practices</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913090832.htm">Superconductivity: New piece in the puzzle</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913195555.htm">Vigorous star birth without galactic collisions: Herschel paints new story of galaxy evolution</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103115.htm">New hybrid imaging device shows promise in spotting hard-to-detect ovarian 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143408.htm">Graphene may open the gate to future terahertz technologies</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143357.htm">Astronomers find extreme weather on an alien world: Cosmic oddball may harbor a gigantic storm</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152909.htm">First proof in patients of an improved 'magic bullet' for cancer detection and radio-therapy</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143451.htm">Nuclear detector: New materials hold promise for better detection of nuclear weapons</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152917.htm">Is smartphone technology the future of US elections?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912102105.htm">Ferroelectrics could pave way for ultra-low power computing</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143412.htm">Parabolic mirrors concentrate sunlight to power lasers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909074910.htm">Taming light: Mastering the fine structuring of ultrashort light fields</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110904140331.htm">Fast, cheap, and accurate: Detecting CO<sub>2</sub> with a fluorescent twist</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914100548.htm">Four new reports update Security Content Automation Protocol</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914100544.htm">Two new publications provide a cloud computing standards roadmap and reference architecture</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913122056.htm">Blood vessels from your printer?</a></li> 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chemotherapy in to kill ovarian cancer cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912104832.htm">New clues to molecular understanding of autism</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912102126.htm">Physicist detects movement of macromolecules engineered into our food</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143536.htm">Astronomers find 50 new exoplanets: Richest haul of planets so far includes 16 new super-Earths</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912095127.htm">Airplanes: New tool analyzes black-box data for flight anomalies</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912075700.htm">Breath and sweat used to detect trapped humans</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907122534.htm">Hubble to target 'Hot Jupiters'</a></li> 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class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907124353.htm">New record for measurement of atomic lifetime</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907104701.htm">Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908152842.htm">New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm">'Invisible' world discovered: Planet alternately runs late and early in its orbit, tugged by second hidden world</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124505.htm">Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145335.htm">New material possible boon for lithium ion 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907132106.htm">Nanosensors made from DNA may light path to new cancer tests and drugs</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907075956.htm">Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907104657.htm">New type of solar cell retains high efficiency for long periods</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907131112.htm">Reuse, reliability will launch future, expert says</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907104703.htm">Parents' behavior linked to kids' videogame playing</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906085145.htm">Growing meat in the lab: Scientists initiate action plan to advance cultured meat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906144028.htm">Innovative nanoparticle purification system uses magnetic fields</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906191625.htm">Virtual reality may help adults recover from stroke</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906144043.htm">Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906085218.htm">Ultrasound improves stem cell transplants, Swedish researchers discover</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906121955.htm">Novel magnetic, superconducting material opens new possibilities in electronics</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830092401.htm">'Proton flux hypothesis' offers new explanation for effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906134014.htm">Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831160046.htm">Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908091413.htm">Something new on the sun: SDO spots a late phase in solar flares</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907104655.htm">'TF beacons' may light path to new cancer tests and drugs</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-07:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906085401.htm">Neutrinos: Ghostly particles with unstable egos</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906152450.htm">Researchers pioneer novel technique to make plasmonic nanogap arrays</a></li> 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A new study has shown that monkeys are capable of making analogies. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102213.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102217.jpg" width="60" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue">Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- The plant liana, whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage, serves as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Such membranes could find use, for example, in rubber dinghies. Researchers have borrowed this trick from nature and developed a polymer foam surface coating with a closed cell construction which not only reduces the pressure loss after the membrane is damaged but also makes the inflatable structure more resistant and giving it a longer operational life. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue">NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere. The precise re-entry time and location of debris impacts have not been determined. During the re-entry period, the satellite passed from the east coast of Africa over the Indian Ocean, then the Pacific Ocean, then across northern Canada, then across the northern Atlantic Ocean, to a point over West Africa. The vast majority of the orbital transit was over water, with some flight over northern Canada and West Africa. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923095801.jpg" width="35" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue">Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Clean solutions to human energy demands are essential to our future. While sunlight is the most abundant source of energy at our disposal, we have yet to learn how to capture, transfer and store solar energy efficiently. According to a new study, the answers can be found in the complex systems at work in nature. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm" class="blue">Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Maintaining fluid balance in the body is essential to survival. By researching recent genomic data, researchers have found genetic evidence that links this intricate process to a turning point in evolution. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141858.jpg" width="33" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141858.htm" class="blue">Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- In an exciting development, researchers have, for the first time, pieced together the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian. The results re-interpret the prehistory of our species. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141858.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114148.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue">No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Male mice whose mothers were exposed to either moderate or high levels of bisphenol A while pregnant did not grow up to show any adverse effects to their reproductive systems by several measures, according to a new study. Data on female mice is still forthcoming but less encouraging. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922180031.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm" class="blue">Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down principles explaining why some habitats have many more plant and animal species than others. Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the number of species is determined by the productivity of the habitat. Shouldn't a patch of prairie contain a different number of species than an arid steppe or an alpine tundra? Maybe not, says an international team of scientists that pooled its resources to re-evaluate the relationship between species numbers and habitat productivity. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue">Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Mothers who are exposed to particular agents during pregnancy could give birth to children with a higher risk of asthma, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm" class="blue">Unprecedented role reversal: Ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Usually it's the frog that catches the unsuspecting bug for a tasty snack, but in an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure their amphibious would-be predators and consume them with almost 100% success. In a new study, researchers begin to describe how these larvae are able to pull off this feat. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm" class="blue">Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to disease vaccination, and they are using this new cipher to answer many of the deep-seated questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines and how to minimize the side effects to vaccination. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093730.jpg" width="89" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093730.htm" class="blue">Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Archaeologists, excavating Portus - the ancient port of Rome, believe they have discovered a large Roman shipyard. The team has uncovered the remains of a massive building close to the distinctive hexagonal basin or 'harbor', at the center of the port complex. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093730.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359940&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359940&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-24:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102213.htm">Monkeys also reason through analogy, study shows</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm">Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm">NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm">Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm">Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-24:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141858.htm">Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm">No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm">Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm">Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm">Unprecedented role reversal: Ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm">Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093730.htm">Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180025.htm">Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm">Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120037.htm">Cannabinoids after a traumatic experience may prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms, rat study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" 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NASA's first global map of ocean salinity</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm">Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm">Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm">BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm">El Niño and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923131327.htm">Congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130115.htm">Lessons to be learned from nature in photosynthesis</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923125414.htm">Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095803.htm">Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095014.htm">Finding clues as to how early man adapted to marine environments</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-23:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm">Close up look at a microbial vaccination program</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm">Religion and ecology among China's Blang people</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm">Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm">New technique for dating silk</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm">Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm">Steep increase in global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm">Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm">Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm">Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm">U.S. Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated, new analysis suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172834.htm">Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding; Research may bring help to endangered species</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124620.htm">Chinese researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164205.htm">New approach challenges old ideas about plant species and biomass</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141905.htm">Scientists sequence genome of man who was Aboriginal Australian</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-22:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm">Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133204.htm">Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120122.htm">Using human genomes to illuminate the mysteries of early human history</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm">New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171338.htm">Scientists discover rare theropod dinosaur wounded in action in southern Utah</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134406.htm">New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm">Crystal structure shows how motor protein works</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm">Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104757.htm">Fast-evolving genes control developmental differences in social insects</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111449.htm">Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence, researcher predicts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm">Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm">Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163314.htm">Study on emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon controlled burns completed</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151315.htm">Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075516.htm">Human body rids itself of damage when it really matters</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121612.htm">Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs, biologists say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm">Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115913.htm">Air quality has continued to improve in Finnish Lapland</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074744.htm">Did the orientation of the continents hinder ancient settlement of the Americas?</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-21:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920132628.htm">Epigenetic changes often don’t last, probably have limited effects on long-term evolution, research finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101917.htm">Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies: New calibration satellite required to make accurate predictions, say scientists</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113846.htm">Continents influenced ancient human migration, spread of technology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm">Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111253.htm">Natural therapies: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919144042.htm">NASA's WISE raises doubt about asteroid family believed responsible for dinosaur extinction</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171336.htm">Scientists disarm HIV in step towards vaccine</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113851.htm">50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of future of El Nino phenomenon</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100100.htm">One size doesn't fit all for vitamin D and men: African-American men in northern regions especially need high doses of supplements</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151322.htm">Not just skin deep: CT study of early humans reveals evolutionary relationships</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151311.htm">Biodiversity loss may be contributing to amphibian-killing fungal infection</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164501.htm">Hope for powerful new C. difficile treatment</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151306.htm">Shark compound proves potential as drug to treat human viruses, says researcher</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073845.htm">Feed your genes: How our genes respond to the foods we eat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073216.htm">Saving electricity while playing online game</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151320.htm">New technique fills gaps in fossil record</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113844.htm">Understanding methane's seabed escape</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113740.htm">Researchers reinforce gas hydrate strategy: New study goes deeper in proving simple technique to pinpoint valuable energy source</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919090029.htm">Experts discover oldest DNA regulatory region known to date in vertebrates and invertebrates</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171330.htm">Think locally when treating individually</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163320.htm">No safe level of radiation exposure? Researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by Nobel Laureate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920100058.htm">African-American men living in poor sunlight areas at risk for vitamin D deficiency</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-20:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144941.htm">Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151309.htm">Scientists solve long-standing plant biochemistry mystery</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144952.htm">Unzipping DNA mysteries: Physicists discover how a vital enzyme works</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113749.htm">For kids with ADHD, regular 'green time' is linked to milder symptoms</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919103743.htm">Self-steering automated tractor offers more precision in the field</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113337.htm">Breast milk antibody fights HIV but needs boost, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919121841.htm">Soy peptide plus chemo drug block colon cancer's spread to liver, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083706.htm">Volcanic ash and aircraft safety</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074247.htm">Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151317.htm">'Inexhaustible' source of hydrogen may be unlocked by salt water, engineers say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144932.htm">Why carbon nanotubes spell trouble for cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155319.htm">Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144936.htm">Sequencing 'dark matter' of life: Elusive genomes of thousands of bacteria species can now be decoded</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916131304.htm">Virus as a potential future cancer medicine?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131557.htm">Some like it hot: European fish stocks changing with warming seas</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915114007.htm">Researchers demonstrate antibiotic sensing event central to MSRA antibiotic resistance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144955.htm">Gamers succeed where scientists fail: Molecular structure of retrovirus enzyme solved, doors open to new AIDS drug design</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916114110.htm">Previously unknown ocean bacteria lead scientists to entirely new theories</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115842.htm">Amateur botanists in Brazil discover a genuflexing plant</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131510.htm">Ground glass solution for cleaner water</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194102.htm">Fukushima: Reflections six months on</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-19:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914154359.htm">Desert beetles shelter broods from attacking parasitic wasps under stacks of dummy eggs</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113738.htm">New light on detection of bacterial infection: Polymers fluoresce in the presence of bacteria</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918024046.htm">Low-fat yogurt intake when pregnant linked to increased risk of child asthma and hay fever, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092952.htm">Restoring reefs: Study underway in underwater lab may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral reefs</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-18:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915225843.htm">Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131604.htm">Invasive amphibians, reptiles in Florida outnumber world, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916152401.htm">Are genes our destiny? Scientists discover 'hidden' code in DNA evolves more rapidly than genetic code</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916102406.htm">New threat closes in on iconic Galápagos wildlife</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-17:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131651.htm">Switch that controls stem cell pluripotency discovered</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915102206.htm">It’s all in the head: Songbirds with bigger brains have benefited from the end of communism</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163531.htm">Biochemical cell signals quantified: Data capacity much lower than expected, scientists find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155334.htm">Resistance to antibiotics is ancient</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163955.htm">Cities to grab lands equaling size of Mongolia In next 20 years, study predicts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131559.htm">Tree resin captures evolution of feathers on dinosaurs and birds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113752.htm">Carbon nanoparticles break barriers -- and that may not be good</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914192308.htm">Ancient crocodile competed with Titanoboa, world's largest snake, for food, paleontologists discover</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163523.htm">An apple or pear a day may keep strokes away</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163529.htm">New method for detecting lung cancer unveiled</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110629122753.htm">New rapid test tells difference between bacterial and viral infections</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916121139.htm">A wild and woolly discovery: Tibetan expedition ends with prehistoric find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092144.htm">International innovation needed for efficient nitrogen management</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916092133.htm">Producer responsibility solution to electronic waste in developing countries</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-16:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915182850.htm">NASA Mars research helps find buried water on Earth</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915183045.htm">Meteor likely cause of Southwest U.S. light show</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113634.htm">When ticks transmit dangerous pathogens: Local antibiotic therapy stops Lyme disease</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141227.htm">Carbon cycle reaches Earth's lower mantle: Evidence of carbon cycle found in 'superdeep' diamonds From Brazil</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915171634.htm">New model for treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Mouse model that replicates human OCD can point to more effective treatments</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134408.htm">Team discovers treatable mechanism responsible for often deadly response to flu</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141237.htm">Salmon and other fish predators rely on 'no guts, no glory' survival tactic</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134412.htm">Inner workings of virus responsible for rare skin cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131654.htm">Human-chimp evolutionary divergence: Methylation and gene sequence co-evolved, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915131640.htm">Arctic ground squirrels muscle up to hunker down</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915091625.htm">Scientists take first step towards creating 'inorganic life'</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115831.htm">Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914143636.htm">Researchers analyze the evolving human relationship with fire</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115833.htm">'Super-spaghetti' with heart-healthy label now possible</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115836.htm">New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131347.htm">'Synthetic' chromosome permits rapid, on-demand 'evolution' of yeast; Artificial system has built-in diversity generator</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914143641.htm">Researchers map the global spread of drug-resistant influenza</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914143643.htm">Hitchhiking snails fly from ocean to ocean</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131325.htm">Researchers develop mouse genetic blueprint; Mouse study drives forward understanding of human biology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914161729.htm">Water evaporated from trees cools global climate, researchers find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915163527.htm">Arctic sea ice reaches minimum 2011 extent, making it second lowest in satellite record</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141235.htm">Mouse genome sequences reveal variability, complex evolutionary history</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141224.htm">Journey to the lower mantle and back: Minerals from ocean-floor rocks are found in ultra-deep diamonds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915141221.htm">Diamonds show depth extent of Earth's carbon cycle</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134410.htm">Avoiding fatal responses to flu infection</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134404.htm">In rapidly warming seas, some fish lose while others gain</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915114009.htm">A call to arms for synthetic biology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113756.htm">Scorched Earth: The past, present and future of human influences on wildfires</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-15:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913212932.htm">Strange vent-fellows: Chemosynthetic shrimp, tubeworms together for first time at hydrothermal vent</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914115848.htm">Accidental sea turtle deaths drop 90 percent in U.S. fisheries; Improvements in fishing equipment seem to be preventing lethal 'bycatch'</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914134907.htm">Air pollution caused by ships plummets when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulfur fuels, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103058.htm">Breakthrough opens new avenues for hep C vaccine</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914100600.htm">'Synthetic biology' could replace oil for chemical industry</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131357.htm">New invention unravels mystery of protein folding</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914135631.htm">Arctic sea ice nears minimum extent</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913152931.htm">Novel software used in first global camera trap mammal study</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155336.htm">Study of metabolites reveals health implications from small molecules</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143404.htm">Messy better than neat: Tangled coat of nanowires increases solar cell efficiency by absorbing more light</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912144242.htm">Crashes common among helicopters used in oil and gas operations, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172713.htm">Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143541.htm">High-fat diet and lack of enzyme can lead to heart disease in mice</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913092430.htm">Primary component in curry spice kicks off cancer-killing mechanisms in human saliva</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172620.htm">In immune cells, super-resolution imaging reveals natural killers' M.O.</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143458.htm">Team finds stable RNA nano-scaffold within virus core</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914100254.htm">Our future will be shaped by fire</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-14:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822121727.htm">In the early life of an embryo, a monster lurks: Newly fertilized cells only narrowly avoid degenerating into fatal chaos</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913091559.htm">More evidence that spicing up broccoli boosts its cancer-fighting power</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172625.htm">Bats adjust their 'field-of-view': Use of biosonar is more advanced than thought</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103208.htm">Using lasers to vaporize tissue at multiple points simultaneously</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913152927.htm">Observations of climate change from indigenous Alaskans</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913122039.htm">Major threats foreseen due to Europe's changing marine environments</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913092424.htm">Sea level rise may take economic toll on California coast, study predicts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912092603.htm">Can scientists look at next year's climate?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906144606.htm">'White-coat effect' elevates greyhounds' blood pressure</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145057.htm">The breathtaking dance of plants: How plants space out the pores through which they breathe</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906121236.htm">Recycling fat might help worms live longer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908210115.htm">Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913122056.htm">Blood vessels from your printer?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913092418.htm">Methodology applied to historical walls may explain why moss gathers and how paint blackens</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-13:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907163921.htm">Endangered horse has ancient origins and high genetic diversity, new study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152858.htm">Sustainability scientists suggest how countries can cooperate on climate</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912104834.htm">New species of ancient predatory fish discovered</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912152906.htm">Health fears over CO<sub>2</sub> storage are unfounded, study shows</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912102122.htm">'Trojan Horse' particle sneaks chemotherapy in to kill ovarian cancer cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912102126.htm">Physicist detects movement of macromolecules engineered into our food</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912092554.htm">Exposure to 'white' light LEDs appears to suppress body's production of melatonin more than certain other lights, research suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912075700.htm">Breath and sweat used to detect trapped humans</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124152.htm">Mitosis: New techniques expose surprises in cell division</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145059.htm">Gypsy moth caterpillars hormonal slaves to virus gene</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907132102.htm">Scientists offer way to address 'age-old' questions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630111538.htm">Sea urchins see with their whole body</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104001.htm">Genetic link to cattle diseases uncovered</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908171631.htm">Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is a hybrid of two other swallowtails, scientists find</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110912143401.htm">A tale of (more than) 2 butterflies: Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is hybrid of other swallowtails</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-12:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110911145228.htm">Sea levels much less stable than earlier believed, new coral dating method suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110911145203.htm">Researchers team with glowing cats against AIDS, other diseases; New technique gives cats protection genes</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124614.htm">Improvements are needed for accuracy in gene-by-environment interaction studies, experts say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909155229.htm">Microbes travel through the air: But how, and where?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909195140.htm">Research on US nuclear levels after Fukushima could aid in future nuclear detection</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110910133317.htm">Tiny teeth indicate ancient shark nurseries</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110910132419.htm">Researcher sees spring-like protein as key to muscle behavior</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110910133948.htm">Gray blobs floating after Hurricane Irene identified as potato sponges</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-11:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909141635.htm">Groundbreaking DNA tests could trap deer poachers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111639.htm">Snakebites a public health problem in Africa</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110910134446.htm">U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record: Texas has warmest summer on record of any state</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909195135.htm">Invasive forest insects cost homeowners, taxpayers billions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145053.htm">Hummingbirds all a-flutter during courtship: How fluttering feathers can generate courtship sounds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824115846.htm">MRSA may increase mortality rate by 50 percent, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829142513.htm">2,000-year-old burial box could reveal location of the family of Caiaphas</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-10:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111525.htm">Using 61 years of tropical storm data, scientists uncover landfall threat probabilities</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909091219.htm">Captivated by critters: Humans are wired to respond to animals</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907100014.htm">Deep-sea fish in deep trouble: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829153406.htm">How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124500.htm">Mantis shrimp: Ocean floor critters communicate in synchronized rumbles</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908161444.htm">Mother's diet influences baby's allergies, research suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907132044.htm">Where does all Earth's gold come from? Precious metals the result of meteorite bombardment, rock analysis finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830081534.htm">New cooling system raises efficiency of oil and gas processing</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907163907.htm">National forests can provide public health benefits, U.S. study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145104.htm">Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124458.htm">Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104201.htm">Handier than Homo habilis? Versatile hand of Australopithecus sediba makes a better candidate for an early tool-making hominin</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124507.htm">New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled: New material may find use in reconstructive surgery, cosmetics, tissue engineering</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104157.htm">Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays: Experiment reveals brain shape of an early human ancestor</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909195137.htm">Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909195132.htm">Local government, homeowners paying price for non-native forest insects, U.S. study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909141633.htm">Biology, crop injury, and management of thrips in cotton seedlings</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909141631.htm">Cotton's potential for padding nonwovens</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111451.htm">Whole-parasite malaria vaccine shows promise in clinical trial; Vaccine is first of its kind to earn FDA approval to test in humans</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-09:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145109.htm">800,000 years of abrupt climate variability: Earth's climate is capable of very rapid transitions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908171628.htm">Combination therapy rids common infection from implanted medical devices, researchers report</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907124401.htm">Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145107.htm">Weakened malaria parasites form basis of new vaccine strategy</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145333.htm">Scientists overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124505.htm">Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104159.htm">Australopithecus sediba paved the way for Homo species, new studies suggest</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907075759.htm">New substances accelerate drug transport into cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104244.htm">King crabs threaten seafloor life near Antarctica</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908091024.htm">Neutron scattering confirms DNA is as stretchy as nylon</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907163909.htm">Space instrument observes new characteristics of solar flares; Findings may lead to improved space weather forecasting</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110905160444.htm">New drugs hope for dangerous yeast infections</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831205914.htm">Potatoes reduce blood pressure in people with obesity and high blood pressure</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907192320.htm">'Dirty' wild mice may be more relevant immunology model</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906134011.htm">New material shows promise for trapping pollutants</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907124620.htm">Researchers eye newer, safer birth control method</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907192325.htm">Biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis associated with increased skin cancer risk, review finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906161634.htm">Jumping gene's preferred targets may influence genome evolution</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907171531.htm">Flaxseed no help for hot flashes during breast cancer or menopause, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906121951.htm">Clouds don't cause climate change, study shows</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907075753.htm">Smartphones as helpers during disasters: Software for autonomous smartphone network developed</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145326.htm">Evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145055.htm">Scientists identify viral gene driving sick gypsy moth caterpillars to climb high and die</a></li> </ul></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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A new study has shown that monkeys are capable of making analogies. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102213.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130110.htm" class="blue">Protein 'switches' could turn cancer cells into tiny chemotherapy factories</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130110.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102217.jpg" width="60" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue">Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- The plant liana, whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage, serves as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Such membranes could find use, for example, in rubber dinghies. Researchers have borrowed this trick from nature and developed a polymer foam surface coating with a closed cell construction which not only reduces the pressure loss after the membrane is damaged but also makes the inflatable structure more resistant and giving it a longer operational life. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075421.htm" class="blue">Infant mortality linked to subsequent risk of stillbirth, new U.S. study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Women whose first pregnancy ended in infant death are significantly more likely to have a subsequent stillbirth, according to a new study by U.S. researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075421.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue">NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere. The precise re-entry time and location of debris impacts have not been determined. During the re-entry period, the satellite passed from the east coast of Africa over the Indian Ocean, then the Pacific Ocean, then across northern Canada, then across the northern Atlantic Ocean, to a point over West Africa. The vast majority of the orbital transit was over water, with some flight over northern Canada and West Africa. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164503.htm" class="blue">How devoted moms buffer kids in poverty</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Children raised in poverty often grow up to have poor health in adulthood, from frequent colds to heart disease. But there's one thing that might buffer them from that fate: a good mom, according to a new study. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164503.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923095801.jpg" width="35" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue">Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Clean solutions to human energy demands are essential to our future. While sunlight is the most abundant source of energy at our disposal, we have yet to learn how to capture, transfer and store solar energy efficiently. According to a new study, the answers can be found in the complex systems at work in nature. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194734.htm" class="blue">Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194734.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102534.jpg" width="61" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102534.htm" class="blue">NASA to demonstrate communications via laser beam</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- It currently takes 90 minutes to transmit high-resolution images from Mars, but NASA would like to dramatically reduce that time to just minutes. A new optical communications system that NASA plans to demonstrate in 2016 will lead the way and even allow the streaming of high-definition video from distances beyond the moon. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102534.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194727.htm" class="blue">Two new cost-effective ways to predict prostate cancer</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Two related studies reveal new risk indicators for prostate cancer. The first study shows that men diagnosed with benign prostate enlargement have an increased risk of developing and dying from prostate cancer. The second study shows that monitoring prostate-specific antigen levels can be used to predict the long-term risk of healthy men developing and dying from prostate cancer. Both could lead to more efficient and cost-effective screening for prostate cancer, with reductions in over-diagnosis and unnecessary treatment. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194727.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm" class="blue">Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- Maintaining fluid balance in the body is essential to survival. By researching recent genomic data, researchers have found genetic evidence that links this intricate process to a turning point in evolution. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm" class="blue">Stress drives alcoholics' children to drink, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 24, 2011)</span> -- If either of your parents has a drink problem, there is a greater risk that you will consume more alcohol after stressful situations, new research from Sweden suggests. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359933&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359933&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-24:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102213.htm">Monkeys also reason through analogy, study shows</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130110.htm">Protein 'switches' could turn cancer cells into tiny chemotherapy factories</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102217.htm">Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075421.htm">Infant mortality linked to subsequent risk of stillbirth, new U.S. study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924172621.htm">NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919164503.htm">How devoted moms buffer kids in poverty</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm">Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194734.htm">Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102534.htm">NASA to demonstrate communications via laser beam</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923194727.htm">Two new cost-effective ways to predict prostate cancer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134531.htm">Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm">Stress drives alcoholics' children to drink, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110924102550.htm">Treatment of rectal cancer varies enormously between different European countries</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-24:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141858.htm">Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134536.htm">Cancer protein's surprising role as memory regulator</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm">No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm">Researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo: Machine's magnetic field pushes fluid in the inner ear's balance organ</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120334.htm">New source of super-chilled neutrons provides tools for understanding fundamental physics concepts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093552.htm">Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134617.htm">Some brain wiring continues to develop well into our 20s</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075423.htm">Combating obesity and diabetes: Researchers identify pathways leading to activation of 'good' fat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm">Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm">Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm">Unprecedented role reversal: Ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm">Science and religion do mix? Only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922192056.htm">Cloaking magnetic fields: First antimagnet developed</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm">Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093730.htm">Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134615.htm">Kidney damage and high blood pressure: Faulty filtration allows detrimental enzymes to wreak havoc on fluid balance, research suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921131729.htm">Producing flexible CIGS solar cells with record efficiency</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922152631.htm">One million more U.S. children living in poverty since 2009, new census data shows</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121407.htm">Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180025.htm">Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093728.htm">Singing after stroke? Why rhythm and formulaic phrases may be more important than melody</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120039.htm">Twin study reveals epigenetic alterations of psychiatric disorders</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm">Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120037.htm">Cannabinoids after a traumatic experience may prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms, rat study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923084425.htm">Particles appear to travel faster than light: OPERA experiment reports anomaly in flight time of neutrinos</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm">New targets for the control of HIV predicted using a novel computational analysis</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074251.htm">Size matters: Length of songbirds’ playlists linked to brain region proportions</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164208.htm">XMRV, related viruses not confirmed in blood of healthy donors or chronic fatigue syndrome patients</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120331.htm">Springs of life in the Dead Sea: Dense and diverse microbial communities in and around fresh water springs</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120041.htm">Fear of childbirth increases likelihood of C-section, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm">Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180018.htm">Five new genes affecting the risk of coronary artery disease identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144206.htm">Aquarius yields NASA's first global map of ocean salinity</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm">Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141902.htm">Single-sex schooling does not improve academic performance and can lead to gender stereotyping, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm">Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm">BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm">El Niño and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114357.htm">Error rate higher in breast imaging reports generated by automatic speech recognition, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120044.htm">Extent of peer social networks influences onset of adolescent alcohol consumption</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923131327.htm">Congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130115.htm">Lessons to be learned from nature in photosynthesis</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923125414.htm">Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102525.htm">New treatment for kala azar, the most deadly parasitic disease after malaria</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095811.htm">Study 'changes our understanding' of youth voting behavior</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095803.htm">Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095016.htm">University students who use cannabis, tobacco and alcohol take too many non-prescribed drugs, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095014.htm">Finding clues as to how early man adapted to marine environments</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095011.htm">Corruption is slowing economic growth in low-income countries</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095005.htm">Faster than light? Neutrino finding puzzles scientists</a></li> </ul></p> <p><b><i>Posted 2011-09-23:</b></i> <ul> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm">Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121410.htm">Newly identified antibodies may improve pneumonia vaccine design</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm">Close up look at a microbial vaccination program</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114229.htm">Cellular origin of a rare form of breast cancer identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm">Religion and ecology among China's Blang people</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093313.htm">With more choice, friends are more similar, but not closer</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm">Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114239.htm">Virus kills breast cancer cells in laboratory</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm">Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164217.htm">Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma, study suggests</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm">New technique for dating silk</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132338.htm">Hedging your bets: How the brain makes decisions based on related information</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm">Radiation boost for artificial joints</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm">Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134540.htm">Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm">Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102236.htm">Men and women cooperate equally for the common good, study finds</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093326.htm">New system finds prostate cancer spread earlier than conventional imaging</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm">Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120050.htm">The 'disinhibited' brain: New findings on CRPS -- a disease characterized by severe pain</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm">Steep increase in global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm">Information technologies foster freedom or reinforce repression</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm">Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm">Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm">Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103816.htm">Good night's sleep may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in obese teens</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172836.htm">Do women's voices really allow men to detect ovulation? 