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According to Guan, part of the theory behind her research, discovered by members of the lab team she works with, is that proteins that are not water-soluble tend to clump together, thereby diminishing the ability of each protein to function. When the residues of these GFP proteins are positively charged, however, they have the ability to penetrate cell walls. Additionally, these super-charged proteins demonstrated the ability to carry nucleic, and even genomic, material into cells if the material was negatively charged...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lighting Up the Laboratory | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...More laid-back vacationers also have plenty of options, including a new infinity pool parked in front of the casual Pool Grille, which specializes in fresh octopus and parrot-fish seviche. There's also the palapa-dotted Jumby Bay Beach - brilliant white sand, turquoise water teeming with crimson-colored starfish and a cabana bar that makes a mean piña colada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escape to Jumby Bay | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...baby-faced Copenhagen cop Robert Hansen (Jakob Cedergren) is relocated to the rural town. Immediately upon his arrival, Robert’s big-city customs provoke hostility from the locals. They resent everything about him—from the way he reprimands petty theft, to his preference of soda water over beer—and the plot seems to percolate with conflict. Compounding the rural-urban clash, Robert is soon sexually propositioned by a married woman, Ingelise (Lene Maria Christensen), who claims that her husband, Jorgen (Kim Bodnia), beats her. What ensues is a love-triangle ripe with violence...

Author: By Paula I. Ibieta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Terribly Happy | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...York needed a gift for Kofi Annan to commemorate his ten years of service. I was asked to make a large white porcelain peace bowl with a ring of gold on it. The UN also wanted to do something to award Ban Ki Moon for his work on water conservation and relief around the world so I designed an aqua colored bowl with fish to symbolize water and was asked to present it to him.... Right now I am working on making gifts for different heads of state...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Miranda J. Thomas | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Severe rains have already hit Port-au-Prince, foreshadowing the coming rainy season. St. Leger says her compact shanty gets flooded with water up to her ankles and that one night she was forced to crouch in higher but smaller shelter all night until the rain stopped the next morning. Sloped land and sewage drains clogged with trash cause most of the flooding during heavy rains, creating an unsanitary environment that elevates concerns about the spread of disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: A Visit from Two American Presidents | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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