The Corante blog is taking a second look at brain research that could turn Alzheimer’s thinking on its head:
… Read the rest “Is Alzheimer’s a yeast infection? Are the plaques the *cure*?”A recent paper in PLoS One makes the case that beta-amyloid, the protein
Originally published in 1612 in published in Istoria e Dimostrazioni Intorno Alle Macchie Solari e Loro Accidenti Rome.
found via Woolgathersome.
Science Daily reveals the health-boosting chemicals found in maple syrup:
… Read the rest “Maple syrup – now *that’s* sweet….”University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram, who specializes in medicinal plant research, has found
PhysOrg divides bad dreams between the sleeping sexes:
… Read the rest “Men and women have different nightmares.”The study, carried out by Dr Michael Schredl of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, involved over 2,000 people,
Princeton University researchers have found the bitter truth about HFCS:
… Read the rest “Corn syrup not so sweet.”The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard
“Trophic level” is a measure of how far up the food chain an animal is. It’s generally used in ecological studies to show how much impact a predator has on its habitat –… Read the rest “Cookbook ecology”
This is Agathis dammara, the tree from which we get dammar gum, used as a varnish on paintings, a glaze on food or an ingredient in incense.
Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science Art: Aghatis Dammars, Nordisk familjebok”
Nature reports on the first object large enough to see that’s been put into the quantum state of neither moving nor not-moving:
… Read the rest “Quantum drum beats without beating.”Cleland and his team took a more direct measure of quantum
The Associated Press plunges into the icy waters of the unknown to present us with an unspeakable creature… a shrimp that should not be:
… Read the rest “Shrimp that should not be!”Six hundred feet (183 metres) below the ice
PhysOrg shows you how to arrange the swap:
… Read the rest “Lose a gene, gain a limb.”The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing potential in mice long thought to have been lost through evolution and reserved for
Yes, I interviewed (briefly) the legendary astronomer backstage at GeekPop ’10. The full text is up here, at the geekpop site.
Science Daily takes a close look at how psychopaths’ brains are shaped by rewards:
… Read the rest “Last one alive wins.”Previous research on psychopathy has focused on what these individuals lack — fear, empathy
Another engraving by the Scotch Quaker, mentioned here previously. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Discovery News finds a strange new source of energy – gas hydrates, solid chunks of frozen natural gas better known as combustible ice:
… Read the rest “Fire from ice.”In China, the deposit is in a high, frozen plateau,
Hate Mail From Third Graders is NOVA’s tribute to Pluto’s lost status as ninth planet.
The letters (to Hayden Planetarium director Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson), are well worth… Read the rest ““If it doesn’t exist then they don’t have a favorite planet.””
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