Questions of the Week & Month

Genome to go
Recently we have seen ground-breaking advances in the costs of sequencing a genome, with the prices going down from $ 8.9 million to around $10.500 during the last year… (Question of the Week, 16.1.2012)
What happens to planets as their parent star evolves?
As stars evolve and expand to become red giants it is believed that the planets close to the star are immediately swallowed. For example, in a few billion years when our sun expands, Mercury, Venus, and Earth will be inside the sun’s atmosphere, which means they will be ultimately burned and die. S. Charpinet and [...]
How Are Memories Stored and Retrieved?
It is hard to imagine the life without memories. Stored in our brain, they contain our history, the skills we have ever learned and make us unique. (Question of the week, 20.12.2011)
How can evidence based medical procedures be communicated?
The prevention paradox is a problem that occurs, when medical interventions have to be performed on a lot of people and only a small number of them percieves or recieves benefits. Still the effects on public health are remarkable. This problem leads to a low acceptancy of these interventions. (Question of the Week, 12.12.2011)
Do lipid-rafts exist?
It is generically known that the cell membrane is composed of a lipid bilayer with embebed proteins, but agreement on its organization has not been achieved yet. (Question of the Week, 28.11.2011)

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