Archive: 06/27/2008
Facebook concepts indicate brains of Alzheimer's patients aren't as networked
This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found ...
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Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread
Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change
Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ. Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harm ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Should doctors be increasing their carbon footprint by flying to medical conferences?
[B]Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can't afford?[/B] Every year thousands of doctors and scientists fly to meetings all over the world, but with climate change accelerating, can this typ ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Sudden hearing loss could indicate future stroke
[B]American Heart Association rapid access journal report[/B] Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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NIST releases preview of much-anticipated online mathematics reference
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). In development for over a decade, the DLMF is ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A simple therapy for brain injury
Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, Polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood stream – as reported in BioMed Central's Journal of ...
Jun 27, 2008 |
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In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures
For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Unknown molecule opens the door to quantum computing
The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.
Jun 27, 2008 |
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