Featured Thoughts, News and Microarticles from the Scientific Community.
Using X-ray luminiscence to overcome limitations in molecular imaging
Soenke Bartling–Aug 16, 2010
I thought of the possibility to use X-ray luminiscences to overcome limitations in molecular imaging 2.5 years ago and did not follow it because of negative colleague opinions, time and resource constraints, and now: it works and it is published - I will learn from this mistake! (View details)
Bridging Digital Divide in India to create equal opportunities.
Vemireddy Ramachandra Reddy–Jul 18, 2010
Internet, which is considered to be the treasure house of knowledge orthe information superhighway, makes a huge difference as far as dissemination of information is concerned. But unfortunately in India the Internet penetration is too low. The India...(Read more)
Privacy Law in Germany: Lex Street View?
Dennis Jlussi–Jul 16, 2010
Till Steffen, Senator of Justice of the City of Hamburg, tabled a motion to the Bundesrat, the German second chamber, proposing new provisions in regard to Google Street View and similar services. It is Hamburg's Data Protection Officer Johannes Casp...(Read more)
Pawan Kumar Janbandhu–Jun 27, 2010
Much has been researched on biometric based cryptosystems in order to generate private key for cryptographic algorithms from biometrics. It will serve two purposes we can legally bind the owner of the biometric sample with the idenfication or verifi...(Read more)
Dramatic binding of nanoparticles to plants
Sergei Ostroumov–Jun 22, 2010
A new discovery helps predict the fate of nanoparticles (NP) in environment. NP of gold (Au) bind to aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum so efficiently that Au content in plants increased by two orders of magnitude as compared to the background level of Au in the plants - as a recent paper reported (View details)Sergei Ostroumov–Jun 17, 2010
One of the most fundamental concepts of ecology is an ecosystem. The traditional definition was proposed in the 1930s. A new, modern definition is needed (PDF). The relatively recent definition that was proposed in the paper (S. A. Ostroumov, “New De...(Read more)
Color CT Distinguishes Between Two Contrast Media
Soenke Bartling–Jun 8, 2010
"Color" CT can be used to distinguish two different contrast media: in this case iodine and barium. Unfortunately this implementation is only currently being used in non-living mice - however, very interesting to read.(View details)Google, Google Scholar, Google Books and Science
Michael Nentwich–Jun 9, 2010
The Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences just published a research report on the role of Google, Google Scholar and Google Books for science, in the framework of the project "Interactive Science": König, R., Ne...(Read more)
What is the correlation between Efficiency, Effectiveness and Competitiveness?
Zithulele Balindlela–Jun 1, 2010
Economists and other people in our society use these terms everyday but we normally make a confusion in defining and expressing the correlation between them; efficient, effective and competitive. Allow me to try and define these terms in economic sen...(Read more)
Blood groups and growth, newer aspects
Peter Arend–May 15, 2010
Decades ago a fortunate experimental condition was discovered in the anatomy of the C57BL/10J inbred mouse, where a purely endogenous origin of "natural" antibody production could be demonstrated (1, 2, 3) and growth processes already were required...(Read more)
“Artemisinin”- A Major Breakthrough In Malaria Chemotherapy
Subhendu Chakroborty–May 9, 2010
Malaria is a vector borne parasitic disease caused by the genus Plasmodium, affecting over 100 countries of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Four different Plasmodium species infect humans and cause distinct disease patterns: P. fa...(Read more)
Sina Mandalinci–Apr 28, 2010
Worldology is a term I coined back in 1984 during my first year as a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University. Back then there was really no pressing need to speak of globalization regardless of the fact that the proces...(Read more)
By the One, toward the One, being the One
Katelis Viglas–May 5, 2010
Some remarks on the Neoplatonic One, in connection with a book review of mine: George Lekkas, Plotinus. Towards an ontology of mode, Editions Papazisi, Athens 2009, 134 pp. in Critica - A Greek Online Journal of Philosophical Reviews (in Greek) T...(Read more)
p32 & p53, twins with different fates
Xiao-Dong Dang–Apr 24, 2010
Fogal et al (2010) found that the p32 gene (on human chromosome 17q13.3), which was overexpressed in some cancer cells, had actually promoted the level of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in mitochondria. The knockdown of p32 in an experiment then...(Read more)
Paul Schoenhagen–Apr 25, 2010
I've recently come across this interesting article.(View details)MicroRNA, trinucleotide repeats, and the genetics of general cognitive ability (IQ)
Volkmar Weiss–Apr 16, 2010
A full understanding of the genetics of schizophrenia, autism, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), alzheimer and a large number of neurodegenerative diseases seems to be impossible without reckoning with IQ as a major confoundi...(Read more)
Dennis Quaid and Medical Errors
James Douglas Orton–Apr 12, 2010
On the drive to work today I listened to an interview on CSPAN's Washington Journal with a doctor based in Texas and actor Dennis Quaid. Nearly a year ago, Quaid and his wife Kimberly were in the room when their newborn twins were given a dose of he...(Read more)
Himadri Das–Apr 14, 2010
Please feel free to leave a comment if you know the diagnosis. (Read more)
Institutional e-mails under papers - still good state of the art?
Soenke Bartling–Apr 13, 2010
Most researchers still use institutional e-mails in papers, abstracts or presentations. I don't think this is appropriate, especially with today's researcher's mobility and not-forwarding institute admins. Supporting institution is clearly provided by the affiliation.(View details)Conference: Ecosystems, Organisms, Innovations
Sergei Ostroumov–Apr 5, 2010
On June 23-24, 2010, an international conference with the title ‘Ecosystems, Organisms, Innovations – 12’ will take place in Moscow, Russian Federation. The conference is hosted by Moscow State University together with several other national and int...(Read more)
