(notes to self)

L’omeprazolo (antiacido) riduce l’efficacia del clopidogrel (antiaggregante), aumentando il rischio di infarto e ictus.

“The novel principle is that titanium by itself is chemically inert. However, when the particles become progressively smaller, their surface, in turn, becomes progressively bigger and in the interaction of this surface with the environment oxidative stress is induced,” he said. “This is the first comprehensive study of titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced genotoxicity, possibly caused by a secondary mechanism associated with inflammation and/or oxidative stress. Given the growing use of these nanoparticles, these findings raise concern about potential health hazards associated with exposure.”
(Andiamo bene, le nanoparticelle di TiO2 sono nei dentifrici, integratori, coloranti, cosmetici…
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(Da @zen_habits) Great, reminds me of the Angry Flower :-) :-D

“Translation is far more than words,” said Hartmann, who specializes in translating German patents. It requires him to understand not only the context of words and phrases, but also the technical and legal issues involved. And his spelling has to be impeccable. The slightest error can cause extraordinary embarrassment.”

quando la natura e il tempo trasformano gli alberi in capolavori.
(da @swissinfo_it)

“I visit a lot of startups, the video here is of Posterous, a company that is doing it right. Usually you can tell immediately whether a startup is really run well (which Posterous is). You’ll have your own ability to “smell” real startups when you go on the Startup Crawl in SF on November 20. Start the video to listen to Posterous’s founders and then compare them to your favorite startup. Can you see the difference? (…)”
By Robert Scoble