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm">Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132334.htm">Zinc regulates communication between brain cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093608.htm">Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133206.htm">Key molecule that blocks abnormal blood vessel growth in tumors identified</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133204.htm">Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172849.htm">Allowing native language in school 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm">Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921081741.htm">Common stimulant may speed recovery from general anesthesia</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104757.htm">Fast-evolving genes control developmental differences in social insects</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103825.htm">Potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy demonstrated</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111449.htm">Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence, researcher predicts</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919124809.htm">Political preferences play different role in dating, mating</a></li> <li><a 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href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111818.htm">Breast cancer: Stress receptor found to stimulate growth and migration of cancer cells</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121612.htm">Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs, biologists say</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173347.htm">Continued treatment for lupus may boost survival of those patients with end-stage kidney disease</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920081140.htm">Sifting out genetic defects from mounds of data</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163211.htm">Depression associated with increased risk of stroke and stroke-related death</a></li> <li><a class="blue" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm">Observations of fallout from the 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Like it or not, Perrelet has just released this spinning stars and stripes version of their Turbine watch called the <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/perrelet-turbine-xl-america-limited-edition-watch/" target="_blank">Turbine XL America</a>.</p> <p>We don’t care that this watch is made for a Dutch soccer team – what we do care about is that this highly limited edition Netherlands-made <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/pellikaan-timing-fc-utrecht-limited-edition-watch/" target="_blank">Pellikaan Timing FC Utrecht timepiece</a> is great looking with a sweet mix of classic, modern, and sport.</p> <p>If you don’t have the right watch to wear while assembling your new computer rig – you know, to really get you in the mood- <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/click-dip-switch-turn-switch-circuit-board-style-watches/">Click Watches’ DIP Switch or Turn Switch watch</a> look like circuit board parts and are probably your best bet.</p> <p>New from Porsche Design is the pretty neat looking <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/porsche-design-p6620-dashboard-chronograph-watch-hands-on/" target="_blank">P’6620 Chronograph Dashboard watch</a>. We like the case the best, and with it you’ll have that comfy feeling knowing you are wearing something “designer.”</p> <p>Sober and presentable is often how you want to go with a nice watch. No one is better at that than the British. English watch brand <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/bremont-bc-solo-watch-review-2/" target="_blank">Bremont gets their new BC Solo watch reviewed here</a>.</p> <p>Since when to high-end timepieces and obscure comic strip character go together? They don’t, well save for this one-of-a-kind <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/jaeger-lecoultre-reverso-by-zep-watch/" target="_blank">Reverso Zep watch from Jaeger-LeCoultre</a>.</p> <p>The best part of these <a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/sea-god-dive-watches/" target="_blank">“Sea-God” watches</a> is that the guys who made them take them seriously. In reality they are an actually nice looking high-end joke. If you are a Rolex fan you’ll understand.</p> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/11f950a1f56780e4a9012f89b0b017339192c19a-pellikaan-fc-utrecht-watch-1/' title='11f950a1f56780e4a9012f89b0b017339192c19a-Pellikaan-FC-Utrecht-watch-1'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/29dad8ec441f1b31cd2169589027ec99ae000a63-porsche-design-p6620-watch-1/' title='29dad8ec441f1b31cd2169589027ec99ae000a63-Porsche-Design-P6620-watch-1'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/065feeec792f5037d2bd28f75a965513152690e1-reverso_zep-5/' title='065feeec792f5037d2bd28f75a965513152690e1-Reverso_ZEP-5'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/click-watches-14/' title='Click-watches-14'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/fb007a7d0c0ebc9998feb2e583678d9740cf2735-sea-god-2/' title='fb007a7d0c0ebc9998feb2e583678d9740cf2735-Sea-God-2'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/24/weekly-wrist-watch-round-up/turbine-america/' title='Turbine-America'></a> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/425409/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/BE08_K5gcoRdA4r88Y7hp6qf36I/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/BE08_K5gcoRdA4r88Y7hp6qf36I/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/BE08_K5gcoRdA4r88Y7hp6qf36I/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/BE08_K5gcoRdA4r88Y7hp6qf36I/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=gTTwAtZADkk:uz_gd5gaqVE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/gTTwAtZADkk?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="2" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DosFEfhjfsQ/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Book Excerpt: Bloggers Boot Camp By Our Own John Biggs</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 24 Sep 2011 06:20 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/screen-shot-2011-09-23-at-11-36-24-am.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Screen Shot 2011-09-23 at 11.36.24 AM" title="Screen Shot 2011-09-23 at 11.36.24 AM" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Our own John Biggs and his former Gizmodo co-worker, <a HREF="http://mashable.com/author/charlie-white/">Charlie White</a>, have just released a book about blogging called <a HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Bloggers-Boot-Camp-Learning-Successful/dp/0240819179/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316791815&sr=8-1"><i>Bloggers Boot Camp</i></a> . These gents produced tens of thousands of posts between them, written for some of the biggest names in blogging, and are generally good blokes. Their goal in this to teach how to write for blogs. This isn’t a book on starting a Tumblr or a WordPress.com. It’s about thinking about your blog posts in terms of content, value, and sharing and it discusses search optimization not through dirty tricks but through good, hard work.</p> <p>Here is an excerpt of the book and they’d love you to pop over to their <a HREF="http://bloggersbootcamp.tv/">website to pick it up or check out the 12-week virtual writing course</a> they’re running with <a HREF="http://bloggersbootcamp.simversity.com/register">the help of Simversity</a>.</p> <hr /> <strong>The Two Rules<br /> </strong><br /> Ignore these two rules at your peril. Understand that blogs take on a life of their own, and if your goal is to blog to make money, or you are blogging as an extension of your interests or job, these two rules – part of what we would call a “blogging plan” – are absolutely paramount. Blogging is a job. It may be your second job but it is a process that takes hard work and discipline. We have been blogging for almost a decade, and it's a constant struggle as well as a source of constant reward. Our days begin at 8 a.m. and end whenever the last news item flickers across our screens. </p> <p><strong>Rule 1. Always Be Blogging<br /> </strong></p> <p>The best blogs are updated daily, if not hourly. There is nothing worse than a ghost blog, a site that seems to be updated sporadically at best. Readers are becoming experts at sensing the freshness of content. If you leave your blog sitting for weeks at a time with no new posts, they’ll catch on quickly and your audience will migrate elsewhere.</p> <p>Keep posting! What do you mean, there’s nothing to write about today? Of course there is! There’s always something going on that would interest your readers every day. Your goal is to be the person “in the know” about all things involved in your topic. If you truly love what you’re writing about, you won’t have any problem writing something at least daily. If you find you’re having trouble, you may be facing a serious problem in your choice of topic. There is no topic too mundane that you can't pull a post out of it. Can't find news? Post some pictures from a recent activity related to your topic. Talk about what other bloggers in your niche are doing. Prepare a round-up of news from other sources.</p> <p>Your posts don’t always have to be news. They can be a personal story, a reaction to the news of the day, or a simple link to another site with information you enjoyed. However, if you find yourself getting lazy and failing to post, you’ve broken the first cardinal rule of your blogging plan.</p> <p>However, don't fall into the "personal blog post" trap. Don't tell the story of your problems at the DMV or your relationship issues. Don’t tell us what you had for dinner last night (unless you’re a food critic), or fill us in on every detail of that dream you had last night. Don't spring your heartfelt musings on your unsuspecting audience. But if you can somehow creatively weave some personal experience into your posts, that could be the very thing that makes the story yours. </p> <p>Lacking inspiration? Create a calendar for yourself and a to-do list. Add items to the to-do list as you think of them and then add them to the calendar. These “evergreen” post ideas can be published at any time. If you find yourself frustrated or facing the dreaded writer’s block, simply go to this list of items you haven’t gotten around to yet and do one. </p> <p>That doesn’t mean you’ll have to sit in front of your computer 24 hours a day. A lot of blogging is thinking, observing, and discovering a fresh angle on a topic that’s already been covered elsewhere. If you keep your blog top-of-mind, you’ll find yourself coming up with ideas wherever you go. Who knows where you’ll find inspiration? Beethoven went for daily walks, and heard a bird singing the first four notes of his Fifth Symphony. Occurrences, people, objects and new experiences that have great potential to be turned into blog posts are everywhere, and it’s up to you to tease them out, write about them, make them interesting and grab your readers with them. </p> <p><strong>Rule 2. Post Consistently<br /> </strong><br /> What sort of voice will your blog have? You want readers to become familiar with the way you do things, the way you express yourself, and the way your blog is laid out. Do you want to do long posts, daily? Many short posts each day? Digests of news with simple links? Videos? There’s a variety of ways to build a blog and most of us would choose a scattershot approach to posting daily. However, if you find you enjoy writing longer posts, you may want to stick with that style. It gives your readers plenty to chew on on a regular basis, and you can still add shorter posts in between. Establish your style at the beginning, and keep it consistent.</p> <p>Having a style doesn't mean you have to be snarky, mean, or silly. It means you need to be clear, concise, and you need to stand out in a vast sea of "me-too" content. Be the person people link to when they want to prove a point. Be the expert other experts trust when it comes to matters of technical accuracy. Pride yourself on a consistent and readable style. And make it sound like you.</p> <p>However long your posts will be, it’s most important to decide on a writing style. Will you embrace vulgarity with your site, cussing like a sailor in every sentence, or will you be prim and proper? Will you attack your topics with sarcasm and snark, or will you play it straight? Will you have a happy, carefree and uplifting approach, or will you incite your readers to share your anger? Will you find a way to be different, standing out from the crowd of blogs blanketing the earth with your dazzling insights?</p> <p>Maybe you’re funny. However, comedy, as they say, is hard. One of the pitfalls we’ve seen in new bloggers attempting a snarky style is the descent into meanness for meanness’s sake. When you focus on a topic with any intensity, you “go native” and allow things to affect you more than they should. The antidote to this is to write everything in a hard news style or a more conversational style. Also avoid lashing out at figures and major players in your niche. And remember, a bit of self-deprecating humor and personality goes a long way.</p> <p>Don't forget to make it personal. The one thing the "big newsrooms" can't do is inject personality into their work. Sure, there are some exceptions, but on the aggregate many news sites are stale and boring by dint of their mission. Will this be a log of your experiences and opinions? Unless you’re going to be simply rewriting news stories, or doing straight reporting, you’ll probably insert many of your experiences and opinions into your writing. In the early days of blogging, much of the writing was a lot like the early days of Twitter, where writers would talk about everyday trivialities such as what they just ate for breakfast. Now, writers have taken it way beyond that level, by orders of magnitude. If you’re a solo act, let the readers inside, bare your soul. That’s entertainment!</p> <p>If you’re writing a blog with a group of colleagues, your blog style will need to reflect the fact that there is a group of people working together. Referring to yourself as “we” is probably the best idea here, but that’s not to say you can’t use the proverbial “we” when you’re writing a solo blog, either. This is an important element of your blog style: Will you write is a group or as a collection of individuals? You can choose whether each post will reflect the separate opinions and attitudes of individual writers, where all the writers in your group strive to set themselves apart. Or, you can work as an editorial team, akin to how newspapers editorial boards write, and speak as a group.</p> <p>We’ve asked you a lot of questions in this first chapter, and we would suggest you carefully contemplate each one and come up with solid answers for yourself. Be honest. If you do this, you’ll be on a sturdy foundation for starting up a successful enterprise. After you’ve gone through that period of self-examination, you might be thinking this sounds like a lot of work. You would be right. In fact, writing might seem easy to you, but the daily dedication needed for a successful blog is hard. You must summon all your energy and enthusiasm, applying a steady and dedicated work ethic to this venture. Set yourself realistic goals, and meet them every day, and you’d be surprised how even a small amount of work – applied consistently – will turn a series of seemingly small efforts into a monumental achievement. </p> <hr /> <p><b>John is giving away ten copies of the book to ten random commenters who explain, succinctly, why they <i>do or don’t</i> need his help blogging. If you’re interested in the course, please follow and Tweet <a HREF="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=webclient&text=%40johnbiggs+Send+me+a+code+%23bootcampme">@johnbiggs to request a discount code with hashtag #bootcampme.</a></b></p> <p>You can buy Nook and Kindle versions of the book <a HREF="http://bloggersbootcamp.tv/">here</a> and check out the course <a HREF="http://bloggersbootcamp.simversity.com/register">here</a>.</p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426170/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/YNgkKEo8-DnyEZcsTKN3kNN9EvI/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/YNgkKEo8-DnyEZcsTKN3kNN9EvI/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/YNgkKEo8-DnyEZcsTKN3kNN9EvI/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/YNgkKEo8-DnyEZcsTKN3kNN9EvI/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=DosFEfhjfsQ:GUVWASflBeg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/DosFEfhjfsQ?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/699lWherRus/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">(Founder Stories) Eric Ries: On “Vanity Metrics” And “Success Theater”</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 24 Sep 2011 06:00 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ries-4-tc_upload-mp4.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Ries 4-tc_upload.mp4" title="Ries 4-tc_upload.mp4" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=Q4N2t0MjrvENIKKiWcq-IFnjL9M5sHMa&deepLinkEmbedCode=Q4N2t0MjrvENIKKiWcq-IFnjL9M5sHMa&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=Q4N2t0MjrvENIKKiWcq-IFnjL9M5sHMa&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=pteGRrMTpcKMyQ052c8NwYZ5M5FdSV3j" /><embed src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=Q4N2t0MjrvENIKKiWcq-IFnjL9M5sHMa&version=2" bgcolor="#000000" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" name="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&embedCode=Q4N2t0MjrvENIKKiWcq-IFnjL9M5sHMa" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode='transparent'></embed></object></noscript> <p>Resuming their conversation from <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/founder-stories-eric-ries-lean-startup/">episode I</a>, Chris Dixon asks <em>Lean Startup</em> author Eric Ries to offer evidence of uber successful “internet/software companies that have adopted or used the lean startup movement.”</p> <p>Ries has worked with companies such as Dropbox, Groupon, and Intuit, but he doesn’t claim any credit for their success. He notes though that the larger point is this: “How do you know just because someone claims to have followed this model and that it made them rich and successful how do you know that is actually true? How do you know there is any causal link between the two?” He tells Dixon, “I want The Lean Startup to be a scientific theory that is itself falsifiable.”</p> <p>Ries encourages leaders to test <em>The Lean Startup’s</em> concepts, at least on a small scale, and decide for themselves if it improves performance.</p> <p>Below, the topic turns to “<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/30/vanity-metrics/">vanity metrics</a>,” which Ries thinks are bogus. He says when companies roll out stats like number of users or hits they offer a “good strategic weapon” but really represent a whole lot of nothing. “The reason companies like to talk about vanity metrics is they both make your competitors feel bad about themselves and also reveal nothing about your business.”</p> <p>Vanity metrics devolve into what Ries calls “success theater” which is the action of “making people think that you are being successful rather than energy you could put into serving customers.” Reis says “if you look at the accounting metrics, ROI, profitability, everything we get trained to do as a corporate CFO or VC, those metrics cannot tell the difference between the team that is on the brink of success or a team that spent that year goofing off.”</p> <p>Hammering home the point he says “the current metrics paradigm literally can’t tell the difference between absolute success and total disaster.”</p> <p>Prime example?  Twitter. Watch the video to find out why—and to find out what data Ries claims companies should focus on.</p> <p>Past episodes of Founder Stories are <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories">here</a>.</p> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=htN2t0MjoR2nP23a3av7_YUtD9-zzwKY&deepLinkEmbedCode=htN2t0MjoR2nP23a3av7_YUtD9-zzwKY&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=htN2t0MjoR2nP23a3av7_YUtD9-zzwKY&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=pteGRrMTpcKMyQ052c8NwYZ5M5FdSV3j" /><embed src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=htN2t0MjoR2nP23a3av7_YUtD9-zzwKY&version=2" bgcolor="#000000" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" name="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&embedCode=htN2t0MjoR2nP23a3av7_YUtD9-zzwKY" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode='transparent'></embed></object></noscript> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">ERIC RIES</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ries" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Eric Ries</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://theleanstartup.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">theleanstartup.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imvu" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">IMVU</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/aardvark" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Aardvark</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/veri" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Veri</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/rock-health" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Rock Health</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Eric Ries is the author of the forthcoming book, [The Lean Startup] (http://theleanstartup.com). Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. 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margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>After yesterday’s announcement of its expanded<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/button-down/"> Open Graph capabilities</a>, Facebook has been sharing your music listening activity over its News Ticker, allowing for music discovery and the realization that as TechCrunch co-founder <a href="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01208/costume-rabbit_1208808i.jpg">Michael Arrington</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500065899">put it</a>, “A lot of you have just really terrible taste in music.”</p> <p>Well, in case you want to further delve into your friends’ terrible music taste, Facebook has just launched its Music Dashboard as a permanent bookmark in your profile’s left side bar. Inside Facebook’s Josh Constine <a href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/2011/06/20/music-dashboar/">points out</a> that you can access it and dock it on your sidebar by clicking through to a friend’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/?sk=music&playlist_id=10150401137930993">Playlist</a> or through this direct link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/?sk=music">here. </a></p> <p>Right now the Music Dashboard shows you what songs your friends are listening to — aggregating friend listening patterns by band– as well as Top Songs and something called Featured Music Services which for me at least is currently advertising Earbits and Spotify.</p> <p>While it seems like you must have at least one music playing partner app to listen to music through Dashboard, one of its coolest and most seamless features is that if you click on a song from a music player you don’t currently have Facebook gives you the, albiet mitigated, option to listen to it in your preferred player.</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/screen-shot-2011-09-23-at-9-37-12-pm.png" rel="lightbox[426549]"></a></p> <p>Of course because it’s Facebook you can like or comment on user music listening activity, and also judge your friends on their song selections because, as we all know, Dave Matthews is lame. But, before you judge too harshly, please keep in mind the serious serious issue with all this music integration …</p> <p>As <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/philip-kaplan">Philip Kaplan</a> notes, “The problem with this Spotify integration is that I end up clicking a lot of friends’ terrible selections (out of curiosity) and then it looks like they’re *my* pics .”</p> <p>So, yeah, be care before you click on your old college roommate’s update that they’re listening to the Divinyls ”I touch myself.” Openness <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500065899">is</a> a double-edged sword.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">FACEBOOK</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Facebook</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://facebook.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">facebook.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>January 2, 2004</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$2.34B</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004, initially as an exclusive network for Harvard students. It was a huge hit: in 2 weeks, half of the schools in the Boston area began demanding a Facebook network. Zuckerberg immediately recruited his friends Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes to help build Facebook, and within four months, Facebook added 30 more college networks. 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Jon is a founder of <a href="http://www.rglabsinc.com/">RG Labs</a> and is <a href="http://jonbischke.com/2011/09/18/companies-im-psyched-about-helping/">an advisor to several startups</a>. You can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/jonbischke">Jon on Twitter here</a>.</em></p> <blockquote><p>I heard them say they're shutting Detroit down.<br /> But I won't leave 'cause this is my hometown.</p></blockquote> <p>– Kid Rock, "Times Like These"</p> <p>San Francisco. Palo Alto. New York. Cambridge. Austin. Boulder. Detroit. One of those doesn't seem to fit in there right? After all, Detroit's a mess isn't it? <a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/06/medium-home-prices-in-detroit-fall-to.html">The median house price in Detroit is $6,000</a>. Half of the adults <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/07/detroit-illiteracy-nearly-half-education_n_858307.html">in the city are functionally illiterate</a>. <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gmarkus/montemurri.htm">48% of children live below the poverty line</a>. Some people would say that Detroit epitomizes what is wrong with America.</p> <p>But for a group of talented and motivated entrepreneurs in Detroit it's something else. It's a chance to show what's right about America. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with a dozen of Detroit's top founders to discuss what it's like to start a company in what's probably the most economically depressed city in the country. While their businesses were different and they didn't agree on everything, they all shared one thing: a strong feeling that the Detroit of the future will be better than the Detroit of the present.</p> <p>The meetup came together in large part due to the efforts of Ben Bator, the founder of <a href="http://textsfromlastnight.com/">Texts from Last Night</a>, a somewhat random idea that spawned a website with four million monthly unique visitors, <a href="http://book.textsfromlastnight.com/">a book</a> and a development deal with Sony Television. Ben is the kind of the guy who could start a company anywhere but instead has chosen to grow his company in Detroit and help to provide jobs in the community that he grew up in.</p> <p>If that attitude sounds familiar it might be because of a guy named Dan Gilbert. Gilbert, a Detroit native, founded Rock Financial back in the 80s and the company was acquired in 2000 by Intuit and rebranded as Quicken Loans. In 2010, Quicken Loans moved its headquarters and 1,700 employees to downtown Detroit and plans to move an additional 2,000 people downtown by the end of this year. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Daniel-Gilbert_LIVH.html">Estimates of Gilbert's wealth have exceeded a billion dollars</a>, plenty of money for him to buy the Cleveland Cavaliers and perhaps more importantly plow some of his cash back into the Detroit startup scene through <a href="http://detroitventurepartners.com/">Detroit Venture Partners (DVP)</a>.</p> <p>Jake Cohen, who joined DVP in November, feels that Detroit is on the verge of a startup renaissance. "There are a number of advantages to starting a company in Detroit including lower costs, strong talent at the local schools like the University of Michigan, Michigan State and the College for Creative Studies at Wayne State and an an opportunity to fill a local hiring void left by the downsizing of the auto industry." DVP has written checks for 10 companies in the last year alone and the company's roster of investors includes impressive guys including Josh Linkner, DVP's CEO and founder of the ePrize and, most recently, Michigan's favorite son, Magic Johnson, <a href="http://detroitventurepartners.com/press-release-earvin-magic-johnson-joins-detroit-venture-partners/">who joined as a General Partner in July</a>. </p> <p>The renaissance in Detroit is one that spans generations. It includes guys like Andrew Rauh, a guy who Peter Thiel should be actively recruiting for his 20 Under 20 program. Andrew, a freshman at the University of Michigan, <a href="http://www.codevs.com/">has already started one company</a> and been featured by Fast Company. Andrew's resume is one of the most impressive of any teenager I've encountered and includes being published by Johns Hopkins University, finishing 3rd in an International Science Fair and raising money for Haiti after the earthquake. </p> <p>But it's not just young guys starting companies in Detroit. Hossein Nivi might be a bit older than your average tech entrepreneur but he's no less visionary. Hossein is attempting to disrupt education and training through <a href="http://www.pendaran.com/">Pendaran</a>. Imagine a cross between a flight simulator, a boot camp and a business school and you have a highly effective training model that's been used within a number of corporations. And if Hossein's surname is recognizable, it's likely because you've seen the work of his sons out in San Francisco, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/babak-nivi">Babak ("Nivi")</a>, the founder of AngelList, and <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/farbood-nivi">Farbood</a>, the founder of <a href="https://grockit.com/">Grockit</a>. </p> <p>So while it's easy to look at Detroit and feel discouraged by what's going on, spend an hour with one of Detroit's entrepreneurs and your mindset will change. Raji Bedi, the founder of <a href="http://doingtonight.com/">doingtonight</a> (think Plancast for where you're going out tonight), put it well with an emphatic statement. "We don't want your pity or to be someone's charity project. We want Detroit's startup companies to stand on their own."</p> <p>After spending time with the founders of other innovative companies like <a href="http://www.areyouahuman.com/">Are You a Human</a> (game-based CAPTCHA), <a href="http://playgumshoe.com/">Gumshoe</a> (a social game best described as "Clue meets The Amazing Race"), <a href="http://www.healpay.com/">HealPay</a> (disruptive play in the collections space) and Own Point of Sale (social point of sale) and with the people behind incubators like <a href="http://detroitlabs.com/">Detroit Labs</a> and Tech Town I was left with a strong sense of hope for Detroit. The numbers are pretty clear. <a href="http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/u-s-job-growth-driven-entirely-by-startups.aspx">Job growth comes from startups</a>. So if Detroit is to come back it'll be the founders that assembled last week (and hopefully many more who will follow in their footsteps) who will be part of driving that job growth. </p> <p>No pity here. 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Previously, he was chief strategy officer and employee No. 11 at Salesforce.com.</em></p> <p>For years, I've pointed to Netflix as one of the shining examples of the Subscription Economy. But in two painfully long weeks, Netflix has taken a huge misstep, violated the trust of its customers and even opened the door to its supposedly long-vanquished elder, Blockbuster!</p> <p>Few remember this. Netflix started out as DVD by mail, but with the same restrictions as a retail Blockbuster experience (e.g. late fees, etc.). Then Netflix realized something important that changed the company forever. Success wasn't tied to the number of DVDs it shipped. It was the number of customers they had and could hold onto. Rabid customer loyalty was key to its success then and it still is today.</p> <p>That's what the Subscription Economy is all about: building and monetizing long term customer relationships. And customers need to feel as though they are in control of the relationship, not the provider. If the provider makes unilateral changes to the relationship, and pricing is a big one, you have violated that relationship and violated the customer's trust. If you don't give me a choice, then it's not a relationship.</p> <p>Netflix knew this <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/12/netflix-dvd-only/">price increase</a> and <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/netflix-qwikster/">division of streaming and DVD-by-mail</a> was going to be disastrous. As a provider, you cannot take the customer relationship for granted, and that's just what Netflix did.</p> <p>Netflix's move also has opened the door for Lazarus (i.e., Blockbuster) to jump back in as a legitimate player. Streaming and DVD-by-mail for <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/blockbuster-movie-pass-dish-networks-answer-to-netflix-and-qwikster/">$10/month for Dish subscribers</a>? Looks like Blockbuster just taught Netflix the power of packaging and pricing in the Subscription Economy. They just gave Netflix's 24 million customers another choice.</p> <p>Sure, Blockbuster is nowhere near Netflix in terms of a library of titles, devices and availability. But Amazon Prime is. While everyone is writing that Netflix dodged a bullet, the clock is ticking. Choice is a click away and Netflix better be concerned with how to rebuild trust with its customers.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">NETFLIX</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></li> <li><a class="tab item-3" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">TIEN TZUO</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Netflix</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.netflix.com/" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">netflix.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 24, 1997</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">IPO:</span> <span> NASDAQ:NFLX </span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>With more than 23.3 million members in the United States and Canada, Netflix, Inc. is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. For $7.99 a month, Netflix members in the U.S. can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streaming right to their TVs and computers and can receive unlimited DVDs delivered quickly to their homes. In Canada, streaming unlimited movies and TV shows from Netflix is available for $7.99 a month. There are...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p></p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-3"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tien-tzuo" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Tien Tzuo</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zuora" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Zuora</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Tien Tzuo, widely recognized as one of the thought leaders in the software-as-a-service industry, founded Zuora in 2008 and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Zuora, Tzuo had witnessed a shift to a new business model where both consumers and businesses favored a subscription model verses a one time transaction. 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Or at least, he has proven that he still knows how to set up a WordPress blog.</p> <p>Arrington just tweeted a link to <a href="http://www.uncrunched.com">Uncrunched</a>, which will be his personal blog from here on out. There isn’t really much there yet, save for his first <a href="http://uncrunched.com/2011/09/23/here-i-am/">post</a> titled, ‘<em>Here I Am’</em>. That’s it — the post consists of just the title — but presumably his later posts will be a little more content-heavy (fingers crossed that this new role as General Partner at CrunchFund is just a ploy to unearth all of Silicon Valley’s dark secrets).</p> <p>Which brings us to the comments.</p> <p>Arrington has apparently decided to use the basic WordPress commenting system. It’s a brave move (you may remember the TechCrunch comments of yore), but the trolls haven’t overwhelmed the blog just yet.</p> <p>In keeping with time-honored Internet tradition, the first comment on the blog is “omg. first.” — congratulations to former TC developer and Cake Health cofounder <a href="http://twitter.com/andrewpbrett">Andy Brett</a> for claiming the top spot. And an ‘A’ for effort to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pud">Philip Kaplan</a>, who wrote “first” despite being the blog’s twelfth comment. The remainder of the comments are generally positive, though there are a few outliers, like the one embedded below.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Disclosure: Arrington was my boss for a long time and I ate a lot of his cereal when TC was still based out of his house.</em></p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">MICHAEL ARRINGTON</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Michael Arrington</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">techcrunch.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/techcrunch" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/edgeio" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Edgeio</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/achex" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Achex</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/io-ventures" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">i/o Ventures</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/softtech-vc" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SoftTech VC</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/benchmark-capital" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Benchmark Capital</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/sv-angel" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SV Angel</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/crunchfund" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">CrunchFund</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zocdoc" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">ZocDoc</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995), and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His clients included idealab, Netscape, Pixar, Apple and a number of startups, venture funds and investment banks. He...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-arrington" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> </div><!-- End of panel-container --> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426490/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/PdxTvP676bMTxhPtI08gdO1HBUo/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/PdxTvP676bMTxhPtI08gdO1HBUo/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/PdxTvP676bMTxhPtI08gdO1HBUo/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/PdxTvP676bMTxhPtI08gdO1HBUo/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=oExjq_5OBK8:x8M4YHkvobc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/oExjq_5OBK8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="9" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/v1WNai5Bzxc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">HTC Vigor Packs Beats Audio, LTE, But No DROID Branding?</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 03:31 PM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/beatslte.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="beatslte" title="beatslte" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Here’s a noodle-scratcher to ponder over the weekend: the <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/26/htc-vigor-spotted-in-the-wild-possibly-packing-verizon-lte/">HTC Vigor</a> was supposedly going to hit Verizon as the Droid Incredible HD, but files leaked from the forthcoming device hint that the phone may not carry the Droid distinction after all.</p> <p>Someone who was lucky enough to have a Vigor in their possession managed to rip the device’s boot sequence, wallpapers, and sound files, and shared their findings with <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/09/23/exclusive-download-htc-vigor-wallpapers-live-wallpaper-notifications-ringtones-and-boot-animation/">AndroidPolice</a>. </p> <p>When the Vigor is fired up, it runs through the HTC, Beats, and Verizon LTE logos in quick succession, but something is strangely absent. The animation lacks the traditional giant red eye that has graced all of Verizon’s Droid series phones. Considering that the eye has been a strong part of Verizon’s Droid branding efforts, it doesn’t make sense to ditch it so unceremoniously. On top of that, the phone’s notification sounds were also released, and to my dismay there was no “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFmnchEmwA">DRROOOOOOID</a>” sound to be found.</p> <p>It’s possible that the eye is to be added to the boot sequence later, and the sounds weren’t properly dumped, but it looks at this stage that the Bionic will rule the Droid roost for the time being.</p> <p>Though the boot sequence manages to raise a question or two, the wallpapers that come with the phone manage to answer one. The wallpapers are all 1440×1280 in size, meaning that it’s quite possible the Vigor’s display will run at the reported 1280×720, making it one of the first 720p Android phones.</p> <p>Unless something gets changed between now and the phone’s release, these files cast quite a bit of doubt on last week’s <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/16/htc-vigor-renamed-incredible-hd-poised-for-october-release/">leaked Verizon document</a>. 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A month later, Groupon <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/21/groupon-hires-google-vp-margo-georgiadis-as-coo/">hired</a> former Google VP Margo Georgiadis to replace him.</p> <p>And today, just five months after she joined the executive team, Groupon is <a href="http://www.groupon.com/blog/cities/update-on-the-groupon-team/">announcing</a> that Georgiadis is leaving the company to re-join Google as President, Americas. Given that Groupon is currently in the process of going public, this doesn’t seem to bode well for the company. In the blog post announcing the news, Groupon CEO Andrew Mason vaguely attributes the departure to the fact that Groupon added 8 members to its executive team since the beginning of the year, and says that it’s rare for any company to “bat 1000%”.</p> <p>In addition to announcing Georgiadis’s departure, Groupon has also filed an <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000104746911008207/a2205238zs-1a.htm#dm79801_selected_consolidated_financial_and_other_data">amended S-1</a>, which includes revised revenue numbers based on a change in accounting. In its previous <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000104746911007178/a2204399zs-1a.htm#dm79801_selected_consolidated_financial_and_other_data">filing</a>, Groupon reported that it had $1.5B in revenue for the six months ended in June — it now reports $688M for the same time period. The key difference: before now, Groupon has included the full value of a purchased Groupon as part of its revenue figures, and now it’s only considering the portion of the Groupon that they actually keep (a significant percentage of each Groupon goes back to the merchant).</p> <p>Finally, the revised S-1 also discusses Andrew Mason’s internal memo that <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20110825/exclusive-groupons-mason-tells-troops-in-feisty-internal-memo-it-looks-good/">leaked</a> last month.</p> <p>Here’s the Groupon blog post announcing Georgiadis’s departure:</p> <blockquote><p>As a fast-growing company, we've done a lot of hiring this year, including on our senior executive team. Since the beginning of this year, we've made a total of 8 additions – that's 57% of the total executive team. It would have been great if I could say that we batted 1,000%, but that's rarely the case; after five months at Groupon, Margo Georgiadis, our COO, has decided to return to Google (her former employer) in a new role as President, Americas.</p> <p>We've built a fantastic team that has proven itself highly capable, so this change won't have an impact on operations. In fact, we are using it as an opportunity to reorganize in a way that reflects our evolving strategic priorities. Sales, Channels, International, and Marketing will now report directly to me.</p> <p>Here's a note from Margo: "Groupon is a great company and I feel privileged to have worked there even for a short time. It was a hard decision to leave as the company is on a terrific path. I have complete confidence in the team's ability to realize its mission." We wish her well.</p></blockquote> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">GROUPON</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Groupon</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.groupon.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">groupon.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>November 11, 2008</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$1.14B</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Groupon features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 565 cities around the world. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, Groupon can offer deals that aren’t available elsewhere. Groupon brings buyers and sellers together in a fun and collaborative way that offers the consumer an unbeatable deal, and businesses a large number of new customers. 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We <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/education-incubator-imagine-k12-picks-ten-startups-for-its-first-class/">heard in June</a> that some 200 applicants had been narrowed down to 10 companies, and those 10 made brief presentations in front of the audience at Disrupt. We couldn’t write them up at the time, so here is a belated rundown of these interesting new companies and services.</p> <p>I urge our readers to watch the video or at least skim our summaries and evaluations. Startups too seldom directly address social issues like this, and one of these services might be something that can really benefit you or your kids.</p> <p>I’ll go through these in the order they gave presentations, and I’ll give timecodes for each so you can skip directly to them if you like.</p> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=0wNXNzMjqnvtv4ArdN5of6ARTadjInSV&deepLinkEmbedCode=0wNXNzMjqnvtv4ArdN5of6ARTadjInSV&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=0wNXNzMjqnvtv4ArdN5of6ARTadjInSV&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param 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</span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="32840" id="STtranscriptContent2">It doesn't work. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="69330" id="STtranscriptContent3">Hi everyone, I'm Geoff Ralston from Imagine K12. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="72110" id="STtranscriptContent4">I'm the co-founder of Imagine K12, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="73450" id="STtranscriptContent5">which is an educational technology </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="76070" id="STtranscriptContent6">incubator, and I'm going </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="77870" id="STtranscriptContent7">to be very, very brief, but </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="79650" id="STtranscriptContent8">first I wanted to thank Mike </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="81790" id="STtranscriptContent9">Arrington and Disrupt for </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="84300" id="STtranscriptContent10">giving us this incredible opportunity </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="86060" id="STtranscriptContent11">for this time and space. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="88880" id="STtranscriptContent12">So I was </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="90730" id="STtranscriptContent13">thinking it's almost exactly </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="92710" id="STtranscriptContent14">thirty years ago today that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="96400" id="STtranscriptContent15">Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Education </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="99500" id="STtranscriptContent16">created a national committee </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="102190" id="STtranscriptContent17">on excellence in education </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="105680" id="STtranscriptContent18">to assess the quality </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="107650" id="STtranscriptContent19">of education in America at the time. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="112560" id="STtranscriptContent20">Two years later, about two </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="114180" id="STtranscriptContent21">years later, the committee came </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="116220" id="STtranscriptContent22">out with this report </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="118420" id="STtranscriptContent23">and they called it "A Nation </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="121020" id="STtranscriptContent24">at Risk", and the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="123440" id="STtranscriptContent25">chairman concluded that, if </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="126830" id="STtranscriptContent26">an unfriendly power had imposed </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="129910" id="STtranscriptContent27">on America, the level </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="132470" id="STtranscriptContent28">of education mediocrity that exists </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="135450" id="STtranscriptContent29">today, we might </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="138080" id="STtranscriptContent30">have viewed that as an act of war. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="142110" id="STtranscriptContent31">So, one thing that's </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="145400" id="STtranscriptContent32">pretty much agreed upon within the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="147190" id="STtranscriptContent33">education space today is that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="152770" id="STtranscriptContent34">the situation today that that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="155050" id="STtranscriptContent35">statement is as true today </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="157340" id="STtranscriptContent36">as it was 30 years ago. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="160600" id="STtranscriptContent37">The, you've all seen the statistics. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="162950" id="STtranscriptContent38">Our children are falling behind, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="165650" id="STtranscriptContent39">compared to other nations, in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="167640" id="STtranscriptContent40">math, in science and even in reading. