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Month: September 2011

Write wrongs with editing therapy.

14 September 2011 grant b 0

Scientific American comes close to my ink-stained heart with their interview with psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson, a leading authority on using story editing to change people’s… Read the rest “Write wrongs with editing therapy.”

Printed dishes.

13 September 2011 grant b 0

Fast Company has its eyes on tomorrow’s dinner with a new application for 3D printing – food printed to order:

The newest 3-D food printer, now being honed at [Cornell Creative

… Read the rest “Printed dishes.”

Smart pills.

12 September 2011 grant b 0

Reuters reports on a potential Alzheimer’s cure that helps grow more brain cells:

“We make new neurons every day in our brain,” Andrew Pieper of the University of Texas

… Read the rest “Smart pills.”

Science Art: PDB_1h54_EBI by Jawahar Swaminathan and MSD staff at the European Bioinformatics Institute

11 September 2011 grant b 0


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I guess I’m on a Lactobacillus kick. This is not confetti celebrating a Lactobacillus party, and it’s not a photograph of what happens when a Lactobacillus… Read the rest “Science Art: PDB_1h54_EBI by Jawahar Swaminathan and MSD staff at the European Bioinformatics Institute”

Antibiotics: not so good for your *brain*, either.

9 September 2011 grant b 1

The Economist reveals the strange connection between your intestinal flora and your mood:

[R]esearchers, led by Javier Bravo of University College, Cork, split their rodent subjects

… Read the rest “Antibiotics: not so good for your *brain*, either.”

Antibiotics: not so good for you.

8 September 2011 grant b 1

Not in the long run, anyway. That’s how Wired sums up research indicating that our wonder drugs are killing the good bugs off for good:

In a provocative editorial published this week

… Read the rest “Antibiotics: not so good for you.”

A memorial algorithm

7 September 2011 grant b 0

Scientific American reveals the moving mathematics behind the layout of the 9/11 memorial:

The planners of the memorial, which will be dedicated this weekend where the Twin Towers once

… Read the rest “A memorial algorithm”

Did you know…

6 September 2011 grant b 0

… that Brian May, member of Queen, the man who wrote “We Will Rock You” and the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, took time out from touring and recording to earn a doctorate … Read the rest “Did you know…”

The spice… and the worm….

5 September 2011 grant b 0

PhysOrg has us looking for the mouse-shadow on the second moon with the news that alien life is likelier on “Dune” planets:

Instead of aqua planets with abundant water on their

… Read the rest “The spice… and the worm….”

Science Art: Nine of Diamonds: Dyals (1702)

4 September 2011 grant b 0

A playing card from a set explaining engineering tools to 18th century British players.

The star that shouldn’t be.

2 September 2011 grant b 0

ABC Science puzzles over a star that, according to everything we know about stars, simply shouldn’t exist:

The star, called SDSS102915+172927, is reported today in the journal

… Read the rest “The star that shouldn’t be.”

Hot spots help health care

1 September 2011 grant b 0

PBS Frontline looks at how one urban physician, Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, has figured out how to fix our health care system – by using digital maps:

I went to the hospital that I worked for

… Read the rest “Hot spots help health care”

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