Science & Society

Study: Heart Attacks In Italy Dropped After Public Smoking Ban

Less smoking or less time eating in restaurants because of a ban on smoking? Either way, the number of acute coronary events such as heart attack in adults dropped significantly after a smoking ban in public places in Italy, researchers reported in Circula ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 15 2008 - 6:30am

Virtual Chemistry Poster Session On ACS Island

The American Chemical Society will be offering a virtual poster session in Second Life from selected posters at the Sci-Mix session taking place April 6, 2008 at the next national meeting in New Orleans. I'm helping out with that effort and I'm p ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Feb 14 2008 - 2:35pm

Open Medicine Editorial

The Journal " Open Medicine " has published a very thoughtful editorial on " Open science, open access and open source software at Open Medicine " by Sally Murray, Stephen Choi, John Hoey, Claire Kendall, James Maskalyk and Anita Palepu ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Feb 18 2008 - 8:56am

Social Distractions: Study Says We Work Better In Isolation

You may not be aware of it- they might not be aware of it, but the people in your work environment might be slowing you down. New research by University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Dr. Tim Welsh says that regardless of their intentions, h ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2008 - 11:17am

What Blackbeard The Pirate Can Teach Us About Economics And Politics

Pirates, like gangsters, highwayman, and other colorful outlaws, have always carried a certain romantic appeal and, thanks to "Pirates of the Caribbean", they are the most appealing of the outlaws at this moment. In a swashbuckling article for th ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2009 - 1:47am

Patented: Device That Monitors Condition Of Transplant Organs

Ikerlan-IK4 (CIC microGUNE Microfluidics Unit- the Basque Micro and Nanotechnologies Research Centre) has patented a device that enables the verification of the optimum conditions for a human organ prior to its transplant. By means of a microelectrode that ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2008 - 7:31am

Will Amazon Bring You Science News Next?

The newspaper, that daily chronicle of human events, is undergoing the most momentous transformation in its centuries-old history. Online versions are proliferating, attracting young readers, and generally carving out a sizable swath of the news business. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2008 - 8:50am

'Electronic Tongue' Can Tell Old Brandy From New

Researchers from St. Petersburg State University have designed a brandy analyzing device which can distinguish the ‘young’ drink from the seasoned one and even to distinguish among variants of brandy. This is of great help both to manufacturers and analyst ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2008 - 9:31am

Prenatal Carrier Screening Leads To Cystic Fibrosis Decline- Report

A report in a recent New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at the New England Newborn Screening Program (NENSP) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), indicates a declining incidence of a genetic disease, providing what may ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2008 - 11:19am

Mind-Bending Science In Thomas Pynchon's Mind-Bending Novel Against The Day: Part I

Do you like Thomas Pynchon, but are you stumped by the crazy turn-of-the-century science in his latest novel, Against The Day? You're not alone! I've put together a little guide for the perplexed, a three-part primer on special relativity, vector ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 21 2012 - 10:44am