Bruch’s membrane and age-related macular degeneration
University of Manchester
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the western world and affects nearly 200 million people […]
Natural Sciences
Facing Down Emerging Viruses
Imperial College London
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has highlighted the threat of newly emerged viral infections. Michal Barski discusses why and […]
An introduction to a theory on the role of π-electrons of docosahexaenoic acid in brain function
Imperial College London
Six hundred million years ago, the fossil record displays the sudden appearance of intracellular detail and the 32 phyla. The […]
Global Plant Geography Models
Imperial College London
Colin Prentice FRS holds the AXA Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts at Imperial College London and an Honorary Chair […]
Dynamic Global Vegetation Modelling
Imperial College London
DGVMs exploit the power of modern computers and computational methods to yield a predictive description of land ecosystem processes that […]
Oscillatory reactions in a simple organic system
Harvard University
Networks of organic chemical reactions are important in life and probably played a central part in its origin. Network dynamics regulate […]
Calabi-Yau Volumes and Reflexive Polytopes
City, University of London
Yang-Hui He discusses various geometrical quantities for Calabi-Yau varieties realized as cones over Gorenstein Fano varieties, obtained as toric varieties […]
Deep-Learning the Landscape
City, University of London
Yang-Hui He proposes a paradigm to deep-learn the ever-expanding databases which have emerged in mathematical physics and particle phenomenology, as […]
Neutrophil-derived microvesicles enter cartilage and protect the joint in inflammatory arthritis
Barts and the London
Neutrophils play an active role in protecting cartilage from damage by dispatching microvesicles (MVs) to do their bidding in this […]
The Resolution of Inflammation
Barts and the London
Mauro Perretti and his research team pioneered the concept that acute inflammation resolves, naturally, by the engagement of endogenous mediators […]
