A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
In Defense of Pathogenic Proteins
[caption id="attachment_7283" align="alignnone" width="720"] Scientists found in yeast cells protein aggregates (light green spots). As cells age and divide, these aggregates become more frequent (micrograph). Source: ETH Zurich / Juha Saarikangas[/caption] We age because the…
Starburst Spider
[caption id="attachment_7277" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona[/caption] Mars' seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to vapor) every spring. In the region…
New mechanism
A new study from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear showed that in some cases of vestibular schwannoma, a potentially lethal tumor often associated with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), secretions from the…
JWST mirror taking shape
[caption id="attachment_7269" align="alignnone" width="625"] Source: NASA/C. Gunn[/caption] This photograph shows the James Webb Space Telescope mirror taking shape, with 12 of the 18 mirror segments that make up the primary mirror installed. The first of…