Category: Life
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Genome. Life. Meaning.
Twenty years after the release of the human genome, the genetic 'blueprint' of human life, an international research team has now mapped the first draft sequence of the human proteome. (1) Genes mean nothing. Their expression through the proteome does. Proteome. But the proteome means nothing. Its manifestation through specific conditions is all that matters.…
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Life. Out of nothing.
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells, generating energy that supports life. A giant molecular proton pump, called complex I, is crucial: It sets in motion a chain of reactions, creating a proton gradient that powers the generation of ATP, the cell's fuel. Scientists have solved the mystery of how complex I works: Conformational changes…
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Prison. Happy faces. Memories.
Weighted blankets are a safe and effective intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to researchers who found that insomnia patients with psychiatric disorders experienced reduced insomnia severity, improved sleep and less daytime sleepiness when sleeping with a weighted chain blanket. (1) Encaged into this cosmos. Surrounded by memories. Enclosed into experience. We like our…
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Oxygen. Poison. Death. Flowers…
Much of life on planet Earth today relies on oxygen to exist, but before oxygen was present on our blue planet, lifeforms likely used arsenic instead. (1) Oxygen. Life-saving to-day. A poison in the early days. Arsenic. Death-bearer to-day. Life-giving element in the early days. Look around. We are all so sad to die. And…
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Optical illusions…
Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. Now Yale neuroscientists have found some answers in the eyes of flies, they reported in Aug. 24, 2020 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It…
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