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Research on some of the most awful smelling creatures on Earth found that they have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that could lead to ways to treat antibiotic-resistant infections. The skin of frogs has long been known to be a source of antibiotics, but what the study found is that the 9 species of particularly smelly frogs have the greatest known diversity of the germ-killing chemicals. Some of the antibiotic substances not only kill bacteria directly, they also activate the immune system to battle against bacteria:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Life-Science-Chemistry-Bacteria-Stinky-frogs-are-a-treasure-trove-of-antibiotic-substances/
Department of Energy researchers used the world's most powerful X-ray laser to create and probe a piece of matter in a controlled way for the first time. This will enable scientists to better understand the most extreme matter (the matter they created was at 2-million-degrees Celcius) in stars and giant planets and could help experiments trying to recreate the nuclear fusion process that powers the sun:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Energy-Materials-Physics-X-ray-laser-creates-matter-at-2-million-C/
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that the U.S. needs to reduce restrictions on immigrants who plan to open businesses in the US. They also suggest that a separate Visa be created for potential entrepreneurs. Immigrant entrepreneurs have established 18% of the Fortune 500 companies, with those companies generating $1.7 trillion in revenue in 2010 with 3.7 mil employees worldwide:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-25/eased-immigration-laws-may-spur-growth-u-s-chamber-report-says.html
Global tablet shipments reached 27 mil in the 4Q of 2011, an increase of 150% over the 4Q of 2010. Android market share went from 29% in Q4 2010 to 39.1% in Q4 2011, with Apple still dominant but dropping from 68.2% in Q4 2010 to 57.6% in Q4 2011. Apple went from shipping 7.3 mil tablets in Q4 2010 to 15.4 mil in Q4 2011, while Android went from 3.1 mil to 10.5 mil:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/strategy-analytics-android-captures-record-39-percent-share-global-tablet-s
Mexico's media followed the progress of a heart transplant, with the heart traveling 280 miles by ambulance, plane, then a helicopter as the media documenting each step. Traffic was even stopped to allow the helicopter to land near the hospital and the TV crews where there to show all of Mexico how the heart was going to the hospital...but one of the medics stumbled after leaving the hospital and the heart fell out onto the street! The medics quickly pushed the heart back inside the wheeled cooler and the heart was successfully transplanted into its 28-year-old female recipient:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46127543/ns/world_news-americas/#.TyGMGm_y9w9
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Life-Science-Chemistry-Bacteria-Stinky-frogs-are-a-treasure-trove-of-antibiotic-substances/
Department of Energy researchers used the world's most powerful X-ray laser to create and probe a piece of matter in a controlled way for the first time. This will enable scientists to better understand the most extreme matter (the matter they created was at 2-million-degrees Celcius) in stars and giant planets and could help experiments trying to recreate the nuclear fusion process that powers the sun:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/01/Energy-Materials-Physics-X-ray-laser-creates-matter-at-2-million-C/
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that the U.S. needs to reduce restrictions on immigrants who plan to open businesses in the US. They also suggest that a separate Visa be created for potential entrepreneurs. Immigrant entrepreneurs have established 18% of the Fortune 500 companies, with those companies generating $1.7 trillion in revenue in 2010 with 3.7 mil employees worldwide:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-25/eased-immigration-laws-may-spur-growth-u-s-chamber-report-says.html
Global tablet shipments reached 27 mil in the 4Q of 2011, an increase of 150% over the 4Q of 2010. Android market share went from 29% in Q4 2010 to 39.1% in Q4 2011, with Apple still dominant but dropping from 68.2% in Q4 2010 to 57.6% in Q4 2011. Apple went from shipping 7.3 mil tablets in Q4 2010 to 15.4 mil in Q4 2011, while Android went from 3.1 mil to 10.5 mil:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/strategy-analytics-android-captures-record-39-percent-share-global-tablet-s
Mexico's media followed the progress of a heart transplant, with the heart traveling 280 miles by ambulance, plane, then a helicopter as the media documenting each step. Traffic was even stopped to allow the helicopter to land near the hospital and the TV crews where there to show all of Mexico how the heart was going to the hospital...but one of the medics stumbled after leaving the hospital and the heart fell out onto the street! The medics quickly pushed the heart back inside the wheeled cooler and the heart was successfully transplanted into its 28-year-old female recipient:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46127543/ns/world_news-americas/#.TyGMGm_y9w9