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For DSM-5, existing nosological boundaries between bipolar I disorder and schizo were retained and schizoaffective disorder preserved as an independent diagnosis since the biological data are not yet compelling enough to justify a move to a more neurodevelopmentally continuous model of psychosis.

As the amount and complexity of scientific data increases, the need to better visualize that information becomes more important. In the new book Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know, author Katy Börner gathers hundreds of examples of scientific maps, data charts, and timelines.

The parasitic disease leishmaniasis, although neglected, for the most part, by drug developers, researchers are seeking more effective treatments, using computer simulations to reveal the structure of individual proteins that they hope to make the parasite’s Achilles heel.

There's a new paper out in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience that is relavant to my interests. The paper is by Dwight Kravitz and Chris Baker from the NIMH and is titled "Toward a new model of scientific publishing: discussion and a proposal".

The physical model to describe the hydrophobic interactions of molecules has been a mystery that has challenged scientists and engineers since the 19th century. Researchers have developed a method to study these forces at the atomic level, and have for the first time defined a mathematical equation.

A small number of randomly selected legislators should make parliaments more effective, say a group of IgNobel prize-winning scientists. (Changeons le mode de scrutin !)

A new model for the dynamics of clouds and rain, based on a predator-prey population model, may help us understand how clouds fit into the big climate picture. This model may help climate scientists understand, among other things, how human-produced aerosols affect rainfall patterns.

Tsunami simulation generated automatically using the Saint-Venant solver of Gerris allowing near-realtime forecasting of the tsunami event.

Propagation of the March 11, 2011 Honshu tsunami was computed with the NOAA forecast method using MOST model with the tsunami source inferred from DART® data.

Pumping aerosols into the atmosphere could help offset climate change, but everyone will want to use different amounts.