Chasing the black holes of the ocean

According to researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami, some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the mysterious black holes of space. These eddies are so tightly shielded by circular water paths that nothing caught up in them escapes.

HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES WILL IMPROVE STEAM CONDENSER EFFICIENCY

About 90% of all electricity is generated using steam as the working fluid, nearly all by steam turbines. In electric generation, steam is typically condensed at the end of its expansion cycle, and returned to the boiler for re-use. A technology that improves steam condenser efficiency could have a large impact on global electricity generation. Now a team of scientists from MIT has found a way to do this.

VACCINES: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PHASE I, II AND III?

I'm often asked, "How long will it take to finally have an HIV vaccine? Are we close? What about this study that published good results on an HIV vaccine?"

“The horse is a noble animal. This opinion is widely shared in Anglo-Saxon countries where it is felt that it is an ignoble action to eat a noble animal, and one which is an intimate friend of man, on the same principle which forbade Alice, in ‘Through the Looking Glass,’ to sink her knife into a leg of mutton to which she had just been formally introduced.”Waverley Root, ‘Esquire’ January, 1974

CHILD BEHAVIOUR: NOT IN THEIR GENES?

Using a powerful approach called GCTA, King’s College London researchers Maciej Trzaskowski and colleagues found no evidence that genetics can explain differences in children’s behavioural and conduct difficulties.

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Child Behaviour: Not In Their Genes?

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A paper just published reports that there are: No Genetic Influence for Childhood Behavior Problems From DNA Analysis
This is pretty big.
Using a powerful approach called GCTA, King’s College London researchers Maciej Trzaskowski and colleagues found no evidence that genetics can explain differences in children’s behavioural and conduct difficulties.
First some background. ‘Missing heritability‘ refers to the fact that genetics has mostly failed to find common genetic variants that are associated with ‘complex traits’ like personality, mental disorer and intelligence.
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