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BPO | Business Process Outsourcing | PayStream Advisors Webinar ...

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) picture of Screen shot 2012 05 04 at 2.26.40 PMBancTec?s Michael Alfonsi and Sean Neal will appear as guest panelists on tomorrow?s PayStream Advisors webinar covering AP automation tools to enhance paper-based invoice processing. The hour-long webinar titled ?Five Ways to Look Like an AP Hero by Year End and the Tools to Do It? will begin at 11 a.m. EST. Register now to attend!

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Norway princess secretly travels to India to play nanny

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly traveled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa, the palace said on Monday.

Armed with a diplomatic passport that granted her immediate access, the future queen jumped on a plane in late October when the employee, who is also a friend, and his husband were unable to travel to care for their newborns.

"For me, this is about two babies lying alone in a New Delhi hospital," Mette-Marit said in a statement. "I was able to travel and wanted to do what I could."

She did not alert Indian authorities and spent several days with the babies at the Manav Medicare Centre, where staff assumed the wife of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon was a nanny.

While the princess was away, her name continued to appear in the official palace calendar and her absence from a parliamentary dinner was not explained.

A relative of the two fathers eventually took over from Mette-Marit and the fathers received a visa in November, when they brought the babies back to Norway, the palace added.

Surrogacy is a hotly debated issue in Norway and the government discourages Norwegians from paying surrogate parents for children.

Protestant Norway was the second country in the world in 1993 to register same sex partnerships while same sex marriage has been legal since 2009.

The Crown Princess acknowledged the debate and insisted she is not taking a side and only did what a friend had to do.

"Sometimes life presents you with situations with few good solutions. This was one of those," she said. "There is an important debate going on about surrogacy and this was not meant as taking a side."

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi, editing by Paul Casciato)

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Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, is surrounded by children during celebrations for the successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition for Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies and earlier said it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, is surrounded by children during celebrations for the successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition for Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Abbas has returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies and earlier said it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, waves to the crowd during celebrations for their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Abbas returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinians wave flags as they celebrate their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas returned home to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United Nations. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third right, together with Cabinet Minister Moshe Yaalon, right, and Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser, second right, attend the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's Jerusalem office, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Israel has rejected the borders of a future Palestinian state the U.N. endorsed last week and on Friday, Israel announced it would press ahead plans to build thousands of settler homes.. And it is punishing the Palestinians further by withholding more than $100 million in taxes and other funds collected on their behalf. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Israel has rejected the borders of a future Palestinian state the U.N. endorsed last week. And it is punishing the Palestinians further by withholding more than $100 million in taxes and other funds collected on their behalf. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)

(AP) ? The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new acceptance to the United Nations.

An Israeli decision to cut off a cash transfer to the financially troubled Palestinian Authority, following an earlier decision to build thousands of new homes in Jewish settlements, failed to put a damper on the celebrations.

But Palestinian officials acknowledged they were undecided on what to do with their newfound status, and were waiting for upcoming Israeli elections and new ideas from President Barack Obama before deciding how to proceed.

Outside the headquarters of President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, some 5,000 people thronged a square, hoisted Palestinian flags and cheered their leader's return from New York. Large posters of the Palestinian leader, whose popularity had plummeted in recent months, adorned nearby buildings.

"We now have a state," Abbas said to wild applause. "The world has said loudly, 'Yes to the state of Palestine.'"

The United Nations General Assembly last week overwhelmingly endorsed an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 war.

The move to upgrade the Palestinians to a nonmember observer state does not change much on the ground, but it carries deep potential significance.

The vote amounted to an international endorsement of the Palestinian position on future border arrangements with Israel and an overwhelming condemnation of Israeli settlements in the areas claimed by the Palestinians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a return to Israel's 1967 lines. Israel remains in control in parts of the West Bank and considers east Jerusalem, the Palestinians' hoped-for capital, an integral part of its capital.

Israel also continues to restrict access to Gaza. Israel withdrew seven years ago from the coastal strip, and it is now ruled by Hamas Islamic militants who regularly fire rockets at Israel.

Israel, backed by the U.S., campaigned strongly against the statehood measure, accusing the Palestinians of trying to bypass direct peace negotiations, which it said were the only viable path to a Palestinian state.