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="172020" id="STtranscriptContent41">If you look at the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="173650" id="STtranscriptContent42">recent drop out in our </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="175100" id="STtranscriptContent43">schools or even when kids </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="176760" id="STtranscriptContent44">complete, the, uh, the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="178760" id="STtranscriptContent45">schools, they're hopefully unprepared to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="181250" id="STtranscriptContent46">contribute to the world today. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="185990" id="STtranscriptContent47">In the intervening 30 years since </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="188050" id="STtranscriptContent48">that date, amazing things had happened. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="191270" id="STtranscriptContent49">We've created the world wide </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="192860" id="STtranscriptContent50">web, extraordinary technologies have </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="195660" id="STtranscriptContent51">been developed, and we </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="197670" id="STtranscriptContent52">as a country have failed </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="202440" id="STtranscriptContent53">to in any way deal with </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="204120" id="STtranscriptContent54">the risks pointed out </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="205670" id="STtranscriptContent55">30 years ago. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="207670" id="STtranscriptContent56">In fact, we failed so many </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="209570" id="STtranscriptContent57">children, too many children. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="213980" id="STtranscriptContent58">My co-founders Allen Louie, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="217640" id="STtranscriptContent59">Tim Brady, and I at </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="218940" id="STtranscriptContent60">Imagine K12 don't believe </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="221960" id="STtranscriptContent61">we have another 30 years to waste. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="224660" id="STtranscriptContent62">We also believe that the application </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="229160" id="STtranscriptContent63">of technology and Silicon </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="232360" id="STtranscriptContent64">Valley innovation to the problem </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="234070" id="STtranscriptContent65">of education has to be part of the solution. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="237630" id="STtranscriptContent66">So it's with a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="239440" id="STtranscriptContent67">lot of real pride </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="242040" id="STtranscriptContent68">and hope we present </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="244040" id="STtranscriptContent69">you these 10 companies, the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="246560" id="STtranscriptContent70">first graduating class from </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="248400" id="STtranscriptContent71">Imagine K12, all of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="251930" id="STtranscriptContent72">whom are working to improve </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="253800" id="STtranscriptContent73">education in America to </span><span 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id="STtranscriptContent82">Before coming to Imagine K12, I </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="293320" id="STtranscriptContent83">was a special education teacher and a district administrator. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="296900" id="STtranscriptContent84">I saw the powerful impact it </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="298440" id="STtranscriptContent85">could have on a student's life when </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="300500" id="STtranscriptContent86">a group of caring adults personalized </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="302640" id="STtranscriptContent87">the education for that student and really knew them as an individual. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="308730" id="STtranscriptContent88">And this has been a trend in education. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="311670" id="STtranscriptContent89">Education is no longer an individual effort. </span><span 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<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="334060" id="STtranscriptContent99">Right now, their only solutions </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="336050" id="STtranscriptContent100">are having a face-to-face meeting around </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="337610" id="STtranscriptContent101">a conference table, or passing </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="339720" id="STtranscriptContent102">around packets of information with student data. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="342930" id="STtranscriptContent103">If you've been to a parent conference, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="344720" id="STtranscriptContent104">parent-teacher conference recently, you know exactly what I'm talking about. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="348880" id="STtranscriptContent105">Goalbook changes that. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="351440" id="STtranscriptContent106">This is Goalbook, it's different. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="355680" id="STtranscriptContent107">It's a private social network centered around individual students. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="360500" id="STtranscriptContent108">Now students are no </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="362130" id="STtranscriptContent109">longer packets of papers </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="363830" id="STtranscriptContent110">or a row in the teacher's gradebook. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="366900" id="STtranscriptContent111">They have a living profile that is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="368780" id="STtranscriptContent112">updated continuously with their personal information and progress. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="372690" id="STtranscriptContent113">This is Brandon, a student in Goalbook. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="376360" id="STtranscriptContent114">This is his personal learning </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="377940" id="STtranscriptContent115">team, the group of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="379190" id="STtranscriptContent116">educators And his parents, who </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="380710" id="STtranscriptContent117">are working together to help him achieve his personal learning goals. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="385660" id="STtranscriptContent118">This is the activity stream for </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="387310" id="STtranscriptContent119">Brandon's profile, where different </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="389090" id="STtranscriptContent120">members of team can update </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="390590" id="STtranscriptContent121">each other synchronously without having to have a face to face meeting. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="394000" id="STtranscriptContent122">And all those packets of papers are gone. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="398400" id="STtranscriptContent123">Because this is a personal learning </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="399800" id="STtranscriptContent124">goal for Brandon in Goalbook </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="401430" id="STtranscriptContent125">that his team has developed with him together. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="404270" id="STtranscriptContent126">They can come together, update progress, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="406740" id="STtranscriptContent127">with the latest information about how </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="408600" id="STtranscriptContent128">Brandon is achieving his personal goals. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="412760" id="STtranscriptContent129">We're on our way to build </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="414300" id="STtranscriptContent130">the largest repository of personalized </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="417000" id="STtranscriptContent131">learning goals in education and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="419240" id="STtranscriptContent132">building a recommendation engine to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="421140" id="STtranscriptContent133">drive these goals and connect </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="422990" id="STtranscriptContent134">them to the products, services, and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="425360" id="STtranscriptContent135">curriculum that are gonna </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="426460" id="STtranscriptContent136">help Brandon and his teams be successful. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="431140" id="STtranscriptContent137">We've launched, with 7 institutional </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="433370" id="STtranscriptContent138">customers in the Bay area, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="435630" id="STtranscriptContent139">ranging from large public schools </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="437160" id="STtranscriptContent140">to small private schools. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="439310" id="STtranscriptContent141">All were innovative who want to personalize education for their students. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="444280" id="STtranscriptContent142">Also, we're excited by the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="445560" id="STtranscriptContent143">fact that managing personalized learning </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="447570" id="STtranscriptContent144">plans and personalized services is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="449970" id="STtranscriptContent145">a huge opportunity, in many </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="451740" id="STtranscriptContent146">other large markets, beyond education, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="454090" id="STtranscriptContent147">and we think Goalbook can go here next. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="456900" id="STtranscriptContent148">I'm Daniel, I built Goalbook, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="459060" id="STtranscriptContent149">and we're personalizing education for all </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="462830" id="STtranscriptContent150">students. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="466220" id="STtranscriptContent151">Thank you.<br><br> </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="468190" id="STtranscriptContent152">Hello my name's Jason Lang. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="469890" id="STtranscriptContent153">I'm the CEO and co-founder of Formative Learning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="473190" id="STtranscriptContent154">Research shows that teacher quality is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="474540" id="STtranscriptContent155">the single greatest driver for student </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="476200" id="STtranscriptContent156">achievement in the classroom, yet </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="479270" id="STtranscriptContent157">developing great teachers is actually </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="480950" id="STtranscriptContent158">really hard, cause there's no formula for it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="483330" id="STtranscriptContent159">Every teacher's different and therefore every teacher needs individualized support. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="488230" id="STtranscriptContent160">But the system we've used to develop teachers is fundamentally broken. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="492170" id="STtranscriptContent161">It's a one size fits all </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="493410" id="STtranscriptContent162">seminar-based model that rarely leads to teacher improvement. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="497740" 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<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="538050" id="STtranscriptContent180">All you have to do to see this </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="538930" id="STtranscriptContent181">is look at the five billion dollars </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="541400" id="STtranscriptContent182">the race to the top wouldn't play to support this process. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="544610" id="STtranscriptContent183">And it really fundamentally </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="547300" id="STtranscriptContent184">outlines the main drivers that this system needs to look like. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="550380" id="STtranscriptContent185">Number one, we need </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="552350" id="STtranscriptContent186">to provide teachers with high-quality feedback </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="555420" id="STtranscriptContent187">on their actual practice, and we 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id="STtranscriptContent196">individualized recommendations to help them improve. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="580450" id="STtranscriptContent197">And that's what we do at informative learning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="582880" id="STtranscriptContent198">We worked with some of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="584160" id="STtranscriptContent199">absolute thought leaders in the market </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="586090" id="STtranscriptContent200">to build an observation system </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="588270" id="STtranscriptContent201">that allows that takes this </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="589620" id="STtranscriptContent202">entire mandated, paper-based process </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="592760" id="STtranscriptContent203">and puts it online, and we </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="595000" id="STtranscriptContent204">make it as 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class="STtranscriptContent" name="613770" id="STtranscriptContent213">hosting abilities for content </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="615750" id="STtranscriptContent214">providers and provide a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="617290" id="STtranscriptContent215">distribution channel for content providers </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="618980" id="STtranscriptContent216">which we can then </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="620110" id="STtranscriptContent217">monetize, by providing individualized </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="622480" id="STtranscriptContent218">recommendations for teachers, as </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="624790" id="STtranscriptContent219">to what support and what training would help the most. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="628240" id="STtranscriptContent220">We've been really fortunate, and I'm </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="630190" id="STtranscriptContent221">really honored to have worked with </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="631360" id="STtranscriptContent222">so amazing customers in the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="632800" id="STtranscriptContent223">process of developing what </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="634370" id="STtranscriptContent224">we could what we have, and our customers </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="636580" id="STtranscriptContent225">are actually so excited and passionate </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="637910" id="STtranscriptContent226">about what we're doing that they've already </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="638980" id="STtranscriptContent227">committed, or they've committed, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="640940" id="STtranscriptContent228">more than three hundred and fifty </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="641900" id="STtranscriptContent229">thousand dollars in contracts even before we launch with a single user. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="645920" id="STtranscriptContent230">And I'm excited that we're gonna be </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="646660" id="STtranscriptContent231">able to drive that to north </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="648070" id="STtranscriptContent232">of $750,000 by the the time </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="650370" id="STtranscriptContent233">we launch next year. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="652360" id="STtranscriptContent234">Thank you very much. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="653570" id="STtranscriptContent235">My name's Jason Lang. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="654610" id="STtranscriptContent236">We're Formative Learning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="663920" id="STtranscriptContent237">Hi. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="664760" id="STtranscriptContent238">My name is Brett Kauff, and I co-founded a company called Remind 101. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="668640" id="STtranscriptContent239">with my brother David. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="669480" id="STtranscriptContent240">A good way to think </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="670830" id="STtranscriptContent241">of us is Twitter for teachers, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="673190" id="STtranscriptContent242">but the difference is, we're private and safe. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="677370" id="STtranscriptContent243">Teachers don't have have a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="678400" id="STtranscriptContent244">good way to communicate with their </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="679920" id="STtranscriptContent245">students and parents after school. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="682590" id="STtranscriptContent246">Let me explain why. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="683930" id="STtranscriptContent247">They can't use Twitter, because Twitter's not safe. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="685740" id="STtranscriptContent248">The whole world can't know what's going on in their classroom. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="689460" id="STtranscriptContent249">The state of Missouri just banned </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="691260" id="STtranscriptContent250">the use of social media between teachers and students. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="694920" id="STtranscriptContent251">So you're probably wondering here, okay Brett, what's the big deal? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="697500" id="STtranscriptContent252">Why can't the teacher just email the student? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="699360" id="STtranscriptContent253">Well, cause an email is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="701610" id="STtranscriptContent254">ineffective; it has a 22 </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="702500" id="STtranscriptContent255">percent open rate and we all know that kids don't check email. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="705120" id="STtranscriptContent256">A text message, however, has </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="707490" id="STtranscriptContent257">a 98 percent open rate. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="708990" id="STtranscriptContent258">It's the signal that gets through the noise. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="711860" id="STtranscriptContent259">So this is great. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="712820" id="STtranscriptContent260">We've covered that text messaging is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="714090" id="STtranscriptContent261">effective, it's quick, and students love it, right? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="717650" id="STtranscriptContent262">But there's a problem. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="719870" id="STtranscriptContent263">It is a bad idea for a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="722010" id="STtranscriptContent264">teacher to use their personal </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="723180" id="STtranscriptContent265">cell phone to communicate with a student. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="726500" id="STtranscriptContent266">What a teacher really wants is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="727720" id="STtranscriptContent267">a product that's private, effective, and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="731120" id="STtranscriptContent268">safe, where they don't have to share their personal phone number. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="734090" id="STtranscriptContent269">And that's precisely what we've built at Remind 101. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="736150" id="STtranscriptContent270">Let me show you. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="738400" id="STtranscriptContent271">This is Remind 101. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="739330" id="STtranscriptContent272">On the top-left of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="740730" id="STtranscriptContent273">the screen you'll see that teachers </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="741970" id="STtranscriptContent274">can easily manage their classes, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="744240" id="STtranscriptContent275">and on the bottom-left, they can </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="745600" id="STtranscriptContent276">see any students, or parents subscribed. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="747920" id="STtranscriptContent277">And notice, that we don't list any phone numbers. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="750610" id="STtranscriptContent278">This is a big deal to teachers. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="753650" id="STtranscriptContent279">We made it ridiculously simple for a teacher to send a message. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="756840" id="STtranscriptContent280">All they have to do is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="757610" id="STtranscriptContent281">type in their message, hit the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="758760" id="STtranscriptContent282">send button, and it instantly </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="760400" id="STtranscriptContent283">delivers to any students, or parents subscribing. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="763790" id="STtranscriptContent284">via text message, it's that simple. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="766370" id="STtranscriptContent285">Teachers love this product, and it shows, because we are growing fast. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="770210" id="STtranscriptContent286">Since launching three weeks ago, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" 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name="821030" id="STtranscriptContent304">agency to connect our class </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="822510" id="STtranscriptContent305">classmates with students in the area. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="824090" id="STtranscriptContent306">And we saw two </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="825610" id="STtranscriptContent307">interested things, students really </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="827980" id="STtranscriptContent308">liked working with college tutors because </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="829600" id="STtranscriptContent309">they were more relatable and our </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="831460" id="STtranscriptContent310">classmates would rather tutor than </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="832900" id="STtranscriptContent311">work at the bookstore for nine dollars an hour. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="835690" id="STtranscriptContent312">So we looked 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name="855550" id="STtranscriptContent321">gotten the experience for online tutoring right. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="858680" id="STtranscriptContent322">For online tutoring to take </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="859930" id="STtranscriptContent323">off, there needs to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="861130" id="STtranscriptContent324">be a company with the same </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="862380" id="STtranscriptContent325">insane focus on customer </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="864070" id="STtranscriptContent326">experience that allowed Amazon </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="866320" id="STtranscriptContent327">to change the market for books, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="868190" id="STtranscriptContent328">or Zappos to change the market for shoes. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="871760" id="STtranscriptContent329">Let's take a look at the Tutor Cloud experience. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="875170" id="STtranscriptContent330">Tammy is looking for a chemistry tutor for her son. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="878200" id="STtranscriptContent331">She goes to Tutor Cloud, searches </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="880050" id="STtranscriptContent332">for chemistry, and Owen here is the top result. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="884110" id="STtranscriptContent333">Now it's no mistake that Owen's </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="885380" id="STtranscriptContent334">at the the top, he's a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="886810" id="STtranscriptContent335">chemical engineering major at Stanford, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="888740" id="STtranscriptContent336">and he has twelve reviews from </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="890240" id="STtranscriptContent337">parents, saying he's a great chemistry tutor. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="893850" id="STtranscriptContent338">So he knows his stuff. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="896280" id="STtranscriptContent339">But tutoring is 60% more </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="898110" id="STtranscriptContent340">effective When students have something in common with their tutor. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="902100" id="STtranscriptContent341">So we're building personality profiles for </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="904100" id="STtranscriptContent342">all of our tutors using data </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="905770" id="STtranscriptContent343">we collect from the Facebook Connect API. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="908760" id="STtranscriptContent344">So that means that very </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="910040" id="STtranscriptContent345">soon we'll be able </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="911480" id="STtranscriptContent346">to find you not just a great </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="912650" id="STtranscriptContent347">Chemistry tutor but a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="914220" id="STtranscriptContent348">great Chemistry tutor that shares your </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="915580" id="STtranscriptContent349">interest in Xbox or soccer or dance. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="920250" id="STtranscriptContent350">Now, once we've found you that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="921240" id="STtranscriptContent351">perfect tutor, we make it really easy to connect. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="924710" id="STtranscriptContent352">Just send on a message, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="926180" id="STtranscriptContent353">and our software goes to work and tracks them down. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="929090" id="STtranscriptContent354">Gets him on the phone with you within 15 minutes. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="932340" id="STtranscriptContent355">All the communication happens through our </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="933770" id="STtranscriptContent356">system so nobody has </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="935430" id="STtranscriptContent357">to exchange the personal contact information. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="938500" id="STtranscriptContent358">And we can track how long </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="939810" id="STtranscriptContent359">it takes tutors to respond, and adjust their search ranking accordingly. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="944970" id="STtranscriptContent360">One of the coolest things about </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="946150" id="STtranscriptContent361">TutorCloud is that students </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="947800" id="STtranscriptContent362">can meet for as long as </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="948810" id="STtranscriptContent363">they want, whether that be </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="950230" id="STtranscriptContent364">for an hour or for 15 minutes. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="953560" id="STtranscriptContent365">We're TutorCloud and we are </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="955500" id="STtranscriptContent366">reinventing tutoring. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="958410" id="STtranscriptContent367">Thank you! <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="966940" id="STtranscriptContent368">Hi. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="968390" id="STtranscriptContent369">My name is Api, and I'm the founder of Brain Nook. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="972150" id="STtranscriptContent370">Brain Nook is an educational </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="973900" id="STtranscriptContent371">game that's changing the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="975520" id="STtranscriptContent372">way kids spend their time online. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="979830" id="STtranscriptContent373">This is Meg. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="981360" id="STtranscriptContent374">Meg is eight years old, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="983360" id="STtranscriptContent375">and, like the typical child in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="984770" id="STtranscriptContent376">the US, Meg spends over </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="986560" id="STtranscriptContent377">an hour every day playing </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="988590" id="STtranscriptContent378">games across platforms like </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="991670" id="STtranscriptContent379">PCs, tablets, and mobile devices. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="995730" id="STtranscriptContent380">Now, this worries her mom </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="997180" id="STtranscriptContent381">and her teacher because they see </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="998750" id="STtranscriptContent382">that she isn't really learning anything from these games. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1001910" id="STtranscriptContent383">In fact 59 percent of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1004180" id="STtranscriptContent384">US parents think that games </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1006160" id="STtranscriptContent385">don't teach kids critical thinking skills. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1010220" id="STtranscriptContent386">At Brain Nook, we think this </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1011600" id="STtranscriptContent387">is a huge problem and it's something we want to fix. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1015510" id="STtranscriptContent388">Brain Nook is a new </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1016650" id="STtranscriptContent389">kind of learning game kids, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1019800" id="STtranscriptContent390">parents, and teachers together. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1022800" id="STtranscriptContent391">In Brain Nook, Meg gets </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1024370" id="STtranscriptContent392">a great game experience just </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1026220" id="STtranscriptContent393">like in all of the online games that she plays. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1029320" id="STtranscriptContent394">But she's learning at the same time. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1032220" id="STtranscriptContent395">And her mom and her teacher </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1034010" id="STtranscriptContent396">get the kinds of tools they </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1035380" id="STtranscriptContent397">need to understand and to improve her performance. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1040310" id="STtranscriptContent398">In Brain Nook, Meg can explore </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1042580" id="STtranscriptContent399">dozens of colorful virtual worlds, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1045950" id="STtranscriptContent400">she can interact safely with her </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1047840" id="STtranscriptContent401">friends, and we make sure </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1048960" id="STtranscriptContent402">that these interactions online are safe. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1052070" id="STtranscriptContent403">And she can complete missions, win </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1053960" id="STtranscriptContent404">badges, customize her character, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1056910" id="STtranscriptContent405">level up, play games in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1058530" id="STtranscriptContent406">real time against kids from around the world. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1060770" id="STtranscriptContent407">All of these great activities that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1062270" id="STtranscriptContent408">kids know and love from all of the games that they play. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1066410" id="STtranscriptContent409">And in addition to all of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1067670" id="STtranscriptContent410">that, we've added in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1069110" id="STtranscriptContent411">over a hundred standards aligned </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1071290" id="STtranscriptContent412">math and language games that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1073190" id="STtranscriptContent413">help make the reinforce the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1074740" id="STtranscriptContent414">concepts that she's learning in school. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1077900" id="STtranscriptContent415">These are things like addition, visualization, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1080360" id="STtranscriptContent416">spelling, word building. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1081740" id="STtranscriptContent417">All of these great topics that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1083200" id="STtranscriptContent418">are absolutely essential for any elementary school child. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1088070" id="STtranscriptContent419">And because all of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1088940" id="STtranscriptContent420">content in Brain Nook is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1090160" id="STtranscriptContent421">standard and aligned, we can </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1091710" id="STtranscriptContent422">give Meg's mom and her </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1093340" id="STtranscriptContent423">teacher just the tools they need to understand how she's doing. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1096630" id="STtranscriptContent424">So her mom can see progress </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1098130" id="STtranscriptContent425">reports and her teacher </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1099700" id="STtranscriptContent426">can give her assignments right through </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1101670" id="STtranscriptContent427">BrainNook, that keep her engaged </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1103600" id="STtranscriptContent428">at home with what she's been doing in the classroom. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1108490" id="STtranscriptContent429">Now kids games are both very engaging and very profitable. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1112430" id="STtranscriptContent430">Moshi monster this year will </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1113980" id="STtranscriptContent431">generate over a hundred million </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1115590" id="STtranscriptContent432">dollars in gross sales revenue </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1117740" id="STtranscriptContent433">and in Pop Tropica which has </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1119150" id="STtranscriptContent434">one hundred and seventy million users. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1121630" id="STtranscriptContent435">The average child spends almost half </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1123600" id="STtranscriptContent436">an hour each time they come to the site. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1126160" id="STtranscriptContent437">An amazing level of engagement. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1128930" id="STtranscriptContent438">Of course, these are all fun </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1130200" id="STtranscriptContent439">games, so, can we </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1131710" id="STtranscriptContent440">really make an educational game that's this much fun? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1135680" id="STtranscriptContent441">Well, the good news is, that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1136890" id="STtranscriptContent442">in Brain Nook we've done </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1138290" id="STtranscriptContent443">just that because in Brain </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1140090" id="STtranscriptContent444">Nook the average child spends twenty-eight </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1142300" id="STtranscriptContent445">minutes each time they come </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1143460" id="STtranscriptContent446">to the site compared to twenty-nine </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1145450" id="STtranscriptContent447">minutes for Pop Shop and it's thirteen minutes for Moshi Monsters. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1149270" id="STtranscriptContent448">So, with Brain Nook we have </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1150440" id="STtranscriptContent449">an educational game that kids </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1152000" id="STtranscriptContent450">love playing just as much </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1153820" id="STtranscriptContent451">as the leading non-educational kids games. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1158240" id="STtranscriptContent452">Brain Nook is the new generation </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1159830" id="STtranscriptContent453">of learning games for young kids. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1162120" id="STtranscriptContent454">My name is Api, and you can check us out on the web at BrainNook.com. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1172090" id="STtranscriptContent455">Hi, I'm </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1178710" id="STtranscriptContent456">Stuart Frye, CEO and co-founder of Eduvant. <br><br> </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1182790" id="STtranscriptContent457">At Eduvant we're transforming the way schools use data. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1186740" id="STtranscriptContent458">You see, schools are </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1189470" id="STtranscriptContent459">squandering one of the most </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1190470" id="STtranscriptContent460">valuable resources they have, data they already collect. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1194110" id="STtranscriptContent461">There is a reason for that. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1197370" id="STtranscriptContent462">School data systems were designed </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1199290" id="STtranscriptContent463">mainly for compliance, or administrative functions. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1202250" id="STtranscriptContent464">So we ended up with student, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1204510" id="STtranscriptContent465">employee, financial, outcome measures </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1207020" id="STtranscriptContent466">sitting in unlinked silos, just for databases. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1210910" id="STtranscriptContent467">To link those up, and to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1212770" id="STtranscriptContent468">derive decision making value </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1214640" id="STtranscriptContent469">from those systems schools had two options. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1217520" id="STtranscriptContent470">The first was to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1219390" id="STtranscriptContent471">hire a bunch of statisticians and build a research department. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1222870" id="STtranscriptContent472">the second was to build a multi-million dollar data warehouse. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1227650" id="STtranscriptContent473">These solutions have their strengths </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1229880" id="STtranscriptContent474">but they have three really important problems. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1231840" id="STtranscriptContent475">The first is they are outdated. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1234740" id="STtranscriptContent476">It could be 1980 or </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1236040" id="STtranscriptContent477">1990, and I could be </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1237420" id="STtranscriptContent478">talking to you about research departments and data warehouses. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1241240" id="STtranscriptContent479">And the usability and effectiveness </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1243060" id="STtranscriptContent480">of these solutions reflects that twenty year time lag. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1246810" id="STtranscriptContent481">The second is access. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1249120" id="STtranscriptContent482">The people that need this data </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1250610" id="STtranscriptContent483">to make decisions every day, principals, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1252950" id="STtranscriptContent484">teachers, counselors, simply don't have timely access to it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1257140" id="STtranscriptContent485">And the third is an economics </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1258450" id="STtranscriptContent486">problem, a vast majority </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1260440" id="STtranscriptContent487">of Irish nations, 16,000 school </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1262450" id="STtranscriptContent488">districts simply don't have </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1264620" id="STtranscriptContent489">the dollars or the shooting </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1266230" id="STtranscriptContent490">capital to pull either one of these off. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1269050" id="STtranscriptContent491">So they're not doing anything anything with that data. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1272090" id="STtranscriptContent492">That's why Edge Avant has developed a third solution. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1274990" id="STtranscriptContent493">We have a lightweight, open development platform. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1278350" id="STtranscriptContent494">It sits in the cloud and extracts </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1280300" id="STtranscriptContent495">the twenty percent of data </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1282170" id="STtranscriptContent496">that drives eighty percent of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1283480" id="STtranscriptContent497">analytical value for school leaders and educators. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1286930" id="STtranscriptContent498">Now that platform a countless number of Apps. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1290860" id="STtranscriptContent499">At edge Avant, we have a core sweep we've developed. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1293470" id="STtranscriptContent500">But because our platform is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1294940" id="STtranscriptContent501">open, any developer can </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1297500" id="STtranscriptContent502">build integrated data solution for schools. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1300980" id="STtranscriptContent503">Now to give you a better sense </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1302270" id="STtranscriptContent504">for the Apps that we're developing I want to show you our principal dashboard. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1306430" id="STtranscriptContent505">This is a tool we developed because </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1308010" id="STtranscriptContent506">research shows principals on </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1310320" id="STtranscriptContent507">average have two minutes a day for data use. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1314150" id="STtranscriptContent508">So, we put operational, student, and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1318120" id="STtranscriptContent509">intelligence, all in one screen. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1321290" id="STtranscriptContent510">With communicative data visualizations that help them make the most of that two minutes. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1326020" id="STtranscriptContent511">But our platform is not </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1327620" id="STtranscriptContent512">just about chopping up information you already have. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1331880" id="STtranscriptContent513">It allows you to create new </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1333220" id="STtranscriptContent514">Apps with new analytics </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1336680" id="STtranscriptContent515">that integrates seamlessly within information, you're already collecting. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1340700" id="STtranscriptContent516">Like this tool we built for counselors. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1343110" id="STtranscriptContent517">They can create new referrals, integrate </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1345800" id="STtranscriptContent518">with their list of student </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1347170" 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schools and across districts. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1367830" id="STtranscriptContent528">People want what we're building. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1369840" id="STtranscriptContent529">We've got pilots in two districts, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1371330" id="STtranscriptContent530">with reach to thousand students </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1373180" id="STtranscriptContent531">and the educators that teach them. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1375550" id="STtranscriptContent532">Just since we've launched we've got </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1377030" id="STtranscriptContent533">a 130k in revenue and we've </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1379880" id="STtranscriptContent534">got the right team to pull this off. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1381860" id="STtranscriptContent535">Twelve years start-up experience with our co-founders. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1385720" id="STtranscriptContent536">Remember, we're Edge Avant. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1387140" id="STtranscriptContent537">Schools deserve accessible, innovative tools for their data. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1397120" id="STtranscriptContent538">Hi, I'm Eric Simons and I am the founder of Class Connect. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1401440" id="STtranscriptContent539">When I was in high school, which was </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1402760" id="STtranscriptContent540">about a year ago, I wasn't </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1404910" id="STtranscriptContent541">the most engaged, organized student. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1407770" id="STtranscriptContent542">My teachers tried really hard keep </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1409350" id="STtranscriptContent543">me interested in their classes and 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class="STtranscriptContent" name="1446710" id="STtranscriptContent560">it work, it's actually very painful to do this. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1449310" id="STtranscriptContent561">Because none of these services were built to work together. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1452290" id="STtranscriptContent562">For example, if I add an </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1453400" id="STtranscriptContent563">assignment into my class calendar </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1455120" id="STtranscriptContent564">saying my students have to complete </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1456320" id="STtranscriptContent565">a quiz, I can't actually </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1457800" id="STtranscriptContent566">directly link to the quiz on KIA. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1459600" id="STtranscriptContent567">And actually to better </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1461150" id="STtranscriptContent568">illustrate this, this is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1462740" id="STtranscriptContent569">what the desktop looks like of a productive tech savvy teacher. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1466630" id="STtranscriptContent570">Or maybe counter productive. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1468760" id="STtranscriptContent571">So although the tech </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1469910" id="STtranscriptContent572">savvy teachers are able to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1470990" id="STtranscriptContent573">figure this out and make these </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1472440" id="STtranscriptContent574">services work together, most teachers just give up. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1475820" id="STtranscriptContent575">and so I thought there </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1477380" id="STtranscriptContent576">has to be a 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class="STtranscriptContent" name="1497570" id="STtranscriptContent585">On ClassConnect teachers can take </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1499200" id="STtranscriptContent586">all their course content and put </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1500930" id="STtranscriptContent587">it into one place whether it </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1501910" id="STtranscriptContent588">be files, videos, Google docs, websites and more. