Probe keeps keen eye on Sun

A keen eye for risk.

A 56 year old woman was referred to the rapid access chest pain clinic with stable angina pectoris. Her only cardiovascular risk factor was a family history of atherosclerosis, with her mother suffering from myocardial infarction at 50. Her body mass index was 20 kg/m and the main abnormality on examination was the eye sign shown in . Fasting serum cholesterol and low density lipoprotein were b...

How CYCLOPS keeps an eye on plant symbiosis.

T he availability of phosphorus and nitrogen are major limitations to plant growth, and as such our agricultural processes apply these nutrients at high concentrations to crop plants through fertilizer. Although fertilizer application has greatly enhanced food production it comes at a significant price: the chemical fixation of nitrogen depends on high levels of fossil fuels, making fertilizers...

Commentary on 'What is the point: will screening mammography save my life?' by Keen and Keen

Commentary on Keen and Keen 'What is the point: will screening mammography save my life?' BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2009.

Industry toxicologists keen on reducing animal use.

Curbing the attentional blink: Practice keeps the mind's eye open

When two targets, T1 and T2, are embedded in a rapid serial visual presentation of distractors, successful report of T2 depends on its lag from T1: When T2 is separated by a few distracters, it is likely to be missed; this phenomenon is known as the Attentional Blink (AB). When T2 is presented consecutively from T1, T2 is likely to be detected despite the temporal proximity of both targets; thi...