Articles in the Category: Health and Medicine
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 09 29th, 2011 | No Comments
Watch Your Thoughts
It would be so much easier to replay dreams, record thoughts and communicate without speaking. But this type of futuristic technology was always thought to be a dream of a far away future or the plot of a science fiction movie.
Hollywood Movie clip (L), fMRI image of same clip (R)
Researchers at University...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Backyard Science, Biology, Citizen science, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Snail Invasion Poses Health Risks
It may be the fastest invasion of a slow-moving creature but people in Miami-Dade County are taking care not to mess with the new snail in town.
The east African land snail is making a home in south Florida and causing all sorts of problems. They reproduce at an exponential rate and grow fast. They...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 21st, 2011 | 3 Comments
Citizen Scientists Discover Key HIV Protein
For years, scientists have been saying that some of the biggest discoveries in science will come from non-scientists. And now that prediction is showing promise as two teams of online video game players have helped solve the structure for an important enzyme found in the HIV virus.
After medical researchers...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Consumer Safety, Space, Video on 09 20th, 2011 | No Comments
NASA Tracking Satellite Heading for Earth
NASA says there could be a spectacular show on Friday if someone spots the re-entry of an old satellite. But that is a big if. The space agency is down-playing any danger associated with a 20-year-old, school-bus-sized piece of space junk crashing into a populated area.
But there is still a chance that...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Physiology, Video on 09 1st, 2011 | No Comments
A Breath of Medical Fresh Air
Starting in a couple of years you may be able to let out a big sigh of relief that medical diagnostics are moving away from needles and other invasive ways of figuring out what’s going on in the human body.
New technology that takes detailed readings from our breath are already being tested to...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Engineering, Video, Weird Weather on 08 30th, 2011 | No Comments
Skyscrapers Pose Danger in Hurricanes
When Hurricane Irene began tracking toward New York City, officials feared the worst. In a city full of skyscrapers a hurricane can become a bigger instrument of destruction. Flying glass as windows blow out create dangerous projectiles littering the streets. And the space between highrise buildings...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Backyard Science, Biology, Citizen science, Discoveries, Diseases, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, Math, New Species, Video on 08 25th, 2011 | No Comments
Millions of Species Yet to be Discovered
According to a new study it could take 1,200 years, 300,000 researchers and $364 billion to identify and catalog all the species on Earth.
New research in the online journal PLoS Biology, a publication of the Public Library of Science uses a new way of calculating just how many plants and animals inhabit...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Discoveries, Diseases, Environment, Health and Medicine, New Species, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Video on 08 18th, 2011 | No Comments
Yale Undergrads Find Plastic-Eating Fungus
The growing garbage problem may have a new solution–fungus that eats plastic. For years mounting mounds of plastic have been choking landfills and polluting the ocean. Now an annual undergraduate trip to the rain forest may have found a solution to the plastic problem.
Unleashing creativity in...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Video on 08 15th, 2011 | No Comments
Electronic Tattoos
Ultrathin, flexible circuit boards that attach to the skin could replace conventional wired medical equipment, especially when it comes to monitoring vital signs.
New electronic tattoos, also known as epidermal electronics are taking state-of-the-art wireless medical technology and sticking it to a...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Discoveries, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Video on 08 11th, 2011 | 2 Comments
Cancer Research Takes Giant Leap Forward
Already heralded as the biggest step in cancer research in decades, a new cancer treatment is forcing conservative doctors and scientists to use words like, “Amazing.”
It’s premature to call this new treatment a cure since it has only been tried in three patients, all of whom have...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Diseases, Physiology, Video on 08 4th, 2011 | No Comments
Expensive Prostate Drug Complicated and Unpopular with Docs
Many doctors aren’t prescribing biotech company Dendreon’s experimental prostate cancer drug. The company’s stock shares dropped sharply after it announced it was firing workers and lowering its revenue forecast for the year. But the drug is hailed as a powerful, yet complicated way...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Video, Weird Weather on 07 22nd, 2011 | No Comments
Heat Dome Steams Much of U.S.
