There are recent cases of gonorrhoea, a common sexually-transmitted infection, which are untreatable by all known antibiotics. However, these cases are from developed countries. It could be even worse in developing or third-world countries. (more…)
Even a single, brief stress can induce days of relapse to cocaine-seeking among rats, but a new study shows how the tendency to relapse persists and how to shut it down, suggesting a new pathway for developing addiction treatment medications. (more…)
First let’s get to understand what fracking is:
According to Environmental Protection Agency, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, produces fractures in the rock formation that stimulate the flow of natural gas or oil, increasing the volumes that can be recovered. Wells may be drilled vertically hundreds to thousands of meters below the land surface and may include horizontal or directional sections extending thousands of meters. (more…)
Paper documents self-healing membrane for fuel cell applications
Fuel cells, which offer a cleaner, more efficient alternative to the combustion of gasoline and other fossil fuels, are an important enabling technology for the nation’s energy portfolio. (more…)
As hackers do, they hack your computer and take control of your system, in a similar way, in ‘Brainhacking’, neuroscientists place electrodes on physically disabled person’s head to let his brain control a robotic arm, let’s say. So the person can hold a cup to drink or hold cutlery to take his meal. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — Levels of first-time marijuana use in college have increased sharply in the past three years to the highest levels recorded in the past three decades. In 2015, about one in five college students became a first-time marijuana user. (more…)
Lebensgeschichtlich belastete oder traumatisierte Kinder und Jugendliche werden mit Hilfe der Traumapädagogik unterstützt. Pia Andreatta und Hermann Mitterhofer vom Institut für Psychosoziale Intervention und Kommunikationsforschung werden ihre wissenschaftliche und praktische Erfahrung in einem Universitätskurs ab Herbst 2017 an Interessierte in Theorie und Praxis weitergeben. (more…)
The ability to distinguish objects in peripheral vision varies significantly between individuals, finds new research from UCL, Paris Descartes University and Dartmouth College, USA. For example, some people are better at spotting things above their centre of vision while others are better at spotting things off to the right. (more…)
