@craigoverend.com

Nerd on the fringe of society plotting combinatorial explosion ala Pinky and the Brain.

Brain: Here we are, Pinky--at the dawn of time!
Pinky: Narf, Brain. Wake me at the noon of time.


For all of my interests, please see my bookmarks or email me at craig.overend [at gmail dotcom]

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New role for master regulator in cell metabolism, response to stress →

AMPK binds directly to sites on chromosomes called promoters that regulate gene expression related to cell metabolism.

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Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered →

Scientists have identified an area of the human brain called the parietal cortex that constructs this body model from the combination of tactile information from your skin (for example, where the…

— 1 month ago
Depression and Glia « Are you Scicurious? →

chronically stressed rats had LESS GLIA than unstressed rats. This meant that the stress itself reduced the glia.

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Seeing Gray When Feeling Blue? Depression Can Be Measured in the Eye of the Diseased →

Unmedicated and medicated depressed patients displayed dramatically lower retinal contrast gain. We found a strong and significant correlation between contrast gain and severity of depression. This…

— 1 month ago
Amicus 18 - Amicus Welcome Page →

PIC-based Arduino clone with it’s own (Windows only) IDE.

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Triangular Hole Reveals Light's Rotation →

A property of light called orbital angular momentum can be directly measured by sending the beam through a triangular aperture and counting the spots that appear in the diffraction pattern.

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The 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link →

Intel. 4 channel x 12.5 Gbps multiplexed transmitter and receiver. No transceiver? :(

— 1 month ago