Author Archives: James McGovern

Worm research sheds light on aging process

No, not the electronic worms we have been staving off lately… The article linked here reports on research that focuses on worms because they, like humans and all other creatures, share the identical class of molecules — called “small heat shock proteins’.’ The newly discovered class of molecules plays a crucial caretaking role in cells: maintaining the shape of cellular ...

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How cell phones are changing our social habits

Here is yet another article on how cell phones are changing our social habits – some workplace effects are noted as well (two of them I have observed). The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: Mercury News

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