Ultimos Posts 1. 07/02/2012 20:05 - THE INMUNE SYSTEM The case of the Russian immunologist M. Medzhitov (Yale University/Howard Hughes M. Institute), is instructive; you wins, if you're hungry.While in Russia Medzhitov dreamed of doing great discoveries in biology -impossible task- due to lack of facilities in Russia in bankruptcy. However he read by chance in 1992 at the Moscow State University, an article written by the American imm... 2. 29/01/2012 11:08 - X-MEN, CHINESE BOY WATCH VIDEO Youhui a chinese boy of 8 years old, native of Guanghou (China), surprised the world by having certain catlike visual characteristics: I) If his blue eyes are focused in the dark with a flashlight they glow (possibly due tohunting crickets and read in almost total darkness. Since in these circumstances his pupil (usually a circle), becomes a thin horizontal line (... 3. 22/01/2012 21:21 - GIANT SUPERSOLDIERS ANTS. According to Ehab Abouheif (McGill University / Canada), the ant genus Pheidole, developed from ancient (35-60 million years ago), giant soldier ants with huge jaws and disproportionate heads to plug holes that served as input, preventing entry of enemy ants. With the passage of time, this feature waned, now appearing in certain species at 1/15 000 ants. Abouheif and his team devel... 4. 19/01/2012 08:27 - NEEDED CHANGES in SCIENCE In USA and Europe, a growing group of young scientists struggle to change certain uses and modes of official science which they consider expensive, elitist and outdated. I) With just 4000 euros young scientists develop their own ideas, especially in biology, using modified homemade instruments (made with 3-D printer). Genspace, is a nonprofit laboratory, open to the public based in... 5. 15/01/2012 01:41 - OLDER ADULT'S MEMORY Although it is assumed that as we age our memory loss is more noticeable, the reality is : I) While some components of memory are affected by age others remain well preserved. The reason for this is the neural degeneration of certain brain areas, especially the frontal lobes, which focuses attention, planning and certain processes that store and retrieve information. The decrease i... |
