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.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Shanna Haden
Name Shanna Haden Where are you located? Montgomery, PA What is your day job? 8th Grade ELA and Gifted (7-12) Teacher Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? I will be in April. What kinds of stuff do you make? T.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Bill Locke
Name Bill Locke Where are you located? Canton OH What is your day job? Systems Administrator Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? yes CHAMP Makerspace in Canton Makerspace Website What kinds of stuff do you make?.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Kody Greene
Name Kody Greene Where are you located? Copley Ohio What is your day job? Free Lance with my KRG Props and Replicas Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace? I have attended the Akron Makerspace Official Website | I.....»»
Omicron caused spike in breathing condition in babies and toddlers, study finds
Omicron's predilection for upper airway may pose unique risk to young children. Enlarge / Parents look after their son, age 5, who is being treated for croup and asthma in an emergency room at a California hospital March 24, 2010. (cre.....»»
Latest sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill
Another sandstorm that descended Monday on Iraq sent at least 2,000 people to hospital with breathing problems and led to the closure of airports, schools and public offices across the country......»»
Extreme temperatures compound poverty in Pakistan"s hottest city
By the time Pakistani schoolboy Saeed Ali arrived at hospital in one of the world's hottest cities, his body was shutting down from heatstroke......»»
Bacteria with recording function capture gut health status
Researchers from ETH Zurich, University Hospital of Bern and the University of Bern have equipped gut bacteria with data logger functionality as a way of monitoring which genes are active in the bacteria. These microorganisms could one day offer a no.....»»
Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital
More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments on Thursday due to a sandstorm, the seventh to hit the country in the past month, state media said......»»
Unique machine-learning model predicts homelessness among US soldiers before their transition to civilian life
Researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have found that lifetime depression, trauma of having a loved one murdered, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the three greatest predictors of homele.....»»
Study finds how Acinetobacter baumannii survives without water on hospital surfaces
The pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can survive on hospital surfaces—without water—for months, an ability that has helped it become a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections......»»
Single-molecule techniques illuminate mechanisms of GPCR activation
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute are studying G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), membrane proteins that are the target of one-third of approved drugs. Using single-mole.....»»
Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis
Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden statistician Richard Gill. After his investigation, together with an Italian colleague, Poggiali was acqu.....»»
An easily reversed hydrogel male contraceptive
A team of researchers working at China's Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University has developed a new kind of male contraceptive that is easily reversed. In their paper published in the journal ACS Nano, the group describes their approach, the el.....»»
Encapsulated peptide blocks communication and virulence of resistant Staphylococcus
Antibiotic-resistant hospital pathogens are not to be underestimated as a health risk. A research team has now introduced a new approach for treating multiple-drug resistant Staphylococcus in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. It is.....»»
Autonomous Robots Used In Hundreds of Hospitals At Risk of Remote Hijacks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: [R]esearchers are now finding vulnerabilities in newer hospital technologies that weren't as ubiquitous a decade ago. Enter autonomous hospital robots, the supposed-to-be-friendly self-controlled d.....»»
Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program On Its Way to Governer’s Desk
Maryland’s Senate Bill 453, titled “Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program”, is officially on its way to the Governor’s desk to be signed after passing both chambers of Maryland’s General Assembly. This is the.....»»
Dust storm covers Iraq for second time in a week
A dust storm blanketed Iraq again on Tuesday, sending people to hospital with breathing difficulties and leading airports to suspend flights......»»
The painfully simple reason Hong Kong saw one of the highest COVID death rates
The most vulnerable weren't vaccinated. Enlarge / Health care workers wearing personal protective equipment transport the body of a deceased patient onto a hearse outside the mortuary at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, Chin.....»»
CDC study spotlights utter failure of China’s COVID-Zero policy in Hong Kong
The most vulnerable weren't vaccinated. Enlarge / Health care workers wearing personal protective equipment transport the body of a deceased patient onto a hearse outside the mortuary at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, Chin.....»»
Two Point Campus is the perfect conduit for my repressed greed
The Two Point Hospital sequel might look cheerful, but I enjoyed it most when recreating all the worst parts of higher education......»»