What Is The Red Material Found On Uranus’ Moons?
The seventh most distant planet in our Solar System, Uranus, is orbited by the mid-sized regular satellites Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon (Figure 1)….
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Depression Formation On Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Photographs of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko show its unexpected shape: two ellipsoidal blocks called the Head and Body, connected by a “neck.” On the…
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Black Box, White Coat: Rise Of The Machines In Medicine
Machine learning (ML) and its parent, artificial intelligence (AI), hold the potential to transform the way we live and work. For many, AI remains a…
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When Mimicry Matters: Sheep Mimic Important Individuals And Behaviours
Social animals routinely mimic the behaviors of their social partners. This ubiquitous phenomenon is the cornerstone of group cohesion and effective group functioning. After all,…
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A Closer Look at RIPK1-RIPK3 Core Amyloids
Amyloids are fibrillar proteinaceous assemblies whose accumulation is a hallmark of several human diseases. Formation of amyloid fibrils occurs when protein monomers change their structure…
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Laziness Or Heredity – What Makes The Back Hurt?
Researchers have used twins to investigate the influence of movement behavior on the development of permanent back pain — with astonishing results. Sooner or later,…
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Tidal Dissipation And The History Of The Icy Moons
The icy satellites of the outer solar system pose numerous puzzles, one of which is sometimes referred to as the Mimas-Enceladus paradox (e.g., Czechowski &…
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Organ Cryopreservation: Nature’s Protocol For Freezing Organs
Every year in Canada, 1600 people are added to the organ transplant waiting list, but there are only 20.9 donors available per million people; as…
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Adverse Events Following Coronary Angiography And Cardiac Surgery
Having a major adverse renal or cardiac event (MARCE) is a calculable risk following cardiac surgery. As techniques for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) have improved…
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Racial Disparity In Surgery For Esophageal Cancer
Surgery for esophageal cancer (esophagectomy) is considered standard of care for patients with early-stage disease and can provide long-term survival benefits to the patients. These…
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The Inactive X Chromosome Is Folded Like Origami By SMCHD1
The linear molecules of DNA that constitute our genome are wrapped around proteins called histones to form “chromatin.” To fit the nucleus, chromatin must be…
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