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  • Answer added in Dermatology
    23 Picture of clinical lesion on the abdomen of a young adult male
    Anubhav Garg · Gajara Raja Medical College
    Its molluscum contagiosum 
  • Answer added in Conferences
    1 Where looking for worlwide conferences ? (Symbiosis, Evolution and biology in a more general way)
    By Arno Germond · Ehime University
    Arno Germond · Ehime University
    I also know this one for molecular biology: http://www.molecularbiologyconference.com/ 
  • Question asked in Riemann hypothesis
    New Possible proof of Riemann's hypothesis I'm hoping to crowd source
    http://vixra.org/abs/1207.0071 or see the presentation on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_G0M-Rz92yIIRK9O5ijea3vmLA31m8HE I had bega... [more]
    By Russell Letkeman · University of Manitoba
  • Question asked in Cancer Biology
    New How to Separate Differentially Expressed Gene Pairs?
    Hi Everyone, My goal is to identify Differentially Gene Pairs from Microarray. I am trying to separate those pairs of genes who have different accessi... [more]
    By Mohammad Haque · University of Newcastle
  • Answer added in Plant Pathology
    3 Did you know about : A new microscopy journal launched by Elsevier ?
    By El-Desouky Ammar · Agricultural Research Service
    Arno Germond · Ehime University
    Thanks for the tip! 
  • Answer added in Molecular Genetics
    32 Storage of primers
    By A.K.M. Moyeenul Huq · National University of Malaysia
    Arno Germond · Ehime University
    Primers are fine a year (and probably more but I never tried) using sterilized MiliQ water. Prepare stock solutions (as Estanis said) and dilute to ob... [more]
  • Question asked in Education Science
    New Can the STEAM movement = to inject the arts, design and humanities into STEM programs attract a an ethnically and socially diverse generation
    Http://sead.viz.tamu.edu/ 
    By Roger Malina · University of Texas at Dallas
  • Answer added in Bioart
    3 You think that Bioart (and artists like Eduardo Kac, SymbitoticA, CAE, among others) are what can be called as Tactical Media artist?
    By David Santos · Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
    Roger Malina · University of Texas at Dallas
    I am not very happy with the term tactical media, althout the Leonardo Book Series for which I am executive editor published the book http://www.amazo... [more]
  • Answer added in Social Anthropology
    133 To what extent do people believe that art can contribute to positive change?
    By Jade Wildy · University of South Australia 
    Roger Malina · University of Texas at Dallas
    I would like to try a different angle from the history of the digital entertainement industry ,now a billlion euro industry- in the 1970s the US nati... [more]
  • Answer added in Cancer Cell Line
    4 What is the most aggressive type of breast cancer?
    By Marisol Romero · University of Texas at El Paso
    Marisol Romero · University of Texas at El Paso
    Thank very much for the information. Do you know what is the current treatment for TNBC?? 
  • Answer added in Theory of e-Learning
    113 Can traditional chalk-talk be totally replaced with e-learning in the developing world?
    By Kulwant Sharma · Everonn
    Erik Blair · The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
    One of the potential difficulties with elearning and the developing world is that the technology and software are usually created in the first world w... [more]
  • Answer added in Heavy Metal Pollution
    7 Machine to shred e-waste into fine particles for measuring with an x-ray fluorescence gun?
    By Dan Short · Robert Morris University
    Debaraj Mishra · Sungeel HiTech
    You can use ball milling for grinding the e-waste material. I use the same here in my company for e-waste materials. 
  • Answer added in Methods
    7 Buffers for biology
    By Ahmad Ahmad Sobri · University of Bristol
    Ananda Ayyappan J.V · Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    the answer is NO! the buffering activity of any buffer depends on its pKa as said above. if you are trying to make an acidic pH with a buffer that has... [more]
  • Answer added in Plant Physiology
    2 Is it possible to determine nitrogen concentration colorimetrically, using spectrophotometer?
    By Frida Piper · Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
    Maik Veste · Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus
    I am using the Yara N tester systems (Minolta SPAD). Has a relative good correlation between the vales for chlorophyll and nitrogen content.  
