Exploring discrete space-time models for information transfer: Analogies from mycelial networks to the cosmic web.

Fungal mycelium networks are large scale biological networks along which nutrients, metabolites flow. Recently, we discovered a rich spectrum of electrical activity in mycelium networks, including action-potential spikes and trains of spikes. Reasoning by analogy with animals and plants, where travelling patterns of electrical activity perform integrative and communicative mechanisms, we speculated that waves of electrical activity transfer information in mycelium networks.

Multiscalar electrical spiking in Schizophyllum commune.

Growing colonies of the split-gill fungus Schizophyllum commune show action potential-like spikes of extracellular electrical potential. We analysed several days of electrical activity recording of the fungus and discovered three families of oscillatory patterns. Very slow activity at a scale of hours, slow activity at a scale of 10 min and very fast activity at scale of half-minute.

Approaches to decolonising forensic curricula.

Forensic science in UK Higher Education involves a constellation of subdisciplines, each with a biography shaped by a colonial past. Deeper examinations of the structures of curriculum design allow educators to address where colonial assumptions may reside and the impact of these legacies on the present. One process to assist this endeavour is Decolonising the Curriculum (DtC), which seeks to question and dismantle colonial structures of knowledge and support contextualisation to broaden, rather than narrow, the curricula.

Investigating the role of hand perspective in learning from procedural animations.

Background: Research indicates that animations presenting procedural instructions lead to better learning if the animation displays the procedural task from a first-person perspective (over-the-shoulder) compared to a third-person perspective (face-to-face).

Aims: This study extends view-perspective research by investigating whether the observation of human hands completing manipulative tasks in an animation are necessary or not.

Sample: Sixty university students participated in the study.

Facial Aging Improvement Case Study Using a Novel Combination of Retinol, Niacinamide, and Terminalia Chebula.

For decades, retinoids have been considered the gold standard of treatment for a variety of skin conditions.1,2 As the bioavailable form of vitamin A, retinoic acid has demonstrated the ability to reduce skin discoloration, stimulate collagen production, reduce rhytids, improve acne, and uneven skin texture.3,4 Retinoic acid is a potent drug with high bioavailability.