http://www.learnodes.com Every node is a synapse in webs of ideas. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A learn node about bone marrow stem cells healing and curing in new ways points to an exciting, complex, and developing story. The highlights below link out into clusters of news and information on bone marrow stem cells. To review the basics, The National Institute of Health Stem Cell Information ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/08/26/learn-node-bone-marrow-stem-cells-are-doing-new-and-wonderful-things/ This learn node about the discovery of 150,000 western lowland gorillas is prompted by a New York Times Science Times report. The image with this post is from a slide show accompanying the Science Times article. The discovery was announced by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Society's information section on ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/08/05/learn-node-gorilla-conservation-good-news/ From the Metropolitan Museum of Art's podcast program, this learn node begins with a link to an RSS distributed podcast of a classic fable recorded for a family audience. The story on the podcast is The Lion and the Mouse, which can also be found in the Aesop's Fables collection ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/07/30/learn-node-aesop-by-rss-from-the-met/ Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) began on June 16, 1995 with the computer generated image shown here of Earth as a hypothetical neutron star. Each day since, the two astronomers who create APOD have devised a learn node: a webpage that focuses on a small subject interfaced by an ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/07/25/the-perfect-learn-node-apod-is-13-years-old/ The illustration for this learn node is from a Tufts University on "Emerging Infections and Agents of Biological Warfare." The West Nile Virus transmission cycle is also illustrated in a chart at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). An interesting angle on the transmission is that protecting biodiversity ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/07/21/learn-node-west-nile-virus-transmission-cycle-and-the-dilution-benefit/ This learn node points you to definitions by the Whole Grain Council, Mayo Clinic explanations of natural whole grain nutrition, and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health lectures on Popular Diets and Dietary Supplements. For learning the role of whole grains in healthy, nutrition, and anti-aging, these three excellent, authoritative ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/07/05/learn-node-whole-grains-for-health-nutrition-anti-aging/ This image includes a synapse drawing from the Sanger Institute. I have inverted the colors in the drawing because they are striking, and have added a learn node drawing for comparison. The Sanger team studying "Genes to Cognition" observes on the page where the drawing is placed: The synapse the junction ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/06/23/learn-nodes-are-like-synapses-which-are-very-important/ Looking at the little tiny world - at things like bilayer formation of cells, veins, and neurons in biological membranes - is becoming more an more sophisticated and productive. The image with this post from page 7of Lecture 6: AFM imaging II: Artifacts and Applications from the MIT lecture ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/06/05/learn-node-micro-and-nanomechanics-in-supported-lipid-biolayers/ The New York Times report on the biodiversity topic "Forest Disappearing in Papua New Guinea" is a learn node connecting to interrelated topics of significance and urgency. The full rain forest report can be downloaded from the PGN Remote Sensing Center whose homepage is shown in the image with this ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/06/03/learn-node-looking-at-forest-threats-to-biodiversity/   Phoenix Mars Lander is the topic of a magnificent learn node in the New York Science times today. Like any quality learn node, this one in the Times focuses on a small hunk of a subject: the scheduled landing of the vehicle this week on Mars. The node has internal ... http://www.learnodes.com/2008/05/20/learn-node-phoenix-lander-ready-to-land-on-mars/