Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life. By Jef Akst | July 31, 2012 Earlier this month (July 2), the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) sent an aquarium of Medaka fish, called the Aquatic Habitat (AQH), to the International Space Station, where scientists will collect data on how the low gravity, high radiation environment of space affects the small, transparent fish Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Russian cargo ship leaves space station
A robotic Russian cargo ship made its final departure from the International Space Station Monday after spending several months attached to the orbiting outpost. The unmanned Russian Progress 47 cargo ship undocked from the space station on Monday at 5:19 p.m. EDT, as both spacecraft flew over Kazakhstan, according to NASA officials. Continue reading
Unmanned Russian Cargo Ship Departs Space Station
A robotic Russian cargo ship made its final departure from the International Space Station yesterday (July 30), after spending several months attached to the orbiting outpost. Continue reading
NASA's Journey to Tomorrow Exhibit Featured at Great New England Air Show
CLEVELAND – NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio invites visitors at the Great New England Air Show to explore interactive exhibits and participate in science, technology, engineering and math activities in NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow traveling exhibit. This will be the first time NASA exhibits will be on display at the air show located on the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass. The exhibit engages guests in real world challenges relative to both aeronautics and space exploration. Continue reading
Five essential facts about NASA's Mars Curiosity rover (+video)
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is the most sophisticated robot ever sent to another world. Here are five facts about NASA’s most audacious robotic mission yet. NASA’s new robot rover named Curiosity has spent 8 months hurtling through space toward its destination Sunday on Mars. Continue reading
Five essential facts about NASA's Mars Curiosity rover
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is the most sophisticated robot ever sent to another world. Here are five facts about NASA’s most audacious robotic mission yet. NASA’s new robot rover named Curiosity has spent 8 months hurtling through space toward its destination Sunday on Mars Continue reading
Life-Science Firm That Received Federal, Purdue Funding is Generating Revenue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A Purdue-based new venture that develops nanotechnology to improve research and development in life-science companies, pharmaceutical companies and cancer research centers has succeeded in generating its first revenues from sales after only two years in business. Tymora Analytical Operations LLC has begun selling its PolyMAC product to university professors and industry researchers Continue reading
Autoantibodies damage blood vessels in the brain
Public release date: 31-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: bachtler@mdc-berlin.de bachtler@mdc-berlin.de 49-309-406-3896 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres The presence of specific autoantibodies of the immune system is associated with blood vessel damage in the brain. These findings were made by Marion Bimmler, a graduate engineer of medical laboratory diagnostics at the Max Delbrck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch and Dr Continue reading
Emergency Medicine Organizations Herald New Office of Emergency Care Research at NIH as An Investment in the Future
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) today lauded the announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the creation of a new Office of Emergency Care Research (OECR) as a gift to emergency patients everywhere. The NIH is the largest federal agency dedicated to … Continue reading
Let’s put art back in medicine
Medical schools throughout history have taught future doctors that medicine is both science and art, but the push to implement more rigorous scientific approach to medical care has diminished and marginalized the art of medicine in the last few decades. The push to apply research-based data and evidence-based medicine has created a new culture where governments and policymakers are trying to force doctors to practice so called cook-book medicine. It is a concept where people are treated, not as unique individual humans, but as a category of diagnosis for which they have a set of treatments recommended by experts Continue reading
The Partnership at Drugfree.org Announces New Partners in National Medicine Abuse Action Campaign
~”The Medicine Abuse Project” Will Prevent Half a Million Teens from Abusing Medicine in Five Years~NEW YORK, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Partnership at Drugfree. … Continue reading
Modernizing Medicine Reaches 550 Practices and Adds a Top Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center to Its Customer Roster
BOCA RATON, FL–(Marketwire -07/31/12)- Modernizing Medicine, the creator of the Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), a cloud-based specialty-specific EMR application, announced today that it is now integrated in more than 550 healthcare practices across the country, solidifying it as a strong contender in the EMR space. In 2010, serial entrepreneur Dan Cane and dermatologist Michael Sherling co-founded Modernizing Medicine. Continue reading
Liberty Residence I in Wadsworth to host school supply donation drive Thursday
Liberty Residence I, an independent living center located at 250 Smokerise Drive, will host a Touch-a-Truck charity event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. The charity event will help United Way of Medina County’s Stuff-A-Bus Campaign gather new school supplies Continue reading
Sennen Board Recommends Shareholders Reject Liberty's Hostile Offer
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – July 31, 2012) – Sennen Resources Ltd (SN.V) (“Sennen” or the “Company”) notes Liberty Silver Corp.’s (“Liberty”) offer issued on July 16, 2012 (the “Liberty Offer”). Continue reading
Happy 100th Birthday, Milton Friedman
Today would be Milton Friedman's 100th birthday. Continue reading
Libertarian Party Sues D.C. Over Ballot Access Regulations
To get on a ballot in D.C., you need to gather a certain amount of signatures from registered votersand the people circulating those petitions have to be registered voters in D.C. themselves. The Libertarian Party wants that to change Continue reading
Here's Why the Cayman Islands Is Considering Fiscal Suicide
What Do Greece, the United States, and the Cayman Islands Have in Common? Continue reading
Benefits of Contraceptive Use in the United States – Video
30-07-2012 15:29 Contraception is basic preventive health care for women—a simple truth that is too often lost in our political discourse. This video puts key facts front and center: Proper timing and spacing of births leads to healthier pregnancies; contraception, when used consistently, is highly effective; and cost can be a barrier to a woman using the contraceptive method that’s right for her. This video was created by the Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health Continue reading
Consumers bracing for tax hikes from the health care law – Video
30-07-2012 22:50 Report: ObamaCare expected to cost taxpayers $805 billion Continue reading
Digesting the health care compromise bill
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday on a 350-page bill that would make Massachusetts the first state to impose limits on how much health care providers can spend on medical costs. Its a complicated, far-reaching bill that depends on the states ability to collect massive amounts of data and to make it usable by regulators and consumers Continue reading