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Business of Biotech Conference At Moffitt Cancer Center
BioTech Weblog, The | 5 hours 52 minutes ago
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 234885 What: 3rd Annual Business of Biotech Conference When: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. January 29, 2009 Where: Vincent A. Stabile Research Building at Moffitt...
Volcanoes cool the tropics
Science Blog | 10 hours 18 minutes ago
Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures.read more
Doubts make consumers more willing to reevaluate brands
Science Blog | 13 hours 34 minutes ago
Most consumers crave a clear understanding of brand images, making them more receptive to new marketing messages if anything clouds their vision of companies or products, according to a new study.read more
Stars forming just beyond black hole
Science Blog | 15 hours 6 minutes ago
Using the Very Large Array of radio telescopes, astronomers have identified two protostars located only a few light-years from the galactic center. Their discovery shows that stars can, in fact, form very close to the Milky Way's central black hole.read more
In Advanced IT Age, EMRs Lag Behind
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry/DeviceTalk | 15 hours 33 minutes ago
During an era of increasing connectivity and wireless, digital communication, the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) hasn’t been picking up speed at a comparable rate. According to the Medical Records Institute (Boston), 20% of U.S. doctors have implemented EMR systems. A study of outpatient electronic health records published last year in the New England [...]
The Purpose of Language
Science Blog | 18 hours 24 minutes ago
What is language for? Communication? Or something else?read more
Antibodies take 'evolutionary leaps' to fight microbes
Science Blog | 18 hours 51 minutes ago
A new report in the January 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal explains for the first time how humans keep up with microbes by rearranging the genes that make antibodies to foreign invaders.read more
Obesity elevates risk of ovarian cancer
Science Blog | 19 hours 29 minutes ago
A new epidemiological study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight.read more
Adult-onset diabetes slows mental functioning
Science Blog | 19 hours 48 minutes ago
Adults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research.read more
Engineers develop new way to fuse cells
Science Blog | 19 hours 48 minutes ago
MIT engineers have developed a new, highly efficient way to pair up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell.read more
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Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry/DeviceTalk
A weblog about and for the medical device industry.
BioTech Weblog, The
Biotech News made simple.
Corante/Brain Waves
The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades.
Science Blog
In case Mr. Wizard and Mythbusters don't give you enough science