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Blue Whale’s Heart Beats Two Times a Minute When Diving
California based marine biologists used suction-cup electrodes to discover the secrets of the blue ‘s whales physiology, as reported last week in Nature. The blue whale and its massive size has long been a topic of interest for biologists. Its huge body mass needs a large amount of oxygen, but how it provides this during… Read more
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Stem Cell Therapy Combined with Immune System Response Repairs Heart Damage in Mice
A team of doctors at the university of Cincinnati have published their findings in Nature this week, claiming that the immune system’s response is vital to the efficacy of stem cells’ ability to repair the mechanical functions of mice’s heart. Stem cell research, once hailed as the holy grail of medicine, has been in a… Read more
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E. Coli Genetically Modified to Convert Atmospheric CO2
The research published this week from a team of Israeli scientists details the effort to engineer the bacteria, which typically uses sugars or other food sources, to instead grow and feed itself on atmospheric carbon dioxide. The choice of bacteria came down to two factors – E. Coli is particularly easy to engineer and modify,… Read more
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Playing Soundtracks in Damaged Coral Reefs Can Help Restore Fish Communities
A team of British and Australian researchers claim that playing the sound of healthy coral reefs significantly increases the number and diversity of fish in a damaged reef. The study found that playing a controlled audio track based off of a recording of a healthy reef was able to double the overall number of fish… Read more
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Preliminary Trial Suggests Ketamine May Be Useful For Treating Alcoholism
A study published this week by a Team at University College London suggests that Ketamine may prevent the brain retrieving memories that trigger relapses. Maladaptive Reward Memories (MRM) are abnormally strong memories that are formed during rewarding but potentially harmful behaviours, such as drinking, taking drugs, or binge eating. These memories are often retrieved by… Read more
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AI capable of guessing a video someone is watching based of brainwaves.
A team of Russian scientists trained an AI programme to guess key features of videos watched by a set of volunteers based on patterns of their brainwaves. The research conducted by technology firm Neurobiotics involved showing volunteers a set of videos with key visual stimuli such as a waterfall or a first persona video of… Read more
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