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Type Ia Supernovae: Properties, Models, and Theories of Their Progenitor Systems

Introduction Supernovae are magnificent phenomena in the night sky, and have always been a marvel to human beings. A supernova is a stellar explosion that emits a burst…

Research: Chaos In Oscillating Chemical Reactions

The peroxidase-oxidase (PO) reaction is an important example of how oscillating reactions arise in living organisms. The reaction is important mathematically because it exhibits many characteristics of chaos….

Iron Chelation as a Novel Therapy

Treatment of Mucormycosis with Deferasirox in the Laboratory and in a Clinical Case Background Mucormycosis is a fungal infection with an extremely high mortality rate (over 50%), with…

Neurobiology of Epilepsy

The neurobiology of epilepsy is an active field of investigation. Numerous mechanisms of inhibitory and excitatory deregulation have been suggested, and the interactions of these pathways are observed…

Future Directions for Treating Depression

Introduction Unipolar depression is one of the fastest growing and most widespread disorders recognized today. Particularly distressing is the fact that depression now strikes young people at an…