Man airlifted to hospital after two airboats collide in Broward
Man airlifted to hospital after two airboats collide in Broward.....»»
Red tide toxin sent them to the hospital. See what happened to a pair of Florida turtles
A crowd of beachgoers cheered and hollered on Tuesday as they watched Mote Marine staff release two loggerhead sea turtles, named Lilly and Farmer, into the water at Lido Beach in Sarasota......»»
RSV vaccine to protect infants gets green light from FDA advisers
Faint data signal of possible increased risk of premature birth caused some concern. Enlarge / A father cares for his 8-and-a-half-month-old son, who is in the intensive care unit of the pediatric clinic at St. Joseph Hospital in.....»»
Curved spacetime in a quantum simulator
The theory of relativity works well when you want to explain cosmic-scale phenomena—such as the gravitational waves created when black holes collide. Quantum theory works well when describing particle-scale phenomena—such as the behavior of indiv.....»»
What Nurses Make in a Hospital Makerspace
“I knew nurses were making because I did it myself” – Rose Hedges Rose Hedges of UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Anna Young of Maker Health join me to talk about how a makerspace on the first floor of a hospital has cre.....»»
Researchers describe mechanisms that could prevent infections with the influenza A and Ebola viruses
Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. In an interdisciplinary approach, research teams from Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital investigated the final stages of viral penetration using electr.....»»
Fresh air and cold plasma could break down hospital PPE waste
The COVID-19 pandemic created an explosion in the use of disposable face masks around the globe. This added to the already significant amount of PPE waste generated by hospitals and in other medical settings......»»
Thailand air pollution leads millions to seek medical help
About 2.4 million people in Thailand have sought hospital treatment for medical problems linked to air pollution since the start of the year, health officials said, as toxic smog chokes parts of the country......»»
GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records thanks to Microsoft and Epic
Generative AI promises to streamline health care, but critics say not so fast. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a pixel art hospital with empty windows. (credit: Benj Edwards / Midjourney) On Monday, Microsoft and Epic.....»»
Robot Whispering + Circuit Wizardry Coming Up at Maker Faire Miami 2023
Drones, robots, magic, and art collide at Maker Faire Miami this weekend which returns with a full spectrum of makers and movers and shakers... The post Robot Whispering + Circuit Wizardry Coming Up at Maker Faire Miami 2023 appeared first on Make:.....»»
Humans vs. bacteria: Differences in ribosome decoding revealed
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital revealed that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial ribosomes, but do so more accurately. The study, published today in Nature, used a combination of field-leadi.....»»
ALICE collaboration sees long-range spatial correspondence in simplest collisions yet
When atomic nuclei such as gold or lead nuclei collide at high energy in particle colliders, they can produce quark–gluon plasma (QGP)—a hot and dense state of matter predicted to have existed shortly after the Big Bang. One of the key features o.....»»
"Taffy Galaxies" collide, leave behind bridge of star-forming material
Galaxy collisions are transformative events, largely responsible for driving the evolution of the universe. The mixing and mingling of stellar material is an incredibly dynamic process that can lead to the formation of molecular clouds populated with.....»»
When LLMs Collide With Software Development and Economics
Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin of SK Ventures wrote an interesting and important essay titled Society’s Technical Debt and Software’s Gutenberg Moment. The abstract follows. I encourage you to read the full essay. There is immense hyperbol.....»»
Google won’t honor medical leave during its layoffs, outraging employees
Ex-Googler says she was laid off from her hospital bed shortly after giving birth. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Would you believe that Google's mass firings from January are still going on? Google's reported mishandli.....»»
Apple Watch study reveals most of us aren’t getting nearly enough sleep every night
Using data from the Apple Heart and Movement Study, collected by Apple Watch, researchers say that most people aren’t getting nearly enough sleep every night. The research, published this month by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is based on s.....»»
Researchers uncover metabolic secrets of anaerobes and identify new strategies to treat C. difficile infections
A team of investigators from Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has identified metabolic strategies used by Clostridioides difficile to rapidly colonize the gut. The f.....»»
Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution
Nearly 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital because of air pollution this week, officials have said, with Bangkok shrouded in a harmful haze......»»
A surprising way to trap a microparticle
When physicists recently steered a tiny microparticle toward a cylindrical obstacle, they expected one of two outcomes to occur. The particle would either collide into the obstacle or sail around it. The particle, however, did neither......»»
Hospital’s water purification system stripped out chlorine, killing 3 patients
It was supposed to improve taste, but instead led to deadly infections. Enlarge / Part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on Dec. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty | John Tlumacki) Water purification systems installed.....»»
Colliding Dwarf Galaxies Reveal a Glimpse of the Early Universe
Scientists may have spotted two pairs of merging dwarf galaxies, each pair with a duo of soon-to-collide black holes.....»»