Daily Archives: December 15, 2015
Our sense of length difference between two successive time intervals depends on which interval is held constant
How sharp is our sense of time? This is often investigated in terms of the smallest difference in the duration of two time intervals that can be detected with a given accuracy, usually 75%. This difference threshold
Mold is meat: Microbes are trophically equivalent to animals in the food-chain
The biological world can be divided into two vast “empires:” 1) organisms that make their own food (i.e., autotrophs, such as plants, algae, phytoplankton), and 2) those that must eat other organisms to live (i.e., heterotrophs, such
Using stem cells to battle brain diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are conditions resulting from the malfunction and death of brain cells, known as “neurons”. As people are living longer, neurodegenerative diseases affect an increasing number of people and pose a major social and economic burden
The multiple faces of Alzheimer’s disease: it’s not only memory
When we think of Alzheimer’s, the first thing that comes to our mind is memory loss. Memory problems were, until recently, a core and mandatory criteria to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The word has spread through awareness programs
Lighting up a flashlight without batteries
What people often do is the usage of batteries to light a lamp or a flashlight for illumination. Herein, researchers from Institute of Intelligent Machines (IIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) shall tell you another way to
Salmonella savors flavors
Salmonella is a common bacterial pathogen that causes a type of food-poisoning in humans (salmonellosis) which is characterized by diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. In general, the illness is self-limiting and most people recover without treatment.
Isovaline, a compound first identified in the Murchison meteorite, shows potential for treating Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain disease that affects 65 million people worldwide and is characterized by seizures that arise from hyper-active and hyper-connected brain cells. Typically, the first approach for managing seizures is treating individuals with pharmaceuticals. However,
Core predictors of ‘hassles’ among patients with multimorbidity in primary care
A major problem in current primary care is that services are set up for single long term conditions, whereas many older patients have more than one. Studies conducted through interviews only suggest that patients experience ‘hassles’ in
Chromatin remodeling regulates multiple liver functions
Liver is a one of the largest tissues that has the ability to regenerate itself upon stimulation. The liver also performs a variety of complex functions which support body homeostasis including detoxification and providing essential molecules to
Current perceptions with regard to the causes of shoulder impingement syndrome
One of the most common musculoskeletal complaints of patients seeking medical advice is shoulder pain, with shoulder impingement syndrome being the most commonly diagnosed shoulder disorder. Modern advances in anatomy, biomechanics, and research have gone some way
