http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_128602.html FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — A simple form of meditation can help stave off feelings of loneliness and may cut the body’s inflammatory response — which can trigger serious illness — to distressing emotions, a small new study suggests. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh […]
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http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/07/mina-bissell-experiments-that-point-to-a-new-understanding-of-cancer.html Its the environment stupid! Interesting Ted talk about the link between form and function…
Computers used to be just for programmers, but these days most people own at least one. Now a similar revolution in access to drugs and other chemicals could be on the cards. A team of researchers led by chemist Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow, UK, has made a selection of chemicals using a digital blueprint […]
An interesting Audio clip on the world tipping point site…. http://worldwidetippingpoint.com/2012/01/biomimicry-and-architecture-for-the-future-janine-benyus/ I am ecstatic to have Janine Benyus in the tipping series not only because its relevant to have a few scientists in these dialogues, but also because she is one of the leading voices in the emerging field of Biomimicry, which can be explained […]
Some interesting psychobiology news that may shed light on alcohol drinking choices…. http://www.newswise.com/articles/deprived-of-sex-jilted-flies-drink-more-alcohol Newswise — Sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of a sad-sack Raymond Carver story: when female fruit flies reject their sexual advances, the males are driven to excessive alcohol consumption, drinking far […]
Researchers Find Electricity Generated by Tree Recently it was unveiled that maple trees can be used to produce electricity to power small gadgets. A report published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology says that maple trees produce a rather small but still measurable quantity of electricity. Those of you who have heard about potato batteryprobably are aware that the plant material […]
Very interesting article in New Scientist this week: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328553.100-exotic-electrical-effect-pops-up-in-soft-mammalian-tissue.html Exotic electrical effect pops up in soft mammalian tissue 07 March 2012 by Maggie McKee issue 2855. Prized for its potential to enhance computer memory, ferroelectricity could soon be the basis for drugs that switch off cholesterol and bio-RAM for implants AN ELECTRICAL phenomenon called ferroelectricity, used in […]
8 February 2012 by Wendy Zukerman Interesting effect of pulsed magnetic fields – a new era in medicine? ZAPPING the brain with a weak magnetic pulse can wipe out unwanted neural connections in mice at least. The discovery could be turned into a treatment for conditions associated with abnormal neural circuitry, such asschizophrenia. In transcranial magnetic stimulation a magnetic coil […]
8 February 2012 by Wendy Zukerman Interesting efffect of pulsed magnetic fields – a ZAPPING the brain with a weak magnetic pulse can wipe out unwanted neural connections in mice at least. The discovery could be turned into a treatment for conditions associated with abnormal neural circuitry, such asschizophrenia. In transcranial magnetic stimulation a magnetic coil induces electric […]
http://www.mindfulmuscleblog.com/heart-has-consciousness/ Heart Fields Many believe that conscious awareness originates in the brain alone. Recent scientific research suggests that consciousness actually emerges from the brain and body acting together. A growing body of evidence suggests that the heart plays a particularly significant role in this process. Far more than a simple pump, as was once believed, […]