After reading the news on world’s top medias, President Donald Trump calling actress Stormy Daniels ‘horseface’, I got curious and directly went through searchiing actress’s Instagram account. I was suspicous of something. (more…)
Studie der Universitäten Bonn und Tübingen zeigt, wie menschliche Neurone Mengenangaben verarbeiten
Wie erkennen wir, ob vor uns drei Äpfel liegen oder vier? Professor Florian Mormann von der Universität Bonn und Professor Andreas Nieder von der Universität Tübingen sind mit ihrem Team einer Antwort auf diese Frage nun einen Schritt näher gekommen. (more…)
UCLA research could help health care providers make better use of life-saving resources
A new algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long, whether or not they receive a heart transplant. The algorithm would allow doctors to make more personalized assessments of people who are awaiting heart transplants, which in turn could enable health care providers to make better use of limited life-saving resources and potentially reduce health care costs. (more…)
Charles Johnson, University of Washington professor emeritus of English and award-winning author, has released a new book of short stories, his fourth.
The dozen stories in “Night Hawks,” published this month by Scribner, range from realism to light science fiction, myth and his own personal experiences, laced gently with humor and philosophy. Calling him a “modern master,” Kirkus Reviews wrote of the new book: “Johnson’s stories can be as morally instructive as fables, as fancifully ingenious as Twilight Zone scripts, and as elegantly inscrutable as Zen riddles.” (more…)
Wanderer im Gebirge, Obstbauern oder die Betreiber von Stromnetzen: Alle möchten wissen, ob und wo genau in den nächsten Tagen mit Donner, Blitz und Hagel zu rechnen ist. Forscher um Dr. Thorsten Simon haben ein Modell entwickelt, mit dem Gewitter vorhergesagt werden können. (more…)
Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience — the sense of connection to something greater than oneself. (more…)
Forscher zeigen, wie die Toxine des resistenten Bakteriums Clostridium difficile in Darmzellen eindringen
Die Therapie bakterieller Infektionen mit Antibiotika schädigt häufig die Darmflora und führt zu Durchfall und Darmentzündungen. Oftmals sind Bakterien mit dem Namen Clostridium difficile, die gegen Antibiotika resistent sind, dafür verantwortlich. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin come one step closer in determining what is going on in the brain while we walk, paving the way for better treatment for mobility impairments — strokes, aging and Parkinson’s — and technology development — prosthetics and robots. (more…)
