Rodent Models of Obesity-Reductionist Approaches to Understanding the Basis of a Complex Human Trait

The QCD axion was proposed more than thirty years ago to explain the smallness of the electric dipole moment of the neutron and has been looked for ever since. It is an excellent dark matter candidate and its size is significantly larger compared to the elementary particles of the Standard Model: it can easily vary from tens of microns to thousands of kilometers. When its size is similar to that of astrophysical black holes, it binds to them forming a gravitational atom in the sky. The number of axions occupying the levels of this gravitational atom can grow exponentially around rapidly rotating black holes through an effect that is known as super-radiance. This growth slows the black hole down and a Bose Einstein Condensate of axions is formed orbiting the black hole. Just like a laser, this BEC emits gravitational waves as axions can annihilate or transition to different levels of this gravitational atom. These gravitational waves fall within the frequency range of the upcoming Advanced LIGO experiment. Through super-radiance, black holes are thus turned into cosmic particle detectors through the only universal force: gravity.

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Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU)

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This video introduces COMRU, the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, a collaboration between the Angkor Hospital for Children and Bangkok-based Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU).

Currently run by Dr Claudia Turner and Dr Paul Turner, COMRU works to provide insights into the leading causes of bacterial sepsis among the local Cambodian population. The Unit's new microbiology lab, which opened in June 2013, will allow medical researchers to identify causes of sepsis and sepsis-related death, and facilitate the development of rational approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and management of paediatric infections at the Angkor Hospital for Children and throughout Cambodia.

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Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine

Date Added: 16/12/2014

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Filmed in April 2013 at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, and at the Wang Pa Free Clinic and the Mae La refugee camp, this video highlights SMRU's work among Karen and Myanmar refugees, living along the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Dr Francois Nosten, SMRU founder and head, discusses SMRU's work, its objectives and challenges. Dr Nosten warns about the growing public health threat posed by parasite resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT); the cornerstone of malaria treatment in all malaria-endemic countries.

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Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine

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Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.

Filmed in spring 2013 at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, the Shoklo Medical Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, the Mae La Refugee Camp and the Wang Pa Free Clinic, this video includes footage of researchers and key beneficiaries of MORU and SMRU's activities. Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.Featuring interviews with Professor Nick White, Professor Nick Day, Professor Francois Nosten, Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul and Dr Susie Dunachie.