CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates. Jennifer Lewis, the Hans Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and graduate student S. Brett Walker described the new ink in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. "We are really excited about the wide applicability and excellent electrical properties of this new silver ink," said Lewis, the director of the Frederick ...

Sylvia Bennett, a South Florida resident and Grammy-nominated vocalist, has released Sonríe, the first all-Spanish language music album since Eydie Gorme recorded Eso Es El Amor in 1992. The new album, which debuted at #1 spot on the CMJ Top Jazz Adds Chart, fulfills Ms. Bennett's long-time dream of recording an all-Spanish CD. She joined with long-time producer Hal S. Batt to create an album filled with classic Spanish favorites, along with two new original songs. The new CD was released on the Out of Sight Music label. Smooth jazz and pop vocalist Sylvia Bennett ...

An international team of scientists led by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, discovered a novel chemical route to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) – complex organic molecules such as naphthalene carrying fused benzene rings – in ultra-cold regions of interstellar space. The team announced their findings in the January 3 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Funding for the study was provided by ...

Holy Yoga, a holistic ministry dedicated to healing mind, body and spirit through Christ-centered practices, is hosting a Women's Retreat to address Women's female issues. The retreat will be held March 23-25, 2012 at the LaSalle Manor retreat center in Plano Illinois. The retreat will serve women 18+ who desire to understand the relationship between the female anatomy and psycho-social well-being. Women's issues include menstruation, post-partum, pre-menstrual syndrome, hysterectomy, prolapsed uterus, abuse and trauma. Gina Tricamo, one of the retreat facilitators, ...

Cable financial news network CNBC has selected Anthony Mongeluzo entrepreneur and president of Pro Computer Service, to be included on their Top Ten Serial Entrepreneur list http://www.cnbc.com/id/45741019?slide=, which also includes Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson. CNBC defines a serial entrepreneur as "entrepreneurs who can't seem to stop at one business and don't let failures throw them off course." While the best-known entrepreneurs on the list, such as Branson and Winfrey, have earned billions of dollars from their ventures, for Mongeluzo, it's ...

The use of symptom indices to identify patients with symptoms associated with ovarian cancer who may need further screening is increasing in both the UK and the US in an attempt to promote earlier diagnosis, but they may need to be reassessed in order to help better detect cancer, according to a study published January 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Ovarian cancer is a disease which is perceived to rarely produce symptoms until the disease has spread to other organs of the body, allowing the disease to reach an advanced stage before it is caught. ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- In a breakthrough paper published in this week's issue of Science magazine, researchers from Sandia's Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester and Bristol University report direct measurements of reactions of a gas-phase Criegee intermediate using photoionization mass spectrometry. (visit www.youtube.com/SandiaLabs to see a short video of Sandia combustion chemists discussing the research.) Criegee intermediates – carbonyl oxides – are implicated in autoignition chemistry and are pivotal atmospheric reactants, but only indirect knowledge ...

Blackburn Group Inc.'s Enterprise Risk and Claim Settlement Solutions partners are pleased to announce the launch of their updated websites Blackburn Group, Inc. (http://www.blackburngroup.com) and MSA RiskPro (http://www.msariskpro.com). The new designs reflect the company's commitment and dedication to serving the needs of the enterprise risk and claims settlement solutions industry. The sites have been redesigned to provide our clients with a fast and easy way to keep up-to-date with the fast pace of news, information, and resources for the enterprise risk and claims ...

Dr. Ajit Nemi, President of Nemi Capital LLC, announced today that his firm will unveil its Bio-Hydrolyzed range of highly targeted under-eye and facial skin treatment products, Dr. Nemi Rx, at COSMOPROF Bologna, March 9-12, 2012. COSMOPROF Bologna is the largest, most prestigious Skin Care, Cosmetic, Perfumery, and Beauty Industry trade show in the world. "We have used the Dr. Nemi Rx skin care line to treat many patients in my medical practice with spectacular results," said Dr. Nemi. "I am constantly asked: Why don't you sell these wonderful products ...

A previously un-named species of horse fly whose appearance is dominated by its glamorous golden lower abdomen has been named in honour of American pop diva, Beyoncé – a member of the former group Destiny's Child, that recorded the 2001 hit single, Bootylicious. According to the Australian National Insect Collection researcher responsible for officially 'describing' the fly as Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae, CSIRO's Bryan Lessard, the fly's spectacular gold colour makes it the "all time diva of flies". "It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomen that led ...

A study at the University of Alcalá, Spain has compared the employment crisis of 1991-1994 with the current crisis from 2007 to 2010, as well as the labour reforms that took place in 1994 and 2010 respectively. Its results show that both the evolution of labour market indicators and the response of financial authorities have been quite similar in terms of timing and the design of measures. "At least until the middle of 2010, the period up to which the article covers, we have seen that the sequence of events is quite similar not just in terms of labour market results but ...

Joseph Badal, author of 'The Nostradamus Secret', has been named one of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading'. His honors came as a result of his appearance on The Authors Show. Badal was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process. 'The Nostradamus Secret', an historical thriller, builds on Nostradamus's lost 58 quatrains. "I was thrilled," stated Mr. Badal, "to be included in The Authors Show's 2011 edition of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading'. This recognition is an affirmation of my writing and further encourages ...

