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Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
Our thanks to Eileen Callahan!
(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl,
Satya P. Chattopadhyay, or
Phil Yevics)
October 26th, Brennan 205
11:30am - 12:45pm
Science,
Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Promiscuous queen bees make healthier hives - life
- Sluggish Parents and Their Full-Throttle Offspring
- He Turned His Nobel Into a Prize for Women - New York Times
- A Brain Cell is the Same as the Universe
- Study backs parents who say "No TV on a school-night"
- Global Temperature Highest in Millennia
- That's Debatable: Six Debates at the Frontier of Science
- A Fly’s-Eye View of Evolution
- What Makes us Different?
- The Fuzzy Math Behind Sex Discrimination in the Sciences
- Out-of-Body Experience? Your Brain Is to Blame
- U.S. homework outsourced as "e-tutoring" grows
- DNA work earns chemistry Nobel
- Climate inaction 'has high cost'
- Allen Institute for Brain Science
- Head growth in infancy tied to later intelligence
- Fertile women dress to impress, U.S. study finds
- Gene mutation turns girls into boys - A genetic switch that produces testes has been found.
- Stress boosts Alzheimer’s proteins in the brain - health
- Senior 'Bluntness' Linked to Frontal Lobe
- Dartmouth researchers find a neural signature of bilingualism -
- Beast in sediment is photo winner
- Science/Nature | Doubt cast on lunar ice deposits
- Charles Darwin's works go online
- BBC NEWS | Europe | Nuclear waste poses Arctic threat
- Heavy atom makes brief appearance
- Children 'need sex advice sooner'
- Facial expressions 'hereditary'
- Strange, underworld microbes raise hopes for alien life
- Experts create invisibility cloak
- 'Design' attack on school science
- Mars rover takes in crater view
- Nations vie for giant telescope
- Thermal imaging shatters arousal gender gap myth
- Harder you look, the less you see
- Top 20 polluters gather in Mexico
- Nobel prize for genetic discovery
- Armstrong 'got Moon quote right'
- Mars orbiter looks down on rover
- Government accused of blocking hurricane report -
- Ivory-billed spotted in Florida, skeptics demand proof
- Eye-Catching Images of Nature, Made With a Common Machine
- Maine College Makes Green Pledge
- Can men marry if they have ovaries?
- Hope for cannabis-based drug for Alzheimer's
- Could 'Female' Hormone Affect Male Aggression?
- Negative stereotypes make women worse at maths
- Use it or lose it
- Ozone hole is 'biggest on record'
- Hubble could soon learn its fate
- Amazon river 'switched direction'
- Carbon trade 'to save' rainforest
- Iceland violates ban on whaling
- Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Most Desirable Mates May Not Sire Prolific Offspring
- Gravity satellites see ice loss
- Heavy atom makes brief appearance
- Oslo gay animal show draws crowds
- Groups and grumps: Study identifies 'sociality' neurons
- Blue eyes – a clue to paternity
- Nobel Prizes
- Moderate Drinking May Boost Memory, Study Suggests
- To Spend Less On Gas, Lose The Spare Tire
Medicine
Top, Science, Medicine,
Technology
- Artificial Cornea Mimics Real Thing
- In Antipsychotics, Newer Isn't Better - washingtonpost.com
- Overeating 'like drug addiction'
- Breast milk 'does not boost IQ'
- Treatment 'to neutralise all flu'
- India calls for calm over dengue
- Scientists find 'chemo brain' no figment of the imagination
- ScienCentral Video News: Detecting Alzheimer’s
- Early family experience can reverse the effects of genes, UCLA psychologists report
- Speed may protect the brain against stroke damage - health
- Brain changes may suggest suicide risk - Suicidal behaviour linked to serotonin receptors.
- Gene therapy reduces Parkinson’s symptoms
- Gene linked to autism in families with more than one affected child
- Ban the Sweets, Stop the Shakes
- TV might cause autism
- 'My face transplant saved me'
- Fermented milk 'cuts allergies'
- Woman gives birth to grandchild
- Stems cells 'slow nerve disease'
- Clue to flaws in autistic brain
- Walnuts 'combat unhealthy fats'
- Sleep loss in child-obesity link
- 1918 flu virus's secrets revealed
- Talking therapy treats 'fatigue'
- Hair pulling disorder gene found
- 'Richer' patients more attractive
- Organ sales 'thriving' in China
- Lung cancer drug 'extends life'
- Drug 'may reverse liver disease'
- Progesterone shows promise as treatment for traumatic brain injuries
- Gene found that helps combat MS
- Mad Deer Disease May Spread With Saliva
- LSD treatment for alcoholism gets new look
- New way to build stronger bones
- Government backs baldness therapy
- Chemo makes brain 'work' harder
- Aspirin 'can block tumour growth'
- Black tea 'soothes away stress'
- Study by Children's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon explains crucial deficit in children with autism
- Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Sex Drive Stays in Gear with Antidepressant Bupropion
- news
@ nature.com - Stem-cell treatment for Parkinson's brings mixed results
- Almost total relief of symptoms tempered by hints of cancerous side
effects.
- Study recommends safe listening levels for iPod use
- 'Personalised' cancer drug test
- Eye discovery could aid treatment
- Berry juice may be a heart tonic
- Heavy mobile use 'damages sperm'
- Doctors warned over pain drug use
- Veggies Keep the Mind Young
- Inherited Pollution
- Infertility link to child autism
Technology Top, Science,
Medicine, Technology
- Google buys founders' garage
- New DNA test to solve more cases
- Google launches literacy portal
- Fujitsu recalls laptop batteries
- Teenager moves video icons just by imagination
- Windows virus bites Apple iPods
- PlayStation 3 gets Linux download
- Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
- Branson unveils Virgin spaceship
- Microsoft announces Zune pricing
- Microsoft 'taking security risks'
- Yahoo opens up its e-mail program
- Engine on a chip drives laptops
- Future of the hard drive 'secure'
- Who is really in charge of the internet?
- Bluetooth rival unveiled by Nokia
- Google offers personal searches
- Making the web accessible for all
- Google sees profits almost double
- Single on memory stick for Keane
- Credit card firms shun MP3 site
Top, Science,
Medicine, Technology