Typical sleep patterns in mammals are composed of two phases: non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep or dreaming sleep. Researchers from Bern wanted to understand the…
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- December 28, 2015
Earlier this year, a team of researchers at John Hopkins University published a paper which suggested that random mutations in DNA had a significant role to play in cancer development. These findings…
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- December 22, 2015
Although reseatchers have known about the phenomenon of 'inattentional deafness,' the exact reasons behind it were not known. A team of researchers from University College London conducted a study on…
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- December 16, 2015
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany have developed a new light sheet microscope using which they have been able to view the earliest stages of cell division.…
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- December 16, 2015
Use #DearDrEddy on Twitter to join Editage Insights on December 17 and 18, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC, for a live Q&A session with Dr. Eddy, who represents the collective knowledge and expertise of…
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- December 9, 2015
In this final part of our interview series with Rachael Lammey, Product Manager at CrossRef, she talks about how it is important for smaller publishers or those who currently do not have advanced…
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- December 9, 2015
Diamond is considered to be the hardest material known to man. However, a newly discovered substance named Q-carbon has claimed the title of being the hardest material formed from carbon. A team of…
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- December 7, 2015
Nav1.7 plays an important role in pain pathways, and individuals born with non-functioning Nav1.7 fail to experience pain. Although scientists have developed drugs that would block Nav1.7 in an…
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- December 7, 2015
In this vignette, Rachael Lammey, Product Manager at CrossRef, covers an interesting topic – the use of technology in publishing.
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- December 2, 2015
It is believed that appendix is a vestigial organ and its removal is one of the most commonly performed surgeries. However, two research groups headed by Professor Gabrielle Belz of Melbourne's…
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- December 2, 2015