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  • Qing Dynasty

    The Chinese Armada In 15th century China, while Europe was engulfed in the Black Death, a new regime took charge. One of the first directives from the new Ming Emperor was to use the country’s vast resources to build a vast armada of 317 cutting edge ships, "The Treasure Fleet", to spearhead a new vision…

  • Paris-ND-Cathedral

    Enhanced Paris-ND-Cathedral A BIOSOURCED CONTEMPORARY SPIRE, A NEW SYMBOL OF SPIRITUAL ASPIRATION We aim for Palingenesis (Gr. παλιγγενεσία, meaning "rebirth", "regeneration") by harmonizing in one gesture the venerable stone-nave with the roof and spire, through vegetal grafting. From the four gables, the original geometry of the 10 meter-high attic has been respected. As we move…

  • Virgo Cathedrals

    The Location of some Gothic Cosmic-Christ Cathedrals as an EM-energetic Projection/Mirror Reflection of some Stars in the Virgo Constellation Virgo is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is ♍. It is the 2nd-largest constellation in the sky. Virgo has 20 stars with known planets, more than any other constellation. Virgo is the largest of the 12…

  • 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 information. Nowadays, 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…

  • Cannabis Farming

    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….

  • Indoor Farming

    Indoor Farming  or 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…

  • 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

    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…

  • Lectins

    Lectins What are lectins? Lectins are a type of protein that can bind to cell membranes. They are sugar-binding and become the “glyco” portion 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…