New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too

New fat-fighting drug has anti-diabetes action too | Health | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers searching for a cure for obesity said on Thursday they have developed a drug that not only makes mice lose weight, but reverses diabetes and lowers their cholesterol, too.

The drug, which they have dubbed fatostatin, stops the body from making fat, instead releasing the energy from food. They hope it may lead to a pill that would fight obesity, diabetes and cholesterol, all at once.

Writing in the journal Chemistry and Biology, Salih Wakil of Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, Motonari Uesugi of Kyoto University in Japan and colleagues said the drug interferes with a suite of genes turned on by overeating.

Physicist tailors wideband invisibility cloak

TG Daily – Physicist tailors wideband invisibility cloak

San Francisco (CA) – Fractal Antenna has developed a system capable of switching a wideband invisibility cloak on and off. According to inventor Nathan Cohen, the device ‘sets a path’ for the realization of a practical invisibility cloak that will allow hidden objects to ‘see’ with the

Gravity, Quantum Objects, and Violations of the Equivalence Principle

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Gravity, Quantum Objects, and Violations of the Equivalence Principle

Electrons in a conductor seem to behave differently under gravitational and inertial accelerations, threatening to tear down one of the cornerstones of modern physics.

How’s a USB is Made? Trip to the Kingston Production Plant – Youtube HD

How’s a USB is Made? Trip to the Kingston Production Plant

Antiferromagnetism could speed up your hard drive—eventually

Antiferromagnetism could speed up your hard drive—eventually – Ars Technica

Researchers show that antiferromagnetism has inertia. As a result, you can flip the magnetic field orientation by giving it a quick push and walking away while it does the rest itself. It may be a while before this tech shows up in your PC, however.

More Details about ATI Eyefinity Technology by VR-Zone

More Details about ATI Eyefinity Technology by VR-Zone | Premier News Source

ATI Eyefinity technology is something pretty cool that will be available the upcoming Radeon HD 5800 series. It allows you to extend your game view across 3 displays like the Matrox TripleHead2Go except that it gonna be much more powerful. That’s over 12 megapixels at 2560 x 1600 resolution for the ultimate gaming experience. It is ideal for flight sim, racing games, role paying games, real-time strategy, first-person shooter and even multimedia apps.

Singularity Dev Walkthrough (1) – awesome

XtremPC – Articole

In secventele de mai jos, producatorul Keko Lee-Creel, prezinta prima parte a unui scurt walkthorugh realizat de Activision pentru viitorul FPS SF Singularity.

Un deputat propune sanctionarea cu amenda sau inchisoare pentru minciunile electorale

Un deputat propune sanctionarea cu amenda sau inchisoare pentru minciunile electorale – Politic – HotNews.ro

Politicienii care fac promisiuni in campania electorala fara sa le indeplineasca dupa ce sunt alesi ar trebui sanctionati fie cu amenda, fie cu inchisoarea, este de parere deputatul PDL Mircea Giurgiu, care intentioneaza sa depuna, la inceputul sesiunii parlamentare, un proiect de lege care vizeaza modificarea Codului Penal in acest sens, potrivit

A fost dezvaluit secretul efectului placebo

A fost dezvaluit secretul efectului placebo

Nu este doar o chestiune de autosugestie. Daca o pilula continand zahar, administrata drept un puternic analgezic reuseste sa aline durerea, acest fapt se intampla pentru ca intra in joc o serie de complexe mecanisme neurale.