Gran Torino (2008) – 8.4

Clint Eastwood strucks gold again!
Good movie! A drama with funny moments.
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Regular Light Bulbs Made Super-Efficient with Ultra-Fast Laser

 (PhysOrg.com) – An ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics researchers at the University of Rochester. The process could make a light as bright as a 100-watt bulb consume less electricity than a 60-watt bulb while remaining far cheaper and radiating a more pleasant light than a fluorescent bulb can.

The laser process creates a unique array of nano- and micro-scale structures on the surface of a regular tungsten filament—the tiny wire inside a light bulb—and theses structures make the tungsten become far more effective at radiating light.

The clock watcher: Circadian rhythms research is shedding light on the causes of disease and aging

www.physorg.com:
Just as importantly, Sassone-Corsi says, these findings reveal that good health depends on staying in balance with our natural rhythms.

People who disrupt their body clock – night workers who sleep during the day or those who eat meals irregularly, for example – have been found to be much more prone to eating disorders and metabolic diseases of the liver, heart and kidneys.

“When this balance is upset, normal cellular function can be disrupted,” Sassone-Corsi says. “By having an unhealthy lifestyle, we impose on our body clock a number of stresses that lead to illness.”

Omega fatty acid balance can alter immunity and gene expression

www.physorg.com:

Using a controlled diet study
with human volunteers, researchers may have teased out a biological
basis for the increased inflammation observed due to humans’ shift in
their consumption of omega fatty acids.

For the past century, changes in the Western diet have altered the consumption of omega-6 fatty acids (w6, found in meat and vegetable oils) compared with omega-3 fatty acids
(w3, found in flax and fish oil). Many studies seem to indicate this
shift has brought about an increased risk of inflammation (associated
with autoimmunity and allergy), and now using a controlled diet study
with human volunteers, researchers may have teased out a biological
basis for these reported changes.

Anthropological evidence suggests that human ancestors maintained a
2:1 w6/w3 ratio for much of history, but in Western countries today the
ratio has spiked to as high as 10:1. Since these omega fatty acids can
be converted into inflammatory molecules, this dietary change is
believed to also disrupt the proper balance of pro- and anti-
inflammatory agents, resulting in increased systemic inflammation and a
higher incidence of problems including asthma, allergies, diabetes, and
arthritis.

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Animale modificate genetic: maimute fluorescente si soareci vorbitori

science.hotnews.ro:
O serie de experimente recente au scos “pe piata” animale modificate genetic. Maimute fluorescente, a caror blana lumineaza verzui in intuneric. In plus, transmit aceasta proprietate puilor. Astfel incat lumea intreaga a putut admira puiul verzui-fluorescent de maimuta modificata genetic (imagine). Sau soareci inzestrati cu o “gena a vorbirii” care le modifica “vocea” si comportamentul. Ce inseamna toate aceste experimente? Avem de-a face cu un joc periculos cu diversitatea naturii? Sau e vorba de cercetari serioase care ne-ar putea ajuta sa intelegem si sa tratam mai bine bolile umane? Cat de necesare sunt aceste experimente? Am incercat sa aflam un raspuns la aceste intrebari de la dr. Mihnea Bostina (Harvard Medical School)

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Space rock yields carbon bounty

news.bbc.co.uk:
Formic acid, a molecule implicated in the origins of life, has been found at record levels on a meteorite that fell into a Canadian lake in 2000.

China, noul Eldorado pentru “creierele” romanesti

www.romanialibera.ro:
4.000 de euro este salariul minim al unui roman care lucreaza la Jiangsu.

Chinezii mi-au gasit CV-ul pe internet, m-au contactat si mi-au propus slujba. Am acceptat-o pe loc.
Paul, specialist in telecomunicatii 3G