Daily Archives:April 14, 2016
Safely basking in the sun: Some plants apply sunscreen only when they need it
Many of us are routinely advised by our dermatologists to put on our sunscreen before we go outside and to even add more sunscreen in the middle of the day when the sun’s UV rays are most
经颅磁刺激treatment of tinnitus
Millions of people experience tinnitus – the perception of ringing or other sounds in the ears/head that does not have an external source. The most common cause of tinnitus is damage to/degeneration of auditory structures because of
‘Resurrection plants’, our ticket to crop drought tolerance?
The loss of crops or decrease in crop yields due to drought has been and still is a major natural disaster, resulting in multiple devastating humanitarian and environmental impacts. This is becoming prevalent in almost every inhabited
Outcomes of Influenza infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients
Influenza infection causes mild disease in most cases and severe complications in very few cases. The severity of influenza infection depends mainly on the type of influenza virus and the status of the patient’s immune system. Since
Cerebral herniation into the sigmoid sinus: A newly-realized cause of epilepsy
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, which may vary from a brief period of lapse of attention or muscle jerks, to severe and prolonged convulsions. The seizures are caused by sudden, usually brief, excessive
Nanostructure makes crystalline compound physically reactive
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) belongs to a class of crystalline compounds with layered structure: it consists of parallel honeycomb layers, in which hexagons vertices are alternatively occupied by boron (B) and nitrogen (N) atoms. Intra-layer bonds between
A capillaroscopy based method to help prediction of Systemic Sclerosis onset
Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare systemic disease, characterized by immune system alterations and diffused microvascular disruption, followed by fibrosis of skin and internal organs, and Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is often the first clinical manifestation of the
