Your bags are packed. You’ve sorted entertainment and snacks for your passengers and have squeezed all your holiday luggage in the car. You’re now ready to head off for your road trip—one hour after you meant to leave. There will be more traffic now, but maybe, if you put your foot down you can make up some time.
What do we learn about ourselves when we write creatively about an artwork? I asked myself this question during my creative writing Ph.D., where my focus was on writing a collection of poems in response to modern and contemporary art.
THE anxiety which has gripped many stakeholders especially in the mining sector about the running of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) will soon come to an end.
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Sensors applied to the skin hold promise for a non-invasive and low-cost method of identifying key biomarkers in sweat, which could help clinicians make earlier and more accurate diagnoses. Up until now, however, sensors could identify the presence of biomarkers but lacked the ability to accurately detect their concentration in the presence of erratic, intermittent and unpredictable sweat production.
In a groundbreaking development in the field of anti-acne therapies, a team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has created an acne vaccine that successfully reduces inflammation in a mouse acne model. The vaccine neutralizes a specific variant of an enzyme produced by an acne-associated bacteria, while leaving the healthy bacterial enzyme intact.
The path to a successful HIV vaccine depends on a critical first step—activating specific immune cells that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies.
Since their discovery in the 1990s, the head-direction cells in the brain have been referred to as its “internal compass.” These cells are activated when the head of an animal or human points in a certain direction, and are thought to be important for spatial orientation and navigation.
Researchers at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals are finding that changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery can directly improve metabolism, independent of food intake, weight loss and other metabolic factors.
By SHERRY CHABALA
PRISONER Reintegration and Empowerment Organisation (PREO) says there is need for government to formulate a Prisoner Reintegration Policy aimed at safeguarding the welfare of former prisoners.
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The last bedtime of 17-month-old Hayden Fell’s life was heartbreakingly normal. Crib video shows the toddler in pajamas playing happily as his parents and sister sang “Wheels on the Bus” with his twin brother.