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  • 3D/4D Printing

    3D and 4D Printing In 3D printing, technologies are used to make objects, by adding layers of material in accordance with digital designs, allowing little waste and being more energy & material efficient than technologies that use conventional methods. This ‘additive manufacturing’, as opposed to the expensive and limited ‘subtractive’ business of cutting, drilling and…

  • DNA-4 vs DNA-8

    DNA-8 A new genetic system with 8 building blocks One of the main characteristics of life is that it can store and pass on genetic info. This is done by DNA using just 4 building blocks: guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine (G, A, C and T). Pairs of DNA strands form a double helix with…

  • Cannabis Farming

    Humans and the Cannabis plant share an intimate history spanning millennia. Humans spread Cannabis from its Eurasian homelands throughout much of the world, and, in concert with local climatic and human cultural parameters, created traditional landrace varieties (cultivars resulting from a combination of natural and farmer selection) with few apparent signs of domestication. Cannabis breeders…

  • Indoor Farming

    CEA Controlled Environment Agriculture Indoor Farming  Container Farming Modular Farms Urban Farming Aquaponics, a complete indoor eco-system Hydroponic produce often tastes watery or it tastes off. You often get the abundance of one flavor, like anise, rather than balanced, which is why it has a bad rep with chefs. On the other hand, our chefs…

  • Digital Horticulture

    Digital Horticulture Fully adopting the digital revolution is the key to long term success in horticulture As margins shrink, super efficient production systems are required to get the optimal results with the technologies applied. But, at some point you have to make a decision on whether to continue to be diversified – with different packing…

  • Born-again Stars

    HuBi-1, an inside-out stellar corpse The unusual planetary nebula HuBi-1 in the constellation Serpens, was analyzed by researchers at the IAA-CSIC. Planetary nebulae are the descendants of low to intermediate-mass stars, like our Sun. They form at late evolutionary stages, when their progenitor stars expel their envelopes, which are then photo-ionized by the hot white…

  • Lectins

    What are lectins? Lectins are a type of protein that can bind to cell membranes. They are sugar-binding and become the “glyco” part of glycoconjugates on the membranes. Lectins offer a way for molecules to stick together without getting the immune system involved, which can influence cell-cell interaction. Lectins are abundant in raw legumes and…

  • Avocados

    The avocado has been part of the human diet for millennia. Nutritionists claim that it contains everything a human needs to survive. The fruit is native to Mexico and can be found in 500+ varieties. 160 liter water is needed to produce 1 kg of avocados (Sp: aguacates: meaning water testicles)  Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA an…

  • 80/20 Lifestyle

    The 80/20 rule or Pareto Principle There is a spiritual and scientific law, proven in life, business, and economics, that states that the great majority of results come from a small minority of causes or effort. Known as the “Pareto Principle,” it is also called the “80/20 Principle” because it reflects the fact that ≈80%…

  • 8 MILE Movie

    BIASES 8 Mile Movie Our technology and ideas have evolved, but our brains can’t evolve fast enough to keep up with them. Consequently, biases are created and are used in almost every sales campaign, business, marketing campaign, movie, news, relationships, rap battle as shown in the 8 mile movie: In-Group Bias: Notice Eminem’s first line:…