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1505500" id="STtranscriptContent589">And they can share this with </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1506480" id="STtranscriptContent590">their classes with just a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1507750" id="STtranscriptContent591">click, and our grey book </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1509900" id="STtranscriptContent592">attendance and calendar system are </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1511210" id="STtranscriptContent593">seamlessly integrated with our other tools. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1514330" id="STtranscriptContent594">So if I put an assignment into </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1515920" id="STtranscriptContent595">my calendar I can actually directly </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1517680" id="STtranscriptContent596">link to any of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1518760" id="STtranscriptContent597">files that are associated with it, right. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1521020" id="STtranscriptContent598">These are seamlessly connected, but </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1524230" id="STtranscriptContent599">we didn't stop with streamlining </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1525930" id="STtranscriptContent600">classroom management because we </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1528170" id="STtranscriptContent601">feel that there's a 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</span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1561800" id="STtranscriptContent618">that their teacher's talking about. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1563850" id="STtranscriptContent619">This is adding an entire new </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1565170" id="STtranscriptContent620">dimension into the way </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1566420" id="STtranscriptContent621">that we teach and the way </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1567680" id="STtranscriptContent622">that we learn, and we're not the only ones who think that. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1570230" id="STtranscriptContent623">In the past months, we're </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1572670" id="STtranscriptContent624">now powering over thousand classrooms </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1575200" id="STtranscriptContent625">on Class Connect and the feedback we've received has just been remarkable. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1579260" id="STtranscriptContent626">These teachers don't just want to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1580710" id="STtranscriptContent627">use Class Connect, they need </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1582500" id="STtranscriptContent628">to use Class Connect to do their jobs effectively. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1585010" id="STtranscriptContent629">And this quote from </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1587090" id="STtranscriptContent630">one of the teachers that uses Class </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1588220" id="STtranscriptContent631">Connect, summarizes our company better than anything I've ever seen. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1591780" id="STtranscriptContent632">Because this is Class Connect and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1593530" id="STtranscriptContent633">this is what we do. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1596410" id="STtranscriptContent634">Thank you! </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1609160" id="STtranscriptContent635">Hi I'm Wade Roberts, CEO and co-founder of Educ Creations. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1612490" id="STtranscriptContent636">You know every so often </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1614130" id="STtranscriptContent637">a product is introduced that makes </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1615400" id="STtranscriptContent638">it really simple for all of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1616830" id="STtranscriptContent639">us to create and share online </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1618250" id="STtranscriptContent640">in an entirely new way. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1619500" id="STtranscriptContent641">And every now and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1621880" id="STtranscriptContent642">then when this happens the companies </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1623620" id="STtranscriptContent643">that create these products, become tremendously valuable. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1626350" id="STtranscriptContent644">Because when it's really easy for all of us to create and share online. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1629040" id="STtranscriptContent645">The online crowd creates an </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1630750" id="STtranscriptContent646">unbelievable amount of great content, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1632920" id="STtranscriptContent647">and entire industries are changed forever. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1637410" id="STtranscriptContent648">We think teaching and learning are </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1639550" id="STtranscriptContent649">next, and we've created </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1641690" id="STtranscriptContent650">the software platform that's going to make this happen. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1644880" id="STtranscriptContent651">Websites like Khan Academy have </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1646390" id="STtranscriptContent652">shown us all the incredible potential of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1648160" id="STtranscriptContent653">using short video tutorials to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1650570" id="STtranscriptContent654">engage students and let them all learn at their own pace. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1654130" id="STtranscriptContent655">And we talked to a lot </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1655090" id="STtranscriptContent656">of teachers who would love to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1656220" id="STtranscriptContent657">provide their own students with any </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1657600" id="STtranscriptContent658">kind of access to their own lessons on the web. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1660420" id="STtranscriptContent659">But the truth is, today this is too complicated and time consuming. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1664650" id="STtranscriptContent660">You've got to use a lot of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1665500" id="STtranscriptContent661">different applications and it </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1667130" id="STtranscriptContent662">would take most teachers and hour </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1668330" id="STtranscriptContent663">just to create just a 5 minute lesson doing it this way. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1671200" id="STtranscriptContent664">We've solved this problem, we think </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1673450" id="STtranscriptContent665">creating a great 5 minute lesson </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1674870" id="STtranscriptContent666">should take 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class="STtranscriptContent" name="1691940" id="STtranscriptContent675">She's got a great image or </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1693090" id="STtranscriptContent676">a power point she'd like to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1694170" id="STtranscriptContent677">use, she can really easily </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1695420" id="STtranscriptContent678">pull that in and she can </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1696910" id="STtranscriptContent679">draw on top of everything as she explains her main point. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1700650" id="STtranscriptContent680">Everything she says, everything she </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1702430" id="STtranscriptContent681">writes, every interaction she has on the program is recorded. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1705200" id="STtranscriptContent682">And it is automatically posted in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1707360" id="STtranscriptContent683">educreations.com, which has been a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1708530" id="STtranscriptContent684">to where all of our teachers, all </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1709660" id="STtranscriptContent685">of our students can watch it at any time. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1712520" id="STtranscriptContent686">Now it's really important to us </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1713700" id="STtranscriptContent687">that anybody can do this, so </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1715320" id="STtranscriptContent688">we have created a web app that runs in any web browser. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1718240" id="STtranscriptContent689">As well as an Ipad app . </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1718930" id="STtranscriptContent690">And on top of that, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1720350" id="STtranscriptContent691">our 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four teachers from </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1737800" id="STtranscriptContent700">Los Altos were the first </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1739260" id="STtranscriptContent701">teachers last year in the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1740000" id="STtranscriptContent702">country, to pilot Khan Academy in their classrooms. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1742590" id="STtranscriptContent703">This year all four of those </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1743690" id="STtranscriptContent704">teachers are using Educreations in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1745210" id="STtranscriptContent705">their classrooms, cause they and their </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1746840" id="STtranscriptContent706">students want to create their own videos. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1749900" id="STtranscriptContent707">And we've got the right team to pull this off. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1752360" id="STtranscriptContent708">Chris and I have a deep </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1753310" id="STtranscriptContent709">background in building user generated </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1755230" id="STtranscriptContent710">content applications at massive scale. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1757610" id="STtranscriptContent711">I recently created a Facebook application called Pieces of Flair. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1760920" id="STtranscriptContent712">This grew to over 20 million users </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1762480" id="STtranscriptContent713">who created over 15 million items of content. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1765680" id="STtranscriptContent714">Rocky acquired this company in 2008. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1767700" id="STtranscriptContent715">And Rocky on that Chris who's a 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<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1786680" id="STtranscriptContent724">Come check us out at Educreations.com. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1788670" id="STtranscriptContent725">Thanks! </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1796900" id="STtranscriptContent726">Good morning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1798000" id="STtranscriptContent727">We at Eleven Learning believe that the textbook industry is fundamentally broken. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1801680" id="STtranscriptContent728">And it's not time to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1802840" id="STtranscriptContent729">fix it, it is time to blow it up. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1806340" id="STtranscriptContent730">Between K to twelve and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1807630" id="STtranscriptContent731">higher ed, this is a </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1809080" 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</span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1863860" id="STtranscriptContent757">We have 15 professors </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1865470" id="STtranscriptContent758">who are reading through the entire book. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1868080" id="STtranscriptContent759">They're investing dozens of hours </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1869710" id="STtranscriptContent760">and making hundreds of improvements and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1871420" id="STtranscriptContent761">they're doing this because they want this textbook in their classroom. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1875690" id="STtranscriptContent762">Essentially we have taken the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1877130" id="STtranscriptContent763">academic peer view process, we </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1879060" id="STtranscriptContent764">made it social, and then we applied it to 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online rating app, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1927790" id="STtranscriptContent781">they can read socially and share their notes with classmates. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1930340" id="STtranscriptContent782">And our content is interactive </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1932140" id="STtranscriptContent783">and designed to take advantage of the web. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1934970" id="STtranscriptContent784">We're offering both print and online editions. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1937700" id="STtranscriptContent785">The print book is 75% </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1939560" id="STtranscriptContent786">less expensive than traditional text books. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1941970" id="STtranscriptContent787">Soon we're going to introduce our </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1943750" id="STtranscriptContent788">"freemium" online 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disrupted right now </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1964680" id="STtranscriptContent797">and we are th ecompany that's doing it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1966810" id="STtranscriptContent798">Thank you. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1976900" id="STtranscriptContent799">Hi everyone. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1978030" id="STtranscriptContent800">I'm Sam the co-founder of Class Dojo. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1980810" id="STtranscriptContent801">We're making software that fixes </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1983030" id="STtranscriptContent802">bad behavior in class. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1985690" id="STtranscriptContent803">and we're using real time feedback to do it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1989750" id="STtranscriptContent804">In the 4 weeks since we've </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="1991160" 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</span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2115180" id="STtranscriptContent856">without any additional data entry needed by the teacher. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2118520" id="STtranscriptContent857">And these reports are already being shared the parents at home. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2121200" id="STtranscriptContent858">So for the first </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2123240" id="STtranscriptContent859">time we are getting real </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2124580" id="STtranscriptContent860">time data out of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2125620" id="STtranscriptContent861">classroom on something that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2126970" id="STtranscriptContent862">was really difficult to measure, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2128550" id="STtranscriptContent863">and we're making teachers lives easier by doing it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2130880" id="STtranscriptContent864">And teachers love this. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2134960" id="STtranscriptContent865">In the four weeks since we've </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2135990" id="STtranscriptContent866">launched, we're being used in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2138070" id="STtranscriptContent867">three and a half thousand classrooms, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2140290" id="STtranscriptContent868">with more than 70,000 students. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2143030" id="STtranscriptContent869">And I'm proud to say that </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2143990" id="STtranscriptContent870">as of this morning, two Class </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2146060" id="STtranscriptContent871">Dojo points are being awarded every second.<br><br> </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2149830" id="STtranscriptContent872">It turns out there's a huge </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2150980" id="STtranscriptContent873">market for this, because behavior </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2153060" id="STtranscriptContent874">isn't just a problem at school, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2155260" id="STtranscriptContent875">It's a problem at home as </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2157020" id="STtranscriptContent876">well, and that's where Class Dojo's going next. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2160610" id="STtranscriptContent877">So, that's Class Dojo in three minutes. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2162490" id="STtranscriptContent878">Remember we're fixing bad behavior </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2164310" id="STtranscriptContent879">in class, one of the biggest barriers to learning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2166560" id="STtranscriptContent880">We're seeing incredible traction, and we're going off to a huge market.<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2169770" id="STtranscriptContent881">Come and check us out, Classdojo.com. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2171560" id="STtranscriptContent882">Thank you. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2176900" id="STtranscriptContent883">Good . </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2178790" id="STtranscriptContent884">Well, listen, thanks so much again </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2180190" id="STtranscriptContent885">to Jeff and the K-12 </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2181990" id="STtranscriptContent886">team for giving us their demos this morning. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2188690" id="STtranscriptContent887">Terrific initiative. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2189530" id="STtranscriptContent888">For the first time all week </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2190740" id="STtranscriptContent889">we are actually running a few </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2191850" id="STtranscriptContent890">minutes ahead of schedule, so </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="2193270" id="STtranscriptContent891">we're actually gonna take a five minute break, don't go too far. </span> </div> </div> <h1><a href="https://goalbookapp.com">Goalbook </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(4:33)</strong> The disconnect between group-based teaching and individual learning is addressed by Goalbook, which hopes to produce for every student a single, shared learning plan. The alternative, parent-teacher conferences and counselor meetings, is totally out of date, and simple social networking tools can improve the situation significantly, in their opinion. Instead of a file in a cabinet somewhere and a few notes jotted on attendance sheets or classwork, every student is a node in a network of educators, administrators, and parents. A database of goals, strategies, and so on will be used to create a recommendation engine for helping students. They’re launching in a number of Bay Area districts and private schools.</p> <p>The question for me is whether teachers will in fact have the time or inclination to do much more than rubber stamp this profile when homework is or isn’t put in, when they do or don’t attend, and so on. Rich data is a good thing, but someone has to create it, and teachers are already hard up for time.</p> <h1><a href="http://formativelearning.com">Formative Learning</a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(7:45) </strong>Training of teachers, while an expensive and highly necessary process, is stuck in the past, with paper-based tracking and feedback, and irregular goals and recommendations. Formative learning hopes to put all this teacher training in a single location, where everything is done in a universally-understood way and that data is used to recommend courses, videos, and so on to improve teaching.</p> <p>Naturally this is only one part of the training process, and the most important bit is still attracting and retaining motivated teachers. And no matter how right-on your recommendations are for this or that skill, hands-on learning and a supportive, happy staff is going to be more key. Of course, that’s a whole <em>other </em>problem. </p> <h1><a href="http://remind101.com">Remind101</a> </h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(11:03) </strong>There are a number of reasons why the means of communication between teacher, student, and parent are limited. There are questions of authority, privilege, and so on. Yet effective and timely communication is an important part of education, and something that’s far more likely to be found in small class sizes and private schools. Remind101 wants to provide a safe and effective tool for this using a form of communication kids seem to prefer over face-to-face interaction anyway: text messages. The founder describes it as “Twitter for teachers,” but with careful controls to make it secure and private. Instead of having teachers use personal cell phone numbers and so on, Remind101 acts as an middle man between teachers, their students, and the parents of those students.</p> <p>I honestly can’t think of any drawbacks to this. It’s safe, it’s simple, and it uses existing infrastructure. It can be integrated with school databases in a day and engagement level is up to the participants. We did a follow-up interview with Remind101′s founder <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/14/remind101-is-a-private-twitter-for-teachers/">here</a>.</p> <h1><a href="http://tutorcloud.com">TutorCloud</a> </h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(13:30)</strong> Crowdsourcing tutoring, who’d have thunk? TutorCloud thinks that they’re going to be the ones who make the $8 billion tutoring market a little more modern and accessible. Their service works as a marketplace for college students hoping to shop themselves out as tutors to younger kids or peers who can’t quite get the hang of organic chemistry. They use the Facebook Connect API to make personality matches as well as subject and pricing. All the communication happens within the system so personal information remains secure, and more responsive tutors get higher rankings. The actual tutoring occurs via video chat with a shared whiteboard space.</p> <p>The marketplace for tutors sounds fine, but to be honest, I don’t think video-based tutoring is going to engage enough to make people want it over a real-life person, the advantages of which are many. I’m afraid parents would rather pay for a tutor’s gas or drive their kid to the library for a meetup. Perhaps as online collaboration tools become richer and more accepted this will seem more of a viable option.</p> <h1><a href="http://brainnook.com">BrainNook </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(17:05)</strong> Kids these days don’t play Carmen Sandiego or Mavis Beacon, and that’s a tragedy, but they do like to play games online. Why shouldn’t these games be interesting, social, competitive, and educational? BrainNook is putting together a lot of new games and experiences aimed at elementary-level kids that hopes to be engaging while providing some standard lessons in arithmetic, spelling, and so on. The information from these games would be available to kids’ parents and teachers.</p> <p>I have to admit here that I’m a bit disconnected from the world of online kids’ games. But BrainNook sounds like a great thing to have available to teachers for extra credit. Miss a homework assignment? Get to level 3 in the math game. Home sick? Sign in and talk to your friends in the virtual classroom. Whether they can actually make the games fun is a question yet to be answered, however. Kids are fickle creatures. What BrainNook needs is personality.</p> <h1><a href="http://eduvant.com">Eduvant </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(20:09)</strong> Schools collect a ton of data just in order to be compliant with various laws and regulations: keep this many years of counselor records, teacher evaluations, etc. on file in case they need to be checked. But all these years of data, from which something meaningful might be gleaned or trends detected, are sitting in drawers or stuck in separate databases. Few schools really organize this information well or provide access to people like teachers and administrators. Eduvant integrates all this data into a single platform. You can put all kinds of data and analytics in one place with quick, browser-based access. There are tools for creating new data as well — referrals for counseling and such.</p> <p>Again, my issue is that producing this data may be more work that teachers and others in the system can’t handle. The principal dashboard they showed would be handy, but how live is it? Who is generating that data? Who’s scanning in paper reports? Expecting a quick changeover to this online system is optimistic in my opinion, as useful as it could be. But whether it’s Eduvant or one of its descendants, I definitely see systems like this in place a few years from now when these hurdles have been cleared.</p> <h1><a href="http://classconnect.com">ClassConnect </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(24:20)</strong> There are a number of services available to teachers for various in-class tasks like putting together quizzes, distributing work and resources, and receiving homework online. Unfortunately, they lack connectivity, and one useful tool may not communicate to another, or it may require extra work on the part of the teacher. ClassConnect wants to offer a one-size-fits-all package that lets teachers create lectures, test and assess students, and manage class content. They also made a rich lecture presentation tool that lets students interact with the content.</p> <p>The trouble here is that it requires a certain level of savvy on the part of students as well as teachers. Students who aren’t motivated will take the path of least resistance, and that will likely be the old tools: paper, pencil, and excuses. And underprivileged kids and districts are going to be left out of this, so it’s going to be hard to make it a standard tool. That said, the easy creation and sharing of class data could shave precious minutes off teachers’ schedules and leave more time for the all-important in-person interactions.</p> <h1><a href="http://educreations.com">Educreations </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(27:47) </strong>The creation and distribution of rich educational media is a space Educreations feels is going to blow up, but the tools required to effectively make content are disconnected and not aimed at beginners. They’ve created a simple online service where you can draw, type, and bring in external content that gets automatically encoded and shared in a single place. It’s like an Open Khan Academy.</p> <p>I have no doubt of the company’s ability to deliver what they’re describing, but is it really that valuable? This form of visual aid (essentially a whiteboard recording) may or may not be a good match for the content teachers are presenting. I feel like they’re hitching their wagon to the nearest star, and not looking forward far enough. Also, writing with a mouse sucks.</p> <h1><a href="http://www.elevenlearning.com">11 Learning</a> </h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(30:55)</strong> The $13 billion textbook industry is ripe for disruption, says 11 Learning’s founder. The existing system of working for perhaps years on a single large volume is inefficient and expensive. They’ve put together a platform on which authors can create and edit textbooks and publish them for minimal cost.</p> <p>If I’m not mistaken, this whole startup is essentially valuing the contributions of authors and professors at zero. A few professors may be okay with donating some of their time to editing a textbook, but are the 40 or 50 overworked profs, copy editors, and artists really going to continue giving away their work with the promise of some rev share later on? 11 Learning’s $5000 “fixed cost” figure is meaningless. Producing high-quality content is time-consuming and expensive because the people who create that content value their time. Furthermore, many subjects simply do not lend themselves to “crowdsourced” editing and content creation. And the way teaching is moving, centralizing content is on its way out anyway. This is like making improvements to steam engine production lines when the automobile is about to make its debut.</p> <h1><a href="http://www.classdojo.com">ClassDojo </a></h1> <p></p> <p><strong>(33:55)</strong> Managing student behavior is a major problem in our school systems, wasting tons of class time and monopolizing the attention of new teachers in particular. In ClassDojo, students in classes are publicly awarded points and badges via a web or smartphone app, and that data (+1 for answering, -1 for passing notes) is automatically tracked and shared with parents.</p> <p>From the moment this guy said “we’re making software that fixes bad behavior in class,” I was skeptical. And when he said it “improves behavior in real time,” my alarms went off. This is just gold star stickers in a web app. It’s a huge overpromise that relies on way too many assumptions and ignores the realities of bad behavior. If students behave poorly because they don’t respect the teacher or value their time in school, that’s not something that will be fixed by a simplistic virtual point system — it will be either ignored or resented by the majority of students. Real behavior problems and real behavior management require time and work. There’s no way around that, especially not with something as flimsy as this.</p> <hr /> <p>The test for many of these startups is whether they last beyond the trial phase, which all of them are clearly in. The big numbers they’re seeing are like the initial bump in any new service. You hear about it (in this case Imagine K12 certainly pitched the local districts), you give it a try, and then, organically, you either continue or stop using it.</p> <p>Some I can see truly picking up. Remind101, Eduvant, and ClassConnect I give a good chance of being picked up, if at first only for a fraction of what they do. I think some of these may be forced to fold or pivot when confronted with non-theoretical use scenarios. And of course every teacher and school is different, and has different requirements, so support is going to be a full-time job.</p> <p>Also, and I recognize this is an industry-wide problem with young startups, but it would help to have a little more proving time under their belts. Sure, a few weeks or months in however many districts is good, but what these guys really need is to pick two or three very different classrooms and work very closely with them for an entire school year, or failing that, at least half of one. What they need isn’t skyrocketing user counts, which often fall under the cooked numbers category, but real-life case studies. No principal is going to care that you have 10,000 classrooms being tracked by your tools. They will, however, care when you tell them about <em>one </em>classroom that dramatically improved engagement, or showed a 50% increase in parent involvement, or what have you. Too many of these startups are under the impression that a burst of momentum in the beginning means their service is effective. Not true. The service is effective if it is effective, and education isn’t a sprint, it’s a long haul.</p> <p>Even though I don’t agree with the ideas or execution of all the companies in this first “class” of Imagine K12 companies, I’m all admiration at the fact that they are being attempted at all. Too much of startup culture is focused on bleeding-edge consumption, totally ignoring areas where even minimal applications of the tech we take for granted could improve conditions significantly in education, social services, and so on. 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And analyzing them can offer some valuable insight into how people are using (or have stopped using) your service. Kissmetrics cofounder Neil Patel explains that the <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/30/vanity-metrics/">vanity metrics</a> we often see being discussed in the press, like total user count, can be misleading. For example, your site might have growing overall usage each month, but that growth may be fueled entirely by a rise in new signups — who could mask the fact that your older users are fading away.</p> <p>That’s where cohort reports come in handy: they’ll let you break your overall user base into different groups, then see how each of those groups use the service during, say, the following six months. This can be helpful both to gauge the lifetime value of users, and to see how much of an impact new features are having on each group of users. Kissmetrics will also let you further break your users out into cohorts based on how they were referred to your site.</p> <p>Patel acknowledges that there are other services that have set out to offer Cohort Reports as well, including Mixpanel and RJMetrics, but says that their products, at least as far as cohorts are concerned, give users less flexibility (he also believes Kissmetrics is easier to use). Patel says one key feature offered by Kissmetrics that the others don’t have is the ability to ‘zoom in’ on each cohort down to the individual user level.</p> <p>Kissmetrics is available for free for a 30 day free trial, with premium plans available after that beginning at $29/month (prices increase depending on the size of your size and how many datapoints you’re tracking).</p> <p>If you’re interested in learning more about cohorts, Evernote CEO Phil Libin has previously <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/28/video-evernote-ceo-phil-libin-shares-revenue-stats-and-how-to-make-freemium-work/">spoken in detail</a> about how his company uses this kind of data.</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/cohortbig.png"></a></p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> 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style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 01:12 PM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/350green-logo.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="350Green logo" title="350Green logo" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>California-based electric vehicle charging station developer <a href="http://350green.com/">350Green</a> will purchase and install over 400 charging stations from manufacturer <a href="http://www.coulombtech.com/">Coulomb Technologies</a>, the company has announced. The new additions will be rolled out across the U.S. to help build out 350Green’s network to over 1,000 stations. In addition, the stations will be powered by the ChargePoint Network, Coloumb’s EV-charging infrastructure which also includes <a href="http://www.coulombtech.com/solutions.php">online portals</a> for use by hosts, fleet managers, drivers and utilities.</p> <p>350Green currently has projects in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and California. It’s in the process of installing Level 2 and DC Fast chargers in various consumer-friendly locations like Walgreens drug stores and at properties owned by real estate developers like the <a href="http://www.simon.com">Simon Property Group</a>, which owns <a href="http://www.simon.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?us=1">hundreds</a> of malls, outlets and stores across the U.S.</p> <p><a href="http://www.coulombtech.com/blog/coulomb-tech/car-charging-group-walgreens-national-rollout-ev-stations-chargepoint-network/">Walgreens had previously awarded a contract</a> to Miami-based <a href="http://www.carcharging.com/">Car Charging Group</a>, a move which could indicate that a single EV charging station provider can’t handle an entire nationwide rollout on its own. (Car Charging Group’s stations will also support the ChargePoint Network).</p> <p>Meanwhile, Coulomb, which charges over 26,000 vehicles in 14 countries worldwide, will be providing its ChargePoint Network services to 350Green’s new stations. The ChargePoint Network will allow 350Green to track revenues, fees, costs, utilization and other EV services. Drivers will be able to use ChargePoint’s 24/7 support, billing options and mobile apps (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry) that offer charging status, plus station location, availability and navigation.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.cleanfleetreport.com/plug-in-hybrids/national-academies-40-million-plug-ins/">a recent report</a>, anywhere from 13 to 40 million plug-in electric vehicles will be on the road by 2030, including models like the Nissan LEAF, GM Chevrolet Volt, Fisker Karma, Tesla Model S, Ford Focus EV and others. 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But how long is Qwikster for this world? In this episode of <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/fly-or-die/gwMHJ0MjqF-RSY2Su_wUCq2HLwLlNWse"><em>Fly or Die</em></a>, John Biggs and I dig into the pros and cons of the service.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Netflix announced it will be <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/netflix-qwikster/">separating</a> its DVD-by-mail service from its streaming movie service. The DVD-by-mail business will be renamed Qwikster and include videogames. The streaming business will keep the Netflix brand. Customers can still subscribe to both, but in my mind Netflix is effectively hastening the death of its DVD business by making it inconvenient to manage both services. Instead of one site and one queue of movies and TV shows, the two services will require different accounts. Netflix is really forcing customers to choose which service they want and it is hoping that they choose the streaming one.</p> <p>All of this is going on while Dish Network is trying to revive Blockbuster, which now will offer its own s<a>treaming-plus-DVD service</a> to Dish subscribers called BlockBuster Movie Pass. (Which brand do you think is stronger? Take our <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/poll-netflix-blockbuster/">poll</a>). </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">NETFLIX</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Netflix</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.netflix.com/" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">netflix.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 24, 1997</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">IPO:</span> <span> NASDAQ:NFLX </span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>With more than 23.3 million members in the United States and Canada, Netflix, Inc. is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. For $7.99 a month, Netflix members in the U.S. can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streaming right to their TVs and computers and can receive unlimited DVDs delivered quickly to their homes. In Canada, streaming unlimited movies and TV shows from Netflix is available for $7.99 a month. 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margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>The Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Borthwick, and Steve Gillmor – recording concluded at 2pm PST. </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">ROBERT SCOBLE</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">KEVIN MARKS</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-3" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">STEVE GILLMOR</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-4" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">JOHN BORTHWICK</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-scoble" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Robert Scoble</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="https://profiles.google.com/scobleizer" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">profiles.google.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/microsoft" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/podtech" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">PodTech</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/building43" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Building43</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/mylikes" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">MyLikes</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/mansueto-ventures" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Mansueto Ventures</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. Scoble joined Microsoft in 2003, and although he often promoted Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, he also frequently criticized his own employer and praised its competitors like Apple and Google. Scoble is the author of Naked Conversations, a book on how blogs are changing...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-scoble"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-scoble" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-marks" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Kevin Marks</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/google" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/technorati" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Technorati</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/bt-2" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">BT</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/salesforce" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Salesforce</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Kevin Marks is a software engineer. Kevin served as an evangelist for OpenSocial and as a software engineer at Google. In June 2009 he announced his resignation. From September 2003 to January 2007 he was Principal Engineer at Technorati responsible for the spiders that make sense of the web and track millions of blogs daily. He has been inventing and innovating for over 17 years in emerging technologies where people, media and computers meet. Before joining Technorati,...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-marks"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kevin-marks" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-3"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-gillmor" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Steve Gillmor</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://cloudblog.salesforce.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">cloudblog.salesforce.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/gillmor-gang" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Gillmor Gang</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/techcrunch" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">TechCrunch</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Steve Gillmor is a technology commentator, editor, and producer in the enterprise technology space. He is Head of Technical Media Strategy at salesforce.com and a TechCrunch contributing editor. Gillmor previously worked with leading musical artists including Paul Butterfield, David Sanborn, and members of The Band after an early career as a record producer and filmmaker with Columbia Records’ Firesign Theatre. As personal computers emerged in video and music production tools, Gillmor started contributing to various publications, most notably Byte Magazine,...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-gillmor"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-gillmor" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-4"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-borthwick-2" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">John Borthwick</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.betaworks.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">betaworks.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/daylife" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Daylife</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/betaworks" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">betaworks</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>John Borthwick is CEO of betaworks. betaworks is new form of internet media company. Prior to betaworks John was Senior Vice President of Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc. John’s company, WP-Studio, founded in 1994, was one of the first content studios in New York’s Silicon Alley. 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This San Francisco-based startup is using the group-buying model made popular by Groupon to connect customers with factory-direct deals from overseas furniture manufacturers.</p> <p>The company is launching on Monday in San Francisco, which will serve as the pilot program for the service for 6 months. Afterwards, the plan is to launch in one new city every month, scaling up to reach the 20 largest metro areas in the U.S.</p> <p>Although consumers might not realize it, <a href="http://www.dealdecor.com/">Deal Décor</a> isn’t exactly a direct rip of the Groupon model. Where Groupon uses group-buying to promote coupons, Deal Décor uses group-buying to get better prices on furniture orders from manufacturers. Savings range anywhere from 30% to 70%, the company says.</p> <p>A closer competitor would be something like home goods-focused flash sales site <a href="https://www.onekingslane.com">One Kings Lane</a>, or others in the space like <a href="http://www.gilt.com/">Gilt Groupe</a> or <a href="http://www.ideeli.com/">Ideeli</a>. But those sites are offering steep discounts on high margin retail items, they’re not getting factory-direct deals.</p> <p>The first deal being offered to San Francisco shoppers is a 3-piece sectional sofa that comes from Vietnam. <a href="http://www.everythingfurniture.com/pdx-sectional-sofa-set-5.html#axzz1YYNTc7pK">Here it is on EverythingFurniture.com</a> for $949. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bobkona-Hungtinton-Microfiber-Sectional-Mushroom/dp/B003SX0KR4">Amazon has it here</a> for $706. <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Poundex-Bobkona-3-Piece-Microfiber-Sectional-Sofa-in-Hazelnut/16785824">Walmart lists it</a> at $829. Deal Décor’s price? $399. Items are selected through the founders’ relationships with factories – they find out the top-selling items, and tack on their extra volume to the end of the production run, which keeps costs down.</p> <p></p> <p>Further discounts are possible, too, because typical gross margins for furniture retailers <a href="http://blog.dealdecor.com/industry-confidential/how-much-do-retailers-earn-markup-on-my-purchase">tend to run 50%</a> (sometimes even 100%) over wholesale pricing. But because Deal Décor is purchasing directly from the manufacturers, not the importer or wholesaler, its gross margins can be lower. As is its overhead. However, its net margins are closer to what furniture retailers make.</p> <p>In addition to Vietnam, the company’s founders, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-sakuma/0/226/660">Craig Sakuma</a> and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gregory-lok/14/a08/778">Gregory Lok</a>, have built up a network of over 100 factories in Asia, including China, Malaysia and Indonesia.  The network was developed over the past decade or so through their experience at furniture retailers and companies like Home Depot, Target, Home Decorators Collection, William Sonoma and Hamilton Spill Furniture Group, where they worked in management, consulting and hands-on roles throughout the supply chain.</p> <p>Of course, with <a href="http://www.dealdecor.com/">Deal Décor</a>, you might not have the plethora of options that a furniture retail store would offer in terms of customizations to the furniture itself, value-added services like leather or fabrication protection, in-store warranties, financing options and more.</p> <p>But like some brick-and-mortars, Deal Décor operates locally, allowing the company to able to handle customer deliveries and returns locally, too. In San Francisco, the company partnered with a third-party logistics firm (also a FedEx partner), to handle warehousing, delivery and customer notifications. On top of the sofa’s purchase price, customers pay $6 to pick it up at the warehouse or $33 for home delivery. Deal Décor says it’s not making delivery a profit center for the business, though.</p> <p>For those wanting to see the sofa in real life first, it will be on display in local venues like the <a href="http://blog.dealdecor.com/deal-decor-whats-new/get-free-treasure-island-flea-market-tickets-and-see-deal-decors-399-sofa-sectional?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-free-treasure-island-flea-market-tickets-and-see-deal-decors-399-sofa-sectional">Treasure Island Flea Market</a>, for example. The same model involving third-party logistics and local venues for showcasing the items will be used as Deal Décor moves into other regions. (To see if Deal Décor is coming to your area in the future, check out the sign up form at the bottom of the company <a href="http://www.dealdecor.com/">homepage</a>.)</p> <p>Eventually, the company hopes to offer more than one item at a time on its website per region, so there’s always a bedroom, dining and living room item available at all times.</p> <p>Deal Décor is funded by Sakuma and Lok at present, but is in talks with several Bay area VCs and angels.</p> <span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/deal-decor-to-launch-a-groupon-for-furniture/"></a></span> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" 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style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 11:12 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/court-ruling1.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="court-ruling" title="court-ruling" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>So remember that one time I said that Samsung was planning on <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/samsung-apples-been-freeriding-were-getting-aggressive/">stepping up its game</a> against Apple? That was no joke. In the same court that granted an <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/point-apple-court-issues-eu-wide-preliminary-injunction-on-galaxy-smartphones/">EU-wide injunction against three of its Galaxy smartphones</a>, the Hague Court in the Netherlands, Samsung has asked that the iPhone and iPad get pulled from shelves. </p> <p>Rather than being based on design (like Apple’s GalTab injunction request), this complaint is based solely on 3G technology patents held by Samsung and is aimed specifically at the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and both generations of the iPad. Within the request, as seen by <a href="http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108026/samsung-eist-verbod-iphone-en-ipad-in-nederland.html">Webwereld</a>, Samsung claims that all four of those products infringe on four different Samsung patents. The preliminary injunction request asks that Apple be banned from trading, importing or selling these devices within the Netherlands. Past that, Samsung also wants all current iPhone and iPad models pulled from store shelves.</p> <p>The four patents in question are the same ones that Samsung has brought against Apple across much of the globe, including the U.S., France, Japan, the U.K. South Korea, and Germany. They are essentials patents, which means that they cover technology necessary to the industry as a whole. With essentials patents, the right holder must license the patents to third parties without discrimination — this is known as FRAND terms. </p> <p>Samsung has recently said that Apple was “freeriding” with regards to Samsung patents, and this may very well be the point at which Samsung cashes in. Obviously, a few bucks here and there from Apple would be nice, but what Samsung really needs is an injunction of some sort on any iProduct. As I mentioned in my <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/samsung-apples-been-freeriding-were-getting-aggressive/">earlier post</a>, there’s very little chance of a settlement unless Samsung can prove to Apple that it won’t be knocked around. A ban on the iPhone or iPad would be ideal, whereas a licensing agreement is really just a continuation of this whole dramatic mess. </p> <p>Apple’s lawyers have set up a hearing in which both companies can discuss the FRAND licensing issues. This would allow for talk of an injunction to fall by the wayside, as Apple and Samsung would merely have to negotiate licensing fees. Of course if Apple refuses to take the licenses (which would be a shocking decision), then Samsung can move forward with its injunction request. </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">APPLE</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apple" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Apple</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.apple.