Reading something new Every once in a while, it is healthy for established concepts and standard procedures to be challenged by ideas that come from outside the discipline's specialist field. They ...
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A recent conversation on Twitter led to the suggestion that
someone compile a list of physiological effects of concern for BOLD. That is, a
list of potentially confounding physiological changes tha...
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Abstract
The study of phenomena
like precognition, telepathy or clairvoyance has always been intertwined with
mainstream psychology research. And so it should: premonitions and other
uncanny sensa...
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Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate reacts with carbon dioxide to produce 3-keto-2-carboxyarabinitol 1,5-bisphosphate as the first step in the biochemical process of carbon fixation. It needs an enzyme to do...
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The following paper was published as recently as yesterday, but already caused a bit of a stir on social media. Let's see why.
A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistanceLosee L....
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In December 2013, Stergachis and colleagues published a high-profile paper on the dual role Transcription Factors (TFs) might have as a consequence of their binding to protein coding regions.
This ...
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The phytoconstituent echitamine
isolated from stem bark of Alstonia
scholaris was subjected for in vitro cataract
prevention study on glucose induced cataract model. Goat lenses were incubated w...
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This project explored the electrical properties
of the Mimosa pudica plant and its ability for conducting and
transmitting 2.4 GHz frequency radio waves which are commonly used for wireless
comm...
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BACKGROUND: The polysaccharide
hyaluronan is a major component of the extracellular matrix and has been
observed to impact retrovirus infectivity in biological settings. Hyaluronan
has also been ap...
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On the role of the circadian system in the earliest
evolution
of life: The diel hypothesis
Glen D. Brown
Unaffiliated
Every living organism has a circadian clock. The...
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Abstract
Hypothesis: The light/dark oscillation produced by the sun
and rotating earth and the change in the period of that oscillation have played
a more pivotal role in the evolution of life...
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Whatever gets you through the night ‘salright,
‘salright…Don’t need a clock to waste your time oh no,
oh no…Whatever gets you to the light ‘salright, ‘salright.
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