Over 177 million people in 34 states are talking about the heat dome that is parked over one million square miles of the U.S. and sending temperatures and heat indices into dangerous triple digit territory.
A heat dome is a common summertime occurrence when heating on land occurs faster than over the...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Consumer Safety, Discoveries, Diseases, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Uncategorized, Video on 07 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment
Real Science and Girls Dominate Google Science Fair
Gender stereotypes about math and science abound. Boys are known for performing better in math and science while girls tend to excel in history and language arts. Though the U.S. still leads the world in scientific discovery and vision, another stereotype is that the U.S. education system is failing...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 07 19th, 2011 | No Comments
The Internet Is Rewiring our Brains
Psychologists have learned that the Internet is becoming a primary form of transactive memory, meaning the information is external or stored outside of the person.
For some it is becoming far easier to reach for a keyboard than to try to extract a piece of information from the brain. Google and Yahoo!...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 14th, 2011 | No Comments
Tiny Shark Packs Big Bite
Few people have ever heard of the cookiecutter shark. They are prevalent in the deep, tropical ocean but they are not very large predators. In fact, the fish measures just a couple of feet long. But don’t be fooled by its size. This is a saw-toothed fish that bites dolphins, whales, nuclear submarine...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Plants, Space, Video on 07 11th, 2011 | No Comments
Last Shuttle Crammed with Science Experiments
When the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle program blasted off flawlessly on Friday, over one million onlookers gathered in Florida for the launch. Tens of millions more watched on television. But what they couldn’t see amid the liftoff fire and smoke was all the science that was en route...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 06 29th, 2011 | No Comments
Baseball’s Curse of the Baby Blues
The eyes have it.
A couple of years ago former Baltimore Orioles coach Buck Showalter appeared on ESPN during a Baseball Tonight segment called Scouting the Body, all about what recruiters look for physically in an ideal baseball player. He pointed out that the best players have brown eyes. While there...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Video on 06 28th, 2011 | No Comments
Nuclear Power Plants Under Threat
The record snow pack melt combined with cool, heavy spring rains forced reservoirs in northern states to release extra water into rivers, creating a big flood which is now surging south, from North Dakota to Nebraska where the Missouri River is over its banks and threatening two nuclear power plants.
The...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Scientainment, The Brain, Video on 06 17th, 2011 | No Comments
Music in the Name of Science
An exhibition which doubles as a huge, interactive science experiment has opened in New York. The Dublin Science Gallery’s Biorhythm: Music and the Body show immerses its visitors in a world of sonic experiences to see how they respond to different musical stimuli. Tara Cleary from Reuters reports.
But...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 14th, 2011 | No Comments
FDA Slathers Sunscreen Labels with More Protection
For over 30 years the Food and Drug Administration has been wrestling with the rules governing suntan lotion. About five years ago, the federal agency began urging sunscreen companies to give consumers better information about sun protection products.
Now, the FDA is announcing new rules this week that...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 06 7th, 2011 | No Comments
Driverless Cars Take to French Roads
It sounds like something from science-fiction — but it’s actually the latest brainchild from town planners in the western French town of La Rochelle. Small electric cars without drivers steer themselves through the streets taking locals and tourists around town in the first driverless car...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 06 6th, 2011 | No Comments
Bean Sprouts Blamed for E. Coli Outbreak
Update:
Preliminary tests prove negative for E. coli in bean sprouts from an organic farm in the Uelzen district of the German state of Lower Saxony. 23 out of 40 sprout samples from the farm came back negative for the bacteria. 17 samples are undergoing further testing which won’t be available...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment
E. Coli Outbreak Strikes European Veggies
As of Wednesday afternoon officials said 17 people had died in Germany and one in Sweden. A recent E. coli outbreak across Europe is believed to have started in northern Germany but it appears to be causing people to fall ill all around the world, including two cases in the U.S.
The unusually virulent...
