Over the years, since Mendeleev, it became established that the atom was made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. Subsequently, the protons and neutrons were determined to consist of up quarks and down quarks. The "standard model" of today includes six quarks, six leptons, and twelve force-mediating particles--and perhaps an as-yet-to-be-found graviton--as what might be called the a-toms, the basic, indivisible structural units of existence. But the search goes on…Read More

This is a tale of love, and of tragedy reversed. Icelander Liv Gústavsdóttir was only twenty years old and arrestingly beautiful in every aspect of her being. Then a car accident resulted in severe injuries and burns over half of her body. In the years following she earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and subsequently created the world's most effective anti-aging skin-care emollients. Her company, Organics Atlantis, Ltd.,of Reykjavik, Iceland, quickly…Read More