Technology

Why Launching A Video Game Is More Complex Than A Movie Release

Everyone seems to know what the revenue of movies are, the film "Jem" and the new biopic of Steve Jobs being pulled from theaters after disastrous receptions are well known, but less known is that the video game industry is bigger- and therefore ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2015 - 7:55am

Scar-Free Facial Reconstruction Is Now A Reality

In an eight-hour operation, Dr. Daniel Borsuk, doctor at Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont in Montreal, carried out a facial reconstruction using virtual surgery and 3D models, removing a vascularized piece of pelvic bone and reshaping it to adapt it to the re ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2015 - 8:02am

No Bad Edits: Check 3 Times, Cut Once In CRISPR-Cas9

CRISPR-Cas9 is a hybrid of protein and RNA, the cousin to DNA, that functions as an efficient search-and-snip system in bacteria. It arose as a way to recognize and kill viruses, but then was adopted in other cells, including humans, to facilitate genome ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2015 - 6:54am

Mini-intestine Grown In A Test Tube

Research efforts on the intestine have increased in recent years. Owing to its enormous surface area- comparable to that of a one-bedroom apartment- and the huge number of neurons it contains- comparable to that in the brain- the intestine is sometimes re ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2015 - 7:30am

Pain Patients Benefit From High Frequency Stimulation

Due to disease-related changes in their brain, pain patients often suffer from an impaired tactile ability in their hands. In a pilot study conducted by scientists at the Ruhr-University Bochum, high frequency repetitive stimulation was investigated as a ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2015 - 4:30pm

Finding Faked Consumer Feedback

Can you trust any Yelp review when some restaurants create fake online restaurants as portals to avoid their own bad reviews, or pay for good ones?  And as organizations like the American Council on Science and Health quickly learned, when a cabal of anti ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2015 - 11:05am

Inserting Computers Into The Heart Of Medicine, Without Losing Doctor Souls

The examination room computer promises safer, more efficient and more effective patient care. But exam room computing is challenging and there is growing evidence that it can be a threat to patient safety and detrimental to good relationships and health o ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2015 - 11:48am

Secrets Of 19th Century Fashion Revealed By Science

The dye business of the 19th century was a mature, fast-moving and international industry, according to an analysis of four purple dresses. The study found that a brand new purple dye went from first synthesis to commercial use in just a few years. Before ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2015 - 9:30am

Slacktivists Do Matter- At Least On Twitter

If you think you really made a difference by overlaying your Facebook profile with a French flag, take 10 seconds to sign an online petitition or retweet a celebrity who matches your beliefs about science, you are a "slacktivist"- an activist wh ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2015 - 2:03pm

How NOT To Write An E-Book

My new book came out on Amazon yesterday, and as I breath a long sigh of relief, I'm reflecting on how I reached that milestone and how technology made it both easier and more difficult to achieve. If you are a writer looking to self-publish an eBook ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Dec 7 2015 - 10:49pm