'When you have something that you're so passionate about that you can live for every day, it makes life a lot more purposeful and meaningful to you and the way you live it'. Camryn Wessner is only 19 years old. But she knows what she wants. The Dothan, Alabama-born singer-songwriter who now currently calls Gainsville, Florida home may be young but the adage is true when it comes to her: Age is nothing but a number. Her musical experience may have sprung just recently but this doesn't necessarily mean it's not brimming with fiery passion. As a little girl, Camryn ...

CMOS image sensors have long since been the solution of choice for digital photography. They are much cheaper to produce than existing sensors, and they are also superior in terms of power consumption and handling. Consequently, leading manufacturers of cell-phone and digital cameras fit CMOS chips in their products almost without exception. This not only reduces the demands made of the battery, it also makes increasingly smaller cameras possible. Yet these optical semiconductor chips are now reaching their limits: while miniaturization in consumer electronics is leading ...

It is the story of Jason, a boy who has spent most of his life away from home. He is a typical youth who loves a carefree life filled with fun and freedom. His life takes a turn when he falls in love. Love brings a burden of responsibilities and miseries which transforms him into a man. The book ends in a happy note that pleases the readers. The novel is an easy read. It reflects the joy de vivre of life. College and university students have found themselves epitomized in Jason. Piyush Patel, 23, a student of IIT, said he was happy to find a friend in Jason. He, like ...

University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production. The research, led by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the University of Oxford and agricultural biotech research company Biogemma, has identified for the first time a gene, named Meg1, which regulates the optimum amount of nutrients flowing from mother to offspring in maize plants. Unlike the majority of genes that are expressed from both maternal and paternal ...

For the first video, Tel Aviv Couture founder and stylist, Tali Kogan, refashions an elegant, draping Little Black Dress by Ciporkin, which shifts length and neckline style with ease. In two minutes the dress is revamped to a spectrum of accessorized looks and even incorporates leggings, jeans, and different belts. "The sky is the limit with this investment piece! In our first "How To Wear" I've taken this simple but amazingly transformative dress and modified it eight different ways. My inspired clients have since started creating additional distinct ...

New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change. Writing in the journal Global Environmental Change, Dr Emma Tompkins and Hallie Eakin from the University of Southampton, say that public investments alone cannot reduce our vulnerability to climate change. Their research shows evidence of individuals, households, firms and corporations are deliberately supporting the wider public to adapt to climate change by incurring the social costs ...

More than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins made by the immune system that target the body's tissues and define a condition known as autoimmunity, a study shows. The first nationally representative sample looking at the prevalence of the most common type of autoantibody, known as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), found that the frequency of ANA is highest among women, older individuals, and African-Americans. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes ...

Online voting has now begun for the 2012 Perspective Magazine Awards Program, sponsored by Holiday Systems International, and shared ownership industry professionals around the world are flocking to the magazine's website ( http://perspectivemagazine.com/awards/ ) to support their companies and clients in their bid to win one of the coveted global awards. Unique to the timeshare and fractional ownership industry, Perspective Magazine's awards program offers a combination of regional and global awards that coincide with its own five regional titles (North America, Latin ...

For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects the grid for own consumption that is designed for 12 000 volts and 800 amperes against damage due to short circuits and voltage peaks. The new technology co-developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and made by Nexans SuperConductors enhances the intrinsic safety of the grid and may help reduce the investment costs of plants. "For a long time, high-temperature superconductors ...

Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial folding, stacking, and sliding glass doors and windows, glazed structures, and skylights, announced today that it will begin offering innovative residential and commercial glazing systems enhanced with Dynamic Glass from Soladigm. The new product offering, which is projected to be available Spring 2012, will integrate Soladigm Dynamic Glass to allow building occupants to control the tint of the window on-demand, providing unprecedented control of the light and heat that enters a building. "Soladigm's ...

As tissue slides are more routinely digitized to aid interpretation, a software program whose design was led by the University of Michigan Health System is proving its utility. In a new study, a program known as Spatially Invariant Vector Quantization (SIVQ) was able to separate malignancy from background tissue in digital slides of micropapillary urothelial carcinoma, a type of bladder cancer whose features can vary widely from case to case and that presents diagnostic challenges even for experts. The findings by U-M and Rutgers University researchers were published ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – When organizational crises occur, such as plane crashes or automobile recalls, public relations practitioners develop strategies for substantive action and effective communication. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that the way in which news coverage of a crisis is framed affects the public's emotional response toward the company involved. Glen Cameron, the Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research and professor of strategic communication at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, along with Hyo Kim of Nanyang Technological ...

Slow Wine, an English guide to Italian wines by Slow Food Italy, is almost here with launch events just around the corner on January 30, 2012 and February 2, 2012 in New York and Chicago, respectively. The guide and its producers will be the focus of events for the trade during the day and then for consumers in the evening. A complimentary copy of the guide will be included in the entry ticket for the evening event. In New York, [Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street] 140 wines from 68 selected producers and 14 Italian regions will be available for tasting. A press ...