Google Patent Search: This Google website is very fast, with a database that stretches back further than the USPTO's online search and Free Patents Online. It has a relatively small number of search fields though which limits its search capabilities and also doesn't always feature the most ...
to late 20th century claims to have discovered ‘gay genes,’‘gay brains,’‘gay ring fingers,’‘lesbian ears,’ and ‘gay scalp hair.’” The impact of this work is mixed, but at its worst it’s a tool of oppression: it gives people who want to dehumanize and persecute sexual min...
We give an alternative proof of the Schoen–Simon–Yau curvature estimates and associated Bernstein-type theorems (Schoen et al. in Acta Math. 134:275–288,1975), and extend the original result by including the case of 6-dimensional (stable minimal) immersions. The key step is an ε-regula...
While language barriers and cultural differences persist, one form of communication transcends them all: money. At Invention City, where ideas become products, we see daily how the pursuit of profit unites inventors, entrepreneurs, and consumers—regardless of identity or background. Money as ...
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the cell is further contacted with an exogenous Wnt protein. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the Wnt protein is Wnt1 or Wnt3a. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the exogenous agent of step b) comprises an amino acid sequence having at least ...
As published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple'spatent applicationfor a "System and method for capturing images" combines a novel array of electrically switchable mirrors, lenses and other components to channel light from two or more apertures onto a single image sensing modu...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are evolving technologies with the potential of significant influence on economy and society. Owing to technology cycles significant shortening (Weaver et al.2017) and faster adoption rates, the society needs to pay increased attention to the impact of these...
In a patent filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple outlined a system that analyzes the characteristics of an image's subject and uses the data to create a "faceprint," which can then be matched with other photos to determine
In 1966, a 16-year-old British model named Twiggy made an impact on both sides of the pond with her miniskirts, and the look skyrocketed. Betsey Johnson made a name for herself as an innovator, and designed T-shirt dresses, pantsuits and miniskirts, starting in the Sixties. At that ti...
Present treatment using corticosteroids has little or no impact on the extent to which vision finally recovers after an attack of optic neuritis5-12. Trials of intramuscular adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or oral prednisone, have shown no short or long term benefits, while others have indicated...