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Friday, February 20, 2015
'Smart' Windows Could Save Energy
At temperatures above 32 degrees C (90 degrees F), a new "smart window" (left) blocked some of the light streaming into a box from a sun lamp. That kept the box cooler than the one at right, which had a more conventional window.
WANG ET EL., IND. & ENG. CHEM. RES. (2014)
When A Part Makes You Whole
Suzanne Verma helps patient Billy Crawford try on and adjust his facial prosthetic. The device is mostly silicone but includes realistic eyebrows and a mustache. It was specially designed to replace tissue Crawford lost due to a devastating infection.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
Vision-ary High Tech
A small gauge attached to this contact lens (small rectangular patch of circuitry at center) can help doctors monitor the pressure inside an eyeball.
SALVATORE, ETH ZURICH
FDA Knew of Design Flaw in Scope Linked to UCLA Superbug
Duodenoscopes like this have been linked to the superbug outbreak at a UCLA hospital. The scopes are commonly used by physicians to diagnose and treat cancer, gallstones and other conditions.
(Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Limpet Teeth Set New Record As Strongest Known Material
Scanning electron microscope image of limpet teeth.
University of Portsmouth
Ongoing Ebola Outbreak Traced to Hollow Tree
Brought to you by Ayden
The first victim in the current Ebola outbreak had played in this hollow tree. It has since burned down. Scientists say the tree used to host insect-eating bats that could have carried the Ebola virus.
FABIAN LEENDERTZ
Why Are Some People Left-Handed? - Ted-Ed Video
Brought to you by Allie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGLYcYCm2FM
The Steady Creep of Less Sleep
Brought to you by Paisley
A student yawns during a high school graduation ceremony. Teens are getting less and less sleep, a new study finds. Just one-third of 18-year-olds report getting seven or more hours of sleep a night. That is far less than what experts recommend.
KAREN/FLICKR/(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
How the Brain Sees Follow -Through
Follow-through is more important than you might think. The motion forms a part of a single motor memory in the brain.
LILRIZZ/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Designing California Cities for a Long-Term Drought
Bull Creek, an L.A. River tributary, flows in the city’s Lake Balboa neighborhood.
(Junkyardsparkle/Wikimedia Commons)
Once Easily Recognized. Signs of Measles Now Elude Young Doctors
A decades-long effort
to immunize American children managed to wipe out the last homegrown
measles cases in 2000. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)
The Benefits of A Good Night's Sleep - TEDEd by Shai Marcu
Brought to you by Jaime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedoSfZvBgE
Tar Pit Clues Provide Ice Age News
A mural by Mark Hallett in the Page Museum depicts hundreds of species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits
PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS
Nano Air Pollutants Strike A Blow to the Brain
Air pollution cloaks Mexico City in haze. Breathing in this pollution doesn't just harm the lungs; new studies show it also can damage the brain.
FIDEL GONZALEZ/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Immunity: Environment Can Have Big Impact
Your immune system reacts when you get a flu shot - or a flu infection. How well your immune system protects you over time may be influenced more by the environment than by your genes, new data show.
WFIU Public Radio /FLICKR (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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