“This enzyme is the maintenance free motorcycle battery hinge between the two important ways of making energy in our cells and a decrease in its activity contributes to decreased bio-energy in ageing skin.“There is now a possibility of finding anti-ageing treatments which can be tailored to differently aged and differently pigmented skin, and with the additional possibility to address the ageing process elsewhere in our bodies. This was applied to cells derived from the upper (epidermis) and lower (dermis) levels of skin.A study, published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, has found that the activity of mitochondrial complex II significantly decreases in older skin.The scientists found that the reason for this is the amount of enzyme protein was decreased and furthermore this decrease was only observed in those cells that had stopped proliferating.

Findings may also lead to a greater understanding of how other organs in the body age, which could pave the way for drug developments in a number of age-related diseases, including cancer. Our research means that we now have a specific biomarker, or a target, for developing and screening anti-ageing treatments and cosmetic creams that may counter this decline in bio-energy. This process is easily seen in our skin as increased fine lines, wrinkles and sagging appears. With no radical new battery technology in sight, the best the industry can offer us is one of two options: bigger batteries or a faster way to charge. Batteries remain the top pain point of phone owners, but some relief is comingMobile phone capability seems to mimic Moore’s Law.

The Asus Zenfone Max has a 5,000 mAh battery and power saving circuitry that controls processor performance as well as screen brightness to assure at least 2 days on a charge. The Gionee M5 Plus sports a 5,020 mAh battery and claims 47 hours of talk-time and 12 hours of video playback. We will reserve a full throated ‘three cheers’ till batteries become as clever at their job as the phone itself. But it is the battery that fuels your phone — and a pretty lousy job it has been doing — till now.Batteries remain the top pain point of phone owners, but some relief is coming. And consider the technology: it has always been Lithium Ion for a long time, that’s very similar to the Leclanche cell we studied in school, but with a compound of Lithium as the positive electrode, carbon or graphite as the negative pole and a salt of Lithium as the semi fluid in between.