  • Answer added in Distributed Systems
    1 Does anybody knows from where I can get Server Failure Profile of a Distributed System or how to generate it synthetically
    By Abdullah Yousafzai · COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
    Rodrigo Calheiros · University of Melbourne
    Hi Abdullah, Did you conisder the "Failure Trace Archive"? It contains information about of availability of many types of Distributed Systems, includ... [more]
  • Question asked in Water Quality
    New Does anyone have experience in determining the phytotoxicity of the herbicide flupropanate ?
    Im specifically looking for effects on microalgae, marine angiosperms and macroalgae. 
    By Ruth Eriksen · University of Tasmania
  • Question asked in Cell Migration
    New Cell adhesion and migration in cancer metastases
    While studying role of a protein in metastases, in general, papers show in vitro that inhibition of that particular protein reduces cell migration to... [more]
    By Rakesh Bam · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Answer added in Evolution
    216 Can Intelligent Design (ID) be considered a valid scientific theory?
    Of course where people's odd ideas are concerned, I call them like I see them, but what does that have to do with Darrryl's hypocrisy and blatant lyin... [more]
  • Answer added in Aldehydes
    65 GFP fluorescence after fixation
    By George Komis · Palacký University of Olomouc
    Phoebe Stavride · Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
    I don't know what your downstream application is, but we used to stain GFP cells for observation in the microscope and they only lost a small fractio... [more]
  • Answer added in Applied Mineralogy
    13 Raman spectra of unknown mineral.
    By Alauddin Hossain · University of Saskatchewan
    Check in Rruff database: http://rruff.info/Zircon/R050034 
  • Question asked in Structural Biology
    New Does someone know what crystal kit suitable for high salt consitions (such as 0.5-1.0 M NaCl)?)
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    By Jingjun Hong · National Institutes of Health
  • Question asked in Urban/Rural Sociology
    New ¿como se defines "imagen urbana" en cuestiones territoriales o geográficas?
    Urbanismo 
    By bgismael41@yahoo.com.mx Parienteisma · Autonomous University of Queretaro
  • Answer added in Bioremediation
    30 Can anybody suggest a standard method for the heavy metal digestion of plants?
    By Megha Tharayil · Centre for Water Resources Development and Management
    Viera Vojteková · Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
    MW digestion: up to 2 g (weight is dependent on the sample) of sample+ 5 mL HNO3+ 1 mL conc. H2O2.If is necessary the digestion of silicate matrix the... [more]
  • Question asked in Women and Politics Research
    New Do you know any researchs about: Dalit women' s political Participation and Empowerment in Panchayat Raj Institutions?
    I know the researchs of: Mangubhai, Jayshree; Irudayam sj, Aloysius; Sydenham, Emma Inbanathan, Anand Kamble, Swati Mukund (2008): Mahanta, Upasan... [more]
    By Tabea Wuesthoff · Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
  • Answer added in Water Resources Management
    1 • Are there inevitable causes of friction or incompatibility when integrating water across multiple users?
    By Ambe Emmanuel Cheo · Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus
    Patrick Driver · University of New South Wales
    The answer of course is yes. Not sure which particular IWRM regime you are talking about given the diversity of water management across the world. Ada... [more]
  • Answer added in Electrical Engineering
    1 How to detect the flow of an inflammable fuel safely?
    By Arumugam Pechimuthu · Mepco Sclenk Engg. College
    Derek Abbott · University of Adelaide
    I cannot answer the question, however, experimenting with a photo-sensor and LED is what I would probably do as a starting point. 
  • Answer added in Computational Intelligence
    5 Which mammogram image database can be accessed through Windows 7?
    By Arbab Masood · University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
    Shaymaa Ahmed · Zagazig University
    Thank you Mr. Masood I follow the instructions but in the step (9. Under the Devel category, choose to install Ruby) i have not found Ruby here, ... [more]
  • Answer added in Gravitational Physics
    250 Can gravitons be discovered?
    By Prakash Kumar · Vinoba Bhave University
    Andrej Rehak · Principia Universi
    James, Try to think the other way around. “Quantum forces” are gravity. What differs them is time. Scalar universe would never be explained by a s... [more]
  • Question asked in Next Generation Sequencing
    New A normal individual exome sequencing
    I couldnt find any informative paper in this topic, can any one help me about this? 
    By Zohreh Mehrjoo · University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences