Lately I have been having pains in my shoulder due to leaning to the left while sitting in my computer chair. This has put a strain on the muscles in my shoulder, neck and arm on my left side. I was…

That's right, my love for the periodic table can now be extended to my phone! My sweet Palm Pre features the periodic table in its app catalog, with such data as: Oxidation Status Boiling Point…

Well after all the alarmist talk about cell phone radiation causing brain tumors, now we have a new study that suggests that it may improve your memory. Specifically there is a suggestion that it may…

The biomedical field is feeling crowded. I blame women. And the data back me up: This slide is from FASEB, which compiled a bunch of helpful graphs based on various sources of data about the…

Damian Ryan, senior analyst, The Climate Group "The winners are the Obama administration. The outcome should be acceptable to Congress...The most disappointed is the European Union (Photo: The…

Ethanol is the way of the future. Although hydrogen power is the talk of the world, in truth it is a distant solution, possibly as far away at fifty years. Ethanol/Gasoline will be available in mass…

Bio-diesel is an alternative fuel derived from either Soy or Jatropha, and it is big in Brazil. By 2012, the Brazilian government will mandate an 8% blend of bio-diesel. The prospect of this…

There may remain theorems whose confirmation is technologically infeasible; thes can be assigned to the category of "harmless." Theorems for which confirmation is logically impossible should be…

Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five says a press release from the world's southernmost university, the University of Otago in New Zealand. Comparing children from…

Breaking News: Planet too warm? Bury the CO2 Shobha John 8 November 2009, 10:02am ISTText Size:|Topics:earth planet CO2 Japan is the latest country to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the…

I been a bonsai artist for over 12 years or more, I lost count . I have had the privileged to work with some bonsai masters from around the world. President Clinton when in office and a bonsai master…

Most American dictionaries do not distinguish between dynamic and dynamical. There is good reason to do so, however. Dynamic means changing. Dynamical is what concerns change. The position of an…

Vannevar Bush, the first U.S. presidential science advisor who played a leading role initiating the Manhattan Project, was one of the great 20th century visionaries of technology - a futurist, as he…

Getting back on my feet after the holiday rush and the expansion of our family: A meeting was held in mid-December to examine "The Impact of Modeling on Biomedical Research." This was held under the…

Holism ,comes from the Greek word meaning (all,entire,total) . Holistic medicine has become popular over the years using different forms of healing ; herbs and diet, better cognitive thinking with…

      A lot of geographical changes taking place like old faithfulin Yellowstone National Park ; the length of the interval has increased overthe years, which may be the…

  A lot of geographical changes taking place like old faithfulin Yellowstone National Park ; the length of the interval has increased overthe years, which may be the results of earth quakes…

"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints." Alfred Hitchcock

On my regular blog, I recently commented about a specific patent that I don’t think should have been issued, and I referred to a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited patent protection for…

Note to self. The list of countries to avoid visiting grows in 2010 with the entry of Ireland, a green country where people speak with a funny accent and drink good spirits. These are not at all…