Biology

'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception (Medical News Today)

5 Jul 2008

Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery--what we see with the "mind's eye"--directly impacts our visual perception. The research was published online June 26 by the journal Current Biology.

Identification Of Tumor Suppressor That Manages Cellular Cleaning And Recycling Proceses (Medical News Today)

5 Jul 2008

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a specific tumor suppressor that manages membrane traffic routes for cellular cleaning and recycling. The study will be published in the July issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology, and is now available online.

Student, 19, pleads guilty to making threats in UBC lockdowns (Vancouver Sun)

5 Jul 2008

METRO VANCOUVER - A 19-year-old University of B.C. student who was a math and biology whiz in high school has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two campus lockdowns at UBC last winter.