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Graphene drum could make good motion sensor and memory chip
Kavli researchers couple carbon resonator to a superconducting microwave cavity for the first time.
Source: Nanotechweb.org News - September 5, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Authors: Belle Dumé Source Type: news
Susan Greenfield: 'I've always marched to the beat of my own drum'
Scientist, writer, broadcaster and baroness, Susan Greenfield is busy working to find a cure for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. That is, when she isn't courting controversy with her views on the link between autism and the internet and, now, the way social media is changing how our minds work Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Anthony Tags: Susan Greenfield Science Source Type: news
Have You Ever Experienced Terrorist Love?
Would you trade your hum drum single life for the excitement of terrorist love? read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - July 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: J. R. Bruns, M.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life bad boys beauty charm chatrooms Chritian Mingle courtship Denver Airport e-mail eharmony Facebook Fox31 Denver Harvard University ISIS Islamic State in Iraq and Syria jihad marriage Match.com Source Type: news
Spotlight! is now DISCOVER…..AND our next session!
We’ve renamed our” Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources” to…..(can you hear the drum roll?) “Discover NLM and More.” The change is being made to help us re-gear, rethink, and restructure our webinars, not just to include more and different resources, but to include you, to interact with you in these training sessions, and discover right along with you, all the wonderful resources we have at our fingertips, from the National Library of Medicine, and other webpages, that may be relevant to you.
Our “first” new session will be on Wednesday, June 25 at 1:00...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - June 6, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
STOP THE PRESSES…..Spotlight! on NLM Resources has a new name….
We’ve renamed our” Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources” to…..(can you hear the drum roll?) “Discover NLM and More.” The change is being made to help us re-gear, rethink, and restructure our webinars, not just to include more and different resources, but to include you, to interact with you in these training sessions, and discover right along with you, all the wonderful resources we have at our fingertips, from the National Library of Medicine, and other webpages, that may be relevant to you.
Our “first” new session will be on Wednesday, June 25 at 1:00...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - June 2, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Community-Based Organizations Health Sciences Libraries Public Health Public Libraries Source Type: news
Native Voices in Southern Illinois
By Fran E. Kovach MLIS AHIP
Reference & Education Librarian
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Library planned to exhibit at three central Illinois pow wows beginning with the 8th Annual Intertribal Black Horse Pow Wow in Taylorville, Illinois, the 3th Annual Native Americans Speak event at Shore Acres Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, and the 20th Annual Bison Grounds Blessing and Pow Wow at Wildlife Prairie Park, Hanna City, Illinois. Unfortunately, due to flooding near Taylorville, the Black Horse Pow Wow was not attended this year, although w...
Source: The Cornflower - May 18, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Jacqueline Leskovec Tags: General News from the Region Outreach Source Type: news
In funk music, rhythmic complexity influences dancing desire: Syncopated rhythm may influence our desire to dance to music
Rhythmic drum patterns with a balance of rhythmic predictability and complexity may influence our desire to dance and enjoy the music. Many people find themselves unable to resist moving their bodies to the thumping beat of hip-hop, electronic, or funk music, but may feel less desire to dance when listening to a highly syncopated type of music, like free jazz.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Eric Hargis
CEOMr. Eric Hargis joined the Colon Cancer Alliance as CEO in January 2014. Hargis has more than 35 years of relevant leadership experience in national health organizations and has a proven track record of supporting these entities through strategic growth. Hargis has a proven track record of being a transformational leader. Nationally, he has successfully led the development of numerous programs, partnerships, events and fundraising initiatives.
Daily, Hargis beats the drum that colon cancer is largely preventable and a unique cancer that we can actually do something about. His passionate approach is intentionally d...
Source: PHRMA - April 15, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Julie Source Type: news
Statins have no side effects? This is what our study really found … | Ben Goldacre
This article first appeared on Ben Goldacre's own website, Bad ScienceDrugsPlacebo effectMedical researchHealthBen Goldacretheguardian.com © 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Placebo effect Health Medical research Society Drugs Science Source Type: news
Darker origin behind the kindly act of fairness
We often think of playing fair as an altruistic behavior. We're sacrificing our own potential gain to give others what they deserve. What could be more selfless than that? But new research from Northeastern University assistant professor of philosophy Rory Smead suggests another, darker origin behind the kindly act of fairness.Smead studies spite. It's a conundrum that evolutionary biologists and behavioral philosophers have been mulling over for decades, and it's still relatively unclear why the seemingly pointless behavior sticks around.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cholera epidemic in Haiti 'poses major threat to Latin America and Caribbean'
UN assistant secretary general says deadly outbreak, which has been blamed on UN troops, demands decisive actionHaiti needs a "Marshall plan" for water and sanitation to quell a cholera epidemic which poses a major threat to the Caribbean and Latin America, according to the UN assistant secretary general.Pedro Medrano Rojas, who is co-ordinating the response in Haiti, is visiting European capitals this week to drum up support for the faltering effort to deal with an epidemic that has killed 8,540 since 2010 and infected almost 700,000 people.Studies have shown the cholera strain was probably introduced to the country by UN...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 7, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Mark Tran Tags: theguardian.com Americas World news Infectious diseases United Nations Haiti Cholera Global development Source Type: news
Diary of a Relief Worker
This post is from Winnie Romeril, a Red Cross volunteer deployed to the Philippines.
Impressions at 4 a.m. Entering Day Two
I can’t sleep. My mind is filled with vivid images from yesterday.
We drive through miles of lush green rice paddies punctuated by graceful white herons. Occasionally we see people working the fields, cows finding shade under storm-felled coconut trees, the brightly-colored Philippine flag twisting in the hot, humid breeze. It looks deceptively refreshing. It is not. The heat here is impressive. We stand in the sun for hours with the Philippine Red Cross volunteers organizing and carrying out the...
Source: Red Cross Chat - February 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kristiana Almeida Tags: Uncategorized Haiyan International philippines relief typhoon volunteer yolanda Source Type: news
EMD Millipore Introduces DRYPOUR™ Packaging System To Minimize Caking Of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials
EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaAof Darmstadt, Germany, has introduced the DRYPOUR™ packaging system, which minimizes caking of hygroscopic salts used in pharmaceutical manufacturing during transport and storage. The system, which consists of a polyethylene drum with a tamper-evident seal, a polyethylene liner with integrated desiccant bags and a breathable interior Tyvek® liner, helps improve operational efficiency by reducing the time and effort needed to break up heavily caked raw materials.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - February 6, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Michael Moore Is Right: Obamacare Is Awful, But Single-Payer Would Be Much Worse
Supporters of the president have begun beating the drum for single-payer -- with Obamacare serving as a way station on the path there.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 3, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sally Pipes Source Type: news
