Earthquakes And The Strength Of The Crust In Taiwan
The strength of the crust plays a critical role in controlling the size and recurrence time of earthquakes, as well as the evolution of plate…
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Tired Teenies: Are Genes Or Environment Responsible For Lack Of Sleep In Adolescents?
In puberty, getting up early becomes torture for most teenagers. Scientists from Switzerland wanted to know what is responsible for this: genes or the environment?…
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Imaging Populations Of Neurons In A Sensorimotor System Reveals That Different Sensory Modalities Are Represented By A Combinatorial Code Of Excitatory And Inhibitory Responses
While you are reading this article, your brain is most likely being faced with a variety of different sensory stimuli such as noise from your…
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Nanoscale Engineering Of Magnetism
The control of magnetism is important in the operation of many modern electronic devices. Hard disks, still the prevalent device for storage of large amounts…
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A New Approach For High-Performance K-Ion Batteries
The International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO 2016) published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that the world’s energy consumption will grow by 48% between…
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Functional Genomics Approach To Identify New Combination Therapies For Cancer Treatment
The harnessing of the immune system to fight cancer is not a new concept. William Coley, a surgeon in the 1890s, observed that cancer patients…
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Measuring The Circular Economy’s Performance
Science allows us to understand the mechanisms of the environment we live in as well as how we, as human beings, have an impact on…
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Compensating For The Loss Of One Gene Copy By Activating The Other To Correct Human Disease
Our genome has two copies of each gene, contributed to equally by our mother and father. Having two copies of each gene allows for compensation…
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Rare Earth Elements From Manganese Oxide-Rich Sediments: Some New Evidence Of Extraction And Separation
As I wrote in one of my previous articles, the industry is becoming more and more demanding of many metals. The perceived supply risk for…
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More Worried Than Before: Parents Describe Growing Concern Over Their Kids’ Weight
In 2003, the U.S. General Surgeon proclaimed that America faced a new health epidemic: childhood obesity. Yet, many parents weren’t worried about their children’s weight….
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BIOCARB-4-FOOD: Exploring New Marine Food Ingredients
Food science and technology has experienced dramatic changes during the last century, which have been partly driven by new lifestyle trends and eating habits, as…
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