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">apple.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>January 4, 1976</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">IPO:</span> <span> September 24, 1980, NASDAQ:AAPL </span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod (offered with...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apple"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/apple" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/samsung-electronics" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Samsung Electronics</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://samsung.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">samsung.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 24, 1969</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Samsung is one of the largest super-multinational companies in the world. 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class="STtranscriptContent" name="4410" id="STtranscriptContent3">TV idol Yossi Vardi, the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="6530" id="STtranscriptContent4">well-known Israeli start-up investor. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="9800" id="STtranscriptContent5">But Yossi had another </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="11840" id="STtranscriptContent6">life, another career before investing </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="14760" id="STtranscriptContent7">in technology start ups. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="16890" id="STtranscriptContent8">Yossi was an expert in green energy. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="19590" id="STtranscriptContent9">So Yossi, how did you get </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="20710" id="STtranscriptContent10">into green energy and why did you leave it?<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="24280" id="STtranscriptContent11">While I leave it, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="26230" id="STtranscriptContent12">you will know when I tell </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="27780" id="STtranscriptContent13">you my experience in energy, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="29970" id="STtranscriptContent14">but many years ago, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="31950" id="STtranscriptContent15">I used to run the ministry </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="33290" id="STtranscriptContent16">of energy in Israel, and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="35460" id="STtranscriptContent17">after I finished my </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="37950" id="STtranscriptContent18">term in the ministry of energy, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="39690" id="STtranscriptContent19">I was asked to come to the World Bank. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="42170" id="STtranscriptContent20">This was early 80's when the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="46430" id="STtranscriptContent21">World Bank created it's energy </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="48720" id="STtranscriptContent22">department and when </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="50930" id="STtranscriptContent23">I came they asked me to </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="53000" id="STtranscriptContent24">write the report on non-commercial, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="54970" id="STtranscriptContent25">non-conventional, indigenous, renewable, traditional, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="57560" id="STtranscriptContent26">alternative energy resources. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="60180" id="STtranscriptContent27">So, I asked them What is </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="61630" id="STtranscriptContent28">non-commercial non-conventional indigenous renewable </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="64560" id="STtranscriptContent29">traditional alternative energy resources. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="66640" id="STtranscriptContent30">And they told me that they want </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="68680" id="STtranscriptContent31">me to write a report on rice husks.<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="71580" id="STtranscriptContent32">Rice husks?<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="72370" id="STtranscriptContent33">Rice husks and I didn't know what is rice husks. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="75150" id="STtranscriptContent34">Rice husks are the stem, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="78760" id="STtranscriptContent35">I would call it the stem of the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="79830" id="STtranscriptContent36">rice, and this is being </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="81280" id="STtranscriptContent37">used as a source of </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="82330" id="STtranscriptContent38">energy in some developing countries. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="85120" id="STtranscriptContent39">I told them I don't know anything about rice husk. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="87200" id="STtranscriptContent40">We don't have it in Israel. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="89190" id="STtranscriptContent41">So, they ask me to write a report on bagasse. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="92310" id="STtranscriptContent42">Do you know what is bagasse? <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="93860" id="STtranscriptContent43">Bagasse?<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="94350" id="STtranscriptContent44">Bagasse. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="95550" id="STtranscriptContent45">Bagasse is the substance which </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="97050" id="STtranscriptContent46">is being left after you squeeze </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="98610" id="STtranscriptContent47">the sugar from the sugar cane, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="100840" id="STtranscriptContent48">and you burn it, and it's </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="102000" id="STtranscriptContent49">another source of energy but </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="103400" id="STtranscriptContent50">I didn't know anything about this. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="106690" id="STtranscriptContent51">So then asked me, "Well, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="108320" id="STtranscriptContent52">if you don't know about bagasse </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="109900" id="STtranscriptContent53">and about rice husks, then </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="111230" id="STtranscriptContent54">maybe you can write for us </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="113290" id="STtranscriptContent55">report about cow's manure."<br><br> </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="115840" id="STtranscriptContent56">Cow's manure? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="116600" id="STtranscriptContent57">You knew that one.<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="117300" id="STtranscriptContent58">Yeah. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="117640" id="STtranscriptContent59">Cow's manure. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="118330" id="STtranscriptContent60">I thought that that's good cause </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="119660" id="STtranscriptContent61">when I was a kid I had lot of encounters. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="122720" id="STtranscriptContent62">Is this energy resource as in </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="124360" id="STtranscriptContent63">Tel Aviv fields? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="128040" id="STtranscriptContent64">And What were you doing as a youngster in Tel Aviv? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="131230" id="STtranscriptContent65">I was encountering cow's manure. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="134890" id="STtranscriptContent66">And I like the topic. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="136760" id="STtranscriptContent67">I immediately embraced it and dived into it. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="139830" id="STtranscriptContent68">The cow manure? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="141130" id="STtranscriptContent69">The cow manure, and for one </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="142580" id="STtranscriptContent70">month I was the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="144060" id="STtranscriptContent71">world expert on cow's manure. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="145830" id="STtranscriptContent72">I studied what you do with </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="147040" id="STtranscriptContent73">cow's manure, how you collect </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="149620" id="STtranscriptContent74">it. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="149770" id="STtranscriptContent75">By the way, do you know what is the difference between bullshit and cow's manure? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="153650" id="STtranscriptContent76">Cow's manure doesn't have the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="154820" id="STtranscriptContent77">human touch that bullshit has, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="156430" id="STtranscriptContent78">but that belongs to another thing. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="158640" id="STtranscriptContent79">So By the way, if </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="159750" id="STtranscriptContent80">you have a cow's manure, Jewish mother joke?<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="162760" id="STtranscriptContent81">No, but it goes separately, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="165010" id="STtranscriptContent82">nevertheless you are disturbing my </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="166660" id="STtranscriptContent83">flow of cow's manure </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="170060" id="STtranscriptContent84">folks. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="171620" id="STtranscriptContent85">So, I spent the whole month </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="173000" id="STtranscriptContent86">studying how peasants are using </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="174640" id="STtranscriptContent87">cow's manure,and then I found </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="176080" id="STtranscriptContent88">they are using it for four </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="177260" id="STtranscriptContent89">purposes: For cooking, for </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="179700" id="STtranscriptContent90">heating, for fertilizing, </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="183870" id="STtranscriptContent91">and for reinforcing mud bricks, because of the fiber. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="189140" id="STtranscriptContent92">And immediately I realized this </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="190720" id="STtranscriptContent93">is a problem of operation </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="193030" id="STtranscriptContent94">research, how you do an </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="194340" id="STtranscriptContent95">optimal location of cow's manure? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="197140" id="STtranscriptContent96">I wrote big report to the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="199050" id="STtranscriptContent97">World Bank; whereby, I suggested </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="201140" id="STtranscriptContent98">that every peasant in the world </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="202410" id="STtranscriptContent99">will be given a scale </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="204910" id="STtranscriptContent100">and a satellite terminal because at that time there was no Internet. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="208840" id="STtranscriptContent101">And the World Bank will create </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="210350" id="STtranscriptContent102">a big computer in it's basement. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="213120" id="STtranscriptContent103">And every night every peasant will </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="216770" id="STtranscriptContent104">transmit to the World Bank how </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="218130" id="STtranscriptContent105">many cow's manure they collected. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="220500" id="STtranscriptContent106">And they will create linear programming </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="223260" id="STtranscriptContent107">calculation, and tell him how to allocate separately. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="225780" id="STtranscriptContent108">Give the report to the </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="227750" id="STtranscriptContent109">World Bank, and they read it. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="230680" id="STtranscriptContent110">And they told me that they </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="231960" id="STtranscriptContent111">are going to ship me to Israel. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="234900" id="STtranscriptContent112">They didn't see the reason and how.<br><br> </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="238890" id="STtranscriptContent113">Shipped back, send me back home. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="241750" id="STtranscriptContent114">Fire me. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="242190" id="STtranscriptContent115">You have been paid for this, right? </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="243630" id="STtranscriptContent116">Yeah, sure. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="244210" id="STtranscriptContent117">I was paid for it </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="245610" id="STtranscriptContent118">to help the world resolve the, and this was very green. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="249080" id="STtranscriptContent119">This is the source of green energy. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="251870" id="STtranscriptContent120">So for one month, I was </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="252990" id="STtranscriptContent121">the foremost expert on cow's </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="255680" id="STtranscriptContent122">manure and now is the internet, etcetera. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="258800" id="STtranscriptContent123">I think if you merge internet </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="260380" id="STtranscriptContent124">into cow's manure, because it's </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="262200" id="STtranscriptContent125">also come in packets, you </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="264060" id="STtranscriptContent126">can create cow's manure over IP. <br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="267350" id="STtranscriptContent127">And there is a lot of opportunities </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="269590" id="STtranscriptContent128">to merge the two things, and </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="270850" id="STtranscriptContent129">to use the Internet in order </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="272230" id="STtranscriptContent130">to resolve the world's shortage of the cow's manure. </span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="274520" id="STtranscriptContent131">Thank you very much.<br><br></span><span class="STtranscriptContent" name="275650" id="STtranscriptContent132">Thank you. </span> </div> </div> <p>Along with being one of the world's leading seed investors in technology start-ups, Israeli entrepreneur <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yossi-vardi">Yossi Vardi</a> is also an acknowledged expert in renewable energy. He once ran the Israeli Ministry of Energy and was involved in a number of pioneering projects to develop non-commercial, indigenous and alternative energy resources for oil-poor Israel.</p> <p>One of these projects involved an attempt to make cow manure the engine of the Israeli energy economy. And at his recent <a href="http://stream.wpp.com/home.jsf">Stream</a> unconference in Athens, Yossi revealed – for the first time ever on camera – the details of how he became the world's leading authority on cow's manure and how this World Bank funded green energy project could have powered the Internet.</p> <p>As always with Yossi, there might be a slight exaggeration here. But beneath all his bullshit, there is clearly a massive opportunity to develop a cows-manure-over-IP (CMOI) protocol for the Internet. Perhaps this could even be a future business model for AOL. </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">YOSSI VARDI</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">ANDREW KEEN</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yossi-vardi" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Yossi Vardi</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Yossi Vardi is an Israeli investor most famous for being the original investor in ICQ - the first Internet-wide instant messaging system. Vardi has invested in over 50 tech companies in diverse areas of software, energy, Internet, mobile, cleantech, and others. Vardi has been an active civil servant in Israel through projects involving energy and infrastructure. He also co-founded Alon, an Israeli oil company. Vardi acted as an advisor to the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program on...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yossi-vardi"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/yossi-vardi" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrew-keen" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Andrew Keen</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/now-tv" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Now.tv</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/techcrunch" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">TechCrunch</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Andrew Keen is an Anglo-American entrepreneur, writer, broadcaster and public speaker. He is the author of the international hit “Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture” which has been published in 17 different languages and was short-listed for the Higham's Business Technology Book of the Year award. As a pioneering Silicon Valley based Internet entrepreneur, Andrew founded Audiocafe.com in 1995 and built it into a popular first generation Internet music company. 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This announcement is coming at eBay and PayPal’s <a href="https://www.x.com/">X.commerce</a> Innovate conference in two weeks, we’ve confirmed with the payments giant, and <a href="http://innovate-conference.com/speaker/katie-burke-mitic">Katie Burke Mitic</a>, who leads Platform Marketing for Facebook will be making an announcement. We hear the announcement will be relate of PayPal parent company eBay Inc.’s new developer platform X.commerce. </p> <p>Last year, PayPal announced its <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/26/paypal-unveils-micropayments-for-digital-goods-facebook-signs-up/">new micropayments product,</a> which Facebook integrated. In early 2010, Facebook <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/18/facebook-now-takes-paypal/">announced</a> that you could use PayPal to purchase Credits.</p> <p>So what could the new deal or integration be? A likely possibility is a Facebook partnership on the <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/27/ebay-paypal-reveal-more-details-on-x-commerce-platform-for-developers-partners-with-kenshoo/">new X.Commerce platform</a>, which is a division of eBay, Inc. and is expected to bring together elements from eBay, PayPal, Magento and GSI Commerce. According to PayPal, X.commerce will feature a "fabric" that stitches the platform together to create new experiences for retailers and their customers. A number of partners will be announced (already Adobe and Kenshoo have been revealed as partners), so Facebook could be part of this group.</p> <p>eBay and PayPal wouldn’t reveal exact details of the integration but did give us this comment from Naveed Anwar, head of X.commerce Community: “We’ve been talking for a while about how the four megatrends of mobile, social, local and digital will change commerce. Yesterday at f8, Facebook made some great announcements that will change social networking. When social and commerce join together great things will be possible and developers will be able to monetize these new developments very quickly.”</p> <p>PayPal could also announce a deal similar to the one American Express <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/amex-facebook-deals-go-social/">formed with Facebook,</a> which links your credit card account with Facebook to offer users special exclusive deals. If you buy the deal item with your AmEx card, you will be credited the deal amount. The deals you see are influenced by what you and your friends "like" on the Web using the Facebook like button. PayPal <a href="http://www.facebook.com/paypal?sk=app_4949752878">already offers deals</a> but a deeper integration with the social network would <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/redemption-loop-local-commerce/">help close the redemption loop</a>.</p> <p>With more retailers flocking to Facebook, and as more money is passing through the network via games, apps and others experiences, there is a huge potential for many integrations with online payments giant PayPal. Another announcement we can expect PayPal to make soon—a <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/14/paypal-to-unveil-new-payments-platform-for-merchants-will-include-location-based-offers-and-more/">new payments platform for merchants</a> and in-store payments integrations with retailers.</p> <p>TechCrunch readers can receive $200 off the registration price for X.commerce Innovate Developers Conference 2011 if they register by Friday, September 30, 2011. You can register <a href="https://www.innovateregistration.com">here</a> using the code INN2011TC.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">PAYPAL</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">FACEBOOK</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/paypal" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">PayPal</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.paypal.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">paypal.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>January 12, 1998</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$197M</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards. PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser. PayPal created the Gausebeck-Levchin test, which is that blurry...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/paypal"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/paypal" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Facebook</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://facebook.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">facebook.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>January 2, 2004</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$2.34B</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. 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In past few months they have announced some great Smartphones and today I am going to share a well-formatted list of 5 Value for Money Smartphones that you can buy with a 2-year contract right away.</p> <p>Verizon has changed its policies recently, so I think it would be better if <a title="Verizon Wireless Policies" href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/tech-news/verizon-unlimited-data-plans-drop.html" target="_blank">you know about it</a>.</p> <p>Earlier Verizon Wireless used to offer unlimited data plans but about 3 months ago they shifted to tiered pricing mechanism. So, if you purchase any of the below mentioned Verizon Smartphones, you would have to pay as per the tiered pricing.</p> <p>Let's Begin.</p> <h2>1) Motorola Droid Bionic</h2> <p><a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/motorola-droid-bionic.jpg"><img class="alignnone" style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="motorola droid bionic" src="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/motorola-droid-bionic_thumb.jpg" alt="motorola droid bionic" width="229" height="417" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Motorola Droid Bionic Smartphone was released earlier this month and is a 4G LTE ready CDMA device. Believe it or not, it is one of the most successful phones that have arrived from the workshop of Motorola. It has great looks, ultimate charm and is packed with mind-blowing specs.</p> <p>Let's discuss some of its key features.</p> <h3>Motorola Droid Bionic Features & Specs</h3> <ul> <li>4.3 inch qHD capacitive touchscreen, 540 x 960 pixel resolution, 256ppi pixel density and supports multi-touch input</li> <li>16 GB internal storage (expandable up to 32 GB, 16 GB included), 1 GB RAM, 2GB ROM</li> <li>3G, Wi-Fi, 4G enabled</li> <li>Bluetooth v2.1</li> <li>8MP primary camera, dual-LED flash, records videos at 1080p resolution</li> <li>Runs on Android OS v2.3.4 Gingerbread</li> <li>Powered by Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU</li> <li>Adobe Flash 10.1 support</li> <li>Up to 195h stand-by time</li> <li>Up to 10h 40m talk time</li> </ul> <p>Motorola Droid Bionic Smartphone comes with a price tag of $589.99 for unlocked and $299.99 for <a title="Motorola Droid Bionic Smartphone" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/droid-bionic.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with 2-year contract</a>.</p> <h2>2) Samsung Droid Charge</h2> <p><a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/samsung-droid-charge.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="samsung-droid-charge" src="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/samsung-droid-charge_thumb.jpg" alt="samsung-droid-charge" width="229" height="428" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Samsung Droid Charge Smartphone is also a CDMA device that was released back in May this year. In terms of design and build it looks similar to Samsung's low-end Android phones but is powered by an advanced set of hardware and software. You may say, it is a little old Smartphone and comes only with Froyo operating system, but don't worry, because you can upgrade it to Gingerbread anytime.</p> <p>Let's discuss some of its key features.</p> <h3>Samsung Droid Charge Features & Specs</h3> <ul> <li>4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen display, 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 217 ppi pixel density</li> <li>Storage upgradeable up to 32 GB using microSD card</li> <li>3G, Wi-Fi, 4G enabled</li> <li>Bluetooth v3.0</li> <li>8MP rear camera with LED flash</li> <li>1.3MP front camera for video chat</li> <li>Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) upgradeable to Gingerbread</li> <li>1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor</li> <li>Up to 280h standby time and Up to 11h talk time</li> </ul> <p>Samsung Droid Charge Smartphone comes with a price tag of $569.99 for unlocked and $299.99 for <a title="Samsung Droid Charge Smartphone" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/droid-charge.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with 2-year contract</a>.</p> <h2>3) BlackBerry Bold 9930</h2> <p><a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/blackberry-bold-9930.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="blackberry bold 9930" src="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/blackberry-bold-9930_thumb.jpg" alt="blackberry bold 9930" width="229" height="392" border="0" /></a></p> <p>BlackBerry Bold 9930 Smartphone can run on both CDMA and GSM network and was released last month. It is a really good looking BlackBerry Smartphone designed especially for business people. My cousin recently bought this phone and it is works like magic, the 1.2GHz powerful processor is utilized brilliantly by BlackBerry 7 OS. User-interface of BlackBerry Bold 9930 Smartphone is snappier than its predecessors. For me, this cell phone is a must buy. Double thumbs-up.</p> <p>Let's discuss some of its key features.</p> <h3>BlackBerry Bold 9930 Features & Specs</h3> <ul> <li>2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen touchscreen display, 640 x 480 pixel resolution, 286 ppi pixel density</li> <li>Full QWERTY keyboard, Optical trackpad</li> <li>8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card, 768MB RAM</li> <li>GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi enabled</li> <li>Bluetooth v2.1</li> <li>5MP front camera with LED flash</li> <li>720p HD video recording</li> <li>BlackBerry 7 OS</li> <li>1.2 GHz QC 8655 processor</li> <li>Up to 307h stand by time and Up to 5h 50m talk time</li> </ul> <p>BlackBerry Bold 9930 Smartphone comes with a price tag of $509.99 for unlocked and $249.99 for <a title="BlackBerry Bold 9930 Smartphone" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/blackberry-bold-9930-smartphone-1.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with 2-year contract</a>.</p> <h2>4) HTC Thunderbolt</h2> <p><a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/htc-thunderbolt.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="htc thunderbolt" src="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/htc-thunderbolt_thumb.jpg" alt="htc thunderbolt" width="229" height="418" border="0" /></a></p> <p>HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone is a 4G LTE ready device from Verizon that was launched back in March this year. It terms of design and construction it looks and feels great. It runs on Android OS topped by Sense UI which is a lethal combination.</p> <p>Let's discuss some of its key features.</p> <h3>HTC Thunderbolt Features & Specs</h3> <ul> <li>4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen display, 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 217 ppi pixel density</li> <li>Gorilla Glass display</li> <li>HTC Sense UI 2.0</li> <li>8GB internal storage, 32GB microSD included, 768MB RAM</li> <li>3G, Wi-Fi, 4G enabled</li> <li>8MP rear camera with dual-LED flash</li> <li>720p HD video recording</li> <li>1.3MP front facing camera</li> <li>Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) upgradeable to Gingerbread</li> <li>1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU</li> <li>Up to 330h stand-by time, 6h 30m talk time</li> </ul> <p>HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone comes with a price tag of $569.99 for unlocked and $249.99 for <a title="HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/htc-thunderbolt.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with 2-year contract</a>.</p> <h2>5) LG Revolution</h2> <p><a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lg-revolution.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="lg revolution" src="http://www.wizardjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lg-revolution_thumb.jpg" alt="lg revolution" width="199" height="376" border="0" /></a></p> <p>LG Revolution Smartphone is another 4G LTE ready device from Verizon that was released back in May this year. It may not look as attractive as iPhone 4 but it out-performs many in terms of performance.</p> <p>Let's discuss some of its key features.</p> <h3>LG Revolution Features & Specs</h3> <ul> <li>4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen display, 480 x 800 pixel resolution, 217 ppi pixel density</li> <li>Multi-touch support</li> <li>16GB internal storage, 16GB microSD included, upgradeable up to 32GB, 768MB RAM</li> <li>3G, Wi-Fi, 4G enabled</li> <li>Bluetooth v3.0 with stereo support</li> <li>5MP rear camera with LED flash</li> <li>720p HD video recording</li> <li>1.3MP front facing camera</li> <li>Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) upgradeable to Gingerbread</li> <li>1GHz processor, Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon</li> <li>Adobe Flash Player</li> <li>Pre-loaded with Netflix</li> </ul> <p>LG Revolution Smartphone comes with a price tag of $559.99 for unlocked and $199.99 for <a title="HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com/htc-thunderbolt.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with 2-year contract</a>.</p> <p><em>If you think there is any other Verizon Wireless Smartphones that should have been considered, please mention that phone below.</em></p> <p><strong>Sources:</strong> <em><a title="Verizon Wireless" href="http://www.verizonwireless.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verizon Wireless</a></em>,<em> <a title="GSM Arena" href="http://www.gsmarena.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GSM Arena</a></em></p> <p></p> <p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.wizardjournal.com/new-gadgets/motorola-droid-2-verizon.html' rel='bookmark' title='Motorola Droid 2 now globally available on Verizon Wireless'>Motorola Droid 2 now globally available on Verizon Wireless</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.wizardjournal.com/new-gadgets/motorola-droid-x2-verizon-wireless.html' rel='bookmark' title='Motorola Droid X2 hitting Verizon Wirless Stores on May 19'>Motorola Droid X2 hitting Verizon Wirless Stores on May 19</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.wizardjournal.com/android/samsung-galaxy-tab-verizon-wireless.html' rel='bookmark' title='[Tech News] Samsung Galaxy Tab up for sale at Verizon Wireless'>[Tech News] Samsung Galaxy Tab up for sale at Verizon Wireless</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.wizardjournal.com/new-gadgets/verizon-wireless-hp-pavilion-4g-enabled-laptop-computer.html' rel='bookmark' title='Verizon Wireless uncovers 4G LTE Enabled HP Laptop'>Verizon Wireless uncovers 4G LTE Enabled HP Laptop</a></li> </ol></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WizardJournalBlog/~4/ryQmZAJ2mi8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table style="border-top:1px solid #999;padding-top:4px;margin-top:1.5em;width:100%" id="footer"> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:11px;margin:0 6px 1.2em 0;color:#333;">You are subscribed to email updates from <a href="http://www.wizardjournal.com">WJ Tech</a> <br />To stop receiving these emails, you may <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=Gf4fdxM0LzRSI0Anc2QrrC77bkk">unsubscribe now</a>.</td> <td style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:11px;margin:0 6px 1.2em 0;color:#333;text-align:right;vertical-align:top">Email delivery powered by Google</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size:11px;margin:0 6px 1.2em 0;color:#333;">Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610</td> </tr> </table> </div> technofihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01455932158911610330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181261358030912137.post-79393902725111699902011-09-24T05:30:00.001-07:002011-09-24T05:30:03.673-07:00Cutie Gadget<style type="text/css"> h1 a:hover {background-color:#888;color:#fff ! 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The iPhone is also the most advanced phone for public use. To use your iPhone, you need <strong>wireless iPhone charger</strong>. The charger is to keep the battery alive and you can use the iPhone features. It has many features that can make you do many things with your mobile phone such as GPS, social network and many others. The iPhone is having a big memory capacity and it is much bigger than any other mobile phone on the market.</p> <p>As said before, you need wireless charger to keep your iPhone alive. The <em>wireless iPhone charger</em> is another advanced technology built for the iPhone. By using the wireless iPhone charger, you can keep your eye on the phone while you are away from the electric port. By buying the <span style="text-decoration: underline">wireless iPhone charger</span> you will also get the receiver case and you should place it on the power tray to charge your iPhone without a cord.</p> <p>The wireless iPhone charger can charge as fast as the normal charger. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359818&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359818&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134536.htm" class="blue">Cancer protein's surprising role as memory regulator</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have found that a common cancer protein leads a second, totally different life in normal adult brain cells: It helps regulates memory formation and may be implicated in Alzheimer's disease. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134536.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114148.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue">No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Male mice whose mothers were exposed to either moderate or high levels of bisphenol A while pregnant did not grow up to show any adverse effects to their reproductive systems by several measures, according to a new study. Data on female mice is still forthcoming but less encouraging. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue">Researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo: Machine's magnetic field pushes fluid in the inner ear's balance organ</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A team of researchers says it has discovered why so many people undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially in newer high-strength machines, get vertigo, or the dizzy sensation of free-falling, while inside or when coming out of the tunnel-like machine. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093552.htm" class="blue">Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Humor therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients with dementia -- and avoids serious drug side effects, a new study shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093552.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922134617.jpg" width="100" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134617.htm" class="blue">Some brain wiring continues to develop well into our 20s</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research. It has been a long-held belief in medical communities that the human brain stopped developing in adolescence. But now there is evidence that this is in fact not the case. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134617.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921075423.jpg" width="69" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075423.htm" class="blue">Combating obesity and diabetes: Researchers identify pathways leading to activation of 'good' fat</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have identified for the first time two molecular pathways that are critical to activating a type of "good" fat found in the body, called brown fat, which actually burns energy rather than storing it, which the more common white fat does. The discovery could play an important role in the fight against obesity and diabetes. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075423.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue">Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Mothers who are exposed to particular agents during pregnancy could give birth to children with a higher risk of asthma, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm" class="blue">Science and religion do mix? Only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Throughout history, science and religion have appeared as being in perpetual conflict, but a new study suggests that only a minority of scientists at major research universities see religion and science as requiring distinct boundaries. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm" class="blue">Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to disease vaccination, and they are using this new cipher to answer many of the deep-seated questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines and how to minimize the side effects to vaccination. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134546.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134615.htm" class="blue">Kidney damage and high blood pressure: Faulty filtration allows detrimental enzymes to wreak havoc on fluid balance, research suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have now begun to understand kidney damage on a cellular level and how the activity of certain molecules in damaged kidneys contributes to salt and water retention in nephrotic syndrome. Several new insights in this area of research are presented at an upcoming meeting. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134615.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922152631.htm" class="blue">One million more U.S. children living in poverty since 2009, new census data shows</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Between 2009 and 2010, one million more children in America joined the ranks of those living in poverty, bringing the total to an estimated 15.7 million poor children in 2010, an increase of 2.6 million since the recession began in 2007, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922152631.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922121407.jpg" width="84" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121407.htm" class="blue">Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one's own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach. Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computational models, researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people's dynamic visual experiences -- in this case, watching Hollywood movie trailers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121407.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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Key to the breakthrough is the control of the energy band gap grading in the copper indium gallium (di)selenide semiconductor, also known as CIGS, the layer that absorbs light and converts it into electricity. Scientists achieved this by controlling the vapor flux of elements during different stages of the evaporation process for growing the CIGS layer. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921131729.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102539.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue">Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is headed toward Earth, but it hasn't been easy to precisely determine the path and pace of UARS because space itself changes over time -- in response to incoming energy and particles from the sun. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923084425.jpg" width="80" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923084425.htm" class="blue">Particles appear to travel faster than light: OPERA experiment reports anomaly in flight time of neutrinos</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists with the OPERA experiment, which observes a neutrino beam from CERN 730 km away at Italy's INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory, are presenting surprising new results that show neutrinos traveling faster than light. The OPERA result is based on the observation of over 15,000 neutrino events measured at Gran Sasso, and appears to indicate that the neutrinos travel at a velocity 20 parts per million above the speed of light, nature's cosmic speed limit. Given the potential far-reaching consequences of such a result, independent measurements are needed before the effect can either be refuted or firmly established. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923084425.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm" class="blue">New targets for the control of HIV predicted using a novel computational analysis</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Over 25 years of intensive research have failed to create a vaccine for preventing HIV. A new computational approach has predicted numerous human proteins that the human immunodeficiency virus requires to replicate itself -- "a powerful resource for experimentalists who desire to discover new targets." ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093721.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shed light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology. The structures contain a previously-unexplored combination of rare-earth and d-transition metals ideally suited to the compact storage of hydrogen. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920103819.jpg" width="174" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have determined the molecular structure of dynamin -- a "wire-puller" that mediates nutrient uptake into the cell. Since pathogens such as HIV can also enter the body's cells in this way, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms can potentially open up new approaches for medical applications. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923130115.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130115.htm" class="blue">Lessons to be learned from nature in photosynthesis</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Lessons to be learned from nature could lead to the development of an artificial version of photosynthesis that would provide us with an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible energy source, say researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130115.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095803.htm" class="blue">Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Solar power could be harvested more efficiently and transported over long distances using tiny molecular circuits, according to research inspired by new insights into natural photosynthesis. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095803.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923095005.jpg" width="77" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095005.htm" class="blue">Faster than light? 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Data on female mice is still forthcoming but less encouraging. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114148.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue">Researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo: Machine's magnetic field pushes fluid in the inner ear's balance organ</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A team of researchers says it has discovered why so many people undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially in newer high-strength machines, get vertigo, or the dizzy sensation of free-falling, while inside or when coming out of the tunnel-like machine. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134529.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921120334.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120334.htm" class="blue">New source of super-chilled neutrons provides tools for understanding fundamental physics concepts</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Research into fundamental constants of nature and the search for new particles will benefit from new production method for ultra-cold neutrons. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120334.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093552.htm" class="blue">Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Humor therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients with dementia -- and avoids serious drug side effects, a new study shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093552.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922134617.jpg" width="100" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134617.htm" class="blue">Some brain wiring continues to develop well into our 20s</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research. It has been a long-held belief in medical communities that the human brain stopped developing in adolescence. But now there is evidence that this is in fact not the case. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134617.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921075423.jpg" width="69" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075423.htm" class="blue">Combating obesity and diabetes: Researchers identify pathways leading to activation of 'good' fat</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have identified for the first time two molecular pathways that are critical to activating a type of "good" fat found in the body, called brown fat, which actually burns energy rather than storing it, which the more common white fat does. The discovery could play an important role in the fight against obesity and diabetes. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075423.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922180031.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm" class="blue">Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- For decades, ecologists have toiled to nail down principles explaining why some habitats have many more plant and animal species than others. Much of this debate is focused on the idea that the number of species is determined by the productivity of the habitat. Shouldn't a patch of prairie contain a different number of species than an arid steppe or an alpine tundra? Maybe not, says an international team of scientists that pooled its resources to re-evaluate the relationship between species numbers and habitat productivity. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue">Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Mothers who are exposed to particular agents during pregnancy could give birth to children with a higher risk of asthma, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923104712.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm" class="blue">Unprecedented role reversal: Ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Usually it's the frog that catches the unsuspecting bug for a tasty snack, but in an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure their amphibious would-be predators and consume them with almost 100% success. In a new study, researchers begin to describe how these larvae are able to pull off this feat. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172838.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm" class="blue">Science and religion do mix? Only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Throughout history, science and religion have appeared as being in perpetual conflict, but a new study suggests that only a minority of scientists at major research universities see religion and science as requiring distinct boundaries. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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The team has uncovered the remains of a massive building close to the distinctive hexagonal basin or 'harbor', at the center of the port complex. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093730.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180025.htm" class="blue">Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Fresh insight into how viruses such as SARS and flu can jump from one species to another may help scientists predict the emergence of diseases in future. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180025.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110923102539.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue">Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is headed toward Earth, but it hasn't been easy to precisely determine the path and pace of UARS because space itself changes over time -- in response to incoming energy and particles from the sun. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923102539.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120037.htm" class="blue">Cannabinoids after a traumatic experience may prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms, rat study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Administration of cannabinoids (in the form of synthetic marijuana) after experiencing a traumatic event blocks the development of post-traumatic stress disorder-like symptoms in rats, according to a rat study conducted by researchers in Israel. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120037.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180020.htm" class="blue">New targets for the control of HIV predicted using a novel computational analysis</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Over 25 years of intensive research have failed to create a vaccine for preventing HIV. 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margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>The ninjas at <a HREF="http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/09/23/barnes-noble-to-launch-2-new-nookcolors-this-year/">The Digital Reader</a> have uncovered the names of two new Nook Color versions – the Encore, priced at $249, and the Acclaim, priced at $349. The Nook Touch (now called the Nook Smart Touch) will remain $139.</p> <p>What are these new devices? Nate at The Digital Reader posits that the Smart Touch is a 6-inch Nook Touch while the Encore is a 7-inch Nook Color. Aside from the fact that the Acclaim is also a shuttered games company, we know very little about the new devices. All of these products should hit in Q4 and given <a HREF="http://techcrunch.com/tag/Amazon">Amazon’s</a> race to build an Android reader, they can’t come too soon. The Nook Color and the Nook Touch are both excellent devices but the Color is a bit dated in these days of retina screens and Honeycomb. A strong refresh should keep B&N’s momentum going for the next few months.