Monthly Archives: February 2011

Playing the probability game and winning

Posted on February 26, 2011 by rndsync

Life is a game of probabilities. When it comes to health or wealth that’s especially true. In the world of investing everyone is guessing where the market goes next day, week, month, year, or whatever period. Being able to predict … Continue reading →

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A better understanding of how Flu invades our bodies and cells helps give us better insight into prevention and mitigation

Posted on February 20, 2011 by rndsync

This is a very good article on the NSF website and research work on understanding common flu and also possibly H1N1 and other variants. In order to infect a healthy cell, a flu virus must enter the cell (upper left) … Continue reading →

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In general males have higher tendency to be autistic than females. New evidence for the genetic cause for this found by scientists from George Washington University.

Posted on February 17, 2011 by rndsync

George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene RORA through a … Continue reading →

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Believing you are right is half the battle. Isn’t being right, right?

Posted on February 17, 2011 by rndsync

I wrote a few days back that being wrong is not so wrong. In fact, I argued that a healthy dose of skepticism is good in a lot of situations. Being wrong is also needed for innovation. What about being … Continue reading →

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We know Bacteria can evolve. Is there emergence of intelligence in simple rules governing bacterial evolution?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rndsync

Bacteria is the most successful life form we know of and has adopted very well. It will, most likely, out live any life form we know of. Probably the only thing that can outlive bacteria is virus. But by many … Continue reading →

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Oxytocin – the many facets of love harmone

Posted on February 13, 2011 by rndsync

Oxytocin is mammalian hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in brain. It’s released mainly in women when they are about to go into labor or when mother’s are breast feeding their infant babies. it is released in large amounts after … Continue reading →

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Does “short attention span” equal “higher capacity for creativity”?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by rndsync

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Eckerd College also found that ADHD individuals preferred different thinking styles. They like generating ideas, but are not good about completing the tasks. Lead author Holly White, an assistant professor of psychology at … Continue reading →

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Do you believe that you have to be right all the time? Is it possible that you might be wrong? Is being wrong, wrong?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by rndsync

We grow up with the notion that being wrong is a failure. Even 6 year olds just starting in school, know that being right is what makes you succeed. With that reinforced into all of us, we strive at every … Continue reading →

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smart virus

Posted on February 2, 2011 by rndsync

RNA viruses are pretty clever. They use various different mechanisms to replicate that’s mostly like DNA (using a polymerase or forming a polymerase in the host cell that helps in replicating the RNA effectively the virion). Penn State researchers have … Continue reading →

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You are what’s in your gut

Posted on February 2, 2011 by rndsync

It’s been well known that serotonin production is regulated by bacteria (good bacteria) in the guts now new research seems to indicate that they also regulate synapse functioning. However, these effects were only confirmed in mice and it’s too early … Continue reading →

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