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About Akira
Akira has always been captivated with the art of storytelling. He soon realized that he could merge this interest with his scientific career. For example, how would you explain what DNA is to a 5 year old child? He believes that questions like this can be clearly answered by using metaphors and stories which can be easily understood by everyone. Since science is one of the best ways to uncover the beauty of our world, Akira aims to bring this message across by sharing exciting and elegant scientific stories with TheScienceBreaker.
Akira is the editor of 63 Breaks:
Sleep or die: how good sleep decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Poor-quality sleep changes a pattern of brain activity and increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Sufficient sleeping may serve as a cheap and powerful “treatment” to protect your brain from aging and from this incurable disorder.
Oct 23, 2019 | 3.5 min readHow plants protect themselves from salt stress
Salt stress triggers a series of responses in plants that are necessary to resist this life-threatening condition. We found that one of these responses consists of modifying RNA molecules to make them more resistant to degradation. These findings may provide useful approaches for engineering salt-resistant crops.
Jun 26, 2019 | 3.5 min readStaying ahead of the wave: predicting fishing efforts in a changing world to save biodiversity
Recent advancements in fishing technologies are unbalancing global marine ecosystems. Our spatio-temporal model to predict global fishing efforts may allow fishers to prevent detrimental overlap of fleets, which eventually helps to save biodiversity.
Mar 25, 2019 | 3.5 min read