</p> <p>I’ve put feelers out but thanks to Nate for his great scoop and read up more on his findings over at the <a HREF="http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/09/23/barnes-noble-to-launch-2-new-nookcolors-this-year/">Digital Reader.</a></p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">AMAZON</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/amazon" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Amazon</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://amazon.com/" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">amazon.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 23, 1994</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">IPO:</span> <span> NASDAQ:AMZN </span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Amazon.com Inc. 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The game has spent nearly two decades meandering from computer to console and vice versa, but Eric Chahi’s creation has just made the leap onto iOS just in time for its <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th-anniversary/id460076328?mt=8">20th anniversary</a>.</p> <p>Another World is a platformer that follows a red-headed, Ferrari-driving physicist whose latest experiment launches him into an alien world. Better known as the less auspicious “Out Of This World” here in the States, the new app from DotEmu and BulkyPix plays things very close to the original. The pixelated retro look of the main character and the alien world in which he finds himself have been replaced with crisper visuals, but (thankfully) the game retains its quiet, alien charm. Purists will be glad to know, though, that the game’s original look is a quick two-finger swipe away.</p> <p>In order to attain the fluid motion that made <em>Another World</em> such an eye-opener, creator Chahi rotoscoped video of himself bounding over and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTb6zX7Hd5I">picking up objects.</a> In light of today’s hyper-realistic games, Chahi’s efforts may look quaint, but it’s sure to fill old-school gamers with a bit of nostalgia.</p> <p>No flash has been added to appeal to new audiences, and the unwavering difficulty remains the same — it’s a essentially a straight port of a classic, for better or worse. The biggest stumbling block that<em> Another World</em> has to contend with is the device that it’s now going to be played on. </p> <p>It was never an especially easy game, even when you had a trusty keyboard to work with, but playing it with a touchscreen adds another level of challenge to a game that doesn’t need it. Example: the beginning of the game requires you to run and bound over a few poisonous slugs, and then run in the opposite direction from a larger alien beastie. I played it for a bit and the game was as difficult as ever but the up and down swipes to swim, jump, and interact with objects were a bit easier on the iPad than I expected but still not quite there.</p> <p>Maybe my reflexes have dulled since last I played, but it took me several tries to guide the our protagonist through those first minutes of the game. The touch controls start to make more sense after a while, but (and this is critical) I never really like I had full control over my character.</p> <p>It’s a shame, really. Another World is one of those games that nerds (like myself) have put on a pedestal over the years, but the controls really mar what is otherwise a fond trip down memory lane. For those willing to deal with iffy controls to relive the good ol’ days, Another World costs $4.99 and is <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th-anniversary/id460076328?mt=8">available in the App Store now</a>.</p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426186/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/UUTnlzr1pclPLCT_OQmsNzSGwEg/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/UUTnlzr1pclPLCT_OQmsNzSGwEg/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/UUTnlzr1pclPLCT_OQmsNzSGwEg/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/UUTnlzr1pclPLCT_OQmsNzSGwEg/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=RjtwORaHq4A:ikeOEl-5fQc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/RjtwORaHq4A?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dsVAjb3rdDY/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">(Founder Stories) Eric Ries: Missing The Bullseye Made The Lean Startup</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 09:22 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ries-1a-tc_upload-mp4.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Ries 1a-tc_upload.mp4" title="Ries 1a-tc_upload.mp4" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=QyN2t0MjrbhmsQer6TgPUARSMRks0ezr&deepLinkEmbedCode=QyN2t0MjrbhmsQer6TgPUARSMRks0ezr&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=QyN2t0MjrbhmsQer6TgPUARSMRks0ezr&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=pteGRrMTpcKMyQ052c8NwYZ5M5FdSV3j" /><embed src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=QyN2t0MjrbhmsQer6TgPUARSMRks0ezr&version=2" bgcolor="#000000" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" name="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&embedCode=QyN2t0MjrbhmsQer6TgPUARSMRks0ezr" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode='transparent'></embed></object></noscript> <p>In this episode of <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories">Founder Stories</a> with host Chris Dixon, Dixon sits down with <em>The Lean Startup</em> author, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ries">Eric Ries</a>.</p> <p>Ries tells Dixon he jumped into the startup game in the late 90′s and like almost everybody else at the time, "when the bubble crashed we were completely toast." Leaving the carnage behind Ries headed to Silicon Valley with the mission of learning "professional entrepreneurship."</p> <p>In the Valley Ries joined <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/there">There</a>, which he describes as a "Second Life competitor." There had tens of millions of dollars in funding and top-tier talent. After five years in stealth development, it also had a high profile, unspectacular rollout which Ries remembers as "embarrassing and humiliating."</p> <p>Lesson learned, or so he thought. Ries launched <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imvu">IMVU</a>, where "instead of spending years and millions of dollars in stealth mode we put a product in customers hands in full open public beta in six months." Unfortunately IMVU also had a less than stellar initial release, but Ries tells Dixon the experience ultimately helped IMVU get the model right and led to him forming what would become the Lean Startup methodology.</p> <p>In the video below, Ries and Dixon discuss what being <em>lean</em> means. Key concepts include iterating quickly, rapidly putting product in customers hands and getting feedback from customers. Ries agrees that lean "has nothing to do with the amount of money you raise.”</p> <p>Watch the full episode for additional insights and be sure to catch past episodes of<a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories"> Founder Stories</a>, which feature leaders including <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories/VkZ21zMjoUFxREpcnx3s90XiF56zUQtX">Dustin Moskovitz</a> and <a href="http://www.techcrunch.tv/show/founder-stories/94MXFnMjpf4E5QZd-XP7iSyvBgzNLcGa">Kevin Ryan</a>.</p> <p>Part II of Dixon’s conversation with Ries is coming up.</p> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=EzN2t0MjpTxLAai28UCqj9--ZRLO4pdA&deepLinkEmbedCode=EzN2t0MjpTxLAai28UCqj9--ZRLO4pdA&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=EzN2t0MjpTxLAai28UCqj9--ZRLO4pdA&version=2" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=pteGRrMTpcKMyQ052c8NwYZ5M5FdSV3j" /><embed src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=EzN2t0MjpTxLAai28UCqj9--ZRLO4pdA&version=2" bgcolor="#000000" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" name="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="&embedCode=EzN2t0MjpTxLAai28UCqj9--ZRLO4pdA" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode='transparent'></embed></object></noscript> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">ERIC RIES</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">CHRIS DIXON</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ries" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Eric Ries</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://theleanstartup.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">theleanstartup.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imvu" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">IMVU</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/aardvark" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Aardvark</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/veri" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Veri</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/rock-health" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Rock Health</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Eric Ries is the author of the forthcoming book, [The Lean Startup] (http://theleanstartup.com). Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996). While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ries"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-ries" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-dixon" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Chris Dixon</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hunch" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Hunch</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/siteadvisor" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SiteAdvisor</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/founder-collective" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Founder Collective</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/techcrunch" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/bessemer-venture-partners" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Bessemer Venture Partners</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Chris Dixon currently works as the CEO and Co-founder of Hunch. He is also a contributing writer for TechCrunch. He previously was the CEO and Co-founder of SiteAdvisor, which was acquired by McAfee. Chris is a personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including Skype, TrialPay, DocVerse, Invite Media, Gerson Lehrman Group, ScanScout, OMGPOP, BillShrink, Oddcast, Panjiva, Knewton, and a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode. 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Today it is <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/21/technology/blockbuster_streaming/">expected to launch</a> a new streaming video service to take on Netflix. Blockbuster was bought out of bankruptcy by Dish Network for <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/06/dish-wins-bankruptcy-auction-buys-blockbuster-assets-for-228m-in-cash/">$230 million</a> last April and everybody, including Netflix, has been waiting for it to fully enter the digital age with an all-you-can-eat streaming video service.</p> <p>We will learn later today exactly how Blockbuster plans to compete. The fight should be interesting. Both Blockbuster and Netflix have well-established brands. However, Blockbuster’s brand is more associated these days with shuttered and empty stores. Can a relaunch restore the shine to its tarnished brand?</p> <p>Meanwhile, Netflix is having its own brad challenges. Its recent price hike for some customers, followed by its announcement that it will <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/18/netflix-qwikster/">split off</a> its DVD-only business into the poorly-named Qwikster is alienating many of its customers. Still, it has the advantage here with more than 20 million subscribers paying for streaming (half of which are streaming-only subscribers). Relatively speaking, in the U.S. we are still at the very early stages of adoption for streaming full-length TV shows and movies. Which brand is better positioned? Take the poll below.</p> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/5527909/">View This Poll</a> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">NETFLIX</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/netflix" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Netflix</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.netflix.com/" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">netflix.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 23, 1997</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">IPO:</span> <span> NASDAQ:NFLX </span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>With more than 23.3 million members in the United States and Canada, Netflix, Inc. is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. For $7.99 a month, Netflix members in the U.S. can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streaming right to their TVs and computers and can receive unlimited DVDs delivered quickly to their homes. In Canada, streaming unlimited movies and TV shows from Netflix is available for $7.99 a month. 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margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p><a href="http://www.viki.com/">ViKi,</a> an international video site for world TV series and movies translated in 100+ languages by its community, is debuting a <a href="http://bit.ly/ocwA3K">new iPhone app</a> today, called ViKi On-The-Go. </p> <p>As we’ve written in the past, ViKi is an <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/viki-raises-4-3-million-from-vc-all-stars-to-translate-the-worlds-video/?icid=tc_marc-andreessen_art&tag=marc-andreessen">open-source-like solution for video</a>, and acquires the rights to TV shows and movies. The site then puts it on one of its channels and within the first 24 hours an organized, volunteer community subtitles the content using ViKi’s software. The site has gained considerable traction in the past year. Currently, ViKi is <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/16/approaching-10m-unique-visitors-international-video-site-viki-signs-deals-with-bbc-netflix/">seeing 8.5 million</a> unique visitors and 36 million tota visits in the past month, which is four times the traffic that ViKi has seen from last year. </p> <p>One of the most wanted features, says the startup, is a mobile offering. The new app is free (with in-stream ads), and will contain TV series, movies, and entertainment news from around the world, with subtitles created by fans. The app currently includes movies from Japan, India’s Bollywood, Egypt, Indonesian and TV series from Hong Kong, Venezuela, Russia, Korea and the UK (e.g. Hotel Babylon & Mistresses from the BBC). </p> <p>ViKi is also partnering up with Samsung Southeast Asia to develop an Android app for the company’s tablets. The app will be launching later this year in Southeast Asia. The partnership is expected to expand to other regions early next year. </p> <p>What’s interesting about ViKi is that the model allows content owners to open up to new international markets. Investors have bet on ViKi’s model too—the company recently raised $4.3 million in funding from Saar Gur of <a href="http://www.crv.com/">Charles River Ventures</a>, Reid Hoffman of <a href="http://www.greylock.com/">Greylock</a>, Marc Andreessen of <a href="http://a16z.com/">Andreessen Horowitz</a>, and others. </p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426077/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/iP7ItymQv1eKVzV9nZ1_bC7ShiQ/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/iP7ItymQv1eKVzV9nZ1_bC7ShiQ/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/iP7ItymQv1eKVzV9nZ1_bC7ShiQ/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/iP7ItymQv1eKVzV9nZ1_bC7ShiQ/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=J4TdWkH2U6s:O54CrNpda1w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/J4TdWkH2U6s?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="6" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/WxUUc5-diK0/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Conceptboard Debuts Better Whiteboarding For Google+ Hangouts</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 08:02 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/conceptboard-logo_195x77.png?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="conceptboard-logo_195x77" title="conceptboard-logo_195x77" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>It’s only been a few days since <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/20/google-launches-hangouts-api-for-developers/">the launch of the official Google+ Hangouts API</a> (application programming interface), but we’re already starting to see some interesting implementations make their debut. Case in point: online whiteboarding service <a href="http://conceptboard.com/">Conceptboard</a> has introduced a <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lklieeaongcaklpejdodbkcmbdfpdabj">Hangouts extension</a> that puts Google’s own newly integrated Sketchpad to shame.</p> <p>On Wednesday, Google rolled out <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/20/google-plus-beta/">9 new Google+ features</a>, including several “extras” for Google+ Hangouts, the social network’s multi-person video chat component. Now in beta, these features allow Hangouts users to work together on Google Docs, share screens or collaborate together in Sketchpad, a simple shared sketching application.</p> <p>The Google Sketchpad in Hangouts lets users draw, add shapes, text, lines, images and more into a basic blank document which can be saved to Google Docs.</p> <p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lklieeaongcaklpejdodbkcmbdfpdabj">Conceptboard’s Hangouts extension</a>, however, offers a much richer implementation of shared whiteboarding. Essentially, the company has just packed its current online whiteboarding service into Hangouts, allowing users to freehand scribble, use drawing tools, import other files (including images, PDFs, Office docs), write notes, create tasks and take screenshots and share their screen area and cursor with others (i.e., presentation mode).</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/conceptboard-hangouts.jpg" rel="lightbox[426126]"></a></p> <p>The boards are also available when the Hangout ends on Conceptboard’s website for those who create a free account and via a unique URL.</p> <p>Most importantly, these boards are accessible to others who don’t have the extension, a Google+ account or the Chrome Web browser installed. The non-Google+ users can use Conceptboard’s online service to collaborate with the others instead.</p> <p>Google+’s Hangouts API is still in testing, so <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lklieeaongcaklpejdodbkcmbdfpdabj">Conceptboard’s Chrome extension</a> is a “technology preview” for now. There may be bugs, but if you get hung up, you can contact the company’s support team <a href="https://conceptboard.com/__/support">here</a>. The extension itself is available for free <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lklieeaongcaklpejdodbkcmbdfpdabj">here on the Chrome Web Store</a>.</p> <span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/conceptboard-debuts-better-whiteboarding-for-google-hangouts/"></a></span> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">CONCEPTBOARD</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a 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sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 07:53 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/national-semiconductor-corporation-picture.png?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="national-semiconductor-corporation-picture" title="national-semiconductor-corporation-picture" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Texas Instruments has <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/texas-instruments-completes-acquisition-of-national-semiconductor-130420898.html">closed</a> its <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/texas-instruments-acquires-manufacturer-national-semiconductor-for-6-5-billion-in-cash/">$6.5 billion acquisition</a> of fellow semiconductor manufacturer <a href="http://www.national.com/analog">National Semiconductor</a>. In April, Texas Instruments announced all-cash deal, which was valued at $25 per share. The deal has now cleared all regulatory reviews and has shareholder approval.</p> <p>Santa Clara-based National Semiconductor is a semiconductor manufacturer, specializing in analog devices and subsystems. The company’s products include power management circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers, communication interface products and data conversion solutions.</p> <p>National’s 5,000-plus employees will immediately become part of TI. The two companies will integrate National as a unit of TI’s Analog business, which will have a combined portfolio of nearly 45,000 analog products, customer design tools, and a sales force that is 10 times larger than National’s previous footprint.</p> <p>TI will continue to operate National’s manufacturing sites, located in Maine, Scotland and Malaysia, as well as business headquarters in Santa Clara and sales/design support around the world.</p> <p>As Texas Instrument’s Chairman and CEO Rich Templeton said at the time the acquisition was announced, the combination of TI’s sales team and National’s portfolio of analog products will help increase the joint company’s profitability and help expand to additional markets. 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Apple has <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/09/apple-ftw-german-court-upholds-galaxy-tab-10-1-sales-ban/">taken down the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany</a>, won an <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/point-apple-court-issues-eu-wide-preliminary-injunction-on-galaxy-smartphones/">EU-wide (sort of) injunction on three Galaxy smartphones</a> (though Samsung’s found a way to keep selling them), and <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/29/apple-continues-to-block-the-galaxy-tab-10-1-in-australia/">kept the GalTab from being sold in Australia</a> as well. Samsung has yet to get any iProduct removed from store shelves. </p> <p>Obviously, this is an ongoing war and anything could happen, but as it rests now Apple has the advantage. With any win, however contained, the psychological affects of that win carry over into other court systems and countries. So Apple’s win is more than just a win in Europe, and a semi-win in Australia — it’s a sign to all the other courts that Apple may just have a point to their argument. To Samsung, this effect is lethal. </p> <p>With that said, Samsung’s head of global marketing for mobile communications Lee Younghee has said that Samsung plans to take a much more aggressive stance with regard to Apple, reports the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/23/ap-interview-samsung-steps-up-apple-patent-fight/">AP</a>. After hearing this, Samsung’s somewhat tentative attitude throughout these proceedings makes much more sense. It’s well known that Samsung and Apple share a fruitful business relationship, with Samsung being a component supplier for Apple and Apple, in turn, being one of Samsung’s biggest customers. </p> <p>Apple hasn’t done much to protect this relationship over the course of the battle, asserting rights in any country it can and alleging infringement at every turn. Of course, Samsung has filed plenty of its own lawsuits and appeals, but in almost every case it’s had the appearance of a retaliatory move, rather than a switch over to the offensive. In this way, Samsung has played the game slow and steady, refraining from crossing any line until the company is prepared to never return. </p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/samsung-headquarters1.jpg" rel="lightbox[426071]"></a>But that’s over. Early on in the battle, Samsung almost seemed <a href="http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2935201">flattered by the lawsuits</a>. Chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Kun-hee said that “when a nail sticks out, people try to pound it down. [Such incidents] are like a rite of passage that the company has to go through in order to continue its growth.” That was back in April, when this whole mess began. Now, things are quite different. Apple is very clearly going for the jugular, while Samsung has merely been defending itself. A strong defense (with regards to the suits Samsung initiated), but a defense nonetheless. </p> <p>According to Lee Younghee, “We’ll be pursuing our rights for this in a more aggressive way from now on.” She also added that Apple has been “freeriding” on Samsung’s wireless communication technology patents. That aligns rather nicely with comments made by an <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/samsung-exec-were-coming-after-the-iphone-5-as-soon-as-it-lands-in-korea/">unnamed Samsung executive to the Korea Times</a>, promising to come after the iPhone 5 in Korea as soon as its debuted. That exec mentioned that the only way to avoid such litigation would be if Apple removed “mobile telecommunications functions” from the iPhone. </p> <p>The way I see it, Samsung is trying to turn the tables on Apple. After playing the victim role (to an extent), Samsung will likely begin dropping bombs, hoping to secure a solid win. If that happens, Apple’s advantage dies and the possibility of a settlement becomes much more attractive to Apple the aggressor. With the way the game’s been played thus far, a settlement is actually a big win for Samsung. It may preserve the business relationship it has with Apple, while proving to the world that Apple is indeed afraid of Samsung and its increasing growth. </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/samsung-electronics" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Samsung Electronics</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://samsung.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">samsung.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>September 23, 1969</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Samsung is one of the largest super-multinational companies in the world. 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It’s OS X-only but I suspect the Windows crowd would get a kick out of it as well. </p> <p>Basically it’s a natural language calendar app. You can paste (nearly) anything into its little window and it will automagically create an event. “Dinner with Joe at 5pm on Thursday” works just as you would imagine it would and unless today <i>is</i> Thursday, Fantastical will figure things out. It fumbles sometimes with word order and ends up setting all day lunches with “Tuesday” but most of the time that’s reparable with a few keystrokes.</p> <p>The app does reproduce some of the features of OS X Mail, especially the automatic date entry features, but I’ve found that I use it to record flight times by copying and pasting them from the airline website and I’m able to create ad hoc events (“Drinks with T-Pain 5pm Weds”) and even simple reminders (“call Dalai Lama tomorrow”).</p> <p>The company, founded by school chums <a HREF="https://twitter.com/#!/macguitar">Michael Simmons</a> and <a HREF="https://twitter.com/#!/ksuther">Kent Sutherland</a> the app has been around since May. There’s a new update coming shortly that will enable in-line calendar entry editing. The app costs $20 and is available for a free trial.</p> <p>The pair built their own CalDAV implementation so it works with almost any calendaring service. It also has a custom alarm setting as well as complete search functionality. Again, it’s stuff that has existed before, but now it’s in one place with a quick and easy interface. It, along with apps like QuicKeys, has streamlined my day-to-day PIM and writing activities considerably. We don’t review a lot of apps on TC (we’ll probably start adding app reviews over time) but this is an app that I got a big kick out of and I think it’s quite simple and quite useful.</p> <p><a HREF="https://sites.fastspring.com/flexibits/instant/fantastical?source=flexibits">Product Page</a> </p> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/fantastical-my-favorite-new-calendar-app/fantastical_256x256/' title='Fantastical_256x256'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/fantastical-my-favorite-new-calendar-app/screenshot-1/' title='screenshot-1'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/fantastical-my-favorite-new-calendar-app/screenshot-2-2/' title='screenshot-2'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/fantastical-my-favorite-new-calendar-app/screenshot-3-2/' title='screenshot-3'></a> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426085/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/jkmb6ah-UC0oGvK2AWBZXAKmk8Q/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/jkmb6ah-UC0oGvK2AWBZXAKmk8Q/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/jkmb6ah-UC0oGvK2AWBZXAKmk8Q/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/jkmb6ah-UC0oGvK2AWBZXAKmk8Q/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=V75JBWrXfE0:t5mpdhDKjFo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/V75JBWrXfE0?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="10" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/0JLNqXcOtb0/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Touch Panel Defects To Affect iPhone 5 Availability?</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 07:10 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/iphone-4.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="iphone-4" title="iphone-4" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>While it’s near impossible to say what exactly Apple has in store for us come October, a new report from <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110922PD207.html">DigiTimes</a> reveals that there may be fewer iPhone 5s to go around if it indeed makes its debut. </p> <p>Some of the iPhone 5 touch panels that manufacturer Wintek has assembled are turning out to be defective, and could potentially cause a supply shortage come launch day.</p> <p>The displays are plagued by what are called “delayed bubbles,” where small pockets of gas are trapped between the touch panel and the lamination layer. It’s apparently a tough defect to avoid during the production process, and it’s made even worse as it’s usually only spotted during assembly.</p> <p>DigiTimes reports that it’s a minor gaffe as far as fixes are concerned: the iPhone 5 uses the same manufacturing process as its predecessor, and sources say Wintek is expected to rectify things pretty quickly. The company, who is said to be producing about 20 to 25% of the iPhone 5′s touch panels, would likely agree with that sentiment. Though Wintek has kept quiet about how many of their panels have been affected, the official statement is that all orders will ship on schedule.</p> <p>Though Wintek accounts for a smaller fraction of the production workload (TPK Holding and Chimei Innolux are working on the remaining 75-80%), DigiTimes sources say Apple is hoping to ship nearly 26 million iPhone 5s in Q4. 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Using the new StartApp SDK (software development kit), developers can receive $10 – $50 per 1,000 downloads, the company claims. This is higher than the $4 average per 1,000 downloads  developers see elsewhere, StartApp says.</p> <p>Sounds great, right? What’s the catch?</p> <p>When Android users download <a href="http://www.startapp.com/">StartApp</a>-monetized applications to their phone, a new search icon and bookmark link appear on the device automatically. That’s right – bundled software! It’s not all that different from the ad-ware supported desktop applications of years past. Whenever a user searches the Web via StartApp’s portal, StartApp generates revenue which can then be shared with the developer.</p> <p>Developers have two options for payments: either up-front pay-per-downloads or ongoing revenue sharing from the new search option. The up-front model provides $50 per 1,000 downloads in the U.S. and $10 per 1,000 international downloads.</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/short-cut-11.png" rel="lightbox[426070]"></a></p> <p>To be clear, StartApp requires that developers explain to users that the new search option is a part of the download, that it doesn’t replace any default options they have and if users don’t want to use it, the icon can simply be deleted from their homescreen.</p> <p>Prior to the company’s official launch (planned for Tuesday), StartApp has been integrated into 50 apps and has seen nearly 1 million downloads.</p> <p>Given developers failure to effectively monetize applications on Android, it’s not surprising that new revenue models are being created. For example, earlier this month, third-party mobile application store <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/08/watch-out-amazon-getjar-launches-a-full-catalog-of-premium-android-apps-for-free/">GetJar introduced a premium catalog</a> of free Android apps, sponsored by featured search listings on the GetJar site.</p> <p>The difference between the GetJar model and StartApp, however, is not just in how they leverage search as a monetization mechanism, but in their willingness to aggravate the end user. In GetJar’s case, there’s barely a problem – some app listings in search results are marked “featured.” In StartApp’s case, though, users have to perform cleanup on their devices to remove the extra icon and bookmark.</p> <p>Unfortunately, many users will not be savvy enough to do so. And the innocuous “search” icon will be tapped again and again.</p> <p>This may be an effective revenue model as StartApp claims, but at what cost to the overall Android ecosystem? 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The startup’s Mintigo, customer targeting and acquisition solution is a custom engine that analyzes a company’s unique customer acquisition goals and then crawls the web, looking for prospects with high potential and receptiveness to the product offered.</p> <p>Mintigo’s software analyzes a company’s existing customer base to find its distinct ‘Customer Code’ which the company compares to the DNA of a company. The startup can identify this profile and search the web to find other companies and customers that match it. The service crawls company websites, directories, boards, and social media networks including Facebook and LinkedIn to find the most qualified sales leads in a sea of unstructured Web data.</p> <p>Mintigo is already working with businesses in the technology, mobile and insurance industries to improve their sales conversion rate. In one recent case study Mintigo was able to identify the correct contact (email and phone) in 90% of leads, 87% were new leads that were unavailable from other sources, and the leads produced a four times to eight times higher response and conversion rates in a direct email campaign.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">MINTIGO</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/mintigo" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Mintigo</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.mintigo.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">mintigo.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$9M</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Mintigo offers a powerful Customer Acquisition solution with unparalleled targeting accuracy and prospects conversion levels. The Mintigo solution focuses on deciphering your unique Customer Codeâ„¢ and scanning the entire potential market for similar receptive prospects. The result is a large-scale set of triggers that are unique and indicative of highly-receptive prospects. Founded in June 2009, Mintigo is backed by Sequoia Capital and has offices in the Silicon Valley, Israel & Spain.</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/mintigo"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/mintigo" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> </div><!-- End of panel-container --> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426062/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/qeRAiq85iGx7d08oQQDL06uR8tU/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/qeRAiq85iGx7d08oQQDL06uR8tU/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/qeRAiq85iGx7d08oQQDL06uR8tU/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/qeRAiq85iGx7d08oQQDL06uR8tU/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=qJ0NajU1OsU:PrEyyVkPFlw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/qJ0NajU1OsU?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="13" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/c8uSHXdycMM/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Watch Out For Lightsabers In Tokyo’s Subway Cars</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 06:10 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/6169692311_1cb6136e80_z-1.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="6169692311_1cb6136e80_z (1)" title="6169692311_1cb6136e80_z (1)" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>In case you missed the news, Star Wars launched on Blu-ray this week. Lucas & Co. never miss an opportunity to soil their brand and so, along with turning to <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/19/in-game-ads-become-the-target-of-scene-hackers/">annoying in-game advertising</a>, <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2011/09/23/tokyo-subway-lightsaber-handrails/">recently wrapped</a> the handrails of several Tokyo subway cars. So, you know, passengers can have imaginary lightsaber battles with stationary props. AWESOME! Japan gets all the fun stuff.</p> <p>My only wish is that they put these wraps on more items. Escalator handrails, for one, would be awesome. But the ultimate advertising venue is no doubt stripper polls. Think about. Not that I frequent such establishments (Totally serious. Never been) but their patrons are generally Star Wars’ die hards. This is the crowd that is most likely to purchase the new Blu-ray release anyway and would probably be rather amused by watching the ladies slide up and down a beam plasma. I would.</p> <p>Images via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwarsblog/">Official Star Wars Blog</a><br /> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/watch-out-for-lightsabers-in-tokyos-subway-cars/star-wars-lightsabers-in-tokyo/' title='Star-wars-Lightsabers-in-Tokyo'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/watch-out-for-lightsabers-in-tokyos-subway-cars/lightsaber_hand_rails_tokyo_train/' title='lightsaber_hand_rails_tokyo_train'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/watch-out-for-lightsabers-in-tokyos-subway-cars/6169692271_af10cc19cf_z/' title='6169692271_af10cc19cf_z'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/watch-out-for-lightsabers-in-tokyos-subway-cars/6169692069_8943089118_z/' title='6169692069_8943089118_z'></a> <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/23/watch-out-for-lightsabers-in-tokyos-subway-cars/6169692311_1cb6136e80_z-1/' title='6169692311_1cb6136e80_z (1)'></a> </p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426061/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/xLeFstORsnuMAr-a5Q-7kBeakR0/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/xLeFstORsnuMAr-a5Q-7kBeakR0/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/xLeFstORsnuMAr-a5Q-7kBeakR0/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/xLeFstORsnuMAr-a5Q-7kBeakR0/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=c8uSHXdycMM:PiTVyWSDoCY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/c8uSHXdycMM?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="14" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dX_BLSjRsgI/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Murata’s Flexible Remote Lets You Control Your TV With Bending And Twisting Motions</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 05:34 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/remote-murata.jpg?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="remote murata" title="remote murata" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Japanese tech company <a href="http://www.murata.com/">Murata</a>, in cooperation with <a href="http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/index-e.htm">Kansai University</a> and <a href="http://www.mitsuichem.com/">Mitsui Chemicals</a>, has developed a <a href="http://www.murata.com/new/news_release/2011/0921/index.html">remote control</a> that doesn’t require users to push buttons. Instead, TVs or other electric appliances can be controlled by bending and twisting the remote in various ways.</p> <p>The device, currently a prototype named “Leaf Grip Remote Controller”, is essentially a pitch for a new kind human-machine interface.</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/murata-graphic.gif" rel="lightbox[426054]"></a></p> <p>Murata explains:</p> <blockquote><p>This remote control has a very new conceptual design that enables it to operate by bending and twisting of a plate made of piezoelectric films that can detect such motions. Furthermore, it uses pigments to discharge electrons when it receives light and is assembled with a photovoltaic cell that converts light into electricity to provide it with a battery-less feature.</p></blockquote> <p>Examples of how to use the device:</p> <p><a href="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/murata-ex.gif" rel="lightbox[426054]"></a>The Leaf Grip Remote Controller uses a newly developed piezoelectric film that’s highly transparent, organic and free from pyroelectricity, meaning users can manipulate it – no batteries required.</p> <p>The company plans to showcase the remote and other devices based on the new film during the <a href="http://www.ceatec.com/2011/en/index.html">CEATEC Japan 2011</a> exhibition next month.</p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426054/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/IrsD06q_AeOzMVdOmPQwrhyS644/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/IrsD06q_AeOzMVdOmPQwrhyS644/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/IrsD06q_AeOzMVdOmPQwrhyS644/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/IrsD06q_AeOzMVdOmPQwrhyS644/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=dX_BLSjRsgI:4F_gz9ffvPw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/dX_BLSjRsgI?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="15" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/7nY7NLB0eRQ/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">FeeFighters Launches Payment Gateway Samurai</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 04:10 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/fee.png?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="fee" title="fee" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Chicago-based startup <a href="http://feefighters.com/">FeeFighters</a>, a <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/25/transfs-launches-comparison-shopping-site-for-credit-card-processing-fees/">comparison shopping site for credit card processers,</a> is launching a new product to simplify online payments. FeeFighters' <a href="http://samurai.feefighters.com">Samurai</a> is debuting as a gateway for online merchants to accept payments. </p> <p><a href="http://feefighters.com/">FeeFighters</a> is a <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/12/feefighters-raises-1-6-million-to-be-the-billshrink-for-business-services/">comparison shopping site</a> for credit card processors. The startup aims to help merchants save money on credit card fees and also conducts reverse auctions to solicit competing bids from credit card processing companies. </p> <p>So why is FeeFighters launching a payments gateway? CEO Sean Harper says that many of the customers who the startup has helped find the the best credit card processor are often locked in by their gateway provider, meaning they can't switch. Samurai allows any business to send any transaction to any processor, with no lock-in.</p> <p>Samurai's features include the ability for transactions to be sent to multiple merchant accounts and will automatically send international and small ticket transactions to the cheapest processor. Samurai also securely stores customers' credit card numbers, and allows merchants to achieve PCI compliance in minutes. </p> <p>Samurai also includes universal compatibility so merchants can send and accept transactions to and from any payment processor. Samurai offers all features at a price of $10 a month and $0.10 per transaction.</p> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/424928/"></a> <p><a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/Maq8r-owoPWi9bL30mAkp0RHZOk/0/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/Maq8r-owoPWi9bL30mAkp0RHZOk/0/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/Maq8r-owoPWi9bL30mAkp0RHZOk/1/pa"><img src="https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BHILNbpB6qG9U-J8lQuS1zPlEQM/Maq8r-owoPWi9bL30mAkp0RHZOk/1/pi" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?i=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=7nY7NLB0eRQ:bfy4ghzWMTo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~4/7nY7NLB0eRQ?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1"/></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.4em;"> <p style="margin:1em 0 3px 0;"> <a name="16" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/kCqWByJRoXk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Millennial: Android Mobile Ad Impressions Up 48 Percent, iOS Remains Flat</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 23 Sep 2011 02:45 AM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><img width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/mm.png?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="MM-" title="MM-" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>Mobile ad network <a href="http://www.millennialmedia.com/"> Millennial Media</a>, is releasing its monthly report which gives a view into how each OS, device and manufacturer is performing on one of the largest remaining independent ad networks in the world. In August, Millennial actually combined connected devices and smartphones when breaking out the OS impression share. That’s significant because iOS and Android share can include tablets into factoring presence on the network. And last month, Android was in the top spot with a 54% share, while iOS was in second with a 28% share. Rim followed with 13% share.</p> <p>In terms of growth, Android impressions (including both phones and tablets) grew 48% month-over-month globally. iOS impressions were relatively flat month-over-month, and interestingly Windows Phone 7 impressions saw major growth and increased 48% month-over-month.</p> <p>Smartphones grew 6% month-over-month and took 72% of the impressions in August. Connected Devices and Feature Phones were tied with 14% of the impression share. In terms of impressions by type of connection, 32% of impressions came over Wi-Fi. Of these WI-Fi impressions 59% came from Smartphones (as opposed to connected devices or feature phones), and saw an 11% growth month-over-month.</p> <p>Connected Devices, including Tablets, gaming devices, and eReaders, accounted for 34% of the Wi-Fi impressions on the network. In August 2010, feature phones accounted for 33% of Millennial’s network impressions, and this number has dropped to 14% in August 2011.</p> <p>Millennial also breaks down ad spend from applications on the network, and in August Android grew 2% month-over-month and represented 49% of the Application Platform Mix. iOS followed with 41% share, with RIM taking a 8% share.</p> <p>In August, News applications on the Android platform grew 26% month-over-month. Gaming applications have been the number one Application Category on Millennial’s network for over a year and in August, games represented 25% of the applications impressions, a 19% increase month-over-month.</p> <p>Music & Entertainment application impressions grew 13% month-over-month and within the Music & Entertainment category, radio applications accounted for more than half of the impressions in August.</p> <p>Similar to <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/millennial-android-tops-ios-for-the-eighth-month-with-61-percent-of-mobile-ad-impressions-in-july/">July’s findings</a>, Apple continued to be the leading device manufacturer the network in August, representing 23% of the Top 15 Manufacturers impression share. The iPhone maintained the number one position on the Top 20 Mobile Phones ranking with 13% of the impression share.</p> <p>HTC actually reclaimed the number two position on the Top 15 Manufacturers ranking in August, thanks to the manufacturer’s five devices on the Top 20 Mobile Phones list. Together, these HTC phones accounted for 11% of the Top 20 Mobile Phone impressions. Together, all Android phones<br /> represented 32% of the Top 20 Mobile Phones impression share in August.</p> <p>The past year has represented major growth for Millennial Media. The company just announced that <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/27/mobile-ad-network-millennial-media-saw-nearly-50-million-in-revenue-in-2010/">2010 revenue was $47.8 million,</a> which is up over 3,000 percent from 2007 revenue of $1.5 million. And we know CEO and founder Paul Palmieri has <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/28/millennial-media-ipo-2011/">had ambitions</a> of taking the company public. In May, Bloomberg reported that Millennial <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-18/millennial-media-is-said-to-talk-with-banks-about-ipo-as-mobile-ads-surge.html">was talking to bankers</a> about an IPO, which could come in the Fall or in early 2012 and would value the company at a whopping $700 million to $1 billion (AdMob was sold to Google for <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/09/google-acquires-admob/">$750 million</a>).</p> <p></p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">MILLENNIAL MEDIA</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/millennial-media" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Millennial Media</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://millennialmedia.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">millennialmedia.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$64.8M</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Millennial Media is the leading independent mobile advertising and data company. Millennial Media commands an impressive share of the mobile display advertising market. The company's technology, tools and services also power some of the largest companies in the media business today. 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href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ougXvKJXhZk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Spotify CEO Daniel Ek On How The New Facebook Music Integration Will Work</a> </p> <p style="font-size:13px;color:#555;margin:9px 0 3px 0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;"> <span>Posted:</span> 22 Sep 2011 09:06 PM PDT</p> <div style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:140%;font-size:13px;color:#000000;"><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?callback=st_ooyala_callback&deepLinkTime=00m00s&width=640&height=360&embedCode=5oaHF0Mjqr0ZMu6zpbBUKYktL39zP1xH&deepLinkEmbedCode=5oaHF0Mjqr0ZMu6zpbBUKYktL39zP1xH&wmode=transparent"></script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_229z0_gbps1mrs" width="640" height="360" deepLinkTime="00m00s" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" 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CEO <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-ek">Daniel Ek</a> at F8. Ek and I spoke about today’s “launch” of Facebook Music, which wasn’t a music console built on top of Facebook like some had conceived, but rather a partnership built around a dozen music apps — like <a href="http://www.rdio.com">Rdio,</a> <a href="http://www.mog.com">Mog</a> and <a href="http://www.iheartradio.com">Iheartradio</a> — through Facebook’s now extended Open Graph.</p> <p>In addition to sharing their own and seeing their friends’ music listening activity in the new Facebook News Ticker, users will eventually see and share all music-related activity in a Music Dashboard in the left hand corner of their Facebook profiles, if they or their friends are using a partner app like Spotify. Users can access the “Listen with a friend” feature we <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/facebook-music-listen-with-friends/">reported on yesterday</a> through either feed by hitting the Play button on their friend’s update.</p> <p>Responding graciously to my pressing about the rumor I heard that Spotify was to power Facebook’s universal music player, an <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20110920/facebooks-big-f8-plans-get-dialed-back-just-a-bit/">idea which eventually got scrapped</a>, Ek went on to reveal that, because of the new Facebook integration, Spotify <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/spotify-is-no-longer-invite-only-in-the-us-and-users-get-their-first-six-months-of-service-free/">will be removing</a> its invite-only barrier — In addition to giving non-paying users six months of unlimited music listening.</p> <p>Okay great, but what if you don’t want your embarrassing musical taste to be broadcast to all your friends via Facebook? Hit up Applications > Spotify (or Rdio or whatever) > App Privacy >  Only Me.</p> <p>Because only you need to know that you’ve been listened to that one Kid Cudi song basically on repeat since March.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-2"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">SPOTIFY</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Spotify</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://www.spotify.com/" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">spotify.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>€183M</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Spotify has created a lightweight software application that allows instant listening to specific tracks or albums with virtually no buffering delay. It was launched in the fall of 2008 and had approximately 10 million users by September 2010. Spotify offers streaming music from major and independent record labels including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Users download Spotify and then log onto their service enabling the on-demand streaming of music. 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The changes include a completely <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/facebook-timeline/">redesigned profile</a> and a new Open Graph API that gives third-party applications and sites more flexibility (and eyeballs) than they’ve had before.