Printed Sensors Evaluated for Glucose Measurement in Exhaled Breath. Very interesting approach to measuring glucose using nanotechnology printing. The key to all these alternate sites (and methods) is how rapidly they track true blood glucose. Fingerprick capillary blood is just so good at that.
Source: medgadget.com
New data bucks gun industry claim, finds US majority supports smart guns: In nationally representative survey, ~60% of Americans would buy safer weapons.
Source: arstechnica.com
Unilever to shrink Magnum and Cornetto in bid to cut calories: Ben & Jerry tubs and Feast will also shrink as multinational moves to bring all single-serving ice-creams below 250 calories
Source: theguardian.com
Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: In a joint publication across 14 member journals, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) proposes to require sharing of deidentified individual patient data underlying published...
Source: plos.org
Ancient 'massacre' unearthed near Lake Turkana, Kenya - BBC News: Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers, at a site in northern Kenya.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Gluten-free sports diets do nothing, study suggests: In healthy, non-celiac athletes, gluten made no difference in digestion or workouts.
Source: arstechnica.com
New Mersenne Prime Discovered, Largest Known Prime Number: 2^74,207,281 - 1 - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
Data analysis reveals that US cities are segregating the wealthy: Restrictive land use regulations in cities are associated with income segregation.
Source: arstechnica.com
Can owning a cat lead to less stress? Results of a study from Cornwall College Newquay supports the body of evidence that shows cats can be a healthy pleasure, particularly for owners who have had their cats longer than 2 years.
Source: cornwall.ac.uk
Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective: BMC Medical Education is part of the BMC series which publishes subject-specific journals focused on the needs of individual research communities across all areas of biology and medicine. We offer an efficient, fair and friendly peer review service,...
Source: biomedcentral.com
Non-Native Invasive Species in the UK | SINNG Project: SINNG is a local group based at Cornwall College Newquay and is run by Nicola Morris and various students, aiming to inform about invasive species in UK
Source: sinng.org.uk
The rise of the robots
Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Five Ways Online Learning is Enabling Change in Post-Secondary Education | teachonline.ca
Source: teachonline.ca
Weak Electrical Field Found To Carry Information Around the Brain - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org
Delhi embraces car restrictions on key working day - BBC News: The first full day of car restrictions in the Indian capital, Delhi, is largely observed - but how it affects pollution remains to be seen, writes Atish Patel.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The top five causes of death worldwide - infographic: Five conditions accounted for almost 40% of all deaths worldwide in 2012. The countries are most affected by these diseases and how trends are changing over time
Source: theguardian.com
CDC issues travel advisory for 14 countries with alarming viral outbreaks: Experts scrambling as US sees first birth defect linked to mosquito-spread virus.
Source: arstechnica.com
Want to improve teaching in universities? Value those who teach: As university reform draws nearer, the government must address the sector’s growing problem of insecure working conditions
Source: theguardian.com
Grisly Find Suggests Humans Inhabited Arctic 45,000 Years Ago - Slashdot
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French drug trial turns disastrous, leaving 1 brain dead and 5 hospitalized
Source: arstechnica.com