January 8, 2015 Medical Science
Chronic pain management is currently a divisive health issue due to the opioids used to treat some manifestations of pain. Many doctors and treatment professionals look to the World Health Organization (WHO) for guidance regarding such issues. First developed in…
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The seven billion ash trees of North America are facing a very serious threat; already tens of millions have been killed. Unlike their Asian cousins, they have no biochemical defenses against the actions of the larvae (young) of Agrilus planipennis…
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Picture, if you will, a living, undulating mass of seaweed. It doesn’t blend too well with the other masses of seaweed, far more green than this mass that seems to have broken off of the rest. It’s far more ornate…
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It has now been more than 50 days since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and there are many unanswered questions. What is the cause of this environmental disaster – human or mechanical failure? How much oil is really spewing out…
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RNA interference, or RNAi, is an RNA-dependent mechanism that silences genes. RNAi is important in the gene silencing of developmental genes and show great potential for numerous fields of research. RNAi is commonly used to understand the function of genes…
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January 7, 2015 Medical Science
Stem cells are a very unique type of cell found in the body. According to the National Institutes of Health, stem cells are different from other cells in the following two distinct ways. These cells are unspecialized cells that can…
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January 7, 2015 Medical Science
The management of chronic pain has been a major public health issue over the last few decades. In April 2010, the Chronic Pain Management Task Force of the American Society of Anesthesiologists published their updated practice guidelines for the management…
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Australia is the lucky country. Its mineral and fuel resources are enormous by any standard. It has a land area about the same size as continental USA, with a population of 22 million, which is concentrated in five large cities…
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The Himalayan glaciers are the largest store of freshwater outside the polar ice caps. These glaciers supply 303 million cubic feet of water to many major rivers of the world like Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mekong, Thanlwin, Irrawady, Yangtze and Yellow…
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Starting in 1963, a new island was formed in the Atlantic Ocean off southern Iceland. The island would become known as Surtsey. The forming of Surtsey was a unique opportunity for scientists to observe the volcanic formation of an island….
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