Gliazellen, die im Gehirn in mehreren verschiedenen Typen auftreten, wurde lange Zeit keine große wissenschaftliche Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt, galten sie doch vor allem als Stützstruktur für Nervenzellen. Erst in jüngerer Zeit erkannte man die elementare Rolle, die sie auch bei der Informationsübertragung im Gehirn spielen. Zudem fand man heraus, dass Gliazellen wesentlich an der Entstehung vieler Erkrankungen, wie zum Beispiel Parkinson oder Epilepsie, beteiligt sind.

Die Biologie, wie sie sich heute darstellt, ist ein großes und weit gefächertes Forschungsfeld, das sich in viele Nebenarme aufteilt. Ein aktueller Bereich, die so genannte synthetische Biologie, beschäftigt sich mit dem Design neuer biologischer Systeme. Zu den angestrebten Zielen gehören unter anderem das Erzeugen neuer Moleküle in Mikroorganismen sowie das Generieren und Verbessern ganzer Organismen.

Interesting Engineering: “The United Nations has created a new office in the Netherlands dedicated to the monitoring and research of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. The new office will collect information about the way in which AI is impacting the world. Researchers will have a particular focus on the way AI relates to global security but will also monitor the effects of job loss from AI and automation.

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This work by Pablo Iglesias, leader of insurgent Spanish party Podemos, is now subtitled ‘Podemos and the future of a Democratic Europe’. It wouldn’t have been so originally, because Podemos did not exist when the book was first written. This makes the book of historical interest, though the addition of appendices in this 2015 edition have brought it somewhat up to date, just about justifying the subtitle for a book that was not, and could not have been, about Podemos.

The emergence of a New Story — the transformational narrative which has the power of changing society and culture, along with economics — is being contentiously fought today.

A report on AbilityMate conducted in the context of the Open Design & Manufacturing project.

En el Salón Eloísa Díaz de la Casa Central se realizó el inédito encuentro entre los encargados del área de la salud de siete de los ocho aspirantes a La Moneda y los principales actores de la Odontología a nivel nacional, entre ellos, representantes de la Facultad de Odontología de nuestro plantel, además de integrantes del Colegio de Dentistas, de la Fundación Sonrisas, del Ministerio de Salud, funcionarios, estudiantes y pacientes.

Una numerosa delegación de dicha universidad alemana, compuesta por autoridades y académicos, visitó algunas facultades y dependencias de la Casa de Bello con el objetivo de fortalecer y extender los vínculos entre ambas instituciones en ámbitos como derecho, ingeniería, filosofía y humanidades, medicina y economía y negocios.

Otro de los datos arrojados por la investigación encabezada por la académica Magdalena Araya, es que al reemplazar los productos con gluten por los que son aptos para celíacos en la canasta familiar, éstos últimos están un 42 por ciento menos disponibles en el mercado. A esto se suma que no hay cifras certeras respecto a cuántas personas poseen la enfermedad celiaca en nuestro país.“Este estudio lo hicimos en Santiago, pero estamos absolutamente conscientes de que fuera de la capital las condiciones son más precarias.

BBC Press Release: “In a first of its kind nationwide citizen science experiment, Dr Hannah Fry is asking volunteers to download the BBC Pandemic App onto their smartphones. The free app will anonymously collect vital data on how far users travel over a 24 hour period. Users will be asked for information about the number of people they have come into contact with during this time.

Essay by Tim Wu: “The First Amendment was a dead letter for much of American history. Unfortunately, there is reason to fear it is entering a new period of political irrelevance. We live in a golden age of efforts by governments and other actors to control speech, discredit and harass the press, and manipulate public debate. Yet as these efforts mount, and the expressive environment deteriorates, the First Amendment has been confined to a narrow and frequently irrelevant role.

Marissa Clifford at Curbed: “Want to watch street life unfold outside of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, long after it’s closed for the day? Or uncover the hidden ways both tourists and locals alike use Manhattan’s most famous landmarks? Now you can, all thanks to the power of data.

Conference paper by Keegan Mcbride et al: “Large amounts of Open Government Data (OGD) have become available and co-created public services have started to emerge, but there is only limited empirical material available on co-created OGD-driven

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Prof. Börner übernimmt die Schlüsselthemen Lehre sowie Sicherung der Studienqualität und kümmert sich um das Personalmanagement. Er gehört mit seinem Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Finanzdienstleistungen – ebenso wie sein Vorgänger – der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät an. Damit bleibt auch in diesem Punkt die Kontinuität im Rektorat gewährleistet.

MetroLab Network: “Predictive analytical tools are already being put to work within human service agencies to help make vital decisions about when and how to intervene in the lives of families and communities. The sector may not be entirely comfortable with this trend, but it should not be surprised.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan at the Centre for Communication Governance: “Can a country’s democratic record indicate whether it is likely to mandate a national biometric identity? Research by scholars at the National Law University, Delhi suggests there may be some correlation, at least to indicate that robust democracies have been more cautious about adopting biometric identity systems.

This Hack’n’Share Weekend aims at bringing the blockchain tech community together with scientists, create engagement and hope to win talent for the living knowledge network. There will be lightning talks, discussion rounds... MORE

Digital Asia Hub, along with partners, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Privacy, Mapping Project, University of Groningen, University of Malta, and University of Hong Kong (HKU), held a two-day conference “Privacy, Personality, and Flows of Information 3rd Edition: Asian Perspectives for Privacy” from September 29-30, at the Law School at HKU.