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Photo of the Sun

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:07:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nasa.gov

Tags: science, sun, photo

John C Dvorak : “iPhone Unlikely to be Big Success”

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:56:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Category Science & Technology

Tags: dvorak, iphone, apple, technology, news, phones, cellphone

Scientists Find Potential 'Off-switch' For HIV Virus

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:17:52 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Science Daily — While there is no cure for lingering viral infections such as HIV and herpes, a recent study at Princeton University suggests it may be possible to deactivate such viruses indefinitely with the flick of a genetic switch.

Princeton scientists Leor Weinberger and Thomas Shenk hope their work will illuminate the processes by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other viruses transition into dormant phases in their hosts. The researchers have discovered a specific genetic trigger that makes HIV fall into its latent phase, where the virus essentially hibernates, relatively harmlessly, but awaiting an opportunity to re-emerge and wreak havoc.

Weinberger and Shenk studied how an HIV protein, called Tat, plays a major part in initiating and also interrupting the cascade of chemical reactions that leads to full-blown infection. Based on their work and previous studies by others, they have proposed that the Tat protein and the enzymes that modify it serve as a "resistor," a component of an electrical circuit that reduces the flow of current.

"The resistor paradigm is a helpful way to think about how HIV enters and exits latency, and it might serve as a useful model for latent infections by other viruses, as well," said Shenk, Princeton's James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences in the Department of Molecular Biology. "Understanding how to activate the Tat resistor to interrupt the reactions leading to viral infection could one day have repercussions in both the lab and the clinic."

Weinberger and Shenk share their findings in a research paper appearing in the Dec. 26 issue of the online journal Public Library of Science Biology.

Tags: science, health, news, hiv, aids

20 Ways the World Could End

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:28:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.discover.com

20 Ways the World Could End

Natural Disasters

Human-Triggered Disasters

Willful Self-Destruction

A Greater Force Is Directed Against Us

Tags: science, technology, education, environment

10 weird Science Facts that you probably didn't know.

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:38:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.hemmy.net

01. Animals can rain from the sky
02. The universe is beige
03. Poisoning can make masses to dance hysterically
04. The Moon is moving away from the Earth
05. Belly button lint comes from your underwear
06. Fly larvae helps to heal wounds quicker
07. Animals can explode naturally
08. You can still have an erection once dead
09. Male seahorses can get pregnant
10. A fetus can get trapped inside of its twin

Tags: science, weird, facts, funny, lists, knowledge

How the mighty Google shall look in 2084

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:32:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Tags: google, funny, fun, humor, science fiction, software, internet, web 2.0, web, technology

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