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POPS68 Molecules that hold the key to all Cellular Life Currently, the vast majority of medical research looks to the human genome and proteome for answers, but those answers remain elusive, and perhaps for good reason. “We have now found instances where the pathogenesis of widespread and chronic diseases can be attributed to a change in the glycome, for example, in the absence of definable changes in the genome or proteome,” Marth said, adding that, as biomedical researchers, “we need to begin to cultivate the integration of disciplines in a holistic and rigorous way in order to perceive and most effectively manipulate the biological mechanisms of health and disease.” Marth believes that biology should become more integrative both in academic and research settings. “I’m one who believes that we don’t need to sacrifice breadth of knowledge in order to acquire depth of understanding.”
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POPSA House Fit for a Hobbit? Why are we doing this? 1.It's fun 2.Our society is almost entirely dependent on the availability of increasing amounts of fossil fuel energy. This has brought us to the point at which our supplies are dwindling and our ecological catastrophe. We have no viable alternative energy source and no choice but to reduce our energy consumption. The sooner this change can be begun, the more comfortable it will be.
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POPSPolice raid RNC protesters headquarters Are Minnesota authorities more suspicious of what goes on behind closed doors? Are they less tolerant of groups planning on exercising their right to freedom of speech? Perhaps the police were taking their motto, to ‘Serve and Protect’, a tad bit too seriously when they busted in with guns drawn in order to issue a fire code violation. But they did get some nice photos to add to their collection.
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POPSHomeland Security Wants The Shirt Off Your Back Things that had to be left out of the clip: "We have notified his company, Paragon, of our position in the matter," Haley said. A message left with Paragon Security was not immediately returned Monday night. Gilbert called the guard's actions "shocking." "As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination," Gilbert said. Her mother called police after Gilbert was kicked out, but another security guard escorted her to the front of the Social Security line before officers arrived, the Daily News reported. According to a police report, a witness described Gilbert as "peaceful and quiet" before the guard told her to leave.
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POPSGreen Roofs Offer More Than Color for the Skyline When sunshine hits a blacktop roof, it heats the building beneath it as well as the area nearby. When it hits plants on a roof, in contrast, the plants not only absorb the sunshine, but cool the air when the water in their leaves evaporates. Temperatures on buildings with green roofs are up to 30 percent lower during the daytime in the summer than they are on those with conventional roofs, which means that tenants on the floors below do not have to run their air-conditioning as much. Con Ed has teamed up with Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research to evaluate the benefits, using rooftop sensors to measure the temperature, wind and water runoff. Con Edison said it hoped to use the findings to encourage customers to install green roofs themselves. David Westman, the resource conservation coordinator at Con Edison, said, “It’s not only the right thing to do, but it can make economic sense.”
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POPSBig Brother Goes on the Offensive in Minneapolis Leave it to the GOP to out stage the Denver police in the repression department. Cowards. What are they afraid of? That people will speak the truth? Will their ears bleed from the demonstrators chants? I guess this goverment is afraid of it's people.
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POPSInnovation crisis? Quick synopsis of Judy Estrin, Tech entrepreneur's new book, “Closing the Innovation Gap.” The book sounds intriguing and worth reading to see if her argument on why Silicon Valley right now isn't ripe for breeding entrepreneurs.
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