</p> <p>Shortly after the keynote ended, I did a brief interview with <a href="http://www.causes.com">Causes</a> founder <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-green">Joe Green</a>, who outlined which of the features are a big deal for developers, and why they’re so important. Green has extensive experience with Platform — Causes was one of the first developers on Facebook Platform when it first launched, and it was a launch partner for today’s features.</p> <p>Green has also written a pair of guest posts this week that go into more detail about Facebook’s major changes — including one on <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/20/facebooks-smart-lists-real-friends-again/">Smart Lists</a> and one on the new <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/facebook-platform-starts-living-up-to-its-potential/">Open Graph</a>.</p> <p>Note that we did the video via Skype, and while the video feed was a little iffy at times, the audio remains strong throughout.</p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">FACEBOOK</a></li> <li><a class="tab item-2" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">JOE GREEN</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Facebook</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://facebook.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">facebook.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Launch Date:</span> <span>January 2, 2004</span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$2.34B</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004, initially as an exclusive network for Harvard students. It was a huge hit: in 2 weeks, half of the schools in the Boston area began demanding a Facebook network. Zuckerberg immediately recruited his friends Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes to help build Facebook, and within four months, Facebook added 30 more college networks. The original idea for the term...</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> <div class="panel item-2"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Person:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-green" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Joe Green</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';"></a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"><span class="header-text">Companies:</span><span> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/causes" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Causes</a>, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/asana" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Asana</a> </span></div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Joe Green is a Co-Founder of Causes, a popular Facebook and MySpace application.</p> </div> <div class="profile-image"> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-green"></a> </div> </div> <a class="learn-more" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-green" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Learn more</a> </div> <!-- End of panel item --> </div><!-- End of panel-container --> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426007/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426007/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com/426007/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" 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width="100" height="70" src="http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/b1-perspective_col_sm1.png?w=100&h=70&crop=1" class="attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image" alt="b1-perspective_col_SM1" title="b1-perspective_col_SM1" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;" /><p>After raising $9 million in venture funding from <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/norwest-venture-partners">Norwest Venture Partners</a> and <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/dcm">Doll Capital Management</a> earlier this year, <a href="http://mybasis.com/">Basis Science</a> has been able to continue their year-long research and design development of a new affordable heart and health monitor that can be worn all the live-long day right on your wrist. In anticipation of its showcase at <a href="http://www.health2con.com/">Health 2.0</a>, the startup is today revealing the design and features of its so-called “B1 Basis Band” that will launch in the market later this year. </p> <p>While there are a number of health-tracking devices on the market today, the Basis Band seems poised to be a disruptive product in the health space. Priced at $199, the Band is on the expensive side but not unreasonable considering the heart and health tracker boasts multiple sensors that measure heart rate continuously, along with calories burned, sleep patterns, and other physiological metrics. What’s more, the device boasts an LCD touchscreen interface that allows for easy navigation and displays the date and time — potentially making it a pretty great replacement for your measly old wrist watch. </p> <p>Of course, what makes this new health product so cool is that it is connected to a (free) web-based personal dashboard that allows users to view comprehensive data pulled from the device’s monitoring of your heart rate, sleep, and more. The dashboard then helps you further keep track of your overall health and wellness by offering push notifications, suggestions, and a game-ified experience that encourages you to set goals and monitor your progress, or blast health dates to friend and family over social networks.</p> <p>The data that Basis aggregates is also easily exportable, so that you’ll be able to send your health information to your personal trainer or your physician. Obviously, with the state of the health as it is today, along with the rising costs of healthcare, many people are looking to maintain a more active and healthy lifestyle to avoid those high medical bills and trips to the doctor’s office. </p> <p>As most health devices on the market today attempt to calculate heart rate through footsteps or by using a smartphone’s accelerometer or GPS, said Basis CEO Jef Holove, the Basis Band offers an evolved alternative, as it uses a series of monitors to decipher health data directly from your wrist and the bloodflow underneath. This optical engine tracks heart rate by directing light into the skin to “see” the user’s blood flow and is complemented by several other sensors, including a heat sensor that tracks skin and ambient temperature changes, a 3-axis accelerometer that records movement and activity, and galvanic skin response sensors.</p> <p>The device then uses a series of algorithms to cut through the noise and make a number of calculations that result in a precise picture of how many calories you’ve burned, the total amount of physical exertion, sleep patterns, and so on. That data is then served to Basis’ cloud infrastructure and presented to the user in that easy-to-navigate web interface. Pretty cool. </p> <p>What’s more, as the Basis Band has multiple-day battery life and is composed of polycarbonate (and is water-resistant), it’s lightweight, doesn’t get in the way, and can be worn day and night without any maintenance. It’s also modular, which means that you can change straps, both in color and style, to meet your award-winning sense of fashion. All in all, this makes for a welcome change from cumbersome chest-strap EKGs, or arm-band monitors that only offer basic functionality and that you can really only wear while running. </p> <p>Basis is also announcing today that it is appointing an advisory board that includes some medical, social, and gaming big whigs to help oversee the impending launch of the Basis Band. The new advisory team will boast long-time Facebook executive (and early employee) Kevin Colleran, along with Charles and Kai Huang, the co-founders of RedOctane and creators of Guitar Hero, as well as Patrick McGill, Daniel Kraft, a Stanford and Harvard trained physician, and Jeff Rosenthal, who will be bringing his co-founders of the Summit Series along for the ride. </p> <p>Chris Verplaetse, who is being added as vice president of device development, was most recently at Cisco Systems, where he was a key engineer in the development of Flip Video.</p> <p>The addition of these experts to its advisory team is a big strategic win both for Basis and the health industry, and is a sign that these smart, integrated devices like the Basis Band are attracting attention from experts across the board. With a sizable team in place and a sharp new product ready for launch, Basis could just be at the front of a game-changing shift in consumer health products. </p> <p>It’s pretty amazing stuff. Check out <a href="http://mybasis.com/">Basis at home for more information</a>. </p> <br/> <div class="module-crunchbase"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <h2 class="global-module-header-default"> <span class="line-1"> <div class="cb-home-header cb-stack-home-header"> <a href="http://crunchbase.com">Crunchbase</a> </div> </span> </h2> <div class="container"> <ul class="tab-container"> <li><a class="tab item-1 current" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">BASIS</a></li> </ul> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="panel item-1 current"> <div class="leftgreen"> <div class="info-container info-container-stack-view"> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Company:</span> <span><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/basis" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">Basis</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Website:</span> <span><a href="http://mybasis.com" onclick="s_objectID='post_widget_crunchbase';">mybasis.com</a></span> </div> <div class="left-align"> <span class="header-text">Funding:</span> <span>$9M</span> </div> </div> <div class="body-copy"> <p>Basis believes it's easier to get and stay healthy when wellness is fun, social and informative. To put this within everyone's reach, we invented the Basis Band – the world's first connected health and heart rate monitor wearable on the wrist. Convenient and customizable, the multi-sensor Basis Band collects data like heart rate, calories burned, physical activity and sleep patterns. 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The router supports 802.11ba/b/g/n WiFi and has four Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports. It supports WPA, WPA2 and WPS security.<br /> <span id="more-51581"></span></p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-51583" title="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 2" src="http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D-Link-Amplifi-HD-Media-Router-2000-with-USB-3.0-2.jpg" alt="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 2" width="380" height="290" /></p> <p>The DIR-827 supports equipped with both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz 300Mbps frequency bands, and offers simultaneous N600 Dual Band (300Mbps + 300Mbps) for streaming HD videos and surfing the web at the same time. It comes with 128-bit AES data security encryption to protect your network and the HD Fuel technology to prioritize high-bandwidth applications.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-51582" title="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 1" src="http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D-Link-Amplifi-HD-Media-Router-2000-with-USB-3.0-1.jpg" alt="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 1" width="380" height="290" /></p> <p>The HD Media Router 2000 supports SharePort Plus with USB 3.0 port for sharing virtually any USB-enabled device, such as a printer or storage device, across the home network at faster transfer rates. There is even a SD card slot for sharing media files. The D-Link Amplifi DIR-827 is available for $149.99.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-51584" title="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 back" src="http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D-Link-Amplifi-HD-Media-Router-2000-with-USB-3.0-back.jpg" alt="D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 2000 with USB 3.0 back" width="380" height="174" /></p> <p>[<a href="http://amplifi.dlink.com/products/DIR-827" target="_blank">D-Link</a>]</p> <hr /><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.itechnews.net/2009/01/07/d-link-xtreme-n-dir-685-router-digital-frame-nas/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: D-Link Xtreme N DIR-685 Router / Digital Frame / NAS">D-Link Xtreme N DIR-685 Router / Digital Frame / NAS</a></li><li><a href="http://www.itechnews.net/2008/10/02/d-link-dir-825-xtreme-n-dual-band-router/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Router">D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Router</a></li><li><a href="http://www.itechnews.net/2008/07/01/d-link-dir-628-rangebooster-5ghz-80211n-router/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: D-Link DIR-628 RangeBooster 5GHz 802.11n Router">D-Link DIR-628 RangeBooster 5GHz 802.11n Router</a></li><li><a href="http://www.itechnews.net/2011/05/01/d-link-dir-651-wireless-n-300-gigabit-router/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: D-Link DIR-651 Wireless N 300 Gigabit Router">D-Link DIR-651 Wireless N 300 Gigabit Router</a></li><li><a href="http://www.itechnews.net/2011/03/03/d-link-dhp-1320-hybrid-wireless-n-powerline-router/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: D-Link DHP-1320 Hybrid Wireless-N PowerLine Router">D-Link DHP-1320 Hybrid Wireless-N PowerLine Router</a></li></ul><hr /><small>Copyright © 2006-2011 <a href="http://www.itechnews.net">iTech News Net</a>. 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Instead of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Enjoy7 runs Android 2.3 OS. The 7-inch tablet sports a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. It comes with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display and two 2 Megapixel cameras for image shooting and video chat.</p> <p>The Enjoy7 supports Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi connectivity and offers mini HDMI for bringing media playback to a bigger screen. The tablet weighs 395. 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The rubberized casing protects the drive from scratches and damage from general wear, making it ideal for road warrior, outdoor adventures and anyone who needs a durable drive. The drive is shock-resistant.</p> <p>The DataTraveler R400 is available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. The drive measures 70mm x 22.68mm x 12.40mm. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359564&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359564&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093721.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shed light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology. The structures contain a previously-unexplored combination of rare-earth and d-transition metals ideally suited to the compact storage of hydrogen. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920103819.jpg" width="174" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have determined the molecular structure of dynamin -- a "wire-puller" that mediates nutrient uptake into the cell. Since pathogens such as HIV can also enter the body's cells in this way, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms can potentially open up new approaches for medical applications. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141914.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm" class="blue">Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- By harnessing plasmonics to intensify light, engineers have created an ultra-compact nonlinear light source that shrinks a large-scale, high-energy device to the nanoscale with research implications ranging from data communications to a better understanding of fundamental science. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114236.jpg" width="91" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm" class="blue">Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Physicists have measured the temperatures at which collections of electrons build up enough heat to force regions along superconducting aluminum nanowires to switch to a non-superconducting state. The information could help engineers build more reliable nanowires and more efficient nano-electronics. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921134526.jpg" width="39" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Adopting the pitcher plant's slick prey-catching strategy, a group of applied scientists have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh conditions like high pressure and freezing temperatures. The bio-inspired liquid repellence technology should find applications in biomedical fluid handling, fuel transport, and anti-fouling and anti-icing technologies. It could even lead to self-cleaning windows and improved optical devices. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue">Radiation boost for artificial joints</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922144318.jpg" width="59" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm" class="blue">Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. It possesses simple organic particles and may house liquid water beneath its surface. Its geyser-like jets create a gigantic halo of ice, dust and gas around Enceladus that helps feed Saturn's E ring. Now, thanks again to those icy jets, Enceladus is the only moon in our solar system known to influence substantially the chemical composition of its parent planet. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921172851.jpg" width="51" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels, according to a new paper. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921115915.jpg" width="62" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm" class="blue">Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The race to identify the Higgs boson is on at CERN. This Holy Grail of particle physics would help explain why the majority of elementary particles possess mass. The mysterious particle would also help us understand the evolution of the universe from the moment of its birth, according to a group of physicists. If their theory is verified with data from the Planck satellite, it would clear up several questions about the universe, past and future. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm" class="blue">Information technologies foster freedom or reinforce repression</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The media may portray text messaging and social networks as powerful new weapons for freedom fighters, but these new communication tools may not be as uniformly beneficial or as robust as suggested, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921134529.jpg" width="73" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm" class="blue">Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have moved an individual electron along a wire, batting it back and forth over 60 times, rather like the ball in a game of ping-pong. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The discovery that a protein in insect skin is responsible for protecting the insect as it molts its skin opens the possibilities for selective pest control and new biomaterials like football padding or lightweight aircraft components. It also debunks a more than 50-year-old belief about the protective shell of insects. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074737.htm" class="blue">Researchers use liquid crystal to replace space motors</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Northern Ireland have devised a way to eliminate the need for motors in space borne radiometers by incorporating liquid crystals in their Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) antenna arrays. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074737.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074740.htm" class="blue">Super-sized heart valve provides clues to blood flow</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Ireland have developed a super-sized model of a heart valve which may lead to a new generation of cardiovascular devices. Every year, mechanical valves are inserted into approximately 125,000 patients with heart valve disease around the world. However, the valves can lead to unnatural blood flows, which can trigger a clotting reaction. Because of this, patients with prosthetic heart valves must take medication daily, which can lead to side effects. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074740.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920173345.jpg" width="21" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173345.htm" class="blue">Electrical stimulation of brain boosts birth of new cells: Animal study suggests deep brain stimulation improves memory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Stimulating a specific region of the brain leads to the production of new brain cells that enhance memory, according to an animal study. The findings show how deep brain stimulation -- a clinical intervention that delivers electrical pulses to targeted areas of the brain -- may work to improve cognition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173345.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134531.htm" class="blue">Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Scientists are reporting refinement of a new test that promises to help assure the safety of supplies of heparin, the blood thinner taken by millions of people worldwide each year to prevent blood clots. The test can quickly and economically detect adulterants, including the substance responsible for hundreds of illnesses and deaths among patients taking heparin in 2008. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134531.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172847.htm" class="blue">YouTube videos can inaccurately depict Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172847.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114330.htm" class="blue">Development of a new chip for characterizing ultrafast optical pulses</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Boosting up microprocessors -the heart of modern computers- at the speed of light, reducing consumptions and costs, may now be a reality thanks to the development of a new high-performance chip. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114330.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114234.htm" class="blue">The key to lower dose CT fluoroscopy for spine injections is reducing the dose of the planning CT</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The radiation dose for a CT fluoroscopy is about half that for conventional fluoroscopy to guide epidural steroid injections, however, the dose is substantially more than conventional fluoroscopy when a full lumbar planning CT scan is performed as part of the CT-guided procedure, a new study shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114234.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921093608.jpg" width="63" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093608.htm" class="blue">Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have devised a mathematically rich analytic approach to account for often-missing thermodynamic and molecular parameters in molecular dynamic simulations. The new approach returns atomistic-level data into the time frame of the macroscopic world. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093608.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921074747.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074747.htm" class="blue">New theory explains collapse of World Trade Center's Twin Towers</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- According to a theory advanced by a materials scientist in Norway, a mixture of water from sprinkler systems and molten aluminum from melted aircraft hulls created explosions that led to the collapse of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074747.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm" class="blue">New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new "smart" window system has the unprecedented ability to inexpensively change from summer to winter modes, darkening to save air conditioning costs on scorching days and returning to crystal clarity in the winter to capture free heat from the sun, scientists are reporting. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921075418.jpg" width="56" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075418.htm" class="blue">An angry bird in the sky: Lambda Centauri Nebula</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula, a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). The nebula, also known as IC 2944, is sometimes nicknamed the Running Chicken Nebula, from a bird-like shape some people see in its brightest region. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921075418.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm" class="blue">Crystal structure shows how motor protein works</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- The crystal structure of the dynamin protein -- one of the molecular machines that makes cells work -- has been revealed, bringing insights into a class of molecules with a wide influence on health and disease. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920111803.jpg" width="125" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm" class="blue">Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons. Materials scientists have built a novel transistor that uses protons, creating a key piece for devices that can communicate directly with living things. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103825.htm" class="blue">Potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy demonstrated</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new type of nanoparticle has shown potential for more effective delivery of chemotherapy to treat cancer. In laboratory studies, researchers developed and tested a new type of nanoparticle that can deliver larger amounts of a drug and will not leak the drug as the particle circulates through the blood stream on its way to the target. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103825.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920120238.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120238.htm" class="blue">Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- More than 60 percent of the energy produced by cars, machines, and industry around the world is lost as waste heat -- an age-old problem -- but researchers have found a new way to make "thermoelectric" materials for use in technology that could potentially save vast amounts of energy. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120238.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919123301.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123301.htm" class="blue">Cassini presents Saturn moon quintet</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a new portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's rings. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123301.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm" class="blue">Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920161546.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920161546.htm" class="blue">NASA's WISE mission captures black hole's wildly flaring jet</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their blazing jets. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920161546.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920163219.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm" class="blue">Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Imagine a microscopic jet vacuum cleaner, the size of a pen nib that hovers over cell surfaces without ever touching them. Then imagine that the soap in the cleaning solution is replaced with various molecules that can be selectively delivered to the cells. This gives you a sense of a new device that researchers believe will serve as a powerful tool to study the behavior of living cells and a range of crucial cellular processes. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919123446.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123446.htm" class="blue">NASA's Dawn collects a bounty of beauty from asteroid Vesta</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes us on a flyover journey above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. The data obtained by Dawn's framing camera, used to produce the visualizations, will help scientists determine the processes that formed Vesta's striking features. It will also help Dawn mission fans all over the world visualize this mysterious world, which is the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123446.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110915113627.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113627.htm" class="blue">Social media for dementia patients</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Research scientists in Norway are developing a "Facebook Light" -- with a user interface suitable for the elderly and people with dementia -- to promote important social contact. Both research and experience show that social contact enables people with dementia to maintain their level of functioning longer. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113627.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920081140.htm" class="blue">Sifting out genetic defects from mounds of data</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Within a decade, a combination of advanced measurement techniques and statistics will enable scientists to develop methods to diagnose serious diseases caused by genetic defects. Ten years after that, there may be medicines available to repair these defects, researchers predict. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920081140.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm" class="blue">Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers report that Japan's power plant accident fallout extended as far as the San Francisco Bay area, resulting in elevated levels of radioactive material that were nonetheless very low and posed no health risk to the public. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921081722.jpg" width="81" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921081722.htm" class="blue">New hybrid carbon material discovered</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new hybrid carbon material, which combines graphene and nanotubes in the form of graphene nanoribbons encapsulated into single-walled carbon nanotubes -- has been discovered by researchers in Finland and Sweden. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921081722.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920095258.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920095258.htm" class="blue">Autonomous car navigates the streets of Berlin</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Researchers from Berlin traveled 80 km in total as passengers during a test drive of their autonomous car "MadeInGermany" over the weekend. The car is driven by computers - the safety driver behind the steering wheel only monitors the car's behavior. The autonomous car is a conventional VW Passat modified for "drive by wire." Electronic commands from the computer are passed directly to the accelerator, the brakes, and the steering wheel of the vehicle. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920095258.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194059.htm" class="blue">Lasers light the path to neuron regeneration</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Lasers have been used to fabricate tiny scaffolds to be used as delivery vehicles to drop cells off at damaged locations and help treat diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194059.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110913172708.jpg" width="90" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm" class="blue">Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- New research reinforces the idea that stem cells can be induced to develop into specific types of cells solely by controlling their shape. The results may be important to the design of materials to induce the regeneration of lost or damaged tissues in the body. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920121606.jpg" width="76" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121606.htm" class="blue">Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have for the first time engineered human heart cells that can be paced with light using a technology called optogenetics. In the near term, say the researchers, the advance will provide new insight into heart function. In the long term, however, the development could lead to an era of novel, light-based pacemakers and genetically matched tissue patches that replace muscle damaged by a heart attack. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121606.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920075522.jpg" width="56" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075522.htm" class="blue">Researchers make visible the structure of the smallest crystals</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- A radical new way of making structures visible at the nano level has now been developed. This new method makes it possible to determine with precision the arrangement of atoms and molecules in a diverse range of materials from cement to pharmaceuticals. The procedure, which is still in its infancy, comes from the field of electron microscopy and can resolve the structure of the tiniest crystals. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075522.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075520.htm" class="blue">Big step towards redefining the kelvin: Scientists find new way to determine Boltzmann constant</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Scientists in Germany have succeeded in re-determining the Boltzmann constant. Physicists expect that in the next two years they will be able to reduce the uncertainty to such an extent that a redefinition of the kelvin will be possible. The advance represents a major step toward basing the temperature unit on an unchangeable fundamental constant. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075520.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919144042.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919144042.htm" class="blue">NASA's WISE raises doubt about asteroid family believed responsible for dinosaur extinction</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not likely the culprit, keeping open the case on one of Earth's greatest mysteries. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919144042.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919101922.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101922.htm" class="blue">New imaging technique visualizes cancer during surgery</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have now deployed a new imaging technology using laser light to detect cancer based on molecular signatures, leading to the localization of even small cancer cell nests that surgeons might otherwise overlook during surgery. The technique has now been successfully tested on nine patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer. There are plans to apply this imaging concept also to minimally invasive and endoscopic procedures. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101922.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151313.htm" class="blue">Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists thought long ultrasound pulses, which can inflict collateral damage, were required. This new study shows that extremely short pulses of ultrasound waves can open the blood-brain barrier -- with the added advantages of safety and uniform molecular delivery -- and the molecule injected systemically could reach and highlight the targeted neurons noninvasively. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151313.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919073855.jpg" width="39" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073855.htm" class="blue">Monitoring patients using intelligent T-shirts</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- Scientists in Spain have developed an 'intelligent' T-shirt that monitors the human body (temperature, heart rate, etc.) and locates patients within the hospital, as if it were a GPS system that works in closed spaces. It can even determine if the subject is seated, lying down, walking or running. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919073855.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110914073216.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073216.htm" class="blue">Saving electricity while playing online game</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- The federal government of Germany has decided to accelerate change in energy policy. But the transition will succeed only with the help of the consumers. They are called upon to use the energy from renewable resources in a more efficient fashion. A new online game shows how energy can be saved. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073216.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110915113740.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113740.htm" class="blue">Researchers reinforce gas hydrate strategy: New study goes deeper in proving simple technique to pinpoint valuable energy source</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- A new study expands upon previous research to locate and quantify the amount of methane hydrates -- a potentially vast source of energy -- that may be trapped under the seabed by analyzing shallow core samples. The paper should silence the skeptics, the researchers said. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915113740.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359563&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359563&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922121403.jpg" width="60" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm" class="blue">Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that the newly reprogrammed muscle stem cells could be used to help repair damaged tissue. The research could lead to new treatments to combat muscle degeneration. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180018.htm" class="blue">Five new genes affecting the risk of coronary artery disease identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have discovered five new genes that affect the risk of developing coronary artery disease and heart attacks. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180018.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue">Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have discovered a method to simultaneously measure gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and tissues, and bring a clearer understanding of cancer and other complex diseases. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141902.htm" class="blue">Single-sex schooling does not improve academic performance and can lead to gender stereotyping, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Social scientists have found that there is no well-designed research that demonstrates that single-sex schools improve student's academic performance. However, there is evidence that sex segregation increases gender stereotyping among children and teachers and legitimizes institutional sexism. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141902.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue">BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Spain analysed the effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a polymer widely used to manufacture plastics, in an in vitro culture of ovaries. The research demonstrated that exposure to this substance gravely altered the development of oocytes and future ova, possibly diminishing the fertility of a woman's offspring and at the same time increasing the risk of Down Syndrome in following generations. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114357.htm" class="blue">Error rate higher in breast imaging reports generated by automatic speech recognition, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Breast imaging reports generated using an automatic speech recognition system are nearly six times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, a new study in Canada shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114357.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920103819.jpg" width="174" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have determined the molecular structure of dynamin -- a "wire-puller" that mediates nutrient uptake into the cell. Since pathogens such as HIV can also enter the body's cells in this way, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms can potentially open up new approaches for medical applications. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120044.htm" class="blue">Extent of peer social networks influences onset of adolescent alcohol consumption</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Most parents recognize that the influence of peers on their children's behavior is an undeniable fact. But, just how far do these influences reach? A new study finds that adolescents are more likely to start drinking alcoholic beverages when they have large social networks of friends. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120044.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121410.htm" class="blue">Newly identified antibodies may improve pneumonia vaccine design</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have discovered how a novel type of antibody works against pneumococcal bacteria. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121410.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114332.jpg" width="38" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue">Close up look at a microbial vaccination program</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers, using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and 3-D image reconstruction, determined the structure of Cascade, a protein complex that plays a key role in the microbial immune system by detecting and inactivating the nucleic acid of invading pathogens. Microbial immune systems in the human microbiome play a critical role in preserving the health of their human host. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114229.htm" class="blue">Cellular origin of a rare form of breast cancer identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Identifying the cellular origins of breast cancer might lead to earlier diagnosis and more efficient management of the disease. New research has determined that common forms of human breast cancers originate from breast cells known as luminal epithelial cells, while rare forms of breast cancer, such as metaplastic carcinomas, originate from basal epithelial cell types. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114229.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093313.htm" class="blue">With more choice, friends are more similar, but not closer</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- People prefer to make friends with others who share their beliefs, values and interests. The more choice people have, the more their friends are alike, but the similar friends are not closer to one another than less similar friends. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093313.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114239.htm" class="blue">Virus kills breast cancer cells in laboratory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A nondisease-causing virus kills human breast cancer cells in the laboratory, creating opportunities for potential new cancer therapies, according to researchers who tested the virus on three different breast cancer types that represent the multiple stages of breast cancer development. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114239.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164217.htm" class="blue">Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma. The drug, with the generic name bortezomib, stopped the development of fibrotic proteins in human cells and stopped the development of fibrous scarring in a mouse model of fibrotic disease. There currently is no effective treatment for these diseases, which have a high fatality rate. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164217.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132338.htm" class="blue">Hedging your bets: How the brain makes decisions based on related information</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- When making decisions based on multiple, interdependent factors, we choose based on how these factors correlate with each other, and not based on an ad hoc rule of thumb or through trial and error as was previously thought, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132338.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue">Radiation boost for artificial joints</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134540.htm" class="blue">Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA) may have poorer lung function and worse symptoms compared to children with moderate asthma, due to lower levels of vitamin D in their blood, according to researchers. Lower levels of vitamin D may cause structural changes in the airway muscles of children with STRA, making breathing more difficult. The study provides important new evidence for possible treatments for the condition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134540.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102236.htm" class="blue">Men and women cooperate equally for the common good, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Stereotypes suggest women are more cooperative than men, but an analysis of 50 years of research shows that men are equally cooperative, particularly in situations involving a dilemma that pits the interests of an individual against the interests of a group. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093326.htm" class="blue">New system finds prostate cancer spread earlier than conventional imaging</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have developed a way to image the spread of a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer earlier than conventional imaging in use today, which may allow oncologists to find and treat these metastases more quickly and give patients a better chance at survival. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093326.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120050.htm" class="blue">The 'disinhibited' brain: New findings on CRPS -- a disease characterized by severe pain</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterised by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain. A multidisciplinary research group has now demonstrated for the first time that with unilateral CRPS excitability increases not only in the brain area processing the sense of touch of the affected hand. In addition, the brain region representing the healthy hand is simultaneously "disinhibited." ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120050.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue">Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists have successfully induced hibernation at will, showing how the process is initiated. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103816.htm" class="blue">Good night's sleep may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in obese teens</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Obese teenagers who don't get the proper amount of sleep may have disruptions in insulin secretion and blood sugar (glucose) levels, say pediatric researchers. Their study suggests that getting a good night's sleep may stave off the development of type 2 diabetes in these adolescents. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103816.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172836.htm" class="blue">Do women's voices really allow men to detect ovulation? No, says new study</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The voice can reveal a lot about a person -- their sex, their age, how they are feeling -- and recent studies have even suggested that women's voices might also contain cues that men can read about how close they are to ovulation. A new study, however, challenges the view that women broadcast reproductive information in their voice. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172836.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921144604.jpg" width="49" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144604.htm" class="blue">Biologists discover genes that repair nerves after injury</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Biologists have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves after injury, providing biomedical researchers with a valuable set of genetic leads for use in developing therapies to repair spinal cord injuries and other common kinds of nerve damage such as stroke. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144604.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920133213.htm" class="blue">Blood pressure drugs may lengthen lives of melanoma patients</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Beta-blocker drugs, commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may also play a major role in slowing the progression of certain serious cancers, based on a new study. A review of thousands of medical records showed that patients with the skin cancer melanoma, and who also were taking a specific beta-blocker, had much lower mortality rates than did patients not taking the drug. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920133213.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921132342.jpg" width="78" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue">Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating what amounts to a GPS system for locating and tracking GABA inhibitory neurons, a vital class of brain cells that until now has eluded comprehensive identification, particularly in living animals. 20 mouse lines provide views of cortical GABA neurons not previously possible. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921142027.htm" class="blue">Important new familial motor neuron disease gene identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Families suffering from a history of motor neuron disease have helped an international scientific team locate a new gene linked to the incurable disease. The team discovered the patients share a changed genetic segment on the short arm of chromosome 9. The new discovery will lead to new blood tests for families with a history of this condition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921142027.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm" class="blue">U.S. Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated, new analysis suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The Civil War -- already considered the deadliest conflict in American history -- in fact took a toll far more severe than previously estimated. That's what a new analysis of census data reveals. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132332.htm" class="blue">Potential target for treating common form of early-onset dementia identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have discovered that a key signaling pathway plays an important role in frontotemporal dementia and may offer a potential target for treatment of the devastating brain disorder, which accounts for one in four cases of early-onset dementia. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132332.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919151324.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151324.htm" class="blue">How our liver kills 'killer cells'</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Our livers can fight back against the immune system -- reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver disease. Scientists have seen for the first time (in mice) how the liver goes independent, engulfing and destroying the body's defense troops -- T-cells. Their discovery opens the way to both new approaches to transplant rejection, and to the fight against hepatitis and other chronic liver diseases. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151324.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919113853.jpg" width="38" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113853.htm" class="blue">Overweight older women have less leg strength, power</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Leg strength and power of overweight older women is significantly less than that of normal-weight older women, increasing their risk for disability and loss of independence. With more Americans aging and becoming overweight or obese, the study dispels the popular image of the bird-thin elder being at greatest risk of becoming disabled due to loss of muscle mass. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113853.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074740.htm" class="blue">Super-sized heart valve provides clues to blood flow</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Ireland have developed a super-sized model of a heart valve which may lead to a new generation of cardiovascular devices. Every year, mechanical valves are inserted into approximately 125,000 patients with heart valve disease around the world. However, the valves can lead to unnatural blood flows, which can trigger a clotting reaction. Because of this, patients with prosthetic heart valves must take medication daily, which can lead to side effects. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074740.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133209.htm" class="blue">Stressed and strapped: Caregivers for friends, relatives suffer emotional and financial strain</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Those caring for aging or disabled relatives in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face even greater burdens given recent cuts in state support for programs that support in-home care, write the authors of a new policy brief. The study looks at California's more than six million informal caregivers and finds higher levels of serious psychological distress and negative health behaviors. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133209.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920173345.jpg" width="21" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173345.htm" class="blue">Electrical stimulation of brain boosts birth of new cells: Animal study suggests deep brain stimulation improves memory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Stimulating a specific region of the brain leads to the production of new brain cells that enhance memory, according to an animal study. The findings show how deep brain stimulation -- a clinical intervention that delivers electrical pulses to targeted areas of the brain -- may work to improve cognition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920173345.