Common RNA pathway links frontotemporal lobar dementia with ALS

Two proteins previously found to contribute to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, have divergent roles. But a new study, led by researchers at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, shows that a common pathway links them Continue reading

Request for Cootinator for Plaentary Astronomy Concepts With a Future 2.4-meter Telescope

NASA is exploring the use of a 2.4-m mirror system recently gifted to them by the National Reconnaissance Office; this system could be the nucleus of a new ultraviolet-optical (UVO) space telescope. Information is available at the website of a recent Princeton meeting: http://www.princeton.edu/astro/news-events/public-events /new-telescope-meeting/ including a program with links to the presented talks. The first letter of intent to use this system focuses on astrophysics applications Continue reading