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POPSThe Power of the Memory Molecule Nevertheless, this paper marks an important advancement in understanding how chemical pathways in the brain are able to encode and recall events and experiences.
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POPSSpray-on solar cells
continues: "I think these materials have a lot more potential than traditional silicon," Jiang said. "They could be sprayed on any surface that is exposed to sunlight — a uniform, a car, a house." Another type of solar cell scientists are trying to develop are dye-sensitized cells, which so far are slightly less efficient than silicon cells, which convert about 12 percent of the sunlight that hits them into electricity. Typical organic cells only manage about 3 percent, prompting some scientists to caution praise for their use. Jiang and her colleagues made 20 tiny cells — each the size of a lower case "o" in standard 12-point print — and joined them together in an array to power the microscopic detector. The detector needs a 15-volt power source to work, and so far Jiang's solar cell array can provide about half of that — up to 7.8 volts in the lab tests she and her colleagues did. The next step, Jiang said, is to increase the voltage and then combine the tiny solar array
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POPSHazardous Area Classification Not understanding hazardous area classification can lead to a disaster. The blog post above gives some information about hazardous area classification and also has a case study and a video of an accident that happened because of poor area classification
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POPSMirror-touch people who feel a touch on their own body when seeing another person being touched
Because of the study's small size -- the researchers tested just ten synesthetes, though in a sense the number is incredible, as only one such case was previously documented -- the findings are primarily important in terms of physiology. Mirror system activity was observed in the lone earlier synesthete, and the current findings back up the association between the feelings and the system: if the same system was responsible for the sensation, it would ostensibly be difficult to distinguish between real and mirror touches. The researchers also noted that mirror synesthetes had higher levels of empathy than a control group in the study, though connecting such findings to a general empathic mechanism requires, at this stage in the research, a leap of faith. But it's probably not too soon to say, as one of the study's authors did, that "This may be an exaggeration of a brain mechanism that we all possess to some degree."
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POPSMan 'roused from coma' by a magnetic field after around 15 sessions something happened. "You started talking to him and he would turn his head and look at you," "Villa started obeying one-step commands, such as following the movement of a thumb and speaking single words." "Villa is by no means cured. But he is easier to care for and can interact with visitors "
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POPSThe Physiology And Psychology Of Voting The researchers used a multiple regression analysis to compare the effects of change in skin conductance levels in response to threatening images, gender, age, education, and income on support for socially “protective” policies such as the ones listed above. The only two statistically significant effects were those of education (less education translated into more support for conservative policies) and skin conductance. That in itself means that -- within the confines of this study -- physiology trumps gender, age and income, traditionally considered highly relevant causal factors in politics by social scientists. Moreover, the regression coefficient associated with skin conductance was more than 56 times that of education! !!!
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POPSSWRO and Energy Recovery Description: Energy recovery integrated with seawater reverse osmosis reducing it's costs and making it a green technology.
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POPSLearning From Mistakes Only Works After Age 12, Study Suggests "There is also an area of the brain that responds strongly to positive feedback: the basal ganglia, just outside the cerebral cortex. The activity of this area of the brain does not change. It remains active in all age groups: in adults, but also in children, both eight-year-olds and twelve-year-olds."
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POPSStudy links paracetemol to asthma risk I'm sure too many people give children paracetemol because they are crying through hunger or fear. Because an adult has a headache from the crying so the Child should? No The Primary use for Paracetemol in Children, is to reduce fever, when it goes over 38.5 degrees, because children can be particularly sensitive to fever, because it can cause convulsions. Only a small reduction is usually needed (0.5 deg) before the chances are minimalized . In any other case the damage caused by the solution, can far outweigh any benefit
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