The brain-preserving cooling treatment known as therapeutic hypothermia is rarely being used in patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in the hospital, despite its proven potential to improve survival and neurological function, researchers report in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine...
First off, nothing is set in stone yet regarding this trip.
My girlfriend and I have been together for four months.
Last month my girlfriend went to Coachella. We were supposed to go together but the plan fell apart due to travel issues. At the last minute she found out that her cousins were...
It appears the Toronto Blue Jays will be without Jose Reyes for an extended period of time after the All-Star shortstop was carted off the field with a sprained left ankle during their 8-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
Reyes suffered the injury on an awkward slide into...
Genomic technology has revolutionized gene discovery and disease understanding in autism, according to an article published in the December 20 issue of the journal Neuron. The paper highlights the impact of a genomic technology called high-throughput sequencing (HTS) in discovering numerous new...
Last winter, scientists at the University of Wisconsin and Erasmus University (Netherlands) shocked the world by announcing they had developed strains of H5N1 influenza that could easily pass between mammals (ferrets). In nature, H5N1 is extremely lethal (kills nearly 60% of its human cases)...
A new study reveals that cognitive therapy over the phone is just as effective as meeting face-to-face. The research was published in the journal PLoS ONE. Researchers at the University of Cambridge together with the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied...
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have for the first time uncovered the detailed structure of the shell that surrounds the genetic material of retroviruses, such as HIV, at a crucial and potentially vulnerable stage in their life cycle: when...
Is all humour potentially offensive?
I am wracking my brains trying to think of a type of humour that could not be misconstrued by somebody or group/race of people as offensive even though the intent may not be to offend.
Any ideas/examples?
Story humour - good one. Knock knock jokes are...
Researchers at Murdoch University have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially toxic plant ingredients, allergens, and traces of endangered animals. "TCMs have a...
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling...
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series discusses the discovery that household washing machines seem to be a major source of so-called "microplastic" pollution -- bits of polyester and acrylic smaller than...
Amazon rolled out its newest software update for the Kindle Fire—version 6.2—this evening. Initial reports indicate that it both de-roots your jailbroken device and removes access to the Android Marketplace. But don't worry—the borking is reversible. More »
I'll list the main points here:
- I'm a sophomore in college. I was told by a family friend that this girl would be entering my college as a freshman.
- I sent her a message and added her on facebook. In the message I told her that if she needed any help or had any questions to ask me. She...
Almost as soon as Texas A&M's long-awaited departure from the Big 12 became official Wednesday morning, the speculation turned to which schools Commissioner Dan Beebe might approach as potential replacements.
One of the schools atop that list will likely be BYU.
Before BYU even plays its...
Although there are millions of people with Chagas, a disease that kills over 12,000 people a year, it has remained until now, a rather neglected tropical disease little heard of outside Latin America. However, the tide could be about to turn, because cases are growing in the US, Europe...