The Israeli lobbying efforts failed miserably. Just eight other countries voted with Israel, and even its closest allies in Europe, including Germany, Italy, France and Britain, either abstained or voted with the Palestinians.

Israel responded strongly and swiftly. The following day, it said it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes, including the first-ever development on a crucial corridor east of Jerusalem.

Although the project is likely years away, if it happens at all, the announcement struck a defiant tone.

Building in the area, known as E1, would sever the link between the West Bank and east Jerusalem, the sector of the holy city the Palestinians claim for a future capital, and cut off the northern part of the West Bank form its southern flank. The Palestinians claim such a scenario would essentially kill any hope for the creation of a viable state.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "grave concern" at the Israeli announcements, saying the new building and reported planning in the E1 area "would represent any almost fatal blow to remaining chances for securing a two-state solution," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

"In the interests of peace, any plans for E1 must be rescinded," he said.

"The secretary-general repeats his call on all concerned to resume negotiations and intensify efforts towards a comprehensive, just and lasting peace and urges the parties to refrain from provocative actions," Nesirky said.

The U.S., Britain, France and other European states all denounced the plan.

On Sunday, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, expressed concern that such settlement expansion "may represent a strategic step undermining the prospects of a contiguous and viable Palestine with Jerusalem as the share capital of both it and Israel. She urged Israel to show its commitment to the early renewal of peace talks but not going ahead with the settlement plan.

"The European Union has repeatedly stated that all settlement construction is illegal under international law and constitutes an obstacle to peace," Ashton said in a statement.

On Sunday, the Israeli government delivered another blow, saying it would withhold more than $100 million in funds it transfers to the Palestinians each month.

Instead, it said the money ? taxes and customs duties that Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinians ? would be used to pay off its debts to Israeli companies, including $200 million owed to the state-run Israel Electric Corp., government officials said.

The monthly transfers are crucial for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to pay salaries to its tens of thousands of civil servants and security forces. Israel has taken similar measures in the past before eventually releasing the money.

At the weekly meeting of his Cabinet, Netanyahu said the Palestinian statehood campaign was a "gross violation" of past agreements calling for disputes to be resolved through negotiations.

"Accordingly, the government of Israel rejects the U.N General Assembly decision," he told his Cabinet on Sunday. He also pledged to continue building settlements.

"Today we are building, and we will continue to build in Jerusalem and in all areas that appear on Israel's map of strategic interests."

Half a million settlers live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The ongoing growth of the settlements is at the heart of the current impasse in peace efforts.

The Palestinians view continued settlement expansion as a show of bad faith and refuse to return to negotiations unless construction is frozen.

Netanyahu has claimed a brief settlement slowdown in 2010 failed to jump-start negotiations, and he has refused calls for a new construction freeze.

The Palestinians have signaled that they may use their upgraded status to join the International Criminal Court and pursue war crimes charges against Israel. But officials say any decision to seek membership in the ICC is likely months away.

Palestinian officials said little was expected to change until Israel holds parliamentary elections on Jan. 22. Public opinion polls suggest Netanyahu is likely to win re-election at the head of a hardline coalition.

Palestinian officials said they were hopeful that Obama would present a comprehensive peace plan after the Israeli vote.

"If there is a meaningful peace process, we will join. If not, then we are taking the Palestinian cause to the international community," said Husam Zomlot, a spokesman for Abbas.

The new Israeli settlement construction plans remain far from certain and may have been announced by Netanyahu to impress voters ahead of the election.

New figures from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics show that Netanyahu has actually slowed settlement construction over the past year. The latest figures found that Israel began construction on 653 new settlement homes in the first nine months of 2012, down 26 percent from 886 housing starts during the same period a year earlier.

Israel insists that the Palestinians are responsible for the deadlock, accusing them of refusing to recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland and the Palestinian media of glorifying violence and promoting anti-Semitic caricatures.

Netanyahu said Abbas' speech at the U.N., in which he accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" and omitted any reference of the Jewish connection to the holy land, was filled with incitement and hate.

"This is additional proof that this is not a dispute over land but a denial of the existence of the State of Israel," he said. "As long as the Palestinian Authority educates the younger generation to hate, how is it at all possible to talk about peace?"

