Plastic litter in the oceans. Most of it has gone missing, but it might just be transformed… or transported

Ninety - five percent of the universe has gone missing . Or has it ?

It’s a long shot, but it just might work! Perspectives on the future of medicine

What does the future of medicine hold? We asked six researchers to share their most ambitious and optimistic views of the future, grounded in the present but looking out a decade or more from now to consider what's possible. They paint a picture of a connected and data-driven world in which patient value, patient feedback, and patient empowerment shape a continually learning system that ensures...

The dramatic impact of Coronavirus outbreak on air quality: Has it saved as much as it has killed so far?

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, on December 31st, 2019. As the number of coronavirus infections has exceeded 100,000 with toll deaths of about 5000 worldwide as of early March, 2020, scientists and researchers are racing to investigate the nature of this virus and evaluate the short and long term effects of this disease. Despite it...

Translational research: what does it mean, what has it delivered and what might it deliver?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW In this article, we review recent developments in translational research in the fields of acute lung injury, acute kidney injury and sepsis with a focus on emerging biomarkers and outline future advances in the field. RECENT FINDINGS There is currently a significant and unmet need for high quality translational research in critical care. The emergence of '-omics' technologie...

Teleost polarization vision: how it might work and what it might be good for.

In this review, we will discuss the recent literature on fish polarization vision and we will present a model on how the retina processes polarization signals. The model is based on a general retinal-processing scheme and will be compared with the available electrophysiological data on polarization processing in the retina. The results of this model will help illustrate the functional significa...