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Time is relative, playing devils advocate with myself..and maybe you..

October 22, 2009 by MainFragger

In the past I have pretty vehemently stated that I don't believe time is relative. That matter is relative, time is stable, and sometimes we mix up our perceptions or our lack of understanding of matter with our understanding of time, and as such get erroneous results when we perceive time to be relative.

'Who' Am I?

October 22, 2009 by Ayad

'WHO' AM ‘I’?

2 Persons Talking: 1 is Person One, and 2 is Person 2.

Ayad Gharbawi

1: What is your problem?
2: I don’t know ‘who’ I am?
1: ‘Who’ do you want to be?
2: I don’t know. I just don’t know what is ‘best’ for me’. Do you understand me?

AFFiRiS AG: Encouraging Results from Phase I Studies of Two Alzheimer's Candidate Vaccines Trigger EUR 10 Mio. Milestone Payment

October 20, 2009 by prandd

Vienna, 20. October 2009: AFFiRiS AG today announced that the primary endpoints have been met for the Phase I clinical studies of its two Alzheimer's vaccines AD01 and AD02, which demonstrated favourable safety and tolerability profiles. These results trigger a 10 million EUR milestone payment from licensee GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals.

Research for Organic Farming: Soya Thrives on Nitrogen From the Air

October 19, 2009 by prandd

For the first time, the capacity of soya plants to absorb nitrogen from the air has been precisely determined in dry areas of Eastern Austria. The primary aim of this project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is to compare methods for determining nitrogen fixation levels and their application under conditions of drought stress.

The Unity Of The Mind - Or Not?

October 17, 2009 by Ayad

THE UNITY OF THE MIND – OR NOT?

Ayad Gharbawi

July, 2009

Finite possibilities of the finite element method

October 16, 2009 by popiol

Recently, I have been on a conference of young scientists in Warsaw. These were great three days of meeting people, eating, drinking, sightseeing, and, occasionally, watching some presentations. I didn't prepare anything myself, but it was still a good opportunity to see what other PhD students work on, and how they handle all the difficulties caused by the imperfect system of higher education in Poland (mainly related to money). One of the precious observations I have made during the conference is that engineers are not as fond of the finite element method as I had imagined. This is a great news for me because I want to put a lot of effort to improve the FEM by making it easier to use, and, this way, available for more people. Let me share with you some of my thoughts.

Collagen: not just a requirement for aging socialites or fashionistas?

October 16, 2009 by DuncanAzzopardi

A new review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) shows how stem cell based therapies in mice can slow down the progression of kidney disease in Alport Syndrome: “Stem Cell Therapies Benefit Alport Syndrome” LeBleu V et al, 2009.