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Heller reported from Jerusalem. Mohammed Daraghmeh contributed to this report from Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

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Colon Cleansing: A Fast Fix for Clogged Bowels! | Gnet Health and ...

Do You Have A Sluggish Digestive System?

A sluggish digestive system and a clogged up colon is incredibly damaging to our health. When waste is unable to be removed from the body, the toxins in them are allowed to accumulate in our intestines and cause a hard ?plaque? layer to form in the colon.

The result?

From fatigue, depression and bad breath, to poor skin condition and headaches, the list goes on and on! In addition to this, bacteria in the waste are able to breed, which disturbs the incredibly fine balance of the ?good? bacteria in your guts, and leads to intestinal discomfort, bloating and trapped wind.

Depending on how fibrous your diet is, you may have more compacted fecal matter trapped in your colon than you think- did you know that the average American has 5 lbs of trapped waste! By getting rid of that, that?s a substantial weight-loss straight away!

Short-term problems aside, a sluggish and clogged up colon can lead to longer-term, incredibly serious health problems, like ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer. Ensuring that your bowels keep moving and constipation is resolved quickly, will help to keep your bowel health at its peak.

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The toxins in our waste come from many different sources- some of them are just a result of the digestive process, and the body eliminating by-products from a variety of chemical reactions that take place in the body. But in an age where we are exposed to huge volumes of chemicals- from pesticides on our foods, to medications, to cleaning products and cosmetics- some of these toxins will be incredibly harmful at any substantial level. So when waste sits in our intestines and is unable to be removed from the body, the levels of these toxins will build, causing illness and sometimes allergies. These may be allergies that you would never connect to what?s happening in your bowels, such as skin complaints, but remove the compacted fecal matter, and you may find that these problems vanish as quickly as they arrived.

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Colon cleansing is an easy and safe way to ensure that your bowels stay healthy and clean, and that your body is able to remove waste regularly and efficiently. The term itself may sound fairly terrifying: Are you picturing clinics and lengths of hosing as the main feature of colon cleansing?? Well, you can relax- although colonic irrigation and hydrotherapy is one method of thoroughly removing waste and cleaning the colon, it certainly isn?t the only method.

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Don?t risk your long-term health by living with constipation or clogged up bowels. You can help yourself by eating a healthy diet that is high in fibre, and taking regular exercise that encourages bowel movement. But if you?re finding that it still isn?t enough to give you the relief you need, try a natural colon cleanse to kick start your digestive processes. You may find that one course is enough to encourage your bowels back into a regular routine, and get them working hard to keep your intestinal tract clean and healthy!

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Has Asperger's Gone Away? | World of Psychology

Has Asperger's Gone Away? NoWith anything that changes, especially an important reference manual, people are going to be confused about what those changes actually mean. Nowhere is this more evident than in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).

As we noted yesterday, the final revision was approved for publication. The DSM-5 is how clinicians and researchers diagnose mental disorders in the United States. A common language is especially important when conducting research, to ensure treatments are actually working for the symptoms people have.

One of the changes getting a lot of attention is the ?doing away? of Asperger?s Syndrome. But to be clear ? Asperger?s isn?t being dropped from the DSM-5. It?s simply being merged and renamed, to better reflect a consensus of our scientific knowledge on the disorder as one form of the new ?autism spectrum disorder? diagnosis.

So while the term, ?Asperger?s? is going away, the actual diagnosis ? you know, the thing that actually matters ? is not.

But you wouldn?t know it reading some of the mainstream media?s reporting on this concern.

The board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association, who released the approved changes on Saturday, said the reason they were renaming Asperger?s was ?to help more accurately and consistently diagnose children with autism.? Which I agree with, because it?s important for clinicians and researchers to have a common, logical language.

I wish the media could differentiate between a label or word, and the actual diagnosis though. Because from the news coverage on this change, you?d believe the actual diagnosis was going away unless you read more carefully.

CBS News screams, Asperger?s syndrome dropped from American Psychiatric Association manual:

Asperger?s syndrome will be dropped from the latest edition of the psychiatrist?s ?bible,? the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5.

