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Photo: Lori Geary Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush made his formal debut at the Georgia statehouse Thursday, where he waded into a few of the thornier policy debates facing state legislators. The former Florida governor spoke briefly to the House and Senate chambers about the need for broader education reforms that give parents a greater choice in schools. Public Health Officials Know: Recently Vaccinated Individuals Spread Disease. Washington, D.C., March 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physicians and public health officials know that recently vaccinated individuals can spread disease and that contact with the immunocompromised can be especially dangerous.
For example, the Johns Hopkins Patient Guide warns the immunocompromised to "Avoid contact with children who are recently vaccinated," and to "Tell friends and family who are sick, or have recently had a live vaccine (such as chicken pox, measles, rubella, intranasal influenza, polio or smallpox) not to visit. "1 A statement on the website of St. Jude's Hospital warns parents not to allow people to visit children undergoing cancer treatment if they have received oral polio or smallpox vaccines within four weeks, have received the nasal flu vaccine within one week, or have rashes after receiving the chickenpox vaccine or MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.2.
Physics researchers map where to run and hide during a zombie apocalypse. If a zombie apocalypse breaks out in the United States, where should the “zombie-fighting headquarters” be located?
Oh sure, a zombie survival strategy may not seem important now, but it’s official research that will be much appreciated when the nation is infested with hungry-for-brains undead. Cornell University researchers asked, “If it takes a month to develop and distribute an effective vaccine (or an effective strategy for zombie decapitation), what regions should one locate the zombie-fighting headquarters?” Cornell University researchers presented “You Can Run, You Can Hide: The Epidemiology and Statistical Mechanics of Zombies” (pdf) at an American Physical Society meeting in San Antonio last Thursday. Coming soon: the 'Big Heat' We probably have less than five years before we witness the 'Big Heat' - a supercharged surge of rapid global warming, destabilizing the climate system in deeply unpredictable ways.
Forget the so-called 'pause' in global warming-new research says we might be in for an era of deeply accelerated heating. While the rate of atmospheric warming in recent years has, indeed, slowed due to various natural weather cycles - hence the skeptics' droning on about 'pauses' - global warming, as a whole, has not stopped. Far from it. It's actually sped up, dramatically, as excess heat has absorbed into the oceans. New York Times: Those Who Deny Climate Science Are Not 'Skeptics' By Joe Romm Posted on.
Scientists have figured out how to stop the common cold in its tracks. The results of a huge project to sequence the traces of DNA left on New York City's subways have given us the first comprehensive look at the bacterial menagerie hosted by one of the world’s most trafficked public transport systems.
Cities are just like human beings, in the sense that we both harbour an incredibly rich variety of microbes in our every nook and cranny. The average human, for example, contains about 100 trillion microbial cells, which outnumber human cells by a 10:1 ratio, and make up 36 percent of the active molecules floating through the human bloodstream. Swarms of DNA nanorobots execute complex tasks in living animal. This Robot Is the Best Limit Texas Hold'Em Player in the World. Past global warming similar to today's: Size, duration were like modern climate shift, but in two pulses.
The rate at which carbon emissions warmed Earth's climate almost 56 million years ago resembles modern, human-caused global warming much more than previously believed, but involved two pulses of carbon to the atmosphere, University of Utah researchers and their colleagues found.
The findings mean the so-called Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, or PETM, can provide clues to the future of modern climate change. The good news: Earth and most species survived. The bad news: It took millennia to recover from the episode, when temperatures rose by 5 to 8 degrees Celsius (9 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit). 'Topological insulators' promising for spintronics, quantum computers. (Phys.org) —Researches have uncovered "smoking-gun" evidence to confirm the workings of an emerging class of materials that could make possible "spintronic" devices and practical quantum computers far more powerful than today's technologies.
The materials are called "topological insulators. " Unlike ordinary materials that are either insulators or conductors, topological insulators are in some sense both at the same time - they are insulators inside but always conduct electricity via the surface. Chemists develop porous molecules that bind greenhouse gases. A team of University of Houston (UH) chemistry researchers have developed a molecule that assembles spontaneously into a lightweight structure with microscopic pores capable of binding large quantities of several potent greenhouse gases.
"Greenhouse gases, such a carbon dioxide, have received much attention lately because of their potential to dramatically affect Earth's climate, primarily the temperature of the planet," said Ognjen Miljanić, a UH associate professor of chemistry and leader of the team. While carbon dioxide presents the biggest problem, Miljanić notes that several other compounds are hundreds or thousands of times more potent in their greenhouse effect per unit of mass. 'Vampire therapy' could reverse ageing, scientists find. In parallel research, scientists at Harvard University also discovered that a ‘youth protein’ which circulates in the blood is responsible for keeping the brain and muscles young and strong.
