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Supporting International Postdocs: “How can we make this place more like home?”
Even after doing this countless times before, I was still nervous waiting outside my advisor’s office to talk about some experiments that did not work. “What if they ask for more data than I have? What if I picked the wrong project?” These thoughts quickly devolve into something darker like: “Do I deserve to be here?
It's Scientists Against Techies in the Brain Implant World
During his military training in 1892, German psychiatrist Hans Berger was almost trampled to death by a horse-drawn cannon. At the exact same time, his sister had a sudden feeling he was in danger and decided to telegram her brother. Berger would later describe this as a "case of spontaneous telepathy," which made him dedicate a lifetime to understanding how brain activity can change someone's thoughts.
November-December - 2022 - Volume: 110 - Number: 6
November-December 2022 Volume: 110 Number: 6 Following Russia’s invasion on February 24, the lives of scientists in Ukraine, like those of everyone else in the country, were upended. Russia has targeted educational and research institutions, destroying 285 buildings and damaging 2,528, according to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
4 Ph.D. neuroscience students from other countries share the challenges of studying in the US
International students make important contributions to the U.S. They can enrich scientific research through diversity of thought. They pay taxes, support businesses and jobs, and can help offset the cost of tuition for American students. Despite the many ways that international students benefit the U.S., a number of barriers make it difficult for them to advance their research careers.
4 Ph.D. neuroscience students from other countries share the challenges of studying in the US
International students make important contributions to the U.S. They can enrich scientific research through diversity of thought. They pay taxes, support businesses and jobs, and can help offset the cost of tuition for American students. Despite the many ways that international students benefit the U.S., a number of barriers make it difficult for them to advance their research careers.
Even short-term exposure to pollution can reduce mental performance
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Keith Chambers via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) People with sickle cell disease encounter significant health issues such as kidney failure. Sickle cell disease, found predominantly in Black and African American populations, is when red blood cells are shaped like crescent moons (or “sickle-shaped”) instead of round and disc-like.
New research shows how one sniff separates trillions of molecules into smells
When we first learn about our senses, it all may seem pretty straightforward: our eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and hands are each responsible for capturing some aspect of the world around us, and they send sensory information back to our brains where it can be processed. But there are still so many things that we do not fully understand about how our senses work. One such mystery is the molecular mechanics of scent.
Scientists have restored youth to aging eyes in mice
Big congratulations to Jeff Bezos, who rode torturous working conditions for his employees, an avalanche of monopolization that put small business into the dirt, and a rocket ship that looks like a penis into 10 minutes in low-Earth orbit. Look at this damn thing Via Flickr Bezos and his space tourism company, Blue Origin, see this as the first step towards mining space for resources that humans can use on Earth.
Despite a flashy design, Elon Musk's Neuralink has little substance
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Askar.syrlybekov on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) In the light of rising antimicrobial resistance, scientists have turned to metallic compounds to fight bacterial infections. By sculpting metallic compounds of silver, copper, and zinc into tiny spikes called nanowires, one can essentially stab the bacteria and and prevent them from growing.
Sniff test: How our sense of smell appears to signal whether an unresponsive patient might recover consciousness
The GLP Needs Your Help It is easier than ever for advocacy groups to spread disinformation on pressing science issues, such as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. No, vaccines are not harmful. Yes, the use of biotechnology, GMOs or gene editing to develop antigens for treatments including vaccines are part of the solution. To inform the public about what’s really going on, we present the facts and challenge those who don't. We can’t do this work without your help.
A smell test can predict whether unresponsive patients will recover
Živa Trajbarič on Pexels Smell could be the key to predicting recovery paths for people after brain injuries June 21, 2020 Our senses are the only way we have to interact with the world around us. It is by using them that we diagnose and treat people after severe brain injuries. The Glasgow Coma Scale, for instance, takes into account a person’s ability to listen to commands. If they're not able to do that, then their ability to respond to painful touch stimuli is tested.
Got a sweet tooth? Your gut bacteria are asking for some sugar
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Earlier this year, Google released an artificial intelligence-based dermatology app called Derm Assist. Based off pictures alone, it is capable of recognizing 288 different skin conditions — with one big caveat: The app, developed out of a 2020 Google study published in Nature Medicine,was built on a 64,387-image database heavily biased toward images of white and light brown skin.
A new machine can translate brain activity directly into written sentences
Bret Kavanaugh on Unsplash Translating up to 50 sentences at once, it's about as accurate as human transcription April 12, 2020 You've probably been there: wanting to text someone quickly, but your hands are busy, maybe holding the groceries or cooking. Siri, Alexa, and other virtual assistants have provided one new layer of interaction between us and our devices, but what if we could move beyond even that? This is the premise of some brain-machine interfaces (BMIs).
