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New perspectives on local calcium signaling

The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series introduces the newest technologies in the field of calcium signaling, which plays a central role in many cellular processes. The Perspectives appear in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Scientists use 'crowd funding' to secure research funds

When Tara Crawford saw a fishing net wrapped around a young California sea lion’s neck, cutting into its flesh and causing an infection, it reinforced her motivation to help these animals through her ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The emotional historian?

Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, a Gates scholar with an interest in the emotional history of South Africa, explains why the study of society's sentiments can unlock a better understanding of the past.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Do parasites evolve to exploit gender differences in hosts?

Some disease-causing parasites are known to favor one sex over the other in their host species, and such differences between the sexes have generally been attributed to differences in immune responses or behavior. But in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New 3-D display gives researchers an unusual imaging tool

No, the group of people wearing 3-D glasses who are captivated by a moving image on the big screen are not watching a special showing of “Avatar.”

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New perspectives on ion selectivity

The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series examines the ion selectivity of cation-selective channels and transporters. The series appears in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than allergies: Histamine may be a possible drug target for multiple sclerosis

If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here's something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that histamine could be an important molecu ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pheromones a myth in mammals

Something just didn’t smell right to Richard Doty. It was 1976 when the director of the Smell and Taste Center at Penn’s School of Medicine first started raising a stink about the existence of pheromones. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

The rising population of healthy elderly

In the basement of Harvard Law School’s Hemenway Gymnasium, a battle of the ages is being waged.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Periodic heart rate decelerations in premature infants

A normal healthy heart beats at a variable rate with extraordinarily complex fluctuations across a wide range of time scales. Reduced complexity of heart rate has both clinical and dynamical significance - it may provide ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human brains grow, change and can heal themselves

By the time Scott Hayner of Highland Park, Texas, was 7, he had had one skull fracture and three major concussions from falling off horses.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 0


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