Al Huwaysah 010: The most reduced brachinite, so far

Have we detected the most luminous ULX so far ?

We report the XMM–Newton detection of a moderately bright X–ray source (F0.5−7 ∼ 8.2 × 10 −14 erg cm s) superimposed on the outer arms of the inactive spiral galaxy MCG– 03-34-63 (z=0.0213). It is clearly offset from the nucleus (by about 19”) but well within the D25 ellipse of the galaxy, just along its bar axis. The field has also been observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) enabling u...

The journey so far

As part of our efforts in establishing biij as one of the important open-access journals dealing with topics relating to radiology, biomedical imaging and biomedical intervention, we have tirelessly pursued the indexing of biij in various relevant scientific indices and databases. For this reason, biij has been a member of CrossRef and has been made searchable by the Google Scholar search engin...

Stem Cells So far! Stem Cell Therapy Facts and Principles

Stem cells are cells with the ability to divide for indefinite periods and to give rise to specialized cells.  Stem cell therapy has now been emerged as an extraordinary promise to treat a wide range of diseases and conditions.  However, except blood stem cell transfer by bone marrow transplant which has been used as an standard practice for more than 50 years, nearly all of therapeutic potenti...

So Near and Yet So Far: Harmonic Radar Reveals Reduced Homing Ability of Nosema Infected Honeybees

Pathogens may gain a fitness advantage through manipulation of the behaviour of their hosts. Likewise, host behavioural changes can be a defence mechanism, counteracting the impact of pathogens on host fitness. We apply harmonic radar technology to characterize the impact of an emerging pathogen--Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia)--on honeybee (Apis mellifera) flight and orientation performance in ...

The most important health care legislation of the millennium (so far): the Medicare Modernization Act.