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134524.htm" class="blue">Anti-aging creams: Is the 'longevity gene' nearing the end of its life?</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Sirtuins, proteins believed to significantly increase lifespan in a number of organisms -- and the claimed target of some anti-aging creams -- do not, in fact, affect animal longevity, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134524.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110908124620.jpg" width="83" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124620.htm" class="blue">Chinese researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Based on an extensive survey of the literature pertaining to the Chinese caterpillar fungus, a fungus with high medicinal and economic values, researchers investigated a total of 91 insect species and found 57 of these to be potential hosts to the fungus. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124620.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093554.htm" class="blue">Early antiretroviral therapy for HIV shown cost-effective, Haiti study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in the U.S. and Haiti have shown that early treatment of HIV not only saves lives but is also cost-effective. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921093554.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134531.htm" class="blue">Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Scientists are reporting refinement of a new test that promises to help assure the safety of supplies of heparin, the blood thinner taken by millions of people worldwide each year to prevent blood clots. The test can quickly and economically detect adulterants, including the substance responsible for hundreds of illnesses and deaths among patients taking heparin in 2008. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134531.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172847.htm" class="blue">YouTube videos can inaccurately depict Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172847.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922185131.htm" class="blue">Elderly breast cancer patients risk treatment discrimination</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Women diagnosed with breast cancer late in life are at greater risk of dying from the disease than younger patients, assuming they survive other age-related conditions, according to new analysis. The results suggest that elderly women are being under-treated; in addition, there may be differences in the progress of the disease. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922185131.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180027.htm" class="blue">Time to stop giving toxic drugs to kidney transplant patients?</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A new analysis has found that transplant patients can safely minimize or avoid using calcineurin inhibitors. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180027.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180022.htm" class="blue">Early research shows dietary supplement may lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- In an early preclinical study in mice, researchers demonstrated that a dietary supplement may help inhibit development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions involved in development of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180022.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164203.htm" class="blue">Opioids linked to higher risk of pneumonia in older adults</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Opioids -- a class of medicines commonly given for pain -- were associated with a higher risk of pneumonia in a study of 3,061 adults, aged 65 to 94. The study also found that benzodiazepines, which are drugs generally given for insomnia and anxiety, did not affect pneumonia risk. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164203.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141910.htm" class="blue">Sex segregation in schools detrimental to equality</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Students who attend sex-segregated schools are not necessarily better educated than students who attend coeducational schools, but they are more likely to accept gender stereotypes, according to a team of psychologists. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141910.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114234.htm" class="blue">The key to lower dose CT fluoroscopy for spine injections is reducing the dose of the planning CT</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The radiation dose for a CT fluoroscopy is about half that for conventional fluoroscopy to guide epidural steroid injections, however, the dose is substantially more than conventional fluoroscopy when a full lumbar planning CT scan is performed as part of the CT-guided procedure, a new study shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114234.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093319.htm" class="blue">Rise found in prostate biopsy complications and high post-procedure hospitalization rate</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, researchers have found a significant rise in serious complications requiring hospitalization. The researchers found that this common outpatient procedure, used to diagnose prostate cancer, was associated with a 6.9 percent rate of hospitalization within 30 days of biopsy compared to a 2.9 percent hospitalization rate among a control group of men who did not have a prostate biopsy. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093319.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921120056.jpg" width="57" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm" class="blue">Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers recently discovered how T. gondii evades our defenses by hacking immune cells, making it the first known parasite to control its host's immune system. A new study describes a forced partnership between parasite and host that challenges common conceptions of how pathogens interact with the body. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132334.htm" class="blue">Zinc regulates communication between brain cells</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Zinc has been found to play a critical role in regulating communication between cells in the brain, possibly governing the formation of memories and controlling the occurrence of epileptic seizures. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132334.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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The research could lead to new treatments to combat muscle degeneration. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922144206.jpg" width="115" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144206.htm" class="blue">Aquarius yields NASA's first global map of ocean salinity</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas) observatory, is making NASA's first space observations of ocean surface salinity variations -- a key component of Earth's climate. Salinity changes are linked to the cycling of freshwater around the planet and influence ocean circulation. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144206.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue">Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have discovered a method to simultaneously measure gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and tissues, and bring a clearer understanding of cancer and other complex diseases. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093721.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shed light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology. The structures contain a previously-unexplored combination of rare-earth and d-transition metals ideally suited to the compact storage of hydrogen. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141907.jpg" width="91" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm" class="blue">Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian families. The matrix -- the culmination of about five years of painstaking research -- has representatives for 99 percent of mammalian families, and covers not only the earliest history of mammalian diversification but also all the deepest divergences among living mammals. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue">BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Spain analysed the effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a polymer widely used to manufacture plastics, in an in vitro culture of ovaries. The research demonstrated that exposure to this substance gravely altered the development of oocytes and future ova, possibly diminishing the fertility of a woman's offspring and at the same time increasing the risk of Down Syndrome in following generations. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922102238.jpg" width="44" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm" class="blue">El Niño and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The interaction between El Niño events and the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific can be described through a nonlinear phase synchronization mechanism, according to a study by researchers in Hawaii. The findings are expected to improve prediction of El Niño events. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920103819.jpg" width="174" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have determined the molecular structure of dynamin -- a "wire-puller" that mediates nutrient uptake into the cell. Since pathogens such as HIV can also enter the body's cells in this way, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms can potentially open up new approaches for medical applications. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114332.jpg" width="38" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue">Close up look at a microbial vaccination program</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers, using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and 3-D image reconstruction, determined the structure of Cascade, a protein complex that plays a key role in the microbial immune system by detecting and inactivating the nucleic acid of invading pathogens. Microbial immune systems in the human microbiome play a critical role in preserving the health of their human host. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920120236.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm" class="blue">Religion and ecology among China's Blang people</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Fieldwork conducted by two researchers could help develop culturally appropriate conservation efforts and environmental education programs in a remote mountainous area of southwest China where deforestation is a major environmental issue. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922102241.jpg" width="79" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm" class="blue">Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Fish in a cramped, barren space turn mean, a new study has found. With nearly 183 million ornamental fishes in tanks across the US, that's a big deal. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm" class="blue">New technique for dating silk</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- For the first time, scientists have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new technique, which is based on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, has great potential to improve the authentication and dating of the priceless silk artifacts held in museum and other collections around the world. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921134526.jpg" width="39" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Adopting the pitcher plant's slick prey-catching strategy, a group of applied scientists have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh conditions like high pressure and freezing temperatures. The bio-inspired liquid repellence technology should find applications in biomedical fluid handling, fuel transport, and anti-fouling and anti-icing technologies. It could even lead to self-cleaning windows and improved optical devices. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm" class="blue">Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Relatively accurate predictions for summer sea ice extent in the Arctic can be made the previous autumn, but forecasting more than five years into the future requires understanding of the impact of climate trends on the ice pack. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921172851.jpg" width="51" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels, according to a new paper. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm" class="blue">Steep increase in global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Global emissions of carbon dioxide -- the main cause of global warming -- increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010. Increased energy efficiency, nuclear energy and the growing contribution of renewable energy are not compensating for the globally increasing demand for power and transport, which is strongest in developing countries, according to a new report. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue">Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists have successfully induced hibernation at will, showing how the process is initiated. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921132344.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm" class="blue">Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Scientists are reporting deep new insights into whys and hows of the famous caste system that dominates honey bee societies, with a select few bee larvae destined for royalty and the masses for worker status. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The discovery that a protein in insect skin is responsible for protecting the insect as it molts its skin opens the possibilities for selective pest control and new biomaterials like football padding or lightweight aircraft components. It also debunks a more than 50-year-old belief about the protective shell of insects. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921132342.jpg" width="78" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue">Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating what amounts to a GPS system for locating and tracking GABA inhibitory neurons, a vital class of brain cells that until now has eluded comprehensive identification, particularly in living animals. 20 mouse lines provide views of cortical GABA neurons not previously possible. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm" class="blue">U.S. Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated, new analysis suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The Civil War -- already considered the deadliest conflict in American history -- in fact took a toll far more severe than previously estimated. That's what a new analysis of census data reveals. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921172834.jpg" width="76" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172834.htm" class="blue">Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding; Research may bring help to endangered species</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought, contend scholars who have found that penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. Smell may help guide them to their homes as well as avoid inbreeding, they say. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172834.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110908124620.jpg" width="83" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124620.htm" class="blue">Chinese researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Based on an extensive survey of the literature pertaining to the Chinese caterpillar fungus, a fungus with high medicinal and economic values, researchers investigated a total of 91 insect species and found 57 of these to be potential hosts to the fungus. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908124620.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141905.jpg" width="88" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141905.htm" class="blue">Scientists sequence genome of man who was Aboriginal Australian</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have for the first time sequenced the genome of a man who was an Aboriginal Australian. They have shown that modern day Aboriginal Australians are the direct descendents of the first people who arrived on the continent some 50,000 years ago and that those ancestors left Africa earlier than their European and Asian counterparts. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141905.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921120056.jpg" width="57" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm" class="blue">Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers recently discovered how T. gondii evades our defenses by hacking immune cells, making it the first known parasite to control its host's immune system. A new study describes a forced partnership between parasite and host that challenges common conceptions of how pathogens interact with the body. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120056.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921133204.jpg" width="47" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133204.htm" class="blue">Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- For two river researchers, new insight into river cutoffs was a case of being in the right place at the right time. That serendipity gave the researchers a rare view of a dynamic, little-understood river process that changed the local landscape and deposited so much sediment into the river system that it closed the Ohio River. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921133204.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921120122.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120122.htm" class="blue">Using human genomes to illuminate the mysteries of early human history</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers are utilizing the complete genome sequences of people alive today to shed light on events at the dawn of human history, such as the times of divergence of early human populations and of the "out of Africa" migration of the ancestors of modern Europeans, Asians and other non-African groups. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120122.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm" class="blue">New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new "smart" window system has the unprecedented ability to inexpensively change from summer to winter modes, darkening to save air conditioning costs on scorching days and returning to crystal clarity in the winter to capture free heat from the sun, scientists are reporting. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132346.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919171338.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171338.htm" class="blue">Scientists discover rare theropod dinosaur wounded in action in southern Utah</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly enlarged talon on their foot -- analogous to a butcher's hook. Yet the function of the highly recurved claw on the foot of raptor dinosaurs has largely remained a mystery to paleontologists. Scientists have now unveiled a new species of raptor dinosaur discovered in southern Utah that sheds new light on this and several other long-standing questions in paleontology, including how dinosaurs evolved on the "lost continent" of Laramidia (western North America) during the Late Cretaceous -- a period known as the zenith of dinosaur diversity. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919171338.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110915134406.jpg" width="100" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134406.htm" class="blue">New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- The mechanisms that underlie immune activation and tolerance are not completely understood. Now, a new research study provides intriguing insight into the complex immune regulatory mechanisms that underlie immune tolerance. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915134406.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm" class="blue">Crystal structure shows how motor protein works</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- The crystal structure of the dynamin protein -- one of the molecular machines that makes cells work -- has been revealed, bringing insights into a class of molecules with a wide influence on health and disease. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144928.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920111803.jpg" width="125" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm" class="blue">Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons. Materials scientists have built a novel transistor that uses protons, creating a key piece for devices that can communicate directly with living things. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919104757.jpg" width="38" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104757.htm" class="blue">Fast-evolving genes control developmental differences in social insects</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new study found that genes involved in creating different sexes, life stages and castes of fire ants and honeybees evolved more rapidly than genes not involved in these processes. The fast-evolving genes also exhibited elevated rates of evolution before they were recruited for development. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104757.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111449.htm" class="blue">Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence, researcher predicts</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- In a new article, researchers have estimated the impact near-term increases in global-mean temperatures will have on summertime temperatures in the US and around the globe. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110909111449.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm" class="blue">Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919074256.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920163219.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm" class="blue">Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Imagine a microscopic jet vacuum cleaner, the size of a pen nib that hovers over cell surfaces without ever touching them. Then imagine that the soap in the cleaning solution is replaced with various molecules that can be selectively delivered to the cells. This gives you a sense of a new device that researchers believe will serve as a powerful tool to study the behavior of living cells and a range of crucial cellular processes. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163219.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920163314.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163314.htm" class="blue">Study on emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon controlled burns completed</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- During the 2010 Gulf oil spill, an estimated one of every 20 barrels of spilled oil was deliberately burned to reduce surface oil slick size and minimize impacts of oil on sensitive shoreline ecosystems and marine life. The black smoke from those controlled burns pumped more than 1 million pounds of black carbon (soot) pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study by NOAA and CIRES researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920163314.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919151315.jpg" width="156" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151315.htm" class="blue">Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million years ago. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919151315.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075516.htm" class="blue">Human body rids itself of damage when it really matters</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Although the body is constantly replacing cells and cell constituents, damage and imperfections accumulate over time. Cleanup efforts are saved for when it really matters. Researchers in Sweden are able to show how the body rids itself of damage when it is time to reproduce and create new life. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075516.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920121612.jpg" width="65" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121612.htm" class="blue">Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs, biologists say</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Marine biologists are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order to preserve the biologically rich ecosystems of the world's coral reefs. These scientists believe their efforts, and those of colleagues around the world, could help shift much of the billion marine ornamental industry toward entrepreneurs who are working sustainably to raise fish for the aquarium trade. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920121612.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm" class="blue">Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Researchers report that Japan's power plant accident fallout extended as far as the San Francisco Bay area, resulting in elevated levels of radioactive material that were nonetheless very low and posed no health risk to the public. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115913.htm" class="blue">Air quality has continued to improve in Finnish Lapland</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- Long-term observations indicate a positive trend in the quality of air in Lapland during the past 10-20 years. This favorable trend may be threatened by increased marine transport emissions from the Arctic Ocean, which may remain free of ice owing to climate change. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115913.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074744.htm" class="blue">Did the orientation of the continents hinder ancient settlement of the Americas?</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 21, 2011)</span> -- In an intriguing original look at the history of the first Americans, a new study finds evidence that the north-south orientation of the American continents slowed the spread of populations and technology, compared to the east-west axis of Eurasia. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074744.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920132628.jpg" width="41" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920132628.htm" class="blue">Epigenetic changes often don’t last, probably have limited effects on long-term evolution, research finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- The first comprehensive inventory of epigenetic changes over several generations shows that these often do not last and therefore probably have limited effects on long-term evolution, according to scientist in Germany. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920132628.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101917.htm" class="blue">Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies: New calibration satellite required to make accurate predictions, say scientists</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- A new paper explains weaknesses in our understanding of climate change and how we can fix them. These issues mean predictions vary wildly about how quickly temperatures will rise, resulting in serious implications for long-term political and economic planning, experts argue. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919101917.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110919113846.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113846.htm" class="blue">Continents influenced ancient human migration, spread of technology</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- New research pieces together ancient human migration in North and South America. Researchers have found that technology spread more slowly in the Americas than in Eurasia. Population groups in the Americas have less frequent exchanges than groups that fanned out over Europe and Asia. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113846.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110913172708.jpg" width="90" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm" class="blue">Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- New research reinforces the idea that stem cells can be induced to develop into specific types of cells solely by controlling their shape. The results may be important to the design of materials to induce the regeneration of lost or damaged tissues in the body. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913172708.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/08/110830111253.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111253.htm" class="blue">Natural therapies: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 20, 2011)</span> -- More and more, patients show up to appointments with hypertension experts carrying bags full of "natural" products that they hope will help lower their blood pressure. And like most physicians, hypertension experts don't always know if these products will do any good, or if they will cause any harm. To better educate physicians and patients, researchers have now conducted the most comprehensive review to date of the evidence behind a range of non-drug interventions. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111253.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <hr /> <div style="text-align: center"> <p><em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/copyright.htm" class="red">Copyright</a> 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. 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You can change your <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359562&c=67953">subscription options</a> or <a href="https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=1073275079&l=114071&s=7U02&m=31359562&c=67953">unsubscribe</a> at any time.</p> <hr /> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922121403.jpg" width="60" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm" class="blue">Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that the newly reprogrammed muscle stem cells could be used to help repair damaged tissue. The research could lead to new treatments to combat muscle degeneration. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121403.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180018.htm" class="blue">Five new genes affecting the risk of coronary artery disease identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Scientists have discovered five new genes that affect the risk of developing coronary artery disease and heart attacks. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180018.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922144206.jpg" width="115" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144206.htm" class="blue">Aquarius yields NASA's first global map of ocean salinity</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas) observatory, is making NASA's first space observations of ocean surface salinity variations -- a key component of Earth's climate. Salinity changes are linked to the cycling of freshwater around the planet and influence ocean circulation. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144206.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue">Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have discovered a method to simultaneously measure gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and tissues, and bring a clearer understanding of cancer and other complex diseases. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114328.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922093721.jpg" width="71" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue">New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- A new study has shed light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology. The structures contain a previously-unexplored combination of rare-earth and d-transition metals ideally suited to the compact storage of hydrogen. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141902.htm" class="blue">Single-sex schooling does not improve academic performance and can lead to gender stereotyping, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Social scientists have found that there is no well-designed research that demonstrates that single-sex schools improve student's academic performance. However, there is evidence that sex segregation increases gender stereotyping among children and teachers and legitimizes institutional sexism. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141902.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141907.jpg" width="91" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm" class="blue">Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Biologists have released a large and robust DNA matrix that has representation for all mammalian families. The matrix -- the culmination of about five years of painstaking research -- has representatives for 99 percent of mammalian families, and covers not only the earliest history of mammalian diversification but also all the deepest divergences among living mammals. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue">BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Spain analysed the effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a polymer widely used to manufacture plastics, in an in vitro culture of ovaries. The research demonstrated that exposure to this substance gravely altered the development of oocytes and future ova, possibly diminishing the fertility of a woman's offspring and at the same time increasing the risk of Down Syndrome in following generations. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074742.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922102238.jpg" width="44" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm" class="blue">El Niño and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- The interaction between El Niño events and the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific can be described through a nonlinear phase synchronization mechanism, according to a study by researchers in Hawaii. The findings are expected to improve prediction of El Niño events. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102238.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114357.htm" class="blue">Error rate higher in breast imaging reports generated by automatic speech recognition, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Breast imaging reports generated using an automatic speech recognition system are nearly six times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, a new study in Canada shows. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114357.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920103819.jpg" width="174" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue">Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have determined the molecular structure of dynamin -- a "wire-puller" that mediates nutrient uptake into the cell. Since pathogens such as HIV can also enter the body's cells in this way, understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms can potentially open up new approaches for medical applications. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103819.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120044.htm" class="blue">Extent of peer social networks influences onset of adolescent alcohol consumption</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 23, 2011)</span> -- Most parents recognize that the influence of peers on their children's behavior is an undeniable fact. But, just how far do these influences reach? A new study finds that adolescents are more likely to start drinking alcoholic beverages when they have large social networks of friends. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120044.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922141914.jpg" width="67" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm" class="blue">Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- By harnessing plasmonics to intensify light, engineers have created an ultra-compact nonlinear light source that shrinks a large-scale, high-energy device to the nanoscale with research implications ranging from data communications to a better understanding of fundamental science. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141914.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121410.htm" class="blue">Newly identified antibodies may improve pneumonia vaccine design</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have discovered how a novel type of antibody works against pneumococcal bacteria. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121410.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114332.jpg" width="38" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue">Close up look at a microbial vaccination program</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers, using a combination of cryo-electron microscopy and 3-D image reconstruction, determined the structure of Cascade, a protein complex that plays a key role in the microbial immune system by detecting and inactivating the nucleic acid of invading pathogens. Microbial immune systems in the human microbiome play a critical role in preserving the health of their human host. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114332.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114229.htm" class="blue">Cellular origin of a rare form of breast cancer identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Identifying the cellular origins of breast cancer might lead to earlier diagnosis and more efficient management of the disease. New research has determined that common forms of human breast cancers originate from breast cells known as luminal epithelial cells, while rare forms of breast cancer, such as metaplastic carcinomas, originate from basal epithelial cell types. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114229.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110920120236.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm" class="blue">Religion and ecology among China's Blang people</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Fieldwork conducted by two researchers could help develop culturally appropriate conservation efforts and environmental education programs in a remote mountainous area of southwest China where deforestation is a major environmental issue. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093313.htm" class="blue">With more choice, friends are more similar, but not closer</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- People prefer to make friends with others who share their beliefs, values and interests. The more choice people have, the more their friends are alike, but the similar friends are not closer to one another than less similar friends. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093313.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922102241.jpg" width="79" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm" class="blue">Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Fish in a cramped, barren space turn mean, a new study has found. With nearly 183 million ornamental fishes in tanks across the US, that's a big deal. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102241.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114239.htm" class="blue">Virus kills breast cancer cells in laboratory</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A nondisease-causing virus kills human breast cancer cells in the laboratory, creating opportunities for potential new cancer therapies, according to researchers who tested the virus on three different breast cancer types that represent the multiple stages of breast cancer development. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114239.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922114236.jpg" width="91" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm" class="blue">Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Physicists have measured the temperatures at which collections of electrons build up enough heat to force regions along superconducting aluminum nanowires to switch to a non-superconducting state. The information could help engineers build more reliable nanowires and more efficient nano-electronics. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922114236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164217.htm" class="blue">Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma, study suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma. The drug, with the generic name bortezomib, stopped the development of fibrotic proteins in human cells and stopped the development of fibrous scarring in a mouse model of fibrotic disease. There currently is no effective treatment for these diseases, which have a high fatality rate. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922164217.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm" class="blue">New technique for dating silk</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- For the first time, scientists have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new technique, which is based on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, has great potential to improve the authentication and dating of the priceless silk artifacts held in museum and other collections around the world. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913103102.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132338.htm" class="blue">Hedging your bets: How the brain makes decisions based on related information</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- When making decisions based on multiple, interdependent factors, we choose based on how these factors correlate with each other, and not based on an ad hoc rule of thumb or through trial and error as was previously thought, according to new research. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132338.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921134526.jpg" width="39" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue">Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Adopting the pitcher plant's slick prey-catching strategy, a group of applied scientists have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh conditions like high pressure and freezing temperatures. The bio-inspired liquid repellence technology should find applications in biomedical fluid handling, fuel transport, and anti-fouling and anti-icing technologies. It could even lead to self-cleaning windows and improved optical devices. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue">Radiation boost for artificial joints</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134544.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110922144318.jpg" width="59" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm" class="blue">Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. It possesses simple organic particles and may house liquid water beneath its surface. Its geyser-like jets create a gigantic halo of ice, dust and gas around Enceladus that helps feed Saturn's E ring. Now, thanks again to those icy jets, Enceladus is the only moon in our solar system known to influence substantially the chemical composition of its parent planet. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922144318.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134540.htm" class="blue">Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Children with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA) may have poorer lung function and worse symptoms compared to children with moderate asthma, due to lower levels of vitamin D in their blood, according to researchers. Lower levels of vitamin D may cause structural changes in the airway muscles of children with STRA, making breathing more difficult. The study provides important new evidence for possible treatments for the condition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922134540.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm" class="blue">Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Relatively accurate predictions for summer sea ice extent in the Arctic can be made the previous autumn, but forecasting more than five years into the future requires understanding of the impact of climate trends on the ice pack. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922142010.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102236.htm" class="blue">Men and women cooperate equally for the common good, study finds</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Stereotypes suggest women are more cooperative than men, but an analysis of 50 years of research shows that men are equally cooperative, particularly in situations involving a dilemma that pits the interests of an individual against the interests of a group. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922102236.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921172851.jpg" width="51" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue">Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way for new synthetic drugs and new ways of manufacturing medicines and biofuels, according to a new paper. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172851.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093326.htm" class="blue">New system finds prostate cancer spread earlier than conventional imaging</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have developed a way to image the spread of a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer earlier than conventional imaging in use today, which may allow oncologists to find and treat these metastases more quickly and give patients a better chance at survival. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093326.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921115915.jpg" width="62" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm" class="blue">Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The race to identify the Higgs boson is on at CERN. This Holy Grail of particle physics would help explain why the majority of elementary particles possess mass. The mysterious particle would also help us understand the evolution of the universe from the moment of its birth, according to a group of physicists. If their theory is verified with data from the Planck satellite, it would clear up several questions about the universe, past and future. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115915.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120050.htm" class="blue">The 'disinhibited' brain: New findings on CRPS -- a disease characterized by severe pain</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterised by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain. A multidisciplinary research group has now demonstrated for the first time that with unilateral CRPS excitability increases not only in the brain area processing the sense of touch of the affected hand. In addition, the brain region representing the healthy hand is simultaneously "disinhibited." ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120050.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm" class="blue">Steep increase in global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Global emissions of carbon dioxide -- the main cause of global warming -- increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010. Increased energy efficiency, nuclear energy and the growing contribution of renewable energy are not compensating for the globally increasing demand for power and transport, which is strongest in developing countries, according to a new report. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074750.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm" class="blue">Information technologies foster freedom or reinforce repression</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The media may portray text messaging and social networks as powerful new weapons for freedom fighters, but these new communication tools may not be as uniformly beneficial or as robust as suggested, according to researchers. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921134529.jpg" width="73" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm" class="blue">Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers have moved an individual electron along a wire, batting it back and forth over 60 times, rather like the ball in a game of ping-pong. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134529.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue">Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists have successfully induced hibernation at will, showing how the process is initiated. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921132344.jpg" width="75" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm" class="blue">Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Scientists are reporting deep new insights into whys and hows of the famous caste system that dominates honey bee societies, with a select few bee larvae destined for royalty and the masses for worker status. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103816.htm" class="blue">Good night's sleep may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in obese teens</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Obese teenagers who don't get the proper amount of sleep may have disruptions in insulin secretion and blood sugar (glucose) levels, say pediatric researchers. Their study suggests that getting a good night's sleep may stave off the development of type 2 diabetes in these adolescents. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920103816.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue">From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The discovery that a protein in insect skin is responsible for protecting the insect as it molts its skin opens the possibilities for selective pest control and new biomaterials like football padding or lightweight aircraft components. It also debunks a more than 50-year-old belief about the protective shell of insects. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120052.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172836.htm" class="blue">Do women's voices really allow men to detect ovulation? No, says new study</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The voice can reveal a lot about a person -- their sex, their age, how they are feeling -- and recent studies have even suggested that women's voices might also contain cues that men can read about how close they are to ovulation. A new study, however, challenges the view that women broadcast reproductive information in their voice. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172836.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921144604.jpg" width="49" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144604.htm" class="blue">Biologists discover genes that repair nerves after injury</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Biologists have identified more than 70 genes that play a role in regenerating nerves after injury, providing biomedical researchers with a valuable set of genetic leads for use in developing therapies to repair spinal cord injuries and other common kinds of nerve damage such as stroke. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144604.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920133213.htm" class="blue">Blood pressure drugs may lengthen lives of melanoma patients</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Beta-blocker drugs, commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may also play a major role in slowing the progression of certain serious cancers, based on a new study. A review of thousands of medical records showed that patients with the skin cancer melanoma, and who also were taking a specific beta-blocker, had much lower mortality rates than did patients not taking the drug. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920133213.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><img src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2011/09/110921132342.jpg" width="78" height="50" alt="" class="floatLeft"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue">Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Neuroscientists have succeeded in creating what amounts to a GPS system for locating and tracking GABA inhibitory neurons, a vital class of brain cells that until now has eluded comprehensive identification, particularly in living animals. 20 mouse lines provide views of cortical GABA neurons not previously possible. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132342.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921142027.htm" class="blue">Important new familial motor neuron disease gene identified</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Families suffering from a history of motor neuron disease have helped an international scientific team locate a new gene linked to the incurable disease. The team discovered the patients share a changed genetic segment on the short arm of chromosome 9. The new discovery will lead to new blood tests for families with a history of this condition. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921142027.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074737.htm" class="blue">Researchers use liquid crystal to replace space motors</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- Researchers in Northern Ireland have devised a way to eliminate the need for motors in space borne radiometers by incorporating liquid crystals in their Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) antenna arrays. ... > <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074737.htm" class="blue"><em>full story</em></a></p> <p style="clear: both"><strong><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120124.htm" class="blue">U.S. Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated, new analysis suggests</a></strong> <span class="date">(September 22, 2011)</span> -- The Civil War -- already considered the deadliest conflict in American history -- in fact took a toll far more severe than previously estimated. 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