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Little known about children living with HIV-infected adults in Africa

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2016Healthafrica, children, hiv-infected, rachel goldberg, subsaharan africa, susan short

Despite the focus in recent decades on fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, a new study reveals that little is known about one of the area’s most vulnerable populations: children living in households with HIV-infected adults.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Sub-Saharan Africa has long been known to have the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world. But a new study published in PLOS One reveals that despite the focus on the region, few estimates exist of one of its most vulnerable populations: children living in households with HIV-infected adults. (more…)

Head up, heart down: Vertical placement matters

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2016Technologyadvertisement, aradhna krishna, head up, heart down, news website, vertical placement

ANN ARBOR — The metaphor is an old one in Western civilization—the head represents rationality and the heart represents emotion. The link is often made in speech and literature by pointing at one’s head (thinking) or at one’s chest (feeling). (more…)

How two software engineers found fantastic roles at Microsoft through Codess

By Guest PostFebruary 29, 2016Technologyalexa marenghi, christina lynch, codess, dublin office, Microsoft, sinead mcgivney, software engineers

When Sinead McGivney and Christina Lynch attended a Codess networking event in Dublin last year, they had no idea it would be the first step to finding exciting new careers as Bing Advertising Support engineers at Microsoft. (more…)

Robotic Vehicles Offer a New Tool in Study of Shark Behavior

By Guest PostFebruary 29, 2016Natureamy kukulya, new tool, remus sharkcam, robotic vehicles, shark behavior, study

The dramatic video footage of a great white shark attacking the “REMUS SharkCam” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) brought some of the highest ratings to Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2014 and went viral on the Internet. (more…)

Deutschland bleibt Exportweltmeister im Umweltschutz

By Guest PostFebruary 29, 2016Environmentdeutschland, exportweltmeister, maria krautzberger, umweltschutz

Verschärfter internationaler Wettbewerb erfordert innovationsorientierte Umweltpolitik

Umweltschutz bleibt ein wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor in Deutschland. Das zeigt der aktuelle Bericht des Umweltbundesamts (UBA) zur Umweltwirtschaft. Demnach wurden im Jahr 2013 Güter für den Umweltschutz im Wert von fast 82 Milliarden Euro produziert – sechs Prozent der gesamten deutschen Industrieproduktion. Auch im internationalen Wettbewerb sind deutsche Unternehmen gut aufgestellt: Mit einem Welthandelsanteil von 14,8 Prozent war Deutschland im Jahr 2013 erneut größter Exporteur von Umweltschutzgütern wie Luftfiltern, Dämmstoffen oder intelligenten Zählern zur Steuerung des Energieverbrauchs. (more…)

„Moment, hier war ich doch schon!“ – Wie das Gehirn Ortserinnerungen bildet

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2016Scienceandrea burgalossi, gehirn, hippocampus, ortserinnerung

Tübinger Forscher aktivieren im Experiment vormals ruhende Gedächtniszellen

Tübinger Neurowissenschaftlern ist es gelungen, ruhende Gedächtniszellen von Ratten zu aktivieren. Durch gezielte schwachelektrische Impulse konnten sie vormals inaktive Zellen im Hippocampus dazu bringen, den Ort der Impulsverabreichung wiederzuerkennen. Der Hippocampus ist bei Nagetieren wie auch dem Menschen für das Gedächtnis zuständig. Die Studie des Forscherteams am Werner Reichardt Centrum für Integrative Neurowissenschaften (CIN) der Universität Tübingen gibt daher Hinweise darauf, wie in unserem Gehirn Erinnerungen gebildet werden. Die Ergebnisse wurden nun im Fachmagazin Current Biology veröffentlicht.
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1 in 4 kids sexually harassed by friends online

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2016General, Technologycybercrime, friends online, kids, sexually harassed, thomas holt

It’s not just strangers who target children online. Kids’ own friends are sexually harassing them over the Internet, finds new research led by a Michigan State University cybercrime expert. (more…)

The psychology behind religious belief

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2016Culture, Health, Sciencebehind, fear of death, mystical personality type, nature of god, psychology, religious belief, steven reiss

Researcher says religion fulfills 16 basic human desires

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Throughout history, scholars and researchers have tried to identify the one key reason that people are attracted to religion.

Some have said people seek religion to cope with a fear of death, others call it the basis for morality, and various other theories abound. (more…)

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