Archive: Dec 2016

The intricate network of blood microcirculation in the human body is a closed and complex one. The hierarchy of blood flow in the human body takes blood from the heart to deep organs systems, through arteries that branch out into smaller arterioles and…

Drug delivery using nanotechnology for cancer therapy [Image: NIH Image Gallery]Over the past few decades, cancer therapies have become increasingly targeted, with protein and antibody drugs targeting specific proteins with exquisite selectivity. Often,…

A group at Toulouse University in France has found that slime molds are capable of passing on learned behaviors from population to another. After learning how to navigate around an unpleasant stimulus in order to reach its food, the slime mold was merged…

For decades now, scientists have believed that working memory, a form of short term memory, can be accessed only through the sustained firing of neurons. Working memory is used constantly in our day to day lives — from remembering the name of…

In Laetoli, Tanzania, researches were investigating the area where a new field archeology museum was proposed when they found two sets of human footprints. These footprints were left in volcanic ash 3-4 million years ago, likely by members of the…

Zebrabow embryos express random combinations of red, green, and blue fluorescent proteins, revealing a spectrum of unique hues. These same hues can be used to ‘barcode’ individual stem cells to track their birth and contribution to tissues as the embryo…

The original tweet by the House Science Committe “Global Temperature Plunge. Icy Silence from Climate Alarmists.” Image obtained from https://twitter.com/HouseScience/ In an affront to the scientific community, the Science Committee of the…

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  Have you ever experienced itchy, watery eyes as a result of seasonal allergies? The objects in this picture are to blame. This microscope image shows conjunctival tissue from an eye in the presence of a single mast cell. Mast cells are important…