Birth and cell death may go hand in hand
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit a note Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an infographic depicting the compatibility of various facial hairstyles with filtering respirators. This is important because respirators function best with an airtight seal.
This new DNA test that shows a child’s true age has real promise
Epigenetic clocks are a new type of biological test currently capturing the attention of the scientific community, private companies and governmental agencies because of their potential to reveal an individual’s “true” age.
This U.S. map could predict your lifespan
Newly released data on life expectancy across the U.S. shows that where we live matters for how long we live. A person in the U.S. can expect to live an average of 78.8 years, according to the most recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, life expectancy varies widely across geography. A child born in Mississippi today could expect to never reach his or her 75th birthday.
Diet supplements: 5 poisonous ingredients that have been found in them
More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84 percent – are confident the products are safe and effective. They should not be so trusting. I’m a professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut. As described in my new article in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, consumers take real risks if they use diet supplements not independently verified by reputable outside labs. 5 poisonous ingredients found during supplement testing 1.
How did I get my own unique set of fingerprints?
Fingerprints are those little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They’re essentially folds of the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. The “prints” themselves are the patterns of skin oils or dirt these ridges leave behind on a surface you’ve touched. Your fingerprints began to form before you were born. When a fetus starts to grow, the outside layer of its skin is smooth.
A.I. research has disrupted how we think about the human brain in one fundamental way
Despite billions of dollars spent and decades of research, computation in the human brain remains largely a mystery. Meanwhile, we have made great strides in the development of artificial neural networks, which are designed to loosely mimic how brains compute. We have learned a lot about the nature of neural computation from these artificial brains and it’s time to take what we’ve learned and apply it back to the biological ones.
Did these scientists just create the first lab-grown human breastmilk?
Their press release was understated. “Two women may have made breastmilk — outside the body,” food scientist Michelle Egger and cell biologist Leila Strickland announced in a Medium post this past Thursday. The two founders of BIOMILQ presented the first evidence that they can grow breastmilk directly from isolated human mammary cells, housed in a sophisticated bioreactor. This may spell the beginning of the end for infant formula, and a new beginning for much other lactation research.
Iron concentrations in teenagers' brains can be linked to their cognitive abilities
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit a note Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own Today is the World Pangolin Day. This day is celebrated each year, on the third Saturday of February, to raise awareness about pangolins.
These women are missing the 'scent region' of the brain. Why do they still smell?
When Tali Weiss and her colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Science found a patient that had an otherwise normal sense of smell, but with no apparent [olfactory bulb], they were surprised. In a serendipitous observation, the team was scanning a woman that was supposed to be a “healthy control” for a different study. When analyzing the MRI scan of that patient, the scientists found no OB at all.
People missing the scent region of their brain can still smell
(Laura Olivas/Getty Images) Scientists thought you needed an olfactory bulb to smell — then they discovered two unique women Thiago Arzua February 8, 2020 2:00AM (UTC) This story originally appeared on Massive Science, an editorial partner site that publishes science stories by scientists. Subscribe to their newsletter to get even more science sent straight to you. Think about the last time you had a cold.
People missing the scent region of their brain can still smell
Photo by Richárd Ecsedi on Unsplash Scientists thought you needed an olfactory bulb to smell — then they discovered two unique women February 7, 2020 Think about the last time you had a cold. Think how weird it felt to not be able to smell or taste anything just because your nose was clogged up. That is, to an extent, the life of people with anosmia: the term for not being able to smell. Some patients are born with it.
The power of coffee
You’re reading this with a cup of coffee in your hand, aren’t you? Coffee is the most popular drink in many parts of the world. Americans drink more coffee than soda, juice, and tea — combined. How popular is coffee? When news first broke that Prince Harry and Meghan were considering Canada as their new home, Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons offered free coffee for life as an extra enticement.
Could radiation in deep space fry astronauts' brains?
Many of us biologists conduct fieldwork in diverse places, from Alaska to the tropics, from aiming to understand how microbes are responding to climate change in the boreal soils to learning about life history strategies and co-evolutionary arms races of bats, their ectoparasitic flies, and the ectoparasitic fungi living on those flies.
Miniature Brains Recently Sent Out Brain Waves for the First Time
The brain organoids, about the size of a pea, can be used to better understand neurological diseases A colorized scanning electron microscope image of a neuron (orange) interfaced with the nanowire array. (Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, UC San Diego ) smithsonianmag.com December 13, 2019 This story originally appeared on Massive Science, an editorial partner site that publishes science stories by scientists. We are in a boom of organoids.
Miniature brains the size of a pea are sending out brainwaves for the first time
Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory, UC San Diego Are they fetal brains in a jar? No. Should we still be excited and slightly concerned? Yes. December 10, 2019 We are in a boom of organoids. New and exciting advancements are approaching quickly with these tiny, model organs. Perhaps the most intriguing: the brain organoid.
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