It?s not until the third paragraph of this article do you realize the American Psychiatric Association, the publisher of the DSM-5, just decided to rename Asperger?s. (And why do so many media keep referring to a psychiatric diagnostic manual ? a scientific instrument ? as a ?bible?? That is the strangest disconnect I keep reading time and time again. I?m not even sure any reporter who writes those words could tell you the reasoning behind calling it that.)

Fox News announced that ?Asperger?s dropped from revised diagnosis manual,? but then quickly notes that it?s just the term that?s being dropped ? not the actual diagnosis.

The UK?s Guardian does a little better, mentioning the renaming in its subtitle, ?DSM-5, latest revision of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, merges Asperger?s with autism and widens dyslexia category.?

So yes, the label of ?Asperger?s syndrome? is leaving the diagnostic nomenclature, as our understanding of this disorder has increased substantially in the nearly 20 years since the DSM-IV was published. But the diagnosis itself remains, with a new label ? as a mild form of autism spectrum disorder.

People who are currently receiving treatment and care for this disorder will continue to do so, and insurance companies, Medicaid and others will continue to cover the costs of treating it.

Footnotes: John Grohol, PsyDDr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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Stopping the flow of cancer cells promotes the spread of tumours

ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? Researchers discover that the cellular component Prrx1 prevents cancer cells from lodging in other organs and, therefore, generating new focuses of cancer.

Metastasis is the cause of more than 90% of cancer deaths. The cancer cells break away from the original tumour and spread through the body anchoring to other organs and forming new tumours called metastases. For a focus of cancer to spread to other organs, its cells undergo a process known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) which makes them mobile and invasive, and they begin to travel through the bloodstream. However, to re-anchor to a new organ or tissue they must first recover their initial characteristics, i.e. lose mobility.

The Institute of Neurosciences, a joint centre of the Universidad Miguel Hern?ndez of Elche and the National Research Council (CSIC), has found that the transition from mobile to stationary cancer cell involves the loss of its component Prrx1. The researcher ?ngela Nieto, who led the study, explains that "although this component is one of the factors favouring the initial spread of cancer cells and their arrival to other organs, it has to be turned off for these cells to group together to form other tumours."

Tumours with high amounts of Prrx1 have therefore better prognosis as they can not form metastases. The researcher ?scar Oca?a believes that "the therapeutic strategy of blocking the EMT to prevent the spread of tumours would only be effective if done before the first cancer cells detach from the primary tumour, which usually occurs in very early stages of the disease and usually before receiving the diagnosis." In fact, Nieto adds, "blocking the EMT in these conditions favours the appearance of new tumours." However, the research also shows that a strategy aimed at attacking other properties of cancer cells would work against metastasis.

The results have been obtained by studying various animal models: chicken, zebrafish and mouse, and by analysing patient samples. Other participants in the project include researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Research "Alberto Sols" in Madrid, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and the MD Anderson International Foundation.

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Boehner 'flabbergasted' at 'fiscal cliff' talks

President Obama and his White House team appear to have drawn a line in the sand in talks with House Republicans on the "fiscal cliff."

Tax rates on the wealthy are going up, the only question is how much?

"Those rates are going to have to go up," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner flatly stated on ABC's "This Week." "There's no responsible way we can govern this country at a time of enormous threat, and risk, and challenge ... with those low rates in place for future generations."

But the president's plan, which Geithner delivered last week, has left the two sides far apart.

In recounting his response today on "Fox News Sunday," House Speaker John Boehner said: "I was flabbergasted. I looked at him and said, 'You can't be serious.'

"The president's idea of negotiation is: Roll over and do what I ask," Boehner added.

The president has never asked for so much additional tax revenue. He wants another $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years, including returning the tax rate on income above $250,000 a year to 39.6 percent.

Boehner is offering half that, $800 billion.

In exchange, the president suggests $600 billion in cuts to Medicare and other programs. House Republicans say that is not enough, but they have not publicly listed what they would cut.

Geithner said the ball is now in the Republicans' court, and the White House is seemingly content to sit and wait for Republicans to come around.

"They have to come to us and tell us what they think they need. What we can't do is to keep guessing," he said.

The president is also calling for more stimulus spending totaling $200 billion for unemployment benefits, training, and infrastructure projects.

