UK's National Graphene Institute in Revolt After Foreign Tech Grab: Researchers at the UK's NGI won't work at the new facilty for fear that their research will be pilfered
Source: ieee.org
Dramatic remissions in blood cancer in immunotherapy treatment trial | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net
Medical Education Theme Issue 2016: Call for Papers: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun The classic tripartite definition of the roles of a physician includes teaching, research, and patient care. While it is debatable whether the physicians in recent...
Source: jamanetwork.com
UK press is the most aggressive in reporting on Europe's 'migrant' crisis: Public opinion has been polarised by the way newspapers are covering this story.
Source: theconversation.com
The Future of Diabetes Prevention: A Call for Papers: PLOS Medicine editors and guest editors announce a call for papers for submissions for a special issue on diabetes prevention. The PLOS Medicine Editors. PLOS Med.
Source: plos.org
New Surgical Robot with Haptic Feedback Fits Entirely Inside Body During Operation |: Engineers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a miniaturized robot for single incision and natural orifice surgeries. The device feature
Source: medgadget.com
Not natural, not safe: Grapefruit Seed Extract. Science based medicine debunking the latest 'natural' wonder.
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org
Junk DNA - a thorough but accessible account of modern genetics covering discoveries since mapping the human genome and epigenetics. Genomic imprinting, non-coding RNA, telomeres and ageing, etc. Everything discovered (or I forgot about) since I left medical school basically. Everything was explained...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Now you're talking: human-like robot may one day care for dementia patients: With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal assistant or care provider for the elderly.
Source: reuters.com
First drug to reverse Huntington's disease begins human trials : The new drug, called IONIS-HTTRx, silences the gene known to be responsible for the production of a protein which causes Huntington’s
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Colombia doctor reports first case of Zika-linked microcephaly: The first case of birth defect microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus has appeared in Colombia, a doctor said on Friday, although the national health institute said it had no information on the case and could not confirm it....
Source: reuters.com
WHO Looking at Genetically Modified, Sterile Mosquitoes to Control Zika Spread: "The World Health Organization is evaluating some newer techniques for mosquito control, given the rapid spread of the Zika virus.
One possible method to reduce the populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit...
Source: jwatch.org
Next Generation Learning Analytics: Or, How Learning Analytics is Passé: "'Learning Analytics,' as so many know it, is already passé. There is almost always a disconnect between research innovation and the popular imagination. By the time a new concept or approach achieves widespread acceptance, its...
Source: timothyharfield.com
Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a coherent light source to take measurements
Source: ieee.org
"In its ongoing effort to make MOOCs more and more like traditional
education, Coursera has launched 'mentor-guided courses' for the cost of
$US 248." I like Stephen Downes and the way he pokes fun at the big MOOC companies. Their aim though is simply to try and monetize their courses. The mentor...
Source: downes.ca
A 19-Year-Old Made A Free Robot Lawyer That Has Appealed $3M In Parking Tickets - Slashdot
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Global Wind Power Capacity Tops Nuclear Energy For First Time - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
APOD: 2016 March 3 - Moons and Jupiter
Source: nasa.gov
Shor's algorithm is implemented using five trapped ions - physicsworld.com: Quantum-computing scheme could be scaled-up to perform practical calculations
Source: physicsworld.com
Hopkins Study Finds Popular Blood Pressure App Wildly Inaccurate - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org