Berkeley Lab framework supports research into lifelike behavior of inanimate objects
An elegantly simple experiment with floating particles self-assembling in response to sound waves has provided a new framework for studying how seemingly lifelike behaviors emerge in response to external forces. (more…)
Der anregend wirkende Bitterstoff Koffein kann die Freisetzung von Salzsäure im Magen sowohl stimulieren als auch verzögern, je nachdem, ob er Bitterrezeptoren im Magen oder im Mund aktiviert. “Wie unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, spielen Bitterrezeptoren generell eine Rolle bei der Regulation der Magensäureausschüttung. Es wäre daher denkbar, dass sich Bitterstoffe oder Bitterblocker zukünftig als Therapeutika einsetzen ließen, um eine Übersäuerung des Magens zu behandeln”, sagt Studienleiterin Veronika Somoza von der Universität Wien. (more…)
When Congress voted in March to reverse rules intended to protect Internet users’ privacy, many people began looking for ways to keep their online activity private. One of the most popular and effective is Tor, a software system millions of people use to protect their anonymity online. (more…)
Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, with the poorest third of U.S. counties projected to sustain economic damages costing as much as 20 percent of their income if warming proceeds unabated, according to a new study published in the journal Science. (more…)
Tübinger Forscherinnen und Forscher klären an Zellkulturen, dass der Arzneistoff den Energiehaushalt in geschädigten Körperzellen reguliert
Bei bestimmten Parkinsonformen könnte ein Diabetesmedikament helfen, berichten Tübinger Hirnforscher um Dr. Julia Fitzgerald am Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung, der Universität Tübingen und dem Deutschen Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen in Tübingen in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift Brain. (more…)
When HIV/AIDS became a pandemic, epidemiologists wanted to know where it began. In the 1980s, they found their answer in a freezer filled with blood. This blood had been collected in the 1950s from members of indigenous communities in Africa as part of anthropological research on human variation. To this day, that sample is the oldest trace of HIV known to biomedicine. It is what launched Joanna Radin’s interest in the field of biobanking, a means of preserving blood and other tissues for future research. It is also what led her to write her recently published book, “Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood.” (more…)
New solutions offer up to 8TB of memory and VMware configurations to support data-intensive business applications powered by the SAP HANA platform.
ARMONK, N.Y. – 12 Sep 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of new SAP-certified bare metal servers for SAP HANA® platform deployments in the IBM Cloud and new configurations for VMware environments. The new cloud infrastructure-as-a-service solutions are designed to give enterprises the power and performance they need to manage their mission-critical applications running on SAP HANA. (more…)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some of the most powerful bite forces in the animal kingdom. The ability to bite hard is critical for crocodilians to eat their food such as turtles, wildebeest and other large prey; therefore, their anatomy is closely studied by veterinarians and paleontologists who are interested in animal movements and anatomy. (more…)
