Tag Archives: Biology

Most Cited Articles Roundup 2009: H1N1 Flu Virus

By jyaron | Published: January 5, 2010
Similar to the previous post about the Most Cited Articles of 2009, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the other big topics of this past year and what research done this past year was considered most impacting by the research community. For the next few weeks I will be posting [...]
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Top 10 Most Cited Biology Articles of 2009

By jyaron | Published: January 2, 2010
With a new year ahead of us and tons of exciting research to be done it’s time to be a little retrospective about all that the scientific community has accomplished this last year. The following are the top 10 most cited biology articles published in 2009 as recorded in the ISI Web of Knowledge: Human [...]
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Neurons May Be Up To 50% More Efficient Than Previously Thought

By jyaron | Published: October 5, 2009
A recent publication in Nature has suggested that rather than being only 30% efficient, neurons, the workhorse cells of our brains, may be acting at up to 70-80% efficiency. This has heavy implications, considering that neurons consume approximately 20% of our body’s consumed energy. The question must now be asked: what exactly are those little [...]
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36 Beautiful and Amazing Biology-themed T-Shirts

By jyaron | Published: September 11, 2009
What better way to celebrate your love of biology than to wear it proudly for everyone to see? Here is a collection of 36 beautiful, clever, and hilarious biology-themed t-shirts. The rest of the shirts after the break.
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5 Great Online Tools for Biologists

By jyaron | Published: August 9, 2009
Biology (and its related fields) are less and less frequently sciences that must only be studied in the field. There are a great number of resources online that can aid biologists and researchers in expanding the productivity of their research. Here are 5 great online tools for biologists and researchers. 1. BLAST Database The NCBI [...]
Posted in Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Lists, Microbiology, Microscopy, Proteomics, Web Resources | Also tagged , , , , , , | 2407 Comments

New Web-based Evolution Tool

By jyaron | Published: August 7, 2009
Sudhir Kumar (Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University) and  Blair Hedges (Penn State) have released a new web-based tool for comparing the evolutionary divergence times between multiple organisms. The tool is called the Timetree of Life and it (along with the book published at the same time) is expected to become a top resource for evolutionary [...]
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