"All of this stimulus spending would literally be more than the spending cuts that he was willing to put on the table," Boehner said.

Boehner also voiced some derision over the president's proposal to strip Congress of power over the country's debt level, and whether it should be raised.

"Congress is not going to give up this power," he said. "It's the only way to leverage the political process to produce more change than what it would if left alone."

The so-called fiscal cliff, a mixture of automatic tax increases and spending cuts, is triggered on Jan. 1 if Congress and the White House do not come up with a deficit-cutting deal first.

The tax increases would cost the average family between $2,000 and $2,400 a year, which, coupled with the $500 billion in spending cuts, will most likely put the country back into recession, economists say.

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World's smallest wrench puts new twist on microscopic manipulation; Harnesses laser light's ability to gently push and pull

ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? Harnessing laser light's ability to gently push and pull microscopic particles, researchers have created the fiber-optic equivalent of the world's smallest wrench. This virtual tool can precisely twist and turn the tiniest of particles, from living cells and DNA to microscopic motors and dynamos used in biological and physical research.

This new twist on controlling the incredibly small, developed by physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington, will give scientists the ability to skillfully manipulate single cells for cancer research, twist and untwist individual strands of DNA, and perform many other functions where microscopic precision is essential. The authors describe their new technique, which they dub a fiber-optic spanner (the British term for a wrench), in a paper published today in the Optical Society's (OSA) journal Optics Letters.

The innovation that distinguishes this technique from other optical tools is that it can, for the first time, spin or twist microscale objects in any direction and along any axis without moving any optical component. It's able to do this because it uses flexible optical fibers rather than stationary lasers to do the work. This has the added benefit that the optical fibers can be positioned inside the human body, where they can manipulate and help study specific cells or potentially guide neurons in the spinal cord.

Rather than an actual physical device that wraps around a cell or other microscopic particle to apply rotational force, or torque, the fiber-optic spanner is created when two beams of laser light -- emitted by a pair of optical fibers -- strike opposite sides of the microscopic object.

Individual photons impart a virtually imperceptible bit of force when they strike an object, but an intense beam of laser light can create just enough power to gently rotate microscopic particles. "When photons of light strike and then get reflected back from an object, they give it a small push from an effect called scattering forces," explains Samarendra Mohanty, assistant professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington and lead author of the study. This technique is already used to perform optical "tweezing," which can move an object forward and backward along a straight line. "Optical tweezing is useful for biomedical and microfluidic research," said Mohanty. "But it lacks the control and versatility of our fiber optic spanner, especially when it comes to working deep inside."

In the team's new optical spanner, the optical fibers use laser beams to first trap an object and then hold it in place. By slightly offsetting the optical fibers, the beams are able to impart a small twisting force, which causes the object to rotate in place. Depending on the positioning of the fibers, it is possible to create rotation along any axis and in any direction. This greatly enhances researchers' ability to study and image cells and groups of cells for biological research and medical analysis.

In their research, Mohanty and graduate student Bryan Black used their new technique to rotate and shift human smooth muscle cells without damaging them. Demonstrating that the technique may have both clinical and laboratory uses.

For example, the spanner could rotate cells in a microfluidic analysis, image them with tomography, and then move them aside to allow the analysis of subsequent cells in the flow.

The technique could also be used to rotate single cells to determine by their spin if they are normal or cancerous. It could also help examine embryos to aid in in-vitro fertilization. It could mix or pump the fluids in lab-on-a-chip devices, or move and rotate micro-spheres attached to the opposite ends of a DNA strand to stretch and uncoil the molecule, allowing it to be sequenced more efficiently. In a follow-up paper to be published in Applied Physics Letters, Mohanty describes how this method can be used to rotate and fluorescently scan an object, which would reveal details about its chemical properties.

Non-medical macroscopic uses for the tool are also possible. "I envision applications in the direct conversion of solar energy to mechanical energy, rotating large, macroscopic objects using this technique," Mohanty says. This would "simulate an environment in which photons radiated from the Sun could propel the reflective motors in solar sails, a promising future technology for deep-space travel."

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  1. Bryan J. Black, Samarendra K. Mohanty. Fiber-optic spanner. Optics Letters, 2012; 37 (24): 5030-5032 [link]

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