The protein, known as ‘GDF11’, is present in the bloodstream in large quantities when we are young but peters out as we age. Although both the discoveries were made in mice, researchers are hoping to begin human trials in the next two to three years, in studies which could bring rapid improvements for human longevity and health. “This should give us all hope for a healthier future,” said Prof Doug Melton, of Harvard's Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. “We all wonder why we were stronger and mentally more agile when young, and these two unusually exciting papers actually point to a possible answer. “There seems to be little question that, GDF11 has an amazing capacity to restore aging muscle and brain function.” The mindreading machine that can listen to the 'voices in your head' System can decode brain activity that creates the 'voice in our head'Can learn to translate this into wordscould give a voice to the 'locked in' By Mark Prigg for MailOnline Published: 21:00 GMT, 30 October 2014 | Updated: 22:39 GMT, 30 October 2014.
HaptoMime offers mid-air interaction system (w/ Video) HaptoMime gives the word "touchscreen" a new meaning—one that will need to be carefully reworded, as HaptoMime involves a screen that you cannot touch. All the same, it enables interaction with floating images in the presence of ultrasonic tactile feedback. Nanoscale Biosensors in Your Eyes and Brain Could Collect Data on Your Health. Nao The Robot Teacher Becomes Newest Edition To Kansas School's Teaching Staff. The Career and Technical Education Academy in Hutchinson, Kan., has hired a new teacher who may fit in perfectly at an institution with such a technological name. Altaeros Energies - Home. COMMENTARY: Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola. 12 Technologies We Need To Stop Stalling On And Develop Now. Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests.
Oxygen absorbing material may allow us to breathe underwater. The Edible Growth project: a study into sustainable, healthy 3D printed food. 3D Printed Mini-Pastries Called ‘Edible Growth’ Created by Dutch Industrial Design Student. 3D-printed nylon prototype. Scientists produce Star Trek-like deflector device for cancer-free interplanetary travel. Researchers discover a way to tease oxygen molecules from carbon dioxide. (Phys.org) —A small team of researchers with the University of California has found a way break apart carbon dioxide molecules and get carbon atoms and oxygen molecules instead of carbon monoxide and an oxygen atom. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how they did it, and the implications of their findings. Researcher shows that black holes do not exist. Astrophysicists duo propose Planck star as core of black holes. What Science Says About Using Physical Force To Punish A Child. Artificial sweeteners trigger changes that can lead to diabetes, weight gain.
Are We Approaching the End of Human History? Australian scientists are taking their printable solar cells to the market. Water Droplet Computing Needs No Electricity. Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults - The Cochrane Library - Jefferson. ‘Robo Brain’ will teach robots everything from the Internet. Why Government Researchers Think We May Be Living in a 2D Hologram. List of Nikola Tesla patents. Scientists have worked out the genetic ‘recipe’ that lets lizards regrow their tails.
Cyborgs and sport: Between Disability and Enhancement. Helion Energy. ELIZA. Nanotech could make humans immortal by 2040, futurist says. 2028: The End of the World As We Know It? Siri’s Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask. Artificial Wombs and the “Individualistic Society” - will women still want pregnancy? - BrighterBrains.org. The black hole at the birth of the Universe. Lake Erie Deathwatch. If We Release a Small Fraction of Arctic Carbon, 'We're Fucked': Climatologist.
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Tokyo Scientists Create Touchable Hologram. SLAC Today. On the unification of mass and magnetism. India is building a massive, floating solar power plant. Quantum "spooky action at a distance" travels at least 10,000 times faster than light. NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive. Novikov self-consistency principle. MicroCHIPS Product Pipeline. Switching cause and effect in quantum world? A causes B causes A. Postpositivism. Scientists Ready New Nanobots to Swim in Human Blood Stream. Brain white matter modelled with 3D printing. Bio-printing transplantable tissues, organs: Another step closer. Which produces more CO2, volcanic or human activity? List of animals displaying homosexual behavior. Transgenerational epigenetics. Ancient worlds could be kept 'alive' by gravitational nudges. Planet Extinction - The Clathrate Time Bomb. The ERK Signal Transduction Pathway.
Limb regeneration: do salamanders hold the key? Perovskite. Fluid Experiments Support Deterministic “Pilot-Wave” Quantum Theory. Scientists Found a Genetic Switch to Reverse Aging in Neurons. Huge Magma Pocket Lurks Beneath Yellowstone Supervolcano. Survey finds 97% climate science papers agree warming is man-made. Huge Medical Marijuana Study Reference List (700+) How Vital Is a Planet's Magnetic Field? New Debate. Transcranial magnetic stimulation. Swarm reveals Earth's changing magnetism. Introducing the Vacuum Transistor: A Device Made of Nothing. Human Genetic Engineering Pros And Cons. Pesticide exposure in pregnancy linked to autism risk in kids. Here's Why You Should Be Excited About The James Webb Space Telescope. The Toxins of William B. Coley and the Treatment of Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas.
Scientists Have Simulated Time Travel With Photons. Sonoluminescence. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University Discovers Electricity can be Generated by Dragging Saltwater Over Graphene - The Rundown Live.