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…
Scientist Shows, How Aging Incapacitate The Immune System
[caption id="attachment_6032" align="alignright" width="300"] The Scripps Research Institute team found that stromal cells (green) in the thymus were deficient in an antioxidant enzyme called catalase (red), resulting in accelerated metabolic damage. (Source: TSRI)[/caption] Scientists from…
LISA Pathfinder launch sequence
Description Scheduled for launch in late 2015, ESA’s LISA Pathfinder will test key technologies for space-based observation of gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of spacetime that are predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory…
Possible new weapon against PTSD
Blocking a newly identified memory pathway could prevent the disorder. [caption id="attachment_6023" align="alignright" width="300"] This illustration shows a brain with the amygdala highlighted in the center. In the background are models of the serotonin molecule.Illustration:…
Morgridge Institute Selects Pagliarini To Lead Campus Metabolism…
[caption id="attachment_6016" align="alignright" width="150"] Dave Pagliarini[/caption] MADISON - Dave Pagliarini, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor whose departmental home put metabolism research on the map worldwide, will help define the future of Wisconsin metabolism science…