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2018/11/07

The retina, a window to the heart

Retinal fundus images – photographs of the back of the eye – have traditionally been used to monitor the progression of eye diseases. Increasing research, however, suggests that the network of blood vessels visible in fundus images may be useful for evaluating and even clinically diagnosing other complications such as...

2018/10/16

The speed of light - just how does it feel?

Let’s be honest - you’ve always wanted to know what the speed of light really meant. Oh, 8 minutes 19 seconds to Earth - you knew that - but how would it feel? If you were a photon emitted by the sun, how fast would your trip feel as you...

2017/12/05

3D Brain

3D Brain is an interactive model of the human brain developed as part of BrainFacts.org, a public information resource by the Kavli Foundation, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and the Society for Neuroscience. It is a high-resolution, easy-to-use, interactive platform for learning basic gross neuroanatomy and function. Users can rotate the...

2015/08/05

Hollywood to the Rescue

An old client recently joined a foreign generic drug company which is now operating in Japan. Although his written English is very good, he has difficulties when videoconferencing with the head office. “I do not catch half of their conversation and have difficulty in discussions with them.” He asked me...

2015/03/02

Does "free" really mean FREE?

“Nature makes all articles free to view” is the title of a recent Nature News article (http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460). However, while this seems exciting on first glance, the next line (in smaller print) reveals important limitations: “Publisher permits subscribers and media to share read-only versions of its papers.” Further reading clarifies that...

2014/12/13

beware of predatory publishers

Free Journal Articles (Open Access) and Predatory Publishers Have you tried to download a journal article (particularly one that was just published) that is extremely important for your research only to find that the publisher’s website requires you to pay a high price? If so, you are not alone. While...

2014/10/30

Shaw Prize Congratulations

Established in 2004 to recognize the work of scientists active in the fields of Astronomy, Life Sciences/Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, the Shaw Prize annually acknowledges scientists around the world making significant recent advances in their respective fields. With the award carrying a purse of 1 million US dollars (100 million...

2014/10/02

Professor Mori Lasker Award

We at DMC wish to congratulate Prof Mori for his receipt of the 2014 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. Prof Mori received the award for his work in understanding the Unfolded Protein Response, an intracellular quality control system that detects harmful misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and signals...

2014/04/25

PLOS’ New Data Policy

Enabling others to verify experimental findings through data sharing and resource provision helps to enhance scientific research worldwide, and one recent advance to this end comes from a recent proposal by the journal PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/static/information; eISSN-1932-6203), an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication hosting reports of original research from all...

2014/03/19

meaning-of-recent

Most readers will agree that a study published within the last 12 months can be considered “recent.” However, the majority of authors who deal with DMC consider manuscripts published 5–10 years earlier as “recent.” We recommend allowing readers to judge the meaning of “recent” by including publication dates whenever possible...

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